3.0.0 3555 2023-01-11T13:29:52Z 2023-01-11T13:29:52Z House HR 2015-09-17 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 134 (Thursday, September 17, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. WILSON of Florida:H.R. 3555.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The Commerce Clause and provisions to provide for thegeneral welfare.____________________[Page H6138]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee Referred to 2016-03-23T21:20:48Z hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee Referred to 2016-03-23T21:01:12Z hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Referred to 2016-03-23T20:52:23Z Referred to 2015-09-17T14:02:20Z hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2015-11-03T18:33:28Z Referred to 2015-09-17T14:02:25Z hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Referred to 2015-09-18T19:52:25Z hspw14 Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Referred to 2015-09-18T19:52:10Z hspw12 Highways and Transit Subcommittee Referred to 2015-09-18T19:51:38Z hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Referred to 2015-09-18T19:51:19Z hspw05 Aviation Subcommittee Referred to 2015-09-18T19:50:17Z Referred to 2015-09-17T14:02:30Z hsbu00 Budget Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-09-17T14:02:50Z hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-09-17T14:02:45Z hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2015-09-17T14:02:40Z hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-09-17T14:02:35Z hssm00 Small Business Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-09-17T14:02:15Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-09-17T14:02:10Z Employ Young Americans Now Act 114 2714 HR 2015-11-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Related bill CRS Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2015 114 2889 HR 2015-06-25 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS Employ Young Americans Now Act 114 1506 S 2015-06-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS BRIDGE Act 114 1589 S 2015-06-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2015 114 1686 S 2015-06-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2016-03-23 hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Committee 2016-03-23 hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Committee 2016-03-23 hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Committee 2015-11-03 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Committee 2015-09-18 hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Committee 2015-09-18 hspw14 Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. Committee 2015-09-18 hspw12 Highways and Transit Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Committee 2015-09-18 hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Committee 2015-09-18 hspw05 Aviation Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Committee 2015-09-17 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Education and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsbu00 Budget Committee 2015-09-17 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Education and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2015-09-17 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Education and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2015-09-17 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Education and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2015-09-17 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Education and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2015-09-17 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Education and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2015-09-17 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Education and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2015-09-17 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Education and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssm00 Small Business Committee 2015-09-17 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Education and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2015-09-17 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Education and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2015-09-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-09-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000808 Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] Frederica Wilson D FL S. 24 N A000370 Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] Alma Adams D NC S. 12 2015-09-17 True B001281 Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] Joyce Beatty D OH 3 2015-09-17 True B000911 Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5] CORRINE BROWN D FL 5 2015-09-17 True B001251 Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] G. K. Butterfield D NC 1 2015-09-17 True C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] JOHN CONYERS D MI 13 2015-09-17 True C000984 Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] ELIJAH CUMMINGS D MD E. 7 2015-09-17 True D000216 Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] ROSA DELAURO D CT 3 2015-09-17 True E000290 Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4] Donna Edwards D MD F. 4 2015-09-17 True N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2015-09-17 True E000179 Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] ELIOT ENGEL D NY L. 16 2015-09-17 True F000043 Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] CHAKA FATTAH D PA 2 2015-09-17 True F000462 Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] Lois Frankel D FL 22 2015-09-17 True F000455 Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11] Marcia Fudge D OH L. 11 2015-09-17 True L000580 Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1] Michelle Lujan Grisham D NM 1 2015-09-17 True H000324 Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] ALCEE HASTINGS D FL L. 20 2015-09-17 True J000032 Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON LEE D TX 18 2015-09-17 True J000294 Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8] Hakeem Jeffries D NY S. 8 2015-09-17 True K000009 Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] MARCY KAPTUR D OH 9 2015-09-17 True L000557 Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] JOHN LARSON D CT B. 1 2015-09-17 True L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] BARBARA LEE D CA 13 2015-09-17 True M001143 Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] BETTY MCCOLLUM D MN 4 2015-09-17 True M001137 Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] GREGORY MEEKS D NY W. 5 2015-09-17 True P000604 Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] Donald Payne D NJ M. 10 2015-09-17 True P000607 Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] Mark Pocan D WI 2 2015-09-17 True R000053 Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-13] CHARLES RANGEL D NY B. 13 2015-09-17 True S001177 Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] Gregorio Sablan D MP Kilili Camacho 0 2015-09-17 True S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2015-09-17 True S000185 Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] Robert Scott D VA C. "Bobby" 3 2015-09-17 True D000096 Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] DANNY DAVIS D IL K. 7 2015-09-17 True G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 3 2015-09-17 True T000472 Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41] Mark Takano D CA 41 2015-09-17 True C001097 Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] Tony Cárdenas D CA 29 2015-09-17 True C001080 Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] Judy Chu D CA 27 2015-09-17 True B000490 Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2] SANFORD BISHOP D GA D. 2 2015-09-18 False C001072 Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] Andre Carson D IN 7 2015-09-30 False Labor and Employment Accounting and auditing Appropriations Aviation and airports Budget deficits and national debt Budget process Business investment and capital Buy American requirements Civil actions and liability Education programs funding Educational facilities and institutions Electric power generation and transmission Elementary and secondary education Employee hiring Employment and training programs Employment discrimination and employee rights Executive agency funding and structure Financial services and investments First responders and emergency personnel Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government buildings, facilities, and property Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises Government lending and loan guarantees Government studies and investigations Higher education Housing and community development funding Housing supply and affordability Income tax credits Income tax deductions Income tax exclusion Income tax rates Infrastructure development Labor standards Law enforcement administration and funding Law enforcement officers Legal fees and court costs Low- and moderate-income housing Metals Motor carriers National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) Navigation, waterways, harbors Noise pollution Oil and gas Preschool education Public contracts and procurement Public transit Railroads Residential rehabilitation and home repair Roads and highways Rural conditions and development Securities Small business State and local finance Taxation of foreign income Transportation employees Transportation programs funding U.S. territories and protectorates Unemployment User charges and fees Wages and earnings Water resources funding Youth employment and child labor Labor and Employment 00 2015-09-17 Introduced in House 2015-12-08T19:50:44Z Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! Act of 2015

This bill: (1) prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act, with specified exceptions, for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public building or public work unless all of the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in such project are produced in the United States; and (2) requires all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and subcontractors on federally-assisted projects to be paid wages at locally-prevailing rates.

TITLE I--RELIEF FOR WORKERS AND BUSINESSES

This title amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) restore the making work pay tax credit in 2015, and (2) allow 100% bonus depreciation for certain property acquired and placed in service before January 1, 2015.

The title amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to increase to $7.5 million the limit on the guarantee for contract surety bonds and on the liability for bonds obtained by fraud or misrepresentation. This increase expires on September 30, 2016.

TITLE II--PUTTING WORKERS BACK ON THE JOB WHILE REBUILDING AND MODERNIZING AMERICA

This title directs the Departments of Education and the Interior (for schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Education) to reserve through FY2016 appropriated amounts to provide educational assistance to outlying areas based on their respective needs.

The Department of Justice must carry out a competitive grant program for the hiring, rehiring, or retention of career law enforcement officers

The Department of Education must award grants to states to modernize, renovate, or repair early learning or elementary or secondary education facilities and existing facilities at community colleges.

This title makes funds available to the Department of Transportation for: (1) grants-in-aid for airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning projects under the airport improvement program; (2) Federal Aviation Administration Next Generation air traffic control system advancements; (3) highway and bridge restoration, repair, and construction projects and for passenger and freight rail transportation and port infrastructure projects; (4) grants for high-speed rail projects, capital investment grants for intercity passenger rail service, and grants to reduce congestion on intercity rail passenger transportation; (5) capital grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK); (6) transit capital assistance grants; (7) capital projects for existing fixed guideway system modernization, replacement and repair of buses and bus-related equipment, and construction of bus-related facilities; and (8) discretionary capital investment grants for surface transportation infrastructure.

Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development Act

This bill establishes the American Infrastructure Financing Authority (AIFA) as a wholly-owned government corporation to make direct loans and loan guarantees to facilitate transportation, water, or energy infrastructure projects.

This title: (1) requires infrastructure projects assisted under this Act to have costs that are reasonably anticipated to equal or exceed $100 million ($25 million for rural infrastructure projects), (2) requires the AIFA Chief Lending Officer to establish an Office of Rural Assistance to provide technical assistance in the development and financing of rural infrastructure projects and a Center for Excellence to provide such assistance to public sector borrowers in the development and financing of infrastructure projects, and (3) establishes an Office of Special Inspector General to audit and investigate the business activities of AIFA.

This title amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2018 the exemption from the alternative minimum tax for certain tax-exempt private activity bonds.

This title appropriates funds for assistance to eligible entities, including state and local governments, qualified nonprofit organizations, businesses, or eligible consortia, for the redevelopment of abandoned and foreclosed-upon properties and for stabilization of affected neighborhoods (Project Rebuild).

TITLE III--ASSISTANCE FOR THE UNEMPLOYED AND PATHWAYS BACK TO WORK

Supporting Unemployed Workers Act of 2015

This title amends: (1) the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to extend the emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) program until January 1, 2016; (2) the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend through December 31, 2015, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC; and (3) the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to extend through December 31, 2015, the temporary increase in extended unemployment benefits for employees with 10 or more years of service and for employees with less than 10 years of service.

The title establishes the Reemployment NOW program to facilitate the reemployment of individuals receiving emergency unemployment compensation (EUC claimants).

A state may use its allotted funds to: (1) establish a Bridge to Work program to provide EUC claimants with short-term work experience placements with eligible employers; (2) provide a wage insurance program to pay, for up to two years, an EUC claimant who obtains reemployment up to 50% of the difference between the wages received at the time of work separation and the wages received for reemployment; and (3) provide a program of enhanced reemployment services to EUC claimants, including unemployed individuals who have exhausted their EUC rights.

The Department of Labor must award grants to states for short-time compensation programs and develop model legislative language for use by states in developing, enacting, and implementing such programs.

The work opportunity tax credit is expanded to include the hiring of long-term unemployed individuals (individuals who are unemployed and receiving unemployment compensation for six months or more).

Pathways Back to Work Act of 2015

This bill establishes programs to subsidize employment for unemployed, low-income adults, to provide summer and year-round employment opportunities to low-income youth, and for work-based training.

Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2015

This bill makes it an unlawful practice for certain employers to: (1) publish a job advertisement or announcement that includes provisions indicating that an individual's status as unemployed disqualifies the individual for employment or that the employer will not consider or hire an individual for employment based on such status, (2) fail or refuse to consider or hire an individual because of such status, or (3) direct or request that an employment agency take an individual's status into account to disqualify an applicant for consideration for employment or when screening or referring employees.

The bill makes it an unlawful practice for an employment agency to commit similar acts, including to: (1) screen, or fail or refuse to consider or refer, an individual for employment because of the individual's unemployed status; or (2) limit, segregate, or classify any such individual in any manner that would limit access to job information or consideration, screening, or referral for jobs.

The bill makes it unlawful for any employer or employment agency to: (1) interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of any right provided under this Act; or (2) fail or refuse to hire, discharge, or otherwise discriminate against an employee because such individual opposed any practice made unlawful by this Act or asserted any right under it.

TITLE IV--OFFSETS

This title amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for offsets against decreases in revenue by: (1) limiting tax deductions and other tax exclusions for taxpayers whose adjusted gross income exceeds $200,000 ($250,000 for married taxpayers filing a joint return), (2) treating income received by a partner from an investment services partnership interest as ordinary income for income tax purposes, (3) treating all general aviation aircraft (including corporate jets) as seven-year property for depreciation purposes; (4) denying the foreign tax credit to dual capacity taxpayers; and (5) increasing the period for amortizing geological and geophysical expenditures.

The title repeals, after 2015, certain tax expenditures for the oil and gas industry, including: (1) the tax deduction for intangible drilling and development costs for oil and gas wells; (2) the tax deduction for tertiary injectant expenditures; (3) percentage depletion for oil and gas wells; (4) the tax deduction for income from activities relating to oil, natural gas, or any primary product thereof; (5) the exemption from limitations on passive activity losses; and (6) the tax credits for enhanced oil recovery and for producing oil and gas from marginal wells.

The title amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011, to repeal its budget goal enforcement requirements (sequestration mandate).

]]> Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! Act of 2015 Display Title Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced To provide tax relief for American workers and businesses, to put workers back on the job while rebuilding and modernizing America, and to provide pathways back to work for Americans looking for jobs. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Pathways Back to Work Act of 2015 Short Titles as Introduced Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! Act of 2015 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development Act Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Supporting Unemployed Workers Act of 2015 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2015 Introduced in House 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr3555ih/xml/BILLS-114hr3555ih.xml 2016-03-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.