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Inspector General Access Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2240
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2015-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Justice
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-05
text: 

Inspector General Access Act of 2015

 
Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to eliminate a provision of such Act that requires referral of allegations of misconduct involving Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys, investigators, or law enforcement personnel to the DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility (thus allowing the DOJ Inspector General to investigate such allegations). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-05
text: Introduced in House
To establish a Strategic Transformer Reserve program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-2244
Sponsor: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2015-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency planning and evacuation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-08
text: 
 This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE), acting through the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, to submit to Congress a plan to establish a Strategic Transformer Reserve for the storage, in strategically located facilities, of spare large power transformers in sufficient numbers to temporarily replace critically damaged large power transformers. 
 
DOE may not establish a Strategic Transformer Reserve until Congress has approved the plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2015-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-08
text: Introduced in House
To require the Federal Trade Commission to consider including Smart Grid capability on Energy Guide labels for products.

Bill: 114-hr-2245
Sponsor: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2015-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy prices
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-08
text: 
Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to require the Federal Trade Commission to initiate and complete a rulemaking to consider making a special note in a prominent manner on any Energy Guide label for products that include Smart Grid capability to explain that the value of the feature depends on the Smart Grid capability of the utility system and that the use of such capability could reduce the customer's costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2015-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act

Bill: 114-hr-2246
Sponsor: Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2015-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Military personnel and dependents
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-08
text: 

Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act

 
 Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) allow licensed firearms importers, manufacturers, dealers, or collectors (licensees) to sell or deliver any firearm (currently, rifles or shotguns) to a resident of a state other than the state in which the licensee is located or temporarily located if the licensee meets with the purchaser to complete the sale or delivery and the transaction complies with the laws of the state in which the transfer is conducted and the purchaser's state of residence; and (2) eliminate the requirement that a licensee must conduct business at a gun show only in the state that is specified on the licensee's license. 
 
Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the sale or other disposition of a firearm or ammunition: (1) between licensed firearms dealers at any location in any state; or (2) by a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer to an unlicensed person at a temporary location in any state. 
 
Amends definitions for federal firearms provisions to: (1) revise the definition of a &quot;member of the Armed Forces on active duty&quot; to include a member (or member's spouse) who is a resident of the state in which such person maintains legal residence or in which the member maintains a place of abode from which the member commutes each day to the permanent duty station; and (2) provide that an officer or employee of the United States (other than a member of the Armed Forces) stationed outside the United States for a period exceeding one year, or a spouse residing with such an officer or employee, is a resident of the state in which the person maintains legal residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-08
text: Introduced in House
ICD-TEN Act

Bill: 114-hr-2247
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2015-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Health information and medical records
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: 

Increasing Clarity for Doctors by Transitioning Effectively Now Act
 
or the ICD-TEN Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement, administer, and enforce regulations that provide for the replacement of International Classification of Diseases (ICD) ICD-9 with ICD-10 as a standard for code sets.
 
HHS shall conduct, and make available to all participating service providers and suppliers, a comprehensive, end-to-end testing process to assess whether the Medicare fee-for-service claims processing system based on the ICD-10 standard is fully functioning.
 
HHS must subsequently certify to Congress whether or not the Medicare fee-for-service claims processing system based on the ICD-10 standard is fully functioning, including additional steps a not-fully-functioning system will take to achieve certification as well as the anticipated time frame for achieving it.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-12
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: 2015-05-12
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: 2015-05-12
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: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act

Bill: 114-hr-2248
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2015-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health personnel
Military medicine
Nursing
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: 

United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act
 
This bill deems as active military service for Department of Veterans Affairs purposes any service as a member of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps between July 1, 1943, and December 15, 1945 (qualified service). 
 
 The Department of Defense shall issue an honorable discharge within one year to each person whose qualified service warrants one. 
 
 Retroactive benefits shall not be paid to persons as a result of enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2015-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2015-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2015-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Medicaid for Compact of Free Association Migrants Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2249
Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2015-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: American Samoa
Caribbean area
Foreign aid and international relief
Guam
Marshall Islands
Medicaid
Micronesia
Northern Mariana Islands
Oceania
Palau
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: 

Restoring Medicaid for Compact of Free Association Migrants Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 to permit coverage under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act for citizens of the Freely Associated States lawfully residing in the United States under the Compacts of Free Association between the United States Government and the Governments of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
 
Permits Medicaid coverage also to lawful residents, in accordance with such Compacts, but only at the option of the governor, of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or American Samoa.
 
Exempts such citizens from the five-year limited eligibility of qualified aliens for federal means-tested public benefits with respect to Medicaid benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Defending Internet Freedom Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2251
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2015-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
First Amendment rights
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: 

Defending Internet Freedom Act of 2015

 
Prohibits the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information from relinquishing the responsibilities of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) with respect to Internet domain name functions, including Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions, unless the Assistant Secretary certifies to Congress that a final proposal has been received that ensures:
 
 
control over the management of the Internet domain name system will not be exercised by a governmental or intergovernmental body; 
 
standards for freedoms of speech, of the press, of assembly, and of association are at least as protective as the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; 
 
the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has an external, independent process for reviewing and resolving disputes between ICANN and external parties, including the ability to reverse decisions of the board of directors;
 
ICANN remains subject to U.S. law; 
 
ICANN has adopted disclosure procedures that are at least as protective of public access as the Freedom of Information Act; 
 
the U.S. government has been granted ownership of the &quot;.gov&quot; and &quot;.mil&quot; top-level domains; and 
 
ICANN has adopted additional measures recommended by the multistakeholder community. 
 
 
Requires such certification to ensure amendments to ICANN bylaws to prohibit ICANN from: (1) engaging in activities unrelated to ICANN's core mission of managing the IANA functions and proposing and overseeing policy decisions central to coordinating the global interoperability and uniqueness of Internet domain names; or (2) agreeing to impose on a registrar or registry any condition, such as a regulation of content, that is unrelated to ICANN's core mission.
 
Requires such a certification to also ensure amendments to bylaws concerning: (1) Governmental Advisory Committee advice and policy proposals, and (2) a required supermajority of the board of directors for votes regarding changes to bylaws.
 
Directs the Assistant Secretary, if such a certification is not submitted to Congress by a specified deadline, to extend through September 30, 2017, the existing IANA functions contract under which ICANN is required to perform IANA functions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women & Children Act

Bill: 114-hr-2253
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced: 2015-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government studies and investigations
Health care quality
Health personnel
Medicaid
Medicare
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: 

Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women & Children Act

 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to require that the primary care services furnished in the two years after enactment of this Act by a physician with a primary specialty designation of family medicine, general internal medicine, or pediatric medicine be paid at a rate that is not less than 100% of the payment rate that applies under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance), but only if the physician self-attests as being Board certified in those areas.
 
Extends this 100% of Medicare payment floor, subject to certain conditions, to the following providers: (1) physicians with a primary specialty designation of obstetrics and gynecology, and self-attesting they are Board certified; (2) advanced practice clinicians; (3) rural health clinics, federally-qualified health centers, or other specified health clinics; and (4) nurse practitioners, physician assistants, or certified nurse-midwives. 
 
Excludes from coverage of primary care services any such services provided in an emergency department of a hospital.
 
Prescribes additional requirements for any contract between a state and a Medicaid managed care organization.
 
Directs the Government Accountability Office to examine the use of alternative payment models in state Medicaid programs and identify opportunities for disseminating successful payment models among them.
 
Amends SSAct title XI to: (1) extend funding for development of adult health quality measures; and (2) direct the Administrator for the Centers for Medicaid and Medicaid Services and the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to develop such measures specific to adult individuals with disabilities and include them in the Medicaid Quality Measurement Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act

Bill: 114-hr-2254
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2015-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government trust funds
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Law enforcement officers
Postal service
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: 

Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act
 
 
 Amends the definition of the term "law enforcement officer" under provisions of the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) and the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to include: (1) federal employees not otherwise covered by such term whose duties include the investigation or apprehension of suspected or convicted individuals and who are authorized to carry a firearm, (2) such employees of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whose duties are primarily the collection of delinquent taxes and the securing of delinquent returns, (3) an employee of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and (4) an employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs who is a department police officer. 
 
Requires such service that is performed by an incumbent law enforcement officer: (1) on or after enactment of this Act to be treated for all purposes other than retirement as service performed as a law enforcement officer; and (2) before enactment of this Act to be treated for federal retirement purposes as service performed as such an officer only if a written election is submitted to the Office of Personnel Management within five years after enactment of this Act or before separation from government service, whichever is earlier. Allows an incumbent who makes an election to be treated as a law enforcement officer to pay a deposit into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund to cover prior service. 
 
Provides that nothing under current law respecting mandatory separation from government service under CSRS or FERS shall cause the mandatory separation of an officer during the three-year period beginning on the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
To make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-2255
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2015-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: 
Requires the Department of Commerce to include in instructions for completing any survey relating to the Census a statement that answering any questions other than questions that elicit the name of the respondent, contact information, the date of the response, or the number of people living or staying at the same address where the respondent resides is optional. Provides that no person may be fined or otherwise compelled to answer questions in connection with the survey commonly known as the American Community Survey (except for the questions permitted by this Act). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the reproductive treatment provided to certain disabled veterans.

Bill: 114-hr-2257
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2015-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Genetics
Sex and reproductive health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: 
Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to furnish to a covered individual, in addition to any fertility treatment otherwise provided, assisted reproductive technology.
 
Defines: (1) "covered individual" to mean a veteran, regardless of sex, who is enrolled in the VA health care system, who has a service-connected disability, and whose disability includes an injury to the reproductive organs or the spinal cord that directly results in the veteran being unable to procreate without assisted reproductive technology and such veteran's spouse; and (2) "assisted reproductive technology" to include in vitro fertilization or any other specific technology used to assist reproduction that the VA deems appropriate.
 
Authorizes the VA to provide not more than three in vitro fertilization cycles that result in a total of not more than six implantation attempts.
 
Provides that the VA: (1) may provide for cryogenic storage of genetic material of a covered individual for not more than three years, after which the individual shall be responsible for the storage costs; (2) may not possess, or make any determination regarding the disposition of, genetic material of a covered individual; and (3) shall carry out any activities relating to the custody or disposition of such genetic material in accordance with the laws of the state in which the genetic material is located.
 
Prohibits the VA from providing any benefits relating to surrogacy or assisting with obtaining a third-party genetic material donation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, to modify the authority of the President of the United States to declare national monuments, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-2258
Sponsor: Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2015-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: 
This bill declares that any proclamation of a national monument or reservation of a parcel of land as part of a national monument shall expire three years after the proclamation or reservation unless specifically approved by: (1) a federal law enacted after the date of the proclamation or reservation; and (2) a state law, for each state where the land involved is located, that is enacted after such date.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in House