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E-Free Act

Bill: 114-hr-3920
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2015-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Family planning and birth control
Health technology, devices, supplies
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: 

E-Free Act

 This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to withdraw approval for Essure, a medical device for permanent, non-surgical female sterilization.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9210)
action_date: 2015-11-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Hedge Fund Sunshine Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3921
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2015-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business records
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: 

Hedge Fund Sunshine Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require that hedge funds send specified information to both the issuer of a security and each exchange where the security is rated within five (instead of 10) days of acquiring 1% (instead of 5%) of the beneficial ownership of an equity security, and also to file specified information required by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
 
 For purposes of determining such beneficial ownership, a hedge fund shall include any equity security with respect to which it owns a derivative instrument that includes the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from an increase in the value of such equity security.
 
In addition, a hedge fund must file a quarterly report with the SEC if it: (1) has $100 million or more in assets under management, and (2) is the beneficial owner of more than 1% of a class of any security.
 
The SEC shall make all reports received under this Act publicly available on its website.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Retirement Choice Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3922
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2015-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: 

Retirement Choice Protection Act of 2015

 
This bill amends Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1978 to transfer from the Department of Labor to the Department of the Treasury regulatory authority for Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), retirement annuities, Simplified Employee Pensions, and Simple IRAs. 
 
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to establish a best interest standard for fiduciaries who provide advice to investors in IRAs and plans not subject to ERISA. The best interest standard allows a financial advisor to make investment recommendations and receive compensation with respect to certain financial products, including proprietary products, if such advisor makes certain required disclosures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Introduced in House
To provide for a report that develops recommended United States energy security valuation methods.

Bill: 114-hr-3923
Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2015-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Energy to develop and report to specified congressional committees, after public notice and comment, recommended U.S. energy security valuation methods.
 
The report shall:
 
 
evaluate and define U.S. energy security to reflect modern domestic and global energy markets and the collective needs of the United States and its allies and partners;
 
identify procedures and criteria to ensure that energy-related actions that significantly affect the supply, distribution, or use of energy are evaluated with respect to their potential impact on energy security, consumers and the economy, energy supply diversity and resiliency, well-functioning and competitive energy markets, the U.S. trade balance, and national security objectives; and 
 
recommend an implementation strategy meeting specified requirements.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Recruiting and Retaining Effective School Leaders Act

Bill: 114-hr-3925
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2015-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
School administration
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: 

Recruiting and Retaining Effective School Leaders Act

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Department of Education to establish a student loan forgiveness program for school principals employed in schools where at least 30% of students meet federal poverty guidelines. Loans are forgiven over a seven-year period. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Gun Violence Research Act

Bill: 114-hr-3926
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2015-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Crime victims
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Product safety and quality
Research administration and funding
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: 

Gun Violence Research Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to specifically include injuries from gun violence as a research subject for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
 
Nothing in the CDC's research authorization may be construed to authorize support for advocacy or promotion of gun control.
 
The CDC must improve the National Violent Death Reporting System, particularly through the voluntary participation of additional states.
 Nothing in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may be construed to prohibit a health care provider from discussing guns or gun safety with a patient or reporting a patient's threat of violence.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Introduced in House
West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3927
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2015-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: California
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
Oregon
Pacific Ocean
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: 

West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Department of the Interior from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in any area of the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, or Washington.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Ending the Sanctuary Capitol Policy Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3928
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2015-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Immigration status and procedures
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
U.S. Capitol

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: 

Ending the Sanctuary Capitol Policy Act of 2015

 
This bill authorizes U.S. Capitol Police officers, in the performance of official duties, to make arrests and otherwise enforce immigration laws on Capitol Grounds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Office of Strategic Services Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 114-hr-3929
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2015-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Military history
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Smithsonian Institution

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: 

Office of Strategic Services Congressional Gold Medal Act
 
 
This bill requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal to the members of the Office of Strategic Services in recognition of their service and contributions during World War II.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2015-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2015-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2015-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Medicaid Reimbursement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3930
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: District of Columbia
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: 

District of Columbia Medicaid Reimbursement Act of 2015
 
 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to increase the Medicaid federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for the District of Columbia from 70% to 80%. Under current law, a state's FMAP is based on its per capita income and may range from 50% to 83%.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1592)
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 620 Central Avenue Suite 1A in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, as the "Chief Petty Officer Adam Brown United States Post Office".

Bill: 114-hr-3931
Sponsor: Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4]
Introduced: 2015-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Arkansas
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 620 Central Avenue Suite 1A in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, as the "Chief Petty Officer Adam Brown United States Post Office."
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 620 Central Avenue Suite 1A in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, as the "Chief Petty Officer Adam Brown United States Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: Became Public Law No: 114-202.
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: Became Public Law No: 114-202.
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2016-07-19
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2016-07-19
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2016-07-15
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5192-5193)
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5192-5193)
action_date: 2016-05-24
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2922)
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2922)
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3931.
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2922)
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Mr. Walker moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 114-202
179 Act

Bill: 114-hr-3933
Sponsor: Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Business investment and capital
Computers and information technology
Food industry and services
Income tax deductions
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 

179 Act
 
 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the taxpayer election to expense depreciable business property (179 property), to make permanent: (1) the increased $500,000 limitation on the amount of such property eligible for expensing; (2) a $2 million threshold for depreciable property, after which the amount of the expensing allowance is reduced; (3) the expensing of computer software; and (4) the revocability of the expensing election.
 
The bill also makes permanent the expensing allowance for qualified real property, which includes qualified leasehold improvement property, qualified restaurant property, and qualified retail improvement property.The bill allows a carryover of disallowed amounts of qualified real property to taxable years beginning after 2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
Corporate Fair Share Tax Act

Bill: 114-hr-3934
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 

Corporate Fair Share Tax Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit the tax deduction of the interest expense of a U.S. corporation that is a member of a financial reporting group (a group that prepares consolidated financial statements according to accepted accounting principles or international financial reporting standards) to: (1) the amount of interest on indebtedness of the corporation includible in the corporation's gross income for the taxable year plus its proportionate share of the group's net interest expense in the taxable year computed under U.S. income tax principles; or (2) not more than 10% of the corporation's adjusted taxable income, if the corporation fails to substantiate its proportionate share of interest expense. 
 
The bill exempts from the limitation a corporation that is predominantly engaged in the active conduct of a banking, financing, or similar business or that has less than $5 million of net interest expense for the taxable year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
Putting America First Corporate Tax Act

Bill: 114-hr-3935
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Foreign and international corporations
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 

Putting America First Corporate Tax Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the definition of subpart F income (i.e., income of a controlled foreign corporation earned outside the United States that is not tax-deferred) to include income of a controlled foreign corporation derived from any foreign country. This modification is applicable to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6531 Van Nuys Boulevard in Van Nuys, California, as the "Marilyn Monroe Post Office".

Bill: 114-hr-3938
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: California
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6531 Van Nuys Boulevard in Van Nuys, California, as the "Marilyn Monroe Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
EPA Maximum Achievable Contraction of Technocrats Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3939
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 

EPA Maximum Achievable Contraction of Technocrats Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce its total number of employees by 15% by a certain workforce reduction target date. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2015-11-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2015-11-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House