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CFPB Pay Fairness Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1264
Sponsor: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2015-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: 

CFPB Pay Fairness Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, with respect to compensation of employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), to require the CFPB Director to set and adjust the rates of basic pay for CFPB employees in accordance with the General Schedule for federal employees. (Currently, the Director is merely authorized to do so.)
 
Repeals the requirement that the Director at all times provide compensation (including benefits) to each class of employees at least comparable to the compensation and benefits then being provided by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the corresponding class of Federal Reserve employees. Repeals also the requirement that all such employees be compensated (including benefits) on terms and conditions consistent with specified terms and conditions of the Federal Reserve Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2015-03-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2015-03-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2015-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1266
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2015-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Appropriations
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Reserve System
Federal officials
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: 

Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to replace the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as an independent bureau within the Federal Reserve System, with an independent Financial Product Safety Commission that is to regulate the offering and provision of consumer financial products or services. 
 
States that the Commission shall be composed of five members with strong competencies and experiences regarding consumer financial products and services, each to serve for a term of five years, and appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
 
Prohibits the Chair of the Commission from submitting requests for estimates related to appropriations without prior Commission approval.

action_date: 2016-12-12
text: 

Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to remove the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from the Federal Reserve System and instead establish an independent Financial Product Safety Commission (FPSC) to regulate the offering and provision of consumer financial products or services. 
 
The FPSC shall be composed of five members serving staggered five-year terms who are appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Not more than three members shall be of any one political party.
 
The President must appoint a chair of the FPSC from among its members.
 
The bill prohibits the chair from submitting requests for estimates related to appropriations without prior commission approval.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 682.
action_date: 2016-12-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 114-872.
action_date: 2016-12-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 114-872.
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 35 - 24.
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Introduced in House
To exempt certain class A CDL drivers from the requirement to obtain a hazardous material endorsement while operating a service vehicle with a fuel tank containing 3,785 liters (1,000 gallons) or less of diesel fuel.

Bill: 114-hr-1267
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2015-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: General agriculture matters
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Licensing and registrations
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to exempt from the requirement to obtain a hazardous material endorsement all class A commercial driver's license holders who are custom harvesters, agricultural retailers, agricultural business employees, agricultural cooperative employees, or agricultural producers who operate a service vehicle with a fuel tank containing 3,785 liters (1,000) gallons or less of diesel fuel if the tank is clearly marked with a placard reading &quot;Diesel Fuel.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Concussion Awareness and Education Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1271
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2015-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Athletes
Child health
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Neurological disorders
School athletics

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: 

Concussion Awareness and Education Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) establish and oversee a national system to accurately determine the incidence of sports-related concussions among youth, and (2) begin implementation of such system within one year of this Act's enactment.
 
Requires the data collected to include: 
 
 
the incidence of sports related concussions in individuals 5 through 21 years of age;
 
demographic information of the injured individuals;
 
pre-existing conditions of the injured individuals;
 
the concussion history of the injured individuals;
 
the use of protective equipment and impact monitoring devices; 
 
the qualifications of personnel diagnosing the concussions; and
 
the cause, nature, and extent of the concussive injury.
 
 
Requires the National Institutes of Health to conduct or support: 
 
 
 research designed to inform the creation of guidelines for the management of short- and long-term sequelae of concussion in youth; 
 
research on the effects of concussions and repetitive head impacts on quality of life and the activities of daily living;
 
research to identify predictors, and modifiers of outcomes, of concussions in youth; and 
 
research on age- and sex-related biomechanical determinants of injury risk for concussion in youth.
 
 
Requires CDC to develop and disseminate to the public information regarding concussions.
 
Establishes a Concussion Research Commission, which shall study the programs and activities conducted pursuant to this Act and formulate systemic recommendations to increase knowledge about, and change the culture surrounding, concussions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Doctors Helping Heroes Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1272
Sponsor: Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2015-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Immigration status and procedures
Medical education
Rural conditions and development
Veterans' medical care
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: 

Doctors Helping Heroes Act of 2015 

 
 Amends the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 to make permanent the J-1 visa waiver program (Conrad state 30/medical services in underserved areas).
 
Excludes from numerical immigration limitations alien physicians who have completed national interest waiver requirements by working in a health care shortage area (including alien physicians who completed such service before enactment of this Act and any of their spouses or children).
 
Sets forth specified employment protections and contract requirements for alien physicians working in underserved areas.
 
Increases the number of alien physicians that a state may be allocated from 30 to 35 per fiscal year in specified circumstances. Provides for additional increases or decreases based upon demand.
 
Provides up to three visa waivers per fiscal year per state for physicians in academic medical centers. 
 
Permits dual intent for an alien coming to the United States to receive graduate medical education or training, or to take examinations required for graduate medical education or training. 
 
Exempts from specified entry limitations H-1B nonimmigrant aliens seeking to enter the United States to pursue graduate medical education or training.
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize waiver of the two-year foreign residency requirement for an alien who has received graduate medical eduction or training in the United States and seeks to apply for an immigrant visa or permanent resident status if: 
 
 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) determines that VA facilities are not capable of furnishing covered health services to eligible veterans because they lack the required personnel or cannot provide timely and reasonable access; and 
the head of the appropriate state agency determines that the alien will practice medicine in a Veterans Health Administration facility, the alien physician's work is in the public interest, and such waiver would not cause the number of waivers allotted for that state for that fiscal year to exceed five. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Energy Savings and Building Efficiency Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1273
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2015-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Building construction
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Federal-Indian relations
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Housing industry and standards
Industrial facilities
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: 

Energy Savings and Building Efficiency Act of 2015 

 
This bill amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to revise provisions regarding the technical assistance that the Department of Energy (DOE) provides to states, Indian tribes, local governments, or model organizations with respect to model energy codes for residential and commercial building codes. DOE must provide technical assistance to implement technically feasible and cost-effective building energy codes. 
 
States and Indian tribes must measure their compliance with applicable building energy codes or with the associated model building energy code. Standards for compliance are established. 
 
DOE may not advocate, promote or discourage the adoption of a particular building energy code, code provision, or energy savings target to a state or Indian tribe. Information provided by DOE is &quot;influential information&quot; subject to Office of Management and Budget guidelines. 
 
DOE must establish energy saving targets for updating model building energy codes. DOE must consider the economic feasibility of achieving the proposed targets and the potential costs and savings for consumers and building owners by conducting a return on investment analysis using a simple payback methodology over a 3-, 5-, and 7-year period. (Simple payback is the time in years that is required for energy savings to exceed the incremental first cost of a new requirement or code.) DOE may not propose or provide assistance for any code or target that has a payback greater than 10 years. 
 
DOE must provide grants to establish building training and assessment centers at institutions of higher education. 
 
Any DOE program that may enable the owner of a building to obtain a rating, score, or label regarding energy usage or performance of a building must be made available on a voluntary basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Vision Zero Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1274
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2015-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: 

Vision Zero Act of 2015

 
This bill authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to award grants to a city, town, township, borough, county, parish, district, village, or other political subdivision of a state to develop a Vision Zero plan to eliminate transportation-related fatalities and serious injuries in its jurisdiction within 10 years. The total number of grants awarded is limited to 5.
 
At least 25% of funds made available for this Act shall be used to make grants to eligible entities serving a jurisdiction with a population of under 200,000.
 
The federal share of projects costs shall not exceed 80%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E314)
action_date: 2015-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act

Bill: 114-hr-1275
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2015-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental health
Government information and archives
Health personnel
Medical research
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: 

Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act

 
Directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) publish and implement a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the impact of climate change on public health in the United States and other nations, particularly developing nations; (2) revise the plan periodically to reflect new information; (3) establish a permanent science advisory board; and (4) contract with the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine to assess the need for health professionals to prepare for and respond to the impact of climate change on public health. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act

Bill: 114-hr-1276
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2015-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Emergency planning and evacuation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Great Lakes
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Natural disasters
Seashores and lakeshores
Travel and tourism
Water quality
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: 

Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act 

 
This bill amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to direct the Department of Commerce to establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program which shall assist coastal states with the voluntary development of coastal climate change adaptation plans in order to: (1) minimize contributions to climate change, and (2) prepare for and reduce the negative consequences that may result from climate change in the coastal zone. The program must also provide financial and technical assistance and training to implement the plans through enforceable state policies. 
 
Commerce may make grants to coastal states for developing the plans and supporting projects that implement strategies contained in approved plans. Commerce must promote and encourage the use of National Estuarine Research Reserves as sites for pilot or demonstration projects carried out with the grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Ocean Acidification Research Partnerships Act

Bill: 114-hr-1277
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2015-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Air quality
Aquatic ecology
Food industry and services
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Research administration and funding
Seafood

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: 

Ocean Acidification Research Partnerships Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 to require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide grants for collaborative research projects on ocean acidification developed and conducted through partnerships between the seafood industry and the academic community. NOAA must prioritize projects which: (1) address ecosystems and communities vulnerable to the impacts of ocean acidification, (2) demonstrate support from local stakeholders, or (3) utilize seafood industry assets as research and monitoring platforms. 
 
NOAA may make a grant to a partnership in which a marine-dependent industry is substituted for the seafood industry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Education and Workforce Innovation Act

Bill: 114-hr-1279
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Public-private cooperation
Unemployment
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: 

Education and Workforce Innovation Act

 
 Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a pilot program to award grants to eligible entities to carry out programs that provide direct skills and job training for individuals to enter and advance in high-growth, emerging, and in-demand industries, such as skilled labor and trade industries. 
 
Defines an &quot;eligible entity&quot; as a private company involved in the manufacturing, production, or technology industries, in partnership with a junior or community college, postsecondary vocational institution, or secondary school.
 
Authorizes such an entity to use such a grant to develop and carry out a multiyear program to provide students enrolled in such a college, institution, or school with education and training to enter and advance in such industries, by providing: (1) customized training, (2) increased productivity and knowledge transfer, (3) a stable and predictable pipeline to a high-standard of employment upon graduation, (4) a proven model of success, and (5) an opportunity for career advancement.
 
Requires an eligible entity that is awarded a grant to provide matching funds from non-federal sources.
 
Directs the Secretaries of Education and the Treasury to administer a five-year pilot program under which qualified investors enter into a pay-for-performance agreement under which they will provide funds to service providers to carry out workforce training programs that increase trade certifications or apprenticeships for unemployed individuals or dislocated workers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Skills Connection Act

Bill: 114-hr-1280
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Manufacturing
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: 

Skills Connection Act

 
 Directs the Secretary of Labor to create a searchable and publicly available database containing a registry of industry-recognized credentials, a skills database, and a jobs bank to enable programs that lead to such credentials to receive priority under: 
 
 
 youth workforce investment programs,
 
statewide employment and training programs,
 
career and technical programs, and
 
training programs for Trade Adjustment Assistance workers.
 
 
Makes funds available from amounts appropriated for each fiscal year for the Workforce Innovation Fund for the costs of carrying out this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Introduced in House