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Local Farm Vehicle Flexibility Act

Bill: 114-hr-3473
Sponsor: Rep. Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11]
Introduced: 2015-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Agricultural equipment and machinery
Labor standards
Licensing and registrations
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: 

Local Farm Vehicle Flexibility Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Transportation from terminating, reducing, limitoing, or otherwise interfering with the amount or timing of grants a state is otherwise eligible to receive as a result of any minimum standard or exemption the state gives a covered farm vehicle or the driver of such vehicle less stringent than federal requirements for commercial motor vehicles and drivers.
 
A covered farm vehicle means any motor vehicle meeting certain gross weight requirements and:
 
 
registered or otherwise designated by a state for use in, or transportation activities related to, the operation of farms;
 
operated by a farm or ranch owner or operator, or an employee or family member;
 
transporting to or from a farm or ranch agricultural commodities, livestock, agricultural supplies, or machinery; and
 
not used in the operations of a for-hire motor carrier, nor transporting materials requiring a placard.
 
 
A covered farm vehicle may also be one meeting these requirements but operated pursuant to a crop share farm lease agreement, owned by a tenant under that agreement, and transporting the landlord's portion of the crops.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Introduced in House
Grandparents Tax Credit Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3475
Sponsor: Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
Introduced: 2015-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child care and development
Family relationships
Income tax credits
Poverty and welfare assistance
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: 

Grandparents Tax Credit Act of 2015 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow grandparents of a minor child whose family adjusted gross income does not exceed 300% of the federal poverty level a refundable tax credit for up to $500 of the cost of household items (i.e., food, clothing, and other items typically used by or for the benefit of the child) paid for the benefit of such child in a taxable year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Introduced in House
Prevent a Government Shutdown Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3476
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2015-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Defense spending
Executive agency funding and structure
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: 

Prevent a Government Shutdown Act of 2015 

 
This bill requires the congressional leadership of both parties to appoint an equal number of individuals to negotiate legislation to: (1) increase the security and nonsecurity discretionary spending limits equally for both FY2016 and FY2017, and (2) reduce the deficit by the amount deemed appropriate. 
 
 If a majority of the appointees approve the measure, Congress must consider the legislation using expedited legislative procedures included in the Budget Control Act of 2011. 
 
If the legislation is not enacted prior to October 1, 2015, the bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to increase the discretionary spending limits by specified amounts and eliminate the automatic spending cuts required in FY2016 and FY2017 by sequestration under current law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2015-09-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2015-09-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2015-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Introduced in House
Luna and Hidalgo Counties Wilderness Study Area Release Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3478
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2015-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Land use and conservation
New Mexico
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: 

Luna and Hidalgo Counties Wilderness Study Area Release Act of 2015

 
 Releases specified wilderness study areas in the Luna and Hidalgo Counties in New Mexico from further study for designation as wilderness. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Introduced in House
Save our Bays Act

Bill: 114-hr-3479
Sponsor: Rep. MacArthur, Thomas [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2015-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Lakes and rivers
Marine pollution
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: 

Save our Bays Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a new tax credit, through 2020, for developing and implementing a plan to address non-point pollution carried by surface water runoff on real property located in the United States within the boundaries of an estuary of national significance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Introduced in House
PRIDE Act

Bill: 114-hr-3481
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2015-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: 

Police Reporting Information, Data, and Evidence Act of 2015 or the PRIDE Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to award grants to state and tribal governments to report information about, promote public awareness of, and train law enforcement personnel on shooting incidents and use-of-force incidents involving a law enforcement officer and a civilian.
 
A grant-eligible state or tribal government must demonstrate that its law enforcement use-of-force policy is publicly available.
 
DOJ must audit incident reports, determine grantees' compliance with information requirements, and publish a report that contains reported data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Introduced in House
Disability Insurance Protection and Fraud Prevention Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3482
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2015-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Employment taxes
Executive agency funding and structure
Income tax credits
Intergovernmental relations
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social Security Administration
Social security and elderly assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: 

Disability Insurance Protection and Fraud Prevention Act of 2015 

 
 Requires the Inspector General of the Social Security Administration to increase the number of cooperative disability investigative units to 54 and distribute them equally among the most densely populated areas. 
 
Prohibits the Commissioner of Social Security, in determining whether an individual is under a disability for insurance benefit payment purposes, from considering: (1) an individual as approaching advanced age unless he or she has attained age 58; (2) an individual as having attained advanced age unless he or she has attained age 61; and (3) the individual's inability to communicate in English as a vocational factor.
 
Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to eliminate consideration of the combined effect of impairments in disability determinations.
 
Makes appropriations for continuing disability reviews for FY2016-FY2020. Directs the Commissioner to assess for Congress after FY2018 the amount of savings attained as a result of such appropriations in the federal disability program under the OASDI and the SSI programs.
 
Requires the Commissioner to describe for Congress the designs of: (1) a disability demonstration program, (2) a state demonstration program to revise specified existing funding streams for specific populations to improve outcomes and reduce participation in SSI or Social Security disability insurance, and (3) a demonstration program that encourages employers to reduce the incidence of disability among their employees by 20% through a voluntary program that provides the employers with a tax credit if their employees do not file for Social Security disability insurance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Introduced in House
Stop Nuclear Waste by Our Lakes Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3483
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2015-09-10 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Canada
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government studies and investigations
Great Lakes
International organizations and cooperation
Lakes and rivers
Nuclear power
Radioactive wastes and releases
Water quality
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: 

Stop Nuclear Waste by Our Lakes Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the Department of State to request that the International Joint Commission: 
 
 
review the long-term impacts of the location of the Deep Geological Repository (proposed by the Ontario Power Generation for disposal of 7 million cubic feet of low- and intermediate-level nuclear waste at the Bruce Nuclear Power Plant in Kincardine, Ontario), including an examination of the conclusions reached in the Environmental Assessment Report of the Joint Review Panel, and whether those conclusions would adequately protect Lake Huron and the other Great Lakes from the risks posed by the operation of the Deep Geological Repository for low and intermediate-level nuclear waste; and 
 
issue a report on the Commission's findings to the governments of the United States and Canada. 
 
 
If Canada decides to dispose permanently of high-level nuclear waste at a site in close proximity to the Deep Geological Repository or another site in the Great Lakes Basin the Department shall: 
 
 
 request the Commission to study the risks to the Great Lakes Basin of storing high-level nuclear waste in close proximity to the Deep Geological Repository or another site in the Great Lakes Basin, and 
 
 bring the matter before the Commission. 
 
 
The Department shall undertake negotiations with Canada to: 
 
 
delay the final decision on the Deep Geologic Repository until after the Commission delivers the report required by this Act, 
 
delay any final decision to store high-level nuclear waste in close proximity to the Deep Geological Repository or another site in the Great Lakes Basin until after the Commission conducts the study required by this Act, and 
 
consent to bringing the matter of such disposal of high-level nuclear waste before the Commission.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Introduced in House
501(c)(4) Reform Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3485
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2015-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Political advertising
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: 

501(c)(4) Reform Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax exemption for civic leagues or organizations operated for the promotion of social welfare, to prohibit such entities from participating or intervening (including the publishing or distributing of statements) in any political campaign on behalf of, or in opposition to, any candidate for public office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Introduced in House
Respect for Native Americans in Professional Sports Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3487
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
District of Columbia
Professional sports
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: 

Respect for Native Americans in Professional Sports Act of 2015

 
This bill applies the antitrust laws to a professional sports league that uses, or promotes or allows a member team or franchisee to use or promote the use of, "Redskins" or "Redskin" in connection with such league or a team or franchise connected with such league.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1251)
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Introduced in House
Safe, Flexible, and Efficient Trucking Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3488
Sponsor: Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2015-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Government information and archives
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: 

Safe, Flexible, and Efficient Trucking Act of 2015

 
This bill allows a state to authorize a vehicle with a maximum gross weight (including enforcement tolerances) exceeding certain federal weight limitations to operate on Interstate Highway System routes in the state if:
 
 
the vehicle is equipped with at least six axles,
 
the weight of any single axle does not exceed 20,000 pounds,
 
the weight of any tandem axle does not exceed 34,000 pounds,
 
the weight of any group of 3 or more axles does not exceed 51,000 pounds,
 
the gross weight of the vehicle does not exceed 91,000 pounds, and
 
the vehicle complies with a specified bridge formula.
 
 
The Department of Transportation may issue regulations necessary to require such a vehicle to include one item of additional equipment not otherwise required by law, but only if the equipment item is available at the time the rule is proposed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Introduced in House
Mandatory Minimum Reform Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3489
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2015-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: 

Mandatory Minimum Reform Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate most drug offense mandatory minimum prison terms imposed on a defendant who imports, exports, manufactures, distributes, or possesses with intent to distribute a controlled substance. 
 
Additionally, it eliminates drug offense mandatory minimum prison terms for simple possession, distribution to an individual under age 21 by an individual under age 18, distribution or manufacture in a school zone, and use of an individual under age 21 to distribute. 
 
Finally, the bill requires prior written approval of the Attorney General to prosecute a defendant for certain drug offenses that involve low-level drug quantities (e.g., less than one kilogram of heroin) or cocaine-based substances. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-09-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-09-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of special pension for Medal of Honor recipients, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-3491
Sponsor: Rep. Jolly, David W. [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2015-09-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-11
text: 
This bill increases the special monthly pension for living Medal of Honor recipients.
 
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) shall not make an annual pension increase for such recipients, effective December 1, 2016, if the increased monthly pension under this Act takes effect before such date. If the VA does not make the December 1, 2016 increase, however, annual increases shall resume as of December 1, 2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2015-09-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-09-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-11
text: Introduced in House
Locality Pay Equity Act

Bill: 114-hr-3492
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2015-09-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-11
text: 

Locality Pay Equity Act 

 
 This bill: (1) prohibits the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from defining more than one local wage area for prevailing rate employees within a pay locality, except with respect to the pay locality designated as &quot;Rest of United States&quot;; and (2) requires the OPM to ensure that this Act shall not have the effect of reducing any rate of basic pay for any individual who is serving as a prevailing rate employee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-09-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-11
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Infants Born Alive Act

Bill: 114-hr-3494
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2015-09-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Medicare
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-11
text: 

Protecting Infants Born Alive Act

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to modify requirements regarding a state plan for medical assistance. Under current law, a state plan for medical assistance must provide that any individual eligible for medical assistance may obtain required services from any institution, agency, or person qualified to perform them. The bill specifies that a state may not be required to provide medical assistance for such services by any individual or entity whose services or actions are suspected by the state of causing the termination of a human fetus classified as an infant born alive. Furthermore, a provider of such an abortion may neither receive payment under the Medicaid program nor participate in any federal or state health care program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-09-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-11
text: Introduced in House