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RECOVER Act

Bill: 114-s-1746
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2015-07-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Personnel records

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: 

Reducing the Effects of the Cyberattack on OPM Victims Emergency Response Act of 2015 or the RECOVER Act

 
Requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to provide each individual whose personally identifiable information was compromised during data breaches of personnel records of federal employees in a network maintained by the Department of the Interior or in OPM systems containing federal employee background investigations with comprehensive identity protection coverage that is effective for the life of the individual and that includes not less than $5 million in identity theft insurance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Transportation Infrastructure Grants and Economic Reinvestment Act

Bill: 114-s-1748
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2015-07-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Infrastructure development
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Public transit
Railroads
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: 

Transportation Infrastructure Grants and Economic Reinvestment Act

 
The bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a program under which DOT shall provide competitive grants of between $10 million and $200 million to the District of Columbia, to a state, Indian tribe, U.S. territory, local government, port authority, metropolitan planning organization, transit agency, or another political subdivision of a state or local government, or to two or more of such entities working in collaboration, for eligible transportation projects (including highway or bridge, public transportation, passenger or freight rail transportation, and port infrastructure or intermodal projects) that would have a significant beneficial impact on a state, metropolitan area, or region or the United States. 
 
DOT, in providing such grants, must: (1) ensure an equitable geographical distribution of funds, an appropriate balance in addressing the needs of urban and rural areas, and investment in a variety of transportation modes; and (2) give priority to eligible projects that require a contribution of federal funds to complete an overall financing package. 
 
The bill sets forth primary and secondary criteria for selecting eligible projects.
 
The bill: (1) limits to 25% the amount of grant funds that may be provided to any state, (2) requires at least 20% of grant funds to be provided for eligible projects located in rural areas, and (3) allows up to 20% of the funds authorized to carry out this Act to be used to pay the subsidy and administrative costs of projects eligible for federal credit assistance under the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act upon determining that such use of funds would advance the purposes of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Tribal Tax Incentive for Renewable Energy Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1749
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2015-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Income tax credits
Indian lands and resources rights

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: 

Tribal Tax Incentive for Renewable Energy Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow Indian tribes an election to transfer a portion of the energy tax credit to another taxpayer. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act

Bill: 114-s-1751
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2015-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: 

Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act

 
Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to states, units of local government, and Indian tribes for the development, implementation, and evaluation of handgun purchaser licensing requirements. Directs the Attorney General to award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible applicants whose applications are approved to assist them in implementing and improving handgun purchaser licensing programs.
 
Directs a state, local government, or tribe, to be eligible to receive a grant, to submit to the Attorney General an application that meets specified requirements, including a description of: (1) the law that the applicant has enacted to require a license for any purchase of a handgun, including exemptions to such law; and (2) how the applicant will use the grant to carry out or improve its program.
 
Requires an applicant, to be eligible for a grant, to have in effect handgun purchaser licensing laws that:
 
 
require an applicant for a handgun license or permit to be at least 21 years old and to be a national or lawful permanent resident of the United States;
 
require such an individual to apply for the license or permit at a law enforcement agency in the state in which he or she resides, to reapply for an issued license after a period not longer than five years, and to submit to a background investigation and a criminal history check;
 
require such an individual to submit fingerprints and photographs in connection with the application and to provide proof that the individual is legally present and lawfully resides in the United States; and
 
bar any individual who is prohibited from possessing a firearm under the federal criminal code from receiving a license or permit. 
 
 
Requires a grantee to use such grant to improve its handgun purchaser licensing programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Criminal Alien Deportation Act

Bill: 114-s-1752
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2015-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Immigration status and procedures
Judges
Lawyers and legal services

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: 

Criminal Alien Deportation Act

 
This bill amends the the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the detention of any alien who is: (1) unlawfully present in the United States; and (2) arrested for specified offenses, conviction of any of which would render the alien inadmissible or deportable.
 
Release authority is transferred from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and amended to provide that DHS: 
 
 
may release an alien held pursuant to this Act to the appropriate authority for any proceedings subsequent to the arrest, 
 
shall resume custody of such alien during any period pending the final disposition of any such proceedings when the alien is not in the custody of the appropriate authority, and 
 
shall continue to detain until removal proceedings are completed any alien not convicted of the offense for which he or she was arrested.
 
 
DHS shall complete removal proceedings for any such detained alien within 90 days. 
 
It shall be the goal of DOJ, DHS, and the Executive Office for Immigration Review to use funds authorized under this Act to resolve promptly cases pertaining to aliens inadmissible on specified criminal grounds.
 
In order to help achieve this goal DOJ shall designate up to 100 temporary immigration judges and DHS shall hire 150 new immigration litigation attorneys. 
 
It is the sense of the Senate that:
 
 
gains made in border security and positive trends in recidivism rates are of critical importance to those living and working in the border region and to the nation as a whole; 
 
refusing to prosecute first time illegal border crossers under Operation Streamline will jeopardize border security gains; 
 
border security steps that have led to improvement on the border, such as Operation Streamline, should be preserved; and 
 
appropriate executive branch officials should remove any issued or related prohibition, policy, or direction to cease prosecuting first time illegal border crossers under Operation Streamline.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Rebuilding America's Schools Act

Bill: 114-s-1753
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2015-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Income tax credits
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: 

Rebuilding America's Schools Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to qualified zone academy bonds issued to finance public school facilities, to: (1) extend the national limitation amount for such bonds through calendar year 2014 and then increase such amount and make it permanent after calendar year 2014, (2) expand the enumerated purposes of such bonds to include the construction of public school facilities in a qualified zone academy, (3) lower the private business contribution requirement for such bonds from 10% to 5% of the proceeds of the bond issue, and (4) designate such bonds as specified tax credit bonds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5010)
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Court of Appeals Support Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1754
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2015-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Federal appellate courts
Judges
Specialized courts
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: 

Veterans Court of Appeals Support Act of 2015

 
This bills makes permanent the maximum number of judges presiding over the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to nine judges.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-06
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-242.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a 5-year extension of the tax credit for residential energy efficient property.

Bill: 114-s-1755
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2015-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2021 the tax credit for residential energy efficient property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Energy Efficiency Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1756
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2015-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Economic development
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government lending and loan guarantees
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: 

Small Business Energy Efficiency Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to allow a state development company to use the economic development objective of helping small businesses achieve savings through energy efficiency to qualify for loan assistance. 

action_date: 2015-09-15
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
This bill amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to allow a state development company to use the economic development objective of helping small businesses achieve savings through energy efficiency to qualify for loan assistance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-20
text: By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-408.
action_date: 2016-12-20
text: By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-408.
action_date: 2015-09-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 223.
action_date: 2015-09-15
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Vitter without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2015-09-15
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Vitter without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
AIM Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1757
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2015-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: 

Accelerating Innovation in Medicine Act of 2015 or the AIM Act of 2015

 
 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop an accelerating innovation in medicine (AIM) list of medical devices (or for any items or services related to furnishing such devices) for which, because of their inclusion on the list, insurance benefits and payments are prohibited under Medicare (either directly or on a capitated basis), with the result that no Medicare claim may be submitted and an individual who consents to receive such a device (or related items or services) is responsible for paying for it and any related items and services.
 
Directs the Secretary to post on a public HHS website or other publicly accessible media an updated list of the medical devices on the AIM list. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Control Unlawful Fugitive Felons Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1758
Sponsor: Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN]
Introduced: 2015-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social security and elderly assistance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: 

Control Unlawful Fugitive Felons Act of 2015 

 
Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance), VIII (Special Benefits for Certain World War II Veterans), and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to prohibit from receiving benefits under those titles any individual who is the subject of: (1) an outstanding arrest warrant for a felony, or (2) an outstanding arrest warrant for violating a condition of prohibition or parole imposed under federal or state law. 
 
Directs the Social Security Administration (SSA) to furnish any federal, state, or local law enforcement officer, upon written request, with the current address, Social Security number, and photograph of any recipient of title VIII benefits if the officer furnishes the SSA with the individual's name and other identifying information as reasonably required to establish the individual's unique identity, and notifies the SSA that: (1) the individual is fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement after conviction, or the individual is violating a condition of probation or parole; and (2) the location or apprehension of such individual is within the officer's official duties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5153-5154)
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Phone Scam Prevention Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1759
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2015-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: 

Phone Scam Prevention Act of 2015

 
Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to publish on its website a report that identifies existing technologies that consumers can use to protect against misleading or inaccurate caller identification information.
 
Requires the FCC, within one year after enactment of this Act, to submit to Congress a report detailing a plan to expeditiously develop, within six years after submission of such report, reasonable authentication standards for voice service providers to validate caller information so that subscribers may obtain secure assurances of a call's origin, including the calling party's number and identification. 
 
Extends the prohibition on the provision of inaccurate caller identification information to persons outside the United States if the recipient is within the United States.
 
Expands the definition of &quot;caller identification information&quot; to include text messages.
 
Revises caller identification requirements to make standards applicable to voice communications using resources from the North American Numbering Plan (currently, the requirements apply to telecommunications or IP-enabled voice services).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1760
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2015-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Firearms and explosives
Smuggling and trafficking
U.S. Sentencing Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: 

Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to make trafficking in firearms a crime. Specifically, it prohibits, with respect to two or more firearms, the following: 
 
 
transfer to or receipt by a prohibited person or a person who plans a subsequent transfer that results in unlawful use, possession, or disposition of such firearms; 
 
providing false statements in connection with the purchase, receipt, or acquisition of such firearms; and 
 
directing, promoting, or facilitating such prohibited conduct. 
 
 
A person who commits or conspires to commit a gun trafficking offense is subject to a prison term of up to 20 years (or 25 years if such person also acted as an organizer). 
 
The U.S. Sentencing Commission must review and, if appropriate, amend the sentencing guidelines and policy statements that apply to persons convicted of trafficking in firearms. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to take certain Federal land located in Lassen County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Susanville Indian Rancheria, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-s-1761
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2015-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: California
Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: 
This bill takes into trust for the benefit of the Susanville Indian Rancheria approximately 301 acres of federal land under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management of the Department of the Interior, including improvements and appurtenances, in Lassen County, California. 
 
Certain gaming on these lands is prohibited.

action_date: 2016-01-12
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 
(Sec. 1) This bill takes into trust for the benefit of the Susanville Indian Rancheria approximately 301 acres of federal land under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management of the Department of the Interior, including improvements and appurtenances, in Lassen County, California. 
 
Certain gaming on these lands is prohibited.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-01-12
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 346.
action_date: 2016-01-12
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Barrasso without amendment. With written report No. 114-202.
action_date: 2016-01-12
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Barrasso without amendment. With written report No. 114-202.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-260.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Establishing Mandatory Minimums for Illegal Reentry Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1762
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2015-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: 

Establishing Mandatory Minimums for Illegal Reentry Act of 2015 

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase penalties applicable to aliens who unlawfully reenter the United States after being removed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate