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Jobs and Premium Protection Act

To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Jobs and Premium Protection Act 2. Protecting patients from higher premiums Section 9010 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Public Law 111–148 Public Law 111–152

Summary: Jobs and Premium Protection Act This bill repeals a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that imposes an annual fee on a health insurance provider based on its net premium income.
Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015

To provide for a moratorium on Federal funding to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 2. Moratorium on Federal funding to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc (a) In general For the one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, subject to subsection (b), no funds authorized or appropriated by Federal law may be made available for any purpose to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., or any affiliate or clinic of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., unless such entities certify that Planned Parenthood Federation of America affiliates and clinics will not perform, and will not provide any funds to any other entity that performs, an abortion during such period. (b) Exception Subsection (a) shall not apply to an abortion— (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself. (c) Repayment The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Agriculture shall seek repayment of any Federal assistance received by Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., or any affiliate or clinic of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., if it violates the terms of the certification required by subsection (a) during the period specified in subsection (a).

Summary: Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 This bill prohibits, for a one-year period, the availability of federal funds for any purpose to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., or any of its affiliates or clinics, unless they certify that the affiliates and clinics will not perform, and will not provide any funds to any other entity that performs, an abortion during such period. The restriction will not apply in cases of rape or incest or where a physical condition endangers a woman's life unless an abortion is performed. The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture must seek repayment of federal assistance received by Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., or any affiliate or clinic, if it violates the terms of the certification required by this Act.
A bill to amend the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to provide for State and tribal management and protection of wild free-roaming horses and burros, and for other purposes.

To amend the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to provide for State and tribal management and protection of wild free-roaming horses and burros, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Wild Horse Oversight Act 2. State and tribal management and protection of wild free-roaming horses and burros Public Law 92–195 (commonly known as the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act 12. State and tribal management and protection (a) In general Except as provided by subsection (b), at the request of the legislature or Governor of a State or the governing body of a federally recognized Indian tribe, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall allow the State or federally recognized Indian tribe to assume all management and protection functions under this Act regarding wild free-roaming horses and burros on land within the boundaries of the State or federally recognized Indian tribe. After a State or federally recognized Indian tribe assumes such functions, wild free-roaming horses and burros shall be managed by the State or federally recognized Indian tribe in accordance with this Act and in the same manner as any other non-federally regulated species regarding functions not specified in this Act. (b) Inventory The Secretary concerned shall continue to maintain the inventory required by section 3(b)(1). .

Summary: Wild Horse Oversight Act Amends the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to direct the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, upon request, to allow a state or an Indian tribe to assume all management and protection functions under the Act with regard to wild free-roaming horses and burros on land within the boundaries of the state or the tribe.
Human Rights for Girls Act

To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to require States to eliminate the use of restraints on pregnant juveniles in State correction facilities, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Human Rights for Girls Act 2. Prohibition on use of restraints Section 223(a) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5633(a) (1) in paragraph (7)(B)— (A) in clause (iii), by striking and (B) in clause (iv), by adding and (C) by inserting after clause (iv) the following: (v) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Human Rights for Girls Act Human Rights for Girls Act (I) eliminate the use of restraints of known pregnant juveniles housed in secure juvenile detention and correction facilities, during labor, delivery, and post-partum recovery, unless credible, reasonable grounds exist to believe the detainee presents an immediate and serious threat of hurting herself, staff, or others; and (II) eliminate the use of abdominal restraints, leg and ankle restraints, wrist restraints behind the back, and four-point restraints on known pregnant juveniles, unless— (aa) credible, reasonable grounds exist to believe the detainee presents an immediate and serious threat of hurting herself, staff, or others; or (bb) reasonable grounds exist to believe the detainee presents an immediate and credible risk of escape that cannot be reasonably minimized through any other method; ; (2) in paragraph (27), by striking and (3) in paragraph (28), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (29) describe the policies, procedures, and training in effect for the staff of juvenile State correctional facilities to eliminate the use of dangerous practices regarding known pregnant juveniles, including unreasonable restraints. .

Summary: Human Rights for Girls Act This bill amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to require a state that receives a formula grant under the juvenile justice and delinquency prevention program to limit the use of restraints with respect to pregnant juvenile offenders. Specifically, the legislation requires a state's juvenile justice plan to: (1) contain a plan to limit restraints during pregnancy and eliminate restraints during labor, delivery, and post-partum recovery, unless a pregnant juvenile offender poses a serious threat of harm or credible risk of escape; and (2) describe the policies, procedures, and training for state correctional facility staff to eliminate dangerous practices related to pregnant juveniles, including unreasonable restraints.
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure health insurance coverage continuity for former foster youth.

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure health insurance coverage continuity for former foster youth. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Health Insurance for Former Foster Youth Act 2. Coverage continuity for former foster care children up to age 26 (a) In general Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(IX) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)(IX) (1) in item (bb), by striking are not described in or enrolled under are not described in and are not enrolled under (2) in item (cc), by striking responsibility of the State responsibility of a State (3) in item (dd), by striking the State plan under this title or under a waiver of the a State plan under this title or under a waiver of such a (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.

Summary: Health Insurance for Former Foster Youth Act This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to make technical revisions indicating that medical assistance is available to former foster care children regardless of whether they move between states.
A bill to limit the availability of funding for contributions to the United Nations if the arms embargo on Iran pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1747 and 1929 is lifted.

To limit the availability of funding for contributions to the United Nations if the arms embargo on Iran pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1747 and 1929 is lifted. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Block Arms to Iran Act of 2015 2. Limitation on funding for United Nations if arms embargo on Iran is lifted Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of State for Contributions to International Organizations

Summary: Block Arms to Iran Act of 2015 This bill declares that, of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of State for "Contributions to International Organizations" and available for contributions to the United Nations, 20% may not be obligated or expended for that purpose if the arms embargo on Iran pursuant to Security Council Resolutions 1747 and 1929 is lifted, reduced, or otherwise eased.
A bill to provide special foreign military sales status to the Philippines.

To provide special foreign military sales status to the Philippines. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the United States-Philippines Security Partnership Enhancement Act of 2015 2. Special foreign military sales status for the Philippines The Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq. (1) in sections 3(d)(2)(B), 3(d)(3)(A)(i), 3(d)(5), 21(e)(2)(A), 36(b), 36(c), 36(d)(2)(A), 62(c)(1), and 63(a)(2), by inserting the Philippines, or New Zealand (2) in section 3(b)(2), by inserting the Government of the Philippines, or the Government of New Zealand (3) in section 21(h), by inserting the Philippines, or Israel

Summary: United States-Philippines Security Partnership Enhancement Act of 2015 This bill amends the Arms Export Control Act to extend special foreign military sales status to the Philippines.
Taxpayer Accountability Act

To improve transparency and efficiency with respect to audits and communications between taxpayers and the Internal Revenue Service. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Taxpayer Accountability Act 2. Deadline for responses to taxpayer correspondence Not later than 30 days after receiving any written correspondence from a taxpayer, the Internal Revenue Service shall provide a substantive written response. For purposes of the preceding sentence, an acknowledgment letter shall not be treated as a substantive response. 3. Taxpayer notification of disclosures by IRS of taxpayer information (a) In general Not later than 30 days after disclosing any taxpayer information to any agency or instrumentality of Federal, State, or local government, the Internal Revenue Service shall provide a written notification to the taxpayer describing— (1) the information disclosed, (2) to whom it was disclosed, and (3) the date of disclosure. (b) Exception Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary of the Treasury, or the Secretary’s designee, determines that such notification would be detrimental to an ongoing criminal investigation or pose a risk to national security. 4. Deadline for conclusion of audits of individual taxpayers Any audit of a tax return of an individual by the Internal Revenue Service shall be concluded not later than 1 year after the date of the initiation of such audit and the Internal Revenue Service shall not assess any tax with respect to which such audit relates after the conclusion of such audit.

Summary: Taxpayer Accountability Act Requires the Internal Revenue Service: (1) to provide a substantive written response (not merely an acknowledgment letter) to any written correspondence from a taxpayer not later than 30 days after receiving such correspondence; (2) within 30 days after disclosing taxpayer information to any federal, state, or local governmental entity, to provide to the taxpayer a written notification describing the information, to whom it was disclosed, and when it was disclosed; and (3) to conclude any audit of an individual taxpayer not later than 1 year after the audit is initiated and to not assess any tax with respect to such audit after it is concluded.
A bill to prohibit Federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

To prohibit Federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. 1. Prohibition Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be made available to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, or to any of its affiliates. July 26, 2015 Read the second time and placed on the calendar

Summary: This bill prohibits federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America or its affiliates.
A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Timothy Nugent, in recognition of his pioneering work on behalf of people with disabilities, including disabled veterans.

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Timothy Nugent, in recognition of his pioneering work on behalf of people with disabilities, including disabled veterans. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Timothy Nugent Congressional Gold Medal Act 2. Findings Congress finds that— (1) Timothy Nugent is considered the Father of Accessibility Godfather of Rehabilitation Education (2) Nugent fought for and secured the right to higher education and mainstream education integration for millions of people with disabilities in the United States; (3) many of the architectural accessibility standards and laws of the United States trace back directly to innovations created by Nugent; (4) while at the University of Illinois, Nugent oversaw the development of adaptive sports programs accommodating athletes in wheelchairs; (5) Nugent founded the first higher educational program for wounded and disabled soldiers in the world after World War II; (6) in the years after World War II, Nugent confronted the bias of the general public in his efforts to bring students with disabilities into the mainstream of college campuses and society; (7) Nugent disproved many people in the medical community who believed that rehabilitation and sporting activities were harmful to individuals with such severe disabilities or that education was not necessary because of their belief that the lifespan of persons with spinal cord injuries would be too short for them to benefit from college degrees; and (8) Nugent would be the first person awarded a Congressional Gold Medal for work on behalf of persons with disabilities. 3. Congressional Gold Medal (a) Presentation authorized The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of the Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design to Timothy Nugent, in recognition of his pioneering work on behalf of people with disabilities, including disabled veterans. (b) Design and striking For the purposes of the award referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (referred to in this Act as the Secretary 4. Duplicate medals The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 3 under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, at a price sufficient to cover the cost thereof, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses, and the cost of the gold medal. 5. National medals Medals struck pursuant to this Act are national medals for the purposes of chapter 51

Summary: Timothy Nugent Congressional Gold Medal Act This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of the Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design to Timothy Nugent, in recognition of his pioneering work on behalf of people with disabilities, including disabled veterans.
Quarterly Financial Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2015

To extend by 15 years the authority of the Secretary of Commerce to conduct the quarterly financial report program. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Quarterly Financial Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2015 2. Fifteen-year extension of authority for Secretary of Commerce to conduct the quarterly financial report programs Section 4(b) of the Act entitled An Act to amend title 13, United States Code, to transfer responsibility for the quarterly financial report from the Federal Trade Commission to the Secretary of Commerce, and for other purposes 13 U.S.C. 91 2015 2030 3. Report on data security procedures of the Bureau of the Census (a) Review The Secretary of Commerce shall conduct a review of the data security procedures of the Bureau of the Census, including such procedures that have been implemented since that data breach of systems of the Office of Personnel Management that occurred during fiscal year 2015. (b) Report (1) Requirement Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives a report on the review required by subsection (a). (2) Contents The report required by paragraph (1) shall— (A) identify all information systems of the Bureau of the Census that contain sensitive information; (B) described any actions carried out by the Secretary of Commerce or the Director of the Bureau of the Census to secure sensitive information that have been implemented since that data breach of systems of the Office of Personnel Management that occurred during fiscal year 2015; (C) identify any known data breaches of information systems of the Bureau of the Census that contain sensitive information; and (D) identify whether the Bureau of the Census stores any information that, if combined with other such information, would comprise classified information. October 22, 2015 Reported with an amendment

Summary: Quarterly Financial Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill extends through FY2030 the authority of the Department of Commerce to conduct the quarterly financial report program under which it collects and publishes quarterly financial statistics of business operations, organization, practices, management, and relation to other businesses, including data on sales, expenses, assets, liabilities, and other measures of financial condition. (Sec. 3) Commerce shall review and report to Congress on the data security procedures of the Bureau of the Census, including those implemented since the data breach of systems of the Office of Personnel Management that occurred during FY2015.
Tar Sands Tax Loophole Elimination Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that products derived from tar sands are crude oil for purposes of the Federal excise tax on petroleum, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tar Sands Tax Loophole Elimination Act 2. Clarification of tar sands as crude oil for excise tax purposes (a) In general Paragraph (1) of section 4612(a) (1) Crude oil The term crude oil . (b) Regulatory Authority To Address Other Types of Crude Oil and Petroleum Products Subsection (a) of section 4612 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (10) Regulatory Authority To Address Other Types of Crude Oil and Petroleum Products Under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, the Secretary may include as crude oil or as a petroleum product subject to tax under section 4611, any fuel feedstock or finished fuel product customarily transported by pipeline, vessel, railcar, or tanker truck if the Secretary determines that— (A) the classification of such fuel feedstock or finished fuel product is consistent with the definition of oil under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and (B) such fuel feedstock or finished fuel product is produced in sufficient commercial quantities as to pose a significant risk of hazard in the event of a discharge. . (c) Technical amendment Paragraph (2) of section 4612(a) of such Code is amended by striking from a well located (d) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Tar Sands Tax Loophole Elimination Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the definition of "crude oil" for purposes of the excise tax on petroleum and petroleum products to include any bitumen or bituminous mixture, any oil derived from a bitumen or bituminous mixture (tar sands), and any oil derived from kerogen-bearing sources (oil shale). The bill also authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to classify as crude oil or as a petroleum product subject to such tax any fuel feedstock or finished fuel product transported by pipeline, vessel, railcar, or tanker truck if the Secretary determines that such classification is consistent with the definition of oil under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and such fuel feedstock or finished fuel product is produced in sufficient commercial quantities as to pose a significant risk of hazard in the event of a discharge.
Simplifying Financial Aid for Students Act of 2015

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary to provide for the use of data from the second preceding tax year to carry out the simplification of applications for the estimation and determination of financial aid eligibility, to increase the income threshold to qualify for zero expected family contribution, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Simplifying Financial Aid for Students Act of 2015 2. Using data for second preceding year Section 480(a)(1)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087vv(a)(1)(B) (B) Notwithstanding section 478(a) and beginning not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Simplifying Financial Aid for Students Act of 2015 . 3. Zero Expected Family Contribution Section 479(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087ss(c) (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking $23,000 $30,000 (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking $23,000 $30,000

Summary: Simplifying Financial Aid for Students Act of 2015 This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Department of Education (ED) to provide for the use of tax information from the second preceding tax year (the "prior, prior year") to determine a student's financial aid eligibility. It requires data sharing between the Internal Revenue Service and ED, pursuant to taxpayer consent. The bill also increases from $23,000 to $30,000 the adjusted gross income threshold used to determine whether a student qualifies for an automatic zero expected family contribution (EFC) in the calculation of such student's financial need. A dependent student is eligible for an automatic zero EFC if the student's parents have adjusted gross income up to $30,000. An independent student with non-spouse dependents is eligible for a zero EFC if the student and spouse have adjusted gross income up to $30,000.