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Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2633
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2015-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aging
Business ethics
Consumer affairs
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: 

Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2015

 
Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to establish an office within the Bureau of Consumer Protection to advise the FTC on the prevention of fraud targeting seniors and to assist the FTC in monitoring the market for mail, television, Internet, telemarketing, and recorded message telephone call (robocall) fraud targeting seniors.
 
Requires the FTC, through such office, to: (1) disseminate to seniors and their families and caregivers information on the most common fraud schemes, including methods of reporting complaints either to the FTC's national toll-free telephone number or to the FTC's Consumer Sentinel Network, where complaints become immediately available to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, state attorneys general, and other appropriate law enforcement agencies; (2) provide, in response to a specific request about a particular entity or individual, publicly available information regarding the FTC's enforcement action; and (3) maintain a website as a resource for information on fraud targeting seniors. 
 
Directs the FTC to establish procedures through such office to: (1) log and acknowledge the receipt of complaints by individuals who believe they have been a victim of such fraud in the Consumer Sentinel Network and to make such complaints immediately available to federal, state, and local law enforcement authorities; and (2) provide individuals with information on such fraud as well as the most common schemes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Public School Emergency Relief Act

Bill: 114-hr-2634
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2015-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Immigrant health and welfare
Special education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: 

Public School Emergency Relief Act

 
This bill authorizes a program of emergency impact aid payments to states and, through them, to local educational agencies and Indian schools for each quarter of the 2015-2016 school year to respond to any increase in the enrollment of immigrant children from the corresponding quarter of the 2013-2014 school year.
 
Payments shall be used to provide services and assistance to schools that enroll immigrant students. 
 
Funds may be used for:
 
 
compensating school personnel,
 
identifying and acquiring curricular material and mobile educational units and leasing sites or spaces,
 
basic instructional services for immigrant students,
 
reasonable transportation costs,
 
health and counseling services,
 
education and support services, and
 
other uses allowed under title III (Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient and Immigrant Students) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
 
 
Any payment made on behalf of a disabled immigrant student is to be used for special education and related services.
 
Emergency impact aid funds that are not obligated during the 2015-2016 school year must be returned to the Department of Education. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Petroleum Coke Transparency and Public Health Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-2636
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2015-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Congressional oversight
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Medical research
Oil and gas
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: 

Petroleum Coke Transparency and Public Health Protection Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to submit to Congress and publish on the HHS website a report containing the results of a study concerning petroleum coke that includes: (1) an analysis of the public health and environmental impacts of the production, transportation, storage, and use of petroleum coke; (2) an assessment of potential approaches and best practices for storing, transporting, and managing petroleum coke; and (3) a quantitative analysis of current and projected domestic petroleum coke production and utilization locations. 
 
The Environmental Protection Agency is required to promulgate rules concerning the storage and transportation of petroleum coke that ensure the protection of public and ecological health based upon the findings of such study.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Jobs, Families, and the Economy From EPA Overreach Act

Bill: 114-hr-2637
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2015-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Economic performance and conditions
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy prices
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Oil and gas
Public utilities and utility rates
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: 

Coal Country Protection Act or the Protecting Jobs, Families, and the Economy From EPA Overreach Act 

 
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating any regulation or guidance that limits or prohibits new carbon dioxide emissions from a fossil fuel-fired power plant until it is certified: 
 
 
by the Department of Labor that the regulation or guidance will not generate a loss of employment, 
 
by the Congressional Budget Office that it will not result in a loss in the gross domestic product, 
 
by the Energy Information Administration that it will not generate an increase in electricity rates, and 
 
by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation that it will not effect the reliability of electricity delivery. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Broadband Adoption Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2638
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2015-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Poverty and welfare assistance
Telecommunication rates and fees
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: 

Broadband Adoption Act of 2015

 
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt a final rule establishing support under the Universal Service Fund Lifeline Assistance Program for qualifying low-income consumers in urban and rural areas to purchase broadband Internet access service at reduced charges by reimbursing participating providers for each such consumer served.
 
Requires the program to allow qualifying consumers to elect to apply support from the Lifeline program to basic telephone service, voice telephony service, or broadband Internet access service, regardless of whether the service is purchased as a stand-alone service or in a bundle.
 
Directs the FCC to consult with the federal-state joint board on universal service regarding ways to encourage states to develop programs in conjunction with the Lifeline program.
 
Requires the program to be technology neutral to promote competition from service providers.
 
Requires participating broadband Internet access service providers to obtain FCC authorization to participate in the Lifeline program, but a provider is not required to be an eligible telecommunications carrier to receive support under the program.
 
Directs the FCC to: (1) adopt regulations to prevent receipt of duplicative support under the Lifeline program, and (2) establish a national database to determine consumer eligibility. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Marriage and Family Therapists for Veterans Act

Bill: 114-hr-2639
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2015-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Family services
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Licensing and registrations
Marriage and family status
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: 

Marriage and Family Therapists for Veterans Act

 
Revises the eligibility criteria for appointment to a marriage and family therapist position with the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to require a person: (1) to hold a master's degree in marriage and family therapy, or a comparable degree in mental health, from an institution that is regionally accredited or approved by the VA Secretary (currently, approved by the Secretary); and (2) to have passed the Association of Marital and Family Therapy regulatory board examination in marital and family therapy or an examination for a marriage and family therapy license given by a state board of behavioral sciences (or its equivalent).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-17
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Debt Forgiveness Tax Relief Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2640
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2015-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Consumer credit
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: 

Consumer Debt Forgiveness Tax Relief Act of 2015

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, income that is imputed to the discharge of qualified consumer indebtedness. Defines "qualified consumer indebtedness" as any indebtedness of a natural person arising out of a transaction in which the money, property, or services that are the subject of the transaction are primarily for personal, family, or household purposes. Provides that the aggregate amount of discharged indebtedness excludible from gross income shall not exceed the excess of $2,500 over the aggregate amounts treated as qualified consumer indebtedness for all prior taxable years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2641
Sponsor: Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2015-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Gambling
Mammals
Medical ethics
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: 

Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2015

 
Requires that: (1) there be an independent anti-doping organization with responsibility for ensuring the integrity and safety of horse races that are the subject of interstate off-track wagers, and (2) the independent anti-doping organization designated pursuant to the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 serve as such organization.
 
Sets forth as the duties of such organization: (1) developing, publishing, and maintaining rules regarding substances, methods, and treatments that may and may not be administered to a horse participating in such a race; (2) implementing programing relating to anti-doping education, research, testing, and adjudication to prevent any horse participating in such a race from racing under the effect of any prohibited substance, method, or treatment; and (3) excluding from participation in any such race any person who is determined to have violated such a rule or who is subject to a suspension from horse racing activities by any state racing commission. 
 
Prescribes conditions under which such organization may: (1) suspend the period a person is excluded from participation, and (2) permit the use of furosemide by a horse participating in such a race during the two-year period following enactment of this bill.
 
Permits a host racing association to conduct a horse race that is the subject of an interstate off-track wager, and permits an interstate off-track wager to be accepted by an off-track betting system, only if consent is obtained from such organization. Requires such organization to ensure that all costs incurred in carrying out its duties are defrayed pursuant to agreements for such consent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 5, United States Code, to prevent the Thrift Savings Fund from investing in any company that boycotts Israel.

Bill: 114-hr-2645
Sponsor: Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2015-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Israel
Middle East
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: 
This bill prohibits the investment of any Thrift Savings Account funds in any company that boycotts Israel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers' Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2649
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2015-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Disability assistance
Employee benefits and pensions
Judicial review and appeals
Medicare
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: 

Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers' Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2015

 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) create an exception to Medicare secondary payer requirements for certain workers' compensation settlement agreements, and (2) provide for the satisfaction of such requirements through use of qualified Medicare set-asides under such agreements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-06-04
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: 2015-06-04
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: 2015-06-04
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: 2015-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Eliminating Disparities in Diabetes Prevention, Access, and Care Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2651
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2015-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Behavioral sciences
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Education programs funding
Environmental health
Genetics
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Indian social and development programs
Medical education
Medical research
Minority education
Minority health
Nutrition and diet
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: 

Eliminating Disparities in Diabetes Prevention, Access, and Care Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institutes of Health to: (1) expand, intensify, and support activities regarding prediabetes and diabetes, particularly type 2, in minority populations; (2) award grants for a mentoring program for health care professionals to be more involved in weight counseling, obesity research, and nutrition; (3) provide for the participation of minority health professionals in diabetes-focused research programs; and (4) award grants for programs to establish a pipeline from high school to professional school that will increase minority representation in diabetes-focused health fields. 
 
The Diabetes Mellitus Interagency Coordinating Committee must report on federal activities regarding prediabetes and diabetes in minority populations and prepare a plan to address prediabetes and diabetes in minority populations.
 
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must conduct and support research and public health activities regarding diabetes in minority populations. The Division of Diabetes Translation must educate the public on diabetes in minority populations and educate minority populations on diabetes. The National Diabetes Education Program must educate specific minority populations through culturally and linguistically appropriate information campaigns.
 
The Health Resources and Services Administration must educate health professionals on diabetes in minority populations.
 
The Indian Health Service must: (1) conduct and support research and other activities regarding diabetes; and (2) coordinate the collection of data on clinically and culturally appropriate diabetes services.
 The Department of Health and Human Services must arrange for the National Academy of Medicine (formerly known as the Institute of Medicine) to update its report entitled &quot;Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care.&quot;

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Patients and Physicians Against Coding Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2652
Sponsor: Rep. Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6]
Introduced: 2015-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: 

Protecting Patients and Physicians Against Coding Act of 2015 

 
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in carrying out regulations providing for the replacement of ICD-9 (International Classification of Diseases-9) with ICD-10 as a standard code set, shall provide for a two-year grace period during which physicians and other health care providers submitting claims and other documents using ICD-10 are not penalized for errors, mistakes, and malfunctions relating to the transition to such code set. HHS shall also give these practitioners assistance during the grace period.
 
The Government Accountability Office shall study this transition for Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-06-04
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: 2015-06-04
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: 2015-06-04
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: 2015-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Introduced in House