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Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1802
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2015-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative and renewable resources
Building construction
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental technology
General Services Administration
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Industrial facilities
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Materials
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Public utilities and utility rates
Real estate business
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 

Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015

 

Better Buildings Act of 2015

 
 This bill requires the General Services Administration (GSA) to: (1) develop and publish model leasing provisions to encourage building owners and tenants to use greater cost-effective energy efficiency and water efficiency measures in commercial buildings, and (2) develop policies and practices to implement the measures for the realty services provided by the GSA to agencies. 
 
This bill amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to require the Department of Energy (DOE) to study the feasibility of improving energy efficiency in commercial buildings through the design and construction of spaces with high-performance energy efficiency measures. 
 
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must develop a voluntary Tenant Star program within the Energy Star program to recognize tenants in commercial buildings that voluntarily achieve high levels of energy efficiency. The EPA may develop a voluntary program to recognize commercial building owners and tenants that use high-performance energy efficiency measures in the design and construction of leased spaces.
 
This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to provide additional energy conservation standards for grid-enabled water heaters for use as part of an electric thermal storage or demand response program, which is a program that enables customers to reduce or shift their power use during peak demand periods.
 
A federal agency leasing space in a building without an Energy Star label must include in its lease provisions requirements that the space's energy efficiency be measured against a nationally-recognized benchmark. The agency must also meet certain energy consumption disclosure requirements.

 
 
DOE must maintain a database for storing and making available public energy-related information on commercial and multifamily buildings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Back to Work Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1803
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2015-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Disability and paralysis
Employee hiring
Employment taxes
Government trust funds
Income tax credits
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 

Veterans Back to Work Act of 2015
 
 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the work opportunity tax credit for hiring qualified veterans (veterans receiving compensation for a service-connected disability and other federal assistance), and (2) allow employers who hire qualified veterans an exemption from employment and railroad retirement taxes for such veterans' first-year wages. Appropriates amounts to the Social Security Old-Age and Survivors Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund to cover any revenue loss to such Funds resulting from this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Family Farm Relief Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1805
Sponsor: Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2015-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Labor
Department of State
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Immigration status and procedures
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Livestock
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Temporary and part-time employment
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 
 
Family Farm Relief Act of 2015

 
 Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a process for receiving H-2A nonimmigrant visas (temporary agricultural workers) which shall ensure that that petitioners may file such petitions over the Internet or in paper form. (Transfers administration of the H-2A program from the Department of Labor to USDA.)
 
Includes year-round livestock workers, including dairy workers, in the H-2A category with a maximum three-year period of admissions which may be renewed three months after the end of each such period.
 
Revises H-2A certification provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1807
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2015-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Minority health
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 

Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants to states to: (1) collect data on the prevalence and distribution of sickle cell disease, (2) conduct sickle cell disease public health initiatives to improve access to care and health outcomes, and (3) identify and evaluate strategies for prevention and treatment of sickle cell disease complications.
 The demonstration program to improve the prevention and treatment of sickle cell disease is revised, extended indefinitely, and moved from the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 to the Public Health Service Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Tax Cuts for America Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1808
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2015-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Economic development
Elementary and secondary education
Employee hiring
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Military personnel and dependents
Research and development
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 

Tax Cuts for America Act of 2015

 
This bill extends through 2015 the following expiring tax provisions: 
 
 
the new markets tax credit,
 
the work opportunity tax credit,
 
the research tax credit,
 
the tax deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers,
 
the tax credit for differential wage payments to employees who are active duty members of the Uniformed Services,
 
the tax credit for new energy efficient homes, and 
 
the tax deduction for state and local sales taxes in lieu of state and local income taxes. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
CADET Act

Bill: 114-hr-1810
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2015-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Employee performance
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 

Collection and Analysis of Data to Educate and Train Law Enforcement Officers Act of 2015 or the CADET Act

 
Requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation to revise the Uniform Crime Reports and the National Incident-Based Reporting System to include information pertaining to the justified and unjustified uses of force resulting in death or injury by or against law enforcement officers, including: (1) the age, race, gender, religion, and criminal history of the victim; and (2) the age, race, gender, and other relevant information relating to the officer involved, such as the number of prior officer involved shootings and uses of lethal force, the number and disposition of citizen complaints filed against the officer, and the nature and description of any disciplinary actions taken against the officer.
 
Directs the Attorney General to reduce by between 10% and 25% the amount that would otherwise be awarded under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to a state or local government that fails to provide such information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-04-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2665)
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2492)
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. ((CR H2131)
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act

Bill: 114-hr-1811
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2015-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Inflation and prices
Self-employed
Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 

Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act

 
 Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish for each calendar month a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI-EC) that indicates changes over time in consumption expenditures typical for individuals in the United States age 62 or older.
 
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to make the CPI-EC the applicable Consumer Price Index for computation of cost-of-living increases in OASDI benefits for such individuals. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe special rules for the determination of wages and self-employment income above the contribution and benefit base after 2015.
 
Amends SSAct title II to include surplus average indexed monthly earnings in the determination of primary OASDI amounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2015-04-15
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: 2015-04-15
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: 2015-04-15
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: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission Act

Bill: 114-hr-1812
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2015-04-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign and international banking
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
International organizations and cooperation
Judicial procedure and administration
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Policy sciences
Terrorism
Violent crime
Western Hemisphere

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 

Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission Act

 
 Establishes the Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission, which shall: (1) conduct a comprehensive review of U.S. foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere to reduce the illicit drug supply and drug abuse and reduce the damage associated with illicit drug markets and trafficking, and (2) identify policy and program options to improve existing international and domestic counternarcotics policy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E505)
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
No Taxation Without Representation Act

Bill: 114-hr-1813
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2015-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: District of Columbia
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 

No Taxation Without Representation Act
 
 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow bona fide residents of the District of Columbia an exclusion from gross income for income derived from sources within the District of Columbia and for income effectively connected with a trade or business within the District of Columbia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
To permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

Bill: 114-hr-1814
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2015-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Hunting and fishing
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation
State and local finance
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 
 Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Requires not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount or $10 million, whichever is greater, to be used for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2015-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1816
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2015-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability assistance
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Public housing
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 

Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act of 2015

 
Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exclude as family income for Department of Housing and Urban Development housing assistance purposes any Department of Veterans Affairs payments made to veterans in need of regular aid and attendance for expenses related to such aid and attendance.

action_date: 2015-05-18
text: 

Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act of 2015

 
Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exclude as family income for Department of Housing and Urban Development housing assistance purposes any Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) payments made to veterans in need of regular aid and attendance for expenses related to such aid and attendance.
 
 Amends the the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to reduce the VA employee bonus and award dollar amount limitation applicable to each of FY2016-FY2020 by $10 million.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2015-05-18
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2015-05-18
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3264)
action_date: 2015-05-18
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3264)
action_date: 2015-05-18
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1816.
action_date: 2015-05-18
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3264-3266)
action_date: 2015-05-18
text: Mr. Luetkemeyer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
No Bonuses for Tax Delinquent IRS Employees Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1817
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2015-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of the Treasury
Employee performance
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 

No Bonuses for Tax Delinquent IRS Employees Act of 2015

 
 Prohibits the payment of any performance award (including, but not limited to, bonuses, step increases, and time off) to an employee of the Internal Revenue Service who owes an outstanding federal tax debt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2219)
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exception for certain public-private research arrangements from the business use test for purposes of determining private activity bonds.

Bill: 114-hr-1819
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2015-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Contracts and agency
Income tax exclusion
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Research and development
Securities
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax exemption for private activity bond interest if the proceeds from such a bond are to be used for basic research (i.e., any original investigation for the advancement of scientific knowledge not having a specific commercial objective) at a government unit, a tax-exempt charitable organization, or a private organization that has a bona-fide contractual arrangement with a government unit or tax-exempt organization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1821
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2015-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Federal preemption
Health personnel
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 

Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of 2015

 
This bill exempts individuals from liability for harm caused by the emergency administration of an opioid overdose drug under certain circumstances. (An opioid is a drug with effects similar to opium, such as heroin.) The individuals exempted from liability are:
 
 
a health care professional who prescribes or provides an opioid overdose drug to an individual at risk of experiencing an opioid overdose or to another individual in a position to assist the individual, if the individual has been educated about opioid overdose prevention and treatment by the health care professional or as part of a government opioid overdose program; 
 
an individual who provides an opioid overdose drug for emergency administration to another individual authorized to receive it as part of an opioid overdose program; and 
 
an individual who administers an opioid overdose drug to another individual who appears to have suffered an opioid overdose if the individual obtained the drug from a health care professional or as part of an opioid overdose program and was educated by the professional or program in the proper administration of the drug.
 
 
These exemptions are inapplicable if the harm was caused by gross negligence or reckless misconduct.
 
States can preempt these exemptions by providing additional protections from liability for individuals that administer opioid overdose drugs, or by enacting legislation making the Act not applicable to state civil action involving only citizens from that state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E501-502)
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in House