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STOP Identity Theft Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1110
Sponsor: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2015-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: 

Stopping Tax Offenders and Prosecuting Identity Theft Act of 2015 or the STOP Identity Theft Act of 2015

 
 Calls for the Attorney General to: (1) make use of all existing resources of the Department of Justice, including task forces, to bring more perpetrators of tax return identity theft to justice; and (2) take into account the need to concentrate efforts in areas of the country where the crime is most frequently reported, to coordinate with state and local authorities to prosecute and prevent such crime, and to protect vulnerable groups from becoming victims or otherwise being used in the offense.
 
Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) include organizations as victims for purposes of prohibitions against identity theft or aggravated identity theft, and (2) subject an identity theft offense committed during and in relation to tax fraud to a fine and/or up to 20 years' imprisonment.
 
Directs the Attorney General to report to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees on: (1) trends in the incidence of tax return identity theft, (2) recommendations on additional statutory tools that would aid in the effective prosecution of tax return identity theft, and (3) the status of implementing DOJ's March 2010 Audit Report 10-21 entitled &quot;The Department of Justice's Efforts to Combat Identity Theft.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1112
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2015-02-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government studies and investigations
Immigration status and procedures
News media and reporting
Sanctions
Tibet
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: 

Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act of 2015 

 
 Directs the Secretary of State to submit an annual, publicly-available report to Congress containing: (1) an assessment of the level of access Chinese authorities granted U.S. diplomats, journalists, and tourists to Tibetan areas in China; (2) a list of the persons in senior leadership positions in Tibet Autonomous Region and other specified provinces, prefectures, and autonomous entities; and (3) a list of the persons in senior leadership positions at the national and regional levels as defined by this Act.
 
Makes certain listed persons ineligible for U.S entry under specified circumstances.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) reciprocity forms the basis of diplomatic law and the practice of mutual exchanges between countries; (2) consular access should be given on a reciprocal basis; and (3) the Secretary, when granting Chinese diplomats access to parts of the United States, should take into account the extent to which China grants U.S. diplomats access to parts of China, including the level of access to Tibetan areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act

Bill: 114-hr-1113
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2015-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Civil actions and liability
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: 

Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act

 
 This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to create a safe harbor from lawsuit for creditors that are insured depository institutions for any failure to comply with certain requirements with respect to a residential mortgage loan, and the banking regulators are required to treat such a loan as a qualified mortgage, if the creditor has, since the loan's origination, held it on its balance sheet and all prepayment penalties with respect to the loan comply with specified limitations.
 
A safe harbor from lawsuit is also created for mortgage originators for steering a consumer to a residential mortgage loan if:
 
 
the creditor is an insured depository institution and has informed the mortgage originator that it intends to hold the loan on its balance sheet for the life of the loan, and
 
the mortgage originator informs the consumer that the creditor intends to do so.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
To modify the definition of "antique firearm".

Bill: 114-hr-1114
Sponsor: Rep. Abraham, Ralph Lee [R-LA-5]
Introduced: 2015-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Historical and cultural resources
Licensing and registrations
Sales and excise taxes
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: 
Modifies the definition of &quot;antique firearm&quot; under the federal criminal code and the Internal Revenue Code to cover any firearm manufactured in or before the calendar year that is 100 years before the year in which a determination is made as to whether the firearm is an antique firearm (currently, any firearm manufactured in or before 1898).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Bringing Missing Children Home Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1115
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2015-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Human trafficking
Law enforcement administration and funding
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: 

Bringing Missing Children Home Act of 2015

 
Amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to require the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's annual grant to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to be used (among other things) to operate a cyber tipline to provide online users and electronic service providers an effective means of reporting Internet-related child sexual exploitation in the area of child sex trafficking (currently, child prostitution).
 
Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require each state reporting on missing children to: (1) provide, with respect to each missing child report, a recent photograph of the child, if available; (2) direct the law enforcement agency that entered the report into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) to verify and update such record with any additional information no later than 30 days after the original entry of the record into the state law enforcement system and NCIC computer networks and to maintain close liaison with state and local child welfare systems for the exchange of information and technical assistance; and (3) grant permission to the NCIC Terminal Contractor for the state to update the missing person record in the NCIC computer networks with additional information learned during the investigation relating to the missing person.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Audiology Services Enhancement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1116
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2015-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: 

Medicare Audiology Services Enhancement Act of 2015 

 
 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to:
 
 
limit covered auditory services to only auditory treatment, vestibular treatment, and intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring services in addition to currently covered hearing and balance assessment services;
 
exclude inter-operative neurophysiological monitoring provided by a physician or qualified audiologist in hospitals from covered inpatient hospital services;
 
revise the requirements and procedure for payment of outpatient auditory services claims of service providers;
 
include audiology services under the limitation on certain physician referrals for designated health services; and
 
declare that nothing shall be construed to require a qualified audiologist to participate in Medicare.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-26
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: 2015-02-26
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: 2015-02-26
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: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Creating Access to Residency Education Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1117
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced: 2015-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: 

Creating Access to Residency Education Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to award grants or enter into contracts to create or expand medical residency training programs in states where there are fewer than 25 medical residents per 100,000 people.
 An awardee of a grant or contract provides a lower ratio of matching funds if its residency training program is in the field of primary care.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
To enhance interstate commerce by creating a National Hiring Standard for Motor Carriers.

Bill: 114-hr-1120
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2015-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Licensing and registrations
Life, casualty, property insurance
Motor carriers
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: 
Prohibits a state from enforcing a law or imposing liability on an entity that hires a motor carrier for the transportation of property or household goods if the liability arises from a personal injury, death, or cargo or other property damage claim or cause of action related to the negligent selection of that motor carrier under state law or regulation.
 
Specifies as such an entity any person acting as a shipper, as a broker, as a consignee, a freight forwarder, a household goods freight forwarder, a Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier, an ocean freight forwarder, an ocean transportation intermediary, an indirect air carrier, a licensed customs broker, an interchange motor carrier, or a warehouse.
 
Makes an entity eligible for this immunity from liability only if, before tendering a shipment, but not more than 35 days before the hitred motor carrier picks up a shipment, the entity verifies that the motor carrier at the time of verification:
 
 
is registered with and authorized by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to operate as a motor carrier or household goods motor carrier,
 
has the minimum insurance coverage required by federal regulation, and
 
does not have an unsatisfactory safety rating from FMCSA in force at the time of verification.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Online Job Training Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1121
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2015-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: 

Online Job Training Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act to require the Secretary of Labor to award National Online Workforce Training Grants for workforce training programs using distance-learning technologies, such as the Internet. Requires such grants to be awarded on a competitive basis to educational institutions, community-based organizations, nonprofit organizations, state or local boards, or units of general local government which provide online workforce training. 
 
Directs the Secretary to award one grant to an eligible institution of higher education to: (1) provide technical assistance to entities that receive grants, (2) collect and nationally disseminate the data gathered by entities that receive grants, and (3) disseminate best practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Start Saving Sooner Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1125
Sponsor: Rep. Hanna, Richard L. [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2015-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: 

Start Saving Sooner Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a tax-exempt individual retirement account for taxpayers under age 18, to be known as a young savers account. Treats such accounts as Roth individual retirement accounts for income tax purposes. Allows the tax credit for retirement savings for contributions to a young savers account. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay any overpayment of tax that is attributable to the tax credit for retirement savings to the taxpayer's young savers account. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Supply Our Soldiers Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1126
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2015-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Appropriations
Asia
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Iraq
Middle East
Military medicine
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: 

Supply Our Soldiers Act of 2015

 
Directs the Department of Defense to provide for a program under which postal benefits are provided to a member of the Armed Forces who is on active duty and who is either: (1) serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, or another hostile fire area designated as eligible for hazardous duty pay; or (2) hospitalized at a military medical facility as a result of such service. Requires the postal benefits to be in the form of coupons, vouchers, or other evidence of credit to use for postal-free mailings. 
 
Makes the benefits program applicable during FY2016-FY2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make certain grants to assist nursing homes for veterans located on tribal lands.

Bill: 114-hr-1127
Sponsor: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2015-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Building construction
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Indian social and development programs
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: 
Defines "state homes" to include homes established by federally recognized Indian tribes for veterans who, by reason of disability, are incapable of earning a living. 
 
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay those tribes for the hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, and medical care they provide to veterans in those homes.
 
Makes those tribes eligible for grants from the Secretary for the construction of state homes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House