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Telehealth Modernization Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-691
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2015-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: 

Telehealth Modernization Act of 2015

 
Calls for states to authorize health care professionals to deliver health care to individuals through telehealth and consider adopting conditions under which a health care professional delivering care through telehealth should: 
 
 
have access to the individual's medical history and should review it with the individual as if delivering the health care in person; 
 
attempt to identify any conditions underlying the symptoms reported by the individual before providing any diagnosis or treatment and, if recommending a treatment, should review with the individual the contraindications; 
 
have a conversation with the individual adequate to establish any diagnosis rendered; 
 
document any evaluation and treatment delivered to the individual to generate a medical record of the encounter; 
 
provide to the individual information regarding the professional's health care education, certification, and credentials; 
 
offer no assurance to the individual that any item or service will be issued or provided in exchange for the payment of the consultation fee or solely in response to the individual completing a form or questionnaire; and 
 
only issue a prescription if it is issued by a health care professional who has obtained a medical history and conducted an evaluation of the individual adequate to establish a diagnosis, not for certain controlled substances, and filled by a licensed dispensing entity.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-693
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2015-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Coal
Economic development
Forests, forestry, trees
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land use and conservation
Mining
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: 

Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area Act of 2015

 
 Establishes the Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area to include specified counties in the states of Maryland and West Virginia. 
 
Designates the Appalachian Forest Heritage Area, Inc., as the local coordinating entity for the Area.
 
Requires the Appalachian Forest Heritage Area, Inc., to submit a management plan that provides for the conservation, enhancement, and interpretation of cultural, natural, historical, educational, scenic, and recreational resources of the Area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Operation United Assistance Tax Exclusion Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-694
Sponsor: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2015-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Africa
Foreign aid and international relief
Income tax exclusion
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Wages and earnings
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: 

Operation United Assistance Tax Exclusion Act of 2015

 
Provides for a tax exclusion of compensation paid to a member of the Armed Forces serving in Operation United Assistance in the Ebola virus disease outbreak area (i.e., Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and any other region designated as experiencing a widespread Ebola virus disease outbreak). Requires that such service member undergo a program of at least 21 days of controlled monitoring upon return from the outbreak area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals under Medicare, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-696
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2015-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: 
Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exclude from the average sales price in calculating Medicare payments for drugs and biologicals any customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-03
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: 2015-02-03
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: 2015-02-03
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: 2015-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Introduced in House
African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-697
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Africa
Art, artists, authorship
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of the Interior
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Endangered and threatened species
Foreign aid and international relief
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Hunting and fishing
International law and treaties
Law enforcement officers
Mammals
Materials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Trade restrictions
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: 

African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act of 2015

 
This bill reauthorizes the African Elephant Conservation Act (AECA) through FY2020. 
 
Ivory may be imported or exported under the AECA and the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) if: (1) the raw ivory or worked ivory is solely for a museum; (2) it was lawfully importable into the United States on February 24, 2014, regardless of when it was acquired; or (3) the worked ivory was previously lawfully possessed in the United States.
 
The Department of the Interior may station one U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service law enforcement officer in the primary U.S. diplomatic or consular post in each African country that has significant population of African elephants to assist local wildlife rangers in protecting the elephants and facilitating the apprehension of individuals who illegally kill them or assist in killing them.
 
Interior must certify a finding that a county is a significant transit or destination point for illegal ivory trade and report the certification to the President for the purposes of the Pelly Amendment to the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967. The Pelly Amendment authorizes the President to embargo wildlife products when the Interior certifies that a country is engaging in trade or certain actions that diminishes the effectiveness of an international agreement for the conservation of endangered or threatened species.
 
This bill authorizes under the AECA and ESA: (1) the possession, sale, delivery, receipt, shipment, or transportation of African elephant ivory that has been lawfully imported or crafted in the United States, and (2) the importation of a sport-hunted African elephant trophy if the country in which the elephant was taken had elephants that are listed on Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) at the time the trophy was taken.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Arturo Hernandez-Garcia.

Bill: 114-hr-698
Sponsor: Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2015-02-03 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Provides for the relief of Arturo Hernandez-Garcia.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act

Bill: 114-hr-700
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2015-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: 

Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act

 
 Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to require a state Medicaid plan to provide 12-month continuous enrollment for an eligible individual, regardless of age. 
 
Amends SSAct title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (CHIP) to require a state CHIP plan also to provide 12-month continuous enrollment for an eligible individual.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Helping Families Save for Education Act

Bill: 114-hr-701
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2015-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: 

Helping Families Save for Education Act
 
 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to Coverdell education savings accounts, to: (1) increase the age limit for beneficiaries of such accounts after which contributions may not be made from age 18 to age 22, and (2) increase the maximum contribution limit in any taxable year from $2,000 to $10,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Fuel Standard Elimination Act

Bill: 114-hr-703
Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2015-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: 

Renewable Fuel Standard Elimination Act 

 
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency's renewable fuel program, which requires transportation fuel to contain a minimum volume of renewable fuel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
RFS Reform Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-704
Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2015-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: 

RFS Reform Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to revise the renewable fuel standard program. Beginning on January 1, 2015, the renewable fuel that is required to be blended into gasoline must be advanced biofuel, which cannot be ethanol derived from corn starch.
 
This bill revises the renewable fuel standards by decreasing the total volume of renewable fuel that must be contained in gasoline sold or introduced into commerce for years 2015 through 2022.
 
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must determine the target amount of cellulosic biofuel to be blended into transportation fuel based on the actual volume of cellulosic biofuel produced in the current year. 
 
The EPA must reduce the required volume of renewable fuel in transportation fuel by the same volume of cellulosic biofuel in the fuel.
 
The EPA may not allow gasoline containing greater than 10% ethanol by volume to be introduced into commerce. Waivers that allow gasoline containing a greater percentage of ethanol are nullified.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E161-162)
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Rail Crossings Safety Improvement Act

Bill: 114-hr-705
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2015-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Railroads
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: 

Rail Crossings Safety Improvement Act 

 
This bill reauthorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation for FY2016-FY2019, at levels reduced from those for FY2006-FY2009, for capital grants to states for rail line relocation and improvement projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Justice Safety Valve Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-706
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2015-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Judicial procedure and administration

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: 

Justice Safety Valve Act of 2015

 
 This bill authorizes a federal court to impose a sentence in a criminal proceeding that is below the minimum sentence required by statute if the court finds that a lower sentence is necessary to avoid violating statutory factors that the court must consider in imposing a sentence. The court must give parties to the proceeding notice of its intent to impose a lower sentence and state in writing the factors requiring such a sentence. This bill does not limit any right to appeal that would otherwise exist. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Restoration of America's Wire Act

Bill: 114-hr-707
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2015-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Gambling
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: 

Restoration of America's Wire Act

 
Amends provisions of the federal criminal code, commonly known as the Wire Act, to provide that the prohibition against transmission of wagering information shall apply to any bet or wager, or information assisting in the placing of any bet or wager (thus making such prohibition applicable to all types of gambling activities, including internet gambling). States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) preempt any state law prohibiting gambling; or (2) alter, limit, or extend the relationship between the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 and other federal laws currently in effect, the ability of a state licensed lottery retailer to make in-person, computer-generated retail lottery sales, or the relationship between federal laws and state charitable gaming laws. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
BOTS Act

Bill: 114-hr-708
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2015-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Legal fees and court costs
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: 

Better On-line Ticket Sales Act of 2014 or the BOTS Act

 
Prohibits: (1) intentionally using or selling software to circumvent a security measure, access control system, or other control or measure on a ticket seller's Internet website that is used by the seller to ensure equitable consumer access to tickets for any given event; or (2) selling any ticket in interstate commerce knowingly obtained in violation of such prohibition.
 
Treats a violation as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act. Authorizes a person who suffers injury as a result of a violation of this Act to bring a civil action for damages plus $1,000 for each distinct use or sale of software, or sale of a ticket, that caused such injury and reasonable attorneys' fees. 
 
Amends the federal criminal code to prescribe criminal penalties for such an offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2015-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-711
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2015-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Social Security Administration
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: 

Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015 

 
 Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to replace the current windfall elimination provision (WEP) (that reduces the Social Security benefits of workers who also have pension benefits from employment not covered by Social Security) for individuals who: (1) become eligible for old-age insurance benefits after 2016 or would attain age 62 after 2016 and become eligible for disability insurance benefits after 2016, (2) subsequently become entitled to such benefits, and (3) have earnings derived from noncovered service performed after 1977.
 
Establishes a new formula for the treatment of noncovered earnings in determining Social Security benefits.
 
Prescribes a second formula to modify the WEP for current beneficiaries.
 
Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to recover overpayments from certain individuals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to disallow the refundable portion of the child credit to taxpayers using individual taxpayer identification numbers issued by the Internal Revenue Service.

Bill: 114-hr-713
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2015-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow the refundable portion of the child tax credit to taxpayers who use individual taxpayer identification numbers issued by the Internal Revenue Service instead of social security account numbers to claim such credit on their tax returns.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Leadership PAC Limitation Act

Bill: 114-hr-714
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2015-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: 

Leadership PAC Limitation Act 

 
 Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the conversion of leadership PAC funds to personal use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House