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Feeding America through Farm Flexibility Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3076
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2015-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Fruit and vegetables
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: 

Feeding America through Farm Flexibility Act of 2015
 
 
This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to increase the number of acres on which agricultural producers are authorized to grow fruits and vegetables without a resulting reduction in the payment acres used to calculate price loss coverage and agriculture risk coverage payments.
 
The increases are permitted if the crops on the additional acres are grown for sale or donation in a food desert, which is a census tract that: (1) has a poverty rate of at least 20%, and (2) provides difficult access to a retail outlet that provides a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Giveback Deficit Reduction Act

Bill: 114-hr-3077
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2015-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional operations and organization
Government information and archives
House of Representatives
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: 

Giveback Deficit Reduction Act 

 
This bill requires appropriations for Member's Representational Allowances for the House of Representatives that remain at the end of the fiscal year to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit or debt reduction. The Member's Representational Allowance is the budget authorized for each Member of Congress in support of the conduct of official and representational duties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Tribal Employment and Jobs Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-3080
Sponsor: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Indian social and development programs
Minority employment
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: 

Tribal Employment and Jobs Protection Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the definition of "applicable large employer" for purposes of the employer health care mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) any tribal employer. Defines "tribal employer" as: (1) any Indian tribal government or subdivision, (2) any tribal organization, or (3) any corporation or partnership if more than 50% of the equity interest of such an entity is owned by an Indian tribal government or tribal organization. An applicable large employer is defined by PPACA as an employer who employs 50 or more full-time employees who provide services on average at least 30 hours per week. 

action_date: 2016-07-05
text: 

Tribal Employment and Jobs Protection Act 

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the definition of "applicable large employer" for purposes of the employer health care mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) any tribal employer. The bill defines "tribal employer" as: (1) any Indian tribal government or subdivision, (2) any tribal organization, or (3) any corporation or partnership if more than 50% of the equity interest of such an entity is owned by an Indian tribal government or tribal organization. An applicable large employer is defined by PPACA as an employer who employs 50 or more full-time employees who provide services on average at least 30 hours per week. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 507.
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-656.
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-656.
action_date: 2016-06-15
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 13.
action_date: 2016-06-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Introduced in House
TELE-MED Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3081
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-22]
Introduced: 2015-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: 

TELEmedicine for MEDicare Act of 2015 or the TELE-MED Act of 2015

 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow a Medicare provider to provide telemedicine services to a Medicare beneficiary who is in a different state from the one in which the provider is licensed or authorized to provide health care services. The licensing or authorizing state has jurisdiction to enforce its licensure or other legal authorization requirements with regard to such a provision of service.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-07-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-07-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Bring Jobs Back to America Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3083
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25]
Introduced: 2015-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Income tax rates
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: 

Bring Jobs Back to America Act of 2015

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the tax rate on current and accumulated foreign earnings of U.S. corporations reinvested in the United States from 35% to 5% and make such lower rate permanent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Introduced in House
LEAD SALE Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3085
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2015-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Housing industry and standards

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: 

Lead Exposure Accountability During Sales Avoids Lead Endangerment Act of 2015 or the LEAD SALE Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 with respect to federal regulations governing the disclosure of lead-based paint hazards in target housing that is offered for sale or lease.
 
A civil liability shall be imposed upon any violators of these regulations who fail to disclose lead-based paint hazards to residents or invitees of the target housing suffering damages from them.
 
Authority is granted to:
 
 
 the Department of Housing and Urban Development to investigate, administer oaths, and subpoena the production of documents, and the attendance and testimony of witnesses, in order to implement lead disclosure requirements; and
 
any U.S. district court within the jurisdiction of a noncompliance inquiry to enforce such requirements.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Wrongful Convictions Tax Relief Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3086
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2015-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: 

Wrongful Convictions Tax Relief Act of 2015

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a wrongfully incarcerated individual an exclusion from gross income for civil damages, restitution, or other monetary awards received as compensation for a wrongful incarceration. Defines "wrongfully incarcerated individual" as: (1) an individual who was convicted of a criminal offense under federal or state law, who served all or part of a sentence of imprisonment relating to such offense, and who was pardoned, granted clemency, or granted amnesty because of actual innocence of the offense; or (2) an individual for whom the conviction for such offense was reversed or vacated and for whom the indictment, information, or other accusatory instrument for such offense was dismissed or who was found not guilty at a new trial after the conviction was reversed or vacated. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Education Stability for Foster Youth Act

Bill: 114-hr-3087
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2015-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Elementary and secondary education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: 

Education Stability for Foster Youth Act

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require a state plan for academic content and achievement standards to describe how the state will ensure the educational stability of children in foster care. Specifically, a state plan must include assurances that: (1) a foster child will remain or be enrolled in the child&rsquo;s school of origin absent a determination that such enrollment is not in the child&rsquo;s best interest; (2) if such a determination is made, the child will be immediately enrolled in a new school, which must immediately contact the child&rsquo;s previous school to obtain relevant records; and (3) the state will designate a point of contact for child welfare agencies, who shall also oversee implementation of the state&rsquo;s responsibilities under the bill. 
 
Relatedly, a local educational agency (LEA) plan must provide assurances that the LEA will develop and implement procedures governing the provision and funding of transportation services necessary to maintain a foster child&rsquo;s enrollment in the child&rsquo;s school of origin.
 
This bill amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to alter the definition of &ldquo;homeless children and youths&rdquo; to no longer include children who are awaiting foster care placement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2015-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2015-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
LEAP Act

Bill: 114-hr-3088
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2015-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional agencies
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government Publishing Office (GPO)
Government information and archives
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: 

Leveraging and Energizing America's Apprenticeship Programs Act or the LEAP Act 

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business-related tax credit of $1,500 for hiring an apprenticeship employee who has not attained age 25 at the close of the taxable year or $1,000 for an apprenticeship employee who has attained age 25. Allows such credit for no more than two taxable years with respect to any apprenticeship employee. Defines "apprenticeship employee" as an employee who is employed in an officially-recognized apprenticeable occupation pursuant to an apprentice agreement registered with the Office of Apprenticeship of the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor or a state apprenticeship agency. 
 
Requires the Office of Management and Budget to coordinate with the heads of federal agencies to: (1) determine which government publications could be available on government websites and no longer printed, (2) devise a strategy to reduce overall government printing costs over the 10-year period beginning with FY2016, (3) establish government-wide guidelines on employee printing, and (4) issue guidelines for publicly disclosing information about the publication of government documents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-16
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: 2015-07-16
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: 2015-07-16
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: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Act

Bill: 114-hr-3090
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2015-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Minority health
Neurological disorders
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: 

Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants to public and nonprofit private health care providers to expand training and support services for families and caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3091
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2015-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aging
Department of Justice
Emergency communications systems
Executive agency funding and structure
Law enforcement administration and funding
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: 

Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to revise provisions concerning the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program to direct the Attorney General: (1) through the Bureau of Justice Assistance and in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services, to award competitive grants to nonprofit organizations to assist in paying for the costs of planning, designing, establishing, and operating locally based, proactive programs to protect and locate missing patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias; and (2) in awarding grants, to give preference to national nonprofit organizations that have experience working with patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their families. 
 
Authorizes appropriations for such grants for FY2016-FY2020.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the issuance of an Alzheimer's Disease Research Semipostal Stamp.

Bill: 114-hr-3092
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2015-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Aging
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Neurological disorders
Postal service
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: 
This bill directs the United States Postal Service to issue and sell an Alzheimer's Disease Research Semipostal Stamp.
 
Proceeds from the sale of the stamp must be transferred to the National Institutes of Health.
 
The stamp must be made available to the public for six years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-07-16
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: 2015-07-16
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: 2015-07-16
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: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Correct the Safety Analysis Act

Bill: 114-hr-3093
Sponsor: Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7]
Introduced: 2015-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accidents
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Motor carriers
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: 

Correct the Safety Analysis Act

 
This bill permits the Department of Transportation (DOT), in determining the safety risk of a motor carrier under the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program, to attribute a crash to a motor carrier only if it determines that the carrier could have prevented the crash.
 
DOT: (1) shall use the safety data of a motor carrier developed under the program solely for internal purposes of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, including allocating resources to conduct audits and inspections of motor carriers; and (2) may not make the scores available to the public.
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act

Bill: 114-hr-3095
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2015-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Income tax exclusion
Medical education
Student aid and college costs
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: 

Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income payments under the federal veterinary medicine loan repayment program or any other state loan repayment or forgiveness program that is intended to provide for increased access to veterinary services in such state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House