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Defending Public Safety Employees' Retirement Act [HB-2146] [Pensions ] [Law Enforcement ] [Trade ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Small Business ] [Human Rights ] [National Security ] [Retirement ] [Public Safety ] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ]
Defending Public Safety Employees' Retirement Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the exemption from the 10% penalty tax on early distributions from a government retirement plan for qualified public safety employees who have reached age 50, to expand the exemption to include specified federal law enforcement officers, customs and border protection officers, federal firefighters, and air traffic controllers who similarly have reached age 50. The bill also eliminates the restriction that only distributions from (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David G. Reichert Became Public Law No: 114-26. (txt | Pdf) on 06/29/2015

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Customs Training Enhancement Act [HB-2015] [Trade ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Law Enforcement ] [National Security ]
Customs Training Enhancement Act Directs the Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to establish educational seminars at U.S. ports of entry to improve the ability of CBP personnel to classify and appraise articles imported into the United States in accordance with U.S. customs laws, including their ability to identify and prevent the mislabeling and transshipment of such articles.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James P. McGovern Referred To The Subcommittee On Trade. on 05/11/2015

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End Racial Profiling Act of 2015 [HB-1933] [Crime ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
End Racial Profiling Act of 2015 Prohibits any law enforcement agent or agency from engaging in racial profiling. Grants the United States or an individual injured by racial profiling the right to obtain declaratory or injunctive relief. Requires federal law enforcement agencies to maintain adequate policies and procedures to eliminate racial profiling and to cease existing practices that permit racial profiling. Requires state or local governmental entities or state, local, or tribal law enforcement agencies that apply for grants under the Edward (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 05/15/2015

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Trade Enforcement and Trade Facilitation Act of 2015 [HB-1916] [Trade ] [Finance ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Cybersecurity ] [National Security ] [Law Enforcement ] [Consumer Protection ] [Small Business ] [Manufacturing ] [Budget and Spending ] [International ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Crime ]
Trade Enforcement and Trade Facilitation Act of 2015 This bill directs the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to ensure that CBP partnership programs, such as the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, provide trade benefits to importers, exporters, and certain other private sector entities that meet program requirements. The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on the effectiveness of CBP enforcement of U.S. customs and trade laws (trade enforcement). The CBP shall establish priorities and performance standards to (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sander M. Levin Referred To The Subcommittee On Border And Maritime Security. on 05/06/2015

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Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 [HB-1907] [Trade ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Cybersecurity ] [Law Enforcement ] [National Security ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Safety ] [Manufacturing ] [Economic Development ] [International ]
Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 TITLE I--TRADE FACILITATION AND TRADE ENFORCEMENT (Sec. 101) This bill directs the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to ensure that CBP partnership programs, such as the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, provide trade benefits to importers, exporters, and certain other private sector entities that meet program requirements. (Sec. 102) The Government Accountability Office (GAO) shall report to Congress on the effectiveness of CBP enforcement of U.S. customs and trade laws (trade (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick J. Tiberi Placed On The Union Calendar, Calendar No. 80. on 05/14/2015

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Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015 [HB-1892] [Trade ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Taxes ] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ] [Unemployment ]
Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Amends the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 to repeal the declaration that trade adjustment assistance (TAA) program requirements in effect as of February 13, 2011, under the Trade Act of 1974 shall apply to petitions for certification to apply for TAA for workers, firms, and farmers that are filed before January 1, 2014. (Sec. 3) Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend through June 30, 2021: the TAA program, and the reemployment trade adjustment assistance (RTAA) program. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Meehan Reported (amended) By The Committee On Ways And Means. H. Rept. 114-108, Part I. on 05/08/2015

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AGOA Extension and Enhancement Act of 2015 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill: AGOA Extension and Enhancement Act of 2015 Official Titles: Official Titles - House of Representatives Official Title as Introduced: To extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the Generalized System of Preferences, the preferential duty treatment program for Haiti, and for other purposes. [HB-1891] [Trade ] [Small Business ] [International ] [Taxes ]
AGOA Extension and Enhancement Act of 2015 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill: AGOA Extension and Enhancement Act of 2015 Official Titles: Official Titles - House of Representatives Official Title as Introduced: To extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the Generalized System of Preferences, the preferential duty treatment program for Haiti, and for other purposes. TITLE I--EXTENSION OF AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT AGOA Extension and Enhancement Act of 2015 (Sec. 103) This bill amends the Trade Act of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Karen Bass Reported By The Committee On Ways And Means. H. Rept. 114-101. on 05/01/2015

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Arizona Borderlands Protection and Preservation Act [HB-1412] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [National Security ] [Agriculture ] [Environmental ] [Immigration ] [Defense ] [Law Enforcement ]
Arizona Borderlands Protection and Preservation Act This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Department of the Interior to provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel with access to federal lands for security activities, including: (1) routine motorized patrols; and (2) deployment of communications, surveillance, and detection equipment. Interior and USDA may provide education and training to CBP personnel on the natural and cultural resources present on individual federal (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally Referred To The Subcommittee On Border And Maritime Security. on 04/07/2015

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Ensuring Tax Exempt Organizations the Right to Appeal Act [HB-1314] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ] [Agriculture ] [Telecommunications ] [Energy ] [Pensions ] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Social Security ] [Funding ] [Law Enforcement ] [Military ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Crime ]
Ensuring Tax Exempt Organizations the Right to Appeal Act TITLE I--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to increase the discretionary spending limits for FY2016 and FY2017. The bill revises procedures for implementing the sequester of direct spending, which is required under current law and involves cuts that interact with discretionary spending levels. The bill requires the sequester to take place in FY2016 and FY2017 as if the amendments that this bill makes to the discretionary (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Meehan Presented To President. on 11/02/2015

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IRS Bureaucracy Reduction and Judicial Review Act [HB-1295] [Trade ] [Taxes ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Healthcare ] [International ] [Agriculture ] [Budget and Spending ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Education ] [Poverty ]
IRS Bureaucracy Reduction and Judicial Review Act TITLE I--EXTENSION OF AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT AGOA Extension and Enhancement Act of 2015 (Sec. 103) This bill amends the Trade Act of 1974 and the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) to extend through FY2025 the duty-free treatment of the products of beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries under those Acts. The extended period also applies to: the preferential treatment of apparel articles wholly assembled, or components knit-to-shape and wholly assembled, in one or more beneficiary (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Peter J. Roskam Became Public Law No: 114-27. (txt | Pdf) on 06/29/2015

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Michael Davis, Jr. in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act [HB-1148] [Immigration ] [Crime ] [National Security ]
Michael Davis, Jr. in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and related federal law with respect to immigration law enforcement within the United States. Authorizes: (1) states or their political subdivisions to enact and enforce immigration criminal penalties as long as they do not exceed relevant federal criminal penalties; and (2) state or local law enforcement personnel to investigate, apprehend, arrest, or transfer to federal custody aliens for immigration enforcement purposes to the same (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 03/18/2015

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Increasing American Jobs Through Greater Exports to Africa Act of 2015 [HB-1103] [Trade ] [International ] [Small Business ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Economic Development ]
Increasing American Jobs Through Greater Exports to Africa Act of 2015 Directs the President to establish a comprehensive U.S. strategy for public and private investment, trade, and development in Africa (including the Republic of South Sudan) that focuses, among other things, on: (1) increasing exports of U.S. goods and services to Africa by 200% in real dollar value within 10 years, (2) promoting the alignment of U.S. commercial interests with development priorities in Africa, (3) improving the competitiveness of U.S. businesses in Africa, (4) (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen Referred To The Subcommittee On Trade. on 03/27/2015

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To designate the United States Customs and Border Protection Port of Entry located at First Street and Pan American Avenue in Douglas, Arizona, as the "Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry". [HB-1075] [Immigration ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
To designate the United States Customs and Border Protection Port of Entry located at First Street and Pan American Avenue in Douglas, Arizona, as the "Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry". Designates the United States Customs and Border Protection Port of Entry located at First Street and Pan American Avenue in Douglas, Arizona, as the "Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry."

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva Signed By President. on 05/22/2015

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To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, as a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) port of entry, and for other purposes. [HB-1051] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Trade ]
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, as a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) port of entry, and for other purposes. This bill directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, as a U.S. Customs and Border Protection port of entry.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher Referred To The Subcommittee On Trade. on 03/27/2015

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Deter Cyber Theft Act [S.884] [Cybersecurity ] [Technology and Innovation ] [National Security ] [Trade ] [Defense ] [Law Enforcement ] [Artificial Intelligence ] [Crime ]
Deter Cyber Theft Act - Requires the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to annually report to specified congressional committees on foreign countries that engage in economic and industrial espionage in cyberspace with respect to U.S. trade secrets or proprietary information. Requires each report to identify countries that engage in such espionage as well as countries that engage in the most egregious forms of such espionage. Directs the President to exclude from entry into the United States any article produced or exported by an entity identified (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John McCain Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S3165-3166) on 05/07/2013

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Tobacco Tax and Enforcement Reform Act [S.826] [Taxes ] [Crime ] [Public Health ] [Native American Affairs ] [Consumer Protection ]
Tobacco Tax and Enforcement Reform Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the taxation of tobacco products, to: increase excise taxes on small cigars, cigarettes, pipe tobacco, roll-your-own tobacco, and other tobacco products; impose an excise tax on smokeless tobacco sold in discrete single-use units; tax smokeless tobacco and other tobacco products at a level equivalent to the tax rate for cigarettes on an estimated per use basis; provide for annual inflation adjustments after 2013 to excise tax rates on cigarettes and tobacco (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/25/2013

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Increasing American Jobs Through Greater Exports to Africa Act of 2013 [S.718] [Trade ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ] [International ] [Funding ]
Increasing American Jobs Through Greater Exports to Africa Act of 2013 - (Sec. 4) Directs the President to establish a comprehensive U.S. strategy for public and private investment, trade, and development in Africa (including the Republic of South Sudan) that focuses, among other things, on: (1) increasing exports of U.S. goods and services to Africa by 200% in real dollar value within 10 years; (2) promoting the alignment of U.S. commercial interests with development priorities in Africa; (3) improving the competitiveness of U.S. businesses in (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey Committee On Foreign Relations. Reported By Senator Menendez With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 113-103. on 09/10/2013

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Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization Act of 2013 [S.662] [Trade ] [National Security ] [Law Enforcement ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Cybersecurity ] [Consumer Protection ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [International ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Manufacturing ] [Crime ]
Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Revises the organization, in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and renames it the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP Agency), headed by the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to transfer all functions of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection of DHS to the CBP Agency. Requires appointment of between two and three Deputy Commissioners, including a Deputy Commissioner (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Orrin G. Hatch Committee On Finance. Hearings Held. Hearings Printed: S.hrg. 113-215. on 05/22/2013

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Low Value Shipment Regulatory Modernization Act of 2013 [S.489] [Trade ] [Inflation ] [Consumer Protection ]
Low Value Shipment Regulatory Modernization Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States Trade Representative (USTR) should encourage other countries, through bilateral, regional, and multilateral fora, to establish commercially meaningful de minimis values for express and postal shipments of articles that are exempt from customs duties and certain entry documentation requirements, as appropriate. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase from $200 to $800 for 2014, and to $800 adjusted annually for inflation after 2014, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/07/2013

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North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2014 [S.3012] [International ] [National Security ] [Human Rights ] [Trade ] [Defense ] [Law Enforcement ] [Cybersecurity ] [Funding ]
North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2014 - Authorizes the President to investigate credible information of sanctionable activities involving North Korea and to designate and apply sanctions with respect to any person (including business entities, nongovernmental organizations, and governmental entities operating as business enterprises) the President determines knowingly: contributes, through the export to or import from North Korea of any controlled goods, services, or technology, to the use, development, production, stockpiling, or acquisition (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Menendez Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 12/12/2014

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