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Wounded Warrior Research Enhancement Act

Bill: 114-s-1022
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2015-04-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aging
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Materials
Medical research
Military medicine
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: 

Wounded Warrior Research Enhancement Act

 
This bill directs the Secretary of Defense to award research grants for: 
 
 
actions that can be taken to prevent amputation of limbs, 
 
the most effective point for orthotic and prosthetic intervention during patient treatment,
 
orthotic interventions that are most effective in treating the physical effects of traumatic brain injury, 
 
patients that benefit most from particular orthotic and prosthetic technologies, 
 
orthotic and prosthetic services that best facilitate the return to active duty of members of the Armed Forces, and 
 
the effect of aging on the use of prosthetics.
 
 
The Secretary shall award research grants for the improvement of existing, and development of new, materials and technology used in orthotics and prosthetics.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2303-2304)
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide a refundable credit for costs associated with Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations.

Bill: 114-s-1023
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2015-04-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Computer security and identity theft
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit for qualified cybersecurity information sharing organization costs (defined as the sum of dues for membership in the organization, personnel participation costs, product and service costs directly related to the sharing of information with the oganization, and other amounts [not including amounts for travel] relating to participation in activities of the organization).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Student Testing Improvement and Accountability Act

Bill: 114-s-1025
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2015-04-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Elementary and secondary education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: 

Student Testing Improvement and Accountability Act

 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to eliminate the requirement that students be tested against state academic content and achievement standards in mathematics and reading or language arts in each of grades three through eight. 
 
Requires, instead, that those tests be administered at least once during: (1) grades 3 through 5, (2) grades 6 through 9, and (3) grades 10 through 12.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Introduced in Senate
North American Alternative Fuels Act

Bill: 114-s-1026
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2015-04-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Motor fuels
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: 

North American Alternative Fuels Act

 
This bill amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to repeal a requirement that the greenhouse gas emissions from any alternative or synthetic fuel procured by a federal agency for mobility-related uses be less than or equal to greenhouse gas emissions from an equivalent conventional fuel from conventional petroleum sources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Ensuring a Better Response for Victims of Child Sex Trafficking

Bill: 114-s-1028
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2015-04-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Domestic violence and child abuse
Human trafficking
Sex offenses
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: 

Ensuring a Better Response for Victims of Child Sex Trafficking

 
This bill amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require a state plan for its child protective services system to include a certified assurance that the state has in effect and is enforcing a law requiring: (1) identification and assessment of all reports involving children known or suspected to be victims of sex trafficking; and (2) training child protective services workers about identifying, assessing, and providing comprehensive services for children who are sex trafficking victims. 
 
Each state receiving a grant must work with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make an annual data report that includes the number of children determined to be victims of sex trafficking.
 
A child is considered to be a victim of "child abuse and neglect" and of "sexual abuse" if the child is identified by a state or local agency employee as being a victim of sex trafficking or a victim of severe forms of trafficking in persons.
 
A state is given the option to define "child" under such Act as a person who has not attained age 24. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing a final rule amending the efficiency standards for residential non-weatherized gas furnaces or mobile home furnaces until an analysis has been completed, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-s-1029
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2015-04-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Energy
Energy efficiency and conservation
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: 
This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit the Department of Energy (DOE) from prescribing a final rule amending the efficiency standards for residential non-weatherized gas furnaces or mobile home furnaces until each of the following has occurred: 
 
 
DOE convenes a representative advisory group of interested stakeholders,
 
the advisory group completes an analysis of a nationwide requirement of a condensing furnace efficiency standard,
 
the advisory group determines whether that standard is technically feasible and economically justified, and 
 
the determination is published in the Federal Register. 
 
 
If the advisory group determines that the standard is not technically feasible and economically justified, DOE must establish amended standards through the negotiated rulemaking procedure provided for under the Negotiated Rulemaking Act of 1990.
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-30
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Aaron's Law Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1030
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2015-04-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: 

Aaron's Law Act of 2015

 
 Amends provisions of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) prohibiting computer fraud to replace the phrase &quot;exceeds authorized access&quot; with &quot;access without authorization,&quot; which is defined as obtaining information on a protected computer that the accesser lacks authorization to obtain by knowingly circumventing one or more technological or physical measures that are designed to exclude or prevent unauthorized individuals from obtaining that information.
 
Modifies CFAA penalty provisions to: (1) limit the imposition of enhanced penalties to subsequent offenses under such Act (currently, additional penalties are allowed if there is a conviction for another offense) and to criminal acts punishable under federal or state law by a term of imprisonment for more than one year; and (2) require the determination of the value of information for enhanced penalty purposes to be made by reference to fair market value.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure:CR S2304; text of measure as introduced: CR S2304-2305)
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Introduced in Senate
WIOA Technical Amendments Act

Bill: 114-s-1031
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2015-04-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
National Council on Disability
Performance measurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: 

WIOA Technical Amendments Act

 
This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) to revise requirements for local workforce development area boards involved in statewide workforce investment activities as well as youth, adult, and dislocated worker employment and training activities.
 
A state may use as an alternative workforce development board only a local entity (including a local council, regional workforce development board, or similar entity) that was in existence the day before enactment of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. Currently such an alternative local entity is eligible for designation as a local workforce development board if it has been in existence as late as the day before the enactment of the WIOA on July 22, 2014.
 
Certain technical amendments are made to performance accountability requirements for statewide and local workforce investment programs.
 
The Department of Labor shall ensure that states receive an allotment for a fiscal year for adult employment and training activities and for dislocated worker employment and training activities and statewide workforce investment activities equal to at least 90% of the state's allotment for the preceding fiscal year.
 
This bill amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 with respect to the terms of service requirements for members of the National Council on Disability, making them (unchanged in detail) effective only as of July 21, 2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1033
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2015-04-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Alternative and renewable resources
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
General energy matters
Government buildings, facilities, and property
International organizations and cooperation
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: 

Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2015

 
 This bill amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to direct the President to establish once every four years the Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force to coordinate the Quadrennial Energy Review.
 
Each Review must: (1) establish integrated, governmentwide national energy objectives in the context of economic, environmental, and security priorities; and (2) consider reasonable estimates of future federal budgetary resources when making recommendations.
 
 The President's report to Congress on the Review must address an integrated view of short-, intermediate-, and long-term objectives for federal energy policy.
 
The Secretary of Energy shall give each Review necessary analytical, financial, and administrative support as requested by the cochairpersons
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Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "Charles Clark United States Courthouse".

Bill: 114-s-1034
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2015-04-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Mississippi

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: 
Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the &quot;Charles Clark United States Courthouse.&quot;

action_date: 2015-05-04
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "Charles Clark United States Courthouse."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-04
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 66.
action_date: 2015-05-04
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2015-05-04
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend authority relating to roving surveillance, access to business records, and individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-s-1035
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2015-04-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Business records
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: 
Amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to extend until December 31, 2020, expiring provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) concerning: (1) FISA court orders approving roving electronic surveillance, (2) requests for FISA court orders that allow the government to require the production of business records and other tangible things for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations, and (3) a revised definition of &quot;agent of a foreign power&quot; that allows surveillance of individual non-U.S. persons who engage in international terrorism or preparatory activities (commonly referred to as the &quot;lone wolf&quot; provision). (Currently, such provisions are scheduled to expire on June 1, 2015.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 60.
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2305)
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Sage-Grouse Protection and Conservation Act

Bill: 114-s-1036
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2015-04-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Birds
California
Colorado
Endangered and threatened species
Fires
Idaho
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Montana
Nevada
North Dakota
Oregon
South Dakota
State and local government operations
Utah
Washington State
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: 

Sage-Grouse Protection and Conservation Act

 
This bill addresses the management of the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and the Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) in California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
 
If the Department of Agriculture (USDA) or the Department of the Interior receives, or has already received, from one of those states a statewide conservation and management plan for the protection and recovery of those sage-grouse species, the appropriate department must take steps during the next six years to: (1) allow for appropriate monitoring and collection of data, and (2) assess the state plan's success.
 
The appropriate department must: (1) share data with states and assist them in developing and implementing plans; (2) require states that opt to have plans in lieu of federal endangered species plans to monitor and report on relevant data, including population trends; (3) use statewide plans as the basis for all relevant determinations under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; and (4) stay any land use planning activities relating to federal management of sage-grouse species on public land or National Forest System land within those states that have plans.
 
The appropriate department may extend the provisions of the bill for six more years with the consent of the relevant state.
 
Interior must fully implement for at least six years Secretarial Order 3336 to prevent and suppress rangeland fire and restore sagebrush landscapes impacted by fire across the Western United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-06
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to expand the provisions for termination of mandatory purchase requirements under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.

Bill: 114-s-1037
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2015-04-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Public utilities and utility rates
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: 
This bill amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to declare that no electric utility shall be required to enter into a new contract or obligation to purchase electric energy from a qualifying cogeneration facility or a qualifying small power production facility if the state regulatory agency having ratemaking authority over the utility has determined that the utility has no need to acquire additional generation resources in order to meet its obligation to serve customers in the public interest. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Energy Star Program Integrity Act

Bill: 114-s-1038
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2015-04-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: 

Energy Star Program Integrity Act 

 
This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to revise the Energy Star program to prohibit a disclosure relating to participation of a product in the program from creating a warranty or giving rise to private claims or rights of action relating to disqualification of the product from Energy Star if: (1) the product has been certified by a certification body recognized by the program, (2) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved corrective measures, and (3) the responsible party has fully complied with all such measures.
 
The bill may not be construed to require the EPA to modify any procedure or take any other action. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-30
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require certain agencies to conduct assessments of data centers and develop data center consolidation and optimization plans to achieve energy cost savings.

Bill: 114-s-1039
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2015-04-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Energy efficiency and conservation
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: 
Requires the Department of Energy (DOE), assisted by its chief information officer, to submit each year, beginning in FY2015 through FY2019, to the Office of E-Government and Information Technology of the Office of Management and Budget: (1) a comprehensive asset inventory of the data centers owned, operated, or maintained by or on behalf of DOE; and (2) an updated consolidation plan for such data centers. Requires the DOE Inspector General to issue a public report evaluating the completeness of the DOE asset inventory. 
 
Requires the Office of E-Government and Information Technology to: (1) establish the deadline, on an annual basis, for agencies to submit information required by this Act; (2) develop and publish a goal for the total amount of planned cost savings through the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative during a five-year period and report on the actual savings achieved through the Initiative; and (3) report to Congress on DOE data center cost savings. Directs the Government Accountability Office to publish an annual report on DOE asset inventory and consolidation plans and DOE's implementation of such plans.
 
Requires DOE to migrate to cloud computing in a manner consistent with federal guidelines on cloud computing security, including applicable provisions in the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program of the General Services Administration and guidance published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
 
Authorizes the Director of National Intelligence to waive requirements of this Act for any element of the intelligence community. 
 
Repeals this Act effective on October 1, 2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-30
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in Senate