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Arizona Borderlands Protection and Preservation Act

Bill: 114-hr-1412
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2015-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Customs enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Historical and cultural resources
Land use and conservation
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mexico
New Mexico
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: 

Arizona Borderlands Protection and Preservation Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Department of the Interior to provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel with access to federal lands for security activities, including: (1) routine motorized patrols; and (2) deployment of communications, surveillance, and detection equipment. 
 
Interior and USDA may provide education and training to CBP personnel on the natural and cultural resources present on individual federal land units. 
 
Access authority shall not apply to private or state-owned land within federal land boundaries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Firearms Manufacturers and Dealers Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1413
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2015-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Credit and credit markets
Firearms and explosives
Manufacturing
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: 

Firearms Manufacturers and Dealers Protection Act of 2015

 
This bill declares that funds appropriated or otherwise made available, including amounts derived from any fee or other source, are denied to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Department of Justice, or any other federal agency to carry out Operation Choke Point or any other program designed to discourage the provision or continuation of credit or the processing of payments by financial institutions for dealers and manufacturers of firearms and ammunition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial 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: 2015-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial 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: 2015-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial 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: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Pay As You Rate Act

Bill: 114-hr-1414
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2015-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: 

Pay As You Rate Act

 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, prior to adjudicating a claim that requires decisions with respect to two or more disabilities, to make interim payments based on any disability for which the Secretary has already made a decision.
 
Requires the Secretary, upon claim adjudication, to pay the benefits awarded less the amount of the interim payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Jane's Law

Bill: 114-hr-1415
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2015-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against property
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Separation, divorce, custody, support

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: 

Jane's Law

 
 Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or a prison term of up to two years on any person who travels in interstate or foreign commerce to evade compliance with a court-ordered property distribution in a divorce proceeding involving more than $5,000. Requires payment of restitution equal to the total unpaid property distribution from any person convicted of evading payment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1416
Sponsor: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2015-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Congressional oversight
Drug therapy
Government studies and investigations
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: 

Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2015

 
This bill requires any new presidential sequestration order for FY2016-FY2017 to declare that no reduction shall be made with respect to payments for physician-administered drugs and biologicals under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to the extent that such payments are made based on their average sales price.
 
The Government Accountability Office must examine the shift of cancer care from physician-run community cancer clinics to hospitals and its consequences to costs to the federal government and to Medicare beneficiaries for cancer care under the Medicare program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Puerto Rico Hospital Medicare Reimbursement Equity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1417
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Caribbean area
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medicare
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: 

Puerto Rico Hospital Medicare Reimbursement Equity Act of 2015

 
 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the formula for the Medicare inpatient hospital services payment rate for Puerto Rico hospitals to: (1) reduce the applicable Puerto Rico percentage from 25% to zero, and (2) increase the applicable federal percentage from 75% to 100%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1728-1729)
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1418
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Caribbean area
Health care coverage and access
Medicare
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: 

Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2015

 
 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the exclusion of residents of Puerto Rico from deemed enrollment under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits) and thus apply it to them.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for a special seven-month enrollment period for such residents.
 
Requires recalculation of the late enrollment penalty to 15% of the usual penalty for residents of Puerto Rico who are current enrollees or who enroll during a specified transition period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1728-1729)
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
National Traumatic Brain Injury Research and Treatment Improvement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1420
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2015-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Medical research
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: 

National Traumatic Brain Injury Research and Treatment Improvement Act of 2015

 
Requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) evaluate existing surveillance and data collection systems that track the incidence and circumstances of traumatic brain injury, including concussion; (2) establish a statistically sound, scientifically credible, and integrated National Traumatic Brain Injury Surveillance System; and (3) ensure that the System is designed in a manner that facilitates further research on brain injury. 
 
 Requires the CDC to make information and analysis in the System available to the public and ensure that privacy and security protections applicable to the System are at least as stringent as those under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1421
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2015-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Disability and health-based discrimination
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Government information and archives
Higher education
Racial and ethnic relations
School administration
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: 

Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2015

 
Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each institution of higher education (IHE) participating in a title IV program (except a foreign school) to include in its annual security report a statement of policy regarding harassment that includes: (1) a prohibition of harassment of students by other students, faculty, and staff; (2) a description of its programs to prevent harassment; (3) a description of the procedures that students should follow if harassment occurs; and (4) a description of the procedures it will follow once an incident of harassment has been reported.
 
Defines &quot;harassment&quot; to include certain conduct undertaken through technological means that limits a student's ability to benefit from the IHE's programs, or creates a hostile or abusive educational environment at the school.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to IHEs to initiate, expand, or improve programs to: (1) prevent the harassment of students; (2) provide counseling or redress services to students who have been harassed or accused of subjecting other students to harassment; and (3) train students, faculty, or staff to prevent harassment or address harassment if it occurs.
 
Directs the Secretary to publish a report of best practices for combating harassment at IHEs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act

Bill: 114-hr-1422
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39]
Introduced: 2015-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Credit and credit markets
Housing finance and home ownership
Real estate business

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: 

Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act

 
Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to revise the definition of "member business loan," which currently excludes an extension of credit fully secured by a lien on a 1- to 4-family dwelling that is a member's primary residence.
 
Removes the condition that the dwelling be a member's primary residence, and so denying eligibility for a member business loan to any requested extension of credit that would be fully secured by a lien on a 1- to 4-family dwelling, regardless of whether it is or is not the member's primary residence.
 
Declares that this Act does not preclude the National Credit Union Administration from treating an extension of credit fully secured by a lien on a 1- to 4-family dwelling that is not a member's primary residence as a member business loan for purposes other than certain member business loan limitation requirements under the Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Self-Insurance Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-1423
Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2015-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: 

Self-Insurance Protection Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the definition of &quot;health insurance coverage&quot; a stop-loss policy obtained by a self-insured health plan or a sponsor of a self-insured group health plan to reimburse the plan or sponsor for losses incurred in providing health benefits to plan participants in excess of a level set forth in the stop-loss policy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Infection Reduction Labeling Act

Bill: 114-hr-1424
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2015-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Marketing and advertising
Medical research
Metals
Pest management
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: 

Infection Reduction Labeling Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to authorize solid antimicrobial copper alloys, and products made from such alloys, to be marketed, distributed, or sold with labels about their infection reduction and control efficacy if the antimicrobial claims made on the label are consistent with the results of federally-funded clinical trials finding: (1) greater than 25% reductions in infection rate or 50% reductions in microbial burden, or (2) statistically significant reductions in infection rate or microbial burden.
 
Requirements to submit or review efficacy data related to the antimicrobial claims are waived for these alloys if the claims are consistent with the results of the trials.
 
An alternative process to modify the labeling of an alloy may be used in lieu of the current process.
 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exclude a product that is made from the alloy and has the antimicrobial labeling from regulation and treatment as a drug or device. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2015-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Preserve and Protect God in Military Oaths Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1425
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2015-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Higher education
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: 

Preserve and Protect God in Military Oaths Act of 2015

 
Prohibits any change from being made, except by Act of or authorization by Congress, to the military oaths required for: (1) original appointment as a regular commissioned officer, regular warrant officer, or reserve officer; (2) enlistment in the Armed Forces or National Guard; or (3) admission to a U.S. military service academy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1730)
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in House