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Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3638
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2015-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Competition and antitrust
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Telecommunication rates and fees
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: 

Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission to adopt regulations on the use of inmate telephone and video services that enable persons incarcerated in correctional institutions to originate calls at payphones, telephones, or video kiosks designated for the personal use of prisoners.
 
The regulations must: (1) prescribe a maximum uniform per-minute rate and service connection or other per-call rate, (2) prescribe variable maximum rates depending on factors such as carrier costs and the size of the correctional facility, (3) require providers of inmate telephone and video service to offer both collect calling and prepaid debit account services, (4) prohibit or limit the payment of commissions by such providers to administrators of correctional facilities based upon the revenue of the service, (5) require such administrators to allow more than one service provider at a facility so that prisoners have a choice, and (6) prohibit or substantially limit any ancillary fees that are in addition to the per-minute rate and connection charge. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Access to Care Act

Bill: 114-hr-3639
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2015-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medical education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: 

Veterans Access to Care Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to automatically designate medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as health professional shortage areas.
 
 Individuals may not participate in both the VA's Health Professionals Education Assistance Program and the National Health Service Corps scholarship or loan repayment programs.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services, in carrying out the National Health Service Corps Program, must consult with the VA regarding health professional shortage areas that are VA medical facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Mental Health Awareness Semipostal Stamp Act

Bill: 114-hr-3640
Sponsor: Rep. Curbelo, Carlos [R-FL-26]
Introduced: 2015-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Mental health
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Postal service
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: 

Mental Health Awareness Semipostal Stamp Act

 
This bill directs the United States Postal Service to issue and sell, at a premium, a Mental Health Awareness Semipostal Stamp. Use of this stamp must be voluntary for postal patrons. 
 
Proceeds from the sale of this stamp must be transferred to the National Institute of Mental Health to help fund mental illness research and suicide prevention programs. 
 The stamp must be available to the public for at least six years.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2015-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2015-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2015-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Health Insurance for Former Foster Youth Act

Bill: 114-hr-3641
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2015-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: 

Health Insurance for Former Foster Youth Act

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to make technical revisions indicating that medical assistance is available to former foster care children regardless of whether they move between states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To provide for increased flexibility in the extension of the Social Security program to Guam.

Bill: 114-hr-3642
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Guam
Social security and elderly assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: 
This bill amends the Social Security Amendments of 1960 with respect to the extension of the Social Security program to Guam.
 
If certain legislation enacted by the government of Guam expresses the desire that title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) extend only to those officers and employees initially employed by the government of Guam, local governments, and government instrumentalities, then specified other SSAct provisions shall apply to only those individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1388)
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Interim Consolidated Storage Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3643
Sponsor: Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2015-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Appropriations
Government trust funds
Nuclear power
Public contracts and procurement
Radioactive wastes and releases
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: 

Interim Consolidated Storage Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to authorize the Department of Energy (DOE) to enter into new contracts (or modify existing contracts) with the licensee of an interim consolidated storage facility in order to take title to and store in it either high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel of domestic origin. 
 
The bill defines:
 
 
&quot;interim consolidated storage facility&quot; as a facility licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the storage of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel received from DOE or from two or more persons that generate or hold title to such fuel generated at a civilian nuclear power reactor, and 
 
&quot;high-level radioactive waste&quot; as including Greater than Class C waste. 
 
 
The bill assigns priority to storage of such waste and spent fuel located on sites without an operating nuclear reactor.
 
The bill makes appropriations targeted for the Nuclear Waste Fund available to pay for costs in connection with storage in an interim consolidated storage facility. 
 
Beginning in FY2016 DOE shall not expend, on fees for dry modes of storage of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel, any amounts exceeding the cumulative amount of interest generated by the Fund each fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Introduced in House
South Atlantic Red Snapper Data Improvement Act

Bill: 114-hr-3644
Sponsor: Rep. Jolly, David W. [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2015-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean
Congressional oversight
Fishes
Government information and archives
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: 

South Atlantic Red Snapper Data Improvement Act

 
This bill requires the National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Regional Office to award grants for data collection that is used in stock assessments for reef fish species in the South Atlantic region, including the red snapper. In awarding grants, the Office must seek to improve stock assessments through innovative approaches to data collection that incorporates data from peer-reviewed research involving academia, fishermen, and other fisheries sources.
 
The Department of Commerce must: (1) seek to improve communications by the National Marine Fisheries Service with stakeholders regarding the reef fish species stock assessment processes and outcomes of those processes, and (2) develop a process for using data collected through cooperative research activities for those stock assessments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Federal Duck Stamp Price Stability Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3645
Sponsor: Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2015-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Birds
Hunting and fishing
Licensing and registrations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: 

Federal Duck Stamp Price Stability Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to authorize the Department of the Interior, after notice and public comment, to increase the price of each Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp by up to $10 for a hunting year if the increase is: (1) commensurate with the level of inflation since the last increase, and (2) approved unanimously by the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission. 
 
An increase in price shall take effect: (1) at least two years after the effective date of the last price increase, and (2) no later than January 1 of the calendar year preceding the hunting year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Introduced in House
IRGC Terrorist Designation Act

Bill: 114-hr-3646
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2015-09-29 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Iran
Middle East
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: 

IRGC Terrorist Designation Act

 
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) meets the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization and should be so designated by the Secretary of State. 
 
The Secretary shall report to Congress on whether the IRGC meets such criteria and, if not, a detailed justification as to which criteria have not been met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Fairness for Families Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3647
Sponsor: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2015-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Adult day care
Disability and paralysis
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: 

Fairness for Families Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to define "mental or physical disability" as a mental or physical impairment or physical disability that: (1) a licensed examining physician designated by the Department of State has determined renders the individual unable to care for himself or herself as an adult, and (2) because of this impairment or disability the individual's parent or sibling is solely responsible for the individual's care. 
 
U.S. citizens' sons and daughters with mental or physical disabilities shall be considered immediate relatives for exemption from numerical limitations on visas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Gluten in Medicine Disclosure Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3648
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2015-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Grain
Nutrition and diet
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: 

Gluten in Medicine Disclosure Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the sale of any drug intended for human use that contains an ingredient other than a polyol that constitutes or is derived from a grain or starch-containing ingredient and whose label does not include a parenthetical statement identifying the source of that ingredient.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend titles 10, 32, and 37 of the United States Code to authorize the establishment of units of the National Guard in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Bill: 114-hr-3649
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: National Guard and reserves
Northern Mariana Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: 
Authorizes the establishment of units of the National Guard in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Introduced in House
State National Forest Management Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3650
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: 

State National Forest Management Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture, through the Forest Service, to convey to a state up to 2 million acres of eligible portions of the National Forest System (NFS) in it that it elects to acquire through enactment by the state legislature of a bill meeting certain criteria. 
 
Portions of the NFS conveyed to a state shall be administered and managed primarily for timber production.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-15
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 15.
action_date: 2016-06-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-06-14
text: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
action_date: 2016-06-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-06-14
text: Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-10-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2015-10-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-10-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2015-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2015-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2015-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Positive Train Control Enforcement and Implementation Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3651
Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9]
Introduced: 2015-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Railroads
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: 

Positive Train Control Enforcement and Implementation Act of 2015

 
This bill extends deadlines and modifies requirements for railroad carriers and providers of intercity or commuter rail passenger transportation to implement positive train control (PTC) systems. 
 
(A PTC system is a communications and signaling system designed to prevent train-to-train collisions, over-speed derailments, incursions into established work zone limits, and the movement of a train through a switch left in the wrong position. Railroads which carry passengers or have high-volume freight traffic with certain hazardous materials are required to implement a PTC system.) 
 
Within 60 days of enactment of this bill, each Class I railroad carrier (the largest operators by revenue) and provider of intercity or commuter rail passenger transportation must submit to the Department of Transportation (DOT) a plan for implementing PTC by December 31, 2018, instead of the December 31, 2015, deadline required under current law. DOT may extend the deadline if specified requirements are met. 
 
The revised plan must include a detailed schedule and sequence for fully implementing PTC in a manner that complies with specified regulations, and railroads must implement PTC in accordance with the plan. 
 
DOT may authorize a railroad carrier or other entity to begin the provisional operation of a PTC system without the required certification if it is necessary to enable the safe implementation of PTC in phases. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Help Find the Missing Act

Bill: 114-hr-3653
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2015-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child safety and welfare
Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Evidence and witnesses
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: 

Billy's Law or the Help Find the Missing Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ), through the National Institute of Justice, to maintain public databases, known as the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), of missing persons and unidentified remains.
 
It requires DOJ to facilitate information sharing between the NamUs databases and the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database. DOJ must update the online data entry format to allow criminal justice agencies, medical examiners, and coroners to simultaneously submit information to NamUs and NCIC. DOJ must also promulgate rules that protect confidential, private, and law enforcement sensitive information. 
 
The bill amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require a law enforcement agency that submits a missing child report to NCIC to also submit such missing child report to NamUs.
 
It directs DOJ to establish a program to award matching grants to law enforcement agencies, coroners, and medical examiners to facilitate information reporting to the NCIC database and NamUs databases to help locate missing persons and identify unidentified remains.
 
DOJ must report: (1) to medical examiners, coroners, and law enforcement agencies on best practices for data collection and analysis; and (2) to Congress on the status of the NCIC database and NamUs databases. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: Introduced in House