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Legally Binding Budget Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3803
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2015-10-22 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: 

Legally Binding Budget Act of 2015 

 
This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to replace the concurrent resolution on the budget required under current law with a legally binding joint resolution on the budget. 
 
(Concurrent resolutions, which are currently used for congressional budget resolutions, address internal congressional matters, are not presented to the President for approval, and are not legally binding. A joint resolution is presented to the President after passing both chambers of Congress and has the force of law.) 
 
At any time after the annual budget resolution has been enacted and before the end of the fiscal year, Congress and the President may enact a new budget resolution revising or reaffirming the most recently enacted budget resolution. 
 
The contents of a budget resolution are limited to material that is permitted by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. For purposes of congressional budget enforcement and the rules of the House and the Senate, the budget resolution is enforceable upon the earlier of enactment or 15 days following presentment to the President. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
Cost Estimates Reform Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3804
Sponsor: Rep. Brat, Dave [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2015-10-22 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: 

Cost Estimates Reform Act of 2015 

 
This bill amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require any cost estimates prepared by the Congressional Budget Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation to include the cost of servicing the public debt. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3805
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2015-10-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Roads and highways
Telecommunication rates and fees
Telephone and wireless communication
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: 

Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to require states to evaluate the need for broadband conduit (fiber optic cables that support broadband or wireless facilities for broadband service) as part of any covered highway construction project (a project to construct a new highway or an additional lane or paved shoulder for an existing highway that receives funding under federal-aid highway provisions), in consultation with telecommunications providers. If the evaluation reveals a need in the next 15 years for broadband conduit beneath hard surfaces to be constructed by the project, the conduit shall be installed.
 
DOT shall establish standards to carry out installation requirements that consider:
 
 
the ability to accommodate broadband installation without impacting the safety, operations, and maintenance of the highway facility, its users, or others; 
 
 population density in the area; 
 
 the type of highway involved; and 
 
 existing broadband access in the area. 
 
 
DOT shall ensure that:
 
 
an appropriate number of broadband conduits are installed along such highway to accommodate multiple broadband providers, 
 
 the size of conduit is consistent with industry best practices and sufficient to accommodate potential demand,
 
 hand holes and manholes for fiber access and pulling such conduit are placed at intervals consistent with industry best practices,
 
 installed conduit includes a pull tape and is capable of supporting fiber optic cable placement techniques consistent with industry best practices,
 
installed conduit is placed at a depth consistent with industry best practices and cable separation requirements of electrical codes, and 
 
any requesting broadband provider has access to each broadband conduit installed on a competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory basis for a charge not to exceed a cost-based rate.
 
 
DOT may waive the requirements of this Act upon determining that the waiver is appropriate based upon:
 
 
 a showing of undue burden,
 
 a determination that the installation of conduit beneath hard surfaces is not necessary based on the availability of existing broadband infrastructure, or 
 
 a cost-benefit analysis. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
Alaskan Pollock and Golden King Crab Labeling Act

Bill: 114-hr-3806
Sponsor: Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3]
Introduced: 2015-10-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alaska
Fishes
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Seafood

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: 

Alaskan Pollock and Golden King Crab Labeling Act

 
This bill declares the acceptable market name of 
Gadus chalcogrammus
 is &quot;pollock&quot; and the acceptable market name of 
Lithodes aequispinus
 is &quot;golden king crab.&quot;
 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow the sale of pollock labeled &quot;Alaskan pollock&quot; or &quot;Alaska pollock&quot; only if the pollock was harvested in the exclusive economic zone or state waters adjacent to Alaska.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
Pay Our Bills Act

Bill: 114-hr-3807
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2015-10-22 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: 

Pay Our Bills Act 

 
This bill permits the President to increase the statutory debt limit unless two-thirds of Congress votes to disapprove the increase. 
 
If the President certifies to Congress that the debt is within $100 billion of the limit and a specified amount of further borrowing is necessary to meet existing commitments, the Department of the Treasury may borrow the specified amount unless a joint resolution of disapproval is enacted within 15 days after Congress receives the certification. 
 
The debt limit is suspended from the date the President submits the certification to Congress until the earlier of: (1) 15 days after Congress receives the certification, or (2) enactment of a joint resolution of disapproval. After the suspension period ends, the limit is increased to accommodate obligations issued during the suspension period. 
 
Congress must consider a joint resolution of disapproval using expedited legislative procedures specified in the bill. If the resolution is approved by Congress, the President may veto the resolution. If Congress votes to override the veto with a two-thirds vote of each chamber, the debt limit may not be increased, except as required during the suspension period. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
To require the withdrawal and study of the Federal Housing Finance Agency's proposed rule on Federal Home Loan Bank membership, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-3808
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2015-10-22 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: 
This bill directs the Federal Housing Finance Agency to withdraw its proposed rule entitled &quot;Members of Federal Home Loan Banks&quot; (September 12, 2014).
 
The Government Accountability Office shall report to certain congressional committees on the impact of the rule upon the Federal Home Loan Bank System and financial intermediaries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
Design-Build Incentive Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3810
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2015-10-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Infrastructure development
Public contracts and procurement
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: 

Design-Build Incentive Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation, in selecting surface transportation projects and other infrastructure projects eligible for federal assistance under the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act and the Safe Accountable Flexible Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), to give preference to applicants who demonstrate that a project will achieve cost efficiencies through the use of innovative project development, finance, operations, or delivery methods, such as design-build.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3811
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2015-10-22 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business records
Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments
Foreign and international corporations
Securities
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: 

Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require registered securities issuers to disclose annually to the Securities and Exchange Commission and to shareholders: (1) the total number of employees domiciled in the United States and listed by number in each state (including those of consolidated subsidiaries); (2) the total number of such employees physically working in and domiciled in any country other than the United States, listed by number in each country; and (3) the percentage increase or decrease in such numbers from the previous reporting year.
 
Exempts from such requirements: (1) certain new public companies, and (2) issuers with total annual gross revenues of less than $1 billion during the most recently completed fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
Stop Outsourcing and Create American Jobs Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3812
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2015-10-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Corporate finance and management
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Public contracts and procurement
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. and foreign investments
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: 

Stop Outsourcing and Create American Jobs Act of 2015 

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to develop and publish a list of countries that are tax havens for corporations. 
 
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the penalties on corporations for: (1) underpayment of tax involving an undisclosed foreign financial asset located in a tax haven country; (2) reportable transaction understatements involving transactions in a tax haven country; and (3) fraud, tax evasion, or false statements involving transactions in a tax haven country.
 
The bill: (1) grants a preference in the award of federal contracts to contractors who have not engaged in outsourcing, and (2) defines "outsourcing" as the laying off of a U.S. worker from a job and the hiring or contracting for the same job to be performed in a foreign country. 
 
Revenues generated by this Act must be set aside for the reduction of the public debt. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
Domestic Violence Gun Homicide Prevention Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3813
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2015-10-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Domestic violence and child abuse
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Sex offenses
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: 

Domestic Violence Gun Homicide Prevention Act of 2015

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services to award grants to states to carry out certain policies and procedures that restrict and penalize firearm possession by or transfer to a person subject to a domestic violence protection order or a person convicted of a domestic violence misdemeanor. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3814
Sponsor: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2015-10-22 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: 

Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Department of Homeland Security to authorize employment for an asylum applicant who is not in detention and whose asylum application has not been determined to be frivolous.
 
Employment authorization shall be: (1) for a period of one year, and (2) renewable for additional one-year periods for the entire period necessary to adjudicate the applicant's asylum claim.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act

Bill: 114-hr-3815
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2015-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Crime victims
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Federal district courts
Government liability
Jurisdiction and venue
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: 

Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act

 
This bill amends the federal judicial code to narrow the scope of foreign sovereign immunity by authorizing U.S. courts to hear cases involving claims against a foreign state for injuries, death, or damages that occur inside the United States as a result of a tort, including an act of terrorism, committed anywhere by a foreign state or official.
 
It amends the federal criminal code to permit civil claims against a foreign state or official for injuries, death, or damages from an act of international terrorism. Additionally, the bill authorizes federal courts to exercise personal jurisdiction over and impose liability on a person who commits, or aids, abets, or conspires to commit, an act of international terrorism against a U.S. national.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Introduced in House
HELD Act

Bill: 114-hr-3816
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2015-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Detention of persons
Immigration status and procedures
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: 

Help Ensure Legal Detainers Act or the HELD Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds by a state or local subdivision that has in effect a law, policy or procedure that prevents or impedes: (1) a timely response to a request by the Department of Homeland Security for information about an alien in custody, including the alien's estimated release date; or (2) compliance with a detainer request.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Improving School Nutrition Training Act

Bill: 114-hr-3817
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2015-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: 

Improving School Nutrition Training Act 

 
This bill amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to add requirements regarding the availability of training that the Department of Agriculture provides under current law for local food service personnel. 
 
The training must be scheduled primarily during paid working hours, offered in-person when appropriate, and incorporate hands-on training techniques. 
 
If the training is scheduled outside of working hours, food service personnel must be informed about the necessity of scheduling the program and compensated for attending the program. Personnel may not be penalized for failing to attend a program outside of working hours. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Ending Special National Origin-Based Immigration Programs for Cubans Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3818
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2015-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Caribbean area
Cuba
Immigration status and procedures
Latin America

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: 

Ending Special National Origin-Based Immigration Programs for Cubans Act of 2015

 
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that Cuban nationals should be treated under the same immigration rules as nationals of other countries with which the United States has diplomatic relations and should not receive preferential treatment.
 
The bill repeals P.L. 89-732, which provides for the adjustment of Cuban citizens or nationals to lawful permanent resident status in the United States.
 
No funds, resources, or fees made available to the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of State, or to any other federal agency, including deposits into the Immigration Examinations Fee Account, may be used to implement or administer any of the policy changes set forth in the 2007 memorandum from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement entitled &quot;Cuban Family Reunification Parole Program.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Introduced in House