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A bill to extend the secure rural schools and community self-determination program and to make permanent the payment in lieu of taxes program and the land and water conservation fund. [S.1925]
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A bill to extend the secure rural schools and community self-determination program and to make permanent the payment in lieu of taxes program and the land and water conservation fund. This bill extends the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Program through FY2021 at FY2011 funding levels. This Program provides payments to state jurisdictions to compensate for the cost of providing services in tax-exempt federal lands within such jurisdictions. The bill eliminates the fiscal year limitation on funding for the Payments in Lieu of
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Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 08/04/2015
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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016 [S.1910]
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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016 Provides FY2016 appropriations for financial services and general government, including programs in the Department of the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President, the federal judiciary, the District of Columbia, and several independent agencies. Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2016 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Provides appropriations to the Department of the Treasury for Departmental Offices, including: Salaries and Expenses, Department-Wide Systems
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Boozman
Committee On Appropriations. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Boozman. With Written Report No. 114-97. on 07/30/2015
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Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2015 [S.1901]
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Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2015 Amends the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 to extend for an additional eight fiscal years the State Small Business Credit Initiative to assist participating states to give collateral support and other innovative credit access and guarantee initiatives for small businesses and manufacturers. Prescribes allocations of federal funds to participating states. Authorizes the Department of the Treasury to award, on a competitive basis, up to a total of $1 billion in two tranches, according to specified criteria,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Peters
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 07/30/2015
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California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015 [S.1894]
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California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015 TITLE I--CALIFORNIA EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF This bill requires the Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce, in response to a California drought emergency declaration, to approve projects and operations to provide the maximum quantity of water supplies to Central Valley Project (CVP) agricultural, municipal and industrial, and refuge service and repayment contractors; State Water Project (SWP) contractors; and other California localities or municipalities. The requirements apply to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Hearings Held. on 10/08/2015
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Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2015 [S.189]
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Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2015 States as the purposes of this Act to: (1) improve the quality of the deliberations of Congress with respect to proposed federal mandates by providing Congress and the public with more complete information about the effects of such mandates and by ensuring that Congress acts on such mandates only after focused deliberation on their effects; and (2) enhance the ability of Congress and the public to identify federal mandates that may impose undue harm on consumers, workers, employers, small
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Sponsored by: Sen. Deb Fischer
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 01/20/2015
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Stop Sanctuary Cities Act [S.1814]
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Stop Sanctuary Cities Act This bill makes it unlawful for any state or political subdivision to: restrict or prohibit a government entity or official from sending to or receiving from the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding an individual's citizenship or immigration status, or from maintaining or exchanging information about an individual's status; or fail to comply with a immigration-related detainer that has been lawfully issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Any state or subdivision that: violates such
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 07/21/2015
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Puerto Rico Chapter 9 Uniformity Act of 2015 [S.1774]
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Puerto Rico Chapter 9 Uniformity Act of 2015 Amends the federal bankruptcy code to treat Puerto Rico as a state under chapter 9 (Adjustment of the Debts of a Municipality).
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 07/15/2015
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Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act [S.1647]
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Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act TITLE I--FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS Subtitle A--Authorizations and Programs (Sec. 1001) Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) (other than the Mass Transit Account) for FY2016-FY2021 for: certain core Federal-aid highway programs; the transportation infrastructure finance and innovation program; the federal lands, tribal transportation, and lands access programs; the territorial and Puerto Rico highway program; the major projects program; the highway research and development
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Sponsored by: Sen. James Inhofe
Committee On Environment And Public Works. Reported By Senator Inhofe With Amendments. With Written Report No. 114-80. on 07/15/2015
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District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2015 [S.1629]
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District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Amends the District of Columbia Code to authorize the Executive Officer of the District of Columbia courts to: collect debts owed to the District of Columbia courts because of erroneous payments made to current and former court employees, or any other debt; and purchase uniforms to be worn by certain nonjudicial employees of the District courts, so long as the cost of furnishing a uniform during a year does not exceed the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Carper
Became Public Law No: 114-118. (txt | Pdf) on 01/28/2016
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BRIDGE Act Building and Renewing Infrastructure for Development and Growth in Employment Act [S.1589]
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BRIDGE Act Building and Renewing Infrastructure for Development and Growth in Employment Act Establishes the Infrastructure Financing Authority (IFA) as a wholly-owned government corporation, headed by a Chief Executive Officer and managed by a Board of Directors, which shall provide direct loans and loan guarantees to facilitate the construction, consolidation, alteration, or repair of transportation, water, and energy infrastructure projects. Requires infrastructure projects assisted under this Act to have costs reasonably anticipated to equal
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/16/2015
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BONDS Act Bolstering Our Nation's Deficient Structures Act of 2015 [S.1515]
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BONDS Act Bolstering Our Nation's Deficient Structures Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to build America bonds, to: (1) make permanent the issuance authority for such bonds and the authority for payments to bond issuers, (2) make phased reductions in the credit percentage to bondholders and in the percentage of payments to issuers of such bonds, (3) make federal wage rate and other grant requirements applicable to such bonds, (4) allow refundings of currently-issued bonds, and (5) allow the use of such bonds to fund capital
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Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/04/2015
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Public Access to Public Land Guarantee Act [S.146]
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Public Access to Public Land Guarantee Act Directs the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture, with respect to land under their respective jurisdictions, pursuant to a state or local government offer, to enter into an agreement under which the United States may accept funds from the state or local government to reopen any unit of the National Park System, the National Wildlife Refuge System, or the National Forest System within the state or local government during any period in which there is a lapse in appropriations for that
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee On National Parks. Hearings Held. With Printed Hearing: S.hrg. 114-338. on 06/10/2015
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National Park Access Act [S.145]
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National Park Access Act (Sec. 3) Requires the Director of the National Park Service to refund to each state all of the funds that it used to reopen and temporarily operate a unit of the National Park System during the period in October 2013 in which there was a lapse in appropriations for that unit. Funds of the National Park Service appropriated after the enactment of this Act shall be used to carry out this Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Murkowski Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 114-124. on 09/09/2015
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Build USA Act [S.1296]
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Build USA Act This bill establishes the American Infrastructure Bank as a wholly owned government corporation. The Bank's Board of Directors has authority, among other operations, to issue public benefit bonds and provide financing to core infrastructure projects from bond proceeds. State governments may enter into minimum three-year remittance agreements with the Bank under which: a state agrees to remit to the Bank at least 60% of the total amount of federal-aid highway activities funds it receives from the federal government in each of the three
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Sponsored by: Sen. Deb Fischer
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/12/2015
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Repeal Executive Amnesty Act of 2015 [S.129]
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Repeal Executive Amnesty Act of 2015 This bill shifts from the Attorney General to the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) the authority to parole an alien temporarily into the United States, on a case-by-case basis, and in the Secretary's sole discretion, for an urgent humanitarian reasons or for another reason strictly in the public interest. A humanitarian parole is limited to: a medical emergency or organ or tissue donation in certain circumstances; or a situation in which a close family member in the United States is dying and the alien could
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Sponsored by: Sen. Roy Blunt
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/08/2015
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Job Creation through Energy Efficient Manufacturing Act [S.1275]
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Job Creation through Energy Efficient Manufacturing Act This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a Financing Energy Efficient Manufacturing Program to provide grants to establish or expand programs to finance energy efficiency retrofit, onsite clean and renewable energy, smart grid systems, and alternative vehicle fleet projects for industrial businesses. DOE must establish a process to identify financing opportunities for manufacturing and industrial business with asset portfolios across multiple states. Grant recipients must
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Merkley
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Hearings Held. on 06/09/2015
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Renewable Electricity Standard Act [S.1264]
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Renewable Electricity Standard Act Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require a retail electric supplier to submit to the Department of Energy (DOE) for 2015 and thereafter one or more of the following: (1) specified federal renewable energy credits, (2) certification of the renewable energy generated and electricity savings, and (3) specified alternative compliance payments. Prescribes, for 2015 through 2039, a schedule of graduated annual percentages of a retail electric supplier's base amount that shall be generated
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Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Hearings Held. on 05/19/2015
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Pipeline Revolving Fund and Job Creation Act [S.1209]
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Pipeline Revolving Fund and Job Creation Act Directs the Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to offer to enter into agreements to make capitalization grants, including letters of credit, to eligible states for the repair or replacement of natural gas distribution pipelines. Requires grant funds to be deposited into state revolving loan funds to provide loans or loan guarantees to: (1) facilitate compliance with an intended use plan, or (2) repair or replace those pipelines that have been identified as leak-prone.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 05/06/2015
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Common Sense in Species Protection Act of 2015 [S.112]
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Common Sense in Species Protection Act of 2015 This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce to exclude an area from designation as a critical habitat to conserve an endangered or threatened species if the benefits of exclusion outweigh the benefits of including the area, unless the failure to designate the area as critical habitat will result in the extinction of the species. At the time a proposed rule to designate a critical habitat is published, the appropriate department
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dean Heller
Committee On Environment And Public Works. Hearings Held. on 05/06/2015
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21st Century Charter School Act [S.102]
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21st Century Charter School Act Amends the Charter School program of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Makes public and private nonprofit entities eligible for program grants. (Currently, state educational entities are eligible for such grants.) Allows grantees to award subgrants to charter school developers or nonprofit charter support organizations and award them multiple grants to support multiple campuses of a public charter school. Sets forth additional factors that are to work in favor of grant applicants, including that
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Vitter
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/07/2015