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Relating to certain Indian land-related takings claims of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan and its individual members.

Bill: 114-hr-3133
Sponsor: Rep. Benishek, Dan [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2015-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian claims
Michigan

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to pay an unspecified sum to the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan and its members pursuant to a judgment rendered by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Manufactured Housing Energy Efficiency Act

Bill: 114-hr-3135
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2015-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Building construction
Department of Energy
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Energy efficiency and conservation
Housing industry and standards
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: 

Manufactured Housing Energy Efficiency Act
 
 
This bill amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to revise requirements governing when the Department of Energy (DOE) must update energy conservation standards for residential manufactured housing, commonly known as mobile homes. Currently, DOE's energy conservation standards for such housing are based on the most recent version of the model International Energy Conservation Code and DOE must update the standards within a year of a revision to the code, unless the code is not cost-effective, or a more stringent standard would be more cost-effective.
 
The bill requires DOE to make a determination on whether updating its energy conservation standards based on the revised code would improve energy efficiency in manufactured housing before updating those standards.
 
The Department of Housing and Urban Development must: (1) administer and enforce the energy conservation standards established by this bill, and (2) make public each year aggregate information on enforcement actions with respect to those standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2015-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2015-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Enforcement Transparency Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3136
Sponsor: Rep. Blum, Rod [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2015-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Civil actions and liability
Department of Agriculture

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: 

Enforcement Transparency Act of 2015

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to issue and publish on its website guidelines relating to the calculation of civil fines for violating provisions of the Animal Welfare Act regarding the transportation, sale, and handling of certain animals. USDA must update the guidelines on a quarterly basis, provide notice on its website prior to making the updates, and publish the updates in the Federal Register. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in House
To reaffirm the trust status of land taken into trust by the United States pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934, for the benefit of an Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date that the land was taken into trust, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-3137
Sponsor: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2015-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: 
Reaffirms the trust status of land taken into trust by the United States pursuant to the Indian Reorganization Act before the date of enactment of this Act for the benefit of an Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date the land was taken into trust.
 
Ratifies and confirms any action taken by the Department of the Interior for the purpose of acquiring and taking land into trust under such Act as if such action had been taken under a federal law specifically authorizing or directing it.
 
Makes this Act applicable to all claims pending on, or filed on or after, the date of enactment of this Act.
 
Requires any land taken into trust that has been ratified and confirmed pursuant to this Act to remain Indian country.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Military Recruiter Right to Carry Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3138
Sponsor: Rep. Hice, Jody B. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2015-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Federal preemption
Firearms and explosives
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: 

Military Recruiter Right to Carry Act of 2015

 
This bill states that, notwithstanding any Department of Defense policy or federal, state, or local law to the contrary, a member of the Armed Forces assigned to duty at an Armed Forces recruitment office has the right to carry a personal or service-issue firearm at the office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in House
SEMPER FI Act

Bill: 114-hr-3139
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2015-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: 

Securing Military Personnel Response Firearm Initiative Act or SEMPER FI Act

 
This bill directs the Secretary concerned to authorize an eligible member of the Armed Forces assigned to an Armed Forces recruitment center to carry a service-issue sidearm as a personal- or force-protection measure while on duty at the recruiting center, notwithstanding any federal, state, or local law or Department of Defense policy to the contrary. 
 
In lieu of authorizing eligible members of the Armed Forces to carry a service-issue sidearm, or in addition, the Secretary concerned may implement additional security measures for Armed Forces recruitment centers, including improved structural security measures. 
 
This Act shall not be interpreted to grant any member of the Armed Forces the authority to conduct civilian law enforcement functions within U.S. territory.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in House
AMPLE Oil and Gas Royalties Act

Bill: 114-hr-3140
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2015-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy revenues and royalties
Government information and archives
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: 

Accounting for Methane in Production through Loophole Elimination with Oil and Gas Royalties or the AMPLE Oil and Gas Royalties Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 to require, with respect to federal oil and gas leases, a lessee or its designee of a lease in a unit or communitization agreement that contains only federal leases with the same royalty rate and funds distribution, or a lessee or its designee of a lease that is not contained in a unit or communitization agreement, to report and pay royalties on oil and gas production each month based on the actual volume of oil and gas withdrawn from the reservoir by or on behalf of that lessee, including all oil and gas not sold by or on behalf of that lessee. (Currently, such lessees pay royalties on oil and gas production based on only the actual volume of production sold by or on behalf of that lessee.)
 
&quot;Oil and gas withdrawn from the reservoir&quot; is defined as any oil and gas that is produced, sold, vented, flared, used for beneficial purposes, leaked, or otherwise emitted during production.
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Teach Safe Relationships Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3141
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2015-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crimes against women
Domestic violence and child abuse
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
HIV/AIDS
Health promotion and preventive care
School administration
Sex and reproductive health
Sex offenses
Sexually transmitted diseases
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: 

Teach Safe Relationships Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to authorize the Department of Education (ED) to award competitive four-year grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to provide: (1) professional development to school administrators, teachers, and staff in safe relationship behavior education; and (2) educational programming and curricula for students regarding safe relationship behavior.
 
"Safe relationship behavior education" is education that:
 
 
is medically accurate and appropriate for an individual's age, developmental stage, and culture; 
 
promotes safe relationships and teaches students to recognize and prevent coercion, violence, or abuse, including physical and emotional relationship abuse; 
 
includes education regarding communication skills, emotional health, accountability, and well-being in relationships; and 
 
includes education regarding healthy relationships and consent. 

 
ED must provide LEAs with policy guidance regarding safe relationship behavior training and the promotion of safe and healthy relationships.
 
ESEA funds may not be used for sex or HIV-prevention education in schools if that instruction does not include safe relationship behavior education. (Under current law, sex or HIV-prevention education in schools must be age appropriate and include the health benefits of abstinence.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1093)
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Protect Local Independence in Housing Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3145
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2015-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: 

Protect Local Independence in Housing Act of 2015

 
Amends the Fair Housing Act to prohibit its provisions from being construed to prohibit conduct resulting in a disparate impact on a class protected by such Act unless the person engaging in that conduct intended that impact.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Military Base Self-Defense Act

Bill: 114-hr-3146
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2015-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Firearms and explosives
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: 

Military Base Self-Defense Act

 
Repeals: (1) Army Regulation 190-14, entitled "Carrying of Firearms and Use of Force for Law Enforcement and Security Duties"; and (2) Department of Defense Directive Number 5210.56, entitled "Use of Deadly Force and the Carrying of Firearms by DOD Personnel Engaged in Law Enforcement and Security Duties." 
 
Nullifies any provision in any other law, rule, regulation, or executive order that prohibits military personnel trained in firearms from carrying officially issued or personally owned firearms on military bases.
 
Prohibits: (1) the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Secretaries of the military departments from reinstating the firearm bans repealed in this Act or enacting similar restrictions; and (2) the President from taking any executive action, promulgating any rule, or issuing any executive order or regulation to prohibit military personnel from carrying firearms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Constituent Services Disclosure Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3147
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2015-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional operations and organization
Government information and archives
House of Representatives
Medicare
Members of Congress
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social security and elderly assistance
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: 

Constituent Services Disclosure Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act to prohibit the availability of 20% of the Members' Representational Allowance to a Member's office unless it provides certain free assistance with respect to:
 
 
passports;
 
individual federal income tax returns;
 
501(c)(3) tax-exempt status applications;
 
benefits under titles XVIII (Medicare), II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance), and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act;
 
student loans; and
 
veterans' benefits or other laws administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
 
 
Each Member's office must make publicly available in print or on its congressional website all the constituent services it provides.
 
It is the sense of Congress that private companies that provide the same or similar assistance to individuals as described in the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (as amended by this Act) should disclose that such assistance could be provided free by the office of a Member of the House of Representatives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in House
To exempt application of JSA attribution rule in case of existing agreements.

Bill: 114-hr-3148
Sponsor: Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-15]
Introduced: 2015-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: 
This bill exempts broadcast television stations from the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC's) amended joint sales agreement (JSA) rules if the stations were parties to a JSA that was in effect on the effective date of the amendment adopted by the FCC on March 31, 2014. 
 
Under the FCC's amended rule, a television station that sells more than 15% of the weekly advertising time of another station in the same market is attributed an ownership interest subject to ownership limitations. The bill exempts stations from being considered in violation of such ownership limitations by reason of the amended rule if they were a party to an existing JSA that was in effect on the effective date of the amendment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Baggage Fee Fairness Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3149
Sponsor: Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7]
Introduced: 2015-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Transportation costs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: 

Baggage Fee Fairness Act of 2015

 
This bill prohibits any air carrier from collecting a checked baggage fee from an air passenger if the fee amount exceeds the total amount of passenger facility charges ($1-$4.50) that could be imposed (without regard to whether the charges are actually imposed) on a passenger by eligible agencies for boarding a flight.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: Introduced in House
One Social Security Act

Bill: 114-hr-3150
Sponsor: Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2015-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Employment taxes
Government trust funds
Self-employed
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: 

One Social Security Act

 
This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to merge the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund into a new, restructured Social Security Trust Fund to consist of the employment and self-employment taxes imposed with respect to wages and self-employment income.
 
The annual report to Congress on the operation and status of the Trust Fund shall include an actuarial analysis of the benefit cost with respect to disabled beneficiaries and their auxiliaries, to retired beneficiaries and their auxiliaries, and to survivor beneficiaries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1100-1101)
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Arrest Statistics Reporting Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3151
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]
Introduced: 2015-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: 

Arrest Statistics Reporting Act of 2015

 
This bill requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to publish annually and make publicly available a report that includes for each person arrested during the preceding year, and for whom a request was submitted to the Law Enforcement Support Center or any potential matches forwarded under the information sharing program between the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, the following information: 
 
 
the person's nationality and immigration status, and 
 
the offense for which the person was arrested. 
 
 
The Federal Bureau of Investigation shall: 
 
 
revise the Uniform Crime Reports to require that each arrest report shall include such published arrest information, and 
 
publish a summary of the data which shall include a table containing the National Crime Information Center offense codes and the corresponding occurrences for each nationality and immigration status category.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5336)
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: Introduced in House