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