Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015 [HB-749]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Energy ]
[Small Business ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015 TITLE I--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2016-FY2019 to the Secretary of Transportation for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) for: the Northeast Corridor Improvement Fund account, the National Network account, the Office of the Inspector General, and national infrastructure investment capital grants. TITLE II--AMTRAK REFORM (Sec. 201) Directs Amtrak to establish internal controls to ensure its costs and revenues are allocated to either
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HB-749: Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 03/09/2015
Proprietary Education Oversight Coordination Improvement Act [HB-747]
[Education ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Veterans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Student Loans ]
Proprietary Education Oversight Coordination Improvement Act Establishes the Proprietary Education Oversight Coordination Committee to: coordinate federal oversight of proprietary institutions of higher education (IHEs); coordinate federal activities to protect students from unfair, deceptive, abusive, unethical, fraudulent, or predatory practices, policies, or procedures of proprietary IHEs; encourage information sharing among federal agencies regarding federal investigations, audits, or inquiries of such IHEs; increase coordination and cooperation
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Medical Innovation Act of 2015 [HB-744]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Science ]
[Public Health ]
Medical Innovation Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require certain drug manufacturers to make payments to fund research supported by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). A drug manufacturer with over $1 billion in net income in a fiscal year that has entered into a settlement agreement in the previous five years with a federal agency regarding specified violations must pay 1% of its net income to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for each of its covered
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HB-744: Medical Innovation Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/06/2015
TSA Office of Inspection Accountability Act of 2015 [HB-719]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Defense ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Immigration ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Small Business ]
[Food ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[International ]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Military ]
[Public Safety ]
[Religion ]
TSA Office of Inspection Accountability Act of 2015 (Sec. 4) Requires the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (OIG) to: (1) analyze the data and methods used by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to classify Office of Inspection (OOI) employees as criminal investigators; and (2) report relevant findings, including whether the data and methods are adequate and valid. Prohibits the TSA from hiring new OOI employees if the OIG finds that the data and methods are inadequate or invalid until: (1) the TSA certifies
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HB-719: TSA Office of Inspection Accountability Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. John Katko
Became Public Law No: 114-53. (txt | Pdf) on 09/30/2015
Deficit Reduction, Job Creation, and Energy Security Act [HB-70]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Deficit Reduction, Job Creation, and Energy Security Act This bill requires the Department of the Interior to conduct oil and gas lease sales under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. The Deficit Reduction Acreage leased in those sales is in addition to the acreage proposed to be leased under the Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2012-2017. This bill establishes the Deficit Reduction Energy Security Fund with sums from the Deficit Reduction Acreage lease sales for 15 years. The sums are to be transferred to the
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HB-70: Deficit Reduction, Job Creation, and Energy Security Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 03/02/2015
Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act [HB-676]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Veterans ]
Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act Establishes the Medicare for All Program to provide all individuals residing in the United States and U.S. territories with free health care that includes all medically necessary care, such as primary care and prevention, dietary and nutritional therapies, prescription drugs, emergency care, long-term care, mental health services, dental services, and vision care. Prohibits an institution from participating unless it is a public or nonprofit institution. Allows nonprofit health maintenance organizations (HMOs)
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HB-676: Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Indian, Insular And Alaska Native Affairs. on 03/16/2015
Congressional Pay for Performance Act of 2015 [HB-673]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Congressional Pay for Performance Act of 2015 Requires the appropriate payroll administrator of each house of Congress to deposit in an escrow account all mandatory payments for compensation of Members of Congress serving in that house if by April 15 of any calendar year, beginning with 2015, that house has not agreed to a concurrent budget resolution for the fiscal year that begins on October 1 of the calendar year. Requires release to those Members of such payments after April 16 of the calendar year, only upon the earlier of: (1) the day on which
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HB-673: Congressional Pay for Performance Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. David Loebsack
Introduced In House on 02/03/2015
EDA Elimination Act of 2015 [HB-661]
[Economic Development ]
EDA Elimination Act of 2015 Terminates the Economic Development Administration (EDA). Repeals the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to take such actions as necessary and appropriate to conclude the outstanding affairs of the EDA, including dispositions of personnel, assets, and obligations.
HB-661: EDA Elimination Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeb Hensarling
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings And Emergency Management. on 02/03/2015
FOIA Act FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act of 2016 [HB-653]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Ethics ]
FOIA Act FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act of 2016 This bill amends the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to: require federal agencies to make information that is disclosable under such Act available to the public in an electronic, publicly accessible format; make available to the public copies of all releasable records under FOIA that have been requested three or more times or that inform the public of the operations and activities of the government; require agencies to provide the name, phone number, and email address of an agency employee
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HB-653: FOIA Act FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 01/12/2016
America Gives More Act of 2015 [HB-644]
[Trade ]
[Small Business ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[International ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
America Gives More 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 enforcement). (Sec.
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HB-644: America Gives More Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Costello
Became Public Law No: 114-125. (txt | Pdf) on 02/24/2016
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 [HB-6393]
[Defense ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Aerospace ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Economic Development ]
[Veterans ]
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 TITLE I--INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (Sec. 101) This bill authorizes FY2017 appropriations for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of: the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI); the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); the Department of Defense (DOD); the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA); the National Security Agency (NSA); the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; the U.S. Coast Guard; the Departments of State, the Treasury, Energy, and Justice;
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HB-6393: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Schiff
Received In The Senate. on 12/01/2016
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
Geospatial Data Act of 2016 [HB-6294]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[National Security ]
[Science ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Defense ]
[Public Safety ]
Geospatial Data Act of 2016 This bill establishes: (1) in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the Federal Geographic Data Committee (the committee), which shall be the lead entity in the executive branch for the development, implementation, and review of policies, practices, and standards relating to geospatial data; and (2) in the executive branch the National Geospatial Advisory Committee to provide advice and recommendations to the committee. The National Spatial Data Infrastructure (as defined in this bill) shall ensure that geospatial
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HB-6294: Geospatial Data Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Bruce Westerman
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 09/30/2016
Infrastructure 2.0 Act [HB-625]
[Infrastructure ]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
Infrastructure 2.0 Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the taxation of earnings and profits of a deferred foreign income corporation, to: (1) make such earnings and profit subject to taxation in the last taxable year that ends before the enactment of this Act; (2) reduce the rate of tax on such earnings and profits by allowing an exemption of 75% (equal to a tax of 8.75% of repatriated earnings and profits); and (3) allow such corporations to elect to pay such tax in eight installments. Establishes the American Infrastructure Fund
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HB-625: Infrastructure 2.0 Act
Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 02/02/2015
Social Media Working Group Act of 2015 [HB-623]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[National Security ]
[Telecommunications ]
Social Media Working Group Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a social media working group (the Group) to identify, and provide guidance and best practices to the emergency preparedness and response community on, the use of social media technologies before, during, and after a natural disaster or an act of terrorism or other man-made disaster. Requires the Group to submit an annual report that includes: a review and
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HB-623: Social Media Working Group Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally
Became Public Law No: 114-80. (txt | Pdf) on 11/05/2015
CHOICE Act Creating Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and Communities through Education Act [HB-618]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Military ]
CHOICE Act Creating Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and Communities through Education Act Amends the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act to: (1) require the Secretary of Education to use funds appropriated under the Act that are carried over from one fiscal year to the next to provide opportunity scholarships to eligible students who have not yet received them; and (2) include among the eligibility criteria for such a scholarship a requirement that a student in the District of Columbia is enrolled, or will be enrolled for the next
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HB-618: CHOICE Act Creating Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and Communities through Education Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Messer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 08/13/2015
SAVE Act Savings, Accountability, Value, and Efficiency Act of 2015 [HB-614]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Trade ]
[Defense ]
[Taxes ]
[Healthcare ]
[International ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Military ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
SAVE Act Savings, Accountability, Value, and Efficiency Act of 2015 TITLE I--SAVE I Savings, Accountability, Value, and Efficiency I Act or the SAVE I Act Requires, every two years: (1) the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to publish a national strategy for managing excess and underutilized federal real property; and (2) the Administrator of the General Services Administration to implement a plan to improve the Federal Real Property Profile that ensures the data collected is complete, accurate, and consistent. Requires the Administrator for
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HB-614: SAVE Act Savings, Accountability, Value, and Efficiency Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Ann Kuster
Referred To The Subcommittee On Oversight And Investigations. on 02/13/2015