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Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2717
Sponsor: Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2015-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Department of Agriculture
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Department of State
Department of the Interior
Ecology
Economic performance and conditions
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive Office of the President
Government information and archives
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: 

Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 to revise and reauthorize the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) and the National Science Foundation's (NSF) ocean acidification programs through FY2019. 
 
The scope of the Act is expanded to cover acidification in estuaries and the Great Lakes, not just oceans. Acidification is the decrease in pH of those waters and changes in their chemistry caused by chemical inputs, including carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
 
The National Science and Technology Council's Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology must: (1) oversee the development of adaptation and mitigation strategies to address socioeconomic impacts resulting from ocean acidification, (2) ensure that agencies represented on the interagency working group on ocean acidification deliver data and information to support the Ocean Acidification Information Exchange and a data archive, and (3) establish an Ocean Acidification Advisory Board to provide advice to the subcommittee and the interagency working group and certain information to Congress and the public.
 
The strategic plan for federal research and monitoring on ocean acidification must include: (1) modeling to determine impacts of acidification on marine food webs, and (2) research to understand related and cumulative stressors and other biogeochemical processes occurring in conjunction with ocean acidification.
 
NOAA must establish data processing, storage, and archive facilities and procedures to provide for the long-term stewardship of environmental data, products, and information necessary for carrying out the Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Introduced in House
Servicemember Student Loan Affordability Act

Bill: 114-hr-2718
Sponsor: Rep. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2015-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Interest, dividends, interest rates
Military personnel and dependents
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: 

Servicemember Student Loan Affordability Act

 
Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the 6% interest rate limitation on debt entered into during a servicemember's military service to any debt entered into to consolidate or refinance one or more student loans incurred before such service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4237)
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Introduced in House
Tribal Coastal Resiliency Act

Bill: 114-hr-2719
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2015-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Ecology
Historical and cultural resources
Indian lands and resources rights
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: 

Tribal Coastal Resiliency Act

 
This bill amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize the Department of Commerce to award grants to qualified Indian tribes to further achievement of any of the following tribal coastal zone objectives: 
 
 
protecting, restoring, or preserving areas in the zone that hold important ecological, cultural, or sacred significance for the tribes, or traditional, historic, and esthetic values essential to the tribes;
 
preparing and implementing a special area management plan and technical planning for important coastal areas; and
 
implementing any coastal or shoreline stabilization measure for the purpose of public safety, public access, or cultural or historical preservation. 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2015-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Introduced in House
Sunshine in Academic Admissions Act

Bill: 114-hr-2720
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2015-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government information and archives
Higher education
Racial and ethnic relations
Student records

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: 

Sunshine in Academic Admissions Act

 This bill requires each institution of higher education that participates in a program under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to submit an annual report to the Department of Education that states whether the institution gives weight to race, color, or national origin in the admissions process and, if yes, provides certain additional disclosures. 
 
The institution must make the report publicly available. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Introduced in House
Rabbi Arthur Schneier Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 114-hr-2723
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2015-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Human rights
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: 

Rabbi Arthur Schneier Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal to Rabbi Arthur Schneier in recognition of his pioneering role in promoting religious freedom and human rights throughout the world for close to half a century.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Introduced in House
RIVER Act

Bill: 114-hr-2724
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2015-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: 
 
Reliable Investment in Vital Energy Reauthorization Act or the RIVER Act

 
This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize through FY2025 the program of hydroelectric production incentives and incentive payments to the owners or operators of hydroelectric facilities at existing dams to make capital improvements directly related to improving efficiency. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Introduced in House
21st Century Care for Military and Veterans Act

Bill: 114-hr-2725
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2015-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Military medicine
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: 

21st Century Care for Military and Veterans Act

 
Permits the use of a telecommunications system to provide an item or service to current and former members of the uniformed services and their dependents under the TRICARE plan of health care benefits administered by the Department of Defense and to veterans receiving health care benefits under plans administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2015-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2015-06-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2015-06-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2015-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Introduced in House
To authorize a land exchange involving Fort Hood, Texas, and the City of Copperas Cove, Texas, to support the city's efforts to improve arterial transportation routes in the vicinity of Fort Hood and to promote economic development.

Bill: 114-hr-2727
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25]
Introduced: 2015-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Economic development
Land transfers
Military facilities and property
Roads and highways
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: 
Authorizes the Department of the Army to convey all right, title, and interest of the United States in certain real property to the city of Copperas Cove, Texas, in order for the city to improve arterial transportation routes in the vicinity of Fort Hood and to promote economic development in the area.
 
Requires the city, in consideration for such conveyance, to convey all its right, title, and interest in real properties of equal fair market value that are acceptable to the Department. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Introduced in House
American Export Promotion Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2729
Sponsor: Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2015-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
Public-private cooperation
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: 

American Export Promotion Act of 2015

 
 Authorizes appropriations for the Manufacturing and Services unit of the International Trade Administration (ITA) of the Department of Commerce for the ITA's Market Development Cooperator Program.
 
Requires, in the use of such funds, a preference to be given to activities that: 
 
 
 assist small- and medium-sized U.S. businesses, and 
 
 will create or sustain the greatest number of jobs or obtain the maximum return on investment.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Introduced in House
National Prostate Cancer Plan Act

Bill: 114-hr-2730
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2015-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Minority health
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: 

National Prostate Cancer Plan Act

 
Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the National Prostate Cancer Council on Screening, Early Detection, Assessment, and Monitoring of Prostate Cancer to: (1) develop and implement a strategic plan for the accelerated development of diagnostic tools for prostate cancer, (2) review the effectiveness of diagnostic tools for prostate cancer, (3) coordinate prostate cancer research and services across federal agencies, (4) evaluate all active federal prostate cancer programs, and (5) ensure the inclusion of men at high risk for prostate cancer in clinical, research, and service efforts.
 
Directs the Council to submit annual reports. Requires the first report to include recommendations based on an evaluation of prostate cancer research and gaps in the development and validation of diagnostic tools for prostate cancer. Requires subsequent reports to include an outline for a national research plan, roles for specified agencies, an analysis of the disparities in the incidence and mortality of prostate cancer in high-risk men, and a review of the progress towards the realization of the strategic plan. 
 
Terminates the Council on December 31, 2020.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4388)
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Introduced in House
NCAA Act

Bill: 114-hr-2731
Sponsor: Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2015-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Athletes
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Congressional oversight
Due process and equal protection
Education programs funding
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Labor-management relations
Marketing and advertising
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Neurological disorders
Professional sports
School athletics
Student aid and college costs
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: 

National Collegiate Athletics Accountability Act or the NCAA Act

 
This bill amends title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require program participation agreements to prohibit an institution with an intercollegiate athletic program from membership in a nonprofit athletic association unless the association: 
 
 
requires annual baseline concussion testing prior to a student athlete's participation in contact sports;
 
requires certain due process procedures for students and institutions prior to enforcing a remedy for any infraction;
 
requires athletically related student aid to be guaranteed for the duration of the student's attendance, up to four years, and irrevocable due to skill or injury; and 
 
permits member institutions to pay stipends to student athletes. 
 
 
The legislation also establishes the Presidential Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics to review, analyze, and report to the President and Congress on certain issues related to intercollegiate athletics, including the interaction of athletics and academics, the financing of intercollegiate athletics, the recruitment and retention of student athletes, oversight and governance practices, health and safety protections for student athletes, and due process and equal enforcement of student athlete rules and regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act

Bill: 114-hr-2732
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2015-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: 

Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act

 
Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes for the development, implementation, and evaluation of handgun purchaser licensing requirements and the implementation and improvement of handgun purchaser licensing programs.
 
 Requires grant applications to include a description of: (1) the law that the applicant has enacted to require a license for any purchase of a handgun, including any exemptions; and (2) how the applicant will use the grant to carry out or improve its program.
 
Requires an applicant, to be eligible for a grant, to have in effect handgun purchaser licensing laws that include requirements that:
 
 
an applicant for a handgun license or permit must be at least 21 years old and must be a national or lawful permanent resident of the United States;
 
such an individual must apply for the license or permit at a law enforcement agency in the state in which he or she resides, must reapply within five years, and must submit to a background investigation and a criminal history check;
 
such an individual must submit fingerprints and photographs and must provide proof that the individual is legally present and lawfully resides in the United States; and
 
any individual who is prohibited from possessing a firearm under the federal criminal code may not receive a license or permit. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Accountable Recovery Act

Bill: 114-hr-2735
Sponsor: Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2015-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Commerce
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: 

Accountable Recovery Act 

 
This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to direct the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce as appropriate to make recovery plans for the conservation and survival of a species publicly available at the time of a determination that the species is endangered or threatened. The plans must incorporate objective numerical recovery goals for removal of species from the endangered and threatened species list.
 
The appropriate department is given 30 days to deny a petition stating that the numerical recovery goal has been achieved for a species. If the department has not acted on a petition at the end of that period, the species is removed from the endangered and threatened species list.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Youth Mental Health Research Act

Bill: 114-hr-2736
Sponsor: Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2015-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Executive agency funding and structure
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Mental health
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: 

Youth Mental Health Research Act

 
This bill authorizes the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to establish a Youth Mental Health Research Network for the conduct or support of youth mental health research and intervention services.
 
The NIMH may award cooperative agreements, grants, and contracts to governments and private nonprofit entities for: (1) conducting youth mental health research or training for researchers in youth mental health research techniques; (2) providing youth mental health intervention services; and (3) collaborating with NIMH to build on the scientific findings and clinical techniques of earlier programs, studies, and demonstration projects.
 
A number of these awards must go to entities that agree to: (1) focus primarily on the early detection and intervention of severe mental illness in young people; (2) conduct or coordinate multisite clinical trials for the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of early severe mental illness in a community setting and rapidly disseminate their findings; and (3) adhere to the guidelines, protocols, and practices used in the North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study and the Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenia Episode initiative.
 
The NIMH must establish a data coordinating center to assist awardees and distribute scientific findings generated by awardees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2737
Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2015-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Military history
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Philippines
Smithsonian Institution
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: 

Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2015

 
Directs the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to make appropriate arrangements for the award of a single Congressional Gold Medal to the Filipino Veterans of World War II in recognition of their dedicated service during World War II. 
 
Requires that the medal, following its award, be given to the Smithsonian Institution where it will be available for research and for display at other appropriate locations associated with such veterans.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-11
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: 2015-06-11
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: 2015-06-11
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: 2015-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Introduced in House