A bill to improve the operation of the Department of Homeland Security's Unmanned Aircraft System Program. [S.159]
[Defense ]
[Immigration ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Drones ]
[National Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
A bill to improve the operation of the Department of Homeland Security's Unmanned Aircraft System Program. Requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to fully utilize surveillance and detection capabilities developed or used by federal agencies to enhance the functioning and operational capability to conduct continuous and integrated manned or unmanned monitoring, sensing, or surveillance of 100% of the southern border of the United States. Prohibits DHS from procuring any additional unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) until it provides written
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S.159: A bill to improve the operation of the Department of Homeland Security's Unmanned Aircraft System Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 01/13/2015
Border Health Security Act of 2015 [S.1537]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[International ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[National Security ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Border Health Security Act of 2015 This bill amends the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act to require the commission to cooperate with the Canada-United States Pan-Border Public Health Preparedness Council and to recommend and implement initiatives that solve border health issues. Members of the commission may provide advice or recommendations to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) or Congress without authorization or a request. HHS must award grants: (1) to address the priorities and recommendations of the commission
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S.1537: Border Health Security Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 06/10/2015
Keep the Promise Act of 2015 [S.152]
[Gaming ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Keep the Promise Act of 2015 (Sec. 4) This bill restricts gaming on land within the Phoenix, Arizona, metropolitan area acquired by the Department of the Interior in trust for the benefit of an Indian tribe after April 9, 2013. The restriction ends on January 1, 2027.
S.152: Keep the Promise Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Committee On Indian Affairs. Reported By Senator Barrasso Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 114-199. Additional Views Filed. on 12/18/2015
North American Energy Infrastructure Act [S.1228]
[Energy ]
[Trade ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Environmental ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[International ]
North American Energy Infrastructure Act Prohibits any person from constructing, connecting, operating, or maintaining a cross-border segment of an oil or natural gas pipeline or electric transmission facility at the national boundary of the United States for the import or export of oil, natural gas, or electricity to or from Canada or Mexico without obtaining a certificate of crossing under this Act. Requires the Department of State, with respect to oil pipelines, or the Department of Energy (DOE), with respect to electric transmission facilities,
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S.1228: North American Energy Infrastructure Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Donnelly
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Hearings Held. on 05/14/2015
HR-90: Recognizing the importance of the United States International Boundary Water Commission (USIBWC) and its recent efforts to address trash, sediment, and water quality issues with their Mexican counterparts, Comisión Internacional de Límites y Aguas (CILA), through a proposed minute.
Sponsored by: Rep. Juan Vargas
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Western Hemisphere. on 02/11/2015
You have voted HR-90: Recognizing the importance of the United States International Boundary Water Commission (USIBWC) and its recent efforts to address trash, sediment, and water quality issues with their Mexican counterparts, Comisión Internacional de Límites y Aguas (CILA), through a proposed minute..
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the success of Operation Streamline and the importance of prosecuting first time illegal border crossers. [HR-281]
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[Crime ]
[National Security ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the success of Operation Streamline and the importance of prosecuting first time illegal border crossers. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: gains made in border security in the Border Patrol's Yuma Sector and positive trends in recidivism rates are of critical importance to those living and working in the border region and to the nation; refusing to prosecute first time illegal border crossers will jeopardize those gains and the executive branch should remove
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HR-281: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the success of Operation Streamline and the importance of prosecuting first time illegal border crossers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Rice
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 06/01/2015
You have voted HR-281: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the success of Operation Streamline and the importance of prosecuting first time illegal border crossers..
HCR-28: Expressing the sense of Congress that the President's executive amnesty is illegal notwithstanding passage of H.B. 240, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2015.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 04/21/2015
You have voted HCR-28: Expressing the sense of Congress that the President's executive amnesty is illegal notwithstanding passage of H.B. 240, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2015..
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2015 [HB-994]
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[Energy ]
[Mining ]
[Science ]
[Public Health ]
[Veterans ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2015 Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund until 19 years after enactment of this Act. Prescribes additional periods of required presence in an affected area during atmospheric nuclear testing for individuals filing leukemia or specified disease claims. Increases the amount of compensation an individual filing a claim may receive to $150,000. Expands "affected area" to include Colorado, Idaho, Montana, and New Mexico, as well as any
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HB-994: Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 04/29/2015
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 [HB-861]
[National Security ]
[Immigration ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Health ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 Provides FY2015 appropriations to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Provides appropriations for Departmental Management and Operations for the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management, the Office of the Under Secretary for Management, the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, the Office of the Chief Information Officer, Analysis and Operations, and the Office of Inspector General. Provides appropriations for Security, Enforcement, and Investigations for U.S. Customs and Border
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HB-861: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 02/11/2015
Protecting Our Democracy Act [HB-6447]
[Elections ]
[National Security ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Voting Rights ]
Protecting Our Democracy Act This bill establishes in the legislative branch the National Commission on Foreign Interference in the 2016 Election to investigate activities of the Russian government and others to use electronic means to influence, interfere with, or sow distrust in the elections for public office held in the United States in 2016.
HB-6447: Protecting Our Democracy Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Elijah Cummings
Introduced In House on 12/07/2016
America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015 [HB-636]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Inflation ]
America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent after 2014 the $500,000 allowance for the expensing of depreciable business property (section 179 property) and the $2 million threshold after which the amount of such allowance is reduced. Both the allowance and the threshold amount are indexed for inflation for taxable years beginning after 2015. The allowance is also made permanent for computer software and qualified real property (i.e., qualified leasehold improvement property,
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HB-636: America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Costello
Signed By President. on 07/15/2016
POSSE Act Protect Our Southwestern States Enforcement Act [HB-5905]
[Immigration ]
[National Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
POSSE Act Protect Our Southwestern States Enforcement Act This bill requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to: (1) ensure that specified Border Patrol sectors in Texas, California, and Arizona are fully staffed, including by hiring additional CBP and Border Patrol personnel as needed; and (2) maintain the number of Border Patrol stations in each such sector at current levels. The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 is amended to direct the Department of Homeland Security to construct double-layered fencing
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HB-5905: POSSE Act Protect Our Southwestern States Enforcement Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Glenn Grothman
Referred To The Subcommittee On Border And Maritime Security. on 08/12/2016
Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2016 [HB-5758]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
[Agriculture ]
Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2016 This bill allows the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming (western states) to relinquish state land grant parcels wholly or primarily within eligible areas and select, in exchange, public land within the state. The bill defines "eligible areas" as lands within the outer boundaries of units of the National Park, National Wilderness Preservation, National Wildlife Refuge, or National Landscape Conservation
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HB-5758: Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Polis
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 07/25/2016
Temporary Judgeship Conversion Act of 2016 [HB-5675]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Temporary Judgeship Conversion Act of 2016 This bill converts certain temporary U.S. district court judgeships to permanent judgeships in specified U.S. judicial districts in Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Texas.
HB-5675: Temporary Judgeship Conversion Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally
Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. on 07/20/2016
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2017 [HB-5634]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Immigration ]
[National Security ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2017 Provides FY2017 appropriations to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Provides appropriations for Departmental Management, Operations, Intelligence, and Oversight for: Departmental Management and Operations, Analysis and Operations, and the Office of Inspector General. Provides appropriations for Security, Enforcement, and Investigations for: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration, the U.S. Coast Guard,
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HB-5634: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. John Carter
The House Committee On Appropriations Reported An Original Measure, H. Rept. 114-668, By Mr. Carter (tx). on 07/06/2016
Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act [HB-5556]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Science ]
[Water ]
[Animals ]
[Recreation ]
Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act This bill establishes the Great Bend of the Gila National Monument in Arizona. The Department of the Interior shall manage the Monument as part of the National Landscape Conservation System to maintain its undeveloped character and to protect and restore its cultural resources, species, and ecosystems. Interior shall conduct an inventory of invasive plant species in the Monument. Interior may carry out vegetation management treatments within the Monument, including efforts to control salt
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HB-5556: Great Bend of the Gila National Monument Establishment Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 06/28/2016
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 [HB-5538]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Water ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
[Mining ]
[Air Quality ]
[Animals ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Science ]
[Recreation ]
[National Security ]
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 Provides FY2017 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies. TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Provides appropriations to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for: Management of Lands and Resources; Land Acquisition; Oregon and California Grant Lands; Range Improvements; Service Charges, Deposits, and Forfeitures; and Miscellaneous Trust Funds. Prohibits appropriations provided by this bill
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HB-5538: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Calvert
Received In The Senate. Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 587. on 09/06/2016
Udall Park Land Exchange Completion Act of 2016 [HB-5520]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Real Estate ]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
Udall Park Land Exchange Completion Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey, without consideration, to the city of Tucson, Arizona, the reversionary interest of the United States in and to an approximately 172.8-acre parcel of land owned by the city for the purpose of unencumbering the title to such land to enable its economic development.
HB-5520: Udall Park Land Exchange Completion Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 06/22/2016
To amend the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 to clarify the use of the WMAT Settlement Fund. [HB-5433]
[Water ]
[Native American Affairs ]
To amend the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 to clarify the use of the WMAT Settlement Fund. This bill amends the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 to specify that White Mountain Apache Tribe settlement funds may be used for the completion of the tribe's rural water system.
HB-5433: To amend the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 to clarify the use of the WMAT Settlement Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Gosar
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 06/13/2016
California Long-Term Provisions for Water Supply and Short-Term Provisions for Emergency Drought Relief Act [HB-5247]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Energy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Science ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Climate Change ]
[Animals ]
[Agriculture ]
California Long-Term Provisions for Water Supply and Short-Term Provisions for Emergency Drought Relief Act TITLE I--LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS FOR WESTERN STATES SUBJECT TO DROUGHT This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior, within California and other states served by the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), and also within Alaska and Hawaii, to provide: (1) cost-shared financial assistance and other long-term agreements to nonfederal participants to advance the planning, design, and construction of nonfederal permanent water storage and
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HB-5247: California Long-Term Provisions for Water Supply and Short-Term Provisions for Emergency Drought Relief Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Cardenas
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 09/30/2016