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Ensuring the Taxpayer a Fair Return for Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Resources Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4389
Sponsor: Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2016-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alaska
Alternative and renewable resources
Energy revenues and royalties
Inflation and prices
Land use and conservation
Oil and gas
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2016-01-13
text: 

Ensuring the Taxpayer a Fair Return for Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Resources Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Mineral Leasing Act to increase the minimum acceptable bids and rentals for leases of oil, natural gas, and tar sand on federal land.
 
Minimum acceptable bids and rentals shall receive inflation adjustments once every four years.
 
One-third of any amounts received by the United States from sales, bonuses, and royalties, including interest charges collected under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982, and from rentals of the public lands in Alaska under the Mineral Leasing Act and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, shall be made available in specified percentages:
 
 
for use for oil and gas inspection and enforcement;
 
to remediate, reclaim, and properly plug and abandon orphan oil and gas wells on federal lands; and 
 
to the state within whose boundaries the leased land is located, or the deposits were derived, for state use in accordance with specified requirements.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-01-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2016-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Johnson-O'Malley Supplemental Indian Education Program Modernization Act

Bill: 114-hr-4390
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2016-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2016-01-13
text: 

Johnson-O'Malley Supplemental Indian Education Program Modernization Act

 
This bill amends the Johnson-O'Malley Act to establish a program through which the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) shall contract with eligible entities for the purpose of providing educational benefits to Indian students. An eligible entity is an entity that educates or serves Indian students and is either a tribal organization, an Indian corporation, a school district, a state, or a consortium of tribal organizations.
 
An eligible entity shall use the funds to establish or expand programs to: (1) provide remedial instruction, counseling, cultural programs, school supplies, and specified courses and activities; (2) establish targeted, culturally sensitive, dropout prevention activities; and (3) purchase equipment to facilitate training in trade skills and college preparation.
 
In general, BIA shall base the amount of a contract on the number of eligible Indian students educated or served by an eligible entity.
 
With respect to these contracts, BIA must ensure full geographic coverage and the full participation of eligible entities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Finish the Fence Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4391
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2016-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Intergovernmental relations
Latin America
Mexico
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-01-13
text: 

Finish the Fence Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 with respect to construction of border fencing and road improvements to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to complete the required 700-mile southwest border fencing by December 31, 2016. 
 
The Secure Fence Act of 2006 is amended to direct DHS, in consultation with state and local officials along the U.S.-Mexico border, to achieve operational control over U.S. international land and maritime borders by December 31, 2016.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2016-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2016-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-01-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 5, United States Code, to require that the Office of Personnel Management submit an annual report to Congress relating to the use of official time by Federal employees.

Bill: 114-hr-4392
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2016-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-01-13
text: 
This bill requires the Office of Personnel Management to submit an annual report to Congress on the use of official time by federal employees. The bill defines "official time" as any period of time granted to a federal employee to perform representational or consultative functions and during which the employee would otherwise be in a duty status.

action_date: 2016-04-12
text: 
(Sec. 1) This bill requires the Office of Personnel Management to submit an annual report to Congress on the use of official time by federal employees. The bill defines "official time" as any period of time granted to a federal employee to perform representational or consultative functions and during which the employee would otherwise be in a duty status.
 
Each such report shall include, for each agency and for all agencies:
 
 
the total amount of official time granted to employees;
 
the average amount of official time expended per bargaining unit employee;
 
the specific types of activities or purposes for which official time was granted and the impact which the granting of such official time had on agency operations;
 
the total number of employees to whom official time was granted and, of that total, the number who were not engaged in any activities or purposes except those involving the use of official time; 
 
the total amount of compensation (including fringe benefits) afforded to employees in connection with activities or purposes for which they were granted official time; and
 
a description of any room or space designated at the agency where official time activities will be conducted.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 368.
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-484.
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-484.
action_date: 2016-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2016-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Clean Distributed Energy Grid Integration Act

Bill: 114-hr-4393
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced: 2016-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government studies and investigations
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2016-01-25
text: 

Clean Distributed Energy Grid Integration Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to: (1) study the status of integration of clean distributed energy into electric grids, (2) identify issues requiring additional research or regulatory development, and (3) make grants for research proposals that address technical barriers identified in the study.
 
&quot;Clean distributed energy&quot; means energy technologies that are located on the customer site operating on the customer side of the electric meter and are interconnected with the electric grid. 
DOE shall convene a stakeholder working group to:
 
 
address regulatory barriers to deployment of intelligent grid integration of clean distributed energy technologies; and
 
provide guidance on how to address the technical, regulatory, and economic factors that limit widespread integration of grid-level clean distributed energy use in order to advance the integration of such energy into electric grids. 
 
 
DOE may make grants to implement integration demonstration projects, based on study findings, to state and local agencies, public institutions, private companies, electric utilities, and equipment manufacturers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2016-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2016-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2016-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2016-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2016-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-01-25
text: Introduced in House
OCEAN Research Partnerships Act

Bill: 114-hr-4394
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2016-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aquaculture
Aquatic ecology
Congressional officers and employees
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Great Lakes
Higher education
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Research administration and funding
Science and engineering education
Seafood
Student aid and college costs
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2016-01-25
text: 

Opportunities in Cooperative Education And New Research Partnerships Act or the OCEAN Research Partnerships Act

 
This bill amends the National Sea Grant College Program Act to revise and reauthorize through FY2021 the National Sea Grant College Program.
 
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) must award Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships. Currently, NOAA has discretion in awarding such fellowships. These fellowships support the placement of graduate students in fields related to ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources in positions with the executive and legislative branches. 
 
In placing marine policy fellows in the legislative branch, NOAA must give priority to positions in: (1) offices or committees of Congress that have jurisdiction over NOAA; and (2) offices of Members of Congress that have a demonstrated interest in ocean, coastal, or Great Lakes resources. 
 
The bill authorizes through FY2021 grants for university research on: (1) the biology, prevention, and control of aquatic nonnative species; (2) oyster diseases, oyster restoration, and oyster-related human health risks; (3) the biology, prevention, and forecasting of harmful algal blooms; and (4) sustainable aquaculture techniques and technologies. The bill also authorizes through FY2021 grants for: (1) fishery extension activities conducted by sea grant colleges or sea grant institutes to enhance existing core program funding, and (2) priority issues identified in the National Sea Grant Program's strategic plan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2016-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-01-25
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the provision permitting the use of rocket engines from the Russian Federation for the evolved expendable launch vehicle program.

Bill: 114-hr-4395
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-23]
Introduced: 2016-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Russia
Spacecraft and satellites
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2016-01-28
text: 
This bill amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 to repeal, and deem never to have been enacted, the requirement that the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle service competitive procurements be open for award to all certified providers of such systems offering the best value to the government, regardless of the rocket engine's country of origin (including the Russian Federation), for the evolved expendable launch vehicle program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
action_date: 2016-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Rail Safety Act

Bill: 114-hr-4397
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2016-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accidents
Emergency planning and evacuation
Fires
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Oil and gas
Railroads
Transportation safety and security
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2016-01-28
text: 

Rail Safety Act

 
This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to develop and preposition caches of emergency response equipment, which may include firefighting equipment and fire suppression agents, to facilitate the rapid deployment of resources needed to reduce damage to life, property, and the environment in the event of an accident involving rail tank cars transporting hazardous material, crude oil, or flammable liquids.
 
Such caches shall be strategically prepositioned along rail routes over which a high volume of high-hazard trains operate in a manner that lowers the response time of firefighters to fight fires involving flammable liquids and to prevent such fires from spreading. FEMA may collect fees from railroad carriers to develop and preposition the caches.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2016-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act

Bill: 114-hr-4399
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2016-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Criminal justice information and records
Evidence and witnesses
Firearms and explosives
Manufacturing
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-01
text: 

Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act

 
This bill amends the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to repeal provisions that prohibit state or federal civil actions or administrative proceedings from being brought against firearm or ammunition manufacturers, sellers, importers, dealers, or trade associations for criminal or unlawful misuse of a firearm by the person bringing the action or a third party. 
 
The bill lifts the immunity from legal process of the Firearms Trace System database maintained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. In state or federal civil actions or administrative proceedings, the contents of the database: (1) shall be subject to discovery and admissible as evidence; and (2) may be used, relied on, or disclosed in any manner. Testimony or other evidence may also be permitted based on that data. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2016-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Adding Zika Virus to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act

Bill: 114-hr-4400
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2016-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-01
text: 

Adding Zika Virus to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act

 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to add the Zika virus to the list of tropical diseases under the priority review voucher program, which awards a voucher to the sponsor of a new drug or biological product that is approved to prevent or treat a tropical disease. (A voucher entitles the holder to have a future new drug or biological product application acted upon by the Food and Drug Administration within six months.)

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Kerry Rose Fire Sprinkler Notification Act

Bill: 114-hr-4405
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2016-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Educational facilities and institutions
Fires
Higher education

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-01
text: 

Kerry Rose Fire Sprinkler Notification Act

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify fire safety reporting requirements for an institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student aid programs.
 
Specifically, it requires an IHE that maintains on-campus student housing facilities to notify students about whether a housing facility is equipped with a fire safety system, including an automatic fire sprinkler system in each bedroom. 
 
Additionally, the bill expands the information an IHE must submit in its annual fire safety report to include, with respect to student housing facilities, the number and percentage of beds protected and not protected by an automatic fire sprinkler system in the bedroom. 
 
Finally, the Department of Education must publish the number and percentage, in the aggregate and by state, of: 
 
 
student housing facilities with less than 100% of beds protected by an automatic sprinkler system, 

 
student housing facilities with less than 50% of beds protected, 

 
beds at student housing facilities that are protected, and 

 
beds at student housing facilities that are not protected. 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2016-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act

Bill: 114-hr-4406
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2016-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention
Department of Labor
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Human trafficking
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-01
text: 

Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Labor to implement a program to: 
 
 
train and periodically retrain relevant Labor personnel to detect and assist law enforcement in preventing human trafficking during the course of their primary roles and responsibilities, and 
 
ensure that such personnel regularly receive current information on matters related to the detection of human trafficking.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H436)
action_date: 2016-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Made in America Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4409
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2016-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Buy American requirements
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal preemption
Manufacturing
Marketing and advertising
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-01
text: 

Made in America Act of 2016

 
This bill directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to establish labels that persons or businesses may use voluntarily to indicate to consumers the extent to which products introduced, delivered for introduction, sold, advertised, or offered for sale in commerce are of U.S. origin. 
 
The FTC must establish four categories of such labels, to be known as America Star labels, which may be used to designate products: (1) that satisfy the standard for an unqualified U.S. origin claim set forth by the FTC in the Enforcement Policy Statement on U.S. Origin Claims; or (2) for which not less than 90%, 80%, or 70% of the total cost of manufacturing is attributable to U.S. costs.
 
The FTC must promulgate regulations for such labels and enforce such regulations under the Federal Trade Commission Act.
 
The bill also preempts certain state law requirements relating to the use of &quot;Made in the U.S.A.&quot; or &quot;Made in America&quot; labels. The preemption provisions provide for: (1) the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to supersede state laws that impose more stringent requirements, and (2) FTC regulations under this bill to supersede state laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2016-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-01
text: Introduced in House