Amend the Code for Marriage Equality Act of 2015 [HB-2976]
Amend the Code for Marriage Equality Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), the Social Security Act (SSAct), and other federal laws (including provisions concerning workers' compensation, retirement benefits, disability and death benefits, insurance, inheritances, or immigration) to replace: (1) references to "wife" or "husband" with references to "spouse"; and (2) references to "husband and wife" or "husband or wife" with references to "married couple" or " married person." For purposes of federal laws or regulations, "marriage"
(continued...)
HB-2976: Amend the Code for Marriage Equality Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 07/08/2015
Thirteenth Amendment Commemorative Coin Act [HB-2978]
Thirteenth Amendment Commemorative Coin Act Directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue the following coins in commemoration of the sesquicentennial anniversary of the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution: up to 250,000 $50 bi-metallic platinum and gold coins, up to 250,000 $20 gold coins, and up to 500,000 $1 silver coins. Requires such coins to be considered legal tender and numismatic items. Permits Treasury to issue such coins only during the one-year period beginning January 1 of the issuance year, except that
(continued...)
Solar and Water-Efficient Homes Act of 2015 [HB-2982]
Solar and Water-Efficient Homes Act of 2015 This bill amends the National Housing Act, with respect to Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) insurance of financial institutions which finance housing alterations, repairs, improvements, or conversions, to increase the premium charge from 1% per annum of the net proceeds of a loan, advance of credit, or purchase, for the term of the obligation, to 1.5% per year of the remaining insured principal balance, with a specified exclusion and without taking into account delinquent payments or prepayments.
(continued...)
HB-2982: Solar and Water-Efficient Homes Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Introduced In House on 07/08/2015
Drought Recovery and Resilience Act of 2015 [HB-2983]
Drought Recovery and Resilience Act of 2015 TITLE I--EMERGENCY DROUGHT RESPONSE APPROPRIATIONS FROM RECLAMATION FUND This bill provides emergency supplemental appropriations for FY2015 from the Reclamation Fund to the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Army Corps of Engineers for water projects, programs, grants, or loans in states impacted by drought. Interior is provided additional amounts for the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation),
(continued...)
HB-2983: Drought Recovery and Resilience Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 08/18/2015
School Social Workers Improving Student Success Act [HB-2988]
School Social Workers Improving Student Success Act This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Department of Education to award renewable grants to high-need local educational agencies to retain or hire additional school social workers. Grantees may use the funds to reimburse school social workers for expenses they incur in rendering services. Grant-funded social workers must target their services to the highest-need students. Grant funds may not be used to supplant other funds used for hiring and retaining
(continued...)
HB-2988: School Social Workers Improving Student Success Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 11/16/2015
Merchant Marine of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act [HB-2992]
Merchant Marine of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act This bill requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the award, on behalf of Congress, of a single gold medal to the U.S. Merchant Marine of World War II, in recognition of their dedicated and vital service during World War II.
HB-2992: Merchant Marine of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Received In The Senate. on 12/01/2016
Safer Communities Act of 2015 [HB-2994]
Safer Communities Act of 2015 This bill provides grants to expand mental health crisis assistance programs, to support comprehensive school mental health programs, and to enhance mental health and substance abuse needs of prison inmates. The bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to expand research on violence associated with mental illness and substance abuse disorders. It requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to expand the National Violent Death Reporting System to all 50 states and to research the causes, mechanisms,
(continued...)
HB-2994: Safer Communities Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 07/29/2015
Fair VA Accountability Act [HB-2999]
Fair VA Accountability Act This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) suspend a VA employee without pay if the employee's performance or misconduct is a clear and direct threat to public health or safety; and (2) remove a suspended employee when, after investigation and review, removal is determined necessary in the interests of public health or safety. A suspended employee is entitled, after suspension and before removal, to: a written statement of the specific charges against him or her within 30 days after suspension;
(continued...)
HB-2999: Fair VA Accountability Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Dina Titus
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Opportunity. on 07/17/2015
RECOVER Act Reducing the Effects of the Cyberattack on OPM Victims Emergency Response Act of 2015 [HB-3029]
RECOVER Act Reducing the Effects of the Cyberattack on OPM Victims Emergency Response Act of 2015 Requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to provide each individual whose personally identifiable information was compromised during data breaches of personnel records of federal employees in a network maintained by the Department of the Interior or in OPM systems containing federal employee background investigations with comprehensive identity protection coverage that is effective for the life of the individual and that includes not less than
(continued...)
HB-3029: RECOVER Act Reducing the Effects of the Cyberattack on OPM Victims Emergency Response Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E1047) on 07/13/2015