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Data Security Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-961
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2015-04-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Computer security and identity theft
Consumer credit
Department of the Treasury
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal preemption
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Insurance industry and regulation
National Credit Union Administration
Right of privacy
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 

Data Security Act of 2015

 
Requires individuals, corporations, or other non-government entities that access, maintain, communicate, or handle sensitive account information or nonpublic personal information to implement an information security program and to notify consumers, federal law enforcement, appropriate administrative agencies, payment card networks, and consumer reporting agencies of certain data breaches of unencrypted sensitive information likely to cause identity theft or fraudulent transactions on consumer financial accounts.
 
Directs entities to require their service providers by contract to implement appropriate safeguards for sensitive information.
 
Provides special notification procedures for: (1) third-party service providers that maintain data in electronic form on behalf of another entity, and (2) certain electronic data carriers.
 
Allows financial institutions to communicate with account holders regarding breaches at third-party entities with access to their account information.
 
Sets forth alternative compliance procedures for: (1) financial institutions and affiliates under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and (2) entities complying with certain health record privacy laws.
 
Requires this Act to be enforced by the Federal Trade Commission, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration Board, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, or a state insurance authority depending on the type of entity handling the sensitive information.
 
Allows a consumer or entity that suffers financial harm from an entity's violation of this Act to bring an action in federal court to recover damages for negligent or knowing violations. 
 
Prohibits certain state laws from being imposed for information security and breach notification purposes. Provides for the requirements of this Act to apply to certain entities in place of existing security practices and notifications standards currently enforced by the Federal Communications Commission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Equity in Law Enforcement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-962
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2015-04-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Disability assistance
Employee benefits and pensions
Higher education
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Railroads
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 

Equity in Law Enforcement Act of 2015

 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) expand the definition of "public service officer," for purposes of provisions concerning public safety officer death benefits, to include a law enforcement officer serving a private institution of higher education in an official capacity, or a rail police officer employed by a rail carrier, who is sworn, licensed, or certified under the laws of a state for the purposes of law enforcement (applicable to a personal injury sustained in the line of duty by a public safety officer on or after April 15, 2013); (2) authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to such institutions and carriers for the purchase of armor vests for such officers; and (3) include such institutions and carriers among entities eligible for contracts or subawards under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2222-2223)
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Innovation Impact Act

Bill: 114-s-963
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2015-04-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Competition and antitrust
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Intellectual property
Licensing and registrations
Small business
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 

Small Business Innovation Impact Act

 
This bill requires the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration to submit an analysis, using existing resources, to specified congressional committees on:
 
 
 the investment of small businesses in developing new and useful inventions and obtaining patents on them; 
 
 the importance of university technology transfer to small businesses; 
 
 the use of patent licensing arrangements by them;
 
 the impact of patent ownership for small businesses on attracting outside investment, creating new jobs, protecting against foreign infringing goods, and competing against larger businesses; and
 
 the impact on small businesses from patent-related demand letters and civil actions arising under federal law relating to patent infringement.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-964
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2015-04-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Nuclear power
Public participation and lobbying
Radioactive wastes and releases
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 

Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensee, after consulting affected state and local governments, to submit to the NRC a post-shutdown decommissioning activities report (PSDAR) regarding the licensee's shutdown facilities for which a PSDAR is required.
 
Conditions public availability of the PSDAR upon NRC discretion to redact information necessary to protect the national security.
 
Requires the NRC to: (1) solicit public comments on the proposed PSDAR; (2) conduct at least two public hearings within the facility's host state; and (3) invite the host state to file a statement of either support, nonsupport, or of conditional support, including specific recommendations for changes.
 
Directs the NRC, upon receipt of the state's response, to determine, based upon specified considerations, the adequacy or inadequacy of the proposed PSDAR and to issue a decision accordingly.
 
Prescribes criteria for determining whether a proposed PSDAR is permissible if the host state files a statement of conditional support.
 
Requires a licensee to submit a new proposed PSDAR if the first one is rejected.
 
Conditions NRC approval of a proposed PSDAR upon inclusion in the document of a requirement that the licensee comply with applicable state law relating to air, water, or soil quality or radiological standards if that law is more restrictive than its federal counterpart.
 
Requires the NRC, in the case of existing decommissioning activities, to notify: (1) each licensee of the opportunity to develop a revised PSDAR for any facility for which a PSDAR has been submitted but for which decontamination and dismantlement activities have either not been commenced, or have been commenced for less than one year; and (2) each state within 50 miles of the facility of the opportunity to consult with the licensee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit the use of funds by Internal Revenue Service to target citizens of the United States for exercising any right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Bill: 114-s-965
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2015-04-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
First Amendment rights
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Political movements and philosophies
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 
Prohibits the use of any funds by the Internal Revenue Service to target citizens for exercising any right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Constitution. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure:CR S2223)
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in Senate
CREED Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-966
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2015-04-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 

Commercial Real Estate and Economic Development Act of 2015 or the CREED Act of 2015

 
 Reinstates for a five-year period beginning on the enactment of this Act the authority for Small Business Administration (SBA) low-interest refinancing of small business debt not involving business expansion under the SBA's local development business loan program.
 
Repeals a provision of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 which terminated such authority as of September 27, 2012.

action_date: 2015-06-10
text: 

Commercial Real Estate and Economic Development Act of 201

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the

 CREED Act of 201

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 (Sec. 2) Reinstates the authority for Small Business Administration (SBA) low-interest refinancing of small business debt not involving business expansion under the SBA's local development business loan program, effective:
 
 
on and after enactment of this Act, and
 
during any fiscal year in which the federal government's cost in making loan guarantees under such program is zero.
 
 
Repeals a provision of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 that terminated such authority as of September 27, 2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report. Report No. 114-266.
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report. Report No. 114-266.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 107.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Vitter with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Vitter with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in Senate
CLEAR SBA Act

Bill: 114-s-967
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2015-04-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Credit and credit markets
Government information and archives
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 

Communicating Lender Activity Reports from the Small Business Administration Act or the CLEAR SBA Act

 
This bill amends the Small Business Act to define "covered loan" as a loan made or debenture issued under the Act or the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 by a private individual or entity.
 
The bill requires the Small Business Administration to make publicly available on its website a Lender Activity Index (i.e., a user-friendly database of specified information relating to lenders making these loans).
 
The SBA shall: (1) include in the database information relating to covered loans made during FY2009-FY2015, and (2) incorporate information related to such loans on an ongoing basis.

action_date: 2015-06-10
text: 

Communicating Lender Activity Reports from the Small Business Administration Act or the CLEAR SBA Act

 
(Sec. 2) Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make publicly available a user-friendly database of information relating to lenders making loans under such Act or the Small Business Investment Act of 1958.
 
Requires the SBA to: (1) include in the database information on such loans made during FY2009-FY2015, and (2) incorporate information relating to such loans on an ongoing basis.
 
Prohibits the SBA from requiring lenders to submit additional information or to otherwise increase burdens on lenders in order to comply with this Act.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that no additional funds should be made available to carry out this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report. Report No. 114-267.
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report. Report No. 114-267.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 108.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Vitter with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Vitter with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Huntington's Disease Parity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-968
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2015-04-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Hereditary and development disorders
Medicare
Neurological disorders
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social Security Administration
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: 

Huntington's Disease Parity Act of 2015 

 
Directs the Commissioner of Social Security, for purposes of determining cognitive, behavioral, and physical disability under titles II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act (SSAct), to amend specified Listings of Impairments by providing medical and evaluation criteria for Huntington's Disease. 
 
Amends SSAct title II to waive the 24-month waiting period for coverage under the program under SSAct title XVIII (Medicare) for individuals diagnosed with Huntington's Disease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Public Safety Retirement Fairness Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-969
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2015-04-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Department of Defense
Department of Justice
Department of Transportation
Employee benefits and pensions
Fires
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Income tax exclusion
Law enforcement officers
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: 

Federal Public Safety Retirement Fairness Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the 10% additional tax on early distributions from tax-exempt retirement plans distributions from a thrift savings fund to a qualified law enforcement officer who has reached age 50 or has completed 25 years of credible service, whichever is earlier. The bill defines &quot;qualified law enforcement officer&quot; as an individual who is employed by the federal government as a law enforcement officer or as a firefighter and has completed 20 years of creditable service, or an individual who is employed as an air traffic controller and has completed 20 years of creditable service. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to allow more small insured depository institutions to qualify for the 18-month on-site examination cycle, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-s-970
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2015-04-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: 
This bill amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to increase from $500 million to $1 billion the asset size of small insured depository institutions eligible for 18-month on-site examination cycles.
 
A federal banking agency is granted discretion to increase the asset ceiling amount from $100 million to $1 billion (currently from $100 million to $500 million) if the greater asset size would be consistent with the principles of safety and soundness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Browns Canyon National Monument Clarification Act

Bill: 114-s-972
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2015-04-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: 

Browns Canyon National Monument Clarification Act

 
Declares that the designation of a national monument on land on which the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area in Colorado is located shall not affect: (1) the arrangements for cooperative administration of the Area by the Bureau of Land Management and the state of Colorado, (2) grazing on the land on which the monument is located, or (3) the use or allocation of any water, water right, or interest in water.
 
Requires the Department of the Interior to complete a comprehensive management plan for the conservation and protection of the monument.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Angel Tax Credit Act

Bill: 114-s-973
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2015-04-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Manufacturing
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: 

Angel Tax Credit Act

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a new business-related tax credit for 25% of equity investments of $25,000 or more in a domestic corporation or partnership that: (1) has its headquarters in the United States, (2) has gross revenues for the taxable year of less than $1 million, (3) employs fewer than 25 full-time employees, (4) has been in existence for less than 7 years as of the date of the investment, (5) has more than 50% of its employees performing substantially all of their services in the United States, and (6) is engaged in a high technology trade or business. Limits the allowable amount of such credit to $250,000 in any taxable year and imposes an overall limitation on such credit of $500 million for each of calendar years 2015 through 2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit employment of children in tobacco-related agriculture by deeming such employment as oppressive child labor.

Bill: 114-s-974
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2015-04-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Labor standards
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Worker safety and health
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: 
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to redefine &quot;oppressive child labor,&quot; for purposes of child labor prohibitions, to include the employment of any employee under age 18 who has direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2246-2247; text of measure as introduced: CR S2247-2249)
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in Senate