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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Entrepreneur and 
Microenterprise Assistance Act''.

SEC. 2. RURAL ENTREPRENEUR AND MICROENTERPRISE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Subtitle D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act is 
amended by inserting after section 364 (7 U.S.C. 2006f) the following:

``SEC. 365. RURAL ENTREPRENEUR AND MICROENTERPRISE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Economically disadvantaged microentrepreneur.--The 
        term `economically disadvantaged microentrepreneur' means an 
        owner, majority owner, or developer of a microenterprise that 
        has the ability to compete in the private sector but has been 
        impaired because of diminished capital and credit 
        opportunities, as compared to other microentrepreneurs in the 
        industry.
            ``(2) Indian tribe.--The term `Indian tribe' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b).
            ``(3) Intermediary.--The term `intermediary' means a 
        private, nonprofit entity that provides assistance--
                    ``(A) to a microenterprise development 
                organization; or
                    ``(B) for a microenterprise development program.
            ``(4) Low-income individual.--The term low-income 
        individual means an individual with an income (adjusted for 
        family size) of not more than the greatest of--
                    ``(A) 80 percent of median income of an area;
                    ``(B) 80 percent of the statewide non-metropolitan 
                area median income; or
                    ``(C) 80 percent of the national median income.
            ``(5) Microcredit.--The term `microcredit' means a business 
        loan or loan guarantee of not more than $50,000 that is 
        provided to a rural entrepreneur.
            ``(6) Microenterprise.--The term `microenterprise' means--
                    ``(A) a sole proprietorship; or
                    ``(B) a business entity with not more than 10 full-
                time-equivalent employees.
            ``(7) Microenterprise development organization.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `microenterprise 
                development organization' means a private, nonprofit 
                entity that--
                            ``(i) provides training and technical 
                        assistance to rural entrepreneurs; and
                            ``(ii) facilitates access to capital or 
                        another service described in subsection (b) for 
                        rural entrepreneurs.
                    ``(B) Inclusions.--The term `microenterprise 
                development organization' includes an organization 
                described in subparagraph (A) with a demonstrated 
                record of delivering services to economically 
                disadvantaged microentrepreneurs, or an effective plan 
                to develop a program to deliver microenterprise 
                services to rural entrepreneurs effectively, as 
                determined by the Secretary.
            ``(8) Microenterprise development program.--The term 
        `microenterprise development organization' means a program 
        administered by an organization serving a rural area.
            ``(9) Microentrepreneur.--The term `microentrepreneur' 
        means the owner, operator, or developer of a microenterprise.
            ``(10) Program.--The term `program' means the rural 
        entrepreneur and microenterprise program established under 
        subsection (b)(1).
            ``(11) Qualified organization.--The term `qualified 
        organization' means--
                    ``(A) a microenterprise development organization or 
                microenterprise development program that has a 
                demonstrated record of delivering microenterprise 
                services to rural entrepreneurs, or an effective plan 
                to develop a program to deliver microenterprise 
                services to rural entrepreneurs effectively, as 
                determined by the Secretary.
                    ``(B) an intermediary that has a demonstrated 
                record of delivery assistance to microenterprise 
                development organizations or microenterprise 
                development programs;
                    ``(C) a microenterprise development organization or 
                microenterprise development program that serves rural 
                entrepreneurs;
                    ``(D) an Indian tribe, the tribal government of 
                which certifies to the Secretary that no 
                microenterprise development organization or 
                microenterprise development program exists under the 
                jurisdiction of the Indian tribe;
                    ``(E) a group of 2 or more organizations or Indian 
                tribes described in any of subparagraphs (A) through 
                (D) that agree to act jointly as a qualified 
                organization under this section; or
                    ``(F) for purposes of subsection (b), a public 
                college or university.
            ``(12) Rural area.--The term `rural area' means any 
        community that is rural in character and has a population of 
        not more than 25,000 individuals.
            ``(13) Rural capacity building service.--The term `rural 
        capacity building service' means a service provided to an 
        organization that--
                    ``(A) is, or is in the process of becoming, a 
                microenterprise development organization or 
                microenterprise development program; and
                    ``(B) serves rural areas for the purpose of 
                enhancing the ability of the organization to provide 
                training, technical assistance, and other related 
                services to rural entrepreneurs.
            ``(14) Rural entrepreneur.--The term `rural entrepreneur' 
        means a microentrepreneur, or prospective microentrepreneur--
                    ``(A) the principal place of business of which is 
                in a rural area; and
                    ``(B) that is unable to obtain sufficient training, 
                technical assistance, or microcredit elsewhere, as 
                determined by the Secretary.
            ``(15) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture, acting through the Rural Business-Cooperative 
        Service.
            ``(16) Tribal government.--The term `tribal government' 
        means the governing body of an Indian tribe.
    ``(b) Rural Entrepreneurship and Microenterprise Program.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a rural 
        entrepreneurship and microenterprise program.
            ``(2) Purpose.--The purpose of the program shall be to 
        provide low-income individuals and moderate-income individuals 
        with--
                    ``(A) the skills necessary to establish new small 
                businesses in rural areas; and
                    ``(B) continuing technical and financial assistance 
                as individuals and business starting or operating small 
                businesses.
            ``(3) Grants.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary may make a grant 
                under the program to a qualified organization--
                            ``(i) to provide training, operational 
                        support, or a rural capacity building service 
                        to a qualified organization to assist the 
                        qualified organization in developing 
                        microenterprise training, technical assistance, 
                        market development assistance, and other 
                        related services, primarily for business with 5 
                        or fewer full-time-equivalent employees;
                            ``(ii) to assist in researching and 
                        developing the best practices in delivering 
                        training, technical assistance, and microcredit 
                        to rural entrepreneurs; and
                            ``(iii) to carry out such other projects 
                        and activities as the Secretary determines to 
                        be consistent with the purposes of this 
                        section.
                    ``(B) Subgrants.--Subject to such regulations as 
                the Secretary may promulgate, a qualified organization 
                that receives a grant under this paragraph may use the 
                grant to provide assistance to other qualified 
                organizations, such as small or emerging qualified 
                organizations.
                    ``(C) Diversity.--In making grants under this 
                paragraph, the Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum 
                extent practicable, that grant recipients include 
                qualified organizations--
                            ``(i) of varying sizes; and
                            ``(ii) that serve racially- and ethnically-
                        diverse populations.
                    ``(D) Cost sharing.--
                            ``(i) Federal share.--The Federal share of 
                        the cost of a project carried out using funds 
                        from a grant made under this paragraph shall be 
                        75 percent.
                            ``(ii) Form of non-federal share.--The non-
                        Federal share of the cost of a project 
                        described in clause (i) may be provided--
                                    ``(I) in cash (including through 
                                fees, grants (including community 
                                development block grants), and gifts); 
                                or
                                    ``(II) in kind.
            ``(4) Rural microloan program.--
                    ``(A) Establishment.--In carrying out the program, 
                the Secretary may carry out a rural microloan program.
                    ``(B) Purpose.--The purpose of the rural microloan 
                program shall be to provide technical and financial 
                assistance to sole proprietorships and small businesses 
                located in rural areas with a particular focus on those 
                businesses with 5 or fewer full-time equivalent 
                employees.
                    ``(C) Authority of secretary.--In carrying out the 
                rural microloan program, the Secretary may--
                            ``(i) make direct loans to qualified 
                        organizations for the purpose of making short-
                        term, fixed interest rate microloans to 
                        startup, newly established, and growing rural 
                        microbusiness concerns; and
                            ``(ii) in conjunction with those loans, 
                        provide grants in accordance with subparagraph 
                        (E) to those qualified organizations for the 
                        purpose of providing intensive marketing, 
                        management, and technical assistance to small 
                        business concerns that are borrowers under this 
                        paragraph.
                    ``(D) Loan duration; interest rates; conditions.--
                            ``(i) Loan duration.--A loan made by the 
                        Secretary under this paragraph shall be for a 
                        term of 20 years.
                            ``(ii) Applicable interest rates.--A loan 
                        made by the Secretary under this paragraph to a 
                        qualified organization shall bear an annual 
                        interest rate of at least 1 percent.
                            ``(iii) Deferral of interest and 
                        principal.--The Secretary may permit the 
                        deferral of payments, for principal and 
                        interest, on a loan made under this paragraph 
                        for a period of not more than 2 years, 
                        beginning on the date on which the loan was 
                        made.
                    ``(E) Grant amounts.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Except as otherwise 
                        provided in this section, each qualified 
                        organization that receives a loan under this 
                        paragraph shall be eligible to receive a grant 
                        to provide marketing, management, and technical 
                        assistance to small business concerns that are 
                        borrowers or potential borrowers under this 
                        subsection.
                            ``(ii) Maximum amount of grant for 
                        microenterprise development organizations.--
                        Each microenterprise development organization 
                        that receives a loan under this paragraph shall 
                        receive an annual grant in an amount equal to 
                        not more than 25 percent of the total 
                        outstanding balance of loans made to the 
                        microenterprise development organization under 
                        this paragraph, as of the date of provision of 
                        the grant.
                            ``(iii) Matching requirement.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--As a condition 
                                of any grant made to a qualified 
                                organization under this subparagraph, 
                                the Secretary shall require the 
                                qualified organization to match not 
                                less than 15 percent of the total 
                                amount of the grant.
                                    ``(II) Sources.--In addition to 
                                cash from non-Federal sources, a 
                                matching share provided by the 
                                qualified organization may include 
                                indirect costs or in-kind contributions 
                                funded under non-Federal programs.
    ``(c) Administrative Expenses.--Not more than 10 percent of 
assistance received by a qualified organization for a fiscal year under 
this section may be used to pay administrative expenses.
    ``(d) Funding.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, and on October 1, 2008, and each October 
        1 thereafter through October 1, 2012, out of any funds in the 
        Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the 
        Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary to carry out this 
        section $50,000,000, to remain available until expended.
            ``(2) Allocation of funds.--Of the amount made available by 
        paragraph (1) for each fiscal year--
                    ``(A) not less than $30,000,000 shall be available 
                for use in carrying out subsection (b)(3); and
                    ``(B) not less than $20,000,000 shall be available 
                for use in carrying out subsection (b)(4), of which not 
                more than $7,000,000 shall be used to support direct 
                loans.
                    ``(C) Receipt and acceptance.--The Secretary shall 
                be entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use to 
                carry out this section the funds transferred under 
                paragraph (1), without further appropriation.''.
Rural Entrepreneur and Microenterprise Assistance Act - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a rural entrepreneur and microenterprise (sole proprietorship or business entity with not more than 10 full-time employees) program to help low- and moderate- income individuals acquire: (1) necessary skills to establish small rural businesses; and (2) technical and financial assistance.

Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a related rural microloan program to provide technical and financial assistance to sole proprietorships and small rural businesses with a particular focus on businesses with five or fewer full-time employees.

SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY TO CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) the Las Vegas Valley in the State of Nevada is the 
        fastest growing community in the United States;
            (2) helicopter tour operations are conflicting with the 
        needs of long-established residential communities in the 
        Valley; and
            (3) the designation of a public heliport in the Valley that 
        would reduce conflicts between helicopter tour operators and 
        residential communities is in the public interest.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to provide a suitable 
location for the establishment of a commercial service heliport 
facility to serve the Las Vegas Valley in the State of Nevada while 
minimizing and mitigating the impact of air tours on the Sloan Canyon 
National Conservation Area and North McCullough Mountains Wilderness.
    (c) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Conservation area.--The term ``Conservation Area'' 
        means the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area established 
        by section 604(a) of the Clark County Conservation of Public 
        Land and Natural Resources Act of 2002 (116 Stat. 2010).
            (2) County.--The term ``County'' means Clark County, 
        Nevada.
            (3) Helicopter tour.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``helicopter tour'' means 
                a commercial helicopter tour operated for profit.
                    (B) Exclusion.--The term ``helicopter tour'' does 
                not include a helicopter tour that is carried out to 
                assist a Federal, State, or local agency.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (5) Wilderness.--The term ``Wilderness'' means the North 
        McCullough Mountains Wilderness established by section 
        202(a)(13) of the Clark County Conservation of Public Land and 
        Natural Resources Act of 2002 (116 Stat. 2000).
    (d) Conveyance.--As soon as practicable after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall convey to the County, subject to valid 
existing rights, for no consideration, all right, title, and interest 
of the United States in and to the parcel of land described in 
subsection (e).
    (e) Description of Land.--The parcel of land to be conveyed under 
subsection (d) is the parcel of approximately 229 acres of land 
depicted as tract A on the map entitled ``Clark County Public Heliport 
Facility'' and dated May 3, 2004.
    (f) Use of Land.--
            (1) In general.--The parcel of land conveyed under 
        subsection (d)--
                    (A) shall be used by the County for the operation 
                of a heliport facility under the conditions stated in 
                paragraphs (2) and (3); and
                    (B) shall not be disposed of by the County.
            (2) Imposition of fees.--
                    (A) In general.--Any operator of a helicopter tour 
                originating from or concluding at the parcel of land 
                described in subsection (e) shall pay to the Clark 
                County Department of Aviation a $3 conservation fee for 
                each passenger on the helicopter tour if any portion of 
                the helicopter tour occurs over the Conservation Area.
                    (B) Disposition of funds.--Any amounts collected 
                under subparagraph (A) shall be deposited in a special 
                account in the Treasury of the United States, which 
                shall be available to the Secretary, without further 
                appropriation, for the management of cultural, 
                wildlife, and wilderness resources on public land in 
                the State of Nevada.
            (3) Flight path.--Except for safety reasons, any helicopter 
        tour originating or concluding at the parcel of land described 
        in subsection (e) that flies over the Conservation Area shall 
        not fly--
                    (A) over any area in the Conservation Area except 
                the area that is between 3 and 5 miles north of the 
                latitude of the southernmost boundary of the 
                Conservation Area;
                    (B) lower than 1,000 feet over the eastern segments 
                of the boundary of the Conservation Area; or
                    (C) lower than 500 feet over the western segments 
                of the boundary of the Conservation Area.
            (4) Reversion.--If the County ceases to use any of the land 
        described in subsection (d) for the purpose described in 
        paragraph (1)(A) and under the conditions stated in paragraphs 
        (2) and (3)--
                    (A) title to the parcel shall revert to the United 
                States, at the option of the United States; and
                    (B) the County shall be responsible for any 
                reclamation necessary to revert the parcel to the 
                United States.
    (g) Administrative Costs.--The Secretary shall require, as a 
condition of the conveyance under subsection (d), that the County pay 
the administrative costs of the conveyance, including survey costs and 
any other costs associated with the transfer of title.
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to convey a specified parcel of Federal land to Clark County, Nevada, for operation of a commercial heliport facility. Prohibits the disposal of such conveyed land by the County.

Establishes a conservation fee for, and restricts the flight path of, helicopter tours originating from or concluding at the conveyed land which fly over the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area. Requires collected fees to be deposited into a special account in the Treasury for use by the Secretary for cultural, wildlife, and wilderness resources management on public lands in Nevada.

Provides that title to the conveyed land shall revert to the United States if the County ceases to use the land for the purpose described in this Act. Makes the County responsible for any reclamation necessary for reversion.

Directs the Secretary to require the County to pay the administrative costs of conveying the land.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stopping Over-Criminalization Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to reduce the size, scope and complexity 
of the Federal criminal code. In order to ensure that honest mistakes 
by individuals who are not morally blameworthy do not result in 
criminal charges, the Act establishes a default criminal state of mind 
requirement for all Federal criminal offenses, and allows a mistake of 
law defense for situations in which the defendant did not know, and a 
reasonable person would not have known, that the action was a crime. 
Currently, Federal crimes, including executive rules that carry 
criminal penalties are scattered throughout the Federal code and 
register. To enable all Americans to access and view Federal crimes, 
the Act requires the creation of a Federal inventory that lists all 
Federal criminal offenses, including agency rules that define criminal 
offenses. To uphold the role of Congress in defining what constitutes a 
Federal crime, the Act holds that no rule of the executive branch 
defining or establishing a criminal offense shall have force or effect 
unless approved by both branches of Congress.

SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF DEFAULT MENS REA FOR FEDERAL OFFENSES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 1 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 28. Default mens rea requirement
    ``(a) Knowing State of Mind Generally Required.--For the purposes 
of a Federal offense, unless otherwise specifically provided in the 
provision of law defining the offense, the state of mind required for a 
conviction is knowing as to each element of the offense.
    ``(b) Special Rule for Regulatory and Similar Offenses.--In 
addition, in the case of an offense, such as a regulatory offense, 
where a defendant might reasonably be unaware the conduct could be 
criminally punished, the Government must prove the defendant had reason 
to know the defendant's conduct was unlawful.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 1 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item:

``28. Establishing a default mens rea for Federal offenses.''.

SEC. 4. REQUIRING AN INVENTORY OF ALL FEDERAL CRIMINAL OFFENSES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 31 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 530E. Inventory of Federal criminal offenses
    ``(a) Development and Availability.--
            ``(1) Initially.--Not later than one year after the 
        enactment of this section, the Attorney General shall develop 
        and make available to the public, online and through other 
        appropriate means, an inventory of all Federal criminal 
        offenses, including violations of agency rules that carry 
        criminal penalties.
            ``(2) Updating.--The Attorney General shall update the 
        inventory following the subsequent enactment or amendment (or 
        the creation by agency rulemaking) of any Federal criminal 
        offenses in order to keep the inventory as up to date as 
        practicable.
    ``(b) Prohibition of Prosecution of Non-Inventoried Offenses.--
            ``(1) Generally.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), it 
        is a defense against a prosecution for any Federal offense that 
        the offense is not listed in the inventory as required by this 
        section.
            ``(2) Exceptions.--Paragraph (1) does not apply if--
                    ``(A) the Government demonstrates beyond a 
                reasonable doubt that a reasonable person would have 
                known the conduct that person engaged in was criminal 
                in nature; or
                    ``(B) the conduct of the defendant resulted in an 
                imminent and foreseeable risk of death or bodily injury 
                to another.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 31 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item:

``530E. Inventory of Federal criminal offenses.''.

SEC. 5. PRESERVING THE ROLE OF CONGRESS IN DEFINING FEDERAL CRIMES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting before section 801 the following:

           ``SUBCHAPTER I--CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW GENERALLY'';

        and
            (2) by inserting after section 808 the following:

             ``SUBCHAPTER II--RULES WITH CRIMINAL PENALTIES

``Sec. 811. New rules with criminal penalties
    ``(a) Limitation on Taking Effect.--A new rule with criminal 
penalties shall not take effect except upon the enactment of a joint 
resolution under this subchapter, the matter after the resolving clause 
of which is as follows: `That Congress approves the rules submitted by 
the _______ relating to ______.'. (The blank spaces being appropriately 
filled in).
    ``(b) Proposed Rules To Be Submitted to Congress.--Upon proposing a 
rule to which subsection (a) applies, the agency proposing the rule 
shall submit to Congress--
            ``(1) a copy of the rule, a concise general statement 
        relating to the rule, and the proposed effective date of the 
        rule;
            ``(2) a justification for providing criminal penalties, 
        including--
                    ``(A) an estimate of the number of expected 
                prosecutions annually over a 10-year period;
                    ``(B) the anticipated cost of prosecuting and 
                punishing, including by incarceration, offenders;
                    ``(C) a cost-benefit analysis of punishing offenses 
                as crimes, rather than lesser violations, including the 
                effect on rule compliance, impact on total Federal 
                spending, and the impact of incarceration and other 
                punishments under the rule on communities.
            ``(3) a criminal rule report for such rule. Such a rule may 
        not take effect prior to the final disposition date for such 
        criminal rule report.
    ``(c) Referral of Submission.--Upon receipt of a submission under 
this section, each House of Congress shall provide copies of the 
submission to the chairman and ranking member of each standing 
committee with the jurisdiction to report a bill to amend the provision 
of law under which the rule is issued.
    ``(d) Deadline for Reporting by Committees.--If, not later than 15 
legislative days after the referral in one of the Houses of Congress, 
no committee to which a submission is referred under subsection (c) 
reports out, either favorably or unfavorably, a joint resolution 
approving the rule, the committee to which the submission is referred 
is automatically discharged of the resolution of approval.
    ``(e) House of Representatives.--(1) In the House of 
Representatives, after the 15-day period described in subsection (d), 
it is at any time in order for a motion to proceed to the consideration 
of a joint resolution described in subsection (a).
    ``(2) In the House of Representatives, all points of order against 
a joint resolution described in subsection (a) shall be considered 
waived. The joint resolution shall be debatable for one hour equally 
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of 
the committee of referral. The previous question shall be considered as 
ordered on the resolution to final passage without intervening motion, 
except one motion to recommit without instructions.
    ``(f) Automatic Discharge.--In the Senate, if the committee to 
which is referred a joint resolution described in subsection (a) has 
not reported such joint resolution (or an identical joint resolution) 
after the 15-day period described in subsection (d), such committee 
shall be discharged from further consideration of such joint resolution 
and such joint resolution shall be placed on the calendar.
    ``(g) Motion To Proceed and Debate.--(1) In the Senate, when the 
committee to which a joint resolution is referred has reported, or when 
a committee is discharged (under subsection (f)) from further 
consideration of a joint resolution described in subsection (a), it is 
at any time thereafter in order (even though a previous motion to the 
same effect has been disagreed to) for a motion to proceed to the 
consideration of the joint resolution, and all points of order against 
the joint resolution (and against consideration of the joint 
resolution) are waived. The motion is not subject to amendment, or to a 
motion to postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the consideration of 
other business. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is 
agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed 
to the consideration of the joint resolution is agreed to, the joint 
resolution shall remain the unfinished business of the Senate until 
disposed of.
    ``(2) In the Senate, debate on the joint resolution, and on all 
debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited 
to not more than 5 hours, which shall be divided equally between those 
favoring and those opposing the joint resolution. A motion further to 
limit debate is in order and not debatable. An amendment to, or a 
motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of 
other business, or a motion to recommit the joint resolution is not in 
order.
    ``(3) In the Senate, immediately following the conclusion of the 
debate on a joint resolution described in subsection (a), and a single 
quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if requested in accordance 
with the rules of the Senate, the vote on final passage of the joint 
resolution shall occur.
    ``(4) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the 
application of the rules of the Senate to the procedure relating to a 
joint resolution described in subsection (a) shall be decided without 
debate.
    ``(h) Consideration by the Other House.--If, before the passage by 
one House of a joint resolution of that House described in subsection 
(a), that House receives from the other House a joint resolution 
described in subsection (a), then the following procedures shall apply:
            ``(1) The joint resolution of the other House shall not be 
        referred to a committee.
            ``(2) With respect to a joint resolution described in 
        subsection (a) of the House receiving the joint resolution--
                    ``(A) the procedure in that House shall be the same 
                as if no joint resolution had been received from the 
                other House; but
                    ``(B) the vote on final passage shall be on the 
                joint resolution of the other House.
    ``(i) Exercise of Rulemaking Power.--This section is enacted by 
Congress--
            ``(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
        and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such it is 
        deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but 
        applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in 
        that House in the case of a joint resolution described in 
        subsection (a), and it supersedes other rules only to the 
        extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and
            ``(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
        either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the 
        procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and 
        to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that 
        House.
``Sec. 812. Definition
    ``In this subchapter, the term `new rule with criminal penalties' 
means a rule or provision of a rule, or an amendment to such a rule or 
provision, that--
            ``(1) if violated, may be punished by criminal penalties; 
        and
            ``(2) is proposed after the date of enactment of this 
        section.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--
            (1) References to chapter conformed.--Sections 801 through 
        808 of such title are amended by striking ``chapter'' each 
        place such term appears, and inserting ``subchapter''.
            (2) Table of sections.--The table of sections for chapter 8 
        of such title is amended as follows:
                    (A) before the item pertaining to section 801, 
                insert the following:

            ``subchapter i. congressional review generally'';

                and
                    (B) after the item pertaining to section 808, 
                insert the following:

             ``subchapter ii. rules with criminal penalties

``811. Agency reviews of rules with criminal penalties.
``812. Definitions.''.

SEC. 6. NONAPPLICATION OF ACT TO UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE.

    Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this Act applies to 
any existing or future statute or regulation enacted in, or prescribed 
under, the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Stopping Over-Criminalization Act of 2015 This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish a default mens rea (guilty mind) standard for a federal criminal offense, unless the provision of law that defines such offense specifically provides otherwise. A federal criminal offense conviction requires proof that a defendant acted knowingly with respect to each element of the offense. If a defendant might lack reasonable awareness that conduct (e.g., a regulatory offense) is criminally punishable, then a conviction requires proof that the defendant had reason to know the conduct was unlawful. Additionally, the bill amends the federal judicial code to: (1) require the Department of Justice to develop, publish, and update an inventory of all federal criminal offenses, including agency rules that carry criminal penalties; and (2) prohibit prosecuting a defendant for a non-inventoried federal offense. Finally, it amends the Congressional Review Act to require congressional approval by joint resolution for a new rule with criminal penalties to take effect.