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Pause for Safety Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-410
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2015-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention
Criminal justice information and records
Domestic violence and child abuse
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local government operations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: 

Pause for Safety Act of 2015

 
Authorizes the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services of the Department of Justice to make grants to to assist states in carrying out state legislation that: (1) authorizes family members or close associates of an individual to apply for, and state courts or magistrates to issue, gun violence prevention orders (prohibiting a named individual from owning, purchasing, possessing, or receiving firearms because such individual poses a significant threat of personal injury to the individual or others) and gun violence prevention warrants (directing a law enforcement officer to temporarily seize any firearm in the possession of such individual); and (2) requires each law enforcement agency of the state to comply with a procedure that requires a law enforcement officer, in conjunction with performing a wellness check (a visit to an individual's residence to assess whether the individual poses a danger to the individual or others due to a mental, behavioral, or physical condition), to check whether the individual is listed on any of the firearm and ammunition databases of the state or jurisdiction in which the individual resides. 
 
Requires: (1) a court issuing such an order and warrant to hold a hearing within 14 days to determine whether the individual who is the subject of the order may own, purchase, possess, or receive firearms and whether any seized firearms should be returned; (2) the state or petitioner to establish probable cause that the individual poses a significant risk of personal injury to the individual or others by owning or possessing the firearm; (3) the individual to be prohibited from possessing a firearm for up to one year if he or she is found to pose a significant threat; and (4) the firearm to be returned if the court finds that the state has not met the required standard of proof. Authorizes a law enforcement agency to seek renewal of an order if it has probable cause to believe the individual continues to pose a threat. 
 
Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit: (1) the sale or disposition of a firearm or ammunition to anyone subject to such an order; and (2) any person subject to such an order from owning, purchasing, possessing, or receiving any firearms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
Streamlined and Improved Methods at Polling Locations and Early (SIMPLE) Voting Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-411
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2015-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Congressional elections
Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Legal fees and court costs
Public transit
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: 

Streamlined and Improved Methods at Polling Locations and Early (SIMPLE) Voting Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) to require each state to allow individuals to vote in a federal election on each day during the 15-day period ending on the second day immediately preceding the election date in the same manner as voting is allowed on election day.
 
Requires a state to ensure that each polling place that allows early voting in a federal election is located within reasonable walking distance of a stop on a public transportation route.
 
Requires the Election Assistance Commission to issue standards for the administration of early voting in a federal election.
 
Requires each state to provide a sufficient number of voting systems, poll workers, and other election resources (including physical resources) at a polling place used in a federal election to ensure: (1) a fair and equitable waiting time for all voters in the state, and (2) that no individual will be required to wait longer than one hour to cast a ballot at the polling place.
 
Requires each state to develop, and implement to the greatest extent practicable, a contingency plan under which it shall provide any polling place on a federal election day whose waiting times exceed one hour with additional poll workers, machines, ballots, and other equipment and supplies, including a polling place at which individuals may cast ballots before the election date.
 
Requires the Commission to report to Congress biennially on the impact of this Act's early voting and waiting time provisions on the administration of elections for federal office.
 
Prescribes requirements for the counting of provisional ballots that will be treated as votes.
 
Allows civil money penalties, intervention by aggrieved parties, and private actions to address HAVA violations by a state or jurisdiction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
To reduce Federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns.

Bill: 114-hr-412
Sponsor: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2015-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Child health
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government trust funds
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Research administration and funding
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate: (1) the taxpayer election to designate $3 of income tax liability for financing of presidential election campaigns, (2) the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, and (3) the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account.

action_date: 2015-12-03
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate: (1) the taxpayer election to designate $3 of income tax liability for financing of presidential election campaigns for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014, (2) the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, and (3) the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account.
 
Of the amounts in the Fund as of the date of enactment of this Act: (1) a specified amount shall be transferred to the 10-Year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund, and (2) the remainder shall be transferred to the general fund of the Treasury to be used only for reducing the budget deficit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Reported by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 114-362, Part I.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Reported by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 114-362, Part I.
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act

Bill: 114-hr-414
Sponsor: Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2015-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business records
Corporate finance and management
Government information and archives
Securities
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: 

Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act
 
 
 Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal the requirement that the Securities and Exchange Commission amend certain federal regulations about executive compensation to require each issuer of securities to disclose in any filing: (1) the median of the annual total compensation of all the issuer's employees, except the chief executive officer; (2) the annual total compensation of the chief executive officer; and (3) the ratio of the first amount to the second.

action_date: 2016-04-19
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act
 
 
 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal the requirement that the Securities and Exchange Commission amend certain federal regulations about executive compensation to require each issuer of securities to disclose in any filing: (1) the median of the annual total compensation of all the issuer's employees, except the chief executive officer; (2) the annual total compensation of the chief executive officer; and (3) the ratio of the first amount to the second.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 384.
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 114-504.
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 114-504.
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 25.
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-415
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-9]
Introduced: 2015-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Foreign and international corporations
Income tax rates
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: 

Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 

2015

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise rules for the taxation of inverted corporations (i.e., U.S. corporations that acquire foreign companies to reincorporate in a foreign jurisdiction with income tax rates lower than the United States) to provide that a foreign corporation that acquires the properties of a U.S. corporation or partnership after May 8, 2014, shall be treated as an inverted corporation and thus subject to U.S. taxation if, after such acquisition: (1) it holds more than 50% of the stock of the new entity (expanded affiliated group), or (2) the management or control of the new entity occurs primarily within the United States and the new entity has significant domestic business activities.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
Sports Gaming Opportunity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-416
Sponsor: Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2015-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Gambling
Professional sports
School athletics
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: 

Sports Gaming Opportunity Act of 2015

 
 Amends the federal judicial code to exempt a lottery, sweepstakes, or other betting, gambling, or wagering scheme authorized by a state by a statute enacted on or after January 1, 2015, and in effect not later than January 1, 2019, from the prohibition against a governmental entity, or a person acting pursuant to the law or compact of

 

a governmental entity, sponsoring, operating, advertising, or promoting sports gambling.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
Federal Workforce Reduction Through Attrition Act

Bill: 114-hr-417
Sponsor: Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: 

Federal Workforce Reduction Through Attrition Act

 
 Requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to ensure that the total number of federal employees in each calendar quarter after the enactment of this Act does not exceed the applicable maximum for such quarter, as determined under this Act. Sets forth a formula for determining the applicable maximum based upon 90% of the total number of federal employees as of September 30, 2013. Requires that compliance with such workforce limitation be made through attrition, or through both attrition and a freeze on appointments if the total number of federal employees exceeds the applicable maximum for a quarter. 
 
Requires OMB to: (1) ensure that there is a reduction in the amount expended for the procurement of service contracts for each fiscal year after this Act's enactment equal to the reduction in the amount expended for the federal workforce in the previous fiscal year as a result of the requirements of this Act; and (2) continuously monitor all agencies to determine whether the workforce limitation required by this Act has been met.
 
Allows the President to waive such workforce or service contract limitation if necessary due to: (1) a state of war or for reasons of national security; or (2) an extraordinary emergency threatening life, health, safety, or property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
Corporate Politics Transparency Act

Bill: 114-hr-418
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2015-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business records
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Political advertising
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: 

Corporate Politics Transparency Act

 
 Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require that quarterly and annual reports of an issuer, any proxy solicitation or consent or authorization in respect of any security, and the issuer's registration statement disclose total political expenditures in support of or in opposition to any candidate for federal, state, or local public office made by the issuer during the preceding six-year period.
 
Requires such disclosures to include: (1) the name and political party affiliation of each candidate in support of whom or in opposition to whom a political expenditure was made; (2) the amount of each such expenditure; (3) the public office that such candidate was or is seeking; (4) the relevant state, city, or district; and (5) a statement of the issuer's interest in and reason for making such expenditure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
Knife Owners' Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-419
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2015-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Federal preemption
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: 

Knife Owners' Protection Act of 2015

 
 Entitles any person who is not otherwise prohibited by federal law from possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving a knife to transport a knife from any place where such person may lawfully possess, carry, or transport such a knife to any other place where such person may lawfully do so: (1) by motor vehicle if the knife is not directly accessible from the passenger compartment or is in a locked container, glove compartment, or console; or (2) by other means over land or through water or the air if the knife is in a locked container. 
 
Allows any knife or tool designed for enabling escape in an emergency incorporating a blunt tipped safety blade, a guarded blade, or both for cutting safety belts to be carried in the passenger compartment without being secured in a locked container, glove compartment, or console, except in the passenger cabin of aircraft whose passengers are subject to airport screening procedures of the Transportation Security Administration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
Obamacare Opt-Out Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-420
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2015-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: 

Obamacare Opt-Out Act of 2015

 
Exempts from the minimum essential coverage requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act individuals who request an exemption through a health care marketplace or on their federal income tax return.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
Classified Veterans Access to Care Act

Bill: 114-hr-421
Sponsor: Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2015-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Veterans Affairs
Health information and medical records
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: 

Classified Veterans Access to Care Act

 
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to:
 
 
establish standards and procedures to ensure that a veteran who participated in a classified mission or served in a sensitive unit while in the Armed Forces may access VA mental health care in a manner that fully accommodates the veteran's obligation to not improperly disclose classified information;
 
disseminate guidance to employees of the Veterans Health Administration, including mental health professionals, on such standards and procedures and on how to best engage such veterans during the course of mental health treatment with respect to classified information; and
 
ensure that an individual may elect to identify as such a veteran on an appropriate form.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Corina de Chalup Turcinovic.

Bill: 114-hr-422
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2015-01-20 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Provides for the relief of Corina de Chalup Turcinovic.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
Newborn Care Improvement Act

Bill: 114-hr-423
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2015-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Veterans' medical care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: 

Newborn Care Improvement Act

 
Allows the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide the newborn child of a woman veteran who is receiving VA maternity care with post-delivery care services for 14 days after the child's birth if the veteran delivered the child in a VA facility or another facility with which VA has a contract for such services. (Currently, such care may not be provided for more than 7 days.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Introduced in House