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Afghanistan Accountability Act of 2015 [S.1875]
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Afghanistan Accountability Act of 2015 TITLE I--EFFECTIVE AFGHANISTAN ASSISTANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY (Sec. 102) This bill expresses the sense of Congress with respect to U.S. assistance and accountability in Afghanistan, including that: the National Unity Government of Afghanistan has made a substantial commitment to reform that should be supported but also subject to heightened scrutiny by the Afghan people and international donors; the international community should work closely with the new government in supporting development priorities; the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Received In The House. on 04/29/2016
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Central Coast Heritage Protection Act [S.1423]
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Central Coast Heritage Protection Act This bill designates specified Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and National Forest System lands in California as wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. It also designates certain land in Los Padres National Forest in California, comprising approximately 2,174 acres, as the Machesna Mountain Potential Wilderness Area, which shall be incorporated into the Machesna Mountain Wilderness Area. Specified segments of the Indian, Mono, Matilija, Sespe, and Piru Creeks and Sisquoc
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Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Boxer
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources Subcommittee On Public Lands, Forests, And Mining. Hearings Held. on 04/21/2016
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. [HR-218]
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It is the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should not be a signatory to any protocol to, or other agreement regarding, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change of 1992 which would: mandate new commitments to limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the Annex
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted S. Yoho
Introduced In House on 04/21/2015
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Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act [HB-889]
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Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act (Sec. 2) Amends the federal judicial code with respect to denial of a foreign state's sovereign immunity from the jurisdiction of U.S. or state courts in commercial activity cases where rights in property taken in violation of international law are in issue and that property, or any property exchanged for it, is: (1) present in the United States in connection with a commercial activity carried on by the foreign state in the United States, or (2) owned by an agency or instrumentality
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Received In The Senate. on 06/10/2015
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To extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe. [HB-872]
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To extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe. Extends federal recognition to the following Indian tribes of Virginia and establishes their relationship with the federal government as described below: (1) the Chickahominy Tribe, (2) the Chickahominy Indian Tribe--Eastern Division, (3) the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, (4) the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., (5) the Monacan Indian
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald E. Connolly
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 09/29/2015
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Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act [HB-6477]
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Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the federal judicial code with respect to denial of a foreign state's sovereign immunity from the jurisdiction of U.S. or state courts in commercial activity cases where rights in property taken in violation of international law are in issue and that property, or any property exchanged for it, is: (1) present in the United States in connection with a commercial activity carried on by the foreign state in the United States, or (2) owned by an agency or instrumentality
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Signed By President. on 12/16/2016
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Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2015 [HB-635]
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Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2015 Prohibits the President from restricting direct transfers from a Cuban depository institution to a U.S. depository institution in payment for a product authorized for sale under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide information and technical assistance to U.S. agricultural producers, cooperative organizations, or state agencies to promote U.S. agricultural exports products to Cuba. Authorizes the issuance
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 03/16/2015
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Afghanistan Accountability Act of 2016 [HB-6308]
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Afghanistan Accountability Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Alan Grayson
Introduced In House on 11/14/2016
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National Heritage Area Act of 2015 [HB-581]
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National Heritage Area Act of 2015 Establishes a system of National Heritage Areas through which the Department of the Interior may provide technical and financial assistance to local coordinating entities to support the establishment, development, and continuity of the National Heritage Areas. Specifies the criteria that Interior shall apply to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating proposed National Heritage Areas. States that designation of a National Heritage Area shall be by federal statute and contingent on the prior completion
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 03/02/2015
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Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act [HB-5281]
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Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer
Introduced In House on 05/18/2016
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To establish a uniform and more efficient Federal process for protecting property owners' rights guaranteed by the fifth amendment. [HB-510]
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To establish a uniform and more efficient Federal process for protecting property owners' rights guaranteed by the fifth amendment. Prohibits federal or state agencies from taking private property in whole or in part (including by physical invasion, regulation, exaction, or condition) except for public purpose and with just compensation to the property owner. Requires a property owner to receive just compensation if, as a consequence of an agency's decision, the property has been physically invaded or taken without the owner's consent in an action
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dave Brat
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 02/19/2015
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Free Trade With Cuba Act [HB-403]
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Free Trade With Cuba Act Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to repeal the embargo on trade with Cuba. Prohibits the exercise by the President with respect to Cuba of certain authorities conferred by the Trading With the Enemy Act and exercised on July 1, 1977, as a result of a specified national emergency. Makes ineffective any prohibition on exports to Cuba under the Export Administration Act of 1979. Authorizes the President to impose export controls with respect to Cuba and exercise certain authorities under the International Emergency
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Trade. on 02/27/2015
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Protecting Local Communities from Executive Overreach Act [HB-3946]
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Protecting Local Communities from Executive Overreach Act This bill declares that the President may not designate lands to be a new or expanded national monument unless within one year before a designation the Department of the Interior consults with each community, county, municipality, city, town, or township with boundaries within or adjacent to the land affected by the designation and obtains concurrence for the designation from: the governing body of each such community, county, municipality, city, town, or township; and the wildlife management
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 11/10/2015
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Border Enforcement Accountability, Oversight, and Community Engagement Act of 2015 [HB-3576]
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Border Enforcement Accountability, Oversight, and Community Engagement Act of 2015 Establishes: (1) the Department of Homeland Security Border Oversight Commission, and (2) a northern border subcommittee and a southern border subcommittee within the Commission. Requires the Commission and the subcommittees to: (1) recommend border enforcement policy improvements; (2) evaluate policies of federal agencies operating along the borders to protect due process and human rights of border residents and visitors, protect land owner private property rights,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 10/05/2015
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Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2015 [HB-3013]
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Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2015 Prohibits a state or political subdivision from exercising its power of eminent domain, or allowing the exercise of such power by delegation, over property to be used for economic development or over property that is used for economic development within seven years after that exercise, if the state or political subdivision receives federal economic development funds during any fiscal year in which the property is so used or intended to be used. Prohibits the federal government from exercising its power
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Sponsored by: Sen. Marsha Blackburn
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 07/29/2015
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Supporting Home Owner Rights Enforcement Act [HB-2929]
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Supporting Home Owner Rights Enforcement Act Amends the Federal Power Act, regarding the issuance of licenses for construction of dams, conduits, and reservoirs, to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, when deciding whether to issue a license for project works, to give equal consideration to minimizing infringement on the useful exercise and enjoyment of property rights held by nonlicensees. Requires the licensee, in developing any recreational resource within the project boundary, to consider private landownership as a means to encourage
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Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Power. on 06/26/2015
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United States-Cuba Normalization Act of 2015 [HB-274]
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United States-Cuba Normalization Act of 2015 Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to repeal the embargo on trade with Cuba. Prohibits the exercise by the President with respect to Cuba of certain authorities conferred by the Trading With the Enemy Act and exercised on July 1, 1977, as a result of a specified national emergency. Makes ineffective any prohibition on exports to Cuba under the Export Administration Act of 1979. Authorizes the President to impose export controls with respect to Cuba and exercise certain authorities under the International
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Sponsored by: Rep. Bobby L. Rush
Referred To The Subcommittee On Trade. on 01/22/2015
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Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act [HB-2358]
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Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), with respect to lands under their respective jurisdictions, to provide direction under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to ensure that all existing and future rights-of-way for electrical transmission and distribution facilities on such lands include requirements meeting specified criteria for utility vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance activities.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Newhouse
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-287, Part I. on 10/06/2015
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Public Housing Tenant Protection and Reinvestment Act of 2015 [HB-2231]
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Public Housing Tenant Protection and Reinvestment Act of 2015 Public Housing One-for-One Replacement and Tenant Protection Act of 2015 Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 with respect to: (1) demolition, disposition, or both pursuant to conversion of any public housing unit; and (2) the taking of public housing units through the use of eminent domain. Exempts from specified requirements for demolition and disposition of public housing any public housing projects removed from a public housing agency (PHA) inventory under the program for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Keith Ellison
Introduced In House on 05/01/2015
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Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2015 [HB-2140]
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Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2015 This bill prohibits U.S. nonhumanitarian assistance to the government of Vietnam in excess of FY2014 amounts unless the President certifies to Congress that the government of Vietnam has made substantial progress respecting political, civil, media, Internet, and religious freedoms, minority rights, access to U.S. refugee programs, and actions to end trafficking in persons and the release of religious and political prisoners. The President may waive such requirements: if increased U.S. nonhumanitarian assistance would
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Referred To The Subcommittee On Asia And The Pacific. on 05/20/2015