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Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1653
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2015

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the exclusion, and allow coverage, of hearing aids and examinations for them.
 
The Government Accountability Office is directed to study programs that provide assistance for hearing aids and related examinations for individuals with hearing loss.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the direct provision of defense articles, defense services, and related training to the Kurdistan Regional Government, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-1654
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Conflicts and wars
Iraq
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military education and training
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Syria
Terrorism
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: 
 
 
defeating the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is critical to maintaining a unified Iraq in which all faiths and ethnicities are afforded equal protection and full integration into the government and society; 
 
the people of Kurdistan face a deadly threat from ISIL which the Iraqi Security Forces, of which the Peshmerga are a component, are currently unable to match in armaments; 
 
any outstanding issues between the government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) should be resolved expeditiously to allow for a resumption of normal relations; and 
 
ISIL's continued growth presents an imminent threat to Iraqi Kurdistan, the rest of Iraq and the Middle East, and international security.
 
 
Authorizes the President to: (1) provide defense articles, defense services, and related training directly to the KRG to support international coalition efforts against ISIL or any successor group; and (2) issue licenses authorizing U.S. exporters to export defense articles, defense services, and related training directly to the KRG.
 
Prohibits the provision of any defense article, service, or related training to the KRG under this Act unless the KRG agrees that it will not: 
 
 
provide any such defense article, service, or training to anyone who is not a KRG officer, employee, or agent; or 
 
use or permit the use of any such defense article, service, or training for purposes other than those for which it was provided, unless the President's consent has been obtained. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-09
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2015-12-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Community Economic Opportunity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1655
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Food assistance and relief
Government studies and investigations
Housing and community development funding
Income tax credits
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Community Economic Opportunity Act of 2015 

 
 This bill amends the Community Services Block Grant Act to revise the Act and reauthorize it through FY2023.
 
States must adopt performance requirements and performance benchmarks to be included as part of the performance measurement system under this Act.
 
States that receive grants must reserve 2% of the funds for a new Community Action Innovations Program (CAIP) and use not less than 90% of the remainder to make subgrants to eligible entities to enable the entities to implement programs, projects, or services to reduce poverty.
 
Authority is repealed for specific nationally administered grants for: (1) community food and nutrition programs, (2) national or regional programs designed to provide instructional activities for low-income youth, and (3) demonstration partnership agreements addressing the needs of the poor.
 
A state may use certain grant funds for training and technical assistance to eligible entities and innovative projects to reduce poverty conditions.
 
Two or more eligible entities shall receive state assistance to merge if the geographic areas of the state they serve can be more effectively served under a single corporate structure. The same assistance must be given any eligible public organization that determines the area it serves can be more effectively served if it becomes a private public charity.
 
An incentive is repealed for states to enact a charity tax credit.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services must conduct, in at least one-third of the states in each fiscal year, evaluations (including investigations) of state compliance with the Community Services Block Grant Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Fairness for Americans in Internal Revenue Refunds Act

Bill: 114-hr-1657
Sponsor: Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Income tax credits
Poverty and welfare assistance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Fairness for Americans in Internal Revenue Refunds Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prevent a taxpayer whose social security number was issued for purposes of granting a work authorization under a deferred action on removal program from claiming an earned income tax credit using such social security number. The bill directs: (1) the Department of Homeland Security to place a notation on employment authorization cards that the holder of such card has received it under a deferred action on removal program, and (2) the Social Security Administration to maintain a record of all social security account numbers issued to individuals under a deferred action on removal program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1658
Sponsor: Rep. Hice, Jody B. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2015
 
 
Repeals provisions: (1) authorizing a federal employee representing an exclusive representative in the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement official time for such purpose during the time such employee otherwise would be in a duty status; and (2) requiring the Federal Labor Relations Authority to determine whether any employee participating for, or on behalf of, a labor organization in any phase of proceedings before it shall be authorized official time for that purpose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act

Bill: 114-hr-1659
Sponsor: Rep. Fincher, Stephen Lee [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Business records
Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act

 
 Amends the Securities Act of 1933 (Act) to reduce from 21 to 15 the number of days before a &quot;road show&quot; that an emerging growth company (EGC), before its initial public offering (IPO) date, may publicly file a draft registration statement for confidential nonpublic review by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff.
 
(A financial &quot;road show&quot; is an offer [other than a statutory prospectus or a portion of one] that contains a presentation regarding an offering by one or more members of the issuer's management and includes discussion of one or more of the issuer, such management, and the securities being offered. Typically, a road show is a series of meetings across different cities, often before an IPO, in which top executives from a company have the opportunity to talk with current or potential investors.)
 
Prescribes a grace period during which an issuer that was an EGC at the time it filed a confidential registration statement for confidential SEC review, but is no longer one, shall continue to be treated as one.
 
Authorizes an EGC, within one year of its IPO, to submit confidentially to the SEC a draft registration statement for any securities to be issued subsequent to its IPO (follow-on offerings) for confidential nonpublic review by SEC staff before publicly filing a registration statement, if the initial confidential submission, including amendments, is publicly filed with the SEC within two days before it issues those follow-on offerings.
 
 Amends the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act to direct the SEC to revise its general instructions on Form S-1 to prescribe conditions under which a registration statement that is filed by an issuer (or submitted for confidential review) before its IPO may omit financial disclosure information for historical periods otherwise required.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1660
Sponsor: Rep. Rothfus, Keith J. [R-PA-12]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Department of the Treasury

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Home Owners' Loan Act to permit a federal savings association to elect to operate subject to supervision by the Comptroller of the Currency with the rights and duties of a national bank. 

action_date: 2016-12-12
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act of 2015

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Home Owners' Loan Act to permit a federal savings association to elect to operate subject to supervision by the Comptroller of the Currency with the rights and duties of a national bank. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 683.
action_date: 2016-12-12
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 114-873.
action_date: 2016-12-12
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 114-873.
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Mutual Bank Capital Opportunity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1661
Sponsor: Rep. Rothfus, Keith J. [R-PA-12]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Mutual Bank Capital Opportunity Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to authorize a mutual depository to issue mutual capital certificates that qualify as common equity Tier 1 capital for purposes of capital requirements mandated by federal law or regulation.
 
Defines &quot;mutual capital certificate&quot; as a financial instrument issued by a mutual depository that entitles the holder to a payment of fixed, variable, or participating dividends (if its board of directors so declares) but no voting or member rights, nor is it redeemable until five years after issuance.
 
Defines &quot;mutual depository&quot; as an insured depository institution operating in a non-stock form, including a federal non-stock depository and any form of non-stock depository provided for under state law, whose deposits are insured by an instrumentality of the federal government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Common Sense Housing Investment Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1662
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cooperative and condominium housing
Government trust funds
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Inflation and prices
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Common Sense Housing Investment Act of 2015

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax deduction for mortgage interest, to: (1) allow, in lieu of such deduction, a tax credit for 15% of mortgage interest paid in a taxable year for the taxpayer's principal residence and one other residence; (2) provide for a phaseout of the tax deduction for mortgage interest between 2016 and 2020; (3) allow a deduction for interest and taxes relating to land for dwelling purposes owned or leased by cooperative housing corporations; and (4) increase the state housing credit ceiling for the low-income housing tax credit. 
 
Directs the Department of the Treasury to apply the savings from the enactment of this Act to the Housing Trust Fund, for assistance under the Section 8 low-income housing program, and for the Public Housing Capital Fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Health Insurance Freedom Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1664
Sponsor: Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Insurance industry and regulation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Health Insurance Freedom Act of 2015

 
Permits a health insurance issuer that had in effect health insurance coverage in the group or individual market on any date during 2013 to continue offering that coverage outside of a health care exchange established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Treats that coverage as a grandfathered health plan for purposes of an individual meeting the requirement to maintain minimum essential health coverage.
 
Applies only to coverage in states where the state insurance commissioner elects to apply these provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Alternative Fuel Tax Parity Act

Bill: 114-hr-1665
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Todd [R-IN-9]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Aviation and airports
Marine and inland water transportation
Motor fuels
Oil and gas
Outdoor recreation
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Alternative Fuel Tax Parity Act

 
This bill equalizes the excise tax on liquefied petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas by establishing a rate of 18.3 cents per energy equivalent of a gallon of gasoline for liquefied petroleum gas and 24.3 cents per energy equivalent of a gallon of diesel for liquefied natural gas. The bill also expands the alternative fuel excise tax credit to include liquefied natural gas used in a motor vehicle or motorboat or sold for use as a fuel in aviation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1666
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2015-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Building construction
Congressional oversight
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: 

Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2015

 
Modifies criteria for the use of design-build selection procedures for civilian and defense contracts for the design and construction of a public building, facility, or work. Requires the use of two-phase selection procedures (i.e., submission of qualifications and then the submission of price and technical proposals in response to a request for proposal) when a contracting officer determines that such a contract has a value of $750,000 or greater. Maintains current criteria for these contracts if a contracting officer determines that they have a value of less than $750,000.
 
Requires the contracting officer to provide written documentation of how more than five finalists in a solicitation for a contract is consistent with the purposes and objectives of the two-phase selection procedures. 
 
Requires: (1) executive agencies to report on contracts for which more than five finalists were selected for phase-two requests or for which the contract was awarded without using two-phase selection procedures, and (2) the Government Accountability Office to report on the compliance of such agencies with design-build contract procedures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Introduced in House