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Truth in Employment Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1746
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 

Truth in Employment Act of 2015 

 
 Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that nothing in specified prohibitions against unfair labor practices by employers shall be construed as requiring an employer to employ any person who seeks or has sought employment with the employer in furtherance of other employment or agency status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
Special Needs Tax Credit Act

Bill: 114-hr-1747
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Disability and paralysis
Income tax credits
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 

Special Needs Tax Credit Act

 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income-based tax credit, up to $5,000 in a taxable year, for legal expenses paid to establish a legal guardianship of a disabled individual. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1748
Sponsor: Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-25]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Building construction
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 

Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to increase the maximum total of contributions for a major disaster by an amount equal to 4% of the estimated aggregate amount of grants to be made under the Act, if at the time of a declaration of a major disaster the affected state has in effect and is actively enforcing an approved state building code. 
 
Requires a state, to be eligible for the increased federal share, to submit its state building code to the President for approval.

Directs the President to approve a state building code submitted upon determining that it: (1) is consistent with the most recent version of a nationally recognized model building code, (2) has been adopted by the state within six years of the most recent version of the nationally recognized code, and (3) uses the nationally recognized code as a minimum standard.

Requires the President, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to set appropriate standards for the periodic update, resubmittal, and approval of state building codes, consistent with similar mitigation planning requirements under the Stafford Act.

Authorizes the use by states and local governments of technical and financial assistance to implement predisaster hazard mitigation measures to establish and operate a building department and carry out enforcement activities to implement an approved state building code.

Directs the President, in determining whether to provide technical and financial assistance to a state or local government, to take into account the extent to which that government is carrying out activities to implement an approved state building code.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
STOP Act

Bill: 114-hr-1749
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Department of the Treasury
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Indian lands and resources rights
Law enforcement administration and funding
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Retail and wholesale trades
Sales and excise taxes
Smuggling and trafficking
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 

Smuggled Tobacco Prevention Act of 2015 or the STOP Act

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restrict the sale, lease, export or import, or delivery of tobacco production machines to persons lawfully engaged in: (1) the sale, lease, export or import, or delivery of such machines; (2) the manufacture or packaging of tobacco products or processed tobacco; or (3) the application of unique identification markings onto tobacco products or processed tobacco packages. Requires every person having possession or control of such machines to register them immediately with the Department of the Treasury upon installation. Defines "tobacco production machine" as a machine used to manufacture or package tobacco products or processed tobacco or to apply unique identification markings or other tax-payment indicia to packages of tobacco products or processed tobacco. Extends record keeping requirements to wholesalers and retailers of tobacco products and processed tobacco. 
 
Requires manufacturers and importers of tobacco products to affix a unique identification marking to each package of tobacco products or processed tobacco prior to sale or distribution in the United States or prior to export. Directs Treasury to design a system of unique identification markings that does not interfere with state, local, or tribal tax stamps and markings and that provides a unique serial number or tracking code for each tobacco product.
 
Requires wholesalers of tobacco products to obtain permits for selling or exporting tobacco products.
 
Establishes new criminal offenses relating to the licensing and distribution of tobacco products or processed tobacco. Increases the civil penalty for tobacco-related infractions from $1,000 to $10,000.
 
Requires Treasury to coordinate with other federal agencies and officials to prevent and reduce tobacco tax evasion and contraband trafficking in tobacco products and processed tobacco.
 
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to impose a civil penalty for the importation of tobacco products and cigarette papers and tubes by fraudulent means.
 
Provides for the enforcement of this Act in Indian tribal areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
Autofill Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1750
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Department of the Treasury
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 

Autofill Act of 2015

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Department of the Treasury to: (1) establish a program to allow taxpayers to download income tax forms that are populated with tax return information (e.g., wages, withholding, and self-employment income) previously reported to Treasury for the taxable year; (2) establish standards by October 31, 2015, for data download to tax preparation software; and (3) provide, not later than February 15, 2016, and annually thereafter, on the website of Treasury a secure function that allows a taxpayer to download, as both a printable document file and in a form suitable for input to automatic tax preparation software, the 1040, 1040A, and 1040EZ forms that are populated with tax return information previously reported to Treasury. Establishes deadlines for reporting tax return information to Treasury and for making such information available for populating tax returns.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts.

Bill: 114-hr-1752
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat membership in a tax-exempt health care sharing ministry as coverage under a high deductible health plan for purposes of the tax deduction for contributions to a health savings account.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
Executive Cyberspace Coordination Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1753
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 

Executive Cyberspace Coordination Act of 2015

 
This bill establishes the National Office for Cyberspace within the Executive Office of the President, to be headed by a Director. The Office shall serve as the principal office for coordinating issues relating to cyberspace, including achieving an assured, reliable, secure, and survivable information infrastructure while promoting national economic interests, security, and civil liberties. The bill defines "information infrastructure" as the underlying framework that information systems and assets rely on to process, store, or transmit information electronically.
 
The bill assigns new duties to the Director, including: (1) reviewing at least annually, and approving or disapproving, agency information security programs; (2) coordinating information security training for federal employees with the Office of Personnel Management; and (3) ensuring the adequacy of protections for privacy and civil liberties. The head of each agency must submit to the Director an annual budget relating to the protection of information infrastructure for the agency, which shall include a review of any threats to information technology for such agency and a plan to secure the information infrastructure for such agency based on threats to information technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
TSA Loose Change Act

Bill: 114-hr-1754
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Currency
Military personnel and dependents
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 

TSA Loose Change Act

 
 Directs the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration [TSA]) to transfer annually, based on requests for proposals, unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints to nonprofit organizations that operate multiple airport centers throughout the United States to provide places of rest and recuperation for Armed Forces members and their families. (Currently, such moneys are retained by the TSA for civil aviation security.)
 
Amends the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2005 to repeal the requirement that the TSA Administrator report annually to Congress on how unclaimed money is being used to provide civil aviation security. Requires the Administrator, instead, to report on the amount of money transferred to nonprofit organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Enhancement and Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1756
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Employment taxes
Family relationships
Higher education
Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 

Social Security Enhancement and Protection Act of 2015

 
 Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to revise the formula for computation of the primary insurance amount (PIA, or the monthly benefit amount payable to a worker upon retirement at full retirement age or upon entitlement to disability benefits), increasing the special minimum benefit for certain earners based on years in the workforce and a specified percentage of 1/12th of the poverty guideline for the previous calendar year.
 
Prescribes a formula for an increase in OASDI benefit amounts for beneficiaries on account of long-term eligibility (counting from at least 16 years after the individual's applicable date of eligibility).
 
Extends a child's benefit for certain full-time post-secondary students under age 22.
 
Amends both SSA title II and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to add an applicable percentage of a certain part of remuneration to the formula for determining taxable wages and the net earning from taxable self-employment income above the contribution and benefit base for Federal Insurance Contribution ACT (FICA, or Social Security) tax purposes beginning in 2017.
 
Amends SSA title II, with respect to the formula for computation of the PIA, to establish a new bend point, for individuals becoming eligible in 2017, involving the contribution and benefit base. (Bend points are dollar amounts defining brackets of average indexed monthly earnings used in the formula for determining the PIA.) Prescribes another formula for computation of the PIA, based on the new bend point, for those becoming eligible after 2017.
 
Amends the IRC to increase the FICA tax rates on a graduated basis beginning in 2017.
 
Disregards any increase in monthly OASDI benefits as a result of this Act from income or resources for any month after December 2016 for the purpose of determining the eligibility of a recipient (or the recipient's spouse or family) for benefits or assistance, or the amount or extent of benefits or assistance, under any federal, state, or local program financed in whole or in part with federal funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
Tax Fairness for All Families Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1757
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Poverty and welfare assistance
Tax treatment of families
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 

Tax Fairness for All Families Act of 2015

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the earned income tax credit, to provide for an increased credit percentage for taxpayers with more than three qualifying children. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
Tax Equity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1758
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax rates
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 

Tax Equity Act of 2015

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for regional cost-of-living adjustments in individual income tax rates. Directs the Department of Labor to determine and publish a regional cost-of-living index for each metropolitan statistical area for 2014 and each calendar year thereafter. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
Buy Smarter and Save Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1760
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Veterans Affairs
General Services Administration
Government studies and investigations
Manufacturing
Military procurement, research, weapons development
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 

Buy Smarter and Save Act of 2015

 
Directs the President to establish: (1) an annual government-wide goal to procure goods and services using strategic sourcing, and (2) an annual government-wide goal for savings from the use of strategic sourcing. Defines &quot;strategic sourcing&quot; as a structured and collaborative process of critically analyzing an organization's spending patterns to better leverage its purchasing power, reduce costs, and improve overall value and performance. 
 
Requires the Office of Management and Budget to: (1) issue guidance to executive agencies for implementing the strategic sourcing goals established by this Act, and (2) report on spending for goods and services that was strategically sourced and the extent of the savings realized. 
 
Directs the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Energy, Veterans Affairs, and Health and Human Services, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the General Services Administration, and the Small Business Administration to take certain actions to support strategic sourcing, including establishing department wide-goals and savings targets for strategic sourcing efforts and a strategic sourcing accountability official.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to: (1) conduct studies on contract utilization fees and on establishing strategic sourcing initiative contract vehicles, and (2) assess and report on the performance of executive agencies in implementing the strategic sourcing goals required by this Act and the amounts saved through the use of strategic sourcing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
Occupational Therapy in Mental Health Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1761
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Mental health
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 

Occupational Therapy in Mental Health Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to include occupational therapists as behavioral and mental health professionals for purposes of the National Health Service Corps (NHSC), thereby making occupational therapists eligible for the NHSC fellowship program for the delivery of primary health services in health professional shortage areas, the NHSC Scholarship Program, and the NHSC Loan Repayment Program.
 
This amendment applies only in fiscal years when funding for NHSC programs is greater than FY2015 funding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
Safe Freight Act

Bill: 114-hr-1763
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Railroads
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: 

Safe Freight Act

 
 Prohibits the operation of a freight train or light locomotive engine used in the movement of freight unless it has a crew of at least two individuals, one of whom is certified by the Federal Railroad Administration as a locomotive operator and the other as a train conductor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-13
text: Introduced in House
United States Chief Technology Officer Act

Bill: 114-hr-1764
Sponsor: Rep. Loudermilk, Barry [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2015-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Public contracts and procurement
Right of privacy
Scientific communication

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: 

United States Chief Technology Officer Act

 
Amends the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 to authorize the President to appoint a United States Chief Technology Officer whose duties shall include advising the President and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy on federal information systems, technology, data, and innovation policies and initiatives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2015-04-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2015-04-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2015-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Introduced in House