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Tax Code Termination Act

Bill: 114-hr-27
Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Economic performance and conditions
Employment taxes
Financial services and investments
Income tax rates
Legislative rules and procedure
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax reform and tax simplification
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Tax Code Termination Act

 
Terminates the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 after December 31, 2019, except for self-employment taxes, Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) taxes, and railroad retirement taxes. Requires a two-thirds majority vote in Congress to change such termination date.
 
Declares that any new federal tax system should be a simple and fair system that: (1) applies a low rate to all Americans, (2) provides tax relief for working Americans, (3) protects the rights of taxpayers and reduces tax collection abuses, (4) eliminates the bias against savings and investment, (5) promotes economic growth and job creation, and (6) does not penalize marriage or families.
 
Requires that the new federal tax system be approved by Congress in its final form by July 4, 2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-01-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1-2)
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Keystone For a Secure Tomorrow Act

Bill: 114-hr-28
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Canada
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Historic sites and heritage areas
Licensing and registrations
Nebraska
Oil and gas
Pipelines
State and local government operations
Water quality
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Keystone For a Secure Tomorrow Act

 
 Approves a specified permit regarding certain energy-related facilities and land transportation crossings on the international boundaries of the United States for the Keystone XL pipeline project. 
 
Includes within such permit the Nebraska reroute evaluated in the Final Evaluation Report issued the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality in January 2013. 
 
Prescribes permit requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Separation of Powers Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-29
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Appropriations
Border security and unlawful immigration
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Separation of Powers Act of 2015

 
Prohibits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to any federal department or agency to: 
 
 
parole an alien into the United States or grant deferred action on a final order of removal for any reason other than on an individual case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons; or 
 
issue to an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States any document attesting to such alien's lawful permanent resident status or U.S. employment authorization.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H95)
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Prevention of Executive Amnesty Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-31
Sponsor: Rep. Roby, Martha [R-AL-2]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Appropriations
Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Citizenship and naturalization
Congressional-executive branch relations
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign labor
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Homeland security
Immigration status and procedures
Law enforcement administration and funding
Military personnel and dependents
New Mexico
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Texas
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Prevention of Executive Amnesty Act of 2015

 
This bill prohibits funds appropriated or otherwise made available, including any otherwise available to the Secretary of Homeland Security for any fiscal year from being used to implement or enforce specified immigration-related policies in: 
 
 
the memoranda issued by the Secretary on November 20, 2014, which includes prosecutorial discretion regarding individuals who came to the United States as children and regarding certain individuals who are the parents of U.S. citizens or permanent residents, and expansion of the provisional waiver program; 
 
the memoranda issued by the President on November 21, 2014, which includes modernizing and streamlining the U.S. immigrant visa system for the 21st century; and 
 
any substantially similar memorandum issued after November 21, 2014. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Defense of Legal Workers Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-32
Sponsor: Rep. Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Defense of Legal Workers Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) exclude from the definition of &quot;unauthorized alien,&quot; with respect to the unlawful employment of aliens, any alien otherwise admitted to and lawfully present in the United States; and (2) consider an alien without lawful status to be an unauthorized alien whose employment is unlawful.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-38
Sponsor: Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional-executive branch relations
Immigration status and procedures
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2015

 
 Prohibits the executive branch of the government from: 
 
 
exempting or deferring from removal, by executive order, regulation, or any other means, categories of aliens considered under the immigration laws to be unlawfully present in the United States; 
 
treating such aliens as if they were lawfully present or had a lawful immigration status; or 
 
treating them other than as unauthorized aliens. 
 
 
States that such prohibition shall not apply: 
 
 
to the extent prohibited by the Constitution; 
 
upon the request of federal, state, or local law enforcement agencies for purposes of maintaining aliens in the United States to be tried for crimes or to be trial witnesses; or 
 
for humanitarian purposes where the aliens are at imminent risk of serious bodily harm or death. 
 
 
Declares that any executive branch action intending to circumvent the objectives of this Act shall be null and void and without legal effect. 
 
States that this Act shall take effect as if enacted on November 20, 2014, and shall apply to requests submitted on or after that date for: (1) work authorization; or (2) exemption from, or deferral of, removal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To make 1 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending for each of the fiscal years 2015 and 2016.

Bill: 114-hr-39
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 
This bill makes 1% across-the-board rescissions in discretionary spending for FY2015 and FY2016, excluding spending for defense, homeland security, and veterans affairs. It also requires the Office of Management and Budget to submit a report to Congress specifying the account and amount of each rescission made pursuant to this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H113)
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act

Bill: 114-hr-40
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Government liability
Government studies and investigations
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act
 
 
Establishes the Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African Americans to examine slavery and discrimination in the colonies and the United States from 1619 to the present and recommend appropriate remedies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
David's Law

Bill: 114-hr-41
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Justice
Department of the Treasury
Firearms and explosives
Fires
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Hate crimes
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

David Ray Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2015 or David's Law

 
 Amends the federal criminal code to impose penalties for willfully causing bodily injury to any person or, through the use of fire, a firearm, or an explosive device, attempting to cause such injury, whether or not acting under color of law, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disability of any person, where the offense is in or affects interstate or foreign commerce. 
 
Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to study the issue of adult recruitment of juveniles to commit hate crimes and, if appropriate, to amend the federal sentencing guidelines to provide sentencing enhancements for such an offense.
 
Requires the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to make grants to state and local programs designed to combat hate crimes committed by juveniles.
 
Authorizes appropriations for the Department of the Treasury and DOJ for FY2015-FY2017 to increase the number of personnel to protect against criminal interference with federally-protected activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Infant Protection and Baby Switching Prevention Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-42
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Crimes against children
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Hospital care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Infant Protection and Baby Switching Prevention Act of 2015

 
 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require certain hospitals reimbursed under Medicare, and which provide neonatal and infant care, to have in effect security procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant patient abduction and baby switching, including procedures for identifying all infant patients in the hospital in a manner that ensures that it will be evident if infants are missing. Establishes civil penalties for failure to have such security procedures in effect.
 
Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit and establish criminal penalties for baby switching in hospitals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act

Bill: 114-hr-44
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Asia
Civil actions and liability
Conflicts and wars
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Department of Justice
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Guam
Human trafficking
Japan
Legal fees and court costs
Monuments and memorials
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
World history

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act

 
Recognizes the suffering and the loyalty of the residents of Guam during the Japanese occupation of Guam in World War II. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a Fund for the payment of claims submitted by compensable Guam victims and survivors of compensable Guam decedents. 
 
Directs the Secretary to make specified payments to: (1) living Guam residents who were raped, injured, interned, or subjected to forced labor or marches, or internment resulting from, or incident to, such occupation and subsequent liberation; and (2) survivors of compensable residents who died in war (such payments to be made after payments have been made to surviving Guam residents).
 
Directs the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission to specify injuries that would constitute a severe personal injury or a personal injury and adjudicate claims and determine payment eligibility. 
 
Requires claims to be filed within one year after the Commission publishes notice of the filing period in the Federal Register and in the Guam media.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a grant program for research, educational, and media activities that memorialize the events surrounding the occupation of Guam during World War II or honor the loyalty of the people of Guam during such occupation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E10-11)
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Research and Education Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-45
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical education
Medical research
Minority health
Research administration and funding
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Research and Education Act of 2015

 
Requires the National Institutes of Health to expand, intensify, and coordinate programs for the conduct and support of research on triple-negative breast cancer (breast cancers whose cells are negative for estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors, and the HER2 protein).
 
Directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop and disseminate to the public information regarding triple-negative breast cancer, including information on: (1) the incidence and prevalence of triple-negative breast cancer among women, (2) the elevated risk for minority women, and (3) the availability of a range of treatment options.
 
Requires the Health Resources and Services Administration to develop and disseminate information on triple-negative breast cancer to health care providers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-46
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Evidence and witnesses
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act of 201
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This bill prohibits a state from receiving for a fiscal year any drug control and system improvement (Byrne) grant funds under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, or any amount from any other federal law enforcement assistance program, unless the state does not fund any antidrug task forces for that fiscal year or it has in effect laws that ensure that: (1) a person is not convicted of a drug offense unless the fact that a drug offense was committed and the person's commission of the offense are supported by evidence other than the eyewitness testimony of a law enforcement officer or those acting on an officer's behalf, and (2) an officer may participate in an antidrug task force only if that officer's honesty and integrity are evaluated and found to be at an appropriately high level. 
 
 States receiving federal funds under this bill are directed to collect data on the racial distribution of drug charges, the nature of the criminal law specified in the charges, and the jurisdictions in which such charges are made.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House