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Public Access to Public Science Act

Bill: 114-hr-1426
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2015-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Commerce
Government information and archives
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Science Foundation
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: 

Public Access to Public Science Act

 
 Directs each of the covered agencies (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA], National Science Foundation, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and National Weather Service) to formulate and implement a public access policy to make covered works publicly available, without charge, starting on the day after the end of an embargo period. 
 
Defines: (1) &quot;covered work&quot; as any research results published in a peer-reviewed scholarly publication based on research funded in whole or in part by a covered agency, with certain exceptions; and (2) &quot;embargo period&quot; as up to 12 months after the initial date of publication of a covered work, unless extended, pursuant to a stakeholder's petition, by the covered agency after determining that the public interest will be substantially and uniquely harmed under the agency's public access policy. 
 
Requires the public access policy to: (1) allow the public to read, download, and analyze by machine covered works in digital form; (2) facilitate easy public search of, analysis of, and access to covered works; (3) encourage public-private collaboration to maximize interoperability between public and private platforms, avoid unnecessary duplication of existing mechanisms, and maximize the impact of the covered agency's research investment; (4) ensure that attribution to authors, journals, and original publishers is maintained; and (5) ensure that publications and metadata are stored in an accessible archive. 
 
Requires a covered agency's public access policy to ensure full public access to metadata of covered works, without charge, beginning when the covered work is first published. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Medicare CGM Access Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1427
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2015-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: 
Medicare CGM Access Act of 2015 - This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices furnished to a CGM qualified individual. 
 
The Department of Health and Human Services must establish a fee schedule and ensure that CGM qualified individuals are furnished with appropriate device components.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Stronger Voice for Small Business Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1429
Sponsor: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]
Introduced: 2015-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: 

Stronger Voice for Small Business Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Small Business Act to authorize a person to file with the Office of Hearings and Appeals a petition or reconsideration of a size standard revised, modified, or established by the Administrator of the Small Business Administration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Permanent CFC Look-Through Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1430
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2015-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Foreign and international corporations
Income tax deferral
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: 

Permanent CFC Look-Through Act of 2015

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax rule exempting dividends, interest, rents, and royalties received or accrued from certain controlled foreign corporations by a related entity from treatment as foreign holding company income (thus permitting tax deferral of such income).

action_date: 2015-10-23
text: 

Permanent CFC Look-Through Act of 2015

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax rule exempting dividends, interest, rents, and royalties received or accrued from certain controlled foreign corporations by a related entity from treatment as foreign holding company income (thus permitting tax deferral of such income).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 235.
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-309.
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-309.
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 11.
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to prohibit the preemption of State stalking laws.

Bill: 114-hr-1431
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2015-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Civil actions and liability
Federal preemption
Labor-management relations
Railroads
State and local government operations
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: 
Amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to declare that nothing in those Acts shall be construed to preempt a law of any state, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia that prohibits, criminalizes, or creates a civil cause of action for stalking, cyberstalking, or harassment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to prohibit the preemption of State identity theft laws.

Bill: 114-hr-1432
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2015-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Federal preemption
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Labor-management relations
Railroads
Right of privacy
State and local government operations
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: 
Amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to declare that nothing in those Acts shall be construed to preempt a law of any state, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia that prohibits, criminalizes, or creates a civil cause of action for identity theft or the release of an individual's personally identifiable information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Supermarket Tax Credit for Underserved Areas Act

Bill: 114-hr-1433
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2015-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Employee hiring
Food industry and services
Fruit and vegetables
Income tax credits
Retail and wholesale trades
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: 

Supermarket Tax Credit for Underserved Areas Act 

 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the rate of the rehabilitation tax credit for a supermarket building placed in service after December 31, 2015, and before January 1, 2018, in an underserved area (i.e., any enterprise community or empowerment zone and any renewal community); (2) increase by $1,000 the limit on wages eligible for the work opportunity tax credit for employees of a supermarket located in an underserved area; and (3) allow a business-related tax credit for 15% of the gross receipts from the retail sale of locally-grown fresh fruits and vegetables in a supermarket in an underserved area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E363)
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Cow Creek Umpqua Land Conveyance Act

Bill: 114-hr-1436
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2015-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Oregon

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: 

Cow Creek Umpqua Land Conveyance Act 

 
 Requires all interest of the United States in approximately 17,519 acres of land (Council Creek land) to be held in trust for, and to be part of the reservation of, the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians. 
 
Applies federal law relating to the export of unprocessed logs harvested from federal land to any unprocessed logs that are harvested from such land. Prohibits gaming on such land. Requires any forestry activity on such land to be managed in accordance with applicable federal laws. 
 
Directs the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior to identify any land conveyed under this Act that is Oregon and California Railroad grant land. Directs Interior to: (1) identify public domain land in Oregon that is approximately equal in acreage and condition to such Oregon and California Railroad grant land, and (2) reclassify the public domain land as Oregon and California Railroad grant land. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2015-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Coquille Forest Fairness Act

Bill: 114-hr-1437
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2015-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Oregon

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: 

Coquille Forest Fairness Act

 
 Amends the Coquille Restoration Act to require the Department of the Interior to manage the Coquille Forest in accordance with the laws pertaining to the management of Indian trust land. (Currently, Interior is also required to manage the Forest under applicable state and federal forestry and environmental protection laws, and subject to critical habitat designations under the Endangered Species Act and the standards and guidelines of federal forest plans on adjacent or nearby federal lands.) 
 
Continues to apply: (1) federal law relating to the export of unprocessed logs harvested from federal land to any unprocessed logs that are harvested from the Forest, and (2) competitive bidding requirements to sales of timber from the Forest. 
 
Removes a provision: (1) giving the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon jurisdiction over certain actions concerning the placement of lands in Coos County and Curry County, Oregon, into trust for the Coquille Tribe and the management of the Coquille Forest; and (2) limiting available remedies to equitable relief, unless otherwise provided for by law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2015-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Oregon Coastal Lands Act

Bill: 114-hr-1438
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2015-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Oregon

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: 

Oregon Coastal Lands Act

 
 Requires all interest of the United States in approximately 14,408 acres of land (Oregon Coastal land) to be held in trust for, and to be part of the reservation of, the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians (Tribes). 
 
Applies federal law relating to the export of unprocessed logs harvested from federal land to any unprocessed logs harvested from such land. Prohibits gaming on such land. Requires commercial forestry activity on such land to be managed in accordance with applicable federal laws. Exempts such land from the land use planning requirements of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. 
 
Directs the Tribes to consult with the Department of the Interior and other parties to develop agreements to provide for access to such land that provide for: (1) honoring existing reciprocal right-of-way agreements, (2) administrative access by the Bureau of Land Management, and (3) management of any such land acquired or developed under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965. 
 
Directs the Department of Agriculture and Interior to identify any land conveyed under this Act that is Oregon and California Railroad grant land. Directs Interior to: (1) identify public domain land in Oregon that is approximately equal in acreage and condition to such Oregon and California Railroad grant land, and (2) reclassify the public domain land as Oregon and California Railroad grant land. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2015-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to treat employment as a field emergency medical service practitioner in the same manner as employment as a firefighter for purposes of such Act.

Bill: 114-hr-1440
Sponsor: Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4]
Introduced: 2015-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Age discrimination
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: 
Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to treat field emergency medical service practitioners in the same manner as firefighters or law enforcement officers for purposes of exempting state employers from otherwise prohibited age discrimination practices.
 
Allows an employer that is a state, political subdivision, and interstate agency to fail or refuse to hire, or to discharge, any such practitioner because of the individual's age if the employer provides the practitioner an annual opportunity to demonstrate physical and mental fitness by passing a job performance test identified by the Department of Health and Human Services in order to continue employment.
 
Defines &quot;field emergency medical service practitioner&quot; as an employee, the duties of whose position are primarily to perform work directly connected with the responsibility of administration of specialized pre-hospital emergency care for victims of acute illnesses or injury, including an employee engaged in such activity who is transferred to a supervisory or administrative position.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Manufacturing Universities Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1441
Sponsor: Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2015-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Higher education
Manufacturing
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Science and engineering education
Small business
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: 

Manufacturing Universities Act of 2015

 
Authorizes the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to establish a program to designate up to 25 institutions of higher education as U.S. manufacturing universities that are to be awarded funds over a four-year period.
 
Requires an institution applying for such program to submit a plan describing its engineering programs, its relationship to manufacturing industries, and its ability to positively impact local and regional economic development. 
 
Requires NIST to recommend adaptations to certain Small Business Act programs to assist small businesses that collaborate with such universities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Grand Canyon Bison Management Act

Bill: 114-hr-1443
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2015-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Arizona
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Hunting and fishing
Land use and conservation
Mammals
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: 

Grand Canyon Bison Management Act

 
Directs the Department of the Interior to publish a management plan to reduce, through humane lethal culling by skilled public volunteers and other nonlethal means, the population of bison in the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona that Interior determines are detrimental to the uses of the Park. 
 
Permits the removal by such a volunteer of a full bison harvested from the Park. 
 
Instructs Interior to coordinate with the Arizona Game and Fish Commission regarding the development and implementation of the management plan. 
 
Requires Interior, in developing such plan, to comply with all applicable federal environmental laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House