To require the Secretary of Energy to establish an energy efficiency retrofit pilot program. [HB-2132]
To require the Secretary of Energy to establish an energy efficiency retrofit pilot program. This bill directs the Department of Energy to establish a pilot program to award grants, through FY2020, to nonprofit organizations for retrofitting their buildings with energy-efficiency improvements. This bill amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to offset the costs of the grants by decreasing the amount of appropriations authorized for the Zero Net Energy Commercial Buildings Initiative in FY2016.
HB-2132: To require the Secretary of Energy to establish an energy efficiency retrofit pilot program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Power. on 05/01/2015
Tar Sands Tax Loophole Elimination Act [HB-214]
Tar Sands Tax Loophole Elimination Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the definition of "crude oil" for purposes of the excise tax on petroleum and petroleum products to include any bitumen or bituminous mixture, any oil derived from a bitumen or bituminous mixture (tar sands), and any oil derived from kerogen-bearing sources (oil shale).
HB-214: Tar Sands Tax Loophole Elimination Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr H160) on 01/09/2015
Raise the Wage Act [HB-2150]
Raise the Wage Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to: (1) $8.00 an hour on January 1, 2016, or, if later, on the first day of the third month after enactment of this Act; (2) $9.00 an hour after one year; (3) $10.00 an hour after two years; (4) $11.00 an hour after three years; (5) $12.00 an hour after four years; and (6) the amount the Department of Labor determines (based on increases in the median hourly wage of all employees) after five years, and annually thereafter.
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HB-2150: Raise the Wage Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 11/16/2015
Social Security Administration Accountability Act of 2015 [HB-2169]
Social Security Administration Accountability Act of 2015 Amends title VII (Administration) of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to submit an annual budget estimate of the Social Security Administration (SSA) (instead of a budget) directly to Congress and the President (instead of first to the President, who would submit it to Congress). Revises requirements for the general contents of the SSA budget, requiring inclusion of the number of cases pending at each hearing office and the average processing time. Prohibits
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HB-2169: Social Security Administration Accountability Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 05/18/2015
VA Employee Fairness Act of 2015 [HB-2193]
VA Employee Fairness Act of 2015 Repeals provisions excluding any matter or question concerning professional conduct or competence, peer review, or the establishment, determination, or adjustment of employee compensation from the applicability of collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration employees.
HB-2193: VA Employee Fairness Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Opportunity. on 05/26/2015
Youth PROMISE Act Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education Act [HB-2197]
Youth PROMISE Act Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education Act Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to establish a PROMISE Advisory Panel to assist the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in: (1) assessing and developing standards and evidence-based and promising practices to prevent juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity, and (2) collecting data in designated geographic areas to assess the needs and existing resources for juvenile
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HB-2197: Youth PROMISE Act Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 05/01/2015
Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act [HB-2216]
Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act Amends federal firearms provisions to expand the definition of: (1) "intimate partner" to include a dating partner or former dating partner; and (2) "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence" to include a misdemeanor offense that has, as an element, the use or attempted use of force, or the threatened use of a deadly weapon by a dating partner or former dating partner against the victim. Prohibits the sale or other disposition of a firearm or ammunition to, or the possession or receipt of a firearm
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HB-2216: Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 06/01/2015
Caring Start Act of 2015 [HB-2217]
Caring Start Act of 2015 This bill amends the Head Start Act to require that in providing and allocating resources for training and technical assistance, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) give priority consideration to activities that: support the implementation of evidence-based trauma-informed practices, age-appropriate positive behavioral interventions and supports, early childhood mental health consultation, and prevention of suspension and expulsion; and increase coordination between Head Start agencies and other programs that
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HB-2217: Caring Start Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 11/16/2015
Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2015 [HB-2224]
Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2015 Directs the Secretary of Education to award grants to 10 eligible entities (partnerships among a local educational agency (LEA), a community college, and a state apprentice program or a joint-labor management training program) to carry out a program for students to: take science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses and STEM-focused Career and Technical Education courses and other courses during grades 11 and 12 at a secondary school served by the LEA that prepare them for community college;
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HB-2224: Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 11/16/2015
STRONG Act Strengthening The Resiliency of Our Nation on the Ground Act [HB-2227]
STRONG Act Strengthening The Resiliency of Our Nation on the Ground Act Requires the Office of Science and Technology Policy, with input from the Department of Homeland Security, to establish and chair an interagency working group with cabinet-level representation from all relevant federal agencies in order to: (1) provide a strategic vision of extreme weather resilience; (2) conduct a gap and overlap analysis of current and planned federal activities related to achieving short- and long-term resilience to extreme weather and its impacts on the
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HB-2227: STRONG Act Strengthening The Resiliency of Our Nation on the Ground Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings And Emergency Management. on 05/04/2015