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PRO Sports Act

Bill: 114-hr-547
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2015-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Professional sports
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: 

Properly Reducing Overexemptions for Sports Act or the PRO Sports Act
 
 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to remove professional football leagues from the list of tax-exempt organizations.
 
Provides that no organization or entity shall be treated as tax-exempt if it: (1) is a professional sports league, organization, or association, a substantial activity of which is to foster national or international professional sports competitions (including by managing league business affairs, officiating or providing referees, coordinating schedules, managing sponsorships or broadcast sales, operating loan programs for competition facilities, or overseeing player conduct); and (2) has annual gross receipts in excess of $10 million. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Certainty in Enforcement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-548
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2015-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer credit
Criminal justice information and records
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: 

Certainty in Enforcement Act of 2015

 
Amends equal employment opportunity requirements under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to deem an employer's, labor organization's, employment agency's, or joint labor management committee's consideration or use of credit or criminal records or information, as mandated by federal, state, or local law, to be job related and consistent with business necessity. 
 
Declares that such use of credit or criminal records shall not be the basis of liability under any theory of disparate impact. (Currently, an unlawful employment practice based on disparate impact is established if a complaining party demonstrates that a respondent uses a particular employment practice that causes a disparate impact on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin and the respondent fails to demonstrate that the challenged practice is job related for the position in question and consistent with business necessity.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Litigation Oversight Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-549
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2015-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: 

Litigation Oversight Act of 2015

 
Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to require the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to approve or disapprove by majority vote whether the EEOC shall commence or intervene in litigation involving: (1) multiple plaintiffs, or (2) an allegation of systemic discrimination or a pattern or practice of discrimination. Provides EEOC members with the power to require the EEOC to approve or disapprove by majority vote whether the EEOC commences or intervenes in any litigation.
 
Requires the EEOC, within 30 days after commencing or intervening in litigation pursuant to such an approval, to post on its public website: (1) information regarding the case, including the allegations and causes of action; and (2) each Commissioner's vote on commencing or intervening in the litigation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
EEOC Transparency and Accountability Act

Bill: 114-hr-550
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2015-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Age discrimination
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Disability and health-based discrimination
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government information and archives
Government liability
Government studies and investigations
Judicial review and appeals
Legal fees and court costs
Performance measurement
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: 

EEOC Transparency and Accountability Act

 
Directs the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to provide information on its public website regarding each case brought in court by the EEOC after a judgment is made with respect to any cause of action.
 
Requires such information to include: (1) instances in which the EEOC was ordered to pay fees and costs; (2) cases in which a sanction was imposed on the EEOC; (3) the total number of charges of an alleged unlawful employment practice filed under specified provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; and (4) cases of systemic discrimination, including pattern or practice discrimination.
 
Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit the EEOC from bringing a suit unless it exhausts its obligation to engage in an informal conciliation and certifies that conciliation is at impasse.
 
Makes the determination as to whether the EEOC has engaged in a bona fide conciliation subject to judicial review.
 
Directs the EEOC Inspector General to notify Congress of any sanctions, fees, or costs imposed on the EEOC by a court. Requires the Inspector General to investigate such cases and the EEOC to report to Congress regarding the steps being taken to reduce such instances. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
IDEA Full Funding Act

Bill: 114-hr-551
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2015-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Special education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: 
 
IDEA Full Funding Act

 
Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to reauthorize and make appropriations for the grant program to assist states and outlying areas in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities.
 
Sets the amount to be authorized and the amount to be appropriated for each fiscal year from FY2016-FY2024 as the greater of: (1) a specified amount, or (2) a specified percentage of an amount determined pursuant to a formula that multiplies the number of children receiving special education services by the average per-pupil expenditure in public elementary and secondary schools. 
 
Authorizes and appropriates funds for FY2025 and each subsequent fiscal year equal to the greater of a specified amount or 40% of the amount determined using such formula. 
 
Requires amounts appropriated to be expended consistent with pay-as-you-go requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Budget Autonomy Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-552
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Congressional oversight
District of Columbia
Intergovernmental relations
Public contracts and procurement
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: 

District of Columbia Budget Autonomy Act of 2015

 
 Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to eliminate, with respect to each fiscal year that is not a control year, all federally-imposed mandates over the District of Columbia's: (1) local budget process, financial management, audits, and accountability requirements; and (2) short-term borrowing of money, with specified exceptions.
 
Declares that the process by which the District develops and enacts the District government's budget for a fiscal year, the activities carried out regarding financial management of the District government, and the process and rules by which the District issues bonds or otherwise borrows money shall be established under laws enacted by the District.
 
Provides that Acts adopting the District government's annual budget for FY2016 and succeeding non-control fiscal years shall take effect upon their prescribed dates.
 
Repeals the federal cap on amounts the District may borrow (other than in a control year).
 
Repeals the application of the Federal Anti-Deficiency Act to the District government. Makes conforming amendments to the Act.
 
Makes conforming amendments to the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E118-119)
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage the use of 529 plans and Coverdell education savings accounts, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-553
Sponsor: Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2015-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Preschool education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow payment of home school expenses from Coverdell education savings accounts; (2) remove the dollar limitation on contributions to Coverdell education savings accounts and require such accounts to provide adequate safeguards to prevent contributions from exceeding the amount necessary to provide for the qualified education expenses of the account beneficiary; and (3) allow tax-exempt qualified tuition programs (529 tuition programs) to pay qualified pre-kindergarten, elementary, and secondary education expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Enhancing Educational Opportunities for all Students Act

Bill: 114-hr-554
Sponsor: Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2015-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Poverty and welfare assistance
Preschool education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: 

Enhancing Educational Opportunities for all Students Act
 
 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow a state educational agency to allocate grant funds among local educational agencies based on the number of eligible children (children age 5 to 17 from a family with an income below the poverty level) enrolled in the public schools and the state-accredited private schools within each local agency's geographic jurisdiction.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow payment of home school expenses from Coverdell education savings accounts; (2) remove the dollar limitation on contributions to Coverdell education savings accounts and require such accounts to provide adequate safeguards to prevent contributions from exceeding the amount necessary to provide for the qualified education expenses of the account beneficiary; and (3) allow tax-exempt qualified tuition programs (529 tuition programs) to pay qualified pre-kindergarten, elementary, and secondary education expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Federal Exchange Data Breach Notification Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-555
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2015-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Computer security and identity theft
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: 

Federal Exchange Data Breach Notification Act of 2015

 
This bill requires a health insurance exchange to notify each individual whose personal information is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security of any system maintained by the exchange as soon as possible but not later than 60 days after discovery of the breach. 
 
A violation of this requirement is an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-556
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2015-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allied health services
Contracts and agency
Health personnel
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: 

Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015

 
 Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require physical therapists furnishing outpatient physical therapy services to use specified locum tenens arrangements for payment purposes in the same manner as such arrangements are used to apply to physicians furnishing substitute physicians services for other physicians.
 
(Locum tenens [place holder], or substitute, physicians usually assume professional practices in the absence of a regular physician for reasons such as illness, pregnancy, vacation, or continuing medical education.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-27
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: 2015-01-27
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: 2015-01-27
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: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Retirement Security Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-557
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2015-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Income tax credits
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: 

Retirement Security Act of 2015

 
 Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) prescribe final regulations to permit employers to participate in multiple employer pension benefit plans, (2) promulgate regulations or other guidance to simplify and clarify rules relating to the timing of participant notices required under tax-preferred pension plans and the automatic escalation rules, and (3) modify the 1040EZ tax return form to allow taxpayers to claim the tax credit for retirement savings (saver's credit) on such form.
 
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to employer pension benefit plans, to: (1) allow employers to maintain a tax-exempt multiple employer pension benefit plan even if the employers sponsoring the plan share no common interest, (2) modify requirements for secure deferral arrangements with respect to nondiscrimination and employer matching contributions, and (3) allow employers with not more than 100 employees a business-related tax credit to cover increased matching contributions required by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the National Urban Search and Rescue System.

Bill: 114-hr-559
Sponsor: Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2015-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health personnel
Intergovernmental relations
New Jersey

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: 
Requires the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the National Urban Search and Rescue System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Assessing Appropriate School Start Times Act

Bill: 114-hr-561
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2015-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Government studies and investigations
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: 

Assessing Appropriate School Start Times Act

 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to study the impact of school start times on student health, well-being, and performance.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Improving Education for Foster Youth Act

Bill: 114-hr-562
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2015-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: 

Improving Education for Foster Youth Act

 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to require states that receive ESEA assistance to implement policies ensuring that foster care children who are changing schools can transfer school credits and receive partial credits for coursework satisfactorily completed while attending a prior school or educational program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House