HR 3766, requiring transparency and accountability for foreign aid contributions
- Requires the President to establish goals and metrics for evaluating foreign aid
- Requires updates for the Department of State from any department providing aid
- 10/20/15 – introduced and referred to the House Foreign Relations Committee
- 11/5/15 – reported by committee
- 12/8/15 – passed the House
HR 2297, seeking to prevent financing of Hizballah and related entities
- Requires the President to report on certain providers that contract with al-Manar TV
- Prohibits the opening of certain accounts that facilitate Hizballah's operations
- Provides for penalties under the Emergency Economic Powers Act for violations
- Requires reports on Hizballah's drug- and human-trafficking activities
- 5/13/15 – introduced
- 5/14/15 – passed the House
- 11/17/15 – passed Senate with changes
- 12/16/15 – House agreed to changes
- 12/18/15 – enacted
HR 2241, requiring reports on global health innovations
- Requires reports from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Directs that the reports have information on global health innovation in USAID programs
- 5/2/15 – introduced and referred to the House Foreign Affairs Committee
- 11/5/15 – reported by committee
- 12/18/15 – passed the House
HR 4239, enacting the Tracking Foreign Fighters in Terrorist Safe Havens Act
- Requires reports from the Director of National Intelligence on foreign fighter movements
- Focuses on foreign fighters' movements into areas deemed terrorist safe havens
- Requires reports on the number of American citizens in those terrorist safe havens
- 12/11/15 – introduced
- 12/16/15 – passed the House
FEDERAL LEGISLATION (Contributor: Suzanne E. Derr, Carr Maloney P.C., Washington, D.C.)
PRODUCT LIABILITY
HR 22, relating to the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act
- To maintain and improve the condition and performance of the National Multimodal Freight Network to ensure that the Network provides a foundation for the U.S. to compete in the global economy
- 1/6/2015 – introduced in the House
- 1/6/2015 – referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means
- 1/6/2015 – passed the House
- 2/12/2015 – Reported by Senator Hatch and the Committee on Finance without amendment
- 7/30/2015 – Passed/agreed to in Senate
- 11/5/2015 – To conference: Mr. Shuster moved that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendments, insist upon its amendment to the Senate amendment, and request a conference
- 11/4/2015 – House amended bill to require auto parts suppliers and manufacturers to provide specific information to further compliance of Section 30120(j) of Title 49. Requires information to be made available on a public website and through databases to ensure defective auto parts are removed from the supply chain and can be tracked if a recall is ordered.
- 11/17/2015 – H. Amdt. 820 to HR 22 agreed to by voice vote
- 11/18/2015 – Conference committee actions: conference held
- 12/1/2015 – Conference report filed
- 12/3/2015 – Conference report agreed to in House
- 12/3/2015 – Conference report agreed to in Senate
- 12/4/2015 – presented to President
- 12/4/2015 – became public law 114-94
