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To designate a mountain in the John Muir Wilderness of the Sierra National Forest as "Sky Point".

Bill: 114-hr-979
Sponsor: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4]
Introduced: 2015-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Congressional tributes
Forests, forestry, trees
Military personnel and dependents
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: 
Designates a specified mountain in the John Muir Wilderness of the Sierra National Forest in California as &quot;Sky Point.&quot;

action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Designates a specified mountain in the John Muir Wilderness of the Sierra National Forest in California as "Sky Point."

action_date: 2015-06-01
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Designates a specified mountain in the John Muir Wilderness of the Sierra National Forest in California as &quot;Sky Point.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-02
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3589-3590)
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3589-3590)
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 979.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3589-3591)
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Mr. Bishop (UT) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 21.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-81.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-81.
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Vessel Incidental Discharge Act

Bill: 114-hr-980
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2015-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Aquatic ecology
Coast guard
Department of Homeland Security
Environmental regulatory procedures
Environmental technology
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Licensing and registrations
Marine and inland water transportation
Marine pollution
Technology assessment
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: 

Vessel Incidental Discharge Act 

 
This bill requires the Coast Guard to establish and implement enforceable uniform national standards for the regulation of discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel into navigable waters. The Coast Guard's existing rule for ballast water discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel are adopted until those performance standards are revised or a more stringent state standard is adopted. Ballast water is water taken aboard a vessel to control stability or during the operation of a vessel's ballast water treatment technology. 
 
Within two years, the Coast Guard must establish best management practices for discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel other than ballast water.
 
By January 1, 2020, the Coast Guard must complete a feasibility review to determine whether revising ballast water performance standards will result in a scientifically demonstrable and substantial reduction in the risk of introduction or establishment of aquatic nuisance species. The Coast Guard must establish a revised standard based on the ballast water treatment technology available. Further revisions to the performance standards are to be considered every 10 years.
 
This bill establishes a certification requirement for ballast water treatment technology. The Coast Guard may not approve a technology if it uses a biocide or generates a biocide that is a pesticide.
 
This bill establishes a petition process for a state seeking to enforce a state or local statute or regulation related to ballast water discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel that is more stringent than federal performance standards. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Red Snapper Regulatory Reform Act

Bill: 114-hr-981
Sponsor: Rep. Byrne, Bradley [R-AL-1]
Introduced: 2015-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alabama
Fishes
Florida
Government information and archives
Gulf of Mexico
Intergovernmental relations
Louisiana
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mississippi
State and local government operations
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: 

Red Snapper Regulatory Reform Act 

 
This bill amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to revise requirements on fishing and fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico.
 
The bill repeals a requirement that red snapper fishery management plans, plan amendments, or regulation submitted by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council contain catch limits.
 
State jurisdiction over fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico is expanded to nine nautical miles.
 
The Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission must conduct all fishery stock assessments for fisheries managed under the Council's Reef Fish Management Plan. Stock assessments must: (1) incorporate fisheries survey information collected by universities; (2) use state, university, and private assets to conduct surveys; (3) incorporate surveys conducted on natural and artificial reefs; and (4) emphasize constituent and stakeholder participation in the development of the assessment.
 
The program created to improve the quality and accuracy of information generated by the Marine Recreational Fishery Statistics Survey must take into consideration all fishery effort data collection activities undertaken by the marine resources division of each relevant state of the Council.
 
Members of the Council are no longer appointed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House
End Unnecessary Borrowing Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-982
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2015-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: 

End Unnecessary Borrowing Act of 2015 

 
 Amends the National Housing Act with respect to the requirement that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development endeavor to ensure that the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund attains a capital ratio of not less than 2% within 10 years after enactment of that requirement (November 5, 1990) and to ensure that the Fund maintains at least that capital ratio at all times thereafter.
 
Prohibits these requirements from being construed to authorize or require the Secretary to borrow any amounts to comply with the capital ratio requirement.
 
Limits the use of any authority of the Secretary to borrow from the Treasury for the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund only to the extent necessary to pay claims on mortgage insurance that is an obligation of such Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House
SAFE HAUL Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-983
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2015-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Life, casualty, property insurance
Motor carriers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: 

Safe And Fair Environment on Highways Achieved through Underwriting Levels Act of 2015 or SAFE HAUL Act of 2015

 
 Revises certain minimum financial responsibility requirements to increase from $750,000 to $4,532,550 the minimum level of financial responsibility sufficient to satisfy established liability coverage for motor carriers or motor private carriers providing property transportation. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to adjust such amount annually for inflation relating to medical care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-986
Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2015-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Firearms and explosives
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial procedure and administration
Legal fees and court costs
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: 

Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2015

 
Amends the federal criminal code to authorize a person who is not prohibited from possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm under federal law, and who is carrying a valid, government-issued identification document containing that person's photograph and a valid permit issued by any state to carry a concealed firearm, to possess or carry a concealed handgun (other than a machine gun or destructive device) in any other state that permits residents to carry a concealed firearm, in accordance with the restrictions of that state. Makes presentation of facially valid documents prima facie evidence that the individual has a license or permit as required. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Davis-Bacon Repeal Act

Bill: 114-hr-987
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2015-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Building construction
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Labor standards
Public contracts and procurement
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: 

Davis-Bacon Repeal Act

 
 Repeals the Davis-Bacon Act (which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works).
 
States that references in any law to a wage requirement of the Davis-Bacon Act after enactment of this Act shall be null and void.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Elder Justice Reauthorization Act

Bill: 114-hr-988
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2015-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aging
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Health facilities and institutions
Law enforcement administration and funding
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: 

Elder Justice Reauthorization Act 

 
 Reauthorizes the Elder Justice Act of 2009 and funding for its programs through FY2019.
 
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reauthorize through FY2019: (1) the National Training Institute for Federal and State Surveyors, and (2) grants by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to state agencies that perform surveys of skilled nursing facilities or nursing facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act

Bill: 114-hr-989
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2015-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
National Credit Union Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: 

Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act 

 
 Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to empower federal credit unions to receive payments on certain uninsured non-share accounts, subject to such terms, rates, and conditions as may be established by the board of directors, within limitations prescribed by the National Credit Union Administration Board (Board).
 
Requires any Board-prescribed system of prompt corrective action to take into account that credit unions rely predominantly (under current law, must rely) upon retained earnings to build net worth.
 
Redefines &quot;net worth&quot; with respect to any insured credit union (other than a low-income credit union) to include uninsured non-share capital accounts that:
 
 
do not alter the cooperative nature of the credit union;
 
are subordinate to all other claims against the credit union, including the claims of creditors, shareholders, and the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund;
 
are available to cover operating losses in excess of retained earnings and, to the extent so applied, will not be replenished;
 
if they have a stated maturity, have an initial maturity of at least five years, and their net worth may be discounted at the Board's discretion when the remaining maturity is less than five years;
 
are subject to disclosure and consumer protection requirements as determined by the Board;
 
are offered by a credit union that is sufficiently capitalized and well-managed; and
 
are subject to such rules and regulations as the Board may establish.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Commuter Parity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-990
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2015-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commuting
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices
Pedestrians and bicycling
Public transit
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: 

Commuter Parity Act of 2015
 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the exclusion from gross income, for income tax purposes, of certain transportation benefits provided by an employer to an employee, including cash reimbursements for such benefits, to allow a monthly exclusion amount of: (1) $235 for transportation in a commuter highway vehicle from home to work and any transit pass, (2) $235 for qualified parking, and (3) $35 for qualified bicycle commuting reimbursement. Allows an annual cost-of-living adjustment to such exclusion amounts after 2016.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Children of Military Service Members Commemorative Lapel Pin Act

Bill: 114-hr-991
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2015-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: 

Children of Military Service Members Commemorative Lapel Pin Act

 
Requires a lapel button, to be known as the children of military service members commemorative lapel button, to be designed, as approved by the Department of Defense (DOD), to identify and recognize child dependents of members of the Armed Forces who serve on active duty for more than 30 days. Expresses the sense of Congress that DOD should expedite the design and manufacture of the button, as well as mechanisms to facilitate its issuance.
 
Makes such button available retroactively to the child of any member satisfying such eligibility conditions before the enactment of this Act.
 
Requires DOD to notify members with qualifying service since September 11, 2001, of the availability of the button.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Air Travel Streamlining Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-992
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2015-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security
User charges and fees
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: 

Veterans Air Travel Streamlining Act of 2015

 
Requires: (1) the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to waive the application fee for veterans with a service-connected disability rated at 50% or more who apply to participate in TSA's Pre-check program, and (2) the Administrator and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a system to verify such a veteran's disability rating and whether such veteran's disability is service-connected.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
action_date: 2015-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Independent Living Enhancement Act

Bill: 114-hr-993
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2015-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability assistance
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: 

Veterans' Independent Living Enhancement Act

 
Repeals provisions that: (1) prohibit the initiation of Department of Veterans Affairs programs providing independent living services and assistance for greater than 2,700 veterans in each fiscal year, and (2) require giving first priority under such programs to veterans for whom the reasonable feasibility of achieving a vocational goal is precluded solely as a result of disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act

Bill: 114-hr-995
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2015-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: 

Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act

 
Directs the President to issue an annual proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe two minutes of silence on Veterans Day, beginning at 3:11 p.m. Atlantic standard time, in honor of the service and sacrifice of veterans throughout the history of the nation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Introduced in House