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Cuba DATA Act

Bill: 114-hr-3055
Sponsor: Rep. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-07-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Cuba
Economic development
Human rights
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Latin America
Sanctions
Telephone and wireless communication
Trade restrictions
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: 

Cuba Digital and Telecommunications Advancement Act of 2015 or the Cuba DATA Act

 
This bill authorizes the President to permit any person subject to U.S. jurisdiction to: 
 
 
export consumer communication devices and other telecommunications equipment to Cuba; 
 
provide telecommunications services involving Cuba or persons in Cuba; 
 
establish facilities to provide telecommunications services connecting Cuba with another country, or to provide telecommunications services in Cuba; 
 
conduct any transaction incident to carrying out such activities; and 
 
enter into, perform, and make and receive payments under a contract with any individual or entity in Cuba regarding the provision of telecommunications services involving Cuba or persons in Cuba.
 
 
Repeals or amends specified requirements and prohibitions of: (1) the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992, and (2) the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2015-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2015-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in House
EAT for Health Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3057
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2015-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical education
Nursing
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: 

Education and Training for Health Act of 2015 or the EAT for Health Act of 2015

 
 Directs the Department of Health and Human Services to issue guidelines to federal agencies for developing procedures and requirements to ensure that every primary care health professional employed full-time for such agencies have continuing education courses relating to nutrition. Requires each agency to report to Congress annually on the extent to which it has adopted and encouraged such guidelines for such primary care professionals it employed during any portion of the previous year.
 
Requires such courses to: (1) include content on the role of nutrition in the prevention, management, and reversal of obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or cancer; and (2) meet requirements for Continuing Medical Education or Continuing Education by medical or nurse practitioner professional organizations or certified accrediting bodies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Innovators Job Creation Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3058
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2015-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Income tax credits
Research and development
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: 

Innovators Job Creation Act of 2015

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a qualified small business to elect to use a portion of its tax credit for increasing research expenditures as an offset against its payroll tax liability under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act. 
 
Defines "qualified small business" as a corporation, a partnership, or a person other than a tax-exempt organization that had gross receipts of less than $5 million for the taxable year and that did not have gross receipts for any period preceding the five-taxable-year period ending with such taxable year. 
 
Limits: (1) the number of years a taxpayer may elect to offset payroll taxes under this Act to five, and (2) the annual amount of such offset to $250,000.
 
Allows an offset of research tax credit amounts against alternative minimum tax liability. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3060
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2015-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Crime prevention
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Domestic violence and child abuse
Educational facilities and institutions
Mental health
Outdoor recreation
Personnel records
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: 

Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2015 

 
 This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to require each covered program to prohibit child abuse and neglect and meet specified minimum standards. 
 
A "covered program" is a facility of a program operated by a public or private entity that, with respect to one or more children who are unrelated to the program owner or operator, purports to provide treatment or modify behaviors in a residential environment. 
 
HHS shall: (1) implement a review process for overseeing, investigating, and evaluating reports of child abuse and neglect; and (2) establish a process to assist states in the oversight and enforcement of this Act.
 
HHS must refer any violation of such standards to the Attorney General, who shall file a complaint on his or her own initiative regardless of whether such a referral has been made.
 
The bill amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to establish additional eligibility requirements for grants to states to prevent child abuse and neglect at residential programs. States receiving grants must develop policies and procedures to prevent child abuse and neglect at covered programs, including standards that meet or exceed the standards required under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3061
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Inflation and prices
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: 

Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2015

 
 Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate with pharmaceutical manufacturers the prices that may be charged to Medicare part D prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsors and MedicareAdvantage (MA) organizations for covered part D drugs for part D eligible individuals who are enrolled under a PDP or under an MA-Prescription Drug plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in House
HOT-R Act

Bill: 114-hr-3063
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Appropriations
Budget process
General Native American affairs matters
Housing and community development funding
Indian social and development programs
Law enforcement administration and funding
Minority education
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: 

Honoring Our Trust Relationships Act of 2015 or the HOT-R Act 

 
This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt specified American Indian and Alaska Native programs administered by the Departments of the Interior, Education, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, and Health and Human Services from sequestration. Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3066
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2015-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Community life and organization
Disaster relief and insurance
Religion
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: 

Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include community centers, including tax-exempt houses of worship, as &quot;private nonprofit facilities&quot; for purposes of disaster relief and emergency assistance eligibility under such Act.
 
Makes a church, synagogue, mosque, temple, or other house of worship, and a private nonprofit facility operated by a religious organization, eligible for federal contributions for the repair, restoration, and replacement of facilities damaged or destroyed by a major disaster, without regard to the religious character of the facility or the primary religious use of the facility.
 
Makes this Act applicable to the provision of assistance in response to a major disaster or emergency declared on or after October 28, 2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1071-1072)
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Child Sexual Abuse Awareness and Prevention Act

Bill: 114-hr-3067
Sponsor: Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2015-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Domestic violence and child abuse
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Mental health
Preschool education
School administration
Sex offenses
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: 

Child Sexual Abuse Awareness and Prevention Act

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to: (1) authorize the use of grants to local educational agencies for carrying out child sexual abuse awareness and prevention programs and activities, (2) establish periodic evaluation requirements for such grant programs and activities, and (3) establish principles of effectiveness applicable to these grant programs and activities as well as to those aimed at reducing the impact of domestic violence on schoolchildren.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5177-5178)
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Restore Honor to Service Members Act

Bill: 114-hr-3068
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2015-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Defense
Evidence and witnesses
Government information and archives
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
Personnel records
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: 

Restore Honor to Service Members Act

 
Requires appropriate military record correction boards or discharge review boards to review the discharge characterization of any former members of the Armed Forces requesting a review who were discharged because of their sexual orientation. Permits such boards to change a characterization to honorable if such characterization is any characterization except honorable.
 
Directs the Department of Defense to ensure that any such changes are carried out consistently and uniformly across the military departments using specified criteria, including that: (1) the original discharge was based on the policy of Don't Ask Don't Tell (as in effect before it was repealed pursuant to the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010) or a similar earlier policy; and (2) the discharge characterization will be changed if, with respect to the original discharge, there were no aggravating circumstances, such as misconduct, that would have independently led to any discharge characterization except honorable.
 
Prohibits "aggravating circumstances" from including: (1) an offense of sodomy committed by the member against a consenting person of the same sex; or (2) statements, consensual sexual conduct, or consensual acts relating to sexual orientation or identity, or the disclosure of such statements, conduct, or acts, that were prohibited at the time of discharge but that became permitted after such discharge.
 
Directs the Secretary of each military department to ensure that oral historians of the department: (1) review discharges between World War II and September 2011 based on sexual orientation, and (2) receive oral testimony of individuals who personally experienced discrimination and discharge because of actual or perceived sexual orientation so that such testimony may serve as an official record of such discriminatory policies and their impact on American lives.
 
Requires the reissuance of specified military personnel records and discharge forms in a manner that shall not reflect the sexual orientation of the member. 
 
Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to remove from the offense of sodomy specified activity referred to as unnatural carnal copulation with another person of the same or opposite sex.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Notario Victim Relief Act

Bill: 114-hr-3069
Sponsor: Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
Introduced: 2015-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Evidence and witnesses
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Immigration status and procedures
Lawyers and legal services

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: 

Notario Victim Relief Act

 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the time limit on the filing of a motion to reopen a removal proceeding if the basis of the motion is fraud, negligence, misrepresentation, or extortion by, or the attempted, promised, or actual practice of law without authorization on the part of, a representative.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Introduced in House
To remove the authority of the Secretary of Energy to amend or issue new energy efficiency standards for ceiling fans.

Bill: 114-hr-3072
Sponsor: Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2015-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Energy
Energy efficiency and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: 
This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to eliminate the Department of Energy's authority to: (1) amend energy efficiency standards for ceiling fan light kits, and (2) issue energy efficiency or energy use standards for electricity used by ceiling fans to circulate air in a room.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Introduced in House
SAFE Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3073
Sponsor: Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4]
Introduced: 2015-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: 

Sanctuary City All Funding Elimination Act of 2015 or the SAFE Act of 2015

 
This bill prohibits a state or local government from receiving federal financial assistance if it restricts or prohibits a government entity or official from: (1) sending to or receiving from the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding an individual's citizenship or immigration status, or (2) maintaining or exchanging information about an individual's status.
 
 The prohibition shall be lifted when a state or local government submits a comprehensive plan to no longer restrict or prohibit such actions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Introduced in House
CPI for Seniors Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3074
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2015-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Inflation and prices
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: 

CPI for Seniors Act of 2015 

 
 This bill directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish a monthly index, to be known as the Consumer Price Index for Seniors, that indicates monthly changes in expenditures for consumption that are typical for individuals in the United States who are 62 years of age or older. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Countering Violent Extremism Grant Program Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3075
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2015-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: 

Countering Violent Extremism Grant Program Act of 2015

 
Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Department of Homeland Security to establish a grant program to assist eligible community groups and organizations in establishing counter-messaging campaigns targeting violent extremism.
 
Bars grant eligibility to a community group or organization that has knowingly funded activities related to violent extremism or organizations known to engage in such activities.
 
Defines &quot;violent extremism&quot; to mean ideologically motivated terrorist activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Introduced in House