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To direct the Secretary of Commerce, with the Oakdale Irrigation District and the South San Joaquin Irrigation District, California, to develop and conduct a pilot program to remove nonnative predator fishes from the Stanislaus River, California, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-2086
Sponsor: Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
California
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Federal preemption
Fishes
Lakes and rivers
Licensing and registrations
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 
Directs the National Marine Fisheries Service and the Oakdale and South San Joaquin Irrigation Districts in California (the districts) to jointly develop and conduct a pilot program to remove non-native striped bass, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, black bass, and other non-native predator fish from the Stanislaus River. Requires the program to: (1) be scientifically based; (2) include methods to quantify the number and size of predator fish removed each year, the impact of such removal on the overall abundance of predator fish, and the impact of such removal on the populations of certain juvenile anadromous fish found in the Stanislaus River; and (3) be implemented for seven consecutive years. 
 
Requires the districts to be responsible for the cost of such program. Authorizes the Service to accept and use contributions of funds from the districts to carry out activities under the program.
 
Directs: (1) the Service to post, each month, on its Internet website a tabular summary of the raw data collected under the program in the preceding month; and (2) the Service and the districts, by June 30 of the year following the completion of the program, to jointly submit for peer review a report that discusses program's findings and conclusions, synthesizes the data collected, and makes recommendations for further study and action.
 
Voids and preempts any California legal restriction imposed on, or the permitting of, the catch, take, or harvest of any non-native or introduced aquatic or terrestrial species that preys upon specified stocks of anadromous fish and that occupies or is found in the Stanislaus River.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred TO the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Arbitration Fairness Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2087
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Competition and antitrust
Consumer affairs
Contracts and agency
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 

Arbitration Fairness Act of 2015

 
Declares that no predispute arbitration agreement shall be valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute.
 
Declares, further, that the validity and enforceability of an agreement to arbitrate shall be determined by a court, under federal law, rather than an arbitrator, irrespective of whether the party resisting arbitration challenges the arbitration agreement specifically or in conjunction with other terms of the contract containing such agreement.
 
Exempts from this Act arbitration provisions in a contract between an employer and a labor organization or between labor organizations. Denies to any such arbitration provision, however, the effect of waiving the right of an employee to seek judicial enforcement of a right arising under the U.S. Constitution, a state constitution, a federal or state statute, or related public policy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
E-BOOK Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2089
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Higher education
Performance measurement
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 

Electronic Books Opening Opportunity for Knowledge Act of 2015 or the E-BOOK Act of 2015

 
 This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Department of Education (ED) to award competitive grants to up to 10 institutions of higher education (IHEs) to conduct pilot programs to reduce the cost of attendance for undergraduate students by expanding their access to digital course materials.
 
A preference is given to applications that demonstrate a commitment to serving disadvantaged students.
 
Grantees must make digital course materials available to undergraduate students in at least two different academic departments.
 
Grant funds may be used to:
 
 
purchase and maintain the electronic equipment or software their pilot programs need;
 
purchase and maintain the digital and online content that instructors or students will use;
 
hire staff to administer their pilot programs, with priority given to hiring enrolled undergraduate students;
 
build or acquire extra storage space for pilot program equipment;
 
support professional development; and
 
revise and adapt curricula as needed to implement the IHEs' pilot programs.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Space Leadership Preservation Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2093
Sponsor: Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Public contracts and procurement
Space flight and exploration
Spacecraft and satellites

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 

Space Leadership Preservation Act of 2015

 
 Establishes a 10-year term of office for the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). 
 
Establishes a NASA Board of Directors together with appointment criteria.
 
Requires the President to appoint the Administrator from among a list of nominees provided by the Board, and a Deputy Administrator from among a separate list of Board nominees. 
 
Authorizes the Board to establish special commissions as it deems necessary.
 
Requires the Board to provide: (1) NASA's proposed annual budget; (2) annual reports on spaceflight infrastructure, unique space capabilities, and the availability of qualified U.S. workers necessary to maintain such infrastructure and capabilities; (3) reports on specific policy matters; and (4) once every four years a review of current space programs and a vision for future space exploration. 
 
Authorizes NASA to enter into contracts for rocket propulsion systems and manned and unmanned space transportation vehicles and payloads. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
To repeal titles I and II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Bill: 114-hr-2094
Sponsor: Rep. Westmoreland, Lynn A. [R-GA-3]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 
This bill amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal Title I (Financial Stability) and Title II (Orderly Liquidation Authority).
 
The bill revives or restores the provisions of law amended or repealed by such titles as if the titles had not been enacted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, the Judiciary, and 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: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, the Judiciary, and 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: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, the Judiciary, and 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: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, the Judiciary, and 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: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, the Judiciary, and 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: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
American Families United Act

Bill: 114-hr-2095
Sponsor: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Citizenship and naturalization
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Family relationships
Foreign labor
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Judicial review and appeals
Temporary and part-time employment
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 

American Families United Act

 
States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to enable the Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security to expand his or her discretionary authority beyond a case-by-case basis, or to provide legalization or nationalization of persons covered under this Act. 
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to revise waiver of inadmissibility requirements, among other things waiving inadmissibility for: (1) certain persons who entered the United States before age 16 who have earned a degree from a U.S. institution of higher education, (2) false claims of U.S. citizenship by persons under age 18 or lacking mental competence to knowingly misrepresent a claim, and (3) false claims of U.S. citizenship if inadmissibility would create family separation hardship for the alien (including a self-petitioner under the Violence Against Women Act) or for a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident family member.
 
Authorizes parents of U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents to apply for a waiver of inadmissibility for unlawful presence. 
Places a three-year limit on immigration-related misrepresentations rendering aliens inadmissible. 
Revises the definition &quot;conviction&quot; for INA purposes.
 
Authorizes an immigration judge in specified circumstances, including family separation hardship, but with certain exceptions, to decline to order an alien removed, deported, or excluded and terminate related proceedings or grant permission to reapply for admission or for relief from removal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2096
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Income tax deductions
Income tax deferral
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Securities
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 

Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2015

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend to all domestic corporations, including S corporations, provisions allowing deferral of tax on gain from the sale of employer securities to an S corporation-sponsored employee stock ownership plan (ESOP); and (2) allow a tax deduction for 50% of the interest incurred on loans to S corporation-sponsored ESOPs for the purchase of employer securities.
 
Directs the Department of the Treasury to establish the S Corporation Employee Ownership Assistance Office to foster increased employee ownership of S corporations.
 
Amends the Small Business Act to define "ESOP business concern" and allow such a concern to continue to qualify for loans, preferences, and other programs under such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Common Sense in Species Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2098
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Department of the Interior
Economic performance and conditions
Endangered and threatened species
Land use and conservation
State and local finance
Unemployment
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 

Common Sense in Species Protection Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce to exclude an area from designation as a critical habitat to conserve an endangered or threatened species if the benefits of exclusion outweigh the benefits of including the area, unless the failure to designate the area as critical habitat will result in the extinction of the species. 
 
At the time a proposed rule to designate a critical habitat is published, the appropriate department must make available for public comment a draft analysis that: (1) examines the incremental and cumulative economic effects of all actions to protect the species and its habitat upon each state and locality that is affected by the proposed designation; (2) includes consideration of economic effects on possible uses of land and property values, employment, revenues available for state and local governments, and the provision of water, power, or other public services; and (3) assesses those effects on a quantitative and qualitative basis.
 
The bill applies to any designation of critical habitat on or after August 28, 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to require the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to develop a model form for a disclosure notice that shall be used by depository institutions and credit unions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-2099
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 
Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to require the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to develop a model form for a disclosure notice to be used by depository institutions and credit unions to inform consumers before they open a checking account.
 
Exempts from the requirement to use such a form any depository institutions or credit unions with total assets of less than $2 billion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Girls Count Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2100
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crimes against children
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign loans and debt
Health information and medical records
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Multilateral development programs
Property rights
Rule of law and government transparency
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
United Nations
Women's education
Women's health
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 

Girls Count Act of 2015

 
Authorizes the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development to: (1) support programs that will contribute to improved civil registration and vital statistics systems with a focus on birth registration; and (2) support programs that build the capacity of developing countries' national and local legal and policy frameworks to prevent discrimination against girls in gaining passport access and help increase property rights, social security, land tenure, economic opportunities, and inheritance rights for women.
 
 Authorizes the Secretary and the Administrator to cooperate with multilateral organizations and private sector and civil society organizations to promote such programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Research for All Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2101
Sponsor: Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government studies and investigations
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 

Research for All Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ensure that the clinical trials for products granted expedited approval to treat a serious or life-threatening condition are sufficient to determine the safety and effectiveness of the products for men and women using subgroup analysis.
 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the FDA, at the request of the drug sponsor, to facilitate development and expedite review of a new drug that is:
 
 
 intended to avoid serious adverse events or to treat a serious or life-threatening condition,
 
intended for safer or more effective treatment for either men or women than a product approved to treat the general population or the other sex, and
 
supported by results of clinical trials that separately examine outcomes for men and women.
 
 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to ensure that, when appropriate, basic research projects include both male and female cells, tissues, or animals. In such projects, results must be disaggregated according to sex and sex differences must be examined and analyzed. NIH must update guidelines on inclusion of women and minorities in research.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services may support the continued operation and expansion of Special Centers of Research on Sex Differences.
 
The Government Accountability Office must update the reports entitled &ldquo;Women's Health: NIH Has Increased Its Efforts To Include Women in Research&rdquo; and &ldquo;Women's Health: Women Sufficiently Represented in New Drug Testing, But FDA Oversight Needs Improvement,&rdquo; and include specified examinations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House