Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015 [S.226]
Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015 States that the purpose of this Act is to increase accountability for and transparency in the federal regulatory process by requiring Congress to approve all new major regulations. Revises provisions relating to congressional review of agency rulemaking to require a federal agency promulgating a rule to include in its report to Congress and to the Comptroller General a classification of the rule as a major or nonmajor rule. Requires a joint resolution of approval of major rules to be
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S.226: Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 01/21/2015
Dust Off Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act [S.2268]
Dust Off Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the presentation of a single gold medal in honor of the Dust Off crews (helicopter air ambulance crews) of the Vietnam War in recognition of their heroic military service. It is the sense of Congress that the Smithsonian Institution should also make such medal available for display elsewhere, particularly at appropriate locations associated with
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S.2268: Dust Off Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Manchin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S7915-7916) on 11/10/2015
National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015 [S.228]
National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015 This bill requires the President, before a national monument can be designated on public land, to obtain congressional approval, certify compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and determine that the state in which the monument is to be located has enacted legislation approving its designation. The Department of the Interior may not implement restrictions on the public use of a national monument until the expiration of an appropriate review period providing
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S.228: National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 01/21/2015
Liberty Through Strength Act [S.2295]
Liberty Through Strength Act This bill amends the USA FREEDOM Act of 2015 to postpone amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) that: (1) require the Federal Bureau of Investigation to use specific selection terms when applying for FISA court orders requiring the production of business records or other tangible things for an investigation to obtain foreign intelligence information not concerning a U.S. person or to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities; (2) establish additional
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S.2295: Liberty Through Strength Act
Sponsored by: Sen. John McCain
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 11/17/2015
Workforce Health Improvement Program Act of 2015 [S.2296]
Workforce Health Improvement Program Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the tax exclusion of the value of on-premises employer-provided athletic facilities. The bill provides for an exclusion from the gross income of an employee for: (1) the value of any on-premises employer-provided athletic facility; and (2) so much of the fess, dues, or other membership expenses paid by an employer on behalf of an employee, but not exceeding $900 per employee per year. The bill sets forth an expanded definition of "athletic or fitness
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S.2296: Workforce Health Improvement Program Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. John Cornyn
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S8081) on 11/18/2015
Minority-Serving Institution Fairness Act [S.2317]
Minority-Serving Institution Fairness Act This bill amends titles III (Institutional Aid) and V (Developing Institutions) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit an eligible minority-serving institution of higher education (IHE) to concurrently receive grant funds under more than one of the following programs: (1) the Strengthening Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions program; (2) the Strengthening Native American-serving, Nontribal Institutions program; (3) the Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving
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S.2317: Minority-Serving Institution Fairness Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Schatz
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 11/19/2015
Working Families Flexibility Act of 2015 [S.233]
Working Families Flexibility Act of 2015 Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize private employers to provide compensatory time off to private employees at a rate of 1 1/2 hours per hour of employment for which overtime compensation is required. Authorizes an employer to provide compensatory time only if it is in accordance with an applicable collective bargaining agreement or, in the absence of such an agreement, an agreement between the employer and employee. Prohibits an employee from accruing more than 160 hours of compensatory
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S.233: Working Families Flexibility Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/22/2015
Liberty Through Strength Act II [S.2344]
Liberty Through Strength Act II This bill requires the National Security Agency (NSA) to have access to business records, telephone call records, and other tangible things collected under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) prior to November 29, 2015, in the same manner and for the same purposes for which the NSA had access to such records prior to such date (thereby allowing the NSA to access such records in the same manner as prior to the effective date of amendments made by the USA FREEDOM Act of 2015). The NSA must maintain
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S.2344: Liberty Through Strength Act II
Sponsored by: Sen. David Perdue
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 12/02/2015
Emergency Citrus Disease Response Act [S.2346]
Emergency Citrus Disease Response Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a full deduction in the current taxable year of the cost of replanting lost or damaged citrus plants. The taxpayer must own an equity interest of at least 50% in such replanted plants and may deduct costs paid or incurred through 2025.
S.2346: Emergency Citrus Disease Response Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Nelson
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 12/02/2015
Rapid DNA Act of 2016 [S.2348]
Rapid DNA Act of 2016 This bill amends the DNA Identification Act of 1994 to require the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to issue standards and procedures for using Rapid DNA instruments to analyze DNA samples of criminal offenders. Rapid DNA instruments carry out a fully automated process to create a DNA profile from a DNA sample. DNA samples prepared by criminal justice agencies using Rapid DNA instruments in compliance the FBI-issued standards and procedures may be included in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). The bill amends the DNA
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S.2348: Rapid DNA Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 06/21/2016