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Eliminating Pornography from Agencies Act

Bill: 114-hr-901
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2015-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Pornography

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-11
text: 

Eliminating Pornography from Agencies Act
 
 
Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidelines that prohibit the access of a pornographic or other explicit website from a federal computer, except any federal computer that is used for an investigative purpose that requires accessing such a website. 

action_date: 2016-02-04
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Eliminating Pornography from Agencies Act

 
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidelines that prohibit the access of a pornographic or other explicit website from a federal computer. 
 
The bill allows an exception to this prohibition if the computer is used for an investigative purpose that requires accessing a pornographic website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-04
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 316.
action_date: 2016-02-04
text: Reported by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-415.
action_date: 2016-02-04
text: Reported by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-415.
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government.
action_date: 2015-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Earned Income Tax Credit Improvement and Simplification Act 2015

Bill: 114-hr-902
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2015-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Marriage and family status
Poverty and welfare assistance
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Tax treatment of families
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-11
text: 

Earned Income Tax Credit Improvement and Simplification Act 2015

 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the earned income tax credit, to: (1) make permanent the increase in the rate of such credit for taxpayers with three or more qualifying children and the reduction in the amount of the marriage penalty for such credit; (2) allow such credit for an individual with no qualifying children who has attained the age of 21 but not 25 and is not a full-time student, and whose qualifying children do not have valid social security numbers; (3) revise eligibility rules relating to married individuals living apart and qualifying children claimed by another family member; and (4) repeal the denial of such credit for taxpayers with excess investment income. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-903
Sponsor: Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2015-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Computer security and identity theft
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-11
text: 

Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act of 2015

 
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to notify an individual within two business days after discovery of any breach of security of any system maintained by a health care exchange established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which is known to have resulted in the theft or unlawful access of the individual's personally identifiable information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H989)
action_date: 2015-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Black Metropolis National Heritage Area Study Act

Bill: 114-hr-904
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2015-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Illinois
Racial and ethnic relations
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-11
text: 

Black Metropolis National Heritage Area Study Act

 
 Directs the Department of the Interior to study the feasibility of designating a specified region in Chicago, Illinois, as the Black Metropolis National Heritage Area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-11
text: Introduced in House
LNG Excise Tax Equalization Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-905
Sponsor: Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2015-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Motor fuels
Oil and gas
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-11
text: 

LNG Excise Tax Equalization Act of 2015 

 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to adjust the excise tax on liquefied natural gas to 24.3 cents per energy equivalent of a gallon of diesel. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-11
text: Introduced in House
California Coastal National Monument Santa Cruz Redwoods Expansion Act

Bill: 114-hr-908
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2015-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Monuments and memorials
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: 

California Coastal National Monument Santa Cruz Redwoods Expansion Act 

 
 Expands the boundary of the California Coastal National Monument, established by Presidential Proclamation 7264, to include the Santa Cruz Redwoods public lands comprising approximately 5,800 acres in Santa Cruz County, California. 
 
Requires the Department of the Interior to manage such lands: (1) in accordance with such Proclamation, (2) as part of the Monument, and (3) by allowing only such uses of the Monument as will further the purposes for which it is being established.
 
Instructs Interior to finalize an amendment to the Monument's management plan for the long-term protection and management of the lands added to the Monument under this Act. 
 
Requires management of the Monument as part of the National Landscape Conservation System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Andrea Sloan CURE Act

Bill: 114-hr-909
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2015-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Executive agency funding and structure
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: 

Andrea Sloan Compassionate Use Reform and Enhancement Act or the Andrea Sloan CURE Act

 
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the sponsor of an &ldquo;investigational drug&rdquo; (which is a drug that is designated as a breakthrough therapy, fast track product, infectious disease product, or drug for a rare disease or condition) to submit to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and make available to the public the sponsor's policy on requests for expanded access to the unapproved drug, including the minimum criteria for considering or approving requests and the time needed to make a decision.
 
Requires an investigational drug sponsor to explain a denied request for expanded access to the person who made the request.
 
Directs the Department of Health and Human Services to establish an Expanded Access Task Force. Requires the Task Force and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to evaluate patient access to investigational drugs and make recommendations for improving access.
 Directs the FDA to finalize the draft guidance entitled &ldquo;Expanded Access to Investigational Drugs for Treatment Use--Qs & As,&rdquo; taking into account reports from the Task Force and GAO.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Safety Technology Investment Flexibility Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-910
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2015-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
Telephone and wireless communication
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: 

Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Safety Technology Investment Flexibility Act of 2015

 
This bill makes eligible for funding under the National Highway Performance Program, the Surface Transportation Program, and the Highway Safety Improvement Program projects for the installation of vehicle-to-infrastructure communication equipment.
 
&quot;Vehicle-to-infrastructure communication equipment&quot; means equipment that provides a wireless exchange of critical safety and operational data between highway infrastructure and vehicles in order to avoid or mitigate vehicle collisions and enable a wide range of other safety, mobility, and environmental benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-911
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2015-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: 

Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2015

 
 Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue an order to require: (1) the installation of secondary barriers, other than the cockpit door, to prevent access to the flight deck of each covered aircraft; (2) such barriers on the aircraft with a cockpit door to remain locked while the aircraft is in flight and the cockpit door separating the flight deck and the passenger area is open; and (3) such barriers on the aircraft without a cockpit door to remain locked as determined by the pilot in command.
 
Defines &quot;covered aircraft&quot; to mean a commercial aircraft: (1) equipped with more than 75 passenger seats, and (2) with a maximum gross takeoff weight of more than 75,000 pounds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act

Bill: 114-hr-913
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2015-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural practices and innovations
Civil actions and liability
Department of Health and Human Services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Genetics
Immunology and vaccination

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: 

Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the sale of food that has been genetically engineered or contains genetically engineered ingredients, unless that information is clearly disclosed.
 
This prohibition does not apply to: (1) food served in restaurants, (2) medical food, (3) packaged food that is less than 0.9% genetically engineered material, and (4) food that qualifies as genetically engineered solely because it is produced using a genetically engineered vaccine or because it includes the use of a genetically engineered processing aid (including yeast) or enzyme. 
 
Labeling or advertising foods containing genetically engineered material as &ldquo;natural,&rdquo; or using similar words, is prohibited.
 
A food recipient is not subject to penalties for misbranding of genetically engineered food or ingredients if the recipient has a guaranty that is signed by the person from whom they received the food (including seeds) and the guaranty states that the food is not genetically engineered or does not contain a genetically engineered ingredient.
 
Food is deemed to have been produced without the knowing or intentional use of genetic engineering if: (1) the food is certified as organic; or (2) an independent organization determines the food has not been knowingly or intentionally genetically engineered or commingled with genetically engineered food, with that determination being based on testing that is consistent with international standards and not reliant on processed foods with no detectable DNA.
 An agricultural producer is not subject to penalties for misbranding of genetically engineered food or ingredients if a violation occurs because food unintentionally becomes contaminated with genetically engineered material and the contamination is not due to the producer&rsquo;s negligence.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Voices for Veterans Act

Bill: 114-hr-915
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2015-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: 

Voices for Veterans Act

 
Expands the membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. 
 
Terminates the Commission on December 31, 2017 (currently, 2015).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
All-American Flag Act

Bill: 114-hr-916
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2015-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Buy American requirements
National symbols
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: 

All-American Flag Act
 
 
Requires any flags of the United States acquired for use by the federal government to be entirely manufactured in the United States from articles, materials, or supplies entirely grown, produced, or manufactured in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-917
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2015-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Evidence and witnesses
Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
Judicial procedure and administration
Photography and imaging
Sound recording
Supreme Court
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: 

Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2015

 
Authorizes the presiding judge of a U.S. appellate court (including the Supreme Court) or U.S. district court to permit the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising to the public of court proceedings over which that judge presides, except when such action would constitute a violation of the due process rights of any party.
 
Directs: (1) a district court, upon the request of any witness in a trial proceeding other than a party, to order the face and voice of the witness to be disguised or otherwise obscured to render the witness unrecognizable for purposes of photographing, recording, broadcasting, or televising the witness; and (2) the presiding judge in a trial proceeding to inform each witness who is not a party of the right to make such request. 
 
Authorizes the Judicial Conference to promulgate mandatory guidelines with respect to the management and administration of photographing, recording, broadcasting, or televising described in this Act.
 
Terminates a district court's authority under this Act three years after enactment of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Disability Insurance and Unemployment Benefits Double Dip Elimination Act

Bill: 114-hr-918
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2015-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability assistance
Social security and elderly assistance
Trade adjustment assistance
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: 

Social Security Disability Insurance and Unemployment Benefits Double Dip Elimination Act

 
 Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to declare that for any week in whole or in part within a month that an individual is paid or determined to be eligible for unemployment compensation he or she shall be deemed to have engaged in substantial gainful activity and so be disqualified from receiving Social Security disability benefits after a certain period has elapsed.
 
States that, for purposes of determining services rendered by an individual during a period of trial work which will not disqualify the individual for disability benefits, the individual shall be deemed to have rendered services in a month if he or she is entitled to unemployment compensation or trade adjustment assistance for that month.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H927)
STEM PREP Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-922
Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2015-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Performance measurement
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: 

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Professional Readiness Education Preparation Act or the STEM PREP Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to replace the TECH prep grant program with a STEM prep grant program for career and technical education programs focused on training students to enter the STEM (science, technology, engineering, or mathematics) fields.
 
A grant-receiving consortium may include a nonprofit institution of higher education offering a one-year certificate program or a one-year apprenticeship program.
 
The duration of a STEM program, currently 4- to 6-years, may extend from a 3-year to a 6-year length.
 
Special consideration shall be given to consortium applications showcasing curricula that lead to greater critical thinking and problem solving skills by incorporating fine arts into the STEM prep program.
 
A matching grant requirement is established for program eligibility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-923
Sponsor: Rep. Stutzman, Marlin A. [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2015-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: 

Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2015

 
Amends the federal criminal code to authorize a person who is not prohibited from possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm under federal law, who is entitled and not prohibited from carrying a concealed firearm in his or her state of residence or who is carrying a valid state license or permit to carry a concealed weapon, and who is carrying a government-issued photographic identification document, to carry a concealed handgun (which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce, other than a machine gun or destructive device) in any state in accordance with the restrictions of that state.
 
Provides that in a state that allows the issuing authority for licenses or permits to carry concealed firearms to impose restrictions on the carrying of firearms by individual license or permit holders, an individual carrying a concealed handgun under this Act shall be permitted to carry it according to the same terms authorized by an unrestricted license or permit issued by such state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House