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San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-3820
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2015-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
California
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Military facilities and property
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: 

San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers Protection Act

 
This bill establishes the San Gabriel National Recreation Area in California as a unit of the National Park System, consisting of approximately 51,107 acres of identified federal lands and interests.
 
The Department of the Interior must cooperate with the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop opportunities for the management of the federal lands under DOD jurisdiction that are included within the area. 
 
The bill establishes the San Gabriel National Recreation Area Public Advisory Council and the San Gabriel National Recreation Area Partnership. 
Interior and the San Gabriel National Recreation Area Public Advisory Council shall create a comprehensive management plan for the area. 
Interior shall develop an integrated visitor services plan for the area and is authorized to construct visitor use facilities. 
The Department of Agriculture must modify the boundaries of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument in California to include approximately 109,143 acres of additional, identified National Forest System lands and administer them as part of the monument.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7142-7143)
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid DOC Act

Bill: 114-hr-3821
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2015-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health personnel
Medicaid
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: 

Medicaid Directory of Caregivers Act or the Medicaid DOC Act

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require a state to publish and annually update a directory of providers that participate in the state plan for medical assistance on a fee-for-service basis or through a primary care case-management system. The directory must include each provider's name, specialty, address, and telephone number. In addition, with respect to a provider that participates in a primary care case-management system, the directory must specify: (1) the provider's language capabilities, and (2) whether the provider is accepting new Medicaid patients.

action_date: 2016-02-23
text: 

Medicaid Directory of Caregivers Act or the Medicaid DOC Act

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require a state to publish and annually update a directory of providers that participate in the state plan for medical assistance on a fee-for-service basis or through a primary care case-management system. The directory must include each provider's name, specialty, address, and telephone number. In addition, with respect to a provider that participates in a primary care case-management system, the directory must specify: (1) the provider's language capabilities, and (2) whether the provider is accepting new Medicaid patients.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-23
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 325.
action_date: 2016-02-23
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 114-426.
action_date: 2016-02-23
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 114-426.
action_date: 2015-11-18
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2015-11-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-11-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-10-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Opportunity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3822
Sponsor: Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17]
Introduced: 2015-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax exclusion
Securities
Student aid and college costs
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: 

Student Loan Opportunity Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to tax-exempt private activity bond financing, to: (1) eliminate the restriction on nonprofit corporations that acquire student loan notes to notes incurred under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (thus allowing such corporations to access tax-exempt financing for other types of student loans), and (2) expand the operations of such corporations to include performing student assistance related activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Introduced in House
To provide for direct hire authority for positions in the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-3823
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2015-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Minority employment
Pipelines
Transportation safety and security
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: 
This bill authorizes the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, until December 31, 2017, to appoint qualified candidates to positions that would likely allow increased activities relating to pipeline safety without regard to federal examination, selection, and placement provisions.
 
 The Administration shall submit to Congress a report annually through 2017 on its efforts to hire women, minorities, and veterans as inspectors since January 1, 2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2015-10-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Forest Service and Department of the Interior Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3824
Sponsor: Rep. Hardy, Cresent [R-NV-4]
Introduced: 2015-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Forests, forestry, trees
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: 

Forest Service and Department of the Interior Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 2015

 
This bill makes a Regional Forester for a Forest Service region responsible for all Forest Service law enforcement personnel assigned to that Region. The Chief of the Forest Service, however, acting through the Director of Law Enforcement, shall remain responsible for the Investigations Division. 
 
The Department of Agriculture (USDA), with respect to the Forest Service, and the Department of the Interior, with respect to its land management agencies, shall establish a Federal Lands Law Enforcement Review Board to review and make recommendations regarding: 
 
 
law enforcement incidents of concern involving agency law enforcement personnel,
 
proposed changes to agency law enforcement policy,
 
the cooperative law enforcement program, and 
 
training of agency law enforcement personnel.
 
 
If a political subdivision of a state contains 25,000 acres or more of federal land, all or a majority of which is either National Forest System land or land under Interior jurisdiction, USDA or Interior, as appropriate, shall try to develop a memorandum of understanding with that political subdivision to address the specific roles and coordination between Forest Service or Interior law enforcement personnel and local law enforcement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2015-10-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2015-10-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2015-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Project-Based Voucher Improvement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3827
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2015-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: 

Project-Based Voucher Improvement Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 with respect to the requirement that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) require local governments or other HUD-approved entities to make inspections and rent determinations for leased dwelling units (other than public housing dwelling units) that are owned by a public housing agency (PHA) administering section 8 low-income (voucher) rental assistance.
 
&quot;Owned by a PHA,&quot; for these purposes, means the dwelling unit is in a project owned by:
 
 
the PHA,
 
 an entity wholly controlled by the PHA, or
 
 a limited liability company or limited partnership in which the PHA (or an entity wholly controlled by it) holds a controlling interest in the managing member or general partner.
 
 
A dwelling unit shall not be deemed to be owned by a PHA for these purposes, however, merely because the PHA holds:
 
 
a fee interest as ground lessor in the property on which the unit is situated,
 
a security interest under a mortgage or deed of trust on the unit, or
 
a non-controlling interest in an entity which owns the unit or in the managing member or general partner of an entity which owns the unit.
 
 
In an exception to the prohibition against attaching to a PHA project more than 20% of funding available for tenant-based assistance, a PHA may use up to an additional 10% to provide units that:
 
 
house homeless individuals and families,
 
house families with veterans,
 
provide supportive housing to persons with disabilities or elderly persons, or
 
are located in areas where vouchers are difficult to use.
 
 
The bill revises the income-mixing requirement for such projects to add to the current assistance limitation of a maximum 25 dwelling units per project an alternative limitation of 25% of such dwelling units. Neither limitation shall apply to dwelling units exclusively made available to elderly families or to households eligible for certain supportive services.
 
The term of a housing assistance payment contract may increase from 15 to 20 years.
 
The bill also revises requirements for rent adjustments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Land-Grant Opportunity Act

Bill: 114-hr-3828
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5]
Introduced: 2015-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Education programs funding
Higher education
Minority education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-26
text: 

Land-Grant Opportunity Act 

 
This bill amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to modify the formula that the Department of Agriculture uses to distribute funds for land-grant colleges and universities to provide additional funding for certain historically black colleges and universities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2015-10-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2015-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-26
text: Introduced in House
UNRWA Anti-Incitement and Anti-Terrorism Act

Bill: 114-hr-3829
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27]
Introduced: 2015-10-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Arab-Israeli relations
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign aid and international relief
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
International organizations and cooperation
Middle East
Palestinians
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Terrorism
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-26
text: 

UNRWA Anti-Incitement and Anti-Terrorism Act 

 
This bill amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to withhold U.S. contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) or to any successor or related entity, or to the regular budget of the United Nations (U.N.) for the support of UNRWA or a successor entity, unless the Department of State certifies to Congress that: 
 
 
no UNRWA official, employee, representative, or affiliate is a member of a foreign terrorist organization, has propagated anti-American, anti-Israel, or anti-Semitic rhetoric, or has used UNRWA resources to propagate political materials regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; 
 
no UNRWA facility is used by a foreign terrorist organization;
 
no UNRWA school uses educational materials that propagates anti-American, anti-Israel, or anti-Semitic rhetoric;
 
 no recipient of UNRWA funds or loans is a member of a foreign terrorist organization; 
 
UNRWA is subject to auditing oversight; and 
 
UNRWA holds no accounts or other affiliations with financial institutions deemed by the United States to be complicit in money laundering and terror financing. 
 
 
U.S. contributions to UNRWA are limited during the period for which a certification is in effect.
 
It is the sense of Congress that: 
 
 
the President and the Department should lead a diplomatic effort to encourage other nations to withhold contributions to UNRWA, or to the regular budget of the U.N. for the support of UNRWA, until UNRWA has met these conditions; 
 
citizens of recognized states should be removed from UNRWA's jurisdiction; 
 
UNRWA's definition of a &quot;Palestine refugee&quot; should be changed to that used for a refugee by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); and 
 
 responsibility for the Palestinian refugees should be fully transferred to UNHCR.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7264)
action_date: 2015-10-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-26
text: Introduced in House
To require a regional strategy to address the threat posed by Boko Haram.

Bill: 114-hr-3833
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2015-10-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Economic development
Foreign aid and international relief
Human rights
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International organizations and cooperation
Judicial procedure and administration
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Nigeria
Rule of law and government transparency
Terrorism
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-26
text: 
This bill requires: 
 
 
the Department of State and the Department of Defense to develop jointly and submit to Congress a five-year strategy to help Nigeria, members of the Multinational Joint Task Force to Combat Boko Haram, and relevant partners to counter Boko Haram, and to assist Nigeria and its neighbors to address legitimate grievances of vulnerable populations in areas affected by Boko Haram; and 
 
 the Director of National Intelligence to assess the willingness and capability Nigeria and regional partners to implement such strategy. 
 
 
 It is the sense of Congress that lack of economic opportunity and access to education, justice, and other social services contributes to Boko Haram's ability to radicalize and recruit individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7402)
action_date: 2015-10-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2015-10-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2015-10-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2015-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-26
text: Introduced in House
GEAR UP for Counseling

Bill: 114-hr-3834
Sponsor: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2015-10-27 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-27
text: 

GEAR UP for Counseling

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase requirements for grant recipients under the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP). 
 
Specifically, it requires state and partnership GEAR UP grantees to also provide academic and mental health counseling services to participating students. 
 
The bill reauthorizes GEAR UP for FY2017-FY2022.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-10-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-10-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-27
text: Introduced in House
Protecting America's Solvency Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3835
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]
Introduced: 2015-10-27 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Constitution and constitutional amendments
General taxation matters
Income tax rates
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-27
text: 

Protecting America's Solvency Act of 2015 

 
This bill increases the statutory debt limit by $1 trillion after Congress adopts a balanced budget Constitutional amendment and by an additional $1 trillion after the amendment is ratified by the states. 
 
To comply with the requirements of this bill, the amendment must: 
 
 
prohibit total outlays for a year from exceeding receipts, excluding receipts derived from borrowing and outlays for repayment of debt principal; 
 
permit the deficit prohibition to be suspended by a majority of both houses of Congress in any year in which the United States is actively engaged in military conflict pursuant to a war declared by Congress or by a fourth-fifths vote in any other year; 
 
require the President to ensure that total outlays for a fiscal year do not exceed receipts and consider the failure to prevent a deficit to be an impeachable offense; 
 
permit any Member of Congress, governor, or attorney general to have standing and a cause of action to seek judicial enforcement of the amendment; 
 
prohibit the President, a court, or any state from ordering a tax increase or other revenue measures to enforce the requirements; and 
 
phase-in the requirements using a specified schedule of declining deficits. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-10-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-27
text: Introduced in House