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Department of Veterans Affairs Cyber Security Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-1128
Sponsor: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2015-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Public contracts and procurement
Right of privacy
Technology assessment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: 

Department of Veterans Affairs Cyber Security Protection Act 

 
 Directs the Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Information and Technology to submit to the congressional veterans committees (under current law only to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs) quarterly reports on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) compliance with federally-required information security improvements. 
 
Directs the Assistant Secretary to submit to such committees: (1) quarterly, a plan of action to address critical known VA information security vulnerabilities; and (2) annually, a plan for identifying and replacing VA operating systems that are out-of-date or unsupported. 
 
 Directs the Assistant Secretary to ensure that any software or Internet applications used on VA operating systems are secure from vulnerabilities that could affect the confidentiality of sensitive personal information on veterans.
 
Directs the Secretary to: 
 
 
report quarterly to such committees on any incidents of failure to comply with established information security policies, any actions taken in response to such incidents, and certain related information; 
 
submit a strategic plan to such committees for improving VA information security and to update such plan at least every two years; and 
 
report to such committees within five years on information security protection and accountability of the VA for information security breeches and incidents.
 
 
Requires VA contractors with access to sensitive personal information to provide protective measures to safeguard from possible information security threats any information provided by the VA that will be resident on, or transiting through, information systems controlled by that contractor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-19
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Whistleblower and Patient Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1129
Sponsor: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2015-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care quality
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: 

Veterans' Whistleblower and Patient Protection Act of 2015

 
Establishes within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) an Office of Whistleblower and Patient Protection.
 
Requires the Director of such Office to establish a dedicated Internet website and toll-free telephone number for any individual to file a complaint regarding an alleged prohibited personnel practice committed by a VA officer or employee or the safety of a patient at a VA medical facility.
 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to refer to the Director for investigation any such complaint the Secretary receives directly. Prohibits the Secretary from referring any such complaint to any other element of the VA.
 
Requires the Secretary to ensure that VA employees located at a medical facility are able to efficiently refer any such complaints received to the Director. Prohibits the Director from disclosing the identity of any individual who files such a complaint without the individual's consent, except when necessary because of an imminent danger to public health or safety or imminent violation of any criminal law.
 
Requires the Director to: (1) investigate each complaint to determine whether there is a substantial likelihood that it discloses a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, gross mismanagement, gross waste of funds, abuse of authority, or substantial and specific danger to public health and safety; (2) make such determination within 240 days after its receipt; (3) notify the Secretary upon making a positive determination and refer the complaint, as appropriate, to the head of the appropriate federal department or agency; and (4) coordinate with the VA's Inspector General and Special Counsel to avoid duplicative actions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-19
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan.

Bill: 114-hr-1133
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2015-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Credit and credit markets
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: 
Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude loans made to veterans from the definition of a &quot;member business loan,&quot; thus excluding them from the limit on the total amount of member business loans a credit union may have outstanding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Access to Timely Information Act

Bill: 114-hr-1134
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2015-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: 

Access to Timely Information Act

 
Deems the submission of information by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of either the House of Representatives or the Senate in response to a request by the chairman or ranking member (or designee) of such Committees or of a subcommittee such Committees to be: (1) a covered disclosure of certain records maintained on individuals submitted without the written request or prior written consent of the individual to whom the record pertains; and (2) a permitted disclosure under regulations promulgated under specified provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, including certain authorized oversight activities.
 
Directs the Secretary, when responding to a request for information by such a member other than a chairman, to also submit such information to the relevant House or Senate Committee chairman. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Accountability in Unemployment Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1136
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2015-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: 

Accountability in Unemployment Act of 2015 

 
 Amends title III (Grants to States for Unemployment Compensation) of the Social Security Act to require state laws to deny unemployment compensation to applicants unless they undergo drug testing and test negative.
 
Requires a retest after a 30-day waiting period for applicants who test positive for any one of several specified drugs.
 
Denies unemployment compensation for five years to any applicant who tests positive for drugs three or more times.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
PAID for Progress Act

Bill: 114-hr-1137
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]
Introduced: 2015-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Economic performance and conditions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: 

Promoting Accountability in Decisions for Progress Act or the PAID for Progress Act

 
Reduces by 8.7% the rate of basic pay for the President, Members of Congress, and any federal employee occupying a position within the federal government or a covered enterprise (defined as the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or any federally-chartered affiliate thereof) for which the annual rate of basic pay exceeds $100,000.
 
Requires such basic pay rates to be adjusted by the rate of the percent change in real median household income of the United States as published by the Bureau of the Census.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Detergent PACS Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1139
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2015-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer affairs
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: 

Detergent Poisoning And Child Safety Act of 2015 or the Detergent PACS Act of 2015

 
Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to establish safety standards for liquid detergent packets to protect children who are younger than five years of age from injury or illness.
 
 Directs the CPSC to establish such standards by promulgating a rule or adopting voluntary ASTM International standards.
 
Provides for any final rule that is promulgated to include: (1) requirements for special packaging and warning labels, (2) standards to make the color and design of packets less attractive to children, and (3) liquid composition standards to make the consequences of exposure less severe. 
 
Requires the rule or standards to be treated as consumer product safety standards under the Consumer Product Safety Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1733)
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
San Francisco Bay Restoration Act

Bill: 114-hr-1140
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2015-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: California
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Water quality
Watersheds
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: 

San Francisco Bay Restoration Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to authorize the Environmental Protection Agency to provide funding for prioritized activities, studies, or projects that advance the goals and objectives of the comprehensive management plan for the San Francisco estuary. Funding may be provided through cooperative agreements, grants, or other means. Funding may not be used for the administration of a management conference for the San Francisco estuary under the National Estuary Program.
 
Funding amounts provided under this Act may not exceed 75% of the total cost of eligible activities to be carried out using those amounts.
 
This bill authorizes appropriations for the funding program through FY2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
GI Bill Fairness Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1141
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2015-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education
Military medicine
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: 

GI Bill Fairness Act of 2015

 
Includes as active duty for purposes of eligibility for post-9/11 veterans educational assistance service of a member of a reserve component ordered to active duty to receive authorized medical care, to be medically evaluated, or to complete a required Department of Defense health care study.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program.

Bill: 114-hr-1142
Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2015-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Low- and moderate-income housing
Real estate business

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the low-income housing tax credit, to make permanent the minimum 9% credit rate for new buildings that are not federally-subsidized and to establish a minimum 4% credit rate for existing buildings that are not federally-subsidized. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the credit for health insurance costs of certain Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation pension recipients.

Bill: 114-hr-1143
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2015-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: 
This bill extends through December 31, 2019, the eligibility of Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation pension recipients for the health care tax credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Nondiscrimination & Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1144
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2015-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Department of the Treasury
First Amendment rights
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: 

Taxpayer Nondiscrimination and Protection Act of 2015

 
Amends the federal criminal code to establish penalties for misconduct against a taxpayer by an Internal Revenue Service employee during the performance of official duties, specifically including a violation of the protections and guarantees afforded under the First Amendment of the Constitution to political speech and political expression.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
BTU Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1145
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: 

Biomass Thermal Utilization Act of 2015 or the BTU Act of 2015

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include 30% of qualified biomass fuel property expenditures made in taxable years beginning before 2021 in the residential energy efficient property tax credit. Defines &quot;qualified biomass fuel property expenditure&quot; as an expenditure for property which uses the burning of biomass fuel (a plant-derived fuel available on a renewable or recurring basis) to heat a dwelling used as a residence, or to heat water for use in such dwelling, and which has a thermal efficiency rating of at least 75%.
 
Allows: (1) a 15% energy tax credit until 2021 for investment in open-loop biomass heating property, and (2) a 30% credit for boilers or furnaces that operate at thermal output efficiencies of at least 80% and provide thermal energy. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Simeon Simeonov, Stela Simeonova, Stoyan Simeonov, and Vania Simeonova.

Bill: 114-hr-1146
Sponsor: Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2015-02-26 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Provides for the relief of Simeon Simeonov, Stela Simeonova, Stoyan Simeonov, and Vania Simeonova.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
IRS Email Transparency Act

Bill: 114-hr-1152
Sponsor: Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2015-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of the Treasury
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: 
Prohibits any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service from using a personal email account to conduct official business.

action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 

IRS Email Transparency Act

 
Prohibits any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service from using a personal email account to conduct official business.

action_date: 2015-04-15
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 13, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 

IRS Email Transparency Act

 
Prohibits any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service from using a personal email account to conduct official business.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2232)
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2232)
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1152.
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2232-2233)
action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Mr. Ryan (WI) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 49.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-69.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-69.
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in House