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Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Deadline Harmonization Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4000
Sponsor: Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17]
Introduced: 2015-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: 

Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Deadline Harmonization Act of 2015

 
This bill delays the implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2015 national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ozone issued under the Clean Air Act. 
 
 Each state must designate all of its areas as attainment, nonattainment, or unclassifiable with respect to the 2015 ozone standards by October 26, 2024. The EPA must promulgate final designations for those areas by October 26, 2025. States must submit a state implementation plan for the 2015 ozone standards by October 26, 2026.
 
The 2015 ozone standards do not apply to the review and disposition of an application for a preconstruction permit for the construction or modification of a major emitting facility or major stationary source if: (1) the application is completed before final designations under the Clean Air Act, or (2) the applicable permitting authority publishes a public notice of a preliminary determination or draft permit for the application before a certain date.
 
The bill changes the interval by which the EPA must review its NAAQS for criteria pollutants from a 5-year review cycle to a 10-year review cycle. The EPA must not complete any review of ozone criteria or its ozone NAAQS before October 26, 2025, or propose any revisions to them.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Fix the Footnotes Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4001
Sponsor: Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2015-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: 

Fix the Footnotes Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to make technical corrections, including grammar, and other corrections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-18
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2015-11-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-11-17
text: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Discharged.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Regulatory Reporting Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4003
Sponsor: Rep. Walters, Mimi [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2015-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: 

Regulatory Reporting Act of 2015

 
This bill requires each federal agency, in consultation with the Department of Justice, to submit a report to Congress that lists each agency rule enforceable by criminal penalties. For each rule, the report must justify criminal penalties based on specified criteria. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-18
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2015-11-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-11-17
text: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Discharged.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House
SUCCESS Act

Bill: 114-hr-4004
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2015-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: 

Stopping Unfair Collateral Consequences from Ending Student Success Act or the SUCCESS Act 

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify federal student aid eligibility criteria. 
 
Specifically, the legislation repeals a provision that suspends a student's federal student aid eligibility for a one-year, two-year, or indefinite period following that student's first, second, or third drug offense. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Local Hire Act

Bill: 114-hr-4005
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2015-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Employee hiring
Public contracts and procurement
Public transit
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: 

Local Hire Act 

 
 This bill authorizes a state to establish local hiring bid specifications or consider the hiring of local workers in the evaluation of bids and proposals for federal-aid highway projects. The recipients of federal assistance are likewise authorized to establish such specifications or consider local hiring in the evaluation of bids and proposals for public transportation projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Statutes at Large Modernization Act

Bill: 114-hr-4006
Sponsor: Rep. Brat, Dave [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2015-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Congressional agencies
Government Publishing Office (GPO)
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Legislative rules and procedure
Library of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: 

Statutes at Large Modernization Act 

 
This bill requires the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to make the U.S. Statutes at Large available to the public at no cost on a website in a searchable, non-proprietary format. In making such information available to the public, NARA shall work with other federal agencies, including the Library of Congress, the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House of Representatives, the Office of the Law Revision Counsel, the Congressional Research Service, the Government Publishing Office, and such other entities that NARA considers appropriate. 
 
The Library of Congress shall incorporate Statutes at Large data into its legislative information retrieval system. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House
ALERTED Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4007
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2015-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: 

Assuring Law Enforcement Requests Are Timely Evaluated by the Department of Homeland Security Act of 2015 or the ALERTED Act of 2015

 
 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, upon request by a federal, state, or local law enforcement official, to determine whether to issue a detainer to detain an alien arrested by such official for a violation of any law, not just one relating to controlled substances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House
POWER Act

Bill: 114-hr-4008
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2015-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: 

Protect Our Workers from Exploitation and Retaliation Act or the POWER Act

 
 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from the definition of &quot;immigrant&quot; a nonimmigrant alien who files a petition for U visa status (set aside for victims of crimes and their immediate family members) if the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) determines that the alien: 
 
 
has suffered abuse or harm as a result of having been a victim of criminal activity; 
 
has suffered substantial abuse or harm related to specified labor or employment violations related to a workplace claim (workplace violation); 
 
is a victim of specified criminal activity and would suffer extreme hardship upon removal; 
 
has suffered a workplace violation and would suffer extreme hardship upon removal; 
 
has been helpful in a workplace violation investigation; or 
 
has filed, is a material witness in, or is likely to be helpful in the investigation of, a workplace claim and reasonably fears or has been the victim of an action involving force, physical restraint, retaliation, or abuse of the immigration or other legal process by the employer. 
 
 
DHS may permit an alien to remain and work temporarily in the United States if the alien: (1) has filed for relief as a victim of crime or of violations of labor or employment laws or regulations; (2) has filed, or is a material witness to, a workplace claim; and (3) has been helpful in a federal, state, or local law enforcement action related to the claim. 
 
 The bill sets forth workplace claim procedural requirements and protections in an enforcement action leading to a removal proceeding. 
 
 The bill establishes exceptions to a stay of removal or other specified relief where DHS establishes that: (1) the alien has been convicted of a felony, or (2) a workplace claim was filed in bad faith with intent to delay or avoid the alien's removal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Flamethrowers? Really? Act

Bill: 114-hr-4009
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2015-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Fires
Law enforcement officers
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: 

Flamethrowers? Really? Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to add flamethrowers to the list of items regulated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives under the National Firearms Act.
 
The bill prohibits the transfer, transportation, or possession of flamethrowers.Furthermore, current and retired law enforcement officers are prohibited from carrying the devices.
 
 The bill alsoprovides enhanced penalties for using, carrying, or possessing a flamethrower during and in relation to a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 522 North Central Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona, as the "Ed Pastor Post Office".

Bill: 114-hr-4010
Sponsor: Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2015-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Arizona
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 522 North Central Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona, as the "Ed Pastor Post Office."
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 522 North Central Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona, as the "Ed Pastor Post Office."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: Became Public Law No: 114-204.
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: Became Public Law No: 114-204.
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2016-07-19
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2016-07-19
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2016-07-15
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5192-5193)
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5192-5193)
action_date: 2016-06-22
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3992)
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3992)
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4010.
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3992-3993)
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Mr. Blum moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 114-204
Distracted Driving Education Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4014
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2015-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Roads and highways
Telephone and wireless communication
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: 

Distracted Driving Education Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a distracted driving education grant program under which DOT may make a competitive grant to a nonprofit organization to provide education to the public regarding the risks of distracted driving. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Cardiomyopathy Health Education, Awareness, Risk Assessment, and Training in the Schools (HEARTS) Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4015
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2015-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Preschool education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: 

Cardiomyopathy Health Education, Awareness, Risk Assessment, and Training in the Schools (HEARTS) Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop, publish, and disseminate to school personnel, state and local health departments, health professionals, and others public education and awareness materials and resources that include: (1) background information to increase education and awareness of cardiomyopathy (a disease of the heart muscle) among school administrators, educators, and families; (2) a cardiomyopathy risk assessment worksheet for use by parents, guardians, or other caregivers; (3) guidelines regarding the placement of automated external defibrillators in schools and child care centers; (4) training information on defibrillators and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (commonly known as &quot;CPR&quot;); and (5) recommendations for how schools and child care centers can develop and implement a cardiac emergency response plan.
 
The CDC must update these materials and resources as necessary and, in support of such effort, HHS is encouraged to establish an advisory panel and engage in a memorandum of understanding or cooperative agreement with a national nonprofit advocacy organization with expertise in cardiomyopathy.
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the limitation on the carryover of excess corporate charitable contributions.

Bill: 114-hr-4016
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2015-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Corporate finance and management
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the period in which a corporation may carryover excess contributions for purposes of the tax deduction for charitable contributions from 5 to 20 succeeding taxable years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Save Christians from Genocide Act

Bill: 114-hr-4017
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2015-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Africa
Asia
Immigration status and procedures
Iran
Iraq
Libya
Middle East
Pakistan
Racial and ethnic relations
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Religion
Syria
Visas and passports
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: 

Save Christians from Genocide Act

 
This bill recognizes that Christians and Yazidis in Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Iran, and Libya are targets of genocide. 
 
The Department of Homeland Security shall provide for expedited visa processing and shall ensure that such applications receive first priority among refugee and (family- or employment-based) immigrant applications for an alien who: 
 
 
is a citizen or national of Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Iran, or Libya, or in the case of an alien having no nationality, whose country of last habitual residence was Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Iran, or Libya; 
 
is a Christian or Yazidi; and 
 
is seeking refugee or immigrant admission to the United States.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House