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M-CORE Act

Bill: 114-hr-2571
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2015-05-22 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: 

Millennium Compacts for Regional Economic Integration Act or the M-CORE Act

 
This bill amends the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to establish beginning with FY2013 new assistance criteria for a low-income or a lower middle income candidate country eligible to enter into a Millennium Challenge Compact with the United States. Such a country must: 
 
 
 have a per capita income equal to or less than the lower middle income country threshold established by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for the fiscal year; 
 
 be among the 75 countries identified by the Bank as having the lowest per capita income; and 
 
not be ineligible to receive U.S. economic assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
 
 
Reclassification limits are set forth as follows: 
 
 
if the per capita income of a low-income candidate country changes during the fiscal year so that it would be reclassified as a lower middle income country, it shall be deemed to continue to meet the per capita income requirements for that fiscal year and the two subsequent fiscal years; and 
 
 if the per capita income of a lower middle income candidate country changes during the fiscal year so that it would be reclassified as a low-income country, it shall be deemed to continue to meet the per capita income requirements for that fiscal year and the two subsequent fiscal years.
 
 
An eligible country that has entered into and has in effect a Millennium Challenge Compact may enter into and have in effect at the same time not more than one additional Compact if: 
 
 
one or both of the Compacts are or will be for purposes of regional economic integration, increased regional trade, or cross-border collaborations; and 
 
 the country is making considerable and demonstrable progress in implementing the terms of the existing Compact. 
 
 
Congressional and public notification and disclosure provisions are revised.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Wounded Warrior Tax Equity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2572
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2015-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Military medicine
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: 

Wounded Warrior Tax Equity Act of 2015

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prevent any suspension of the tax collection period after assessment for taxpayers who are members of the Armed Forces due to a continuous hospitalization for combat zone injuries or the next 180 days after such hospitalization. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones and markers for the graves of dependents of veterans buried in county, private, or other cemeteries.

Bill: 114-hr-2573
Sponsor: Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2015-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: 
This bill directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones and markers for the graves of spouses and dependents of veterans buried in any cemetery in the United States if the spouses and dependents died on or after November 11, 1998.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 to stop a scheduled increase in the minimum wage applicable to American Samoa and to provide that any future increases in such minimum wage shall be determined by the government of American Samoa.

Bill: 114-hr-2574
Sponsor: Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: American Samoa
Labor standards
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-26
text: 
This Act amends the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 to make the applicable minimum wage rate for each American Samoa industry and classification the one in effect on May 1, 2015.
 
Scheduled increases to such minimum wage are repealed.
 
The government of American Samoa shall determine the amount and time of such future increases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2015-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 to postpone a scheduled increase in the minimum wage applicable to American Samoa.

Bill: 114-hr-2575
Sponsor: Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: American Samoa
Labor standards
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-26
text: 
This Act amends the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 to extend through 2016 the postponement of the scheduled increase in the applicable minimum wage rate for each American Samoa industry and classification, pending the Government Accountability Office's triennial report on the impact of these past and future minimum wage increases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2015-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2584
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2015-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: 

Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2015 

 
 Expands the federal prohibition against state taxation of interstate commerce to: (1) include taxation of out-of-state transactions involving all forms of property, including intangible personal property and services (currently, only sales of tangible personal property are protected); and (2) prohibit state taxation of an out-of-state entity unless such entity has a physical presence in the taxing state. Sets forth criteria for: (1) determining that a person has a physical presence in a state, and (2) the computation of the tax liability of affiliated businesses operating in a state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 7.
action_date: 2015-06-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-06-16
text: Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law Discharged.
action_date: 2015-06-02
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Sanchez-Young Social Security Disability Insurance for the Terminally Ill Act

Bill: 114-hr-2585
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2015-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability assistance
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: 

Sanchez-Young Social Security Disability Insurance for the Terminally Ill Act 

 
 This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the waiting period for disability insurance benefits for terminally ill individuals with a life expectancy of 12 months or less, as determined by a primary care provider, medical specialist, or other qualified provider, or who would otherwise suffer undue hardship by application of a waiting period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Export Coordination Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2586
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2015-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: 

Export Coordination Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to revise the duties of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC).
 
Requires the TPCC to: 
 
 
 identify opportunities to consolidate or co-locate offices of federal agencies involved in export promotion and export financing activities; 
 
 assess the use and coordination of electronic databases among federal agencies in support of such activities; and 
 
 provide a detailed listing of current and future federal and state-led trade missions, trade fairs, and related activities to ensure better delivery of services to U.S. businesses.
 
 
Requires the Secretary of Commerce to make available information on federal and state-led trade missions, trade fairs, and related activities on the Export.gov website.
 
Requires the governmentwide strategic plan for federal trade promotion efforts to: 
 
 
 clearly identify and explain the role, goals, and objectives of each TPCC member agency with respect its export promotion and export financing activities; 
 
 include the recommendations of the Comptroller General relating to coordination of the TPCC and member agencies; and 
 
 reflect the recommendations of the U.S. Travel Association (currently, U.S. National Tourism Organization) to the degree considered appropriate by the TPCC.
 
 
Directs the TPCC to establish a working group to advise it on matters relating to state trade promotion.
 
Revises membership of the TPCC to include representatives from the Millennium Challenge Corporation, as well as one ex officio, nonvoting presidential appointee representing a state trade promotion agency and who is a member of the working group.
 
Requires the Inspector General of the Department of Commerce to report biennially to Congress on the extent to which the TPCC is successfully carrying out its duties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Introduced in House
State Trade Coordination Act

Bill: 114-hr-2587
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2015-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
Intergovernmental relations
Performance measurement
Small business
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: 

State Trade Coordination Act

 
 Amends the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to revise membership of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC) to include one or more presidential appointees representing state trade promotion agencies.
 
Directs the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the TPCC and in coordination with representatives of state trade promotion agencies, to develop a plan to integrate resources and strategies of state trade promotion agencies into the overall federal trade promotion program.
 
Directs the Secretary, acting through the head of the U.S. Commercial Service, to develop an annual federal-state export strategy for goods and services for each state that submits to the Secretary its export strategy for the upcoming year.
 
Directs the Secretary, in coordination with representatives of state trade promotion agencies, to develop a framework to share export success information, and develop a coordinated set of reporting metrics.
 
Revises the strategic plan for federal trade promotion efforts to include an annual survey and analysis of the overall effectiveness of federal-state coordination and export promotion goals, as well as best practices, recommendations to better assist small businesses, and other relevant matters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Better Agriculture Resources Now Act

Bill: 114-hr-2588
Sponsor: Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12]
Introduced: 2015-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Department of Agriculture
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Labor
Foreign labor
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Housing finance and home ownership
Immigration status and procedures
Lawyers and legal services
Livestock
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Temporary and part-time employment
Visas and passports
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: 

Better Agriculture Resources Now Act or the BARN Act

 
Revises the H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural worker visa program, including with respect to: (1) agricultural labor and services, (2) application requirements, (3) wages, (4) period of authorized nonimmigrant status, (5) housing, (6) legal assistance, and (7) violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Young Farmer Success Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2590
Sponsor: Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2015-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Higher education
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: 

Young Farmer Success Act of 2015 

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include a full-time job as an employee or manager of a qualified farm or ranch within the definition of "public service job" for purposes of the public service employee loan forgiveness program. 
 
A "qualified farm or ranch" earns, from the sale of agricultural products, gross revenue of at least $35,000 in 2015, adjusted annually for inflation in subsequent years. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2591
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2015-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government trust funds
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: 

Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish in the Treasury the Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund; (2) allow individual taxpayers to designate on their tax returns a specified portion (not less than $1) of any overpayment of tax, and to make a contribution of an additional amount, to be paid over to such Fund to provide services to homeless veterans; and (3) require the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Labor, and Housing and Urban Development, each year beginning with the President's annual budget submission for FY2017, to include a description of the use of funds from the Fund in the previous fiscal year and the proposed use of such funds for the next fiscal year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2015-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to publish on the website of the Commission documents to be voted on by the Commission.

Bill: 114-hr-2592
Sponsor: Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2015-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: 
Prohibits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from adopting orders, decisions, reports, or actions by vote of the FCC unless the chairman causes the text to be published on the FCC's website not later than: (1) 24 hours after such text is circulated for review by the commissioners, or (2) 21 days before the vote. 
 
Exempts from such text publication requirements a portion of a document likely to lead to the disclosure of certain classified national defense or foreign policy matters, internal personnel practices, trade secrets, personal information, investigatory records for law enforcement, or other deliberation information exempt from disclosure under federal administrative procedure laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 30 - 22.
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-26
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-25
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require identification and description on the website of the Federal Communications Commission of items to be decided on authority delegated by the Commission.

Bill: 114-hr-2593
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2015-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: 
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require identification and description on the website of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of items to be decided by commissioner panels, employee boards, or individual commissioners or employees to whom the FCC has delegated its functions, unless the publication is likely to lead to the disclosure of certain classified national defense or foreign policy matters, internal personnel practices, trade secrets, personal information, investigatory records for law enforcement, or other deliberation information exempt from disclosure under federal administrative procedure laws.
 
Requires such identification and description to be published on the FCC website at least 48 hours before an order, decision, report, or action is made or taken pursuant to such a delegation of authority by the FCC.
 
Makes this Act inapplicable to a decision that: (1) does not receive a delegated authority number, (2) is delegated to an administrative law judge, or (3) is taken to address an immediate threat to health or safety that constitutes an emergency requiring an expedited response from the FCC.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-26
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-25
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Survivor Benefit Clarification Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2594
Sponsor: Rep. MacArthur, Thomas [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2015-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Government lending and loan guarantees
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: 

Disaster Survivor Benefit Clarification Act of 2015

 
Expresses the sense of Congress that disaster loans made by the Small Business Administration (SBA) that carry interest and must be repaid should not be considered the same type of benefit as a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for purposes of calculating duplication of benefits under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.
 
Amends the Stafford Act to provide that an SBA disaster loan made on or after January 1, 2012, shall not be considered financial assistance for purposes of the prohibition on receiving duplicative disaster assistance if: (1) such loan has been repaid in full; or (2) the borrower is making the required payments on time. Deems the borrower of any such loan made by the date of this Act's enactment for which the borrower was not making the required payments on time to be compliant with this Act if, within 60 days, the borrower becomes current on the loan payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Introduced in House