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Quarterly Financial Report Reauthorization Act [HB-3116] [Finance ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Cybersecurity ] [Data Privacy ] [Science ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ]
Quarterly Financial Report Reauthorization Act (Sec. 2) This bill extends the authority of the Department of Commerce to conduct the quarterly financial report program through September 30, 2030, under which Commerce collects and publishes quarterly financial statistics of business operations, organization, practices, management, and relation to other businesses, including data on sales, expenses, assets, liabilities, and other measures of financial condition. (Sec. 3) Commerce must conduct and report to specified congressional committees on a review (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu Became Public Law No: 114-72. (txt | Pdf) on 10/22/2015

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GROW AMERICA Act Generating Renewal, Opportunity, and Work with Accelerated Mobility, Efficiency, and Rebuilding of Infrastructure and Communities throughout America Act [HB-3064] [Infrastructure ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Trade ] [Small Business ] [Construction ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Taxes ] [Public Safety ]
GROW AMERICA Act Generating Renewal, Opportunity, and Work with Accelerated Mobility, Efficiency, and Rebuilding of Infrastructure and Communities throughout America Act Prescribes requirements for environmental reviews with respect to state and federal agency engagement, obstruction of navigation, historic sites, categorical exclusion of multimodal projects from environmental review, and creation in the Department of Transportation (DOT) of an Interagency Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center. Directs DOT to establish a multimodal freight (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton Referred To The Subcommittee On Research And Technology. on 08/18/2015

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National Statistics on Deadly Force Transparency Act of 2015 [HB-306] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ] [Data Privacy ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Race and Civil Rights ]
National Statistics on Deadly Force Transparency Act of 2015 Requires the Attorney General to issue regulations for the collection and compilation of data pertaining to the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers, which shall require: the collection of data on all instances wherein deadly force was used; the data to include information on the characteristics of the officer and the person who was the target of deadly force (excluding personally identifiable information), the alleged criminal activity of such person, when and where the deadly (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 02/05/2015

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TALENT Act To Aid Gifted and High-Ability Learners by Empowering the Nation's Teachers Act [HB-2960] [Education ] [Children and Youth ]
TALENT Act To Aid Gifted and High-Ability Learners by Empowering the Nation's Teachers Act This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require state assessments of student proficiency to measure individual academic achievement, including above grade level achievement. States must: (1) assist their local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools in providing additional educational assistance to advanced, gifted, and talented students; and (2) report annually a comparison of the performance of students between different LEAs (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Young Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 11/16/2015

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Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act [HB-2751] [Native American Affairs ] [Human Services ] [Children and Youth ] [Education ] [Law Enforcement ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Safety ] [Race and Civil Rights ]
Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act Establishes the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children in the Office of Tribal Justice of the Department of Justice. Requires the President and Congress to appoint to the Commission individuals who have significant experience and expertise in Indian affairs and matters to be studied by the Commission. Requires the Commission to establish a Native Advisory Committee consisting of representatives of Indian tribes from each region of the Bureau of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Ruiz Referred To The Subcommittee On Indian, Insular And Alaska Native Affairs. on 07/01/2015

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Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2015 [HB-2583] [Telecommunications ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ] [Consumer Protection ]
Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to complete a rulemaking proceeding to adopt rules establishing: minimum comment and reply periods for rulemakings; policies to ensure that the public has notice and an opportunity to respond to comments, ex parte communications, or materials submitted toward the end of, or after, the comment period; deadlines for public notice, and guidelines for disposition, of certain petitions; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Kinzinger Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 11/17/2015

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Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 [HB-2578] [Finance ] [Telecommunications ] [Trade ] [Budget and Spending ] [Cybersecurity ] [Science ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Law Enforcement ] [National Security ] [Criminal Justice ] [Defense ] [Energy ] [Public Safety ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Aerospace ] [Human Rights ] [Elections ] [Ethics ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [International ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Media and Advertising ] [Small Business ] [Consumer Protection ] [Data Privacy ] [Education ] [Artificial Intelligence ] [Crime ]
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 Provides FY2016 appropriations for the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice (DOJ), science agencies, and several related agencies. Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2016 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Provides appropriations to the Department of Commerce for: the International Trade Administration, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the Bureau of Industry and Security, the Economic Development Administration, the Minority Business Development (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Culberson Considered By Senate. (consideration: Cr S4521-4535) on 06/23/2016

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GROW AMERICA Act Generating Renewal, Opportunity, and Work with Accelerated Mobility, Efficiency, and Rebuilding of Infrastructure and Communities throughout America Act [HB-2410] [Infrastructure ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ] [Energy ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Small Business ] [Construction ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Safety ]
GROW AMERICA Act Generating Renewal, Opportunity, and Work with Accelerated Mobility, Efficiency, and Rebuilding of Infrastructure and Communities throughout America Act Prescribes requirements for environmental reviews with respect to state and federal agency engagement, obstruction of navigation, historic sites, categorical exclusion of multimodal projects from environmental review, and creation in the Department of Transportation (DOT) of an Interagency Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center. Directs DOT to establish a multimodal freight (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks Referred To The Subcommittee On Research And Technology. on 08/18/2015

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Racial Profiling Prevention Act [HB-2381] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Racial Profiling Prevention Act Directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to make a grant to a state that: (1) has enacted and is enforcing a law that prohibits a state or local law enforcement officer from using the race or ethnicity (racial profiling) of the driver or passengers in making routine or spontaneous law enforcement decisions, such as ordinary traffic stops on federal-aid highways; and (2) allows and maintains public inspection statistical information for each motor vehicle stop made by a law enforcement officer on a federal-aid (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 05/18/2015

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To make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions, and for other purposes. [HB-2255] [Data Privacy ]
To make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions, and for other purposes. Requires the Department of Commerce to include in instructions for completing any survey relating to the Census a statement that answering any questions other than questions that elicit the name of the respondent, contact information, the date of the response, or the number of people living or staying at the same address where the respondent resides is optional. Provides that no person may be fined or otherwise (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Introduced In House on 05/12/2015

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To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to consider Brunswick County, North Carolina, to be part of the same metropolitan statistical area as Wilmington, North Carolina. [HB-2183] [Community Development ] [Economic Development ]
To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to consider Brunswick County, North Carolina, to be part of the same metropolitan statistical area as Wilmington, North Carolina. Directs the Office of Management and Budget to consider Brunswick County, North Carolina, to be part of the metropolitan statistical area that contains Wilmington, North Carolina. Terminates this Act on January 1, 2021.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Rouzer Introduced In House on 04/30/2015

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Success in the Middle Act of 2015 [HB-2105] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Children and Youth ]
Success in the Middle Act of 2015 This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to allot grants to states, based on their proportion of poor children aged 5 to 17, to: (1) implement state middle grades needs analyses and, on the basis of such analyses, improvement plans that describe what students must master to complete successfully the middle grades and succeed in academically rigorous secondary school coursework; and (2) award competitive subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or partnerships of LEAs and institutions of higher education, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 11/16/2015

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Girls Count Act of 2015 [HB-2100] [Human Rights ] [International ] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ] [Social Security ] [Poverty ]
Girls Count Act of 2015 Authorizes the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development to: (1) support programs that will contribute to improved civil registration and vital statistics systems with a focus on birth registration; and (2) support programs that build the capacity of developing countries' national and local legal and policy frameworks to prevent discrimination against girls in gaining passport access and help increase property rights, social security, land tenure, economic opportunities, and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 05/21/2015

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Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 [HB-2029] [Defense ] [Veterans ] [Agriculture ] [Food ] [Healthcare ] [International ] [Trade ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Telecommunications ] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Public Health ] [Science ] [Cybersecurity ] [Military ] [National Security ] [Construction ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Consumer Protection ] [Housing ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Disaster Relief ] [Economic Development ] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Poverty ] [Public Safety ] [Senior Citizens ] [Water ] [Animals ] [Air Quality ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Arts and Culture ] [Cannabis ] [Children and Youth ] [Climate Change ] [Community Development ] [Data Privacy ] [Disabilities ] [Drones ] [Elections ] [Ethics ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Film Production ] [Finance ] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Gaming ] [Human Rights ] [Inflation ] [Insurance ] [Investments ] [Libraries ] [Manufacturing ] [Media and Advertising ] [Mental Health ] [Mining ] [Native American Affairs ] [Nonprofit ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Pensions ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Property Tax ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Real Estate ] [Recreation ] [Religion ] [Reproductive Rights / Abortion ] [Retirement ] [Social Security ] [Sports ] [Student Loans ] [Taxes ] [Tourism ] [Unemployment ] [Voting Rights ] [Workers' Compensation ] [Artificial Intelligence ] [Aerospace ] [Immigration ] [Infrastructure ] [Public Lands and National Parks ]
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (Sec. 3) Provides that references to "this Act" included in any division refer only to the provisions of the division unless the bill expressly provides otherwise. (Sec. 4) Provides that the explanatory statement printed in the Congressional Record regarding this bill has the same effect as a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference. (Sec. 5) Provides that the sums in this bill are appropriated for FY2016. (Sec. 6) Provides that amounts designated (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Dent Considered As Unfinished Business (consideration: Cr H10696) on 12/18/2015

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Real Unemployment Calculation Act [HB-1876] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ] [Economic Development ]
Real Unemployment Calculation Act Treats the measure of unemployment issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (known as U5) as the official and primary measure of unemployment in the United States.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Graves Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 11/16/2015

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Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act of 2015 [HB-1831] [Technology and Innovation ] [Data Privacy ] [Science ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Cybersecurity ]
Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill establishes in the executive branch a Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking. (Sec. 3) The bill provides for a 15 member Commission appointed by the President and congressional leaders with consideration given to individuals with expertise in economics, statistics, program evaluation, data security, confidentiality, or database management. (Sec. 4) The Commission must conduct a comprehensive study of the data inventory, data infrastructure, database security, and statistical (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Todd Young Became Public Law No: 114-140. (txt | Pdf) on 03/30/2016

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Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act [HB-1811] [Social Security ] [Senior Citizens ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Inflation ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ]
Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish for each calendar month a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI-EC) that indicates changes over time in consumption expenditures typical for individuals in the United States age 62 or older. Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to make the CPI-EC the applicable Consumer Price Index for computation of cost-of-living increases in OASDI benefits (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 11/16/2015

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Higher Education and Employment Transparency Act [HB-1573] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Data Privacy ] [Student Loans ] [Consumer Protection ]
Higher Education and Employment Transparency Act Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make publicly available on the College Navigator website the employment information that schools who are participating in that Act's title IV (Student Assistance) programs are required to provide to prospective and enrolled students. Requires those schools to supplement that employment information by indicating whether or not the jobs their graduates obtain are paid jobs or require any postsecondary education. Requires (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Andre Carson Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 11/16/2015

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Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2015 [HB-1217] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Crime ] [Mental Health ] [Public Safety ] [Healthcare ] [Criminal Justice ] [National Security ]
Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2015 Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to reauthorize for FY2016-FY2019 the grant program for improvements to the criminal history record system. Amends the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to: (1) establish a four-year implementation plan to ensure maximum coordination and automation of reporting of records or making records available to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System; (2) direct the Attorney General to make grants to states, Indian tribal governments, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 03/31/2015

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Voter Empowerment Act of 2015 [HB-12] [Voting Rights ] [Elections ] [Cybersecurity ] [Data Privacy ] [Disabilities ] [Law Enforcement ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Crime ]
Voter Empowerment Act of 2015 Voter Registration Modernization Act of 2015 Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) to require states to make available websites for online voter registration. Authorizes automated voter registration of certain individuals and establishes other initiatives to promote voter registration, such as same-day registration and voter registration of individuals under 18 years of age. Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit hindering, interfering with, or preventing voter registration. Amends the Help (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 04/29/2015

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