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SWEET Act

Bill: 114-hr-1687
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Food industry and services
Government trust funds
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Inflation and prices
Nutrition and diet
Research administration and funding
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Tax Act of 2015 or the SWEET Act
 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on the sale or transfer of any specified sugar-sweetened beverage product by the manufacturer, producer, or importer thereof. Establishes the rate of such tax as 1cent per 4.2 grams of caloric sweetener contained in such product.
 
Transfers revenues from such tax to the Prevention and Public Health Fund for the sole purpose of funding programs and research to reduce the human and economic costs of diabetes, obesity, dental caries, and other diet-related health conditions in priority populations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-26
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: 2015-03-26
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: 2015-03-26
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: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to designate 20 graduate medical education residency positions specifically for the study of optometry.

Bill: 114-hr-1688
Sponsor: Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Health personnel
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medical education
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 
This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to designate up to 20 graduate medical education residency positions for the study of optometry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the provision of certain foreign assistance to countries receiving certain detainees transferred from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Bill: 114-hr-1689
Sponsor: Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Caribbean area
Cuba
Detention of persons
Foreign aid and international relief
Latin America
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military facilities and property
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 
This bill prohibits assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act for five years to a foreign country if: (1) the country received an individual who was released or transferred from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on or after February 1, 2015; and (2) after the date of such release or transfer, the individual is included in a report of individuals confirmed or suspected of returning to terrorist activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
No Federal Funds Without the American Flag Act

Bill: 114-hr-1691
Sponsor: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
National symbols
School administration
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

No Federal Funds Without the American Flag Act

 
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit an institution of higher education that is located in the United States from participating in title IV's student assistance programs if it bans the display of the American flag on its campus.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Safety, Efficiency, and Accountability in Transportation Projects Through Public Inspection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1692
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Safety, Efficiency, and Accountability in Transportation Projects Through Public Inspection Act of 2015

 
 Requires public employees to perform construction inspections on all surface transportation projects receiving federal funding. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E446)
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
White House Accountability Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1693
Sponsor: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive Office of the President
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Immigration status and procedures
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

White House Accountability Act of 2015

 
Rescinds the unobligated balance of funds made available for FY2015 for salaries and expenses of the White House. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Parental Notification and Intervention Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1695
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Domestic violence and child abuse
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Family relationships
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Parental Notification and Intervention Act of 2015

 
Prohibits any person or organization in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, or who solicits or accepts federal funds, from performing, permitting facilities to be used to perform, or assisting in the performance of an abortion on an unemancipated minor under the age of 18 unless written notification of the requested abortion is provided to the parents of the minor. Establishes an exception under which notification is not required for a parent if the physician is presented with documentation showing that a court in the minor's state of residence has waived parental notification because there is clear and convincing evidence of physical abuse of the minor by such parent.
 
Requires compliance with: (1) a 96-hour waiting period after any required notice has been received by the parents, and (2) any injunction granted by a federal district court if a notified parent initiates a judicial intervention process to enjoin the abortion.
 
 Prescribes penalties of not more than a $100,000 fine and/or imprisonment for not more than one year for each willful violation.
 
Provides an exception from parental notification requirements if a physician (other than the physician with principal responsibility for making the decision to perform the abortion) determines that: (1) a medical emergency exists that would result in the minor's death if her condition were not immediately treated, even though the treatment may result in the death of her unborn child; (2) parental notification is not possible as a result of the emergency; and (3) certifications regarding compliance with such rules and the reasons upon which such determinations are based have been entered in the minor's medical records. 
Requires parental notification through certified mail or personal delivery. 
Defines &quot;parent&quot; to include any legal guardian of an unemancipated minor. 
Authorizes a notified parent to bring an action in federal court which shall enjoin the abortion: (1) until the court's judgment is final, or (2) permanently unless the court determines that granting such relief would be unlawful. 
Prohibits this Act from being construed to preempt any state law that establishes, implements, or continues in effect greater parental notification requirements or intervention rights regarding abortion.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the tariff preference level on imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber, fabric, apparel, and made-up goods from Bahrain under the United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement.

Bill: 114-hr-1696
Sponsor: Rep. Graham, Gwen [D-FL-2]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Bahrain
Middle East
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through July 31, 2026, the duty-free treatment on specified quantities of certain cotton and man-made fiber, fabric, apparel, and made-up goods imported into the United States from Bahrain under the United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
E-Car Act

Bill: 114-hr-1697
Sponsor: Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Energy storage, supplies, demand
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Electric Charging and Refueling Actor the E-Car Act 

 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the tax credit for qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling property expenditures with a tax credit for 50% of the cost of any qualified electric vehicle recharging or refueling property that is: (1) installed on property used as the principal residence of the taxpayer, and (2) for the recharging or refueling of motor vehicles propelled by electricity. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E437-438)
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Bullion and Collectible Coin Production Efficiency and Cost Savings Act

Bill: 114-hr-1698
Sponsor: Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Currency
Metals

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Bullion and Collectible Coin Production Efficiency and Cost Savings Act 

 
This bill repeals: (1) the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to change the design of certain gold bullion coins, and (2) requirements for the protective covering for certain bullion coins.
 
 The copper content requirements for quarter dollar coins are repealed, and the silver content is required to be not less than 90%.
 
Technical revisions are made to the requirements for palladium bullion investment coins. 

action_date: 2015-06-23
text: 

Bullion and Collectible Coin Production Efficiency and Cost Savings Act 

 
(Sec. 2) This bill repeals: (1) the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to change the design of certain gold bullion coins, and (2) requirements for the protective covering for certain bullion coins.
 
 The copper content requirements for quarter dollar coins are repealed and the silver content is required to be not less than 90%.
 
Technical revisions are made to the requirements for palladium bullion investment coins. 
 
(Sec. 3) Proof and uncirculated versions of American Eagle silver coins issued during calendar year 2016 shall have a smooth edge incused with a designation that notes the 30th anniversary of the first issue of such coins.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-24
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2015-06-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2015-06-23
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4563)
action_date: 2015-06-23
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 H4563)
action_date: 2015-06-23
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1698.
action_date: 2015-06-23
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4562-4563)
action_date: 2015-06-23
text: Mr. Huizenga (MI) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Vulnerable Immigrant Voice Act

Bill: 114-hr-1700
Sponsor: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Disability and paralysis
Immigration status and procedures
Lawyers and legal services
Legal fees and court costs
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Vulnerable Immigrant Voice Act 

 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that counsel at the government's expense in a removal or related appeal proceeding shall be provided only for an alien who is: (1) an unaccompanied child, or (2) unable to represent himself or herself due to a serious mental disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
LEO Fair Retirement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1702
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

LEO Fair Retirement Act of 2015

 
 Provides that for purposes of computing the annuity of a federal law enforcement employee under the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees Retirement System, the law enforcement availability pay and administratively uncontrollable overtime pay earned by such employee in excess of limitations imposed on such pay shall be included in the average pay of such employee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Protect Children from Theft Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1703
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child safety and welfare
Computer security and identity theft
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Crime victims
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Protect Children from Theft Act of 2015

 
Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act, with respect to protections for credit reports of minor consumers, to require a consumer reporting agency, upon request by the legal guardian or custodian of a minor consumer (including the state or tribal agency responsible for a child in foster care), to either create a blocked file for the minor or convert an already existing file to blocked status.
 
Directs the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to: (1) establish implementing procedures, and (2) determine what fee, if any, may be charged by a consumer reporting agency to create, convert, or unblock a file. 
 
Requires a consumer reporting agency to: (1) unblock a blocked file upon request by a guardian or on the minor's 18th birthday, and (2) include an alert statement in an unblocked file if the minor consumer was a victim of fraud or identity theft before that 18th birthday. 
 
Requires a reseller who furnishes information concerning a consumer file containing an alert statement to include it when furnishing information.
 
Prohibits a consumer reporting agency from charging a fee to create, convert, or unblock the file of a consumer who was a victim of fraud or identity theft before his or her 18th birthday. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Clean Water Affordability Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1705
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Clean Water Affordability Act of 2015 

 
This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a comprehensive and integrated planning approach to the permit obligations under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program of a publicly owned treatment works (POTW) or a municipal separate storm sewer system. 
 
A state may extend the term of a NPDES permit to up to 25 years under a state-administered NPDES program, if the permittee has an approved integrated plan.
 
The EPA must update the guidance entitled &quot;Combined Sewer Overflows--Guidance for Financial Capability Assessment and Schedule Development,&quot; to ensure that the evaluations by the EPA of financial capability assessment and schedule development meet specified criteria.
 
States must set aside 15% of the amount of each capitalization grant they receive for water pollution control revolving funds to provide assistance to municipalities of fewer than 10,000 individuals that meet specified affordability criteria for activities on the state's priority list of POTW construction projects.
 
Effluent limitations must be applied at the final point of discharge from a POTW treatment facility and not to flows within the facility.
 
The EPA may issue NPDES permits with modified effluent limits for discharges of pollutants from a collection system servicing a POTW during periods of peak wet weather if a state concurs and the permit applicant has an approved peak wet weather management plan. States may adopt peak wet weather-related water quality standards for receiving waters during periods of peak wet weather events. The EPA must develop and publish guidance with respect to peak wet weather-related water quality standards and waste water management practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1707
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and carry out a Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program under which HHS makes student loan repayments in exchange for a health professional providing frontline care services for two years in a frontline care scarcity area.
 
Frontline care services include surgery, optometry, physical therapy, pharmacies, public health, dietetics, occupational therapy, pediatrics, and medical technology.
 Frontline care scarcity areas are federal health professional shortage areas and areas, populations, or facilities designated by a state as having a shortage of frontline care services.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Robin Danielson Feminine Hygiene Product Safety Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1708
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Child health
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health programs administration and funding
Hereditary and development disorders
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Product safety and quality
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Robin Danielson Feminine Hygiene Product Safety Act of 2015

 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institutes of Health to provide for the conduct or support of research on the extent to which components (including contaminants and substances used as fragrances, colorants, dyes, and preservatives) in feminine hygiene products pose any risks to the health of women or the health of the children of women who use those products during or before the pregnancies involved.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E441)
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House