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Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1592
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2015-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: 

Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati 

Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2015

 
 Amends the federal criminal code to require the Bureau of Prisons to ensure that each chief executive officer of a federal penal or correctional institution: (1) provides a secure storage area located outside of the secure perimeter of the institution for qualified law enforcement officers employed by the Bureau to store firearms, or allows such officers to store firearms in a vehicle lockbox approved by the Bureau; and (2) allows such officers to carry concealed firearms on the premises outside of the secure perimeter of the institution.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
United States Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1593
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2015-03-24 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arctic and polar regions
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: 

United States Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs Act of 2015

 
 Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to establish within the Department of State an Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act

Bill: 114-hr-1594
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2015-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: 

Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act

 
Repeals certain provisions which require the offset of amounts paid in dependency and indemnity compensation from Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuities for the surviving spouses of former military personnel who are entitled to military retired pay or who would be entitled to retired pay except for being under 60 years of age. 
 
 Prohibits requiring repayment of certain amounts previously paid to SBP recipients in the form of a retired pay refund. 
Repeals the optional authority of (and instead requires) the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay an annuity to a member's dependent children when there is no eligible surviving spouse. 
Directs the Secretary concerned to restore annuity eligibility to a surviving spouse who earlier agreed to transfer such eligibility to a surviving child or children of a member.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to implement security measures in the electronic tax return filing process to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated with electronic identity theft.

Bill: 114-hr-1595
Sponsor: Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3]
Introduced: 2015-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: 
This bill directs the Internal Revenue Service to implement security measures, including the use of security questions, in the electronic tax return filing process to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated through electronic identity theft.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Special Forces Command Sergeant Major Ramon Rodriguez of the United States Army for acts of valor during the Vietnam War.

Bill: 114-hr-1596
Sponsor: Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-46]
Introduced: 2015-03-24 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: 
Authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to Command Sergeant Major Ramon Rodriguez of the U.S. Army for acts of valor, sacrifice, and courage at the risk of his own life beyond the call of duty during the Vietnam War, notwithstanding otherwise applicable time limitations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
Veteran Spouses Equal Treatment Act

Bill: 114-hr-1598
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2015-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Marriage and family status
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: 

Veteran Spouses Equal Treatment Act

 
This bill amends the definition of &quot;spouse&quot; for purposes of veterans' benefits to require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to recognize a marriage based on the law of the state where the marriage occurred.
 
When a marriage occurs outside a state, the VA shall recognize it if the marriage is lawful in the place where it occurs and could have been entered into under the laws of any state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1858)
Patients' Access to Treatments Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1600
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2015-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: 

Patients' Access to Treatments Act of 2015

 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish cost-sharing limits for health plans that cover prescription drugs and use a formulary or other tiered cost-sharing structure. Prohibits such a health plan from imposing higher cost-sharing requirements, including co-payment and co-insurance, for specialty drugs than for other prescription drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tier. Applies the non-preferred brand drug tier for which beneficiary cost-sharing is lowest, if a formulary used by the health plan contains more than one non-preferred brand drug tier.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Introduced in House
State Regulatory Representation Clarification Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1601
Sponsor: Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3]
Introduced: 2015-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal officials
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: 

State Regulatory Representation Clarification Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, with respect to presidential appointees to the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, to replace the bank supervisory experience requirement with a requirement that one appointee shall have served as a state bank supervisor. (A state bank supervisor has primary regulatory authority over state banks or savings associations in the state.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Military SAVE Act

Bill: 114-hr-1603
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2015-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Health facilities and institutions
Sex offenses
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: 

Military Sexual Assault Victims Empowerment Act or the Military SAVE Act

 
This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to make eligible for treatment in a non-Department of Veterans Affairs entity any veteran who was the victim of a sexual trauma which occurred while the veteran was serving on active duty, active duty for training, or inactive duty training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-17
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Mental Health Care Access Act

Bill: 114-hr-1604
Sponsor: Rep. MacArthur, Thomas [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2015-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: 

Veterans' Mental Health Care Access Act

 
This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to make a veteran eligible for mental health care at a non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facility regardless of: 
 
 
the date on which the veteran enrolled in the VA health care system,
 
whether the veteran has attempted to schedule an appointment for such care at a VA facility, or 
 
the location of the veteran's residence.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Export-Import Bank Termination Act

Bill: 114-hr-1605
Sponsor: Rep. Amash, Justin [R-MI-3]
Introduced: 2015-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government lending and loan guarantees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: 

Export-Import Bank Termination Act

 
 Abolishes the Export-Import Bank of the United States three years after enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Introduced in House
National Intersection and Interchange Safety Construction Program Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1606
Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2015-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: 

National Intersection and Interchange Safety Construction Program Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a national intersection and interchange safety construction grant program.
 
The Secretary may make competitive grants to a state or local government, U.S. territory, tribal government, or metropolitan planning organization for projects that:
 
 
are eligible for federal-aid highway funding, and 
 
will improve the safety of certain intersections or interchanges on the National Highway System that are in immediate need of safety improvement.
 
 
The aggregate grant amount provided to an entity in a fiscal year shall not exceed 5% of the amount available for all grants under the program in that fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Lymphedema Treatment Act

Bill: 114-hr-1608
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2015-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: 

Lymphedema Treatment Act

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover certain lymphedema compression treatment items as durable medical equipment under Medicare. (Lymphedema is a condition of localized fluid retention and tissue swelling that is caused when the lymphatic system is damaged or blocked.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-25
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: 2015-03-25
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: 2015-03-25
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: 2015-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Tax Return Preparer Accountability Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1609
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2015-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Treasury
Licensing and registrations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: 

Tax Return Preparer Accountability Act of 2015

 
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to regulate tax return preparers who are not otherwise subject to regulation. Authorizes the Secretary to impose a $1,000 penalty for each federal tax return or other document prepared by a tax return preparer during a period in which such preparer: (1) is not in compliance with applicable Treasury regulations, or (2) is suspended or disbarred from acting as a tax return preparer under such regulations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E438)
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1610
Sponsor: Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2015-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: 

Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2015

 
 This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Congressional Budget Impoundment and Control Act of 1974, and the Rules of the House of Representatives to change the process for the President's budget submission, congressional budget resolutions, appropriations bills, and government strategic and performance plans from the current annual process to a biennial process, in which a biennium is the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-numbered year. 
 
The House Budget Committee must use the second session of each Congress to study issues with long-term budgetary and economic implications. 
 
The bill creates a point of order in the House and Senate against authorizations of appropriations that do not include specific authorizations covering at least each fiscal year in one or more bienniums. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rules, 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: 2015-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rules, 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: 2015-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rules, 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: 2015-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rules, 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: 2015-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act

Bill: 114-hr-1611
Sponsor: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: 

Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act

 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to state that, except with respect to high-risk or complex medical services requiring direct levels of supervision, if the Secretary of Health and Human Services requires supervision by a physician or non-physician practitioner for Medicare payment for therapeutic hospital outpatient services, that requirement is met if such services are furnished under the physician's or non-physician practitioner's general supervision.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a process for designating therapeutic hospital outpatient services for which direct supervision may be required for the entire service or direct supervision during the initiation of the service followed by general supervision for the remainder of the service.
 
Declares without force or effect in law regarding Medicare requirements for direct supervision by physicians for therapeutic hospital outpatient services a specified restatement and clarification under the final rulemaking changes to the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system and calendar year 2009 payment rates, which was published in the Federal Register on November 18, 2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-25
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: 2015-03-25
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: 2015-03-25
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: 2015-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Intermountain West Corridor Development Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1612
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2015-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Arizona
Nevada
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: 

Intermountain West Corridor Development Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to designate as a high priority corridor on the National Highway System, as part of Interstate Route I-11, the Intermountain West Corridor from the vicinity of Las Vegas, Nevada, extending:
 
 
north along U.S. Route 95, terminating at Interstate Route 80; and
 
south from the vicinity of Wickenburg to Interstate Route 10 and continuing south toward the Tucson vicinity to the Nogales, Arizona, region; and 
 
establishing an international trade corridor by employing Interstates in existence on the date of enactment of this Act or new alignments to be determined through appropriate studies.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Introduced in House