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Safe Students Act

Bill: 114-hr-86
Sponsor: Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Safe Students Act

 
Amends the federal criminal code to repeal provisions making it unlawful to possess or discharge a firearm in a school zone.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-02
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
To amend subtitle IV of title 40, United States Code, regarding county additions to the Appalachian region.

Bill: 114-hr-88
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Rural conditions and development
Tennessee

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 
Adds the Tennessee counties of Hickman, Perry, and Wayne to the definition of &quot;Appalachian region&quot; for purposes of Appalachian regional development efforts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act

Bill: 114-hr-89
Sponsor: Rep. Bridenstine, Jim [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Judicial review and appeals
Licensing and registrations
Marine and inland water transportation
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act

 
Directs the Department of Energy (DOE), for proposals that must also obtain authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or the United States Maritime Administration to site, construct, expand, or operate liquified natural gas (LNG) export facilities, to issue a decision on an application for authorization to export natural gas within 30 days after the later of: (1) the conclusion of the review to site, construct, expand, or operate the LNG facilities required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA); or (2) the date of enactment of this Act.
 
Deems any NEPA review to be concluded: (1) 30 days after publication of a required Environmental Impact Statement if the project needs one; (2) 30 days after publication by DOE of a Finding of No Significant Impact if the project needs an Environmental Assessment; and (3) upon a determination by the lead agency that an application is eligible for a categorical exclusion pursuant to regulations under NEPA.
 
(A &quot;categorical exclusion&quot; under NEPA is a category of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and which have been found to have no such effect in procedures adopted by a federal agency in implementing environmental regulations and for which, therefore, neither an Environmental Assessment nor an Environmental Impact Statement is required.) 
Confers original and exclusive jurisdiction upon the U.S. Court of Appeals for the circuit in which the export facility under an application will be located over any civil action for the review of: (1) a DOE order regarding the application, or (2) DOE failure to issue a final decision on the application.
 
Requires the Court, if it finds in a civil action that DOE has failed to issue a final decision on an application, to order DOE to issue one within 30 days.
 
Requires the Court to set any civil action brought under this Act on the docket, for expedited consideration, as soon as practical after the filing date of the initial pleading.
 
Amends the Natural Gas Act to set as a condition for approval of any authorization to export LNG that the DOE Secretary require the applicant to disclose publicly the specific destination or destinations of any such authorized LNG exports.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
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
Veterans Healthcare Improvement Act

Bill: 114-hr-90
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Budget process
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Veterans Healthcare Improvement Act

 
 Requires the Comptroller General, for each of FY2016-FY2018, to: (1) review the budget requests for the Department of Veterans Affairs' Medical Services, Medical Support and Compliance, and Medical Facilities accounts contained in the President's budget request for that fiscal year; and (2) report review results to the congressional veterans, appropriations, and budget committees.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H990)
action_date: 2015-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To provide that rates of pay for Members of Congress shall not be adjusted under section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 in the year following any fiscal year in which outlays of the United States exceeded receipts of the United States.

Bill: 114-hr-92
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 
Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to provide that pay for Members of Congress may not be increased by any adjustment scheduled to take effect in a calendar year if the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) determines that the federal aggregate outlays during the last completed fiscal year exceeded the federal aggregate receipts during such fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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 House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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 House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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
Crimea Annexation Non-recognition Act

Bill: 114-hr-93
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Europe
Foreign aid and international relief
Russia
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Crimea Annexation Non-recognition Ac
t 
 
 States that is U.S. policy to not recognize the de jure or de facto sovereignty of the Russian Federation over Crimea, its airspace, or its territorial waters. 
 
Prohibits any federal department or agency from taking any action or extending any assistance that recognizes or implies recognition of the de jure or de facto sovereignty of the Russian Federation over Crimea, its airspace, or its territorial waters. 
 
Authorizes the President to waive such prohibitions if vital to U.S. national security interests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Cameras in the Courtroom Act

Bill: 114-hr-94
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Due process and equal protection
Supreme Court
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Cameras in the Courtroom Act

 
Requires the Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless it decides by majority vote that allowing such coverage in a particular case would violate the due process rights of any of the parties involved.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
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
Protecting Employees and Retirees in Municipal Bankruptcies Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-95
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Federal appellate courts
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Jurisdiction and venue
Labor-management relations
Specialized courts
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Protecting Employees and Retirees in Municipal Bankruptcies Act of 2015

 
Amends federal bankruptcy law with respect to the requirement for a municipality to be a debtor under Chapter 9 (Adjustment of Debts of a Municipality) that the municipality has negotiated in good faith with creditors and failed to obtain the agreement of those holding at least a majority in amount of the claims of each class that the municipality intends to impair under a plan.
 
Requires that, with respect to creditors who are the municipality's employees or retirees, &quot;good faith&quot; has the same meaning as it does in the National Labor Relations Act. 
 
Requires the municipality also to establish by clear and convincing evidence that it satisfies all eligibility criteria.
 
Repeals the limitation placed upon on court authority to issue a stay pending an appeal of an order for relief. 
 
Amends the Judicial Code to confer upon the appropriate court of appeals jurisdiction of any appeal of a bankruptcy court determination that an entity is eligible to be a municipal debtor. Requires the appellate court to consider and determine such appeal on an expedited basis as a direct appeal, which shall be reviewed and heard 
de novo
 on the merits.
 
Requires the court to confirm the bankruptcy plan of a municipality which modifies a collective bargaining agreement or a retiree benefit in any manner otherwise prohibited by nonbankruptcy law if the plan is agreed to by the authorized representative of either the employees covered by collective bargaining or the individuals receiving the retiree benefits.
 
 Designates the labor organization signatory to a collective bargaining agreement as the authorized representative of individuals receiving retiree benefits covered by that agreement. 
 
Sets forth procedures for court appointment of an authorized representative if a labor organization elects not to serve as one, or if the retired employees are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E11-12)
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Dangerous Products Warning Act

Bill: 114-hr-96
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business ethics
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Product safety and quality
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Dangerous Products Warning Act

 
Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 5 years on any business entity or product supervisor with respect to a product or business practice who knows of a serious danger associated with such product or business practice and knowingly fails within 15 days after discovering such danger to inform an appropriate federal agency in writing, warn affected employees in writing, and inform other affected individuals. Imposes a fine and/or prison term of up to 1 year on any individual who intentionally discriminates against an employee who informs a federal agency or warns employees of a serious danger associated with a product or business practice. 


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: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E13)
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-98
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2015

 
Amends federal bankruptcy law, with respect to the prohibition against disruption of utility services to a debtor, to declare that an individual debtor may not be required to furnish assurance of payment if he or she pays, within 20 days after the date of the order for relief, those debts owed to a utility for service during that period, and afterward also pays when due debts owed for service during the pendency of the case in bankruptcy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E4-5)
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-99
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Health care costs and insurance
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2015

 
Prohibits the McCarran-Ferguson Act from being construed to permit health insurance or medical malpractice insurance issuers to engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations in connection with providing health insurance or medical malpractice coverage.
 
Amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to provide that nothing in it modifies, impairs, or supersedes the operation of antitrust laws with respect to the business of health insurance.
 
Applies prohibitions of unfair methods of competition to the business of health insurance without regard to whether the business is for profit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
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
Stopping Abusive Student Loan Collection Practices in Bankruptcy Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-100
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Stopping Abusive Student Loan Collection Practices in Bankruptcy Act of 2015

 
Amends federal bankruptcy law to allow an individual whose student loan debt is discharged due to undue hardship to recover the costs of, and a reasonable attorney's fee for, the discharge proceeding if the court finds that the position of the creditor was not substantially justified.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2)
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Corporate Crime Database Act

Bill: 114-hr-102
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business ethics
Corporate finance and management
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Corporate Crime Database Act
 
 
Directs the Attorney General to: (1) acquire data, for each calendar year, regarding all administrative, civil, and criminal judical proceedings against any corporation or corporate official involving a felony or misdemeanor or civl charge where potential fines may be $1,000 or more; (2) establish and maintain a publicly available website on improper conduct by all corporations with annual revenues of more than $1 billion; and (3) prepare an annual report to Congress detailing the number of civil, administrative, and criminal enforcement actions brought against any corporation or corporate official and the final dispositions of such actions. 


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 Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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 Oversight and Government Reform, 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 Oversight and Government Reform, 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 E13)
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Shield Our Streets Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-103
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Lawyers and legal services

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Shield Our Streets Act of 2015

 
 Authorizes the Attorney General to carry out a program, through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, to award grants to assist eligible local law enforcement agencies with hiring and training new law enforcement officers and with rehiring career law enforcement officers who have been laid off as a result of budget reductions. 
 
Defines an &quot;eligible&quot; local law enforcement agency as one that has jurisdiction over all or part of a county or other unit of local government that has a violent crime rate at or above the national average and that has had budget reductions during the most recent five-year period (elevated need locality).
 
Authorizes the Attorney General to carry out a program to award grants to units of local government that have jurisdiction over all or part of an elevated need locality to enhance public safety in such jurisdictions, including by: (1) purchasing public safety equipment, (2) funding public safety programs, (3) making infrastructure improvements, (4) purchasing and installing lights to deter crime, (5) funding activities related to crime labs, and (6) funding public defender programs. Authorizes such grants to nonprofit organizations that operate in elevated need localities to carry out programs designed to reduce crime in such areas.


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: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E14)
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-105
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Contracts and agency
Health care costs and insurance
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2015

 
Exempts health care professionals, including individuals and entities, from federal and state antitrust laws in connection with negotiations with a health plan regarding contract terms under which the professionals provide health care items or services for which plan benefits are provided. 
 
Declares that this Act: (1) applies only to health care professionals excluded from the National Labor Relations Act; and (2) does not apply to negotiations relating to Medicare or Medicaid programs, the Children's Health Insurance Program, medical and dental care for members of the uniformed services, veterans' medical care, the federal employees health benefits program, or the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
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