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Duplication Elimination Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-484
Sponsor: Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2015-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: 

Duplication Elimination Act of 2015

 
This bill requires the President to send Congress a proposed joint resolution and a special message within 90 days of publication of the annual Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on duplicative government programs.
 
The joint resolution is limited to one that: (1) makes legislative changes needed to carry out the recommendations contained in the GAO report and included by the President, and (2) requires savings from the legislative changes to be transferred to the Treasury for deficit reduction. 
 
The bill requires the special message to specify:
 
 
the GAO recommendations that are excluded from the proposed joint resolution,
 
why the recommendations were excluded, and
 
the GAO recommendations included in the joint resolution.
 
 
The bill sets forth expedited procedures for congressional consideration of the joint resolution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House
To ensure that the percentage increase in rates of basic pay for prevailing wage employees shall be equal to the percentage increase received by other Federal employees in the same pay locality, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-485
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2015-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: 
Prohibits any prevailing rate employee in a federal agency, between January 1 and September 30, 2015, from being paid an amount exceeding specified limits resulting from an applicable wage survey adjustment. Prohibits the percentage increase in wages paid to a prevailing wage employee in FY2015 from being less than the percentage increase in the basic pay of other federal employees in the same pay locality. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government.
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Jobs in the Oilfield Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-486
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2015-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Labor standards
Motor carriers
Oil and gas
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: 

Preserving Jobs in the Oilfield Act of 2015

 
 Directs the Secretary of Transportation to ensure that, with respect to maximum hours of service for drivers, on-duty time does not include waiting time at a natural gas or oil well site for operators of commercial motor vehicles transporting supplies, equipment, or materials, including sand or water, to or from a natural gas or oil well site.
 
Applies this exclusion without regard to whether operators have received special training or operate vehicles specially constructed to service wells.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation.
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in Nevada except by express authorization of Congress.

Bill: 114-hr-488
Sponsor: Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2015-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
Nevada
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: 
Prohibits any further extension or establishment of national parks and monuments in Nevada from being undertaken, except by express authorization of Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-489
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2015-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Medicaid
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: 

Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2015

 
 Directs each state that makes a Medicaid payment from federal funds during the fiscal year for any items or services furnished by an abortion provider to: (1) report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on all such payments, and (2) publish the report on a public Internet website of the state.
 
Requires an annual report to specified congressional committees on such reports, which shall also be published on a public HHS website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Security Clearance Reform Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-490
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2015-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Performance measurement
Personnel records
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: 

Security Clearance Reform Act of 2015

 
 Directs the President to submit a strategic plan to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the intelligence committees of Congress (appropriate congressional committees) to improve security clearance and background investigation activities. Sets forth the required contents of such plan, including the development of a continuous evaluation or monitoring system of information used for security clearances, improvement of information sharing procedures between agencies, and the reduction or elimination of databases and information sources that cannot be accessed and processed electronically.
 
Prohibits the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from awarding a contract to any entity for investigative support services or background investigation fieldwork services if such entity has another contract in effect with the federal government to provide such services.
 
Requires the OPM Director to report to the appropriate congressional committees listing any state or local entity covered by the definition of "criminal justice agency" that has failed to cooperate with three or more criminal history record information requests of the Director. Reduces criminal justice grant funding to state and local entities that fail to substantially comply with such requests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Ultrasound Informed Consent Act

Bill: 114-hr-492
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2015-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Health information and medical records
Medical ethics
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: 

Ultrasound Informed Consent Act

 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require abortion providers, before a woman gives informed consent to any part of an abortion, to perform an obstetric ultrasound on the pregnant woman, provide a simultaneous explanation of what the ultrasound is depicting, display the ultrasound images so the woman may view them, and provide a complete medical description of the images, including the dimensions of the embryo or fetus, cardiac activity if present and visible, and the presence of external members and internal organs if present and viewable. 
 
Prohibits construing this Act to require a woman to view the images or penalizing the provider or the woman if she declines to look at the images.
 
Exempts an abortion provider if the abortion is necessary to save the life of a woman whose life is endangered by a physical condition. Requires the provider to include in the woman's medical file a certification of the specific medical circumstances that support this determination.
 
Authorizes the Attorney General to commence a civil action in federal court against any abortion provider who knowingly violates this Act. Prescribes penalties. Directs the Attorney General to notify the appropriate state medical licensing authority of penalties assessed. Authorizes a woman upon whom an abortion has been performed in violation of this Act to commence a civil action against the provider for actual and punitive damages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House
CLEAN Energy Producers Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-493
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2015-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Birds
Civil actions and liability
Electric power generation and transmission
Endangered and threatened species
Licensing and registrations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: 

Clarification of Legal Enforcement Against Non-criminal Energy Producers Act of 2015 or the CLEAN Energy Producers Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act to require the Department of the Interior to issue or deny an eagle permit for no less than 30 years that authorizes the taking of a bald eagle or golden eagle that is incidental to, but not the purpose of, an otherwise lawful activity. If Interior fails to act on a permit within a reasonable time (not exceeding one year), the permit is deemed issued.
 
This bill amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to exempt from criminal liability any taking, killing, or other harm to a migratory bird that is accidental or incidental to the presence or operation of an otherwise lawful activity. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-494
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2015-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Dental care
Health care costs and insurance
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: 

Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2015

 
Amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to declare that nothing in that Act modifies, impairs, or supersedes the operation of antitrust laws with respect to the business of health insurance, including the business of dental insurance.
 
Applies prohibitions against using unfair methods of competition to the business of health insurance without regard to whether the business is for profit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Emotional Learning Act

Bill: 114-hr-497
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2015-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Behavioral sciences
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Research administration and funding
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: 

Supporting Emotional Learning Act

 
Amends the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to require: 
 
 
 the National Center for Education Research to carry out research regarding the impact of social and emotional education;
 
the Commissioner for Education Research to support research into social and emotional skills and habits; and
 
comprehensive centers to provide training, professional development, and technical assistance regarding the use of scientifically valid teaching methods and assessment tools in imparting social and emotional life learning.
 
 
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require highly qualified teachers to have preparation in the understanding, use, and development of social and emotional learning programming.
 
Defines &quot;social and emotional learning&quot; as the processes through which students acquire and effectively apply:
 
 
self-awareness and self-management skills to achieve academic and life success;
 
social-awareness and relationship skills to establish and maintain positive relationships; and 
 
responsible decisionmaking skills and behavior in personal, school, and community contexts.
 
 
Requires Teacher Quality Partnership grants to be used in preparing prospective and new teachers and principals to understand, use, and develop social and emotional learning programming. (Teacher Quality Partnership grants are provided to partnerships between high-need local educational agencies [LEAs], their high-need schools, and institutions of higher education [IHEs].)
 
Requires centers of excellence to design teacher training programs that promote the understanding, use, and development of social and emotional learning programming. (Centers of excellence are minority-serving IHEs or partnerships between such IHEs and other IHEs that are awarded grants to ensure that current and future teachers are highly qualified.)
 
Requires Teach to Reach grants to be used to train general education teacher candidates to understand, use, and develop social and emotional learning programming. (Teach to Reach grants are provided to partnerships between IHEs and high-need LEAs to more effectively prepare general education teacher candidates to instruct disabled students in general education classrooms).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Efficient Service for Veterans Act

Bill: 114-hr-498
Sponsor: Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10]
Introduced: 2015-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Military personnel and dependents
Personnel records
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: 

Efficient Service for Veterans Act

 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Secretary of Defense to jointly ensure that certain VA readjustment counseling centers have access to the Defense Personnel Record Image Retrieval system and the Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense Identity Repository system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2015-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-499
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2015-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Infrastructure development
Securities
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: 

Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 2015

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from state volume caps tax-exempt facility bonds for sewage and water supply facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Survivors of Human Trafficking Empowerment Act

Bill: 114-hr-500
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2015-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Human trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: 

Survivors of Human Trafficking Empowerment Act

 
 Establishes the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking, which shall provide advice and recommendations to the Senior Policy Operating Group and the President's Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.
 
Directs the Council to: (1) meet at least annually to review federal government policy and programs intended to combat human trafficking, (2) formulate assessments and recommendations to ensure that U.S. policy and programming efforts conform to best practices in the field of human trafficking prevention, and (3) meet with the Group at least annually to present the Council's findings and recommendations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E129-130)
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House