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Social Security Identity Defense Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2398
Sponsor: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2015-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Crime prevention
Criminal justice information and records
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-18
text: 

Social Security Identity Defense Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the disclosure of tax return information in cases of identity theft, to require the Department of the Treasury to: (1) disclose to the holder of a valid social security account number that there is reason to believe that there has been a fraudulent use of such account number; and (2) disclose to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) such social security account number, that there is reason to believe that such account number has been fraudulently used in the employment context, and the taxpayer identity information of the individual who was assigned such account number. 
 
The bill authorizes the FBI and DOJ to disclose taxpayer information to appropriate federal, state, and local law enforcement officials solely for purposes of carrying out criminal investigations or prosecutions.
 
The bill also imposes new criminal and civil penalties for tax-related identity theft and misappropriation of tax identification numbers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-05-18
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: 2015-05-18
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: 2015-05-18
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: 2015-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee Act

Bill: 114-hr-2399
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2015-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Hunting and fishing
Outdoor recreation
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-18
text: 

Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee Act 

 
This bill amends the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act to establish the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee to advise the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture on wildlife and habitat conservation, hunting, and recreational shooting. 
 
The Advisory Committee must advise the departments on policies or programs related to: 
 
 
implementing Executive Order No. 13443: Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and Wildlife Conservation; 
 
conserving and restoring wetlands, agricultural lands, grasslands, forest, and rangeland habitats;
 
promoting opportunities for and access to hunting and shooting sports on federal lands; 
 
recruiting and retaining new hunters and shooters;
 
increasing public awareness of the importance of wildlife conservation and the benefits of recreational hunting and shooting; and 
 
encouraging coordination among the public, the hunting and shooting sports community, wildlife conservation groups, states, tribes, and the federal government. 
 
 
The bill also specifies requirements for membership, meetings, pay and expenses, administrative support, and annual reports to Congress. The Advisory Committee is exempt from the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 
 
The bill abolishes the existing Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council, effective on the date of the first meeting of the Advisory Committee established by this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2015-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2015-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2015-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2015-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-18
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal land for film crews of 5 persons or fewer, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-2401
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2015-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Television and film
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-18
text: 
Directs the Department of the Interior, for National Park System land, and the Department of Agriculture, for land under its jurisdiction, to require any film crew of five persons or fewer to obtain a permit and pay an annual fee of $200 to conduct commercial filming activities or similar projects on such land and waterways.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2015-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2015-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2015-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2015-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Critical Infrastructure Act

Bill: 114-hr-2402
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2015-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Canada
Electric power generation and transmission
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Freedom of information
Homeland security
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Mexico
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-18
text: 

Protecting Critical Infrastructure Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Power Act to: (1) exempt protected electric security information from mandatory public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act; and (2) prohibit any state, local, or tribal authority from disclosing such information pursuant to state, local, or tribal law. 
 
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) shall promulgate specified regulations and issue the orders necessary to designate protected electric security information and to prohibit its unauthorized disclosure. 
 
There is no requirement for a person or entity in possession of protected electric security information to share it with federal, state, local, or tribal authorities. Sharing information with Congress, however, is permitted.
 
 Unless specifically redesignated by FERC, information may not be designated as protected electric security information for longer than five years. FERC shall remove a designation, in whole or in part, if it determines that its unauthorized disclosure could no longer be used to impair the security or reliability of the bulk-power system or distribution facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2015-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2404
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2015-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health promotion and preventive care
Medicare
Mental health
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-18
text: 

Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2015

 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in addition to qualified primary care physicians and other primary care practitioners, to cover intensive behavioral therapy for obesity furnished by: (1) a physician who is not a qualified primary care physician; (2) an evidence-based, community-based HHS-approved lifestyle counseling program; or (3) any other appropriate health care provider (including a physician assistant, nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, a clinical psychologist, and a registered dietitian or nutrition professional).
 
Allows coverage of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity furnished by another appropriate health care provider or program only if it is furnished: (1) upon referral from, and in coordination with, a physician or primary care practitioner in a primary care or other HHS-specified setting; and (2) in an office setting, a hospital outpatient department, a community-based site that complies with the federal regulations concerning the privacy of individually identifiable health information, or another HHS-specified setting.
 
Authorizes HHS to cover under Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) medication for treatment of obesity or for weight loss management for an overweight individual with one or more related comorbidities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-18
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: 2015-05-18
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: 2015-05-18
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: 2015-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2889)
FILM Act

Bill: 114-hr-2405
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2015-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Income tax deductions
Intellectual property
Performing arts

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: 

Facilitating Investments in Local Markets Act or the FILM Act

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the expensing of the costs of qualified film and television productions, to: (1) extend through 2016 provisions allowing such expensing, and (2) allow such expensing for the costs of certain live theatrical productions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
School Milk Nutrition Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2407
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5]
Introduced: 2015-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Government studies and investigations
Nutrition and diet
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: 

School Milk Nutrition Act of 2015 

 
This bill revises the requirements for milk provided by the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and other Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs. 
 
The bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to permit schools participating in the NSLP to offer students low-fat flavored milk containing no more than 150 calories per 8-ounce serving. 
 
For students who cannot consume fluid milk because of a medical or other dietary need, schools may offer a nondairy beverage that is nutritionally equivalent to low-fat milk and meets USDA nutritional standards, including fortification of calcium, protein, vitamin A, vitamin D, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, riboflavin, and vitamin B-12. (Under current law, the substitute is only required to include fortification of calcium, protein, vitamin A, and vitamin D to levels found in cow's milk.) 
 
In establishing national school nutritional standards, USDA must provide that containers of all beverages sold in schools have the same maximum volume. 
 
USDA must also: (1) study and report to Congress on recent trends in fluid milk consumption in schools; (2) carry out a pilot program to test and demonstrate strategies by which schools can increase the consumption of fluid milk; (3) make lactose-free milk with an extended shelf life available to schools; and (4) allow women participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to receive reduced fat milk for themselves and their children upon request.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-06-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3648)
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2408
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2015-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Policy sciences
Poverty and welfare assistance
Racial and ethnic relations
State and local government operations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: 

Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2015

 
This bill establishes in the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Child Poverty.
 
The Working Group as its primary goal shall develop a national plan to reduce: 
 
 
within 10 years the number of children living in poverty in the United States to half the number cited in the report of the U.S. Census Bureau on Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2013; 
 
within the same 10 years the number of children living in extreme poverty in the United States to zero; and 
 
within 20 years the number of children living in poverty, extreme or otherwise, in the United States to zero.
 
 
HHS shall enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences for two public workshops to provide the Working Group with information to assist in the development of the plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Main Street Revival Act

Bill: 114-hr-2409
Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2015-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Economic performance and conditions
Employment taxes
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: 

Main Street Revival Act
 
 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a specified small business to pay its first-year employment taxes in four annual installments. Defines "specified small business" as any HUBZone business (a business operating in a historically underutilized business zone as defined by the Small Business Act) that is not reasonably expected to employ more than 25 full-time employees in its first year of operation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
New Energy for America Act

Bill: 114-hr-2412
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2015-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: 

New Energy for America Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend: (1) the tax credit for residential energy efficient property expenditures through calendar year 2021; and (2) the energy tax credit for energy property, including solar energy property, qualified fuel cell property, qualified microturbine property, combined heat and power system property, and thermal energy property, the construction of which begins before January 1, 2022. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 601 South Main Street in Elkhart, Indiana, as the "Staff Sergeant Jesse L. Williams Post Office".

Bill: 114-hr-2413
Sponsor: Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2]
Introduced: 2015-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Indiana
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 601 South Main Street in Elkhart, Indiana, as the "Staff Sergeant Jesse L. Williams Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To facilitate the responsible communication of scientific and medical developments.

Bill: 114-hr-2414
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2015-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to issue draft guidance on the dissemination of scientific and medical information that is not included in the approved labeling of drugs and medical devices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for establishment of a streamlined data review program.

Bill: 114-hr-2415
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2015-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to establish a streamlined data review program under which the holder of an approved application for a drug or biological product may submit a summary of clinical data to support approval of the drug for the treatment of cancer or another indication subject to the program.
 
For a drug to be eligible for the streamlined data review program there must be a database regarding the safety of the drug and the full data sets used to develop the data summaries must be submitted, unless the FDA determines that the full data sets are not required.
 The FDA must annually publish: (1) the number of applications reviewed under the streamlined data review program, (2) the average time for completion of review under the streamlined data review program compared to review of other applications for new indications, and (3) the number of applications reviewed under the streamlined data review program for which the FDA made use of full data sets.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House