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STEM Education Opportunity Act

Bill: 114-hr-3570
Sponsor: Rep. Hanna, Richard L. [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2015-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Behavioral sciences
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Science and engineering education
Social Sciences and History
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: 

STEM Education Opportunity Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) individual taxpayers a deduction from gross income for STEM (i.e., science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) higher education expenses; and (2) a business-related tax credit for contributions of STEM property (e.g., computer equipment and software, microscopes, and lab equipment), services, and training made to an elementary or secondary school to promote education in the biological sciences, mathematics, earth and physical sciences, computer and information science, engineering, geosciences, and social and behavioral sciences. The bill defines "STEM higher education expenses" to include any expenses incurred by an individual attending an institution of higher education who is majoring in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics.
 
The Government Accountability Office must submit to Congress a report detailing: (1) the efficacy of this Act in increasing higher education enrollment in the fields of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology; and (2) any effect this Act has had on the price of higher education tuition in such fields. 


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
Fuel Cell Tax Extenders Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3571
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2015-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Motor fuels
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: 

Fuel Cell Tax Extenders Act of 2015 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2021:
 
 
the residential energy efficient property tax credit for qualified fuel cell property,
 
 the energy tax credit for qualified fuel cell property,
 
the alternative motor vehicle tax credit for qualified fuel cell motor vehicles,
 
the tax credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property relating to hydrogen, and 
 
the excise tax credit for the sale or use of alternative fuels involving hydrogen. 
 


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
Refugee Resettlement Oversight and Security Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3573
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2015-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Immigration status and procedures
Iraq
Middle East
Racial and ethnic relations
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Religion
Syria

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: 

Refugee Resettlement Oversight and Security Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the President, after appropriate consultation with certain congressional committees, to recommend to Congress the number of refugees who may be admitted into the United States in a fiscal year.
 
Except in the case of an unforeseen emergency refugee situation, no refugees may be admitted in a fiscal year until Congress enacts a joint resolution setting the number of refugees who may be admitted in that fiscal year.
 
In determining an alien's admissibility on security and related grounds the Department of Homeland Security shall consult with the Director of National Intelligence and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
 
Beginning in FY2016 and ending in FY2020, the President, when considering the admission of refugees who are nationals or citizens of Iraq or Syria, shall give priority to members of a persecuted religious minority.
 
The Government Accountability Office shall report to Congress on the effectiveness of the refugee screening process in protecting U.S. security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
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
Small Business Relief and Job Creation Act

Bill: 114-hr-3574
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2015-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Income tax credits
Small business
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: 

Small Business Relief and Job Creation Act
 
 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow small business employers whose gross receipts in the preceding taxable year did not exceed $20 million or who did not employ more than 100 full-time employees during the preceding taxable year a work opportunity tax credit for hiring unemployed individuals as full-time employees (at least 30 hours per week) during 2016 or 2017. The bill doubles the rate of such credit for employers located in counties with high unemployment rates.


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
End Tax Exemptions for Fetal Tissue Profits Act

Bill: 114-hr-3575
Sponsor: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: 

End Tax Exemptions for Fetal Tissue Profits Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny or revoke the tax-exempt status of 501(c) organizations that are fined for violating the prohibitions against purchasing, soliciting, or accepting human fetal tissue. 


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
Unnecessary Government Printing Reform Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3577
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2015-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committees
Congressional operations and organization
Government information and archives
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: 

Unnecessary Government Printing Reform Act of 2015

 
This bill requires the Government Publishing Office (GPO) to make any document of the House of Representatives or Senate available only in an electronic format accessible through the Internet, and prohibits printing or distribution of a printed copy.
 
 Upon the request of any person to whom GPO would have been required to provide a printed copy before this requirement, GPO may print and distribute it for the person's use, except that:
 
 
the number of printed copies may not exceed the number GPO would have provided had this requirement not been in effect; and
 
GPO may print and distribute copies to the person only upon payment of printing and distributing costs.
 
 
Any Member of Congress office shall be exempt from these requirements.
 
Members and committees providing documents in electronic format are deemed to have met requirements of House and Senate rules and regulations with respect to distribution of printed copies of any document (including bills or resolutions).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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 Rules, 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 Rules, 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
Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act

Bill: 114-hr-3579
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2015-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: 

Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act

 
This bill provides that any hours worked by a firefighter under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be disregarded for purposes of determining eligibility for, or the amount of, any overtime pay. The bill defines "qualified trade-of-time arrangement" as an arrangement under which two firefighters who are employed by the same agency agree, solely at their option and with the approval of their employing agency, to substitute for one another during scheduled work hours in the performance of work in the same capacity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
To establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a continuing medical education program for non-Department medical professionals who treat veterans and family members of veterans to increase knowledge and recognition of medical conditions common to veterans and family members of veterans, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-3580
Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2015-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medical education
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a continuing medical education program for non-VA medical professionals, with the goal of: (1) increasing knowledge and recognition of medical conditions common to veterans and family members, and (2) improving outreach to veterans and family members.
 
The program must include education on: (1) dealing with patients who are veterans or family members; (2) identifying and treating common mental and physical conditions of veterans and family members; (3) programs and benefits available to veterans and family members through the VA, the Department of Labor, and other federal agencies and non-federal organizations; and (4) the VA health care system.
 
The VA shall: (1) carry out such program for five years on a VA website at no cost to participating non-VA medical professionals, and (2) ensure that the program is accredited in as many states as practicable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Keep Our PACT Act

Bill: 114-hr-3581
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2015-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Appropriations
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Special education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: 

Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers Act or the Keep Our PACT Act

 
This bill: (1) amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to reauthorize and mandate funding levels for a program that awards grants to states for the provision of special education and related services to children with disabilities, and (2) mandates funding levels for school improvement programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA).
 
With respect to the IDEA grant program, the bill establishes funding levels for each year from FY2016-FY2024 in amounts equal to the greater of: (1) a specified amount for the applicable fiscal year, or (2) a specified percentage of an amount determined pursuant to a formula that multiplies the number of children receiving special education services by the national average per-pupil expenditure in public elementary and secondary schools. Funding levels for FY2025 and beyond must equal the greater of a specified amount or 40% of the amount determined using this formula. 
 
With respect to school improvement programs under ESEA, the bill establishes funding levels for each year from FY2016-FY2025 in amounts equal to the difference between: (1) the amount appropriated for the programs in FY2015, and (2) the greater of a specified amount for the applicable fiscal year or the full amount authorized to be appropriated for that fiscal year for such programs.
 
Amounts appropriated under the bill must be expended in a manner consistent with pay-as-you-go requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Digital Learning Equity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3582
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Digital media
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Rural conditions and development
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: 

Digital Learning Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a digital learning equity demonstration program that awards grants for developing, implementing, and evaluating strategies and methods to increase students' home access to the Internet and digital learning resources. This may include such practices as: (1) providing a targeted distribution of technology, such as a modem, that provides out-of-school Internet access to eligible students; (2) educating and training students, parents, and educators regarding the appropriate use of that technology outside of the classroom; and (3) evaluating the effectiveness of relevant strategies and methods. 
 
The Federal Communications Commission must complete and publicly disseminate the finding of a national study on the educational trends and behaviors associated with access to digital learning resources outside of the classroom.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Dry Cask Storage Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3587
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2015-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Emergency planning and evacuation
Government trust funds
Licensing and registrations
Nuclear power
Radioactive wastes and releases

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-22
text: 

Dry Cask Storage Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to require each licensee of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to submit a plan for: (1) transfer (including on-going additional transfers) to spent nuclear fuel dry casks of any spent nuclear fuel stored by the licensee for at least seven years in spent nuclear fuel pools, and (2) configuration of the remaining spent nuclear fuel in the pool in a manner that minimizes the chance of a fire if there is a loss of water in the pool.
 
Requires the NRC to approve or disapprove the plan within 90 days after its submission.
 
Authorizes the NRC to make a grant to any licensee with an approved plan to assist in the cost of transferring spent nuclear fuel to dry casks under the plan.
 
Requires the emergency planning zone applicable to each civilian nuclear power reactor to be at least 10 miles in radius until all spent nuclear fuel at the reactor has been transferred to dry casks.
 
Directs the NRC to expand to 50 miles in radius the emergency planning zone applicable to each reactor not in compliance with an approved plan. Makes the licensee responsible for all coasts associated with expansion.
 
Requires the Department of the Treasury to transfer annually to the NRC, to pay the costs of the grants program, 10% of the interest generated during the preceding fiscal year from investments of the Nuclear Waste Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2015-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Guaranteed 3 Percent COLA for Seniors Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3588
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2015-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Inflation and prices
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-22
text: 

Guaranteed 3 Percent COLA for Seniors Act of 2015 

 
 Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish a monthly Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers that indicates changes over time in expenditures for consumption which are typical for individuals in the United States age 62 or older.
 
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) require the use of such index to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security benefits; and (2) provide, in the case of individuals who have attained age 62, for an annual cost-of-living increase of at least 3%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2015-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Midshipmen Education Certainty Act

Bill: 114-hr-3589
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2015-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of Transportation
Education programs funding
Executive agency funding and structure
Marine and inland water transportation
Military education and training

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-22
text: 

Midshipmen Education Certainty Act 

 
 Makes appropriations available each fiscal year for operations of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for the Academy are not in effect.
 
Requires funds made available for a fiscal year under this Act to remain available until the enactment of: (1) an appropriation for such fiscal year (including a continuing appropriation) for such operations; or (2) an applicable regular appropriation for the Maritime Administration for such fiscal year, or continuing appropriations resolution for such fiscal year, without any appropriation for such operations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2015-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2015-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act

Bill: 114-hr-3591
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2015-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Fires
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-22
text: 

Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act
 
 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) 100% expensing in a current taxable year of the cost of automated fire sprinkler system retrofit property, as defined by this Act; and (2) accelerated depreciation (i.e., a 15-year recovery period) of automated fire sprinkler system retrofit property that is installed in a building or structure where the floor of any occupiable story is greater than 75 feet above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access and that has a certain classification by the National Fire Protection Association. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-22
text: Introduced in House
To establish a pilot program to reduce the number of vehicles owned by certain Federal departments and increase the use of ride-sharing services.

Bill: 114-hr-3592
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2015-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Agriculture
Department of Energy
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Motor vehicles
Public contracts and procurement
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-22
text: 
This bill directs the Departments of Agriculture, the Interior, and Energy to each establish a pilot program to: (1) reduce the inventory of light vehicles owned by the department by 10% for each of the 5 fiscal years beginning after the expiration of the 1-year period starting on the date of enactment of this Act, and (2) increase the department's use of commercial ride-sharing companies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-22
text: Introduced in House