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New Columbia Admission Act

Bill: 114-s-1688
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Congressional operations and organization
Constitution and constitutional amendments
District of Columbia
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 

New Columbia Admission Act
 
 Sets forth procedures for admission into the United States of the state of New Columbia. 
Requires the Mayor of the District of Columbia to: (1) submit to the eligible voters propositions for statehood and adoption of a State Constitution, and (2) issue a proclamation for the first elections to Congress of two Senators and one Representative of New Columbia. Requires the President, upon adoption of such propositions and certification of such elections, to issue a proclamation announcing the results and admitting New Columbia into the Union. 
Provides for conversion of District government offices to state offices. 
Provides that New Columbia shall consist of all territory of the District as of enactment of this Act, excluding land within specified metes and bounds that shall remain the District of Columbia and that shall include the principal federal monuments, the White House, the Capitol Building, the Supreme Court Building, the federal executive, legislative, and judicial office buildings located adjacent to the Mall and the Capitol Building, and certain military property. 
Prohibits New Columbia from imposing taxes on federal property except as provided by Congress. 
Maintains the applicability to New Columbia of current District laws and continues pending judicial proceedings. 
Maintains: (1) the District of Columbia as the seat of the federal government, and (2) the federal government's authority over military lands and specified other property. 
Requires each state that is the last place an individual resided before residing in the District of Columbia to permit such individual to vote in federal elections by absentee ballot. Sets forth a rule for expedited consideration of a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to repeal the 23rd amendment (which provides for the appointment of electors for President and Vice President for the District).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to reduce the funding available for a State under the national highway performance program and the surface transportation program if the State issues a license plate that contains an image of a flag of the Confederate States of America, including the Battle Flag of the Confederate States of America.

Bill: 114-s-1689
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Licensing and registrations
Motor vehicles
National symbols
Racial and ethnic relations
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 
This bill requires the amounts apportioned to a state under the national highway performance program and the surface transportation program to be reduced by 5% for: (1) each fiscal year beginning after enactment of this Act in which the state issues a license plate that contains an image of a flag of the Confederate States of America; and (2) each fiscal year beginning with the second fiscal year after enactment of this Act in which the state allows such a license plate issued before the fiscal year beginning after enactment of this Act to be displayed on a motor vehicle registered in the state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 114-s-1690
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 

Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area Act

 Establishes the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area in the state of Washington. 
Designates the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust as the local coordinating entity for the Heritage Area, which shall prepare and submit a management plan for it.

action_date: 2016-09-06
text: 

Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area Act

 (Sec. 4) This bill establishes the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area in the state of Washington. 
 The bill designates the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust as the local coordinating entity for the heritage area, which shall prepare and submit a management plan for it.
 
(Sec. 6) The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust shall not use federal funding made available under this bill for the acquisition of real property or any interest in real property.
 
(Sec. 8) Nothing in this bill:
 
 
abridges the rights of any public or private property owners;
 
alters any adopted land use regulations, approved land use plans, or other regulatory authorities of any federal, state, tribal, or local agencies; 
 
conveys any land use or other regulatory authority to the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust; or
 
alters, modifies, diminishes, or extinguishes any Indian tribe's treaty rights within the heritage area. 
 
 
(Sec. 10) The bill authorizes appropriations.
 
The federal cost share of any activity carried out under this bill shall be 50% of that activity's total cost. 
 
The authority of Department of the Interior to furnish assistance under this bill terminates 15 years after this bill's enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-06
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 590.
action_date: 2016-09-06
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with amendments. With written report No. 114-317.
action_date: 2016-09-06
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with amendments. With written report No. 114-317.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2016-06-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-502.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to clarify the use of a towaway trailer transportation combination, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-s-1692
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 
This bill revises federal vehicle length limitations to prohibit states from prescribing or enforcing a regulation that imposes an overall length limitation of less than 82 feet on a towaway trailer transporter combination operating on any segment of the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways and qualifying federal-aid primary system highways.
 
The bill defines &quot;trailer transporter towing unit&quot; as a power unit not used to carry property when operating in a towaway trailer transporter combination.
 
The bill defines &quot;towaway trailer transporter combination&quot; as a combination of vehicles consisting of a trailer transporter towing unit and two trailers or semitrailers:
 
 
with a total combined weight not exceeding 26,000 pounds; and
 
which carry no property and constitute inventory property of a manufacturer, distributor or dealer of such trailers or semitrailers.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for reimbursement for emergency medical treatment to certain veterans that were unable to receive care from the Department of Veterans Affairs in the 24-month period preceding the furnishing of such emergency treatment, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-s-1693
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 
Expands eligibility for reimbursement from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for emergency medical treatment furnished in a non-VA facility to include veterans that were unable to receive care from the VA within the 24-month period preceding such treatment because of a waiting period imposed by the VA with respect to a new patient examination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-212.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Healthcare Relief Act

Bill: 114-s-1697
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Medicare
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 

Small Business Healthcare Relief Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to allow an employer with fewer than 50 employees that does not offer group health insurance coverage to establish a health reimbursement arrangement. Under the arrangement, funds contributed by an employer are excluded from the employer's taxable income and are used to pay or reimburse employees for medical care expenses, including premiums for individual health insurance coverage or Medicare supplemental insurance.
 
Such a reimbursement arrangement: (1) must not pay premiums for an employee covered by a family member's coverage, (2) must be offered to all eligible employees on the same terms and may only vary based on the number of individuals covered, and (3) is not required to provide continuation coverage.
 
Employer contributions to a reimbursement arrangement are not included in an employee's gross income if the employee was covered by the reimbursement arrangement for more than nine months of the year. Employees covered for less than nine months have a percentage of employer contributions included in their gross income, with exceptions.
 
An employee offered affordable individual health insurance coverage under a reimbursement arrangement is not eligible for a premium assistance tax credit.
 
Employers must report contributions to a reimbursement arrangement on their employees' W-2.
 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to exempt reimbursement arrangements from requirements for health insurance coverage. Insurance offered under a reimbursement arrangement remains subject to the requirements.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-18
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-675.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4652)
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Oregon Wildlands Act

Bill: 114-s-1699
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Oregon
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 

Oregon Wildlands Act

 
This bill designates specified Bureau of Land Management land in Oregon as the Rogue Canyon and Molalla National Recreation Areas in Oregon. 
 
The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act is amended to add specified segments to the Rogue River as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
 
Segment lengths and other technical corrections are made to segment designations for the Chetco River, Oregon. 
 
The Squaw Creek is renamed as Whychus Creek. 
 
The Franklin and Wasson Creeks and specified segments of the Molalla River are designated as wild rivers and components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 
 
Specified segments are added to the Elk River, and specified other river segments are designated as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 
 
Approximately 56,100 acres of specified federal land are added to the Wild Rogue Wilderness, as well as approximately 600 acres of certain potential wilderness administered by the Department of the Interior. 
 
Interior shall manage approximately 4,000 acres of Withdrawal Area to preserve the natural and primitive character of the land for recreational, scenic, and scientific use. 
 
Approximately 30,540 acres of certain Forest Service and BLM land in Oregon are designated as the Devil's Staircase Wilderness and a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-500.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4653)
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Mitigation Facilitation Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1700
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Land transfers
Licensing and registrations
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 

Mitigation Facilitation Act of 2015

 
This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to establish a mitigation loan and loan guarantee program to enable political subdivisions of states to: (1) purchase credits from mitigation banks or in-lieu fee programs, or (2) acquire interests in property that are acquired pursuant to a mitigation project required by the Corps of Engineers under a Clean Water Act permit to discharge dredged or fill material into waters of the United States.
 
Mitigation banks and in-lieu fee programs are designed to compensate for lost functions of waters of the United States resulting from activities under those permits.
 
The authority provided by the bill expires in 10 years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Infrastructure Rehabilitation Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1701
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Infrastructure development
Licensing and registrations
Natural disasters
Railroads
Roads and highways
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 

Infrastructure Rehabilitation Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to forgo providing notice or opportunity for public hearings when issuing permits for the discharge of dredged or fill material into the navigable waters at specified disposal sites in the event of a natural disaster that has damaged transportation infrastructure, if immediate construction is required to restore the infrastructure to working order.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Fairness in Respondent Selection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1702
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Government studies and investigations
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 

Fairness in Respondent Selection Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the administering authority (i.e., the Secretary of Commerce, or any other officer of the United States to whom the responsibility for carrying out duties under such Act regarding countervailing and antidumping duties are transferred by law) to determine an individual countervailable subsidy rate for an exporter or producer, upon the request of such exporter or producer, if four or fewer exporters and producers are involved in the investigation or review.
 
The bill shall apply to any investigation or review initiated by such authority on or after March 1, 2015.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
ROADS SAFE Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1703
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Motor vehicles
Research administration and funding
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 

Research of Alcohol Detection Systems for Stopping Alcohol-Related Fatalities Everywhere Act of 2015 or the ROADS SAFE Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to: (1) carry out a collaborative research effort to continue to explore the feasibility and the potential benefits of, and public policy challenges associated with, more widespread deployment of in-vehicle technology to prevent alcohol-impaired driving; and (2) report annually to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Securing Urgent Resources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment Act

Bill: 114-s-1704
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2015-07-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Crime victims
Department of Justice
Department of the Interior
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: 

Securing Urgent Resources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment Act or the SURVIVE Act

 
This bill amends the Indian Tribal Justice Act to rename the office supporting tribal justice systems and courts to the Office of Tribal Justice System Support and Victim Services and to expand the purpose of the office to include providing services to crime victims.
 
The office must make grants to Indian tribes for crime victim compensation programs and services for crime victims, including: (1) domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, and child advocacy centers; (2) relocation and transitional housing; (3) medical care; and (4) legal services. These grants may also fund programs designed to improve the handling of violent crime cases, housing for law enforcement officers, and the renovation of facilities used for providing services to crime victims.
 The bill amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to make 5% of the Crime Victims Fund available for these grants.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: 

Securing Urgent Resources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment Act or the SURVIVE Act

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Indian Tribal Justice Act to rename the office supporting tribal justice systems and courts to the Office of Tribal Justice System Support and Victim Services and to expand the purpose of the office to include providing services to crime victims.
 
The office must make grants to Indian tribes for crime victim compensation programs and services for crime victims, including: (1) domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, and child advocacy centers; (2) relocation and transitional housing; (3) medical care; and (4) legal services. These grants may also fund programs designed to improve the handling of violent crime cases, housing for law enforcement officers, and the renovation of facilities used for providing services to crime victims. Grant recipients must report annually on how the grant was used.
 The bill amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to make 5% of the Crime Victims Fund available for these grants.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 312.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Barrasso with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-172.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Barrasso with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-172.
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Energy Efficient Government Technology Act

Bill: 114-s-1706
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2015-07-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: 
 
Energy Efficient Government Technology Act 

 
This bill amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to require each federal agency to coordinate with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Department of Energy (DOE), and the Environmental Protection Agency to develop an implementation strategy for the maintenance, purchase, and use of energy-efficient and energy-saving information technologies. The OMB must establish performance goals for evaluating the efforts of federal agencies in improving the maintenance, purchase, and use of the technology. The Chief Information Officers Council must recommend best practices for attaining the performance goals.
 
DOE must: 
 
 
 make available to the public an update to the Report to Congress on Server and Data Center Energy Efficiency published on August 2, 2007;
 
 carry out a data center energy practitioner program that leads to the certification of energy practitioners qualified to evaluate the energy usage and efficiency opportunities in federal data centers;
 
 carry out an open data initiative to make information about federal data center energy usage available and accessible in a manner that encourages data center innovation, optimization, and consolidation;
 
participate in efforts to harmonize global specifications and metrics for data center energy efficiency; and
 
facilitate in the development of an efficiency metric that measures the energy efficiency of a data center.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Introduced in Senate