Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2015 [HB-1748]
Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2015 Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to increase the maximum total of contributions for a major disaster by an amount equal to 4% of the estimated aggregate amount of grants to be made under the Act, if at the time of a declaration of a major disaster the affected state has in effect and is actively enforcing an approved state building code. Requires a state, to be eligible for the increased federal share, to submit its state building code to
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HB-1748: Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings And Emergency Management. on 04/14/2015
STOP Act Smuggled Tobacco Prevention Act of 2015 [HB-1749]
STOP Act Smuggled Tobacco Prevention Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restrict the sale, lease, export or import, or delivery of tobacco production machines to persons lawfully engaged in: (1) the sale, lease, export or import, or delivery of such machines; (2) the manufacture or packaging of tobacco products or processed tobacco; or (3) the application of unique identification markings onto tobacco products or processed tobacco packages. Requires every person having possession or control of such machines to register them immediately
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HB-1749: STOP Act Smuggled Tobacco Prevention Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 04/13/2015
Safe Freight Act [HB-1763]
Safe Freight Act Prohibits the operation of a freight train or light locomotive engine used in the movement of freight unless it has a crew of at least two individuals, one of whom is certified by the Federal Rail Administration as a locomotive operator and the other as a train conductor.
HB-1763: Safe Freight Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Railroads, Pipelines, And Hazardous Materials. on 04/14/2015
Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2016 [HB-1769]
Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2016 (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to select a VA medical center to serve as the national center for research on the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions of the biological children or grandchildren of individuals exposed to toxic substances while serving as members of the Armed Forces that are related to such exposure. The bill requires: (1) the Department of Defense (DOD) or the head of a federal agency to make available to the VA for review records held by DOD, an Armed
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HB-1769: Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 114-592, Part I. on 05/24/2016
Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2015 [HB-1775]
Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2015 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide grants to eligible higher education institutions and research institutions to establish and maintain between three and five centers of excellence for innovative stormwater control infrastructure, which is any stormwater management technique that: (1) uses natural systems or engineered systems that mimic natural processes to infiltrate, evapotranspire, or capture stormwater; and (2) preserves, enhances, or mimics natural hydrology
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HB-1775: Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 08/18/2015
James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act [HB-1786]
James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program Fund indefinitely and index appropriations to the medical care component of the consumer price index for urban consumers. Makes funding available for: a quality assurance program for services delivered by health care providers, the WTC Program annual report, WTC Health Program Steering Committees, and contracts with Clinical Centers of Excellence. Amends the Air Transportation Safety and System
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HB-1786: James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 06/11/2015
To permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund. [HB-1814]
To permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Requires not less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount or $10 million, whichever is greater, to be used for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes.
HB-1814: To permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 04/30/2015
Fishing Economy Improvement Act [HB-1826]
Fishing Economy Improvement Act This bill revises and reauthorizes through FY2021 the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA). In managing highly migratory species that frequent the exclusive economic zone adjoining U.S. territories, the Department of Commerce must ensure participation of the territories. If funds in the Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund are attributable to a particular U.S. territory, they must be sent to the territory instead of the Western Pacific Council. Fishery management plans must include
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HB-1826: Fishing Economy Improvement Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 04/30/2015
Indian Health Service Health Professions Tax Fairness Act of 2015 [HB-1842]
Indian Health Service Health Professions Tax Fairness Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income amounts received under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and the Indian Health Professions Scholarships Program.
HB-1842: Indian Health Service Health Professions Tax Fairness Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 04/16/2015
Bridge to Sustainable Infrastructure Act [HB-1846]
Bridge to Sustainable Infrastructure Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require an inflation adjustment in calendar years after 2015 to the rates of the excise taxes on petroleum and petroleum products, diesel fuel, alcohol-based fuel, and fuels used in certain buses. Appropriations are advanced to the Highway Account and the Mass Transit Account in the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) in anticipation of a shortfall in funding in 2015. Such advances must be repaid from the HTF to the general fund of the Treasury. There is established in the
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HB-1846: Bridge to Sustainable Infrastructure Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 04/17/2015