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Success Act

Bill: 114-s-412
Sponsor: Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2015-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child care and development
Child health
Community life and organization
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Family relationships
Family services
Government information and archives
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: 

Schools Utilizing Comprehensive and Community Engagement for Success Act or the Success Act

 
Amends part A of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to require local educational agencies (LEAs) to work with public and private state and local entities to provide children and families with services that are integrated with services from specialized instructional support personnel and LEA homeless liaisons to address the academic and nonacademic factors that affect student achievement.
 
Amends title V (Promoting Informed Parental Choice and Innovation Programs) of the ESEA to establish a Parent and Community Outreach and Engagement program. Directs the Secretary of Education to award formula grants to states and, through them, competitive subgrants to: (1) LEAs to assist their public elementary and secondary schools to hire and maintain Parent and Community Outreach Coordinators; and (2) community-based organizations or institutions of higher education that work in partnership with public schools to connect integrated services and comprehensive supports to students and families to enhance students' social, emotional, intellectual, and physical development.
 
Requires Parent and Community Outreach Coordinators to: (1) build relationships, bridge gaps, and create partnerships among school staff, families, and community members; and (2) provide support and resources to increase family and community engagement in schools.
 
Requires Coordinators to be supervised and evaluated by the principal or headmaster of the school and evaluated annually by a committee composed of school personnel, parents, and at least one community partner.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to contract with a nonprofit organization that has effective and extensive experience in providing integrated student supports to: (1) provide technical assistance and training to this Act's grantees and subgrantees; and (2) establish a national clearinghouse for the collection and dissemination of information on effective parent, family, and community engagement practices and programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Government Settlement Transparency and Reform Act

Bill: 114-s-413
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2015-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Civil actions and liability
Commodities markets
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Income tax deductions
Securities
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: 

Government Settlement Transparency and Reform Act 

 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand provisions relating to the nondeductibility of fines and penalties to prohibit a tax deduction for any amount paid or incurred to any governmental entity relating to the violation of any law or the investigation or inquiry into a potential violation of law. Exempts from such prohibition: (1) restitution or amounts paid to come into compliance with any law that was violated or otherwise involved in the investigation or inquiry, (2) amounts paid pursuant to a court order in a suit in which the governmental entity was not a party, and (3) amounts paid or incurred as taxes due. Imposes new reporting requirements on governmental entities relating to amounts paid as fines or for restitution. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S860)
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
California Desert Conservation and Recreation Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-414
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2015-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Alternative and renewable resources
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Aviation and airports
California
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Energy revenues and royalties
Government trust funds
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
Motor vehicles
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Reptiles
Water use and supply
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: 

California Desert Conservation and Recreation Act of 2015 

 
 Amends the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to, among other things: (1) establish or designate national monuments, wilderness areas, a special management area, off-highway vehicle recreation areas, a national scenic area, and an area of critical environmental concern; (2) release specified wilderness study areas; (3) adjust national park and preserve boundaries; and (4) specify land withdrawals, exchanges, and acquisitions. 
 
Directs that specified federal land be taken into trust for the Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe. 
 
Authorizes the acquisition of lands and interests in land, including improvements, outside the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park in California for the purpose of operating a visitor center. 
 
Makes amendments to the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 regarding the California State School lands. 
 
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of rivers and creeks as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 
 
Sets forth requirements for the disposition of revenues collected as payments for the development of wind and solar energy on lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Establishes the Renewable Energy Resource Conservation Fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-08
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-490.
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S860-861)
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
IDEA MOE Adjustment Act

Bill: 114-s-415
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2015-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Intergovernmental relations
Special education
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: 

IDEA MOE Adjustment Act

 
Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to alter the formula for reallocating the federal special education funding that is denied to states that reduce their level of special education funding from one fiscal year to the next. 
 
Reallocates:
 
 
85% of those funds on the basis of each nonpenalized state's share of children aged 3 through 21 who are of the same age as children with disabilities for whom the state provides a free appropriate public education, and
 
15% of those funds on the basis of each nonpenalized state's share of those children who are impoverished.
 
 
Prohibits the Secretary of Education from considering those penalties or redistributions when calculating the amount of special education funds a state received in a preceding fiscal year for purposes of determining the state's current share of federal special education funds.
 
Limits the application of the penalty imposed on a state that reduces its special education funding from one fiscal year to the next to a reduction of federal special education funds (equal to the amount of the state shortfall) that is imposed: (1) the following fiscal year, or (2) over a multi-year period that is no more than five consecutive fiscal years. (Currently, that penalty may be imposed on a state for any fiscal year after the fiscal year the state reduces its special education funding.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-417
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2015-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Licensing and registrations
Rural conditions and development
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: 

Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act of 2015

 
Directs the Federal Communications Commission to establish a program under which a wireless carrier receiving a license under specified provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 may partition or disaggregate the license in order to make unused spectrum available to small carriers or carriers serving certain rural areas.
 
Defines "small carrier" as a carrier with not more than 1,500 employees as calculated under regulatory standards used by the Small Business Administration to determine the number of individuals employed by a business concern on a full-time, part-time, or other basis.
 
Provides carriers receiving such licenses and participating in the program with a three-year extension of licenses granted under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Promoting Health as Youth Skills in Classrooms and Life Act

Bill: 114-s-418
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2015-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Health promotion and preventive care
Physical fitness and lifestyle

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: 

Promoting Health as Youth Skills in Classrooms and Life Act

 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include health education and physical education in the definition of &quot;core academic subjects.&quot; 
 
Requires each state to determine the most feasible measure for assessing students in health education and physical education, including through adaptive assessments, to measure student knowledge and performance against state standards.
 
Authorizes appropriations for FY2016-FY2020 for the Carol M. White Physical Education Program, which provides matching grants to local educational agencies and community-based organizations to initiate, expand, and improve physical education programs (including after-school programs) for students in kindergarten through grade 12.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
STEM Support for Teachers in Education and Mentoring (STEM) Act

Bill: 114-s-419
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2015-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Advisory bodies
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
Performance measurement
Rural conditions and development
School administration
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: 

STEM Support for Teachers in Education and Mentoring (STEM) Act or the STEM 2 Act

 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award competitive planning grants to states, Indian tribes or tribal organizations, nonprofit organizations, or institutions of higher education (IHEs) to develop effective state or tribal science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) networks that coordinate STEM education efforts by: (1) facilitating communication and collaboration among public and private STEM stakeholders, and (2) identifying STEM occupational skills needed in the future.
 
Directs the Secretary to award competitive grants to states, Indian tribes or tribal organizations, local educational agencies (LEAs), IHEs, or nonprofit organizations to develop, implement, and evaluate STEM education training programs for teachers and administrators in elementary, middle, and secondary schools and for preservice teachers in postsecondary schools.
 
Requires the Secretary to award competitive grants to states, Indian tribes or tribal organizations, LEAs, public charter schools, IHEs, or nonprofit organizations to support curriculum development, assessments, or related activities that enable states to adopt new mathematics and science academic standards. 
 
Requires the Secretary to establish a national panel to identify and recommend the most effective STEM curricula models for kindergarten through grade 12.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act

Bill: 114-s-420
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2015-02-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Employee benefits and pensions
First responders and emergency personnel
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Sales and excise taxes
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: 

Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude services rendered by bona-fide volunteers providing firefighting and prevention services, emergency medical services, or ambulance services to a state or local government or a tax-exempt charitable organization from the category of services usually rendered by an employee of an applicable large employer subject to the mandate to provide minimum essential health care coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), thus exempting such employers from PPACA requirements with respect to such volunteers.
 
The bill defines &quot;bona fide volunteer&quot; as an employee of any government entity and any tax-exempt charitable organization whose only compensation is in the form of: (1) reimbursement for (or reasonable allowance for) reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of volunteer services, or (2) reasonable benefits (including length-of-service awards) and nominal fees customarily paid by similar entities for the services of volunteers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to clarify the use of credentials by enrolled agents.

Bill: 114-s-422
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2015-02-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Licensing and registrations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: 
Permits any enrolled agent properly licensed to represent taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service to use the credentials or designation of &quot;enrolled agent,&quot; &quot;EA,&quot; or &quot;E.A.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-423
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2015-02-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: 
 
Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual written privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, (2) has not changed its policies and practices with respect to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers, and (3) otherwise provides customers access to such most recent disclosure in electronic or other form permitted by specified regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Wi-Fi Innovation Act

Bill: 114-s-424
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2015-02-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Elementary and secondary education
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Poverty and welfare assistance
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: 

Wi-Fi Innovation Act

 
Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to provide additional unlicensed spectrum in the 5850-5925 megahertz band under technical rules suitable for the widespread commercial development of unlicensed operations. 
 
Provides for such technical rules to permit outdoor unlicensed operations without requiring devices to dynamically detect signals from other systems. 
 
Directs the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology to seek public comments on proposals for interference-mitigation techniques and potential rechannelization that would accommodate both incumbent licensees and widespread commercial unlicensed operations in such band. 
 
Sets forth a process for the FCC to test mitigation measures and methods of sharing spectrum with unlicensed devices within such band in a manner that would not cause harmful interference to incumbent licensees.
 
Directs the FCC, if it determines that existing licensees would not be harmed by interference, to modify regulations to adopt technical rules for widespread commercial deployment of unlicensed operations for such band. Prohibits modification of such regulations if the FCC determines that mitigation, rechannelization, or sharing would not prevent harmful interference. Requires the FCC to notify Congress, the Department of Transportation, and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration of a harmful interference determination.
 
Requires the FCC to modify regulations relating to Intelligent Transportation Systems radio service and dedicated short-range communications service on-board units if such modification would maximize utility of such band while protecting existing licensees. 
 
Directs the FCC to make recommendations to Congress regarding the availability of broadband Internet access using unlicensed spectrum and wireless networks in low income neighborhoods. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Domestic Reduction In Vehicle Expenditure and Lowering Emissions from State Sources Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-427
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2015-02-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Motor vehicles
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: 

Domestic Reduction In Vehicle Expenditure and Lowering Emissions from State Sources Act of 2015 or the DRIVE LESS Act

 
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to determine: (1) the total number of civilian vehicles purchased and leased by each executive agency in FY2010, (2) the total dollar amount obligated by each executive agency to purchase and to lease civilian vehicles in FY2010, and (3) the amount that would be 20% less than such total dollar amount. Prohibits each executive agency from obligating more than the reduced dollar amount for FY2010 to purchase and lease civilian vehicles in each of FY2016-FY2020. Exempts the purchase or procurement of any vehicle determined by the President to be essential for reasons of national security.
 
Directs the Administrator of General Services to ensure that agencies may share excess or unused vehicles for temporary or long-term use through the Federal Fleet Management System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-428
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2015-02-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: 

Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act of 2015

 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to require a state Medicaid plan to provide 12-month continuous enrollment for an eligible individual, regardless of age.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) identify methods that promote the retention of individuals who are enrolled under the state plan or under a waiver of such plan and remain eligible for medical assistance beyond the 12-month period, (2) actively promote the adoption of such enrollment retention methods by states, (3) publish the procedures that states are expected to use to provide annual enrollment and retention reports, and (4) publish annually enrollment and retention performance results for all states.
 
Amends SSAct title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (CHIP) to: (1) require a state CHIP plan also to provide 12-month continuous enrollment for an eligible individual, and (2) prohibit eligibility standards from applying a waiting period for a targeted low-income child (including a child provided dental-only supplemental coverage). 
 
Amends SSAct title XIX to allow a state to qualify for performance bonuses for the enrollment and retention in Medicaid of certain low-income individuals.
 
Directs the Secretary to make bonus payments to eligible states adopting certain policies and demonstrating improvement in the continuity of enrollment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-02-10
text: Introduced in Senate