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Solar and Water-Efficient Homes Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2982
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2015-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Housing finance and home ownership
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: 

Solar and Water-Efficient Homes Act of 2015

 
 This bill amends the National Housing Act, with respect to Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) insurance of financial institutions which finance housing alterations, repairs, improvements, or conversions, to increase the premium charge from 1% per annum of the net proceeds of a loan, advance of credit, or purchase, for the term of the obligation, to 1.5% per year of the remaining insured principal balance, with a specified exclusion and without taking into account delinquent payments or prepayments.
 
 There may also be a single upfront additional premium charge of 2.75% of the original insured principal obligation with respect to existing single-family or multi-family structures.
 
HUD may increase the limitations on premium payments to percentages greater than these but only if necessary, and not in excess of the minimum increase necessary to maintain a negative credit subsidy for insurance of loans, advances of credit, or certain purchases.
 
The maximum insurance amount (10% of the total amount of such loans, advances of credit, and purchases) any financial institution may receive is repealed.
 
The maximum obligation of an individual loan, advance of credit, or purchase that may be insured for improvements: (1) to an existing single-family dwelling is increased from $25,000 to $42,000; and (2) to an existing multi-family structure is increased from $60,000 to $100,380, with an average amount of $20,076 (currently $12,000) per family unit.
 
HUD shall develop a method of indexing to increase these dollar amount limitations annually, based on consumer price index data on housing collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor.
 
These dollar amount limitations may also be increased by up to 150%, not to exceed the dollar amount of the loan used for purchasing or installing solar energy systems or for purchasing or implementing water conserving improvements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: Introduced in House
Confidential Informant Accountability Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2985
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2015-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Evidence and witnesses
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Organized crime
Pornography

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: 

Confidential Informant Accountability Act of 2015

 
 Directs the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Treasury to report biannually to Congress on: (1) all serious crimes, authorized and unauthorized, committed by informants maintained by their respective law enforcement agencies (i.e., the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives); and (2) the amounts expended by each of such agencies on payments to such informants.
 
Defines a "serious crime" as any serious violent felony or drug offense or any offense of racketeering, bribery, child pornography, obstruction of justice, or perjury that an agent or employee of the relevant law enforcement agency has reasonable grounds to believe an informant has committed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: Introduced in House
Justice for Victims of Confidential Informant Crime Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2986
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2015-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Government liability
Judicial procedure and administration

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: 

Justice for Victims of Confidential Informant Crime Act of 2015

 
Amends the federal judicial code to extend to three years and six months the period within which a tort claim against the United States must be presented in writing to a federal agency when the claim arises out of a government employee's conduct with respect to the criminal misconduct of a government informant. (Current law bars all tort claims against the United States that are not presented within two years after the claim accrues.)
 
Applies the amendment retroactively to any such claim that: (1) accrued on or after May 1, 1981; and (2) in the case of a claim accrued before the date of enactment of this Act, is presented within one year after such date.
 
Prohibits the government from asserting a defense or a bar, based on the doctrine of res judicata or collateral estoppel, to a claim that accrued before enactment of this Act and to which this Act applies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: Introduced in House
Community Bank Capital Clarification Act

Bill: 114-hr-2987
Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2015-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: 

Community Bank Capital Clarification Act

 
This bill amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010 with respect to:
 
 
minimum leverage capital requirements and minimum risk-based capital requirements for depository institution holding companies;
 
mandatory deductions from actual capital in the calculation of such minimum capital requirements for certain investments by such institutions, especially in financial subsidiaries; and 
 
the exemption from such capital deductions for the debt or equity instruments issued by certain smaller institutions.
 
 
A depository institution holding company exempted from capital deductions because it had less than $15 billion of total consolidated assets at the end of a quarterly financial reporting period after December 31, 2009, shall continue to be treated as an exempt institution as long it has total consolidated assets of less than $15 billion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: Introduced in House
School Social Workers Improving Student Success Act

Bill: 114-hr-2988
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2015-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: 

School Social Workers Improving Student Success Act

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Department of Education to award renewable grants to high-need local educational agencies to retain or hire additional school social workers.
 
Grantees may use the funds to reimburse school social workers for expenses they incur in rendering services.
 
Grant-funded social workers must target their services to the highest-need students.
 
Grant funds may not be used to supplant other funds used for hiring and retaining school social workers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: Introduced in House
South Sudan Peace Promotion and Accountability Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2989
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2015-07-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign property
Government studies and investigations
Human rights
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Sanctions
South Sudan
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
United Nations
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: 

South Sudan Peace Promotion and Accountability Act of 2015

 
This bill states that Congress: (1) recognizes that there has been a failure of leadership in South Sudan that has left South Sudanese civilians in a protracted state of suffering, and that the United States stands in solidarity with the people of South Sudan as they call for peace; and (2) urges all parties in the conflict to cease all violence and work towards a negotiated settlement through diplomacy and reconciliation.
 
Specified sanctions imposed on individuals related to South Sudan shall remain in effect until the President certifies to Congress that such sanctions are no longer necessary. 
 
Nothing in this Act may be construed to limit the President's authority to impose additional sanctions. 
 
The President shall transmit to Congress a strategy to guide future U.S. engagement with South Sudan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2015-07-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2015-07-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2015-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: Introduced in House
Accelerating Individuals into the Workforce Act

Bill: 114-hr-2990
Sponsor: Rep. Dold, Robert J. [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2015-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Poverty and welfare assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: 

Accelerating Individuals into the Workforce Act 

 
This bill amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants to states to conduct demonstration projects designed to implement and evaluate strategies that provide wage subsidies to enable low-income individuals to enter into and retain employment.

action_date: 2016-06-28
text: 

Accelerating Individuals into the Workforce Act 

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to states to conduct demonstration projects designed to implement and evaluate strategies that provide wage subsidies to enable low-income individuals to enter into and retain employment.
 
A state may use a grant to subsidize a recipient's wages for only 12 months and for no more than 50% of the wages received.
 
An eligible recipient of such a subsidy may be either a TANF recipient or a noncustodial parent of a minor child receiving TANF assistance, but must also be unemployed and have an income less than 200% of the poverty line.
 
A state must ensure that a subsidy recipient does not displace an individual on layoff or an employee whose employment has been terminated to make a vacancy for the subsidy recipient. A state must also establish a grievance procedure for resolving complaints of alleged violations of this nondisplacement requirement.
 
HHS shall reserve specified funds for FY2017 to carry out this program, 15% of which must fund programs offering career pathway training services under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. (Career pathways programs combine education, training, and other services aligned with the skill needs of industries in the economy of the state or regional economy involved in order to help an individual enter or advance within a specific occupation or occupational cluster.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-28
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 498.
action_date: 2016-06-28
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-646.
action_date: 2016-06-28
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-646.
action_date: 2016-05-11
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2016-05-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Preparing More Welfare Recipients for Work Act

Bill: 114-hr-2991
Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2015-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Child care and development
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Poverty and welfare assistance
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: 

Preparing More Welfare Recipients for Work Act

 
This bill amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act with respect to mandatory work requirements to:
 
 
eliminate the requirement that recipients participate in certain core work activities not fewer than 20 hours per week, as well as separate requirements for two-parent families;
 
allow states to receive partial credit for certain families participating for less than the minimum hours required for purposes of calculating the monthly participation rate;
 
give states the option to apply an alternative work participation rate calculation;
 
revise requirements for counting job search as work;
 
modify the rule deeming an individual to meet work participation requirements by attending secondary school;
 
require a state to meet individuals participating for three months in job readiness assistance and certify whether continued participation is necessary to prepare them for employment;
 
replace with job readiness assistance as a separate work activity the currently recognized work activity of providing child care services to a participant in a community service program; and
 
increase from 12 to 24 months the maximum period that vocational educational training counts as a work activity.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Merchant Marine of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 114-hr-2992
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2015-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Marine and inland water transportation
Military history
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: 

Merchant Marine of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the award, on behalf of Congress, of a single gold medal to the U.S. Merchant Marine of World War II, in recognition of their dedicated and vital service during World War II.

action_date: 2016-11-30
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Merchant Marine of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
(Sec. 3) This bill requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the award, on behalf of Congress, of a single gold medal to the U.S. Merchant Marine of World War II, in recognition of their dedicated and vital service during World War II.
 
 Following its award the medal shall be given to the American Merchant Marine Museum where it will be available for display and research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-01
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text of measure as passed: CR H7018)
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text of measure as passed: CR H7018)
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2992.
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Mr. Huizenga (MI) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7018-7020)
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Water Recycling Acceleration Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2993
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2015-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Disaster relief and insurance
Government studies and investigations
Lakes and rivers
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: 

Water Recycling Acceleration Act of 2015

 
Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to provide that any water recycling project for which funding may otherwise be available under such Act shall not be required to have been previously specifically authorized by law for such funding, if that project reclaims and reuses: (1) municipal, industrial, domestic, or agricultural wastewater; or (2) naturally impaired ground and surface waters.
 
Requires the Department of the Interior to give funding priority to such projects: 
 
 
that are located in an area that has been identified by the U.S. Drought Monitor as experiencing severe, extreme, or exceptional drought at any time during the previous four-year period or that was designated as a disaster area by the state between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2018; 
 
that are likely to provide for a more reliable water supply and to protect, restore, and enhance river or estuarine ecosystems or their immediate tributaries; 
 
that are likely to improve water resource flexibility and reduce impacts on environmental resources; 
 
that are regional in nature; 
 
that have multiple stakeholders; 
 
that provide multiple benefits, including water supply reliability, ecosystem benefits, groundwater management and enhancements, and water quality improvements; and 
 
for which a feasibility study has been completed and any necessary environmental or public reviews have been initiated. 

 
Requires Interior to: (1) issue water recycling project solicitation and evaluation guidelines that include such criteria; (2) solicit water recycling project proposals; and (3) review each proposed water recycling project for the purpose of determining whether or not the proposal, and the process under which the proposal was developed, comply with federal law applicable to the development of water recycling projects.
 
Terminates Interior's authority under this Act 10 years after its enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: Introduced in House