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Secure Delivery for America Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1837
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2015-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: 

Secure Delivery for America Act of 2015

 
Declares that it is the policy of the United States Postal Service (USPS) to: (1) provide access to secure, convenient package delivery receptacles to the greatest number of postal patrons feasible; and (2) use the most cost-effective primary mode of mail delivery feasible. 
 
Directs USPS to: (1) provide a primary mode of mail delivery other than door delivery, with a preference for secure, centralized delivery, for new addresses established after September 30, 2016; and (2) implement a program to convert existing business addresses with door delivery to centralized delivery. 
 
Requires: (1) each USPS district office to identify residential addresses within its service area that are appropriate candidates for conversion to centralized, curbside, or sidewalk delivery; and (2) USPS to seek to voluntarily make such conversion.
 
Requires the USPS, in making conversion determinations, to consider: (1) the impact of weather conditions, physical barriers, or any other factor on the feasibility of providing a primary mode of mail delivery other than door delivery; (2) whether the address is of historic value; and (3) population density and the concentration of poverty. 
 
Directs USPS to establish and maintain a waiver program for cases in which door delivery is necessary to avoid causing significant physical hardship or physical safety risks to a postal patron.
 
Requires USPS to: (1) convert at least 1.5 million of the door delivery points extant on December 31, 2015, to centralized, curbside, or sidewalk delivery during each of FY2017-FY2026, with priority to voluntary conversions; (2) convert delivery points to centralized delivery to the greatest extent feasible and include secure package lockers co-located with mail receptacles at the centralized delivery point; (3) establish procedures to place centralized delivery points in locations that maximize delivery efficiency, ease of use for postal patrons, and respect for private property rights; and (4) provide for a voucher program under which USPS may defray costs associated with conversion that would otherwise be borne by postal patrons.
 
Authorizes USPS to continue to provide door delivery for a fee to an address that received such delivery as of January 1, 2016, but was converted or scheduled to be converted to a different primary mode of mail delivery as a result of this Act's requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Proven Financing for American Employers Act

Bill: 114-hr-1841
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2015-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Financial services and investments
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: 

Restoring Proven Financing for American Employers Act
 
 
This bill amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 governing certain prohibitions on proprietary trading by banking entities and certain relationships with hedge funds and private equity funds (Volcker Rule).
 
It delays until July 21, 2019, the requirement that a banking entity or nonbank financial company supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System bring into compliance with the Volcker Rule its activities related to or investments in any debt securities of collateralized loan obligations issued before January 31, 2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Indian Health Service Health Professions Tax Fairness Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1842
Sponsor: Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-21]
Introduced: 2015-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax exclusion
Indian social and development programs
Medical education
Minority health
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: 

Indian Health Service Health Professions Tax Fairness Act of 2015
 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income amounts received under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and the Indian Health Professions Scholarships Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program to improve access to supportive services and community coordination for families of disabled veterans.

Bill: 114-hr-1843
Sponsor: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2015-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Health care coverage and access
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: 
Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a three-year pilot program with community partners (private nonprofit organizations) to provide intensive community care coordination and supportive services to disabled veteran families who lack access to VA or other direct wellness services. 
 
Authorizes such services to include: 
 
 
care coordination and case management services;
 
 outreach services;
 
assistance in obtaining VA benefits, including vocational and rehabilitation counseling, employment and training service, educational assistance, and health care services;
 
assistance in obtaining and coordinating the provision of other public benefits provided in federal, state or local agencies or other community partners, including marriage counseling, services for children, suicide prevention, substance abuse awareness and treatment, mental health awareness and treatment, financial counseling, anger management counseling, domestic violence awareness and prevention, employment assistance, transportation services, child care, housing counseling, preparing and updating family care plans, development of strategies for living with a veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury, and accessing emergency financial assistance through philanthropic efforts; and
 
providing direct services that are necessary to improve the well-being and address the needs of the disabled veteran families but are otherwise unavailable through existing public or private programs.
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Military Corridor Transportation Improvement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1844
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2015-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: North Carolina
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: 

Military Corridor Transportation Improvement Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, as amended, to declare as high priority corridors on the National Highway System as well as segments of the Interstate System: (1) U.S. Route 117/Interstate Route 795 from U.S. Route 70 in Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, to Interstate Route 40 west of Faison, Sampson County, North Carolina; and (2) U.S. Route 70 from its intersection with Interstate Route 40 in Garner, Wake County, North Carolina, to the Port at Morehead City, Carteret County, North Carolina.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Military Family Leave Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1845
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2015-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: 

Military Family Leave Act of 2015

 
Entitles an employed family member of a member of the Armed Forces who receives notification of a call or order to active duty in support of a contingency operation, or who is deployed in connection with a contingency operation, to two workweeks of leave per year for each family member who is so called or deployed. Allows such leave to: (1) be taken intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule; and (2) consist of paid or unpaid leave, as the employer considers appropriate.
 
Allows an employer to require certification of entitlement to such leave within a leave request.
 
Provides employment and benefits protection for employees upon their return from such leave. Prohibits an employer from interfering with or otherwise denying the exercise of such leave rights.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Bridge to Sustainable Infrastructure Act

Bill: 114-hr-1846
Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2015-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Appropriations
Congressional operations and organization
Government trust funds
Inflation and prices
Legislative rules and procedure
Motor fuels
Oil and gas
Public transit
Roads and highways
Sales and excise taxes
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: 

Bridge to Sustainable Infrastructure Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require an inflation adjustment in calendar years after 2015 to the rates of the excise taxes on petroleum and petroleum products, diesel fuel, alcohol-based fuel, and fuels used in certain buses.
 
Appropriations are advanced to the Highway Account and the Mass Transit Account in the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) in anticipation of a shortfall in funding in 2015. Such advances must be repaid from the HTF to the general fund of the Treasury.
 
There is established in the legislative branch the Bipartisan Task Force for Sustainable Highway Funding. The Task Force shall identify and make recommendations addressing factors that affect the long-term fiscal imbalance of the HTF.
 
The rates of excise taxes on petroleum and diesel fuels are increased to cover an identified three- and five-year shortfall in funding of the HTF in 2017 and each subsequent calendar year through 2024.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit employment of children in tobacco-related agriculture by deeming such employment as oppressive child labor.

Bill: 114-hr-1848
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2015-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Labor standards
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Worker safety and health
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: 
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to redefine &quot;oppressive child labor,&quot; for purposes of child labor prohibitions, to include the employment of any employee under age 18 who has direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Diagnosis and Treatment Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1849
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39]
Introduced: 2015-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Health care costs and insurance
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Hereditary and development disorders
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: 

Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Diagnosis and Treatment Act of 2015

 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and implement a hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT, a genetic vascular bleeding disorder that causes abnormalities of the blood vessels) initiative to improve early detection, screening, and treatment of people who suffer from HHT, focusing on advancing HHT research and increasing physician and public awareness of HHT. 
 
Directs HHS to establish the HHT Coordinating Committee to develop and coordinate implementation of a plan to advance research and understanding of HHT, including by conducting or supporting research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and making recommendations regarding NIH research grants relating to HHT. 
 
Requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to carry out activities with respect to HHT, including conducting surveillance and establishing an HHT resource center to provide comprehensive education on and disseminate information about HHT to health professionals, patients, industry, and the public. 
 
Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to award grants for HHT research, including an analysis of health care expenditures associated with untreated HHT and costs associated with preventable medical events among Medicare beneficiaries with HHT. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
FPS Improvement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1850
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2015-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Executive agency funding and structure
Firearms and explosives
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Protection of officials
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: 

FPS Improvement Act of 2015

 
 Assigns responsibility to the Federal Protective Service (FPS) for the protection of federal buildings, grounds, and property and persons on the property. Authorizes FPS to: (1) designate Department of Homeland Security employees with enhanced law enforcement powers for duty in connection with the protection of federal property and persons on the property, (2) authorize protective service officers for the protection of federal buildings and grounds, and (3) assess security charges to owners or tenants of a federal facility protected by FPS that is not in compliance with federal security standards. Requires tenants at federal facilities to maintain a Facility Security Committee.
 
Establishes the Interagency Security Committee to develop safety and security standards and best practices to mitigate the effects of natural and manmade hazards in federal facilities. 
 
Requires reports on: (1) FPS personnel needs, (2) the feasibility of federalizing the protective service officer workforce, (3) a method for funding FPS, and (4) methods to detect or prevent explosives from entering federal facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E522)
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Federal Protective Service Parity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1851
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2015-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Homeland Security
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement officers
Protection of officials

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: 

Federal Protective Service Parity Act of 2015

 
Includes Federal Protective Service (FPS) law enforcement officers within the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees Retirement System. Defines "Federal Protective Service law enforcement officer" as an FPS employee who holds a position within specified General Schedule job series and is authorized to carry firearms and empowered to make arrests related to the protection of buildings, grounds, and property owned by the federal government and persons on the property.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to determine and fix the maximum age limit for an original appointment to a position as an FPS officer. Establishes a minimum annuity amount for individuals serving as FPS officers on the effective date of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E524)
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
21st Century Investment Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1852
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2015-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Manufacturing
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: 

21st Century Investment Act of 2015

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the tax credit for increasing research activities; (2) allow an increased 25% tax credit rate for research expenses incurred in the United States; and (3) increase to 15%, through 2024, the tax deduction for income attributable to domestic manufacturing production activities for which substantially all of the research and development occurred in the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1855
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2015-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Business investment and capital
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: 

Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2015

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt a trade or business that conducts marijuana sales in compliance with state law from the prohibition against allowing business-related tax credits or deductions for expenditures in connection with trafficking in controlled substances. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E512)
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House