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21st Century Energy Workforce Act

Bill: 114-hr-3386
Sponsor: Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Alternative and renewable resources
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Oil and gas
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

21st Century Energy Workforce Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a National Center of Excellence for the 21st Century Workforce Advisory Board to: (1) support and develop training and science education programs, (2) align apprenticeship programs and industry certifications to further develop succession planning in the energy sector, (3) integrate educational standards to develop foundational skills for elementary and secondary education and postsecondary education to create a pipeline between education and career, and (4) support the replication of existing model energy curricula. 
 
DOE shall also establish a pilot program to award grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities for job training to obtain an industry-recognized credential.
 
Grant amounts are limited to $1 million for any one year. The federal share of the cost of a job training and education program using a grant shall be up to 65%, while the non-federal share may not be less than 50% cash. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Open and Transparent Smithsonian Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-3387
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Freedom of information
Government information and archives
Public participation and lobbying
Right of privacy
Smithsonian Institution

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Open and Transparent Smithsonian Act of 2015

 
This bill applies to the Smithsonian Institution the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act, the Privacy Act, current law relating to open meetings of government agencies, and the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 
 
This Act shall apply to all actions taken by the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution or by any officer or employee, any records created, and any meetings held before, on, or after the enactment of this Act. 

action_date: 2016-12-12
text: 

Open and Transparent Smithsonian Act of 2016

 
(Sec. 2) This bill applies to the Smithsonian Institution the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Privacy Act, and current law relating to open meetings of government agencies. 
 
(Sec. 3) This bill shall apply:
 
 
with respect to the FOIA and the Privacy Act, to any records created by the Smithsonian Institution before, on, or after the enactment of this bill; and 
 
with respect to current law relating to open meetings of government agencies, to any meetings held by the Smithsonian Institution on or after the enactment of this bill. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 677.
action_date: 2016-12-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-864.
action_date: 2016-12-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-864.
action_date: 2016-11-16
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2016-11-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1177)
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
SOLDIER Act

Bill: 114-hr-3388
Sponsor: Rep. Nugent, Richard B. [R-FL-11]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Debt collection
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Statute Of Limitations for DOD Inactive Employee Repossessions Act or the SOLDIER Act

 
This bill declares that, if the indebtedness of a member of the uniformed services to the United States occurs, through no fault of the member, as a result of the overpayment of pay or allowances or upon the settlement of the member's accounts, the department or agency concerned may not recover the indebtedness from the member, including a retired or former member, using deductions from pay, deductions from retired or separation pay, or any other collection method unless recovery of the indebtedness begins before the end of the 10-year period beginning on the date on which the indebtedness was incurred.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5608)
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
National Monument Designation Transparency Act

Bill: 114-hr-3389
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-22]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Coal
Congressional oversight
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Historic sites and heritage areas
Indian lands and resources rights
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Mining
Monuments and memorials
Oil and gas
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public participation and lobbying
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

National Monument Designation Transparency Act

 
 Requires land reserved as part of a national monument to be confined to the smallest area essential to ensure the proper care and management of the objects of historic or scientific interest protected by the monument. 
 
Sets forth additional procedures for the designation of national monuments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Qualifying Renewable Chemical Production or Investment Tax Credit Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3390
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Chemistry
Income tax credits
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing
Materials

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Qualifying Renewable Chemical Production or Investment Tax Credit Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business-related tax credit for the production of renewable chemicals. The bill defines &quot;renewable chemical&quot; as any chemical that: (1) is produced in the United States from renewable biomass; (2) is sold or used for the production of chemical products, polymers, plastics, or formulated products or as chemicals, polymers, plastics, or formulated products; (3) has a biobased content of 95% or higher; (4) is the product of, or reliant upon, biological or thermal conversion of renewable biomass; (5) is not sold or used for the production of any food, feed, or fuel; and (6) is not a combination of certain specified renewable chemicals. 
 
The bill also allows a tax credit for investment in renewable chemical production facilities.
 
The bill requires the Department of the Treasury to establish a program to allocate renewable chemical tax credit amounts to eligible taxpayers and imposes an aggregate limit on the amount of credits that may be allocated to not more than $500 million during the 5-year period after enactment of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
To provide Governors of States with the authority to withhold Federal financial assistance from units of local government that do not comply with the immigration laws, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-3391
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Government lending and loan guarantees
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 
This bill authorizes the governor of a state to withhold federal financial assistance from a local government unit in the state that has not complied with the immigration laws. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Carbon Capture Research and Development Act

Bill: 114-hr-3392
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Energy research
Oil and gas
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Carbon Capture Research and Development Act

 
This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Department of Energy to consider the objective of improving the conversion, use, and storage of carbon dioxide produced from fossil fuels when carrying out certain research, development, demonstration, and commercial application programs in fossil energy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred TO the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Mortgage Fairness Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3393
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Consumer credit
Housing finance and home ownership
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Mortgage Fairness Act of 2015
 

 
This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to revise points and fees under a high-cost mortgage which currently include all compensation paid directly or indirectly by a consumer or creditor to a mortgage originator from any source, including a mortgage originator that is also the creditor in a table-funded transaction.
 
&quot;Table funding&quot; means a settlement at which a loan is funded by a contemporaneous advance of loan funds and an assignment of the loan to the person advancing the funds. A table-funded transaction is not a transaction in the secondary mortgage.
 
Compensation from any source shall not include any compensation taken into account in settling the mortgage interest rate and for which there is no separate charge to the consumer.
 
Such compensation shall include, however, any other compensation paid directly or indirectly by a consumer or creditor to an individual employed by or contracting with the originator or a mortgage originator.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Trafficking Reduction And Criminal Enforcement (TRACE) Act

Bill: 114-hr-3395
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Firearms and explosives
Freedom of information
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Trafficking Reduction and Criminal Enforcement (TRACE) Act

 
 Directs the Attorney General to promulgate regulations that require each firearm manufactured in the United States to be marked with a serial number that is located inside the firearm's receiver or that is visible only in infrared light, in addition to the serial number mark otherwise required.
 
Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) prohibit national instant criminal background check system records about a prospective firearm transferee from being destroyed until after 180 days after the system assigns and provides a firearms licensee with a unique identification number for the transfer, and (2) repeal provisions prohibiting appropriated funds from being used for any system that does not require the destruction of any identifying information submitted for a transferee within 24 hours after the system advises a licensee that the transferee's receipt of a firearm is not prohibited.
 
Requires each licensed firearms dealer to conduct a physical check of its firearms business inventory. Amends the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012, to repeal prohibitions against using appropriated funds to: (1) promulgate or implement any rule requiring a physical inventory of any firearms business; or (2) disclose contents of the Firearms Trace System database maintained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives or any information required to be kept by firearms licensees except as specified in that Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
CURE Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3396
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
HIV/AIDS
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Communities United with Religious leaders for the Elimination of HIV/AIDS Act of 2015 or CURE Act of 2015

 
The Office of Minority Health of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may make grants to health entities, including public health agencies, health centers, community-based organizations, or faith-based organizations for HIV/AIDS: (1) education and outreach activities, (2) prevention and access to treatment, and (3) testing. Priority must be given to applications that propose to serve minority groups with an HIV occurrence rate that exceeds a minimum determined by HHS. 
 
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration may make grants to provide HIV testing, counseling, and referral for medical treatment to youth who are members of minority groups, are HIV positive or at risk for HIV/AIDS, and are engaged in substance abuse.
 
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) may make grants for public health intervention and prevention activities with respect to minority groups, including: (1) rapid HIV testing, (2) measures to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and minimize its symptoms, (3) outreach activities, and (4) referrals to health and mental health resources and health organizations. 
 
The CDC must: (1) expand and intensify HIV/AIDS prevention and education activities for minority groups, and (2) implement a national media outreach campaign that urges sexually active members of minority groups to be tested for and know their HIV/AIDS status. 
 
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities may make grants to study behavioral factors that lead to increased HIV/AIDS prevalence in minority groups. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Savings and Resilient Construction Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3397
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Housing industry and standards
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Industrial facilities
Natural disasters
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Disaster Savings and Resilient Construction Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business-related tax credit for a specified portion of the cost of commercial and residential buildings that comply with resilient construction requirements in a federally-declared major disaster area. Defines "resilient construction requirements" as requirements that such buildings are designed and constructed to: (1) resist hazards brought on by a major disaster; (2) continue to provide their primary functions after a major disaster; (3) reduce the magnitude or duration of a disruptive event; and (4) have the absorptive capacity, adaptive capacity, and recoverability to withstand a potentially disruptive event. 
 
Terminates such credit for any any property for which a certificate of occupancy is issued after December 31, 2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
National Multimodal Freight Policy and Investment Act

Bill: 114-hr-3398
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aviation and airports
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Economic performance and conditions
Executive agency funding and structure
Licensing and registrations
Marine and inland water transportation
Motor carriers
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Performance measurement
Pipelines
Railroads
Regional and metropolitan planning
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation costs
Transportation employees
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

National Multimodal Freight Policy and Investment Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to:
 
 
establish a national multimodal freight network, a national multimodal freight advisory committee, and a freight investment grant program; and
 
develop a national multimodal freight strategic plan.
 
 
Each state receiving a freight investment grant shall also develop a freight investment plan and establish a state freight advisory committee.
 
The bill establishes in DOT an Office of Freight Planning, Permitting, and Development.
 
DOT shall establish a competitive capital grant program to provide financial assistance to states, metropolitan planning organizations, regional or local transportation authorities, tribal governments, and other entities for:
 
 
 shortline or regional railroad infrastructure improvement projects, and
 
highway-rail vertical grade separation projects.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2015-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2015-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2015-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Solitary Confinement Study and Reform Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3399
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Advisory bodies
Child safety and welfare
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Mental health
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Solitary Confinement Study and Reform Act of 2015

 
This bill establishes the National Solitary Confinement Study and Reform Commission to: (1) study the impact of solitary confinement in correctional facilities on governments, communities, and social institutions; (2) report findings; and (3) recommend national standards to reduce the use of solitary confinement.
 
The bill directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to publish national standards to reduce solitary confinement in correctional facilities. 
 
The Bureau of Prisons must comply with the national standards immediately.
 
A state or local government must certify compliance with the national standards to be eligible for DOJ-administered grant program funding to construct, maintain, or operate correctional facilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

Bill: 114-hr-3400
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Asia
Kazakhstan
Normal trade relations, most-favored-nation treatment
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 
Authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House