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Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2102
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicaid
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 

Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2015

 
 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to provide coverage of diabetes prevention program services to an eligible diabetes prevention program individual.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the criteria for a diabetes prevention program in accordance with the standards under the National Diabetes Prevention Program established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
 
Excludes items and services under a diabetes prevention program from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system.
 
Includes: (1) items and services under a diabetes prevention programs among federally qualified health center services, (2) rates of referrals of eligible individuals to diabetes prevention programs among the quality measures for covered professional services in the Medicare physician quality reporting system, and (3) an individual's diabetes risk assessment in the individual's Medicare personalized prevention plan.
 
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the National Diabetes Prevention Program presents an opportunity for states to reduce the incidence of diabetes among individuals enrolled in their Medicaid programs under SSAct title XIX.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-04-29
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: 2015-04-29
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: 2015-04-29
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: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act

Bill: 114-hr-2103
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Income tax deductions
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 

Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act 

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the $1 million limitation on the deductibility of employee compensation, to: (1) extend such limitation to any individual who is a current or former officer, director, or employee of a publicly-held corporation; (2) eliminate the exemption from such limitation for compensation payable on a commission basis or upon the attainment of a performance goal; and (3) make such limitation applicable to all publicly-held corporations that are required by the Securities and Exchange Commission to register securities and provide periodic reports to their investors. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Fisheries Investment and Regulatory Relief Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2106
Sponsor: Rep. Guinta, Frank C. [R-NH-1]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Commerce
Government information and archives
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 

Fisheries Investment and Regulatory Relief Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Saltonstall-Kennedy Act to revise the program under which the Department of Commerce provides financial assistance for fisheries research and development projects. Each Regional Fishery Management Council must establish a fishery investment committee to: (1) develop a regional fishery investment plan identifying research, conservation, management needs, and actions to rebuild and maintain healthy fish populations and sustainable fisheries over a five-year period; and (2) make recommendations to the council on grant applications and projects to implement those plans.
 
The plans must be revised and approved by the relevant council at least once every five years. 
 
The grant program for fisheries research and development projects is replaced with a grant program to advance regional priorities included in those plans.
 
Commerce must carry out a national program of fisheries research and investment that supports rebuilding and maintaining healthy U.S. fish populations and promotes sustainable fisheries rather than a fisheries research and development program. 
 
National fisheries investment program funds must be used for investing in U.S. fisheries rather than promoting the fisheries. Specified percentages of funding are allocated to the regional councils and marine fisheries commissions. The Department of Agriculture must transfer a certain amount of funds generated from duties collected on imported fish products for use only to strengthen regional fisheries management through the committees, plans, and grants.
 
Commerce must review the regulations and procedures used to implement title III of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and make recommendations for streamlining them.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2015-05-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2776)
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify the treatment of certain Medicaid enrollment brokers.

Bill: 114-hr-2107
Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Marketing and advertising
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to revise the conditions for state use of an independent enrollment broker in marketing Medicaid managed care organizations and other managed care entities to eligible individuals. 
 
The Secretary of Health and Human Services must find that the broker has also established and maintains policies and procedures to ensure the independence of its enrollment activities from the interests of any managed care entity or provider.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Enhancement Act

Bill: 114-hr-2108
Sponsor: Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Enhancement Act

 
Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to include the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board as a recipient of: (1) FISA court procedural rule changes, decisions, and pleadings; (2) the Attorney General's annual report to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Court regarding applications and orders for electronic surveillance; (3) the Attorney General's reports to Congress concerning electronic surveillance, physical searches, pen registers and trap and trace devices, production of business records and other tangible things, the number of persons targeted by the government under FISA authorities, and procedures for targeting persons; (4) reports by the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence assessing compliance with minimization procedures for targeting persons reasonably believed to be located outside the United States other than U.S. persons, including reviews of the number of targets who were later determined to be located in the United States; and (5) annual reports of each element of the intelligence community authorized to acquire targeted foreign intelligence information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act

Bill: 114-hr-2109
Sponsor: Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Endangered and threatened species
Legal fees and court costs
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 

Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act 

 
This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to replace the current standard for awarding court costs, including attorney fees, in citizen suits with the federal judicial code standard for awarding costs to a prevailing party. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Review Freedom Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2110
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Consumer affairs
Contracts and agency
First Amendment rights
Intellectual property
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 

Consumer Review Freedom Act of 2015

 
Declares a provision of a form contract to be void from the inception if it: (1) prohibits or restricts a person who is a party to the contract from engaging in written, verbal, or pictorial reviews, or other similar performance assessments or analyses of, the products, services, or conduct of a business that is a party to the contract; (2) imposes penalties or fees against persons who engage in such communications; or (3) transfers or requires the individual to transfer any intellectual property rights in any such otherwise lawful communications about the person or the goods or services provided by the person or business. (Thus, bars certain contract provisions that prohibit consumers from commenting publicly about businesses.)
 
Sets forth exceptions under which a provision shall not be considered void under this Act if the provision prohibits disclosure of certain: (1) trade secrets or commercial or financial information, (2) personnel and medical files, or (3) law enforcement records. 
 
Provides for this Act to be inapplicable to contracts establishing an employer-employee or independent contractor relationship.
 
Prohibits businesses from offering or entering into form contracts containing a provision that is considered void under this Act. Sets forth authority for the Department of Justice (DOJ) and state attorneys general to enforce such prohibition. 
 
Requires DOJ to bring an action against any business that violates such prohibition for civil penalty of not more than $16,000 for each day that the business requires the use of such a form contract by a distinct person. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
To direct the United States Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP Code for North Plainfield, New Jersey.

Bill: 114-hr-2112
Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: New Jersey
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 
Directs the U.S. Postal Service, not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, to designate a single, unique ZIP code applicable to the area encompassing only North Plainfield, New Jersey. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Federal Employees Sustainable Investment Act

Bill: 114-hr-2113
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business ethics
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Corporate finance and management
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Financial services and investments
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Human rights
Product safety and quality
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 

Federal Employees Sustainable Investment Act 

 
 Establishes the Corporate Responsibility Stock Index Fund as an investment option under the Thrift Savings Fund. Directs the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to select a minimum of one index for such Fund comprised of stocks that have been analyzed and selected using basic criteria, including corporate governance, environmental practices, workplace relations and benefits, product safety and impact, international operations and human rights, involvement with repressive regimes, and community relations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand and make permanent rules related to investment by nonresident aliens in domestic mutual funds and business development companies.

Bill: 114-hr-2115
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Financial services and investments
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax on nonresident alien individuals, to: (1) make permanent the tax exemption for interest-related dividends and short-term capital gain dividends received from a regulated investment company, and (2) expand the categories of interest-related dividends for which a tax exemption is allowed. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Virgin Islands Visa Waiver Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2116
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Caribbean area
Cayman Islands
Department of Homeland Security
Dominica
Grenada
Guyana
Haiti
Immigration status and procedures
Jamaica
Latin America
Montserrat
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 

Virgin Islands Visa Waiver Act of 2015 

 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a visa waiver program for the United States Virgin Islands for a national of a country that is a member or an associate member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) listed in regulations under this Act and who is applying for admission as a nonimmigrant business or pleasure visitor solely for entry into and stay in the United States Virgin Islands for not more than 30 days, if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that such waiver does not represent a threat to the welfare or security of the United States or its territories and commonwealths.
 
Directs the Secretary to suspend the admission of nationals of a country if such admissions have resulted in an unacceptable number of visitors remaining unlawfully in the United States Virgin Islands, unlawfully obtaining entry to other parts of the United States, or seeking withholding of removal or asylum, or that visitors from such country pose a risk to law enforcement or security interests of the United States Virgin Islands or of the United States. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to suspend the program at any time, on a country-by-country basis, for other good cause.
 
Provides for the addition of program countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitation on the amount of distilled spirits taxes covered over to the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

Bill: 114-hr-2117
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages
Caribbean area
Intergovernmental relations
Puerto Rico
Sales and excise taxes
State and local finance
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the limitation on the amount of distilled spirits excise taxes covered over (paid into) to treasuries of the Virgin Islands and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend to 2027 the production certificate program that allows refunds of duties on certain articles produced in United States insular possessions.

Bill: 114-hr-2118
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend through 2027 the production certificate program requiring the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior to jointly issue to producers of watches and watch movements in the U.S. insular possessions production certificates entitling the certificate holders to a refund of duties paid on such articles imported into the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require that State applications for State plan waivers under the Medicaid program be approved only if such applications are budget neutral, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-2119
Sponsor: Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-15]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Health programs administration and funding
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 
Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, as a condition of approval of a demonstration project undertaken to promote the objectives of SSAct title XIX (Medicaid) in a state, to require that the project be budget neutral.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Nicole's Law of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2120
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2015-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime victims
Law enforcement administration and funding
Sex offenses
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: 

Nicole's Law of 2015

 
 Requires states to have in effect laws and policies to extend protections similar to those afforded to victims of domestic violence to victims of a sex offense who are not in a familiar or dating relationship with the perpetrator of such offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E616-617)
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Introduced in House