Strong Start for America's Children Act of 2015 [S.1380]
Strong Start for America's Children Act of 2015 This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to allot matching grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies, childhood education program providers, or consortia of those entities to implement high-quality prekindergarten programs for children from low-income families. Grants are allotted to states based on each state's proportion of children who are age four and who are from families with incomes at or below 200% of the poverty level. "High-quality prekindergarten
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S.1380: Strong Start for America's Children Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/19/2015
Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2015 [S.1387]
Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2015 Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to increase from $240 to $1,344 (increased for inflation each calendar year after 2016) the first amount of general income per year excluded in determining SSI program eligibility. Increases from $780 to $4,368 (similarly increased) the first amount of earned income similarly excluded (including for a blind or disabled individual or spouse under age 65). Sets at: (1) $15,000 in calendar year 2016 (increased
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S.1387: Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/19/2015
Cuba DATA Act Cuba Digital and Telecommunications Advancement Act of 2015 [S.1389]
Cuba DATA Act Cuba Digital and Telecommunications Advancement Act of 2015 This bill authorizes the President to permit any person subject to U.S. jurisdiction to: export consumer communication devices and other telecommunications equipment to Cuba; provide telecommunications services involving Cuba or persons in Cuba; establish facilities to provide telecommunications services connecting Cuba with another country, or to provide telecommunications services in Cuba; conduct any transaction incident to carrying out such activities; and enter into,
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S.1389: Cuba DATA Act Cuba Digital and Telecommunications Advancement Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 05/19/2015
Native American Indian Education Act [S.1390]
Native American Indian Education Act Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Department of Education to pay institutions of higher education the out-of-state tuition of their Indian students if the schools are required to provide a tuition-free education, with the support of their state, to Native American Indian students in fulfillment of a condition under which the college or state received its original grant of land and facilities from the federal government. Limits that payment each fiscal year to the institution's total out-of-state
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S.1390: Native American Indian Education Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/20/2015
CCM-CARE Act Cerebral Cavernous Malformations Clinical Awareness, Research, and Education Act of 2015 [S.1391]
CCM-CARE Act Cerebral Cavernous Malformations Clinical Awareness, Research, and Education Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to strengthen and coordinate its efforts concerning cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM). (CCM is a condition in which blood vessels in the brain and spinal cord become enlarged, which can lead to seizures, paralysis, hearing or vision loss, or bleeding in the brain.) The NIH may award grants and enter into cooperative agreements for CCM research.
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S.1391: CCM-CARE Act Cerebral Cavernous Malformations Clinical Awareness, Research, and Education Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/20/2015
Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2015 [S.1407]
Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2015 Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to extend through FY2020 the authorization for deposit and use of lease revenues under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970. Makes such funds available to the Department of the Interior for FY2015 and afterwards to implement both the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970. Directs the Bureau of Land Management to establish priority and variance areas on covered land for geothermal, solar, and wind energy projects. Requires Interior to establish
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S.1407: Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Hearings Held. on 06/09/2015
Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act [S.1419]
Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Department of Education to award grants to Indian tribes, tribal colleges or universities, tribal education agencies, specified schools, Regional Corporations, private or tribal nonprofit organizations, and consortia of any such entities to develop and maintain, or improve and expand, programs that support the use by schools, from prekindergarten through postsecondary education, of Native American languages as their primary
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S.1419: Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Schatz
Committee On Indian Affairs. Reported By Senator Barrasso With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 114-215. on 02/29/2016
Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015 [S.142]
Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill requires any nicotine provided in a liquid nicotine container sold, offered for sale, manufactured for sale, distributed in commerce, or imported into the United States to be packaged in accordance with the Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC's) standards and testing procedures for special packaging that is difficult for children under five years of age to open or to obtain harmful contents from. The requirement must be treated as a standard for the special packaging of a
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S.142: Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Became Public Law No: 114-116. (txt | Pdf) on 01/28/2016
Excess Uranium Transparency and Accountability Act [S.1428]
Excess Uranium Transparency and Accountability Act This bill amends the USEC Privatization Act governing uranium transfers and sales to require the Department of Energy (DOE) to issue, beginning January 1, 2017, and at least once every 10 years afterwards, a long-term excess uranium inventory management plan that details how all forms of excess DOE uranium inventories will be managed for a minimum period of 10 years. This management plan must outline DOE steps that will: (1) minimize the impact of DOE's transferring, selling, or otherwise providing
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S.1428: Excess Uranium Transparency and Accountability Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Hearings Held. on 06/09/2015
Energy Storage Promotion and Deployment Act of 2015 [S.1434]
Energy Storage Promotion and Deployment Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish national energy storage standards for certain electric power suppliers (utilities) that sell at least 500,000 megawatt hours of electric energy annually. Each supplier must have energy storage devices that have the capacity to provide at least 1% of its annual average peak power demand by 2021 and 2% by 2025. Suppliers must also meet a secondary standard. Energy storage devices include those used to store energy using
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S.1434: Energy Storage Promotion and Deployment Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Angus King
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Hearings Held. on 06/09/2015