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Restoration of Parental Rights and State Sovereignty Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-106
Sponsor: Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Restoration of Parental Rights and State Sovereignty Act of 2015

 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to prohibit the Secretary of Education from forcing a state to satisfy any requirement imposed as a condition of receiving assistance under an ESEA grant program.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from releasing assistance to a state under an ESEA grant program unless the state's legislature has by law expressly approved the program. Allows that approval to be accomplished by a vote to affirm a state budget that includes the use of such federal funds, but requires that budget to expressly include any requirement imposed as a condition on the state's receipt of those funds.
 
Prohibits ESEA funds that are not allocated to a state due to the state's failure to affirmatively agree to their receipt from being reallocated among the other states.
 
Expresses the intent of Congress that control over public education and parental rights to control their children's education is vested exclusively within the authority reserved to the states and individual Americans by the Constitution, except when states expressly approve federal terms or conditions on educational assistance or the federal government is obliged to enforce minimum federal equal protection or due process standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase from 1 to 2 years the post employment restrictions on Members of the House of Representatives.

Bill: 114-hr-107
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 
Amends the federal criminal code to increase from one year to two years after leaving office the period during which former Members of the House of Representatives may not engage in certain lobbying activities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the termination of further retirement coverage of Members of Congress, except for the right to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-108
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 
Amends the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) to exclude Members of Congress from further CSRS and FERS retirement coverage.
 
Prohibits further government contributions or deductions from such Member's basic pay for deposit in the Treasury to the credit of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund.
 
States that nothing in this Act shall: (1) be considered to nullify, modify, or otherwise affect any right, entitlement, or benefit under CSRS or FERS for any Member covering any period before the first day of the first Congress after enactment of this Act; or (2) affect the eligibility of a Member to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) in accordance with otherwise applicable law.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To provide that no pay adjustment for Members of Congress shall be made with respect to any pay period occurring during the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress.

Bill: 114-hr-109
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 
Eliminates automatic cost of living adjustments to the rate of pay for Members of Congress during the 114th Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Accountability Pay Act

Bill: 114-hr-110
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Congressional Accountability Pay Act

 
 Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to revise the method of adjusting the annual rate of pay of Members of Congress.
 
Requires a decrease in the rate of pay for each Member by a specified percentage if outlays for any fiscal year are greater than outlays for the preceding fiscal year.
 
Amends the Federal Salary Act of 1967 to require that recommendations by the Citizens' Commission on Public Service and Compensation conform with this Act, except those for the salaries of the Chief Justice of the United States, judges of U.S. district courts, and judges of the U.S. Court of International Trade.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To protect the Social Security and Medicare trust funds from the public debt limit, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-111
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Government trust funds
Medicare
Securities
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 
Prohibits disinvestment of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, and the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund amounts from public debt obligations, any refraining from making such investments, or any delay in making normal deposits in such Trust Funds for public debt limit-related purposes. Authorizes, with certain conditions, the sale of Trust Fund public debt obligations for the payment of cash benefits and administrative expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 31, United States Code, to restore the 10 year statute of limitations applicable to collection of debt by administrative offset, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-112
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Judicial procedure and administration
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 
 This bill restores a 10-year statute of limitations for the collection of debts by administrative offset. An administrative offset is the withholding of funds payable by or held by the United States to satisfy a debt, and this bill prohibits the procedure from being used for claims that have been outstanding for more than 10 years. 
 
The bill prohibits the Social Security Administration from seeking an administrative offset for collection of a debt or claim arising out of a Social Security benefit payment from a beneficiary's child who is without fault or from an individual who was under the age of 18 when the debt or claim arose. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-114
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Israel
Middle East
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act of 2015 

 
 States that it is U.S. policy: (1) to recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel, and (2) that the U.S. Embassy in Israel should be established in Jerusalem not later than January 1, 2017.
 
 Amends the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 to eliminate the President's authority to waive certain funding limitations for Department of State acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad until the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem has officially opened.
 
Requires any official U.S. document which lists countries and their capital cities to identify Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
 
Limits appropriations that may be obligated in FY2015 for Department acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad until the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem has officially opened.
 
States that for each of FY2015-FY2016, of funds authorized to be appropriated for Department acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad, necessary sums should be made available until expended only for construction and other costs associated with the establishment in Jerusalem of the U.S. Embassy in Israel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Freedom of Travel Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-115
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Homeland security
Public transit
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Freedom of Travel Act of 2015

 
 This bill prohibits the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from performing any security screening operations except: (1) screening passengers and property; and (2) prescribing standards for the employment of air carrier personnel and, as appropriate, airport security personnel. It nullifies any Act authorizing the TSA to perform any other security screening operations.
 
The Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 is amended to repeal the authority of the DHS Secretary, acting through the TSA Administrator, to develop Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR) teams to augment security of public transportation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Freedom of Commerce Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-116
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Marketing and advertising
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Small Business Freedom of Commerce Act of 2015

 
Allows a small business operating in the United States to elect to be exempt from any federal rule or regulation issued on or after January 20, 2009. Requires the small business to notify the federal agency that issued the rule or regulation that it has elected such exemption, and makes the exemption effective 30 days after such notification.
 
Requires an exempt small business to: (1) label any product affected by the exemption as no longer subject to such rule or regulation, and (2) include in any communication relating to the affected product or activity a notice that it is no longer so subject.
 
Prescribes penalties for small business noncompliance with such requirements.
 
Prohibits a small business from electing to be exempt from a rule or regulation issued by the Department of Defense (DOD) or Homeland Security (DHS) if the Secretary of Defense or Homeland Security has determined that the rule or regulation is necessary for U.S. security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act

Bill: 114-hr-117
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act

 
This bill repeals the provision in the Internal Revenue Code, as added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, that requires individual taxpayers to purchase and maintain minimum essential health care coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
STATE Act

Bill: 114-hr-118
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Motor fuels
Oil and gas
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Surface Transportation and Taxation Equity Act or the STATE Act 

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the federal excise tax on gasoline and special fuels (but not below two cents per gallon) by corresponding increases in fuel taxes imposed by states as of January 6, 2015 (the date of introduction of this Act).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Budget and Accounting Transparency Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-119
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Budget and Accounting Transparency Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to revise the budgetary treatment of federal loans and loan guarantees to account for them on a fair value basis. Under a fair value approach, costs are measured using market rates rather than the lower Treasury interest rates currently used. 
 
Estimates for loan guarantees and direct loans in the President's budget are required to include a risk component that reflects the impact of using a fair value estimate to account for market risk. A risk component must also be included in estimates used for requirements under current law that appropriations be provided in advance for the costs of new direct loans, loan guarantees, or modifications that increase costs. 
 
The bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to permit adjustments to discretionary spending limits for this Act. 
 
The bill also changes the budgetary treatment of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac). 
 
 Agency budget justification materials are required to be posted on the public website of the agency on the same day the materials are submitted to Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the War Powers Resolution.

Bill: 114-hr-120
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Military operations and strategy
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 
Repeals the War Powers Resolution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House