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Ravi Thackurdeen Safe Students Study Abroad Act

Bill: 114-hr-3551
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2015-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Area studies and international education
Assault and harassment offenses
Consumer affairs
Crime prevention
Crimes against women
Criminal justice information and records
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Higher education
School administration
Sex offenses
Student aid and college costs
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: 

Ravi Thackurdeen Safe Students Study Abroad Act
 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify campus security reporting requirements for an institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student aid programs.
 
Currently, an IHE must annually report data to the Department of Education on certain criminal offenses that occur in the following geographic categories: on campus, on campus in a residential facility, on noncampus property, and on public property. This bill expands the geographic categories of reportable offenses to also include crimes that occur while a student is participating in an approved study abroad program. 
 
Additionally, it requires an IHE to develop and distribute, as part of its annual security report provided to students and employees, a statement that it has adopted and implemented a program to protect students participating in an approved study abroad program from crime and harm.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Child Tax Credit Equity for Puerto Rico Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3552
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Caribbean area
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Puerto Rico
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: 

Child Tax Credit Equity for Puerto Rico Act of 2015
 
 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow citizens of Puerto Rico to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit on the same basis as U.S. taxpayers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Earned Income Tax Credit Equity for Puerto Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3553
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Caribbean area
Income tax credits
Poverty and welfare assistance
Puerto Rico
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: 

Earned Income Tax Credit Equity for Puerto Rico Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make citizens of Puerto Rico eligible for the federal earned income tax credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Jobs Now Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3554
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2015-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Employment and training programs
Foreign aid and international relief
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Oceania
Palau
State and local government operations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: 

Jobs Now Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to direct the Department of Labor to carry out a two-year pilot program to award competitive grants to general local government units or community-based organizations to retain, employ, or train employees who provide them a public service.
 
Prescribes program requirements, including that: 
 
 
 each unit or organization grantee give priority to the retention, employment, and training of veterans, individuals with disabilities, individuals who receive unemployment benefits, or dislocated workers; and 
 
 Labor give priority to the award of grants to units and organizations with high unemployment, foreclosure, and poverty rates.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Perpetual POW/MIA Stamp Act

Bill: 114-hr-3558
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2015-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: 

Perpetual POW/MIA Stamp Act

 
Directs the Postmaster General to provide for the issuance of a forever stamp that honors the sacrifices of the members of the U.S. Armed Forces who have been prisoners, missing, or unaccounted for and that depicts the National League of Families POW/MIA flag.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1327)
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Administration Franchise Loan Transparency Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3559
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2015-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business records
Contracts and agency
Credit and credit markets
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Retail and wholesale trades
Service industries
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: 

Small Business Administration Franchise Loan Transparency Act of 2015

 
This bill requires a franchisor, except one with a franchise in the lodging industry, to disclose in the required Federal Trade Commission disclosure document:
 
 
the average first-year revenue for all franchise locations for each of the preceding five years of operation;
 
the number of franchise locations that went out of business or were sold by the franchisee during the first year of operation for each such period; and
 
the average revenues for all locations of the franchise for each such period, aggregated to show the top 25%, middle 50%, and the bottom 25% of revenue.
 
 
 Any financial information relating to the performance of any franchise's location provided by the franchisor, or its representatives, to the lender for the purpose of qualifying the loan, must be disclosed to the prospective franchisee borrower.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Southern Utah Open OHV Areas Act

Bill: 114-hr-3560
Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2015-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Motor vehicles
Outdoor recreation
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: 

Southern Utah Open OHV Areas Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey specified land owned and managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Washington County, Utah, to the state of Utah in exchange for specified state lands.
 
Upon the conveyance of the nonfederal land to Interior, such land shall be used only: (1) as an open riding area for the use of off-highway vehicles; or (2) for any other public purpose consistent with uses allowed under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act.
 
Interior shall convey, without consideration, specified Open OHV Areas managed by the BLM to Washington County. 
 
Interior shall convey to the county, without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the (Open OHV Areas) land managed by the BLM and identified as Hurricane Sand Dunes (NRA). 
 
Such conveyed land shall be used only as: (1) an open riding area for the use of off-highway vehicles, or (2) for any other public purpose consistent with uses allowed under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Fair Access to Education Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3561
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2015-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: 

Fair Access to Education Act of 2015

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify federal student aid eligibility criteria. Specifically, it limits drug offense convictions that bar a student from participating in federal student aid programs. 
 
Under current law, any drug offense conviction involving sale or possession of a controlled substance triggers suspension of federal student aid eligibility for a student who commits the drug offense while enrolled in postsecondary education and receiving federal student aid. This bill excludes from triggering drug offense convictions any misdemeanor offense for marijuana possession that occurred before, on, or after enactment of this bill. 
 
This bill reestablishes federal student aid eligibility for certain students who are ineligible due to a prior conviction for misdemeanor marijuana possession. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1322)
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
No Government No Pay Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3562
Sponsor: Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2015-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: 

No Government No Pay Act of 2015

 
 A Member of Congress may not receive pay, during a government shutdown, equal to the product of 1 day's worth of pay under such annual rate and the number of 24-hour periods during which the government shutdown is in effect. This prohibition is applicable to days occurring during the 115th and succeeding Congresses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Milk Freedom Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3563
Sponsor: Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2015-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Civil actions and liability
Food supply, safety, and labeling

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: 

Milk Freedom Act of 2015 

 
This bill provides that federal departments, agencies, or courts must not prohibit, interfere with, regulate, or otherwise restrict the interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk or milk products packaged for direct human consumption based on the determination that, solely because the product is unpasteurized, it is adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise in violation of federal law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Interstate Milk Freedom Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3564
Sponsor: Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2015-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Civil actions and liability
Food supply, safety, and labeling

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: 

Interstate Milk Freedom Act of 2015 

 
This bill provides that federal departments, agencies, or courts must not prohibit, interfere with, regulate, or otherwise restrict the interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk or milk products packaged for direct human consumption if: 
 
 
the action is based on a determination that, solely because the product is unpasteurized, it is adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise in violation of federal law; 
 
the state of origin allows unpasteurized milk or milk products to be distributed for direct human consumption by any means; 
 
the product is produced, packaged, and moved in compliance with the laws of the state of origin; and 
 
the product is moved from the state of origin with the intent to transport it to another state which allows the distribution of unpasteurized milk or milk products for direct human consumption. 
 
 
The bill does not preempt any state laws. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act

Bill: 114-hr-3565
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2015-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
California
Historical and cultural resources
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Monuments and memorials
Pacific Ocean
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: 

California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act

 
This bill expands the boundary of the California Coastal National Monument to include specified federal lands in Humboldt, Santa Cruz, and San Luis Obispo Counties in California. 
 
The Department of the Interior shall amend the Monument management plan for the long-term protection and management of the federal land so added.
 
 Interior may acquire nonfederal land or interests within or adjacent to the added federal land only through exchange, donation, or purchase from a willing seller. 
 
Interior must ensure the protection of Indian sacred sites and traditional cultural properties in the Monument and provide access by members of Indian Tribes for traditional cultural and customary uses.
 
The Monument shall be managed as part of the National Landscape Conservation System. 
 
Interior shall establish an advisory council for each unit of the added federal land to advise on the implementation of the management plan.
 
 Certain rocks, pinnacles, reefs, and islands in the Pacific Ocean within a mile of the coast of Orange County, California, are made part of the California Coastal National Monument, and their current temporary reservation is repealed. 
 
 Likewise repealed is the lighthouse reservation with respect to the San Juan and San Mateo Rocks and the two rocks in the vicinity of Laguna Beach, off the coast of Orange County. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-12
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit an alien who is not in a lawful immigration status in the United States from being eligible for postsecondary education benefits that are not available to all citizens and nationals of the United States.

Bill: 114-hr-3566
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2015-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Civil actions and liability
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: 
Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to prohibit an alien who is not in a lawful immigration status from being eligible for any postsecondary education benefit unless every citizen and national of this country is eligible to receive that benefit in no less of an amount, duration, or scope. (This replaces a prohibition against a state's offering such aliens postsecondary benefits on the basis of their residence in the state that are more generous than those offered citizens or naturals of this country without regard to their state residence.)
 
Allows any citizen or national who is enrolled at a postsecondary educational institution that is alleged to have violated that prohibition to bring a civil action against any state official overseeing the institution to obtain appropriate relief, attorneys' fees, and court costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
HMDA Repeal Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3567
Sponsor: Rep. Brat, Dave [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2015-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Government information and archives
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: 

HMDA Repeal Act of 2015

 
This bill repeals the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Identity Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3568
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2015-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: 

Taxpayer Identity Protection Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the statement reporting wages and other tax information to show an identifying number for the employee (current law requires the employee's social security number). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Good Neighbor Gun Dealer Act

Bill: 114-hr-3569
Sponsor: Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2015-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business ethics
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: 

Good Neighbor Gun Dealer Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to create and publish a voluntary code of conduct (i.e., Good Neighbor Code of Conduct) that urges licensed gun dealers to take steps to prevent the sale of firearms to individuals prohibited from purchasing firearms, implement a safety plan to detect and deter firearm theft, cooperate with law enforcement investigations, and ensure that a completed background check precedes a firearm sale. 
 
DOJ must certify and publish a list of Good Neighbor gun dealers who comply with the code of conduct. 
 
The bill permits DOJ to publicly disclose firearms trace data unless such disclosure undermines an investigation or compromises law enforcement efforts or public safety.
 
DOJ must submit to Congress a strategic plan to improve firearms trace data, identify licensed dealers who transfer firearms used in crimes, and increase enforcement efforts against licensed gun dealers who violate firearm laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House