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American Manufacturing Workforce Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4157
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2015-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment and training programs
Income tax credits
Industrial policy and productivity
Manufacturing
Student aid and college costs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: 

American Manufacturing Workforce Act of 2015

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow, through 2021, tax credits for: (1) up to $1,000 of the expenses for tuition, fees, and course materials paid or incurred for the training of a worker to develop or improve skills for a manufacturing position; and (2) up to 20% of the first $1,000 of education or training expenses for manufacturing under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 or a curriculum approved by the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor for individuals employed in manufacturing positions.
 
The bill also: (1) establishes the Presidential Award for Business Leadership in Manufacturing Job Training to recognize companies and other organizations for extraordinary efforts in assisting their employees and members to develop or improve manufacturing skills and training and increase productivity; and (2) directs Labor to periodically collect and disseminate best practices for manufacturing job training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-12-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-12-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: Introduced in House
RISE Act

Bill: 114-hr-4158
Sponsor: Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2015-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: 

Restoring Investment in ATB Student Education Act or the RISE Act

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the federal student aid eligibility requirements for students who are not high school graduates. 
 
Currently, a student without a high school diploma or homeschool credential is eligible to receive federal student aid if such student is enrolled in a career pathway program and demonstrates an ability to benefit from an institution's education or training program. 
 
This bill eliminates enrollment in a career pathway program as a federal student aid eligibility requirement. A student without a high school diploma or homeschool credential is eligible to receive federal student aid by demonstrating an ability to benefit from an institution's education or training program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: Introduced in House
Access to Military Service Records Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4159
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2015-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Military personnel and dependents
Personnel records
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: 

Access to Military Service Records Act of 2015

 
This bill limits to the cost of mailing the fee that the National Archives and Records Administration may charge a veteran (or, if such individual is deceased, the individual's next of kin or immediate family) who requests his or her military service record.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8870)
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: Introduced in House
SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4161
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2015-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Civil actions and liability
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: 

SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) to allow the use of arbitration to resolve a controversy that arises under a contract with a servicemember (or with a servicemember and spouse jointly) that provides for arbitration, only if all parties to the controversy consent in writing to arbitration after the controversy arises.
 
A servicemember's waiver of any SCRA rights and protections shall be effective only if it is made after a specific dispute has arisen and is identified in the waiver.
 
A representative of members of an aggrieved class, or a member of the class, may bring a private civil action for a violation of any SCRA rights or protections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: Introduced in House
Clean Energy Victory Bond Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4162
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2015-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Marketing and advertising
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: 

Clean Energy Victory Bond Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to issue, and promote the purchase of, Clean Energy Victory Bonds to pay for the energy-related tax benefits established or extended by this Act. 
 
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: 
 
 
 extend through 2023 the tax credit for investment in solar energy property, geothermal heat pumps, fuel cell property, microturbine property, combined heat and power system property, and small wind energy property;
 
 allow an energy tax credit for investment in offshore wind facilities placed in service before January 1, 2022; 
 
 extend through 2024 the tax credit for residential energy efficiency improvements; 
 
 extend through 2023 the placed-in-service requirement for wind facilities and other renewable energy facilities for purposes of the tax credit for producing electricity from renewable resources;
 
 extend through 2023 the tax credit for nonbusiness residential energy property; 
 
allow a new tax credit, through 2024, for home energy efficiency improvements that increase energy efficiency by at least 20%;
 
extend through 2023 the tax credit for new energy efficient homes; and 
 
increase, and extend through 2023, the tax deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings. 
 
 
The bill directs the Department of Energy to establish a voluntary voucher program, through 2018, for the purchase of plug-in electric vehicles. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2015-12-02
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: 2015-12-02
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: 2015-12-02
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: 2015-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: Introduced in House
Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4163
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Medicaid
Medicare
Prescription drugs
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: 

Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equity Act of 2015

 
This bill amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to make certain income-based subsidies available to Medicare prescription drug program beneficiaries who reside in Puerto Rico or another U.S. territory and are otherwise eligible. 
 
Current law makes such beneficiaries ineligible for premium and cost-sharing subsidies, but establishes a process for U.S. territories to apply for financial assistance with respect to the provision of Medicare prescription drugs. The bill retains a process for U.S. territories to apply for such assistance, but alters the formula by which the amount of assistance is calculated. Specifically, the bill phases in modifications to the formula that more closely align how assistance is calculated for U.S. territories with how it is calculated for the 50 states and the District of Columbia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-12-02
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: 2015-12-02
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: 2015-12-02
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: 2015-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: Introduced in House
Regulatory Agency Demilitarization Act

Bill: 114-hr-4164
Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2015-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: 

Regulatory Agency Demilitarization Act

 
 This bill prohibits a federal agency from purchasing or using a firearm. The bill excludes the Departments of Defense, Justice, and Homeland Security, the military departments, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the U.S. Capitol Police, the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, and the Central Intelligence Agency.
 
The Government Accountability Office shall submit to Congress, within 18 months after this Act's enactment, a report that includes:
 
 
information regarding each federal agency that has specialized units that receive special tactical or military-style training or use hard-plated body armor, shields, or helmets and that respond to high-risk situations that fall outside the capabilities of regular law enforcement officers; 
 
a description of each such unit; 
 
a description of the training and weapons of each such unit; 
 
the criteria for activating each such unit and how often each such unit was activated for each of the previous ten years; 
 
the annual cost of equipping and operating each such unit; and 
 
any other information that is relevant to understanding the usefulness and justification for the units. 

 
The bill amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to repeal provisions authorizing law enforcement powers for an Inspector General, any Assistant Inspector General for Investigations under an Inspector General, and any special agent supervised by such an Assistant Inspector General.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: Introduced in House
Mechanical Insulation Installation Incentive Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4165
Sponsor: Rep. Dold, Robert J. [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2015-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax deductions
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: 

Mechanical Insulation Installation Incentive Act of 2015

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an additional tax deduction for the cost of installing mechanical insulation property. The bill: (1) limits the amount of such deduction to the lesser of 30% or the reduction in energy loss from the installed mechanical insulation property compared to property that meets the minimum requirements of American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) standard 90.1-2007; and (2) allows the cost of replacing mechanical insulation property to be treated as a deductible business expense in the current taxable year.
 
The bill defines "mechanical insulation property" as insulation materials, facings, and accessory products: (1) placed in service in connection with a mechanical system which is located in the United States and of a character subject to an allowance for depreciation; and (2) utilized for thermal requirements for mechanical piping and equipment, hot and cold applications, and heating, venting and air conditioning applications which can be used in a variety of facilities.
 
The bill also allows a tax deduction for capital expenditures related to mechanical insulation property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Fighting Against Imbalanced Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4169
Sponsor: Rep. Rothfus, Keith J. [R-PA-12]
Introduced: 2015-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: 

Fighting Against Imbalanced Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015

 
 This bill amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit a regulation concerning emissions of carbon dioxide from a fossil fuel-fired electric generating unit from taking effect until the Environmental Protection Agency certifies that a sufficient number of countries have adopted climate change regulations for carbon dioxide that are at least as stringent.
 
A &quot;sufficient number&quot; is a number of countries that account for at least 80% of global carbon dioxide emissions in the last year, excluding those in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9002)
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Notification of Your Eldercare Rights Act

Bill: 114-hr-4170
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2015-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Contracts and agency
Labor standards
Self-employed
Service industries
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: 

Notification
 
of
 
Your
 
Eldercare
 
Rights
 
 
 This bill directs the Department of Labor to:
 
 
draft disclosures which describe the rights and liabilities of customers and providers of domestic care services,
 
require that any provider of domestic care services give such disclosures to each customer before entering into a contract with the customer, and
 
disclose to the customer whether the individual or individuals who will provide such services are employees of the provider of domestic care services or independent contractors.
 
 
It shall be unlawful, and subject to certain civil penalties, for any provider of domestic care services to contract with a customer without first providing the disclosure document required by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Silent Skies Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4171
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2015-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
International law and treaties
Licensing and registrations
Noise pollution
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: 

Silent Skies Act of 2015

 
 This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration to enter into a competitive cooperative agreement with an institution, entity, or consortium to carry out a program for the development of aircraft technology that will assist in-service and in-production civil turbojets not meeting stage 4 noise standards to comply with those or more stringent standards.
 
The Department of Transportation (DOT) must: (1) issue regulations to establish minimum standards to ensure that graduated percentages of civil turbojets weighing over 75,000 pounds comply with the stage 4 noise levels by specified dates, and (2) report annually on the progress made by air carriers in complying with such standards. 100% of such turbojets operating after December 31, 2037, must comply with stage 4 levels.
 
DOT shall request the International Civil Aviation Organization to add to its Work Programme the consideration of international standards for the phase-out of aircraft that do not comply with stage 4 noise levels.
 
The requirements of this Act shall not apply to civil turbojet aircraft that operate outside of the 48 contiguous states.
 
DOT may not issue a type certificate for: (1) a civil turbojet with a maximum weight of more than 75,000 pounds on and after December 31, 2017, unless the applicant demonstrates that such turbojet complies with stage 5 noise levels; and (2) any civil turbojet on and after December 31, 2020, unless the applicant demonstrates that such turbojet complies with stage 5 noise levels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4172
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2015-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit
Debt collection
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: 

Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to authorize a person or the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to furnish to a consumer reporting agency information relating to the performance of a consumer in making payments: (1) under a lease agreement for a dwelling, including a lease in which HUD provides subsidized payments; or (2) pursuant to a contract for a utility or telecommunications service.
 
Information about a consumer's usage of any utility or telecommunications services may be furnished to a consumer reporting agency only to the extent that such information relates to payment by the consumer for such services or other terms of the provision of such services, including any deposit, discount, or conditions for interruption or termination of service.
 
An energy utility firm may not report payment information to a consumer reporting agency with respect to an outstanding balance of a consumer as late if the firm and the consumer have entered into a payment plan and the consumer is meeting the obligations of such plan.
 
The bill amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to make provisions regarding civil liability to consumers of persons for willful or negligent noncompliance with requirements imposed by such Act on credit reporting agencies inapplicable to any violation of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
To provide that an alien who has traveled to Iraq or Syria during the 5-year period prior to the alien's application for admission is ineligible to be admitted to the United States under the visa waiver program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-4173
Sponsor: Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2015-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigration status and procedures
Iraq
Middle East
Syria
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the visa waiver admission of an alien who has traveled to Iraq or Syria during the preceding five-year period. 
 
The Department of Homeland Security may waive such prohibition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House