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Small Company Simple Registration Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1723
Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Government information and archives
Securities
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Small Company Simple Registration Act of 2015 
 
 
Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise Form S-1 so that a smaller reporting company may incorporate by reference in a registration statement filed on that form any documents it files with the SEC after the registration statement's effective date. 

action_date: 2015-07-14
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Small Company Simple Registration Act of 2015 
 
 
(Sec. 2) Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise Form S-1 so that a smaller reporting company may incorporate by reference in a registration statement filed on that form any documents it files with the SEC after the registration statement's effective date. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 426 - 0 (Roll no. 437). (text: CR H5144)
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 426 - 0 (Roll no. 437).(text: CR H5144)
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5151-5152)
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1723.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5144-5145)
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Mr. Hurt (VA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 150.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 114-201.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 114-201.
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 60 - 0.
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Transportation Funds Exemption Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1724
Sponsor: Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Roads and highways
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Transportation Funds Exemption Act of 2015

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Transportation from approving a federal-aid highway project in a state for a fiscal year if in the previous fiscal year state or local sales taxes were collected on covered purchases of construction materials made, in whole or in part, with federal funds.
 
The term &quot;covered purchase&quot; means: 
 
 
a purchase of construction materials used and consumed during the construction of a project or incorporated into the constructed, reconstructed, or improved product or facility; but excludes 
 
a purchase of equipment, heavy equipment, mechanized vehicles, and construction materials not fully consumed during the construction of a project.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Access to Quality Diabetes Education Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1726
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Drug therapy
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Access to Quality Diabetes Education Act of 2015 

 
 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to recognize state-licensed or -registered certified diabetes educators or state-licensed or -registered health care professionals who specialize in teaching individuals with diabetes to develop the necessary skills and knowledge to manage the individual's diabetic condition and are certified as a diabetes educator by a recognized certifying body.
 
Directs the Government Accountability Office to study the barriers that exist for Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes in accessing diabetes self-management training services under the Medicare program.
 
Requires the Director of the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality of the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a series of recommendations on effective outreach methods to educate primary care physicians and other health care providers as well as the public about the benefits of diabetes self-management training. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Safe Needle Disposal Coverage Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1727
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Medicare Safe Needle Disposal Coverage Act of 2015

 
 Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover as a part D drug any devices approved for home use by the Food and Drug Administration for the safe and effective containment, removal, decontamination, and disposal of home-generated needles, syringes, and other sharps through a sharps container, decontamination/destructive device, or sharps-by-mail program or similar program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Summer Meals Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1728
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Summer Meals Act of 2015

 
Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to redefine &quot;areas in which poor economic conditions exist,&quot; where the summer food service program for children may operate, as areas in which at least 40% (currently, 50%) of the children have been determined to be eligible for free or reduced price school meals under the school lunch and breakfast programs.
 
Reimburses service institutions (other than school food authorities) for up to one meal and one snack per child each day during after-school hours, weekends, and school holidays during the regular school calendar. (Currently, such institutions are reimbursed for meals and snacks served to children over the summer months or to children who are on vacation under a continuous school calendar.)
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to award competitive grants to service institutions to increase participation in the summer food service program for children at congregate feeding sites through innovative approaches to limited transportation and mobile meal trucks.
 
Allows service institutions that are participating in the summer food service program for children to serve up to three meals, or two meals and one snack, during each day of operation. (Currently, this option is reserved for camps and service institutions that serve meals primarily to migrant children.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to exempt certain Alaskan Native articles from prohibitions against sale of items containing nonedible migratory bird parts, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-1729
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Art, artists, authorship
Birds
Indian lands and resources rights
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 
This bill amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to provide that nothing in such Act prohibits possessing, selling, bartering, purchasing, shipping, and transporting any authentic Alaskan Native article of handicraft or clothing on the basis that it contains a nonedible migratory bird part. The exemption is inapplicable with respect to any handicraft or clothing containing any part of a migratory bird that was taken in a wasteful manner.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Alexander Creek, Alaska, is and shall be recognized as an eligible Native village under that Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-1730
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Federal-Indian relations
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Native Americans
Small towns

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 
Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to recognize Alexander Creek, Alaska, as a Native village eligible for land and benefits under the Act. 
 
Requires Alexander Creek to file any amendments to its corporate charter in Alaska that are necessary to convert from a Native group to a Native Village Corporation. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to open negotiations with Alexander Creek to reach an agreement to settle Alexander Creek's aboriginal land claims and any other claims of such Native Village Corporation against the United States fairly and equitably.
 
Requires Alexander Creek to notify each member of the Native village that: (1) all of them will cease to receive benefits from Cook Inlet Region Incorporated (CIRI) individually as at-large shareholders, and (2) all future resource payments from the Region will be made to the Village Corporation. Relieves CIRI from liability under any state, federal, or local law for damages related to that payment cessation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for the Reid vapor pressure limitations under such Act.

Bill: 114-hr-1736
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to apply limitations on Reid vapor pressure (a measure of gasoline's volatility) applicable to gasoline blended with 10% ethanol (E10) to gasoline blended with more than 10% ethanol. Limitations on Reid vapor pressure are placed on gasoline during the summer ozone season. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
FIREARM Act

Bill: 114-hr-1739
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 

FIREARM Act

 
 Prohibits the federal government from requiring disclosure of the race or ethnicity of a person to whom a firearm is transferred.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
No Golden Parachutes for Public Service Act

Bill: 114-hr-1740
Sponsor: Rep. Blum, Rod [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Members of Congress
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 

No Golden Parachutes for Public Service Act

 
Amends the federal criminal code to replace the current two-year ban on lobbying contacts by former Senators and one-year ban on lobbying contacts by former Members of the House of Representatives, including former elected House officers, with any Member, officer, or employee of either chamber with an outright ban at any time on such contacts, subject to fines and/or imprisonment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1741
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Marketing and advertising
Medical ethics

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 

Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2015

 
This bill prohibits any person from making any statement or engaging in any act that misrepresents: (1) whether the person holds a state health care license; or (2) the person's education, training, degree, license, or clinical expertise. 
 
A person's advertisement for the person's health care services must disclose the license under which the person is authorized to provide those services. 
 
A violation of this Act is an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act.
 
 The Federal Trade Commission must study and report to Congress on health care professionals' misrepresentations under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
Child and Elderly Missing Alert Program Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1742
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aging
Child safety and welfare
Crimes against children
Disability and paralysis
Emergency communications systems
Human trafficking
Law enforcement administration and funding
Neurological disorders
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 

Child and Elderly Missing Alert Program of 2015

 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to award public safety and community policing grants to eligible nonprofit organizations to assist federal, state, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing children and elderly and disabled individuals through the use of a rapid telephone and cellular alert call system. Defines an "elderly individual" as an individual 60 years of age or older.
 
Permits the use of grant funds to: (1) maintain and expand technologies and techniques to ensure the highest level of performance of services; (2) provide both centralized and on-site training and distribute information to law enforcement agency officials about missing individuals and use of a rapid telephone and cellular alert call system; (3) provide services to Child Abduction Response Teams; (4) assist law enforcement agencies to combat human trafficking through the use of rapid telephone and cellular alert calls; (5) share appropriate information on cases with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the AMBER Alert, Silver Alert, and Blue Alert programs, and law enforcement; and (6) assist appropriate organizations with education and prevention programs related to missing individuals.
 
Directs the Attorney General to annually: (1) require each grantee to submit the results of monitoring and evaluations of grant recipients, and (2) publish a report regarding such results and the effectiveness of activities carried out under each grant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
Harriet "Moses" Tubman Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 114-hr-1743
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Historic sites and heritage areas
New York State
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 

Harriet &quot;Moses&quot; Tubman Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
Authorizes the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of Harriet Tubman in recognition of her contributions and lifelong commitment in the fight for freedom of enslaved men, women, and children in the United States. Requires the medal, following its award, to be given to the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, New York, for display there or for temporary display elsewhere.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 1300 Victoria Street in Laredo, Texas, as the "George P. Kazen Federal Building and United States Courthouse", and to designate the jury room in that Federal building and United States courthouse as the "Marcel C. Notzon II Jury Room".

Bill: 114-hr-1744
Sponsor: Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 
Designates: (1) the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 1300 Victoria Street in Laredo, Texas, as the &quot;George P. Kazen Federal Building and United States Courthouse,&quot; and (2) the jury room located in that courthouse as the &quot;Marcel C. Notzon II Jury Room.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
Support Assault Firearms Elimination and Reduction for our Streets Act

Bill: 114-hr-1745
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 

Support Assault Firearms Elimination and Reduction for our Streets Act
 
 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer to elect a tax credit of $2,000 for surrendering a specified assault weapon, as defined by this Act, as part of a public safety program to reduce the number of privately owned weapons. Terminates such credit two years after the enactment of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House