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Wildfire Disaster Funding Act

Bill: 114-hr-167
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Disaster relief and insurance
Executive agency funding and structure
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Wildfire Disaster Funding Act 

 
This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require specified adjustments to discretionary spending limits in FY2015-FY2022 to accommodate appropriations for wildfire suppression operations in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at the Department of Agriculture (USDA) or the Department of the Interior.
 
If USDA or Interior determines that supplemental appropriations are necessary for wildfire suppression operations, the bill requires the relevant department to submit to Congress a request for the funding and a plan for obligating the funds. 
 
The bill also requires the President's budget to include the average costs for wildfire suppression over the previous 10 years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, 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: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, 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: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, 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: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, 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: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho.

Bill: 114-hr-168
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal district courts
Idaho
Judges

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 
Requires the President to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the district of Idaho.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-169
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2015

 
 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the 96-hour physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services under which a physician must certify that a patient may reasonably be expected to be discharged or transferred to a hospital within 96 hours after admission to the critical access hospital.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Rural Health Care Provider Relief Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-170
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Government studies and investigations
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Rural Health Care Provider Relief Act of 2015

 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, during a specified extension period, to extend the therapy supervision nonenforcement instruction (the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals, as extended for calendar year 2013 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and through calendar year 2014 by Public Law 113-198).
 
Directs the Secretary to study the impact (including the economic impact and the impact upon hospital staffing needs, if any) on critical access hospitals and small rural hospitals of not extending the therapy supervision nonenforcement instruction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-06
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: 2015-01-06
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: 2015-01-06
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: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To designate the United States courthouse located at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse".

Bill: 114-hr-172
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Mississippi

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 
Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the &quot;R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse.&quot;

action_date: 2015-04-23
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 &quot;R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse.&quot;

action_date: 2015-04-28
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 "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2484-2485)
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2484-2485)
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 172.
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2484-2485)
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Mr. Barletta moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 25.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 114-89.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 114-89.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Discharged.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Death Tax Repeal Act

Bill: 114-hr-173
Sponsor: Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Death Tax Repeal Act

 
Repeals the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
No Budget, No Pay Act

Bill: 114-hr-174
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

No Budget, No Pay Act 

 
This bill withholds the salaries of Members of a house of Congress that has not agreed to a budget resolution for FY2016 by April 15, 2015, as required by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
 
Salaries are withheld from April 16, 2015, until the house of Congress agrees to a budget resolution or the last day of the 114th Congress, whichever is earlier. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H141)
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
ENERGY STAR Regulatory Improvement Act

Bill: 114-hr-175
Sponsor: Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental technology
Licensing and registrations
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

ENERGY STAR Regulatory Improvement Act

 
This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency to revise the Energy Star program to exempt program partners that have complied with all program requirements for a period of at least 18 months from third-party certification requirements for the labeling of consumer, home, and office electronic products. In order to facilitate product listing and performance verification for a sample of products, the EPA may require test data and other product information to be submitted.
 
The exemption from third-party certification provided to a program partner will be terminated if the partner is found to have violated program requirements with respect to at least two separate models during a two-year period. The exemption will resume if the partner complies with all program requirements for at least three years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
LOCAL Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-176
Sponsor: Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Outdoor recreation
Public-private cooperation
Sports and recreation facilities
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 
Local Organization Cooperative Agreement for Land and Facility Maintenance Act of 2015 or the LOCAL Act of 2015 - Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to authorize the Secretary of the Army to permit a non-federal public or private entity that has entered into a cooperative agreement for the operation and management of recreation facilities and natural resources at civil works projects under the Secretary's jurisdiction to collect user fees for the use of developed recreation sites and facilities, whether developed or constructed by such entity or the Department of the Army.
 
Permits such an entity to retain up to 100% of the fees collected and use them for operation, maintenance, and management at the recreation site where they were collected. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Firefighter Equipment Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-177
Sponsor: Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Air quality
Fires
Intergovernmental relations
Military facilities and property
Motor vehicles
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Firefighter Equipment Protection Act

 
Codifies a national security exemption from emissions regulations for excess personal property of the Department of Defense (DOD) that is transferred under specified DOD property transfer programs to a firefighting agency in a state or to another state agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Pay Reduction Act

Bill: 114-hr-179
Sponsor: Rep. Yoder, Kevin [R-KS-3]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Congressional Pay Reduction Act

 
Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to: (1) eliminate automatic cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress, and (2) reduce Members' annual rate of pay to 95% of the annual rate for the most recent pay period preceding the regularly scheduled federal general election held in November 2016. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Termination of Lifelong Pensions for Members of Congress Act

Bill: 114-hr-180
Sponsor: Rep. Yoder, Kevin [R-KS-3]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Termination of Lifelong Pensions for Members of Congress Act

 
 Amends the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) to exclude Members of Congress, except the Vice President, from further CSRS and FERS retirement coverage.
 
Prohibits further government contributions or deductions from such Member's basic pay for deposit in the Treasury to the credit of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund.
 
States that nothing in this Act shall: (1) be considered to nullify, modify, or otherwise affect any right, entitlement, or benefit under CSRS or FERS for any Member covering any period before enactment of this Act; or (2) affect the eligibility of a Member to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) in accordance with otherwise applicable law.
 
Allows Members covered by such exclusion, within 90 days after enactment of this Act, to elect to remain subject to CSRS or FERS, as the case may be.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit the centralized reporting of veteran enrollment by certain groups, districts, and consortiums of educational institutions.

Bill: 114-hr-182
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2015-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Business records
School administration
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: 
Amends veterans' educational assistance program reporting requirements under which enrolled veterans (or eligible persons) and educational institutions must report enrollment information to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Requires individuals and educational institutions participating in the post-Vietnam era and post-9/11 veterans' educational assistance programs to report to the Secretary such enrollment and any updates on interruption or termination of the education (thereby making the enrollment reporting requirements for the post-Vietnam and post-9/11 programs consistent with other veterans' educational programs).
 
Defines &quot;educational institution&quot; to permit the inclusion of groups, districts, or consortiums of separately accredited educational institutions located in the same state that are organized in a manner facilitating the centralized reporting of enrollments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Federal Sunset Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-183
Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2015-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: 

Federal Sunset Act of 2015

 
 Establishes the Federal Agency Sunset Commission to: (1) submit to Congress a schedule for review by the Commission, at least once every 12 years, of the abolishment or reorganization of each federal executive agency, including advisory committees; (2) review and evaluate the efficiency and public need for each agency using specified criteria; (3) recommend whether each agency should be abolished or reorganized; and (4) report to Congress on all legislation introduced that would establish a new agency or a new program to be carried out by an existing agency. Requires the abolishment of any agency within one year of the Commission's review, unless the agency is reauthorized by Congress. Authorizes the deadline for abolishing an agency to be extended for an additional two years by legislation enacted by a super majority of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
 
Terminates the Commission on December 31, 2034.
 
Directs the Comptroller General and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, in cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Research Service, to prepare an inventory of federal programs within each agency, including the budget authority for each such program, to assist Congress and the Commission in carrying out the requirements of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House