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Veterans Access to Long Term Care and Health Services Act

Bill: 114-s-2000
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2015-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-08-05
text: 

Veterans Access to Long Term Care and Health Services Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), if unable to furnish hospital care, medical services, or extended care at VA facilities or under other authorized contracts or sharing agreements, to enter into a Veterans Care Agreement with an eligible provider to furnish such care and services.
 
The VA shall review Agreements exceeding $1 million annually at least once every two years.
 
The VA shall establish a process for the certification of eligible providers.
 
An eligible provider is: 
 
 
a physician or provider of services that has entered into a provider agreement under the Social Security Act; 
 
a provider of items and services receiving payments under a state Medicaid plan; 
 
an aging and disability resource center, an area agency on aging, or a center for independent living; or
 
any other health care provider the VA considers appropriate.
 
 
The VA shall establish a system or systems to monitor the quality of care and services furnished to veterans, which shall be used in assessing whether to renew an Agreement. 
 
An Agreement may be made with a health care provider to provide veterans with nursing home care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
TIME Act

Bill: 114-s-2001
Sponsor: Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH]
Introduced: 2015-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Labor standards
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-08-05
text: 

Transitioning to Integrated and Meaningful Employment Act or the TIME Act

 
This bill prohibits the Secretary of Labor, for a three-year period, from issuing any special wage certificate under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to certain entities, allowing them to pay individuals with disabilities subminimum wages, except as a renewal of a special wage certificate previously issued to the entity.
 
Any such special wage certificate issued or renewed shall be void three years after enactment of this Act.
 
Authority for such special wage certificates is repealed as of three years after enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Free Market Energy Act

Bill: 114-s-2003
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2015-08-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Public utilities and utility rates
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-08-06
text: 

Free Market Energy Act

 
This bill amends: (1) the Federal Power Act to define &quot;distributed energy resource&quot; as a resource, technology, or service interconnected to the electricity distribution system that generates, manages, or reduces energy use; and (2) the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to provide that distributed energy resources shall have a general right of interconnection under such Act.
 
States must ensure that electric distribution grid operators adopt requirements for interconnection rates and fees that are just and reasonable, that provide for the two-way benefit for the distributed energy resource and the electricity grid, and that are not punitive. Time frames for interconnection shall be well-defined, expeditious, and not unduly protracted. An interconnection may not be delayed or denied unless the electric utility demonstrates that the interconnection is unsafe or impracticable.
 
A state regulatory authority that considers modifying the treatment of net energy metering customers must consider requiring that distributed energy resources be eligible to receive just and reasonable energy and rate treatment using dynamic pricing, which may account for locational benefit, to be provided on an unbundled basis, after accounting for the two-way valuation of dynamic rates, for services provided to or by the grid. Dynamic pricing considerations shall include: 
 
 
pricing for energy sold to, and pricing for energy purchased from, an electric utility,
 
capacity,
 
the provision of ancillary services,
 
the societal value of distributed energy resources, and 
 
transmission and distribution losses.
 
 
A state regulatory authority or applicable Regional Transmission Organization or Independent System Operator must consider nontransmission alternatives in instances in which an entity proposes transmission projects seeking cost-of-service rate recovery. To reduce the cost to the ratepayer of a potential transmission upgrade, the cost of the nontransmission alternative shall be recovered from the ratebase or regional recovery mechanism in the same manner as the transmission upgrade otherwise would have been.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-08-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, to modify the authority of the President of the United States to declare national monuments, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-s-2004
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2015-08-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-08-06
text: 
This bill declares that any proclamation of a national monument or reservation of a parcel of land as part of a national monument shall expire three years after the proclamation or reservation unless specifically approved by: (1) a federal law enacted after the date of the proclamation or reservation; and (2) a state law, for each state where the land involved is located, that is enacted after such date.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-08-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Social Security Disability Insurance and Unemployment Benefits Double Dip Elimination Act

Bill: 114-s-2005
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2015-08-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability assistance
Social security and elderly assistance
Trade adjustment assistance
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2015-08-06
text: 

Social Security Disability Insurance and Unemployment Benefits Double Dip Elimination Act

 
This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to declare that for any week in whole or in part within a month that an individual is paid or determined to be eligible for unemployment compensation he or she shall be deemed to have engaged in substantial gainful activity and so be disqualified from receiving Social Security disability benefits after a certain period has elapsed.
 
States that, for purposes of determining services rendered by an individual during a period of trial work which will not disqualify the individual for disability benefits, the individual shall be deemed to have rendered services in a month if he or she is entitled to unemployment compensation or trade adjustment assistance for that month.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-08-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Assessment Act

Bill: 114-s-2007
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2015-08-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Personnel records

Summary:
action_date: 2015-08-06
text: 
 
 
 
 

Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Assessment Act

This bill requires federal agencies to: (1) identify all personnel positions that require the performance of information technology, cybersecurity, or other cyber-related functions; and (2) assign a corresponding employment code to such positions using a coding structure that the National Institute of Standards and Technology must include in the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education's National Cybersecurity Workforce Framework.

To implement the coding structure: (1) the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must coordinate with the Director of National Intelligence to establish procedures to identify such federal civilian positions, and (2) the Department of Defense must establish procedures to identify such federal noncivilian positions.

 
Federal agencies must submit to Congress a report identifying: (1) the percentage of personnel with such job functions who currently hold industry-recognized certifications, (2) the preparedness of other civilian and noncivilian cyber personnel without existing credentials to pass certification exams, and (3) a strategy for mitigating any identified gaps with training and certification for existing personnel. 

 

The agencies must establish procedures to identify all encumbered and vacant positions with such functions and assign the appropriate employment code to each position.

Annually through 2022, the agencies must submit a report to the OPM that identifies cyber-related roles designated as critical needs in the agency's workforce. The OPM must provide agencies with guidance for identifying roles with acute and emerging skill shortages. 

 
The OPM, within two years after enactment of this Act, must identify critical needs for the cyber workforce across all federal agencies and report to Congress regarding the implementation of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2015-08-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Transportation, Access, and Opportunity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-2008
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2015-08-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Child care and development
Commuting
Economic development
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Housing supply and affordability
Land use and conservation
Pedestrians and bicycling
Performance measurement
Public transit
Regional and metropolitan planning
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2015-08-06
text: 

Transportation, Access, and Opportunity Act of 2015

 
 This bill modifies transportation programs to establish a goal of achieving an interconnected transportation system that connects people to jobs, schools, and essential services; and to require more data and public input during the planning process. 
 
States and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) must permit the public to provide input during the development and implementation of transportation plans. 
 
(MPOs are federally required and funded organizations responsible for the regional transportation planning process in certain urban areas.) 
 
The bill revises the goals of the federal highway program to include achieving an interconnected transportation system which connects people to jobs, schools, and other essential services through a multimodal network. The Department of Transportation (DOT) may establish a performance measure for MPOs to measure transportation connectivity. 
 
DOT must establish the Connection to Opportunity Pilot Program for up to 10 MPOs to develop and implement projects to improve multimodal connectivity and increase connections for transportation-disadvantaged individuals and neighborhoods with limited transportation options. The participating MPOs must submit performance data to DOT, and DOT must use the data to evaluate the programs and consider developing a national indicator to measure multimodal connections to opportunities. 
 
DOT must create and maintain data sets and analysis tools to assist MPOs, states, and entities within DOT in carrying out performance management analyses. 
 
The bill permanently extends the authorization for the Transportation Alternatives Program, revises federal share requirements, and permits nonprofit organizations and certain MPOs to receive funding under the program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2015-08-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) Accountability Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-2009
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2015-08-06 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Bahrain
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Human rights
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Protest and dissent
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2015-08-06
text: 

Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) Accountability Act of 2015

 
This bill prohibits the U.S. government from selling or transferring to Bahrain specified weapons and crowd control items until the Department of State certifies that Bahrain has fully implemented all 26 recommendations set forth in the 2011 Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2015-08-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Expedited Disability Insurance Payments for Terminally Ill Individuals Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-2010
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2015-09-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: 

Expedited Disability Insurance Payments for Terminally Ill Individuals Act of 2015 

 
 Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prescribe formulae for payment of Social Security Disability Insurance benefits over a period of 24 consecutive calendar months for individuals determined to be under a disability upon submission of a diagnosis of a terminal illness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Los Angeles Homeless Veterans Leasing Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-2013
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2015-09-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: California
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government studies and investigations
Health facilities and institutions
Land use and conservation
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: 

Los Angeles Homeless Veterans Leasing Act of 2015

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out certain leases at the VA's West Los Angeles Campus in Los Angeles, California, for: (1) supportive housing; (2) health, education, family support, vocational training, and other services that principally benefit veterans and their families; and (3) a lease of real property to a California institution that has had a long-term medical affiliation with the VA at such Campus.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-06
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-242.
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6535-6536)
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act

Bill: 114-s-2015
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2015-09-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: 

Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act

 
This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to allow two or more employers to be considered joint employers for purposes of the Act only if each shares and exercises control over essential terms and conditions of employment and such control over these matters is actual, direct, and immediate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Responsible Transfer of Firearms Act

Bill: 114-s-2016
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2015-09-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: 

Responsible Transfer of Firearms Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to sell or transfer a firearm to prohibited person, unless the transferor takes reasonable steps to determine that the recipient is not prohibited from firearm possession. (Current law makes it a crime to sell or transfer a firearm to a prohibited person if the transferor knows or has reasonable cause to believe the recipient is prohibited from firearm possession.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to recognize Alexander Creek, Alaska, as a Native village, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-s-2017
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2015-09-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Federal-Indian relations
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Small towns

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: 
This bill amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to recognize Alexander Creek as a Native village. Currently, Alexander Creek is recognized as a Native group. (Under the Act, a Native village is entitled to more land than a Native group.)
 
Alexander Creek must file any amendments to its corporate charter that are necessary to convert from a Native group to a Native village.
 
The Department of the Interior must negotiate with Alexander Creek to fairly and equitably settle aboriginal land claims and any other claims against the United States.
 Alexander Creek must notify its members that the Cook Inlet regional corporation will make future payments to the village instead of to individual members. The regional corporation is not liable for damages related to cessation of payments to individual members of Alexander Creek.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6536)
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to convey, without consideration, the reversionary interests of the United States in and to certain non-Federal land in Glennallen, Alaska.

Bill: 114-s-2018
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2015-09-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey, without consideration, to SEND North in Anchorage, Alaska, the reversionary interests of the United States in and to a specified area of 210 acres located in the city of Glennallen and owned by SEND North for the purpose of unencumbering its title and enabling its economic development. 

action_date: 2016-09-06
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 
(Sec. 1) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey, without consideration, to SEND North in Anchorage, Alaska, the reversionary interests of the United States in and to a specified area of 210 acres located in the city of Glennallen and owned by SEND North for the purpose of unencumbering its title and enabling its economic development. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-06
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 595.
action_date: 2016-09-06
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 114-322.
action_date: 2016-09-06
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 114-322.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-500.
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6536-6537)
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: Introduced in Senate