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Honor Guardsmen and Reservists Act

Bill: 114-hr-2294
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Military education and training
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 

Honor Guardsmen and Reservists Act

 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make available for purchase a memorial headstone or marker for the marked or unmarked grave of: (1) an individual who performed inactive duty training or active duty for training as a member of a reserve component, but did not serve on active duty and is not otherwise ineligible for a memorial headstone or marker on account of the nature of the individual's separation from the Armed Forces or other cause; or (2) such an individual whose remains are unavailable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Job Creation through Energy Efficient Manufacturing Act

Bill: 114-hr-2296
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 

Job Creation through Energy Efficient Manufacturing Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a Financing Energy Efficient Manufacturing Program to provide grants to establish or expand programs to finance energy efficiency retrofit, onsite clean and renewable energy, smart grid systems, and alternative vehicle fleet projects for industrial businesses. 
 
DOE must establish a process to identify financing opportunities for manufacturing and industrial business with asset portfolios across multiple states.
 
Grant recipients must give a higher priority to those programs that: (1) leverage private and nonfederal sources of funding, and (2) aim to expand the use of energy efficiency project financing using private sources of funding.
 
Grant recipients must also collect, share, and report on data resulting from programs carried out under this bill. DOE must incorporate the data into appropriate DOE databases, with provisions for the protection of confidential business data. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Patient Safety and Drug Abuse Prevention Act

Bill: 114-hr-2298
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 

Medicare Patient Safety and Drug Abuse Prevention Act 

 
Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize a prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsor to establish a drug management program for at-risk beneficiaries.
 
Requires a PDP sponsor, with respect to covered part D drugs, to have in place, directly or through appropriate arrangements, a utilization management tool designed to prevent: (1) the abuse of frequently abused drugs by individuals, and (2) the diversion of such drugs at pharmacies.
 
Directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to authorize Medicare drug integrity contractors (MEDICs) to accept directly an individual's prescription and necessary medical records from pharmacies, PDPs, and physicians in order for MEDICs to provide information relevant to determining whether the individual is an at-risk beneficiary.
 
Requires the Inspector General of HHS to study the effectiveness of MEDICs in identifying, combating, and preventing fraud under the Medicare program.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that Medicare Advantage organizations and PDP sponsors should consider using e-prescribing and other health information technology tools to support combating fraud under MA-PD plans and prescription drug plans under parts C (Medicare+Choice) and D.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-13
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: 2015-05-13
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: 2015-05-13
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: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for site-of-service price transparency under the Medicare program.

Bill: 114-hr-2299
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, in order to facilitate price transparency with respect to items and services for which payment may be made to a hospital outpatient department or to an ambulatory surgery center, to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make available to the public via a searchable website: (1) the estimated payment amount for an appropriate number of items and services under the outpatient department fee schedule and the ambulatory surgical center payment system, and (2) the estimated amount of beneficiary liability applicable to such an item or service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-13
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: 2015-05-13
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: 2015-05-13
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: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
To designate Union Station in Washington, DC, as the "Harry S. Truman Union Station".

Bill: 114-hr-2301
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional tributes
District of Columbia
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Railroads

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 
Designates Union Station, located at 405 [
sic
] Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Washington, DC, as the &quot;Harry S. Truman Union Station.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2302
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Disability and health-based discrimination
Disability and paralysis
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 

Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2015

 
 Requires states receiving funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program, the Local Government Law Enforcement Block Grants Program, or the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to: (1) require all individuals enrolled in an academy of a law enforcement agency and all law enforcement officers of the state to fulfill a training session on sensitivity each fiscal year, including training on ethnic and racial bias, cultural diversity, and police interaction with the disabled, mentally ill, and new immigrants; and (2) certify to the Attorney General that such training sessions have been completed. Subjects a state that fails to comply to a reduction of up to 20% of such funds that would otherwise be allocated to the state. Authorizes the Attorney General to waive such requirements if compliance would violate a state's Constitution. 
 
Directs the Attorney General to reduce by 20% the amount that would otherwise be awarded to a state or local government under such grant programs for a fiscal year if it fails to enact or have in effect by the end of the previous fiscal year a statute requiring the appointment of an independent prosecutor to conduct any criminal investigation and prosecution in which: (1) one or more of the possible defendants is a law enforcement officer, (2) one or more of the alleged offenses involves the law enforcement officer's use of deadly force in the course of carrying out that officer's duty, and (3) the law enforcement officer's use of deadly force resulted in a death or injury.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E698-699)
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Pathogen Reduction and Testing Reform Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2303
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Agriculture
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Meat

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 

Pathogen Reduction and Testing Reform Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act to revise the definition of &quot;adulterated&quot; to make explicit the Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) authority to issue a recall of meat, poultry, and egg products that contain microbial pathogens associated with serious illness or death or are resistant to two or more antibiotics critically important for human medicine. 
 
The bill requires USDA to establish sampling protocols and testing procedures necessary to determine if meat, poultry, and egg products are adulterated under this bill and to prevent the entry, flow, or movement of those products into commerce. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
SPEAK FREE Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2304
Sponsor: Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Evidence and witnesses
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 

Securing Participation, Engagement, and Knowledge Freedom by Reducing Egregious Efforts Act of 2015 or the SPEAK FREE Act of 2015

 
Amends the federal judicial code to allow a person against whom a lawsuit is asserted to file a special motion to dismiss claims referred to as strategic lawsuits against public participation (&quot;SLAPP suits&quot;) that arise from an oral or written statement or other expression, or conduct in furtherance of such expression, by the defendant in connection with an official proceeding or about a matter of public concern. 
 
Defines &quot;matter of public concern&quot; as an issue related to: (1) health or safety; (2) environmental, economic, or community well-being; (3) the government; (4) a public official or public figure; or (5) a good, product, or service in the marketplace. 
 
Requires courts to grant such a special motion to dismiss if the party filing the motion makes a prima facie showing that the claim asserted against them is a SLAPP suit, unless the responding party demonstrates that the claim is likely to succeed on the merits.
 
Provides exceptions prohibiting courts from granting such a special motion to dismiss if the claim concerns: 
 
 
a government enforcement action,
 
a business making representations of fact in commercial speech to consumers about its own or a business competitor's goods or services, or
 
a public interest claim on behalf of the general public. 
 
 
Allows dismissal of private suits, notwithstanding such commercial speech and public interest exceptions, if the claim is against:
 
 
a person or entity engaged in activities to disseminate or express ideas to the public in a book or academic journal; 
 
any person or entity based upon statements or conduct concerning the creation, dissemination, exhibition, advertisement, or other promotion of journalistic, consumer commentary, dramatic, literary, musical, political, or artistic works, including motion pictures, television programs, or articles published online or in a newspaper or magazine of general circulation; or
 
a nonprofit organization that receives more than 50% of annual revenue grants or awards from, programs of, or reimbursements for services rendered to the government.

 
Sets forth special procedural requirements for discovery and motions. 
 
Requires courts to award litigation costs, expert witness fees, and reasonable attorney's fees to private parties that filed and prevailed on certain motions under this Act or to parties that responded to motions found to be frivolous. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Obamacare Marriage Penalty Elimination Act

Bill: 114-hr-2306
Sponsor: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits
Marriage and family status

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 

Obamacare Marriage Penalty Elimination Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for health care insurance premium assistance, to: (1) calculate the amount of such credit in the case of a joint tax return as the sum of each credit amount allowed to each spouse, thus preventing the tax effect known as the marriage penalty; and (2) replace the 400% poverty line eligibility limit for such credit with an applicable percentage based on a calculation of the combination of increased tax revenues and decreased outlays resulting from this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
To validate final patent number 27-2005-0081, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-2307
Sponsor: Rep. Hardy, Cresent [R-NV-4]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Land transfers
Nevada

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 
Affirms and validates a specified patent and the associated land reconfiguration issued by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on February 18, 2005, as depicted on the map entitled &quot;Lincoln County Land Patent&quot; and dated December 4, 2014, as having been issued in compliance with the Nevada-Florida Land Exchange Authorization Act of 1988, the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976 for the benefit and recovery of the desert tortoise, other species, and their habitat. Ratifies: (1) the process used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the BLM in reconfiguring the land as shown in a specified environmental impact statement, and (2) the reconfiguration provided for in a specified Army Corps of Engineers permit.
 
Authorizes the BLM to issue a patent for specified acres of land in Lincoln County, Nevada, depicted on such map and described in the legal description of the proposed lease and fee land on file in the BLM's Ely District Office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
To designate a peak located in Nevada as "Mount Reagan".

Bill: 114-hr-2308
Sponsor: Rep. Hardy, Cresent [R-NV-4]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Nevada
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 
Designates a specified peak in Nevada as Mount Reagan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2309
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 

Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act of 2015

 
Amends the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to expand the categories of prohibited discrimination when extending credit to include discrimination on account of sexual orientation or gender identity. (Currently, such discrimination in credit is prohibited only on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex or marital status, or age.)
 
Provides for such Act to apply whether the basis for certain prohibited forms of discrimination is actual or perceived. 
 
Defines: (1) "gender identity" as the gender-related identity, appearance, or mannerisms or other gender-related characteristics of an individual with or without regard to the individual's designated sex at birth; and (2) "sexual orientation" as homosexuality, heterosexuality, or bisexuality.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
HOME Act

Bill: 114-hr-2310
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 

Helping Our Middle-Class Entrepreneurs Act or the HOME Act
 
 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer who uses a residence to conduct a trade or business a standard tax deduction equal to the lesser of $1,500 or the taxpayer's gross trade or business income derived from the business use of such residence. Provides for an inflation adjustment to the standard deduction amount in calendar years beginning after 2015.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House