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To amend the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 to modify the requirement to impose sanctions with respect to the provision of specialized financial messaging services to the Central Bank of Iran and other sanctioned Iranian financial institutions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-3728
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2015-10-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Foreign and international banking
Iran
Middle East
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sanctions
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-08
text: 
 This bill changes the current discretionary authority to a requirement that the President impose sanctions under the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 with respect to the provision of specialized financial messaging services to the Central Bank of Iran and other sanctioned Iranian financial institutions. This requirement may not be waived.
 
Sanctions are expanded to include, in the case of an alien who is a senior executive or member of the board of directors of a person that provides such messaging services, visa denial and exclusion from the United States, and revocation of any visa or other documentation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2015-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2015-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2015-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2015-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Safe RESEARCH Act

Bill: 114-hr-3729
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2015-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Medical research
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-08
text: 

Safe Responsible Ethical Scientific Endeavors Assuring Research for Compassionate Healthcare Act or the Safe RESEARCH Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the use of tissue from a spontaneous or induced abortion in research conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). (A spontaneous abortion is the death of a fetus before the age of viability, also known as a miscarriage.) Research with human fetal tissue conducted or supported by the NIH must meet requirements, including informed consent requirements for the donor and researcher, currently applied only to research on the transplantation of human fetal tissue for therapeutic purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-08
text: Introduced in House
To authorize unused visas numbers made available under section 101(a)(15)(E)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to be made available to nationals of Ireland, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-3730
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2015-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Australia
Europe
Foreign labor
Ireland
Oceania
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-08
text: 
This bill makes E-3 nonimmigrant visas (specialty occupation) for Australian nationals that are unused during a fiscal year available on the same basis in the subsequent fiscal year to nationals of Ireland residing in Ireland. 
 
The Immigration and Nationality Act is amended to make eligible for an E-3 visa an alien who is a national of Ireland coming to the United States to perform services as an employee who has at least a high school education or its equivalent, or has, within five years, at least two years of work experience in an occupation classified as Zone 2 or higher by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-08
text: Introduced in House
RaD Fund Act

Bill: 114-hr-3731
Sponsor: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2015-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: 

Rare Disease Fund Act or the RaD Fund Act

 
This bill requires the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to organize the Rare Disease Therapeutics Corporation to purchase rights to, fund the development of, and sell ownership interests in drugs, biological products, and medical devices for rare diseases.
 
The NIH must sell stock in the corporation to investors as soon as practicable. The corporation and the NIH may enter into an agreement under which the NIH maintains an ownership interest in the corporation in exchange for providing the corporation with intellectual property or other assistance. The corporation is prohibited from paying dividends on its stock.
 
The corporation must sell its interest in a rare disease therapy prior to the therapy entering large-scale clinical trials.
 
The corporation must issue bonds guaranteed by the United States and may issue bonds backed by the corporation. For purposes of securities laws, the securities of the corporation are not issued or guaranteed by the federal government.
 The bill establishes within the NIH the Rare Disease Therapeutics Corporation Science Advisory Council to advise the corporation on the purchase, sale, and development of rare disease therapies.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Philanthropic Enterprise Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3732
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2015-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Sales and excise taxes
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: 

Philanthropic Enterprise Act of 2015
 
 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt the holdings of a private foundation in any business enterprise that meet specified requirements relating to exclusive ownership, minimum distribution of net operating income for the charitable purpose (all profits to charity distribution requirement), and independent operation (not controlled by a substantial contributor or family members) from the excise taxes on excess business holdings and unrelated business income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Prioritizing Energy-Efficient Renewables Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3733
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2015-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: 

Prioritizing Energy-Efficient Renewables Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the tax credit for producing electricity from wind, geothermal and solar energy, hydropower, and marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy facilities; (2) repeal the tax deduction for intangible drilling and development costs for oil and gas wells; (3) repeal the tax deduction for income attributable to the production, refining, transportation, or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any primary product thereof; and (4) repeal the percentage depletion allowance for oil and gas wells. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Mining Schools Enhancement Act

Bill: 114-hr-3734
Sponsor: Rep. Hardy, Cresent [R-NV-4]
Introduced: 2015-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Education programs funding
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Higher education
Mining
Science and engineering education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: 

Mining Schools Enhancement Act

 
This bill amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to require the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement of the Department of the Interior to ensure that at least 70% of specified amounts available for projects relating to the environmental impacts of surface coal mining is expended to fund activities of mining and mineral engineering programs at mining schools in the United States.
 
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement shall ensure that such activities relate to conventional fuel resource development and production. 

action_date: 2016-07-05
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Mining Schools Enhancement Act

 
(Sec. 2)This bill amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to require the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) of the Department of the Interior to ensure that at least 70% of specified research fundsare expended to enhance and support programs at mining and mineral engineering schools in the United States.
 
In addition, OSMRE shall ensure that research activities relate to conventional fuel resource development and production. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 509.
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-658.
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-658.
action_date: 2016-06-15
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2016-06-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-06-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-06-14
text: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
action_date: 2015-12-14
text: Subcommittee Hearing Held (Idaho Springs, Colorado).
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Clatsop-Nehalem Restoration Act

Bill: 114-hr-3736
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2015-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian social and development programs
Oregon

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: 

Clatsop-Nehalem Restoration Act

 
This bill extends federal recognition to the Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes of Oregon.
 
Rights and privileges of the tribe and its members under any federal treaty, executive order, agreement, statute, or other federal authority that may have been diminished or lost under the Act approved August 13, 1954 are restored. That Act no longer applies to the tribe and its members. 
 
The tribe and its members are eligible to receive all federal services and benefits furnished to federally recognized Indian tribes, without regard to the existence of a reservation. Members of the tribe residing in Tillamook and Clatsop Counties in Oregon are deemed to be residing on or near a reservation. 
 
No hunting, fishing, or trapping rights of the tribe or of any member are granted or restored.
 
Lands in Tillamook County, Oregon may not be held in trust for the tribe.
 
An Interim Council is established as the governing body of the tribe until the tribal governing body convenes. The Department of the Interior must hold an election to elect the members of the Interim Council.
 
The membership roll of the tribe is established and opened. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Responsibly Paying Our Nation's Bills Act

Bill: 114-hr-3737
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: 

Responsibly Paying Our Nation's Bills Act 

 
 This bill suspends the public debt limit until January 1, 2017. On January 1, 2017, the debt limit is increased to accommodate obligations issued during the suspension period. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Expanded Trucking Opportunities Act

Bill: 114-hr-3739
Sponsor: Rep. Woodall, Rob [R-GA-7]
Introduced: 2015-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Motor carriers
Transportation employees
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: 

Veterans' Expanded Trucking Opportunities Act

 
This bill authorizes a qualified Department of Veterans Affairs physician to perform a medical examination and provide a medical certificate for purposes of compliance with medical standards and guidelines for the physical qualifications of operators of commercial motor vehicles. Such an operator is a veteran who is enrolled in the veterans' health care system and had a valid medical certificate prior to May 21, 2014.
 
The certification shall include a statement that the physical condition of the operator is adequate to enable such operator to operate a commercial motor vehicle safely. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Integrated Transportation and Economic Development Act

Bill: 114-hr-3740
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2015-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Economic development
Performance measurement
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: 

Integrated Transportation and Economic Development Act

 
This bill: (1) adds as a new goal of the federal-aid highway program to improve road conditions in economically distressed urban communities and increase access to jobs, markets, and economic opportunities for people who live in such communities; (2) requires the Department of Transportation to establish measures for states to use to assess the conditions, accessibility, and reliability of roads in such communities; and (3) requires each state to set performance targets that reflect such measures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Commission to Verify Iranian Nuclear Compliance Act

Bill: 114-hr-3741
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2015-10-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Congressional operations and organization
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Iran
Middle East
Nuclear weapons

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: 

Commission to Verify Iranian Nuclear Compliance Act

 
This bill establishes in the legislative branch the Commission to Verify Iranian Nuclear Compliance, which shall continually: 
 
 
 verify the Islamic Republic of Iran's compliance with its obligations under the agreement, 
 
assess the adequacy of the safeguards and other control mechanisms contained in the agreement with respect to Iran's nuclear program, and 
 
assess the capacity of the International Atomic Energy Agency to implement the verification regime required by or related to the agreement. 
 
 
&quot;Agreement&quot; means an agreement related to Iran's nuclear program that includes the United States, commits the United States to take action, or pursuant to which the United States commits or otherwise agrees to take action, whether a political commitment or otherwise, and regardless of whether it is legally binding or not.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Access to Marketplace Insurance Act

Bill: 114-hr-3742
Sponsor: Rep. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health programs administration and funding
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: 

Access to Marketplace Insurance Act

 
This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require health insurers to accept, on behalf of individuals enrolled in qualified health plans, payments made by certain third parties, including state and federal government programs, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations, and certain tax exempt organizations. (Qualified health plans are eligible for subsidies and fulfill an individual's requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
SERVER Act

Bill: 114-hr-3743
Sponsor: Rep. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: 

Securing Every Relevant and Vital Electronic Record Act of 2015 or the SERVER Act

 
This bill prohibits the Secretary of a cabinet-level executive department from maintaining a private email server to conduct official government business. The Inspector General of each such department shall ensure compliance with such prohibition. A Secretary who violates such prohibition is subject to a fine and/or prison term and shall forfeit his or her office and be disqualified from holding any U.S. government office. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Venezuelan Refugee Assistance Act

Bill: 114-hr-3744
Sponsor: Rep. Curbelo, Carlos [R-FL-26]
Introduced: 2015-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Latin America
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Venezuela
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: 

Venezuelan Refugee Assistance Act

 
This bill provides for the status adjustment to permanent resident of a qualifying Venezuelan national who: (1) was physically present in the United States on January 1, 2013, (2) has been physically present in the United States for at least one year and is physically present in the United States on the date the status adjustment application is filed, (3) has not been convicted of specified crimes and was never involved in the persecution of others, and (4) applies for adjustment before January 1, 2019.
 
Derivative adjustment of status is provided for the spouse, child, or certain unmarried sons or daughters of such alien.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Keep Your Chiropractor Act

Bill: 114-hr-3745
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2015-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Contracts and agency
Health personnel
Medicare
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: 

Keep Your Chiropractor Act

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to specify that, with respect to the use of private contracts between Medicare beneficiaries and physicians, a "physician" includes a licensed chiropractor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-10-09
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: 2015-10-09
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: 2015-10-09
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: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House