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SWAT Act Swatting Won't be Accepted or Tolerated Act of 2015 [S.1018]
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SWAT Act Swatting Won't be Accepted or Tolerated Act of 2015 Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) impose a term of imprisonment of up to eight years for making a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation to a federal law enforcement agency that causes an emergency federal law enforcement response; and (2) require the court to order a defendant convicted of such an offense to reimburse any federal, state, or local government for up to $10,000 in expenses incurred in responding to that conduct. Extends the requirement that a
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Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Schumer
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 04/21/2015
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Government should not bail out State and local government employee pension plans or other plans that provide post-employment benefits to State and local government retirees. [HR-41]
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Government should not bail out State and local government employee pension plans or other plans that provide post-employment benefits to State and local government retirees. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the federal government should not bailout state and local government employee pension plans and other post-employment benefit plans; and (2) state and local governments should immediately institute reforms to their employee pension plans, including
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Chaffetz
Introduced In House on 01/21/2015
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Supporting efforts to ensure that students have access to debt-free higher education. [HR-214]
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Supporting efforts to ensure that students have access to debt-free higher education. Expresses support for efforts to: ensure that all students have access to debt-free higher education upon graduation from public institutions of higher education; provide support to states to make increased investments in higher education that will result in lower tuition and costs for students; increase financial aid to help students afford attending college without taking on debt; encourage innovation by states and institutions of higher education to cut costs
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 04/21/2015
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Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the right of States and local governments to maintain economic sanctions against Iran. [HCR-100]
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Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the right of States and local governments to maintain economic sanctions against Iran. Reaffirms: (1) the commitment of Congress to stopping Iran's sponsorship of terrorism and human rights violations; and (2) the legislative intent of Congress that the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 was enacted to deter illicit Iranian behavior, including sponsorship of terrorism and human rights violations. Supports state and local government sanctions targeting Iran's illicit
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr H8864-8865) on 12/02/2015
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Protecting Employees and Retirees in Municipal Bankruptcies Act of 2015 [HB-95]
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Protecting Employees and Retirees in Municipal Bankruptcies Act of 2015 Amends federal bankruptcy law with respect to the requirement for a municipality to be a debtor under Chapter 9 (Adjustment of Debts of a Municipality) that the municipality has negotiated in good faith with creditors and failed to obtain the agreement of those holding at least a majority in amount of the claims of each class that the municipality intends to impair under a plan. Requires that, with respect to creditors who are the municipality's employees or retirees, "good
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Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 01/22/2015
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State Mineral Revenue Protection Act [HB-945]
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State Mineral Revenue Protection Act Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior, on the request of a state (other than Alaska) and in lieu of any payments to the state under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (FOGRMA), to convey to the state all right, title, and interest in and to the percentage specified in the FOGRMA for that state of all amounts otherwise required to be paid into the Treasury from sales, bonuses, royalties (including interest charges), and rentals for all public land or deposits
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ben Lujan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 03/16/2015
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CHIP Extension and Improvement Act of 2015 [HB-919]
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CHIP Extension and Improvement Act of 2015 Revises and extends through FY2019 at generally increased levels the program under title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (CHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSAct), and adjusts CHIP allotment requirements accordingly, including the rebasing and growth factor update rules for computing state allotments. Makes appropriations for certain allotments. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make payments to shortfall states from the Child Enrollment Contingency Fund in each of FY2016-FY2019.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/27/2015
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Puerto Rico Chapter 9 Uniformity Act of 2015 [HB-870]
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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: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 03/16/2015
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Compact-Impact Aid Act of 2015 [HB-854]
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Compact-Impact Aid Act of 2015 Amends the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 to authorize and appropriate FY2015 funds to the Secretary of the Interior for: (1) grants to any local government of the United States that demonstrates financial strain due to demands on public services by significant immigration from the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau; and (2) aid in defraying costs incurred as a result of increased demands placed on health, educational, social, or public safety services,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Indian, Insular And Alaska Native Affairs. on 03/16/2015
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Payer State Transparency Act of 2015 [HB-787]
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Payer State Transparency Act of 2015 Directs: (1) the Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce to calculate the federal tax burden of each state for each calendar year, (2) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to calculate the total amount of federal outlays received by each state in each fiscal year, and (3) the Secretary of Commerce and the OMB Director to jointly report to Congress on the results of such calculations and publish such report on the publicly accessible website of the Bureau
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Sponsored by: Rep. Cheri Bustos
Introduced In House on 02/05/2015
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Medicaid Expansion Incentive Act of 2015 [HB-778]
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Medicaid Expansion Incentive Act of 2015 Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to entitle to an increase (bonus) in payments under its state medical assistance plan any state electing to meet Medicaid expansion requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Requires such bonuses to be in amounts made available from a net reduction in federal payments to other states not electing to meet those requirements.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/06/2015
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Impact Aid Fairness and Equity Act of 2015 [HB-770]
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Impact Aid Fairness and Equity Act of 2015 Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 to make permanent amendments that Act made to the Impact Aid program (which compensates local educational agencies [LEAs] for the financial burden of federal activities affecting their school districts) that: require the valuation of the federal property located within the boundaries of an LEA by calculating the valuation, for property tax purposes, of all property within the LEA's boundaries and then multiplying that value by the proportion
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Sponsored by: Rep. Larry Bucshon
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 04/29/2015
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Road Usage Charge Pilot Program Act of 2015 [HB-679]
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Road Usage Charge Pilot Program Act of 2015 Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish the Road Usage Charge Pilot Program to make competitive grants to state or local governments, or metropolitan planning, regional transportation planning, or tribal organizations to conduct pilot studies on implementing mileage-based fee systems as a method for funding transportation highway projects. Directs the Secretary to establish a working group to: develop national technology standards for a road usage charge, as well as national privacy standards
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Power. on 02/06/2015
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State Transportation and Infrastructure Financing Innovation Act (STIFIA) [HB-652]
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State Transportation and Infrastructure Financing Innovation Act (STIFIA) Revises and reauthorizes the state infrastructure bank program for FY2016-FY2020.
Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 02/03/2015
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Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2016 [HB-6413]
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Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate: (1) the $1 billion per incident limitation on expenditures from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for cleanup of oil spills, (2) the $500 million per incident limitation on expenditures from the trust fund for natural resource damage assessments and claims in connection with oil spills, and (3) the limitation on the borrowing authority of the trust fund. The bill also amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to direct the President to promulgate
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Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Pallone
Introduced In House on 11/30/2016
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Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 2016 [HB-6116]
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Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Introduced In House on 09/22/2016
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Build TRUST Act of 2015 Building Bridges and Transforming Resentment and Unfairness to Support and Trust for Municipal Law Enforcement Act of 2015 [HB-59]
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Build TRUST Act of 2015 Building Bridges and Transforming Resentment and Unfairness to Support and Trust for Municipal Law Enforcement Act of 2015 Reduces the amount that would otherwise be awarded to a unit of local government under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program: (1) by 75% for any such unit that, during the previous three fiscal years, funded an amount that on average was greater than 18% of its operating budget using revenue generated from collecting fines and other fees related to violations of traffic laws; and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Lacy Clay
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 01/12/2015
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Federal Partnership for Clean Water Land Acquisition Act of 2016 [HB-5870]
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Federal Partnership for Clean Water Land Acquisition Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Murphy
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 07/15/2016
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To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the issuance of Green Bonds and to establish the United States Green Bank, and for other purposes. [HB-5802]
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To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the issuance of Green Bonds and to establish the United States Green Bank, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Introduced In House on 07/14/2016
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Degrees Not Debt Act [HB-5756]
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Degrees Not Debt Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 09/19/2016