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Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1171
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2015-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Health personnel
Income tax deferral
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: 

Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2015 

 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow sponsors of certain deferred compensation plans to elect to include length of service award plans for bona fide volunteers providing firefighting and fire prevention services, emergency medical services, ambulance services, and emergency rescue services.
 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue guidance clarifying that a length of service award program is not an employee pension benefit plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Distillery Excise Tax Reform Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1172
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2015-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages
Manufacturing
Sales and excise taxes
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: 

Distillery Excise Tax Reform Act of 2015

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a reduction (from $13.50 to $2.70 on each proof gallon produced in the United States) in the excise tax on distilled spirits for domestic distillers who produce not more than 100,000 proof gallons of distilled spirits during the calendar year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Ban Insider Trading Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1173
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2015-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Financial services and investments
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: 

Ban Insider Trading Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to make it unlawful to purchase or sell any security, or securities-based swap agreement, that is based upon information that the person knows (or should know) is material inside information. 
 
&quot;Inside information&quot; is defined as information that is nonpublic and obtained:
 
 
illegally,
 
directly or indirectly from an issuer who expects either confidentiality or that it will only be used for a legitimate business purpose, or
 
in violation of a fiduciary duty. 
 
 
&quot;Material information&quot; is defined as information relating to an issuer or to a security which, if it were made public, would likely have a significant effect upon the security's price. 
 
Subjects a person to liability to prosecution for trading in prohibited securities while in possession of material nonpublic information if the person, without a legitimate business purpose, discloses intentionally to another person information that the discloser knows (or should know) is material inside information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Abroad Act

Bill: 114-hr-1174
Sponsor: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2015-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Census and government statistics
Computers and information technology
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Evidence and witnesses
Government information and archives
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Jurisdiction and venue
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: 

Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Abroad Act

 
 Amends the federal criminal code to authorize a governmental entity to require the disclosure by a provider of electronic communication service or remote computing service of the contents of a wire or electronic communication that is in electronic storage with or otherwise stored, held, or maintained by the provider only pursuant to a warrant issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.
 
Authorizes such a warrant to require such disclosure regardless of where such contents may be in electronic storage or otherwise stored, held, or maintained by the provider if the holder of the account the contents of which are sought by the warrant is a U.S. person. Requires a court, on a service provider's motion, to modify or vacate such a warrant upon finding that it would require the provider to violate the laws of a foreign country.
 
Sets forth requirements for government notification of provider customers or subscribers regarding the receipt of communication contents pursuant to such a warrant.
 
Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish a form for use by a foreign government filing a mutual legal assistance treaty (MLAT) request; (2) establish an online docketing system for all MLAT requests; and (3) publish statistics annually on MLAT requests made by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to foreign governments, and by foreign governments to DOJ, to obtain the contents of communications or other information or records from a provider of electronic communications or remote computing services.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) data localization requirements imposed by foreign governments on data providers are incompatible with the borderless nature of the Internet, an impediment to online innovation, and unnecessary to meet the needs of law enforcement; and (2) DOJ, the Department of State, and the U.S. Trade Representative should pursue open data flow policies with foreign nations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in House
NCUA Budget Transparency Act

Bill: 114-hr-1176
Sponsor: Rep. Mulvaney, Mick [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2015-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
National Credit Union Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: 

NCUA Budget Transparency Act

 
This bill instructs the Comptroller General to study the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) in order to:
 
 
examine the process and procedures related to NCUA budgeting practices;
 
identify areas where the NCUA can provide greater budget transparency to Members of Congress, the NCUA's regulated entities, and the public; and
 
determine the availability of line-by-line budget data for the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, the National Credit Union Central Liquidity Facility, and the Temporary Corporate Credit Union Stabilization Fund. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Deployed Troops Support Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1177
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2015-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: 

Deployed Troops Support Act of 2015

 
Authorizes the Department of Defense (DOD) to transport to any country, on a space-available basis and without charge, supplies that have been furnished by a nonprofit organization and intended for distribution to members of the Armed Forces.
 
Prohibits such transportation unless DOD determines that: (1) such transportation is consistent with U.S. policies, (2) the supplies are suitable for transportation and in usable condition, (3) there is a legitimate need for the supplies, and (4) adequate arrangements have been made for their distribution.
 
Makes the nonprofit organization responsible for ensuring the suitability for transport of such supplies. Allows the supplies to be distributed by the U.S. government or a nonprofit organization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Equal Access to Treatments Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1178
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2015-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: 

Ensuring Equal Access to Treatments Act of 2015

 
 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to create certain additional groups of covered OPD services that classify separately, from those that do not utilize such a drug, procedures that utilize a drug (other than contrast agents, diagnostic radiopharmaceutical, or anesthesia drugs) that both has a cost above the drug packaging threshold and functions as a supply when used in a diagnostic test or procedure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-27
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: 2015-02-27
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: 2015-02-27
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: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Preserving the Work Requirement for Welfare Act

Bill: 114-hr-1179
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2015-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Employment and training programs
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: 

Preserving the Work Requirement for Welfare Act

 
 Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from finalizing, implementing, enforcing, or otherwise taking any action to give effect to the Information Memorandum dated July 12, 2012 (Transmittal No. TANF-ACF-IM-2012-03), or to any administrative action relating to the same subject matter or that reflects the same or similar policies.
 
Prohibits the Secretary also from authorizing, approving, modifying, or extending any experimental, pilot, or demonstration project under the Social Security Act (SSAct) that: (1) waives compliance with mandatory work requirements of SSAct title IV part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF), or (2) authorizes an expenditure not otherwise allowable under a state TANF program with respect to compliance with such work requirements.
 
Rescinds and nullifies any waiver relating to the subject matter of the Information Memorandum granted before the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Protecting 2nd Amendment Rights Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1180
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2015-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Firearms and explosives
Manufacturing
Retail and wholesale trades
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: 

Protecting 2nd Amendment Rights Act of 2015 

 
This bill prohibits any government entity from issuing or enforcing a regulation, or taking any other action, that would restrict or prohibit the manufacture, importation, or sale in the United States of any ammunition that is not subject to the restriction or prohibition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent retroactive claims of the earned income tax credit by individuals receiving work authorizations pursuant to certain deferred action programs.

Bill: 114-hr-1182
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2015-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Income tax credits
Poverty and welfare assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny the earned income tax credit to aliens who have been granted employment authorization under a program of temporary deportation relief that has not been specifically established by law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction Act

Bill: 114-hr-1183
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
Introduced: 2015-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: 

Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction Act

 
Extends the requirement that the Department of Veterans Affairs provide an outer burial receptacle for each new grave of a veteran, a veteran's spouse, or a veteran's dependent in which remains are interred in a casket in Arlington National Cemetery or in an open cemetery under the control of the the National Cemetery Administration to each such grave in an open cemetery under the control of the National Park Service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Skilled Nursing and Home Health Services Continuity of Care Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1184
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2015-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: 

Medicare Skilled Nursing and Home Health Services Continuity of Care Act of 2015 

 
This bill declares that its purpose is to ensure beneficiary access to advance wound care products while in a skilled nursing facility (SNF) or while on a home health plan of care by allowing separate payment to be made for advanced surgical dressings under part B of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act as a durable medical equipment prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies benefit. 
 
To this end advanced surgical dressings are excluded from covered SNF services if delivered to a SNF patient for use during the SNF stay. Such dressings are included, however, as home health services. 
 
 The Secretary of Health and Human Services is required to: (1) provide for the submission and processing of claims for advanced surgical dressings for payment under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) by the same Medicare administrative contractors that process claims for other durable medical equipment; and (2) establish an education incentive program to encourage each nursing facility, SNF, or home health agency certified under SSAct title XVIII or XIX (Medicaid) to provide their clinical staff members annually with access to wound care education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-27
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: 2015-02-27
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: 2015-02-27
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: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Additions and Increases to Sustain Employee Health Benefits Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1185
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2015-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: 

Responsible Additions and Increases to Sustain Employee Health Benefits Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax exclusion for distributions from health flexible spending arrangements, to: (1) increase to $5,000, with an additional $500 for each additional employee dependent above two dependents, the maximum annual amount of funding for such plans, and (2) allow a carryforward into the next year for unused amounts in such plans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in House