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Seismic Moratorium Act

Bill: 114-hr-2279
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2015-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fishes
Florida
Mammals
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
Reptiles
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: 

Seismic Moratorium Act

 
This bill prohibits conducting geological or geophysical activities in support of oil or gas exploration and development in any area located within a specified exclusive economic zone located off the coastline of Florida. 
 
This moratorium shall only be terminated if the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (of the Department of Commerce) determines that the reasonably foreseeable impacts of such activities are minimal to individuals or populations of marine mammals, sea turtles, or fish.
 
These geological or geophysical activities are described in the final programmatic environmental impact statement of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (of the Department of the Interior) entitled &quot;Atlantic OCS Proposed Geological and Geophysical Activities, Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic Planning Areas,&quot; completed February 2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Federal Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2280
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2015-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Birds
Building construction
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: 

Federal Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2015

 
Requires each public building constructed, substantially altered, or acquired by the General Services Administration (GSA) to meet the following standards:
 
 
at least 90% of the exposed facade material from ground level to 40 feet shall not be composed of glass or shall be composed of glass employing elements that preclude bird collisions without completely obscuring vision, ultraviolet (UV) patterned glass that contains UV-reflective or contrasting patterns that are visible to birds, patterns on glass designed in accordance with a rule that restricts horizontal spaces to less than 2 inches high and vertical spaces to less than 4 inches wide, opaque, etched, stained, frosted, or translucent glass, orany combination of these methods (modified glass);
 
at least 60% of the exposed facade material above 40 feet shall meet such glass standard;
 
there shall not be any transparent passageways or corners;
 
all glass adjacent to atria or courtyards containing water features, plants, and other materials attractive to birds shall meet the modified glass standard; and
 
outside lighting shall be appropriately shielded and minimized.
 
 
Directs GSA to: (1) ensure that actual bird mortality is monitored at each public building; and (2) reduce exterior building and site lighting for each public building, where practicable.
 
Exempts historic buildings of national significance, the White House and its grounds, the Supreme Court building and its grounds, or the U.S. Capitol and its related buildings and grounds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
States' Education Reclamation Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2281
Sponsor: Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]
Introduced: 2015-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Appropriations
Department of Defense
Department of Education
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Labor
Department of the Interior
Department of the Treasury
District of Columbia
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Intergovernmental relations
Minority education
Special education
State and local finance
Student aid and college costs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: 

States' Education Reclamation Act of 2015

 
This bill abolishes the Department of Education (ED) and repeals any program for which it or the Secretary of Education has administrative responsibility.
 
The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) shall provide grants to states, for FY2016-FY2024, for any: (1) elementary and secondary education purpose permitted by state law, and (2) postsecondary education purpose permitted by state law. The level of funding is set at the amount provided to states for federal elementary and secondary education programs and the amount provided for federal postsecondary education programs, respectively, for FY2012, minus the funding they were provided for education programs that this Act transfers to other federal agencies.
 
States must contract for an annual audit of their expenditures or transfers of grant funds.
 
Program administrative responsibility and delegation of authority are transferred as follows:
 
 
ED's job training programs to the Department of Labor;
 
each special education grant program under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS);
 
ED's Indian Education programs to the Department of the Interior;
 
each Impact Aid program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to the Department of Defense; 
 
the Federal Pell Grant program and each federal student loan program to Treasury; and
 
 programs under the jurisdiction of the Institute of Education Sciences or the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program to HHS.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Education Priority Enrollment Act

Bill: 114-hr-2282
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2015-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education
National Guard and reserves
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: 

Veterans Education Priority Enrollment Act

 
Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or a state approving agency from approving a program of education offered by an educational institution for purposes of an educational assistance program for veterans or members of the Selected Reserve or the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces unless any such institution that administers a priority enrollment system allows an eligible veteran, member, or dependent to enroll in courses at the earliest possible time.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2015-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2015-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2015-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2283
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2015-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: 

Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2015

 
 Amends the federal criminal code to require the licensing of ammunition dealers.
 
Prohibits any person except a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer from: (1) selling ammunition, with an exception for a sale of ammunition to a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer; or (2) engaging in the business of importing or manufacturing ammunition, or in the course of such business, from shipping, transporting, or receiving ammunition. Prohibits a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer from: (1) transferring ammunition to a person unless the licensee, in the physical presence of the person, has verified the person's identity by examining a valid identification document containing a photograph of such person; or (2) selling or delivering any ammunition (currently, any armor-piercing ammunition) to any person unless the licensee notes in his records the person's name, age, and place of residence, if the person is an individual, or the person's identity and principal and local places of business, if the person is a business entity.
 
Applies prohibitions applicable to the shipping or transport of firearms, and record-keeping requirements applicable to the importation, production, shipment, receipt, sale, or other disposition of firearms, to ammunition. 
 
Requires each licensee to: (1) prepare a report of multiple sales or other dispositions whenever the licensee sells or otherwise disposes of more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition to an unlicensed person at one time or during any five consecutive business days; and (2) forward such report to the specified office and to the department of state police, the state law enforcement agency, or the local law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction in which the sale took place by the close of business on the day the multiple sale occurs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Point Spencer Land Conveyance Act

Bill: 114-hr-2284
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Navigation, waterways, harbors

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: 

Point Spencer Land Conveyance Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey the surface and subsurface estates of Tracts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 as identified on the map titled &quot;Point Spencer Land Retention and Conveyance Map,&quot; dated January 2015, to the Bering Straits Native Corporation and tract 6 surface and subsurface estates to Alaska in accordance with specified terms.
 
The Port Coordination Advisory Council for the Port of Point Spencer is established.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Prioritizing Urgent Claims for Veterans Act

Bill: 114-hr-2286
Sponsor: Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aging
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 

Prioritizing Urgent Claims for Veterans Act

 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in processing veterans claims for compensation, to provide priority over other claimants to: (1) veterans who have attained age 70, (2) veterans who are terminally ill, and (3) veterans who have life-threatening illnesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
National Credit Union Administration Budget Transparency Act

Bill: 114-hr-2287
Sponsor: Rep. Mulvaney, Mick [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
National Credit Union Administration
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 

National Credit Union Administration Budget Transparency Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Credit Union Act to require the National Credit Union Administration Board, before the annual submission of its required detailed business-type budget, to: (1) print a draft of the budget in the Federal Register; (2) hold a public hearing to receive comments from the public on the draft; and (3) include in the required integral set of accounts statements in which the budget will address any of such comments. 

action_date: 2016-12-12
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

National Credit Union Administration Budget Transparency Act

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Federal Credit Union Act to require the National Credit Union Administration Board, before the annual submission of its required detailed business-type budget, to: (1) print a draft of the budget in the Federal Register, (2) hold a public hearing to receive comments from the public on the draft, and (3) include in the required integral set of accounts statements in which the budget will address any of such comments. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 678.
action_date: 2016-12-12
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 114-868.
action_date: 2016-12-12
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 114-868.
action_date: 2015-12-09
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 16.
action_date: 2015-12-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-12-08
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Volunteer Organization Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2290
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 

Volunteer Organization Protection Act of 2015

 
Amends the Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 to expand liability protections to volunteer nonprofit organizations for harm caused by an act or omission of a volunteer on behalf of the organization. 
 
Prohibits such liability protections from applying if the organization: (1) would be liable under laws governing the direct or vicarious liability of organizations, and (2) expressly authorized the specific conduct constituting the act or omission.
 
Bars such an organization from liability for harm caused by the organization, or a volunteer acting on its behalf, if the act or omission was at the request of, or pursuant to an authorization by, a state, the United States, or another governmental subdivision, provided that: (1) the requesting or authorizing governmental entity would have been immune either from suit or from liability in damages if it had engaged in the acts or omissions itself or through employees or independent contractors; or (2) the governmental employee, agent, or contractor would have been immune either from suit or from liability in damages by virtue of immunity extended to individual governmental actors. 
 
Prohibits punitive damages from being awarded against a volunteer nonprofit organization for the actions of a volunteer within the scope of the volunteer's responsibilities to the organization unless the claimant establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the organization itself expressly authorized the volunteer's action with a conscious, flagrant indifference to the rights or safety of the individual harmed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Rural Veterans Travel Enhancement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2291
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Health care coverage and access
Mental health
Rural conditions and development
Transportation costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 

Rural Veterans Travel Enhancement Act of 2015

 
Makes permanent the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to transport individuals to and from VA facilities in connection with vocational rehabilitation, counseling, examination, treatment, or care.
 
Treats Vet Centers (centers for readjustment counseling and related mental health services for veterans) as VA facilities for purposes of providing payment of actual expenses of travel or allowance for travel to or from a VA facility.
 
Amends the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 to reauthorize through FY2020 a grant program to provide innovative transportation options to veterans in highly rural areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2292
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 

Preserving Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act of 2015 

 
 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study whether there should be an increase in the prospective payment rate for inpatient rehabilitation services that would otherwise be made to a rehabilitation innovation center to cover additional costs incurred in: (1) furnishing items and services to individuals conducting research, and (2) providing medical training.
 
Requires the study also to specify the amount of such an increase if the Secretary determines that it is recommended. 
 
Directs the Secretary also to study the access by individuals to rehabilitation care in rural communities in states where there is no rehabilitation innovation center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act

Bill: 114-hr-2293
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Digital media
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Photography and imaging
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 

Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act

 
Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit intentionally engaging in animal crushing in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States. (Current law prohibits knowingly creating or distributing an animal crush video.) Adds exceptions for conduct that is for predator or pest control, medical or scientific research, or necessary to protect the life or property of a person from a serious threat caused by an animal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House