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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for two years the credit for qualified small wind energy property.

Bill: 114-hr-3898
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2015-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2108 the energy tax credit for investment in qualified small wind energy property (i.e., property which uses a wind turbine with a nameplate capacity of not more than 100 kilowatts to generate electricity). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for two years the credit for residential energy efficient property.

Bill: 114-hr-3899
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2015-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2018 the tax credit for residential energy efficient property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for two years the credit for solar energy property.

Bill: 114-hr-3900
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2015-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2018 the energy tax credit for investment in solar energy property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for two years the credit for thermal energy property.

Bill: 114-hr-3901
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2015-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2018 the energy tax credit for investment in thermal energy property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the credit for combined heat and power system property.

Bill: 114-hr-3902
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2015-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2017 the energy tax credit for investment in combined heat and power system property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the credit for qualified fuel cell property.

Bill: 114-hr-3903
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2015-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2017 the tax credit for qualified fuel cell property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the credit for qualified microturbine property.

Bill: 114-hr-3904
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2015-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2017 the energy tax credit for investment in qualified microturbine property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the credit for qualified small wind energy property.

Bill: 114-hr-3905
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2015-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2107 the energy tax credit for investment in qualified small wind energy property (i.e., property which uses a wind turbine with a nameplate capacity of not more than 100 kilowatts to generate electricity). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the credit for residential energy efficient property.

Bill: 114-hr-3906
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2015-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2017 the tax credit for residential energy efficient property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the credit for solar energy property.

Bill: 114-hr-3907
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2015-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2017 the energy tax credit for investment in solar energy property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the credit for thermal energy property.

Bill: 114-hr-3908
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2015-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2017 the energy tax credit for investment in thermal energy property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Weekend Voting Act

Bill: 114-hr-3910
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2015-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: 

Weekend Voting Act 

 
 This bill amends the Revised Statutes to establish the first Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday in November, in every even numbered year, as the days for the election, in each state and territory, of Delegates to, or Members of, Congress.
 
The first Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday in November, in every fourth year, shall be the days for the election of the President and Vice President of the United States.
 
The polling place hours in the United States for both congressional and presidential elections shall be from 10:00 a.m. EST on Saturday till 6:00 p.m. EST on Sunday, with polls allowed to close between the hours of 10:00 p.m. local time on Saturday and 6:00 a.m. local time on Sunday, as provided by the law of the state in which the polling place is located. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
To make technical amendments to the Act of December 22, 1974, relating to lands of the Navajo Tribe, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-3911
Sponsor: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2015-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Arizona
Congressional oversight
Government trust funds
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Land transfers
New Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: 
This bill revises the area in which land may be transferred to or acquired by the Navajo Tribe to the area within 18 miles of the trust lands of the Navajo Tribe, including the bands of the tribe, as of January 2015.
 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands anywhere within Arizona and New Mexico may be exchanged for lands within 18 miles of those trust lands. 
 
The Navajo Tribe may exchange up to 757 acres of resettlement land selected as of January 2014 with the BLM.
 
The Department of the Interior must report on annual rents owed by the Navajo Tribe to the Hopi Tribe for each of the years 2001-2014.
 
The Navajo Tribe may designate up to 150,000 acres within specified lands as Navajo Sovereignty Empowerment Zones. Specified laws do not apply within these zones. Federal agencies responsible for implementing laws that do not apply in these zones must transfer to the Navajo Tribe the funds the agencies would have expended implementing those laws in these zones.
 
This bill amends the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Settlement Act of 1996 to allow Navajo heads of household or their successors to relinquish an Accommodation Agreement with the Hopi Tribe regarding their residence on Hopi lands and receive relocation benefits. 
 
The Navajo Rehabilitation Trust Fund is extended through FY2019 and revised to allow it to be used for the development of Navajo Sovereignty Empowerment Zones. The Navajo Tribe is no longer required to reimburse appropriations to the fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Growth Through Exports Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-3912
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2015-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: 

Small Business Growth Through Exports Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 to reauthorize through FY2019, and increase the authorization of appropriations for, the State Trade and Export Promotion (STEP) Grant Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3913
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2015-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Disability assistance
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: 

Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to extend lifespan respite care programs (services for family caregivers of children and adults with special needs) through FY2020.
 
Each state agency awarded a grant or cooperative agreement for lifespan respite care must collect, maintain, and report to the Department of Health and Human Services data and records to enable monitoring and evaluation of the lifespan programs and activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Half-Staff for Homeland Heroes Act

Bill: 114-hr-3914
Sponsor: Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]
Introduced: 2015-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
National symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: 

Half-Staff for Homeland Heroes Act

 
This bill requires that the U.S. flag be flown at half-staff in honor of a member of the Armed Forces who dies from an injury incurred or aggravated while serving on active duty in the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
US Navy SEAL SCPO Tyrone Snowden Woods Ceremony Invitee Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3915
Sponsor: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2015-11-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government information and archives
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Monuments and memorials

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: 

US Navy SEAL SCPO Tyrone Snowden Woods Ceremony Invitee Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the Department of State to: 
 
 
prescribe a policy by which a member of a diplomatic mission may designate those next-of-kin who will be invited to, and be entitled to attend, any memorial service held to honor the member in the event of his or her death in service to the United States; and 
 
publicize such policy and make the appropriate forms available to each member of a diplomatic mission. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
No Taxpayer Money for Corporate Campaigns Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3916
Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2015-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Political advertising
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: 

No Taxpayer Money for Corporate Campaigns Act of 2015 

 
 Prohibits: (1) the use of federal funds received by any entity, other than a natural person, to advocate the election or defeat of a political candidate or to engage in any lobbying activity; (2) use such funds for voter registration or get-out-the-vote activities; or (3) donate such funds to any entity that advocates for the election or defeat of a political candidate or engages in lobbying activities. Exempts from this ban the use of funds by an entity for an activity specifically authorized by federal law, rule, or regulation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
CARS Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3917
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Todd [R-IN-9]
Introduced: 2015-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Income tax deductions
Motor vehicles
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: 

Charitable Automobile Red-Tape Simplification Act of 2015 or the CARS Act of 2015 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax deduction for charitable contributions, to modify the substantiation rules for donations of qualified vehicles (i.e., motor vehicles manufactured primarily for use on public streets, roads, and highways and boats or airplanes) with a claimed value exceeding $500 but not $2,500, to require: (1) a statement with respect to such qualified vehicles and a good faith estimate of their value at the time of donation; and (2) a contemporaneous written acknowledgement of the contribution by the donee organization, with information about the donor and the qualified vehicle. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Strengthen Employment And Seasonal Opportunities Now (SEASON) Act

Bill: 114-hr-3918
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2015-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Temporary and part-time employment
Visas and passports
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: 

Strengthen Employment And Seasonal Opportunities Now (SEASON) Act

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide, effective as if enacted on January 1, 2015, that a returning H-2B visa alien (temporary nonagricultural worker) who has already been counted toward the applicable numerical limitation during one of the three preceding fiscal years: (1) shall not again be counted toward such limitation during a fiscal year, but (2) shall be considered a returning worker. 
 
 &quot;Other temporary service or labor&quot; for H-2B purposes means that an employer's need for labor will not exceed 1 year and is a seasonal (not to exceed 10 months), peak load, or intermittent need, unless it is a one-time occurrence not exceeding 3 years. 
 
 An H-2B employer shall file an employee petition with the Department of Homeland Security. Additional filings with the Department of Labor are not required. 
 
 H-2B employer requirements are set forth regarding: (1) petitions, (2) admissions and maximum stay in status, (3) housing, (4) enforcement, (5) transportation, (6) recruitment, (7) U.S. worker protections, and (8) wages. 
 
 An H-2B worker shall not be entitled to: (1) tax credit assistance for a qualified health plan, and shall be subject to plan rules applicable to individuals not lawfully present in the United States; (2) the child tax credit; and (3) the earned income tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Honoring the Hiring of Heroes Act

Bill: 114-hr-3919
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2015-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employee hiring
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
User charges and fees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: 

Honoring the Hiring of Heroes Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Labor and the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish jointly a program to award special recognition to employers for veteran-friendly employment practices (Employment Salute Awards) and, in coordination with the Departments of Defense and Commerce, establish criteria for determining award recipients. 
 
The Employment Salute Award Fund is established in the Treasury for the deposit of employer award application fees collected under this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Introduced in House