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Permanent S Corporation Charitable Contribution Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-630
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2015-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Capital gains tax
Charitable contributions
Securities
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax rule requiring a decrease in the basis of a shareholder's stock in an S corporation that makes tax deductible charitable contributions of property. 

action_date: 2015-02-09
text: 

Permanent S Corporation Charitable Contribution Act of 2015

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax rule that reduces the basis of the stock of an S corporation shareholder by the adjusted basis (rather than fair market value) of any charitable contribution made by the S corporation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 10.
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-16.
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-16.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 14.
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Introduced in House
EACH Act

Bill: 114-hr-631
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2015-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Religion
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: 

Equitable Access to Care and Health Act or the EACH Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the religious conscience exemption under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to exempt individuals who rely solely on a religious method of healing and for whom the acceptance of medical health services would be inconsistent with their religious beliefs from the requirement to purchase and maintain minimum essential health care coverage. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Introduced in House
U.S. Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society Recognition Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-632
Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2015-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: 
 
U.S. Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society Recognition Act of 2015

 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a gold medal to the U.S. Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society, in recognition of the ceaseless efforts of American aircrew members to escape captivity and evade capture and the resistance organizations and nationals who assisted them.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Rights Online To Ensure Consumers' Trust (PROTECT) of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-633
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Marketing and advertising
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: 

Protecting Rights Online To Ensure Consumers' Trust (PROTECT) of 2015

 
This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to prohibit the federal government from sharing an individual's personally identifiable information, including health information collected through a health insurance exchange, with a non-governmental entity for marketing purposes, including for the marketing of health insurance coverage.
 Personally identifiable information includes an individual's name, social security number, date and place of birth, or biometric, medical, educational, financial, or employment records.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Introduced in House
Export Freedom to Cuba Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-634
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2015-02-02 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Caribbean area
Cuba
Latin America
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: 

Export Freedom to Cuba Act of 2015

 
Prohibits the President from regulating or prohibiting travel to or from Cuba by U.S. citizens or legal residents, or any of the transactions ordinarily incident to such travel, if such travel would be lawful in the United States, relating to: (1) accompanied personal baggage; (2) payment of living expenses and the acquisition of personal-use goods or services; (3) travel arrangements; (4) nonscheduled air, sea, or land voyage transactions (such provision does not permit the carriage of articles other than accompanied baggage into Cuba or the United States); and (5) normal banking transactions. 
 
 States that such restrictions on authority shall not apply if: (1) the United States is at war with Cuba, or armed hostilities between the two countries are in progress; or (2) there is imminent danger to the public health or the physical safety of U.S. travelers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Permanent IRA Charitable Contribution Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-637
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2015-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the exclusion from gross income of distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes. 

action_date: 2015-02-09
text: 

Permanent IRA Charitable Contribution Act of 2015

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the exclusion from gross income of distributions from individual retirement accounts made for charitable purposes. 
 
(Sec. 3) This provision exempts the budgetary effects of this Act from entry on PAYGO scorecards under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: COSPONSOR AUTHORITY - Mr. Paulsen asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 637, a bill originally introduced by Rep. Schock of Illinois, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 14.
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Committee on the Budget discharged.
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Committee on the Budget discharged.
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-20, Part I.
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-20, Part I.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 14.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Assistance Fairness and Accountability Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-638
Sponsor: Rep. MacArthur, Thomas [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2015-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: 

Disaster Assistance Fairness and Accountability Act of 2015

 
Prohibits the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from taking any actions to recoup from a recipient assistance provided in relation to a major disaster declared by the President on or after January 1, 2012, if: (1) the recipient's application was made in good faith and provided accurate information and the receipt of such assistance could reasonably have been expected by the recipient, or (2) the receipt of such assistance occurred more than three years before FEMA first notifies the recipient of FEMA's intent to recoup. 
 
Requires FEMA, in carrying out a recoupment of disaster assistance that is not prohibited under this Act, to provide documentation that demonstrates that the recipient did not apply in good faith with accurate information or could not reasonably have expected to receive such assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H843-844)
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Private Foundation Excise Tax Simplification Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-640
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2015-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Financial services and investments
Sales and excise taxes
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reduce from 2% to 1% the excise tax rate on the net investment income of tax-exempt private foundations, and (2) repeal the 1% reduction in such tax rate for private foundations that meet certain distribution requirements. Excludes the budgetary effects of this Act from PAYGO scorecards.

action_date: 2015-02-09
text: 

Private Foundation Excise Tax Simplification Act of 2015

 
(Sec. 2) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reduce from 2% to 1% the excise tax rate on the net investment income of tax-exempt private foundations, and (2) repeal the 1% reduction in such tax rate for private foundations that meet certain distribution requirements. 
 
(Sec. 3) Excludes the budgetary effects of this Act from PAYGO scorecards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 13.
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Committee on the Budget discharged.
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Committee on the Budget discharged.
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-19, Part I.
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-19, Part I.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 14.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-641
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2015-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Income tax deductions
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: 

Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the tax deduction for charitable contributions by individuals and corporations of real property interests for conservation purposes, and (2) allow Native Corporations an increased tax deduction for donations of conservation easements related to lands conveyed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. 

action_date: 2015-02-09
text: 

Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent after 2014 the tax deduction for charitable contributions by individuals and corporations of real property interests for conservation purposes. 
 
The bill also allows a tax deduction for conservation contributions made by a Native Corporation of land conveyed under the Alaska Claims Settlement Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 11.
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-17.
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-17.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 14.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the eligibility for beneficiary travel for veterans seeking treatment or care for military sexual trauma in specialized outpatient or residential programs at facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-642
Sponsor: Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2]
Introduced: 2015-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Home and outpatient care
Mental health
Sex offenses
Transportation costs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: 
Makes eligible for beneficiary travel through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) a veteran whose travel to a specialized outpatient or residential program at a VA facility is in connection with treatment or care for military sexual trauma.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H763)
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Education Survey Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-643
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2015-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Performance measurement
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: 

Veterans Education Survey Act of 2015

 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into a contract with a non-government entity to conduct a survey of a statistically valid sample of individuals who have used or are using their entitlement to veterans educational assistance to pursue a program of education or training.
 
Requires: (1) the survey to be submitted to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees not later than one month before the collection of data begins, and (2) the entity to conduct the survey electronically or by other appropriate means and to complete the survey and submit the results to the Secretary not later than 180 days after entering into the contract.
 
Requires the survey to be designed to collect specified types of information about each individual surveyed, including: (1) demographic information, including the highest level of education completed, military occupational specialties while serving in the Armed Forces, National Guard, or Reserves, and whether the individual has a service-connected disability; (2) the individual's opinion regarding participation in the transition assistance program and the effectiveness of the program; (3) the nature of the individual's experience with the VA's education benefits processing system; and (4) the individual's employment status and whether such status differs from the individual's status prior to enrolling in the program of education or training.
 
Directs the Secretary to report to the Committees on the results of the survey, including an unedited version of the results submitted, and any recommendations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
American Manufacturing Jobs for Students Act

Bill: 114-hr-645
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2015-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Manufacturing
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: 

American Manufacturing Jobs for Students Act

 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education, when awarding grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for school counseling programs, to give special consideration to coordinated efforts to significantly engage students in manufacturing careers.
 
 Requires such programs to provide students in grades 7-12 with: (1) information on career and educational pathways leading to jobs and career opportunities in the LEA's geographic area, particularly in the manufacturing field; and (2) opportunities to interact with employers in the LEA's geographic area, with preference given to employers in the manufacturing field.
 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Act

Bill: 114-hr-646
Sponsor: Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2015-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Connecticut
Lakes and rivers
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: 

Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Act

 
 Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook in Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to manage: (1) the river segments in accordance with the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Management Plan, dated June 2011; and (2) coordinate the management responsibilities of the Secretary under this Act relating to such segments with the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic Committee. 
 
Makes the provisions of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act prohibiting federal acquisition of lands by condemnation applicable to the designated segments. Limits the authority of the Secretary to acquire lands for the purposes of such segments to acquisition by donation or with the owner's consent and subject to additional management plan criteria. 
 
Prohibits the designation made by this Act from being construed as: (1) prohibiting, pre-empting, or abridging the potential future licensing or re-licensing of the Rainbow Dam and Reservoir (including any and all aspects of its facilities, operations, and transmission lines) by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as a federally licensed hydroelectric generation project; or (2) affecting the operation of, or imposing any flow or release requirements on, the unlicensed hydroelectric facility at the Dam and Reservoir. 
 
Bars the Lower Farmington River from being administered as part of the National Park System or being subject to System regulations.
 
Revises the description of a specified designated segment of the Farmington River in Connecticut.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Introduced in House