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To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Malala Yousafzai, a recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace, in recognition of her devoted service to education, justice, and equality in Pakistan.

Bill: 114-hr-69
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Congressional tributes
Human rights
Pakistan
Women's education
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Malala Yousufzai in recognition of her devoted service to education, justice, and equality in Pakistan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-71
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2015

 
 Amends the federal criminal code to direct the Bureau of Prisons, pursuant to a good time policy, to release a prisoner who has served one half or more of his or her term of imprisonment if that prisoner: (1) has attained age 45; (2) has never been convicted of a crime of violence; and (3) has not engaged in any violation, involving violent conduct, of institutional disciplinary regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
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
Breath of Fresh Air Act

Bill: 114-hr-72
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Nursing
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Breath of Fresh Air Act

 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to: (1) purchase nebulizers for use in their schools, and/or (2) train school personnel to use nebulizers.
 
Requires LEA grant applicants to demonstrate that for each of their schools that are to use the nebulizers: (1) a full-time certified nurse is on staff, (2) trained personnel and other resources necessary for nebulizer use are in place, (3) emergency services personnel are notified of nebulizer locations, (4) nebulizers are integrated into the school's emergency response procedures, and (5) procedures are in place to notify parents of the availability of nebulizers and to inform them how to provide the school with their child's prescription asthma medication and authorization to use a nebulizer to assist their child.
 
Gives grant priority to LEAs that: (1) serve areas where the prevalence of asthma is at least 10% higher than the national average; (2) do not already have at least one nebulizer in each of their schools; (3) serve schools that typically have a significant number of students, staff, and visitors present during the day; and (4) have not received funds under the Rural Access to Emergency Devices Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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 Education and the Workforce, 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 Education and the Workforce, 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
America RISING Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-73
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Science and engineering education
Small business
Student aid and college costs
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

America Realizing the Informational Skills and Initiative of New Graduates Act of 2015 or the America RISING Act of 2015

 
Directs the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education to jointly establish a program providing grants to: 
 
 
 eligible employers to defray the cost of compensation they pay to recent graduates from institutions of higher education (IHEs); and 
 
 such graduates to enable them to defray the cost of undertaking further postsecondary education at an IHE for up to 24 months in subjects relating to mathematics, science, engineering, or technology.
 
 
Defines an &quot;eligible employer&quot; as a small business concern or a major corporation that has an operation located in an enterprise zone or in an area in which the unemployment rate exceeds the national average unemployment rate by more than 2%.
 
Allows college graduates who are participating in the program, either as grantees or beneficiaries of grants to their employers, to defer payment on their federal student loans under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 until their participation in the program ends.
 
Requires graduates who are awarded a program grant to be eligible to receive federal student aid under title IV without regard to whether they have been or are delinquent on title IV loans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Custodial Interrogation Recording Act

Bill: 114-hr-74
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Law enforcement administration and funding
Sound recording

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Custodial Interrogation Recording Act 

 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct the Attorney General to make grants to states and local governments for the complete and accurate recording, by both audio and video means, of every custodial interrogation occurring within the state or unit of local government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
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
Coretta Scott King Mid-Decade Redistricting Prohibition Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-75
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Congressional districts and representation
Constitution and constitutional amendments
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Coretta Scott King Mid-Decade Redistricting Prohibition Act of 2015

 
 Prohibits any state whose congressional districts have been redistricted after a decennial census from carrying out another redistricting until after the next apportionment of Representatives following a decennial census, unless a court requires such state to conduct a subsequent redistricting to comply with the Constitution or enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 
 
Makes this Act applicable to any congressional redistricting which occurs after the regular decennial census conducted during 2020. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
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
HERO Transition from Battlespace to Workplace Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-76
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Helping to Encourage Real Opportunity for Veterans Transitioning from Battlespace to Workplace Act of 2015 or the HERO Transition from Battlespace to Workplace Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business-related tax credit for $1,000 times the number of veterans (not more than 25 in a taxable year) who begin work resulting from the efforts of a military relations manager.
 
Deems as a reasonable effort of an employer to employ veterans, for purposes of veteran employment and reemployment programs, the designation of an employee as a military relations manager and the use of the military skills translator database (database for assisting veterans in relating military skills, experience, and training to civilian skills, experience, and training). Defines a "military relations manager" as an expert in the process of transitioning from being a member of the Armed Forces to being a civilian and in translating the skills, experience, and training gained in the Armed Forces to skills, experience, and training needed in the private sector. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) ensure that the military skills translator database may be used by civilian employers, and (2) conduct outreach to inform civilian employers of such database.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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 Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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 Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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
Justice for Children Now Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-77
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Department of Justice
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Immigration status and procedures
Judges
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Justice for Children Now Act of 2015

 
Authorizes the Attorney General to appoint 70 immigration judges in addition to the those serving as of the date of enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
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
New Chance for a New Start in Life Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-78
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Child care and development
Education programs funding
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Health care coverage and access
Indian social and development programs
Minority employment
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

New Chance for a New Start in Life Act of 2015

 
 Directs the Secretary of Labor to make grants to state and local governments and Indian tribes to carry out employment training programs to assist long-term unemployed persons obtain the skills and training to re-enter the workforce and fill jobs in sectors of the economy projected to have the highest rates of demand during the period 2014 through 2024. 
 
Prescribes certain grant condition and use requirements.
 
Declares that receiving services or compensation under this Act shall not cause any reduction in the amount of unemployment compensation that an individual is otherwise due.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
No Missing Planes Act

Bill: 114-hr-79
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Technology assessment
Telephone and wireless communication
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

No Missing Planes Act 

 
Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to study the feasibility of technology to: (1) improve communications between commercial aircraft and air traffic control towers when an aircraft leaves its flight plan or experiences dangerous conditions, (2) pinpoint the location of missing aircraft within 30 minutes by disseminating the information globally in less than hour to rescue and recovery agencies, and (3) accomplish specified related tasks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Transportation Security Administration Ombudsman Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-80
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Labor-management relations
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Transportation Security Administration Ombudsman Act of 2015

 
This bill establishes in the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the Department of Homeland Security an Office of the Ombudsman to assist TSA employees who have complaints about TSA, including publicizing a toll-free telephone number to report such complaints. The Ombudsman must ensure that each TSA region has a regional ombudsman.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
FAMS Augmentation Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-81
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

FAMS Augmentation Act of 2015

 
 Directs the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for the Transportation Security Administration to increase the number of federal air marshals by at least an additional 1,750 above the number of such marshals as of January 31, 2011, to ensure increased transportation security for inbound international flights.
 
Declares the goal of this Act is to increase the number of inbound flights with federal marshals onboard while maintaining federal marshal presence on domestic point-to-point flights at or above December 25, 2009, levels.

Directs the Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) to establish a policy requiring newly hired federal air marshals to complete as part of their basic training the criminal investigative training program at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. Requires federal air marshals hired before enactment of this Act who have not completed such program to attend an alternative training program.

Directs the Assistant Secretary to establish in FAMS an Office of the Ombudsman.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Putting Security First in Preclearance Act

Bill: 114-hr-82
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Customs enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Homeland security
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Putting Security First in Preclearance Act 

 
 This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish conditions for commencing U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) security screening operations at preclearance facilities outside of the United States. DHS must give Congress 90-days notice before entering into any agreement to commence security screening operations at such a facility.
 
There shall be no funding either directly or through reimbursement by a foreign government or a foreign person of CBP security screening positions at such facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
CAMPER Act

Bill: 114-hr-83
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Emergency communications systems
Natural disasters
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Communication and Alert Maintenance Program for Early Response Act or the CAMPER Act

 
 Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) provide technical assistance to a state or local government to develop and implement an emergency notification system to warn persons using public recreational lands administered by such government of emergency situations, and (2) make grants to state and local governments to procure and install such systems. 
 
Limits a grant to $50,000. Requires a recipient to match not less than 5% of the federal funds provided. Authorizes the Secretary to establish conditions under which the cost-sharing requirement may be reduced or waived.
 
Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees, for each fiscal year such assistance is provided, regarding: (1) the state of preparedness of state park and recreation departments to provide adequate emergency notification, and (2) recommendations for appropriate additional legislative action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.
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 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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 Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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 Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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
Minimum Staffing of Air Traffic Controllers Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-84
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2015-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: 

Minimum Staffing of Air Traffic Controllers Act of 2015 

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to take necessary action to ensure that a commercial airport has at least two air traffic controllers on duty and physically situated within the airport's air traffic control room or tower at all times during periods of airfield operations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation.
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Introduced in House