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Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-901
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Medical research
Military personnel and dependents
Transportation costs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 

Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2015

 
Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to select a VA medical center to serve as the national center for research on the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions of the biological children, grandchildren, or great-grandchildren of individuals exposed to toxic substances while serving as members of the Armed Forces that are related to such exposure.
 
Requires: (1) the Department of Defense (DOD) or the head of a federal agency to make available to the VA for review records held by DOD, an Armed Force, or that federal agency that might assist the VA in making determinations regarding individuals and descendents afflicted with a health condition as a result of such exposure; (2) the VA and DOD or such agency head to jointly establish a mechanism for the availability and review of records by the VA; and (3) the national center to employ at least one licensed clinical social worker to coordinate access of individuals to appropriate social and health care programs and to handle case management.
 
Establishes an Advisory Board to oversee and assess the national center and to advise the VA regarding the center's work.
 
Directs DOD to declassify documents (other than documents that would materially and immediately threaten national security) related to any known incident in which at least 100 members of the Armed Forces were exposed to a toxic substance that resulted in at least one case of an associated disability.
 
Directs the VA to conduct a national outreach and education campaign directed toward members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their family members to communicate information on: (1) incidents of exposure of members of the Armed Forces to toxic substances, health conditions resulting from such exposure, and the potential long-term effects; and (2) the national center. Requires DOD and the Department of Health and Human Services to assist the VA in implementing such campaign.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-24
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-186.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit trespassing on critical infrastructure used in or affecting interstate commerce to commit a criminal offense.

Bill: 114-s-902
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against property
Historic sites and heritage areas
Infrastructure development
Monuments and memorials

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 
Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly going on any critical infrastructure used in or affecting interstate commerce to commit a criminal offense.
 
Defines "critical infrastructure" as a vital physical system or asset, including a national monument, the incapacity or destruction of which would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, or national public health or safety.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Craft Beverage Bond Simplification Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-904
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2015-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages
Sales and excise taxes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: 

Craft Beverage Bond Simplification Act of 2015 

 
This bill allows taxpayers who are liable for not more than $50,000 per year in excise taxes on distilled spirits, wine, or beer to file and pay such taxes quarterly without the requirement to post a bond covering the operations and withdrawals of such distilled spirits, wines, or beer. The bill also allows such a taxpayer who reasonably expects to have a tax liability of not more than $1,000 per year and who was liable for not more than $1,000 in taxes in the preceding calendar year to file and pay such taxes annually rather than quarterly. 

action_date: 2015-04-14
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Craft Beverage Bond Simplification Act of 2015 

 
(Sec. 2) This bill allows taxpayers who are liable for not more than $50,000 per year in excise taxes on distilled spirits, wine, or beer to file and pay such taxes quarterly without the requirement to post a bond covering the operations and withdrawals of such distilled spirits, wines, or beer. The bill also allows such a taxpayer who reasonably expects to have a tax liability of not more than $1,000 per year and who was liable for not more than $1,000 in taxes in the preceding calendar year to file and pay such taxes annually rather than quarterly. Makes this Act effective 90 days after its enactment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 38.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Committee on Finance. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Hatch. With written report No. 114-15.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Committee on Finance. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Hatch. With written report No. 114-15.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
An original bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitation on eligibility for the alternative tax for certain small insurance companies.

Bill: 114-s-905
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2015-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Debt collection
Government studies and investigations
Income tax rates
Inflation and prices
Insurance industry and regulation
Medicare
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) expand the eligibility of certain small insurance companies (other than life insurance companies) for the alternative corporate income tax by increasing the premium limitation used to determine such eligibility to $2.2 million (from $1.2 million), with an annual inflation adjustment to such increased amount after 2015; and (2) increase from 30% to 45% the rate of the continuous levy on payments to Medicare providers and suppliers for unpaid taxes. The Department of the Treasury must submit to the Senate Finance Committee by February 11, 2016, a report on the abuse of captive insurance companies for estate planning purposes. 

action_date: 2015-04-14
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 
(Sec. 1) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the eligibility of certain small insurance companies (other than life insurance companies) for the alternative corporate income tax by increasing the premium limitation used to determine such eligibility to $2.2 million (from $1.2 million), with an annual inflation adjustment to such increased amount after 2015. This increase is applicable to taxable years beginning after the enactment of this Act. 
 
The Department of the Treasury must submit to the Senate Finance Committee by February 11, 2016, a report on the abuse of captive insurance companies for estate planning purposes, including legislative recommendations for addressing any such abuses. 
 
(Sec. 2) This bill also increases from 30% to 45% the rate of the continuous levy on payments made after 180 days after the enactment of this Act to Medicare providers and suppliers for unpaid taxes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 39.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Committee on Finance. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Hatch. With written report No. 114-16.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Committee on Finance. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Hatch. With written report No. 114-16.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Cider Investment and Development through Excise Tax Reduction (CIDER) Act

Bill: 114-s-906
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2015-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages
Debt collection
Fruit and vegetables
Medicare
Sales and excise taxes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: 

Cider Investment and Development through Excise Tax Reduction (CIDER) Act 

 
Amends the Internal Revenue to revise the definition of "hard cider," for purposes of the excise tax on distilled spirits, wines, and beer, to mean a wine: (1) containing not more than .64 gram of carbon dioxide per hundred milliliters of wine (subject to necessary tolerances); (2) which is derived primarily from apples, apple juice concentrate, pears, or pear juice concentrate, and water; (3) which contains no fruit product or fruit flavoring other than apple or pear; and (4) which contains at least one-half of 1% and less than 8.5% alcohol by volume. 
 
Increases from 30% to 35% the rate of the continuous levy on payments to Medicare providers or suppliers for unpaid taxes. 

action_date: 2015-04-14
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Cider Investment and Development through Excise Tax Reduction (CIDER) Act 

 
(Sec. 2) Amends the Internal Revenue to revise the definition of "hard cider," for purposes of the excise tax on distilled spirits, wines, and beer, to mean a wine: (1) containing not more than .64 gram of carbon dioxide per hundred milliliters of wine (subject to necessary tolerances); (2) which is derived primarily from apples, apple juice concentrate, pears, or pear juice concentrate, and water; (3) which contains no fruit product or fruit flavoring other than apple or pear; and (4) which contains at least one-half of 1% and less than 8.5% alcohol by volume. 
 
(Sec. 3) Increases from 30% to 35% the rate of the continuous levy on payments to Medicare providers or suppliers for unpaid taxes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 40.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Committee on Finance. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Hatch. With written report No. 114-17.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Committee on Finance. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Hatch. With written report No. 114-17.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Wounded Warrior Tax Equity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-907
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2015-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Military medicine
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: 

Wounded Warrior Tax Equity Act of 2015

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prevent any suspension of the tax collection period after assessment for taxpayers who are members of the Armed Forces due to a continuous hospitalization for combat zone injuries or the next 180 days after such hospitalization. 

action_date: 2015-04-14
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Wounded Warrior Tax Equity Act of 2015

 
 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prevent any suspension of the tax collection period after assessment for taxpayers who are members of the Armed Forces due to a continuous hospitalization for combat zone injuries or the next 180 days after such hospitalization. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 41.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Committee on Finance. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Hatch. With written report No. 114-18.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Committee on Finance. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Hatch. With written report No. 114-18.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Charitable Agricultural Research Act

Bill: 114-s-908
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2015-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural research
Charitable contributions
Debt collection
Higher education
Income tax deductions
Medicare
Public participation and lobbying
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: 

Charitable Agricultural Research Act
 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax deduction for a charitable contribution to an agricultural research organization directly engaged in the continuous active conduct of agricultural research, (2) make prohibitions against expenditures to influence legislation applicable to such organizations, and (3) increase from 30% to 35% the rate of the continuous levy on payments to Medicare providers and suppliers for unpaid taxes.

action_date: 2015-04-14
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Charitable Agricultural Research Act

 
(Sec. 2) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax deduction for a charitable contribution to an agricultural research organization directly engaged in the continuous active conduct of agricultural research, and (2) make prohibitions against expenditures to influence legislation applicable to such organizations.
 
(Sec. 3) Increases from 30% to 35% the rate of the continuous levy on payments made after 180 days after the enactment of this Act to Medicare providers and suppliers for unpaid taxes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 42.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Committee on Finance. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Hatch. With written report No. 114-19.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Committee on Finance. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Hatch. With written report No. 114-19.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Philanthropic Enterprise Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-909
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2015-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Sales and excise taxes
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: 

Philanthropic Enterprise Act of 2015

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt the holdings of a private foundation in any business enterprise that meet specified requirements relating to exclusive ownership, minimum distribution of net operating income for the charitable purpose (all profits to charity), and independent operation (i.e., not controlled by a substantial contributor or family members) from the excise tax on excess business holdings.

action_date: 2015-04-14
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Philanthropic Enterprise Act of 2015

 
(Sec. 2) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt the holdings of a private foundation in any business enterprise that meet specified requirements relating to exclusive ownership, minimum distribution of net operating income for the charitable purpose (all profits to charity), and independent operation (i.e., not controlled by a substantial contributor or family members) from the excise tax on excess business holdings, in taxable years beginning after 2014. Makes such exemption inapplicable to donor advised funds or supporting organizations that are subject to excess business holdings rules and certain charitable and split interest trusts.
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 43.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Committee on Finance. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Hatch. With written report No. 114-20.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Committee on Finance. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Hatch. With written report No. 114-20.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
An original bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the special rules for accident and health plans of certain governmental entities, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-s-910
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2015-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Debt collection
Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax exclusion
Medicare
State and local government operations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the exclusion from gross income of payments from an accident or health plan, to: (1) make the exclusion for payments to a beneficiary other than a spouse or dependent child applicable to plans established by or on behalf of a state or political subdivision thereof; and (2) define a &quot;qualified taxpayer,&quot; for purposes of the exclusion, as an employee or the spouse, dependent, or child (under age 27) of an employee.
 
Increases from 30% to 35% the rate of the continuous levy on payments to Medicare providers and suppliers for unpaid taxes. 

action_date: 2015-04-14
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 
(Sec. 1) Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the exclusion from gross income of payments from an accident or health plan, to: (1) make the exclusion for payments to a beneficiary other than a spouse or dependent child applicable to plans established by or on behalf of a state or political subdivision thereof; and (2) define a &quot;qualified taxpayer,&quot; for purposes of the exclusion, as an employee or the spouse, dependent, or child (under age 27) of an employee.
 
(Sec. 2) Increases from 30% to 35% the rate of the continuous levy on payments made after 180 days after the enactment of this Act to Medicare providers and suppliers for unpaid taxes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 44.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Committee on Finance. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Hatch. With written report No. 114-21.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Committee on Finance. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Hatch. With written report No. 114-21.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-911
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2015-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: 

Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2015

 
 Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue an order to require: (1) the installation of secondary barriers, other than the cockpit door, to prevent access to the flight deck of each covered aircraft; (2) such barriers on the aircraft with a cockpit door to remain locked while the aircraft is in flight and the cockpit door separating the flight deck and the passenger area is open; and (3) such barriers on the aircraft without a cockpit door to remain locked as determined by the pilot in command.
 
Defines &quot;covered aircraft&quot; to mean a commercial aircraft: (1) equipped with more than 75 passenger seats, and (2) with a maximum gross takeoff weight of more than 75,000 pounds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
An original bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude payments received under the Work Colleges Program from gross income, including payments made from institutional funds.

Bill: 114-s-912
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2015-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Debt collection
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Medicare
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from gross income payments received by a student under a comprehensive student work-learning-service program operated by a work college, and (2) increase from 30% to 35% the rate of the continuous levy on payments to Medicare providers and suppliers for unpaid taxes.

action_date: 2015-04-14
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) 
 
(Sec. 1) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income payments received by a student under a comprehensive student work-learning-service program operated by a work college. Makes this amendment applicable to amounts received in taxable years beginning after the enactment date of this Act. 
 
(Sec. 2) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 30% to 35% the rate of the continuous levy on payments to Medicare providers and suppliers for unpaid taxes. Makes this amendment applicable to payments made after 180 days after the enactment date of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 45.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Committee on Finance. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Hatch. With written report No. 114-22.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Committee on Finance. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Hatch. With written report No. 114-22.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate