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Fairness for Crime Victims Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3984
Sponsor: Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Crime victims
Government trust funds
Law enforcement administration and funding
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 

Fairness for Crime Victims Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish a point of order in the Senate and House of Representatives against any provision in an appropriation measure, amendment, motion, or conference report that: (1) contains a change in mandatory program spending, (2) reduces budget authority in the current year but does not reduce outlays over time, and (3) limits obligations from the Crime Victims Fund during a fiscal year to less than the average amount deposited into the Fund during the previous three fiscal years. 
 
The bill permits a Senator to raise a point of order to strike such provision or to prevent its incorporation through amendment or motion. If the point of order is sustained by the Chair, the provision is stricken and may not be offered as an amendment from the floor. A motion to waive or suspend the point of order, or a motion to sustain an appeal of the ruling the Chair on such point of order, requires the affirmative vote of three-fifths of Members. 
 
It also prohibits consideration of such provision in the House of Representatives. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
JOBS Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3985
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 

Jumpstart Our Businesses by Supporting Students Act of 2015 or the

 JOBS Act of 2015
 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish the Job Training Federal Pell Grant Program. The Department of Education must award job training Federal Pell Grants to eligible students. 
An eligible student is one who does not have a degree, attends an institution of higher education (IHE), is enrolled in a job training program at such IHE, and meets all other eligibility requirements for a Federal Pell Grant. 
The maximum job training Federal Pell Grant award is 50% of the discretionary base maximum award specified in annual appropriations law. 
Any period during which a student receives a job training Federal Pell Grant counts toward that student's Federal Pell Grant eligibility period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
High School Football Safety Study Act

Bill: 114-hr-3986
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Athletes
Child health
Congressional oversight
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
School athletics

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 

High School Football Safety Study Act

 
This bill directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to: (1) conduct a study to more precisely identify the causes of deaths related to high school football and to develop recommendations to prevent such deaths, and (2) submit to Congress and publish on the public website of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality a report on the study's results.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-11-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
Jobs in America Act

Bill: 114-hr-3987
Sponsor: Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
U.S. and foreign investments
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 

Jobs in America Act

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish an employment-based, conditional immigrant visa (StartUp visa) for a sponsored alien entrepreneur: (1) with required amounts of financial backing from a qualifying investor or venture capitalist; and (2) whose commercial activities will generate required levels of employment, revenue, or capital investment.
 
The Department of Homeland Security shall terminate the status of a sponsored entrepreneur (and the alien spouse and children of such entrepreneur) if not later than three years after the date on which such permanent resident status was conferred: (1) the sponsoring venture capitalist or investor fails to meet investment requirements; or (2) the entrepreneur fails to meet job creation, capital investment, or revenue requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
Military and Veterans Education Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-3988
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Higher education
Medical education
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 

Military and Veterans Education Protection Act

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require proprietary institutions of higher education to derive at least 10% of their revenue from sources other than federal educational assistance, or risk becoming ineligible for title IV funding. Federal educational assistance includes title IV federal student aid and federal educational assistance for military personnel and veterans. Currently, this so-called 90/10 rule requires proprietary institutions to derive at least 10% of their revenue from sources other than title IV federal student aid, but it allows federal educational assistance for military personnel and veterans to count toward the 10%. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2015-11-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
Start-up America's Students Act

Bill: 114-hr-3990
Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business education
Education programs funding
Higher education
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 

Start-up America's Students Act

 
This bill amends the Small Business Act to direct the Small Business Administration to award competitive grants to institutions of higher education (with program participation agreements) for the purpose of establishing, maintaining, expanding, and improving business incubators operated by or affiliated with them.
 
 A business incubator is a facility primarily used to provide space where start-up businesses in operation for under 4 years with 10 or fewer employees:
 
 
share space, support staff or services, physical resources, or overhead expenses; and
 
receive technical assistance, financial advice, or business planning services.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Education Relief and Restoration Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3991
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Educational facilities and institutions
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 

Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Education Relief and Restoration Act of 2015

 
This bill declares that, if a veteran is forced to discontinue a course as a result of a a permanent school closure and did not receive credit or lost training time toward completion of the education program, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) educational assistance payments shall not, for a specified period of time, be: 
 
 
 charged against the individual's entitlement to educational assistance, or 
 
 counted against the aggregate period for which such assistance may be provided.
 
 
The bill applies to courses and programs of education discontinued beginning with FY2015.
 
The VA may continue to pay educational assistance and subsistence allowances to eligible veterans and eligible persons enrolled in specified courses for up to 4 weeks in any 12-month period when schools are temporarily closed under an established policy based on an executive order of the President or due to an emergency situation.
 
The VA may also continue to pay a monthly housing stipend following a permanent school closure, but only until the earlier of: (1) the date of the end of the term, quarter, or semester during which the school closure occurred; and (2) the date that is four months after the school closure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
Students Before Profits Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3992
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Education programs funding
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 

Students Before Profits Act of 2015

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Department of Education (ED) to recalculate the cohort default rate and redetermine title IV eligibility for an institution of higher education (IHE) that engages in default manipulation. 
 
 ED may impose enhanced civil penalties and sanctions on IHEs and officers for substantial misrepresentation or other serious violations of title IV requirements. The bill requires ED to establish the Student Relief Fund, financed by civil penalties, to provide financial relief to students enrolled in an IHE that is sanctioned or fails to comply with title IV requirements. 
 
If ED takes an enforcement action (e.g., heightened financial oversight) against a proprietary (i.e., for-profit) IHE, then ED may hold the executive officer of such proprietary IHE personally liable for financial losses related to the enforcement action. Additionally, ED may pursue claims against an IHE's executive officers and board of directors to recover discharged federal student loans. 
 
A proprietary IHE must, as a condition of continued eligibility to participate in title IV programs, prohibit an individual who defrauds students from being a member of the board of directors or an executive officer of the institution. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
LEAP Act

Bill: 114-hr-3993
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 

Leveraging and Energizing America's Apprenticeship Programs Act or the LEAP Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business-related tax credit of $1,500 for hiring an apprenticeship employee who has not attained age 25 at the close of the taxable year or $1,000 for hiring an apprenticeship employee who has attained age 25. The credit is available for no more than two taxable years with respect to any apprenticeship employee. 
 
An "apprenticeship employee" means any employee who is: (1) a party to an apprenticeship agreement registered with the Office of Apprenticeship of the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor or a recognized state apprenticeship agency; and (2) employed by the employer in the occupation identified in the apprenticeship agreement, whether or not the employer is a party to such agreement. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
SPY Car Study Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3994
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Government studies and investigations
Motor vehicles
Right of privacy
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 

Security and Privacy in Your Car Study Act of 2015 or the SPY Car Study Act of 2015

 
This bill requires the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to conduct a study to determine and recommend standards for the regulation of the cybersecurity of motor vehicles manufactured or imported for sale in the United States. The study shall identify:
 
 
 isolation measures that are necessary to separate critical software systems that can affect the driver's control of the movement of the vehicle from other software systems; 
 
 measures that are necessary to detect and prevent or minimize anomalous codes, in vehicle software systems, associated with malicious behavior; 
 
 techniques that are necessary to detect and prevent, discourage, or mitigate intrusions into vehicle software systems and other cybersecurity risks in motor vehicles; and 
 
 best practices to secure driving data about a vehicle's status or about the owner, lessee, driver, or passenger of a vehicle that is collected by the electronic systems of motor vehicles.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Major Charles S. Kettles of the United States Army for acts of valor during the Vietnam War.

Bill: 114-hr-3995
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 
This bill authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to Charles S. Kettles for acts of valor during the Vietnam War.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend MAP-21 to establish a veterans business enterprises program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-3997
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2015-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Public transit
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Roads and highways
Small business
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: 
This bill amends the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) to require that at least 10% of the funds made available for federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs, including highway safety research and development, and for the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2012 be expended through small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Introduced in House
American SAFE Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3999
Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2015-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Government studies and investigations
Immigration status and procedures
Iraq
Middle East
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Syria
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: 

American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act of 2015 or the American SAFE Act of 2015

 
This bill prohibits a covered refugee from being admitted to the United States until the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) certifies to Congress that such individual is not a security threat to the United States. The Inspector General of DHS shall review 20% of all such certifications each fiscal year.
 
The term &quot;covered refugee&quot; is defined as any alien applying for refugee status who is: (1) a national or resident of Iraq or Syria, or (2) present in Iraq or Syria at any time while the application for refugee status is pending.
 
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shall take actions to ensure that each covered refugee receives a thorough background investigation prior to admission. A covered refugee may not be admitted until the FBI certifies that such covered refugee has received such an investigation.
 


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