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FAIR Act

Bill: 114-hr-3836
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2015-10-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Minority employment
Public contracts and procurement
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-27
text: 

Foreign Affairs Inclusion Reporting Act or the FAIR Act

 
This bill directs the Department of State to report to Congress within 180 days and quadrennially thereafter on State Department efforts to promote equal opportunity for all American employees in direct hire and personal service contractors status, particularly Foreign Service employees. 
 
Beginning in FY2016, the State Department shall: (1) increase by 10 the number of fellows selected for the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program, and (2) increase by 10 the number of fellows selected for the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program. 
 
 The State Department is urged to provide oversight to the employment, retention, and promotion of underrepresented groups to promote a diverse ethnic representation among mid- and senior-level career professionals through programs such as: (1) the International Career Advancement Program, (2) Seminar XXI at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for International Studies, and (3) other international leadership programs.
 The State Department is also urged to review past programs designed to increase minority representation in international affairs positions, including: (1) the Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship Program, and (2) the Institute for International Public Policy Fellowship Program.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-10-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-27
text: Introduced in House
Employee Empowerment Act

Bill: 114-hr-3837
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2015-10-27 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-27
text: 

Employee Empowerment Act 

 
 This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to authorize a person alleging an unfair labor practice by an employer by discrimination regarding hiring or tenure of employment or any term or condition of employment to encourage or discourage membership in any labor organization, in addition to filing a charge alleging an unfair labor practice with the National Labor Relations Board, to bring a civil action against such employer in U.S. district court.
 
The court may grant relief (including injunctive and equitable relief, back pay, and compensatory and punitive damages) and allow the prevailing party a reasonable attorney's fee (including expert witness fees) as part of the costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-11-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2015-10-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-10-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-10-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-10-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-27
text: Introduced in House
Fairness in Incarcerated Representation Act

Bill: 114-hr-3838
Sponsor: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2015-10-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Congressional districts and representation
Correctional facilities and imprisonment

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-27
text: 

Fairness in Incarcerated Representation Act 

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce, beginning with the 2020 decennial census, to attribute an individual who is incarcerated in a state, federal, county, or municipal correctional center as of the date on which such census is taken to such individual's last place of residence before incarceration. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-10-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-27
text: Introduced in House
Banning the Use of Electronic Cigarettes on Airplanes Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3840
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-10-27 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-27
text: 
B
anning the Use of Electronic Cigarettes on Airplanes Act of 2015

 
This bill requires the use of an electronic cigarette to be treated as smoking for purposes of provisions prohibiting smoking on passenger flights.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2015-10-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-10-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1546)
action_date: 2015-10-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-27
text: Introduced in House
Crop Insurance Restoration Act

Bill: 114-hr-3845
Sponsor: Rep. Young, David [R-IA-3]
Introduced: 2015-10-28 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: 

Crop Insurance Restoration Act 

 
This bill amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to repeal changes regarding the Standard Reinsurance Agreement that were enacted as part of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. 
 
The bill eliminates provisions that: (1) require the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to renegotiate the Standard Reinsurance Agreement no later than December 31, 2016, and at least once every five years thereafter, and (2) establish an 8.9% cap on the overall rate of return for insurance providers under the agreement. 
 
(The Standard Reinsurance Agreement is an agreement between USDA and the private companies that administer the federal crop insurance program. It specifies details such as administrative and operating expense reimbursements and risk sharing between USDA and the companies in the operation of the program.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Introduced in House
Historic Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3846
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2015-10-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Historic sites and heritage areas
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
State and local taxation
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: 

Historic Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2015 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for the rehabilitation of buildings and historic structures, to: (1) allow an increased 30% credit, up to $750,000, for projects with rehabilitation expenditures not exceeding $3.75 million, for which no credit was allowed in either of the 2 prior taxable years (smaller projects); (2) allow the transfer of tax credit amounts for smaller projects; (3) treat a building as substantially rehabilitated if rehabilitation expenditures exceed the greater of 50% of the adjusted basis of the building or $5,000 (currently, the greater of the adjusted basis of the building or $5,000); (4) exempt from tax the proceeds of a state historic tax; and (5) set forth special rules for the tax treatment of tax-exempt use property and functionally-related historic structures. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Introduced in House
Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Reaffirmation Act

Bill: 114-hr-3848
Sponsor: Rep. Benishek, Dan [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2015-10-28 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Michigan

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: 

Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Reaffirmation Act

 
This bill reaffirms federal recognition and the rights and privileges of the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians in Cheboygan County, Michigan. The band is eligible for all federal services and benefits available to other federally recognized Indian tribes. This bill designates the service area for the delivery of federal services to the band and to other Indians nearby.
 
The Department of the Interior must acquire land in Cheboygan County, Michigan, and other geographic areas and must hold these lands in trust for the benefit of the band.
 
This bill sets forth criteria and evidentiary requirements for determining the initial membership of the band. The band must provide a copy of its base roll to the Bureau of Indian Affairs within one year.
 
The initial constitution of the band shall be the constitution submitted by the band to the Office of Federal Acknowledgment on May 2, 2005.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Introduced in House
Chiropractic Membership in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3851
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2015-10-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Department of Health and Human Services
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: 

Chiropractic Membership in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to make chiropractic personnel eligible for appointment to the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Surgeon General must ensure that doctors of chiropractic (chiropractors) are trained, equipped, and otherwise prepared to fulfill public health and emergency response service responsibilities in the Commissioned Corps. 
 
The President must appoint at least six chiropractors into the commissioned Regular Corps and the Ready Reserve Corps.
 
The Surgeon General must submit a quarterly report to the relevant congressional committees on measures taken by the President, Surgeon General, and HHS to carry out this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study on the benefits of solar net energy metering, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-3852
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2015-10-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Economic performance and conditions
Electric power generation and transmission
Employee hiring
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government studies and investigations
Public utilities and utility rates
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to study and report on solar net energy metering, which allows electric consumers to offset their electricity bills for any excess electricity they do not use if that excess was: (1) generated from an eligible, on-site solar generating facility, and (2) delivered to local distribution facilities. The study must analyze the benefits of implementing solar net energy metering.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Introduced in House
Gun Dealer Accountability Act

Bill: 114-hr-3853
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2015-10-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: 

Gun Dealer Accountability Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to grant discretion to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to approve an application by, and issue a federal firearms license to, a gun dealer.
 
Additionally, it authorizes the ATF to conduct more than one compliance inspection during a 12-month period if, in the preceding two years, a court has found that a licensed gun dealer transferred a firearm unlawfully, or the Department of Justice (DOJ) has found that 10 or more firearms used in crimes have been traced back to the dealer.
 
Finally, the bill amends the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012, and the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013, to permit the ATF to require a licensed gun dealer to conduct a physical inventory if, in the preceding two years, a court has found that a licensed gun dealer transferred a firearm unlawfully or DOJ has found that 10 or more firearms used in crimes have been traced back to the dealer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Introduced in House
Real Time Transparency Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3854
Sponsor: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2015-10-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: 

Real Time Transparency Act of 2015

 
 This bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to revise the requirement of a 48-hour notification of a campaign contribution of $1,000 or more to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and certain other officials by the principal campaign committee of a candidate for federal office.
 
(Currently, a candidate's principal campaign committee is required to give a written 48-hour notification to the Secretary of the Senate or the FEC, and the Secretary of State, as appropriate, after the receipt of any contribution of $1,000 or more by any authorized committee of such candidate after the 20th day, but more than 48 hours before, any election.) 
 
This requirement, with certain additions, shall now apply to any political committee, not just a candidate's principal campaign committee, regarding cumulative contributions (instead of single contributions) of $1,000 or more from any contributor during a calendar year. A report shall now be made only to the FEC.

 
Any amount transferred by a joint fundraising committee established by a candidate's authorized committee to any other authorized committee of that candidate shall be treated as a contribution by the joint fundraising committee to such authorized committee (and thus subject to the 48-hour notification requirement). 
 
Senate candidates must file designations, statements, and reports directly with the FEC (instead of via the Secretary of the Senate, as currently required).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Receipt Act

Bill: 114-hr-3855
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2015-10-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: 

Taxpayer Receipt Act
 
 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Department of the Treasury to provide every taxpayer who files an individual income tax return for any taxable year an itemized tax receipt showing: (1) the proportionate allocation of the taxpayer's payment in such year among major expenditure categories of the federal budget (e.g., social security, national defense, Medicare and other federal health programs, low-income assistance programs, unemployment benefits, net interest on the federal debt, and other federal programs); and (2) the amount of the federal debt at the end of the fiscal year and the amount of additional borrowing by the federal government in such fiscal year for each legal U.S. resident.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Introduced in House
Information Reporting Simplification Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3856
Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2015-10-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: 

Information Reporting Simplification Act of 2015 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to penalties for filing erroneous tax returns, to set forth a safe harbor rule for errors on tax information returns and payee statements. If any such return or statement has one or more incorrect dollar amounts, but no single amount in error differs from the correct amount by more than $100, and no single amount reported for tax withheld on any information return differs from the correct amount by more than $25, then no correction shall be required and such return or statement shall be treated as having been filed with all of the correct required information. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-28
text: Introduced in House
To require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Financial Stability Oversight Council to carry out certain requirements under the Financial Stability Act of 2010 before making any new determination under section 113 of such Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-3857
Sponsor: Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2015-10-29 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Federal Reserve System
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: 
This bill prohibits the Financial Stability Oversight Council from determining under the Financial Stability Act of 2010 that certain nonbank financial companies shall be supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and subject to prudential standards until 90 days after:
 
 
 the Board establishes prudential standards for nonbank financial companies,
 
 the Board promulgates criteria for exempting certain types or classes of U.S. or foreign nonbank financial companies from supervision, 
 
the Council reevaluates within calendar year 2016 each such determination and rescinds any of them if the nonbank financial company in question no longer meets specified standards, and
 
the Council reports to certain congressional committees its reasons for not rescinding any determination.
 

action_date: 2016-12-16
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 
(Sec. 1) This bill prohibits the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) from determining under the Financial Stability Act of 2010 that certain nonbank financial companies shall be supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and subject to prudential standards until 90 days after:
 
 
 the Federal Reserve Board establishes prudential standards for nonbank financial companies,
 
 the Federal Reserve Board promulgates criteria for exempting certain types or classes of U.S. or foreign nonbank financial companies from supervision, 
 
FSOC reevaluates within 2016 each such determination and rescinds any of them if the nonbank financial company in question no longer meets specified standards, and
 
FSOC reports to Congress its reasons for not rescinding any determination.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-16
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 689.
action_date: 2016-12-16
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 114-878.
action_date: 2016-12-16
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 114-878.
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 33 - 24.
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Introduced in House