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Audit the Pentagon Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-942
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2015-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: 

Audit the Pentagon Act of 2015 

 
This bill reduces discretionary spending by 0.5% for federal agencies that have either not submitted a financial statement for a fiscal year or have submitted a financial statement that has not received an unqualified or a qualified audit opinion by an independent external auditor.
 
The bill excludes specified Department of Defense (DOD) accounts for personnel and the Defense Health Program from the reductions.
 
The President may waive the reductions for any account by certifying that the cuts would harm national security or members of the Armed Forces who are in combat. 
 
The bill establishes reporting requirements for the Office of Management and Budget and DOD. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Employer Relief Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-943
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2015-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Medicare
Personnel records

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: 

Medicare Employer Relief Act of 2015 

 
 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to Medicare as secondary payer to repeal requirements for identification of secondary payer situations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-12
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: 2015-02-12
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: 2015-02-12
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: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
State Mineral Revenue Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-945
Sponsor: Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy revenues and royalties
Intergovernmental relations
Mining
Oil and gas
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: 

State Mineral Revenue Protection Act

 
 Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior, on the request of a state (other than Alaska) and in lieu of any payments to the state under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (FOGRMA), to convey to the state all right, title, and interest in and to the percentage specified in the FOGRMA for that state of all amounts otherwise required to be paid into the Treasury from sales, bonuses, royalties (including interest charges), and rentals for all public land or deposits located in the state. (Current law requires payment to a state of 50% of all money derived from such sales, bonuses, royalties, and rentals.)
 
Requires any person, after a conveyance under this Act, to pay directly to the state any amount the person owes for which the right, title, and interest has been conveyed to the state.
 
Requires the Secretary to provide prompt notice of any such conveyance, and the duty to make direct payments to the state involved, to each holder of a lease of public land to which this Act applies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Commuter Rail Passenger Safety Act

Bill: 114-hr-946
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2015-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Government lending and loan guarantees
Railroads
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: 

Commuter Rail Passenger Safety Act 

 
 Amends the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to make the installing of positive train control systems eligible for railroad rehabilitation and improvement direct loans and loan guarantees. 
 
Extends the railroad safety technology grants program for FY2016-FY2020.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Fire-Damaged Home Rebuilding Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-947
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2015-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Disaster relief and insurance
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Land use and conservation
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: 

Fire-Damaged Home Rebuilding Act of 2015

 
 Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to allow local variances for certain residential structures substantially damaged by a fire or other disaster, not including a flood, in a covered area having special flood hazards.
 
Permits state or local authorities, upon making certain determinations, to grant a variance from compliance with certain mandatory adequate land use and control measures to allow repair and restoration of an eligible structure to its pre-damaged condition without elevation of the structure.
 
Includes among such determinations that: (1) the repaired and restored structure will be located on the same site as it was before being substantially damaged, and (2) the number of floors of the restored structure will not exceed the number of floors of the original structure. 
 
Restricts the maximum number of such variances to 10 for a covered area during any calendar year. 
Prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency from either: (1) finding that land use and control measures are inadequate or inconsistent with the comprehensive criteria for land management and use because they permit granting the variances identified under this Act; or (2) suspending an area or subdivision from participation in the national flood insurance program, or placing it on probation, because its land use and control measures provide for such variances. 
Prohibits the chargeable flood insurance premium rate for a residential structure granted a variance under this Act from being lower than the rate that otherwise would apply if such structure had not been substantially damaged by a fire or other disaster (except a flood) and repaired and restored pursuant to the variance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center Act

Bill: 114-hr-949
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2015-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Social Sciences and History
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Archaeology and anthropology
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Land transfers
Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
New York City
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: 

African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center Act

 
 Establishes the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center at the African Burial Ground National Monument in New York, New York. 
 
Directs the National Park Service to: (1) acquire for the Museum property that is located adjacent to the National Monument or in any other area of the African Burial Ground National Historic Landmark in the city other than the location adjacent to the Monument, and (2) construct the Museum on the acquired property. 
 
Establishes within the Department of the Interior the African Burial Ground Advisory Council to: (1) make recommendations on the construction of the Museum, and (2) advise and assist Interior on all matters relating to the operation and preservation of the Museum.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Prohibiting Automated Traffic Enforcement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-950
Sponsor: Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2015-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Photography and imaging
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: 

Prohibiting Automated Traffic Enforcement Act of 2015

 
This bill prohibits a state or local government authority from using an automated traffic enforcement system for law enforcement purposes, except in a school zone or construction zone.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
State Sovereignty in Voting Act

Bill: 114-hr-951
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2015-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Intergovernmental relations
Postal service
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: 

State Sovereignty in Voting Act

 
 Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to permit a state to require an applicant for voter registration who uses the federal mail voter registration application form developed by the Election Assistance Commission to provide documentary evidence of citizenship as a condition of the state's acceptance of the form.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Put a Registered Nurse in the Nursing Home Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-952
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2015-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: 

Put a Registered Nurse in the Nursing Home Act of 2015

 
Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act with respect to coverage of nursing care services in skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities, respectively, to revise the standards for 24-hour licensed nursing service care which a professional registered nurse is required to provide at least eight consecutive hours a day, seven days a week.
 
Requires such facilities, instead, to use the services of at least one registered professional nurse to provide assessment, surveillance, and direct care to residents 24 hours a day, seven days a week.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-12
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: 2015-02-12
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: 2015-02-12
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: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
To authorize assistance and sustainment to the military and national security forces of Ukraine.

Bill: 114-hr-955
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2015-02-12 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Europe
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military education and training
Russia
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: 
This bill authorizes the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide assistance (including training, equipment, lethal weapons of a defensive nature, logistics support, supplies, and services) to the military and national security forces of Ukraine through September 30, 2017, to help Ukraine: (1) secure its sovereign territory against foreign aggressors, (2) protect the Ukrainian people from attacks posed by Russian-backed separatists, and (3) promote the conditions for a negotiated settlement to end the conflict. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Military Track Register and Alert Communities Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-956
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2015-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Military law
Military personnel and dependents
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: 

 

Military Track Register and Alert Communities Act of 2015 or the Military TRAC Act 

 
Amends the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 to require the Department of Defense to maintain a sex offender registry of individuals convicted of certain sex offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice or of other military offenses appropriate for sex offender registration purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
CFPB-IG Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-957
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2015-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: 

Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection-Inspector General Reform Act of 2015 or the CFPB-IG Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to repeal the authority of the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to appoint the Inspector General of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). 

Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to create an Inspector General for the CFPB.
 
Requires the President, within 60 days after enactment of this Act, to appoint a CFPB Inspector General. 

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.)
 

Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection-Inspector General Reform Act of 2015 or the CFPB-IG Act of 2015

 
 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to repeal the authority of the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to appoint the Inspector General of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). 
 
(Sec. 3) The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is amended to create an Inspector General for the CFPB.
 
Within 60 days after enactment of this bill, the President must appoint a CFPB Inspector General. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-12
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 114-865, Part I.
action_date: 2016-12-12
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 114-865, Part I.
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 56 - 3.
action_date: 2015-09-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Clyde Kennard Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 114-hr-958
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
Introduced: 2015-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Minority education
Mississippi
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: 

Clyde Kennard Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
 Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of Clyde Kennard in recognition of his sacrifice for education equality.
 
Requires the medal, following its presentation, to be awarded to the Mississippi State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to be available for display or temporary loan for display elsewhere.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Introduced in House