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Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-881
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Department of the Treasury
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
National Credit Union Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 to specify the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the National Credit Union Administration Board as the federal agency representatives on the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council which are required, along with the Council, to review all Council-prescribed regulations at least once every 10 years in order to identify outdated or unnecessary regulatory requirements imposed upon financial institutions (currently, only insured depository institutions).
 
 This decennial review shall include all regulations issued pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-14
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Joint hearings held by the Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment and the Subcommittee on Economic Policy. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-319.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-884
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2015

 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to deem a hospital or an emergency department and a physician or physician group of a hospital or emergency department to be an employee of the Public Health Service with liability protection provided by the United States for purposes of any civil action that may arise due to providing emergency and post-stabilization services on or after January 1, 2016.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in Senate
National POW/MIA Remembrance Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-885
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Military personnel and dependents
Monuments and memorials
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
U.S. Capitol

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

National POW/MIA Remembrance Act of 2015

 
Directs the Architect of the Capitol to: (1) enter into an agreement to obtain a chair featuring the logo of the National League of POW/MIA Families, and (2) place it in the U.S. Capitol in a suitable permanent location within two years after enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Smart Energy and Water Efficiency Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-886
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Smart Energy and Water Efficiency Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish and carry out a smart energy and water efficiency pilot program to award grants to utilities, municipalities, water districts, and other water authorities for demonstrating novel and innovative technology-based solutions that will:
 
 
 increase the energy efficiency of water, wastewater, and water reuse systems; 
 
improve those systems to help communities make significant progress in conserving water, saving energy, and reducing costs; and 
 
support the implementation of innovative processes and the installation of advanced automated systems that provide real-time data on energy and water.
 
 
DOE must annually evaluate each grant project and make best practices identified in the evaluations available to the public. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-30
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Spectrum Incentive Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-887
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Appropriations
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Budget deficits and national debt
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Federal Spectrum Incentive Act of 2015

 
Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to allow federal entities that utilize government station licenses to participate in the incentive auction program under which licensees of electromagnetic spectrum voluntarily relinquish their spectrum rights in order for such spectrum to be auctioned for a repurposed commercial use in exchange for a percentage of the auction proceeds.
 
Permits such federal entities, instead of being reimbursed for the costs of sharing frequencies with nonfederal users or relocating to other frequencies as provided for under current law, to receive a percentage of the proceeds from spectrum it relinquishes for auction by electing to: (1) discontinue operations on eligible frequencies without relocating to other frequencies, or (2) relocate operations to frequencies assigned to another federal entity in order for such entities to share frequencies.
 
Establishes in the Treasury a Federal Spectrum Incentive Fund to be administered by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in consultation with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
 
Requires 1% of the proceeds from such auctions to be deposited in such Fund and the remainder to be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury for the sole purpose of deficit reduction.
 
Directs OMB to transfer from the Fund to a federal entity a specified amount attributable to the auction of frequencies vacated by such entity. Permits federal entities to use such amounts for: (1) any purposes permitted under the terms and conditions of an appropriations account for which budgetary resources were canceled for a fiscal year under a sequestration order under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, provided that the amount used does not exceed the amount by which the account was reduced under the sequestration order for such fiscal year; or (2) a transfer of amounts to an incumbent federal entity for such purposes when the federal entity relinquishing spectrum relocates its operations to frequencies assigned to another federal entity in order to share frequencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in Senate
PREPARE Act

Bill: 114-s-888
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Intergovernmental relations
Public-private cooperation
Regional and metropolitan planning
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Promoting Regional Energy Partnerships for Advancing Resilient Energy Systems Act or the PREPARE Act

 
Directs the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of the Interior (acting through specified Assistant Secretaries) to provide technical assistance to governmental entities, Indian tribes, and regional and nonprofit organizations to develop energy strategies that harmonize and promote national, regional, and state energy goals. 
 
Sets forth an awards program addressing the uniqueness of the energy challenges facing states and Indian tribes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-30
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Fuel Choice and Deregulation Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-889
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Consumer affairs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles
Oil and gas
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Fuel Choice and Deregulation Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to revise provisions concerning alternative fuel.
 
Currently, a change to the original configuration of a certified vehicle or engine, including alternative fuel conversion, may be a potential violation of the Act's prohibition against tampering with devices used to control emissions from vehicles. The bill prohibits the aftermarket conversion of a vehicle to alternative fuel operation from: (1) being considered tampering under the Act if the conversion technology is matched to an appropriate vehicle and does not degrade emission performance, or (2) requiring the issuance by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of any certificate of conformity. The bill also establishes labelling requirements for an aftermarket conversion.
 
The EPA may not prohibit or control biomass fuel under the Act. Biomass fuel is produced by conversion of certain organic matter which is available on a renewable basis.
 
If a fuel choice enabling manufacturer (certain manufacturers of vehicles that operate with alternative fuels) is in compliance with applicable fuel economy standards, the vehicles it makes are deemed to be in compliance with greenhouse gas regulations established by the EPA under the Act. The requirements governing the calculation of average fuel economy are revised, including by giving an average fuel economy bonus for those manufacturers.
 
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to adjust the excise tax on liquefied natural gas to 24.3 cents per energy equivalent of a gallon of diesel. 
 
The Clean Air Act places Reid vapor pressure limitations, or gasoline volatility limits, on gasoline during the summer ozone season. Gasoline blended with 10% ethanol may exceed this limitation by a certain amount under the Act. The bill extends this waiver to gasoline blended with more than 10% ethanol.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-890
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government trust funds
Hunting and fishing
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2015

 
Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund(LWCF).
 
Permits funds deposited into the LWCF to be spent without being subject to the appropriations process. Provides that the funds are in addition to amounts made available by the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 or otherwise appropriated from the LWCF. 
 
Directs the President to submit to Congress specified details regarding the allocation of funds provided by this bill. Permits Congress to provide for alternate allocations using specified procedures. 
 
 
Requires at least 1.5% of the annual authorized funds to be used for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in Senate
EPIC Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-893
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Building construction
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Indian social and development programs
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Public utilities and utility rates
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Energy Productivity Innovation Challenge Act of 2015 or the EPIC Act of 2015

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a voluntary electric and thermal energy productivity challenge grant program for providing support to states for: 
 
 
advancing industrial energy efficiency, waste heat recovery, combined heat and power, and waste heat-to-power utilization; 
 
advancing energy efficiency construction and retrofits for commercial buildings, schools, hospitals, and residential buildings; 
 
expanding residential policies and programs designed to implement best practice policies and tools for residential retrofit programs that reduce administrative and delivery costs for energy efficiency projects, encourage streamlining and automation to support contractor engagement, and implement systems that encourage private investment and market innovation;
 
establishing or expanding incentives in the electric utility sector to enhance demand response and energy efficiency; and 
 
promoting state activities involving both facilities and vehicle fleets than can be a model for other action to promote energy efficiency. 
 
 
DOE must: (1) provide subsequent grants for activities to assist energy policy innovation in the states and to promote the goal of doubling electric and thermal energy productivity by January 1, 2030, and (2) invite Indian tribes to participate in the productivity challenge grant program.
 
As an offset to the cost of this bill, the bill amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to reduce the authorized amount of appropriations for FY2016-FY2017 for the Zero Net Energy Commercial Buildings Initiative.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-30
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-896
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Higher education
Hydrology and hydrography
Infrastructure development
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 

Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2015
 
 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide grants to eligible higher education institutions and research institutions to establish and maintain between three and five centers of excellence for innovative stormwater control infrastructure, which is any stormwater management technique that: (1) uses natural systems or engineered systems that mimic natural processes to infiltrate, evapotranspire, or capture stormwater; and (2) preserves, enhances, or mimics natural hydrology to protect or restore water quality. One of the centers must be the national electronic clearinghouse center and operate a website and a public database on the infrastructure.
 
The EPA must: (1) provide grants to eligible entities that manage stormwater, water resources, or wastewater resources to carry out innovative stormwater control infrastructure projects; and (2) give priority to applications from a community that has combined storm and sanitary sewers in its collection system or is low-income or disadvantaged, or from an eligible entity that will use at least 10% of the grant for a low-income or disadvantaged community. 
 
The EPA must ensure that: (1) EPA's Office of Water, Office of Enforcement and Compliance, Office of Research and Development, and Office of Policy promote the use of the infrastructure in, and coordinate its integration into, permitting programs, planning efforts, research, technical assistance, and funding guidance; and (2) the Office of Water supports establishing innovative financing mechanisms in the implementation of the infrastructure. The EPA must: (1) direct each EPA regional office to promote and integrate the use of the infrastructure within the region, and (2) promote sharing information about the infrastructure approaches. 
 
The EPA must establish the innovative stormwater control infrastructure portfolio standard of voluntary, measurable goals to increase the percentage of annual water managed by entities that use the infrastructure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Jesse Lewis Empowering Educators Act

Bill: 114-s-897
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Mental health
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 

Jesse Lewis Empowering Educators Act

 
Amends title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include teacher and principal training in practices that address the social and emotional development needs of students among the activities funded under the Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund program.
 
Allows funded training to include training in classroom instruction and schoolwide initiatives that enable students to acquire the knowledge, attitudes, and skills most conducive to social and emotional competency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in Senate
National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-898
Sponsor: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medical education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 

National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to include optometry services in primary health services for purposes of the National Health Service Corps.
 
Optometrists are eligible for the fellowship program for the delivery of primary health services in health professional shortage areas, the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program, and the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Afterschool and Workforce Readiness Act

Bill: 114-s-899
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
School administration
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 

Afterschool and Workforce Readiness Act

 
Amends part A (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund) of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to define a &quot;workforce critical subject&quot; as an academic or career and technical education subject, such as:
 
 
any subject found in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields;
 
any other subject identified by a state as being critical to the state's current and emerging workforce needs.
 
 
Requires a state's application for a grant under part A to recruit, train, and retain highly qualified teachers and principals to describe all of the subjects the state identifies as workforce critical subjects.
 
Amends part B (21st Century Community Learning Centers) of title IV of the ESEA to require states that receive a part B allotment to consider, in evaluating subgrant applications, the likelihood that a subgrant applicant's community learning center will help secondary school students achieve career competencies, complete internships or apprenticeships, or participate in work-based learning opportunities. (Subgrants are awarded on a competitive basis to local educational agencies, community-based organizations, and other public or private entities to establish or expand before school, after school, and summer recess community learning center programs.)
 
Authorizes subgrantees to establish community learning center programs that partner with in-demand fields of the local workforce or build career competencies and career readiness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Used Car Safety Recall Repair Act

Bill: 114-s-900
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Lease and rental services
Motor vehicles
Product safety and quality
Retail and wholesale trades
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 

Used Car Safety Recall Repair Act

 
Prohibits a dealer from selling or leasing a used passenger motor vehicle until a defect of the motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment or noncompliance with a federal motor vehicle safety standard has been remedied.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in Senate