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To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Muhammad Ali in recognition of his contributions to the Nation.

Bill: 114-hr-608
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2015-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes
Congressional tributes

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal to Muhammad Ali in recognition of his contributions to the nation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E130-131)
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to audit States to determine if such States used Medicaid funds in violation of the Hyde Amendment and other Federal prohibitions on funding for abortions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-610
Sponsor: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2015-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Accounting and auditing
Congressional oversight
Family planning and birth control
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to include as an activity under the Medicare Integrity Program an annual audit of payment claims under a state Medicaid plan to determine if any payments for family planning services and supplies violated federal law that restricts the use of funds under Medicaid for abortions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction Act

Bill: 114-hr-611
Sponsor: Rep. Hultgren, Randy [R-IL-14]
Introduced: 2015-01-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Crime prevention
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Foreign aid and international relief
Human trafficking
Sanctions
Sex offenses
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: 

Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction Act

 
Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to declare that, in determining whether a government has made serious and sustained efforts to reduce the demand for commercial sex acts and participation in international sex tourism by its nationals, pursuant to the minimum standards for the elimination of sex trafficking, if such government has the authority to prohibit the purchase of commercial sex acts but fails to do so, it shall be deemed a failure to make serious and sustained efforts to reduce the demand for commercial sex acts, notwithstanding other efforts the government has made to do so.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Introduced in House
National Right-to-Work Act

Bill: 114-hr-612
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2015-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor-management relations
Railroads
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: 

National Right-to-Work Act

 
 Amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to repeal those provisions that permit employers, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement that is a union security agreement, to require employees to join a union as a condition of employment (including provisions permitting railroad carriers to require, pursuant to such an agreement, payroll deduction of union dues or fees as a condition of employment). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Introduced in House
SALUTE Act

Bill: 114-hr-613
Sponsor: Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7]
Introduced: 2015-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government studies and investigations
Mental health
Specialized courts
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: 

Servicemember Assistance for Lawful Understanding, Treatment, and Education Act or the SALUTE Act

 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to award grants for developing, implementing, or enhancing veterans' treatment courts or expanding operational mental health or drug courts to serve veterans to ensure that such courts effectively integrate substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, sanctions and incentives, and transitional services, in a judicially supervised court setting with jurisdiction over offenders who are veterans. 
 
Authorizes the Attorney General to award such grants to states, state courts, local courts, local governments, and Indian tribal governments for court programs that involve
 
 
continuing judicial supervision over offenders who are veterans with substance abuse or mental health problems;
 
coordination with appropriate federal, state, or local prosecutors;
 
coordination with the Veterans Health Administration; and
 
the integrated administration of other sanctions and services, including substance abuse and mental health treatment, supervised release involving the possibility of prosecution, confinement, or incarceration based on non-compliance with program requirements or failure to show satisfactory progress, and offender management.
 
 
Prohibits the use of grant funds to provide judicial supervision over, treatment of, or other services to violent offenders.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study to assess the effectiveness and impact of such grant program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Introduced in House
American Entrepreneurship and Investment Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-616
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2015-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Asia
Business investment and capital
China
Department of Commerce
Department of Homeland Security
Economic development
Employee hiring
Family relationships
Financial services and investments
Foreign labor
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Immigration status and procedures
Legal fees and court costs
Securities
U.S. and foreign investments
Unemployment
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: 

American Entrepreneurship and Investment Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make the EB-5 immigrant investor program permanent.
 
Increases the targeted employment area set-aside.
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to defer to state targeted employment area designations.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a preapproval procedure for commercial enterprises that allows a regional center to apply for preapproval of a new commercial enterprise before an alien files a petition for classification by reason of investment in such enterprise; and (2) defer to certain prior favorable EB-5 determinations except in the case of fraud, material change, or legal deficiency.
 
Prohibits a person who has been found liable for specified criminal or civil activities from serving as an owner, director, or officer of a regional center. 
 
Requires EB-5 petitions to be adjudicated within 180 days unless additional information is required. 
 
Provides that the child of an alien investor whose conditional permanent resident status is terminated shall continue to be considered a child of the alien investor for purposes of a subsequent immigrant petition by the alien investor if the child remains unmarried and the alien investor's subsequent petition is filed within one year after termination of status. 
 
Provides for a consolidated petition by an alien investor and his or her spouse and children. 
 
Exempts spouses and children of EB-5 immigrants from EB-5 admissions limits. 
 
Authorizes concurrent filing of EB-5 petitions and applications for status adjustment to conditional lawful permanent resident. 
 
Eliminates the per-country limit for employment-based immigrants and increases the per-country limit for family-based immigrants. 
 
Amends the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 to eliminate the requirement that the annual Chinese immigrant visas be reduced by a specified amount to offset status adjustments under that Act.
 
Subjects EB-5 petitions to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-603.
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Clinical Trial Cancer Mission 2020 Act

Bill: 114-hr-617
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2015-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Military medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: 

Clinical Trial Cancer Mission 2020 Act

 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise clinical trial registry data bank provisions to specify that a device or drug clinical trial must be included in the clinical trial registry data bank regardless of whether it results in a positive or negative outcome.
 
Requires the responsible party of any clinical trials funded in whole or in part by the Department of Defense (DOD) to certify in all required grant or progress forms that the required submissions to the clinical trial registry data bank have been made. Requires DOD to verify that the clinical trial information has been submitted before releasing any remaining grant funds or funding future grants. 
 
Makes a clinical trial grantee of the Department of Health and Human Services or DOD who fails to submit the required information to the data bank ineligible for the remaining grant funds or future funds. Makes the grantee liable for repayment of grant amounts already provided.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Collaborative Academic Research Efforts for Tourette Syndrome Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-619
Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2015-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: 

Collaborative Academic Research Efforts for Tourette Syndrome Act of 2015

 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate NIH research on Tourette syndrome.
 
Requires the NIH to develop a system to collect data on Tourette syndrome, including epidemiological information, primary data, and data on the availability of medical and social services for individuals with Tourette syndrome and their families.
 
 Requires the NIH to award grants and contracts to public or nonprofit private entities to support four to six Collaborative Research Centers for Tourette Syndrome in different regions to conduct basic and clinical research on Tourette syndrome. 
 
 Requires the NIH to award grants for research on the full range of symptoms within the Tourette syndrome clinical spectrum and the efficacy of treatment options for particular patient subpopulations.
 
Requires the NIH to designate a portion of the amounts made available to carry out NIH programs and activities for a fiscal year to carry out programs and activities with respect to Tourette syndrome.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Introduced in House
CEO-Employee Paycheck Fairness Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-620
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2015-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Economic performance and conditions
Income tax deductions
Inflation and prices
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: 

CEO-Employee Paycheck Fairness Act of 2015 

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a publicly held corporation a tax deduction for the payment of performance-based remuneration in excess of $1 million to any of its current or former officers or directors if such corporation does not meet the pay fairness requirement established by this Act. Deems the pay fairness requirement to be satisfied if: (1) the average compensation paid by the employer for all applicable U.S. employees for the taxable year exceeds the inflation and productivity growth adjusted average (i.e., $118,450 in 2015) of such compensation for the preceding taxable year; and (2) the aggregate compensation paid by the employer to or for all applicable employees for the taxable year is not less than the aggregate of such compensation for the preceding taxable year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Veteran Excellence Through Education Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-621
Sponsor: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2015-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Education programs funding
Financial literacy
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Minority education
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: 

Veteran Excellence Through Education Act of 2015

 
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants, during FY2016-FY2021, to minority-serving institutions to establish verified delivery systems that address the social and academic problems facing enrolled veterans.
 
Includes among authorized grant activities: (1) educational services, including courses in English as a second language, financial literacy workshops and courses, and health and wellness programs; (2) increased access to workforce services; (3) support services such as housing, transportation, and child care; and (4) establishing a veteran support team.
 
Requires an institution, in order to receive such a grant, to submit to the Secretary a program plan and strategy to meet the needs of enrolled veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Seniors' Rights to Know Act

Bill: 114-hr-626
Sponsor: Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10]
Introduced: 2015-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Marketing and advertising
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: 

Seniors' Rights to Know Act

 
 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) part C (Medicare+Choice) of the Social Security Act to require the information the Secretary of Health and Human Services provides to promote informed choice on available part C coverage options to describe the changes for the plan year made by a Medicare Advantage (MA) organization, with respect to the MA plan it offers, pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Allows such information to assess the effect of such provisions and amendments on MA-eligible individuals who enroll under the plan.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from disapproving the inclusion of any such information in marketing materials or application forms unless it is factually inaccurate for the plan year for which the information is provided or any preceding plan year beginning after March 23, 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-30
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: 2015-01-30
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: 2015-01-30
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: 2015-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 114-hr-627
Sponsor: Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2015-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Domestic violence and child abuse
Sex offenses
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: 
Includes as a homeless veteran, for purposes of eligibility for benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs, a veteran or veteran's family who: (1) is fleeing domestic or dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or other dangerous or life-threatening conditions in the individual's or family's current housing situation; and (2) has no other residence and lacks the resources or support networks to obtain other permanent housing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E139-140)
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Introduced in House
Steve Gleason Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-628
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2015-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medicare
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: 

Steve Gleason Act of 2015

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover as durable medical equipment any eye tracking and gaze interaction accessories for speech generating devices furnished to individuals with a demonstrated medical need for them.
 
Payment for speech generating devices or accessories shall be made on a rental basis, or in a lump-sum amount for the purchase of the item, without a cap on the amount.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-30
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: 2015-01-30
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: 2015-01-30
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: 2015-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Introduced in House
Permanent S Corporation Built-in Gain Recognition Period Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-629
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2015-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Business investment and capital
Capital gains tax
Securities
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce from 10 to 5 years the period during which the built-in gains of an S corporation are subject to tax and to make such reduction permanent. 

action_date: 2015-02-09
text: 

Permanent S Corporation Built-in Gain Recognition Period Act of 2015

 
(Sec. 2) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce from 10 years to 5 years the period during which the built-in gains of an S corporation are subject to tax and to make such reduction permanent. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 9.
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-15.
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-15.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 14.
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Introduced in House