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Infrastructure 2.0 Act [HB-625]
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[Construction ]
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Infrastructure 2.0 Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the taxation of earnings and profits of a deferred foreign income corporation, to: (1) make such earnings and profit subject to taxation in the last taxable year that ends before the enactment of this Act; (2) reduce the rate of tax on such earnings and profits by allowing an exemption of 75% (equal to a tax of 8.75% of repatriated earnings and profits); and (3) allow such corporations to elect to pay such tax in eight installments. Establishes the American Infrastructure Fund
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 02/02/2015
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Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015 [HB-597]
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[Energy ]
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Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015 TITLE I--TAXPAYER PROTECTION PROVISIONS AND INCREASED ACCOUNTABILITY (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to set at $135 billion, for each of FY2015-FY2019, the authorized aggregate amount of loans, guarantees, and insurance the Export-Import Bank may have outstanding at any time. If the rate at which borrowing entities are in default on a payment obligation (default rate) is 2% or more for a quarter, the Bank may not exceed the amount of loans, guarantees, and insurance
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 282. on 10/29/2015
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State Age Rating Flexibility Act of 2016 [HB-5921]
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State Age Rating Flexibility Act of 2016 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to increase the permissible variation based on age for health insurance premiums for coverage offered in the individual or small group market from a factor of three to a factor of five, or to a factor determined by the state. This applies to plan years starting on or after January 1, 2018.
Sponsored by: Rep. Larry Bucshon
Introduced In House on 07/21/2016
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Health Care Choice Act of 2015 [HB-543]
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Health Care Choice Act of 2015 Repeals the health insurance and health coverage expansion requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and related requirements of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Restores provisions of law amended or repealed by those provisions. Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide that the laws of the state designated by a health insurance issuer (primary state) apply to individual health insurance coverage offered by that issuer in the primary state and in any other state
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Roe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/29/2015
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World's Greatest Healthcare Plan Act of 2016 [HB-5284]
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World's Greatest Healthcare Plan Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Pete Sessions
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/19/2016
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Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016 [HB-5143]
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[International ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016 (Sec. 3) This bill specifies U.S. objectives regarding international insurance standards. (Sec. 4) The United States may not agree to, accept, establish, enter into, or consent to the adoption of a final international insurance standard with an international standard-setting organization or a foreign government, authority, or regulatory entity unless certain public notice-and-comment requirements and capital standards are met. In the case of an international insurance standard setting forth a capital standard
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Sponsored by: Rep. Darin LaHood
Received In The Senate. on 12/08/2016
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Natural Disaster Reinsurance Act of 2016 [HB-4947]
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[Public Safety ]
[Housing ]
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Natural Disaster Reinsurance Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to establish the National Commission on Catastrophe Preparation and Protection to advise it regarding estimated loss costs associated with contracts for reinsurance coverage. Treasury may make homeowners protection coverage available through contracts for reinsurance coverage. Only eligible state programs may purchase such coverage. Each contract for reinsurance coverage shall furnish insurance coverage against residential property losses to homes, including
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Jolly
Introduced In House on 04/14/2016
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Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2015 [HB-494]
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Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2015 Amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to declare that nothing in that Act modifies, impairs, or supersedes the operation of antitrust laws with respect to the business of health insurance, including the business of dental insurance. Applies prohibitions against using unfair methods of competition to the business of health insurance without regard to whether the business is for profit.
Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith
Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 02/19/2015
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Medical Loss Ratio Accountability Act of 2016 [HB-4801]
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Medical Loss Ratio Accountability Act of 2016 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to audit a statistically significant and representative selection of health insurers to verify that insurer reports on medical loss ratio are accurate. This bill amends the Social Security Act to base determinations of the medical loss ratio of a Medicare Advantage plan on information from the HHS audit of the plan, if the plan was audited.
Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/30/2016
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Know Before You Go Act of 2016 [HB-4506]
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Know Before You Go Act of 2016 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to permit health insurers to include, for plan year accounting purposes, activities related to a transparency tool as activities that improve health care quality. (An insurer must provide a rebate to enrollees if the insurer spends less than a certain percentage of premium revenues on clinical services and activities that improve health care quality.) A transparency tool is a website and telephone support that provides quality of care and cost sharing comparisons among
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Fortenberry
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/12/2016
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Flood Insurance Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015 [HB-4107]
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[Disaster Relief ]
[Housing ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
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Flood Insurance Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015 This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (NFIA) to direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to declare that the final engineering report of an on-site property inspection conducted by an engineer to assess claims for losses covered by a flood insurance policy: may not be transmitted to any other person, employer, agency, or entity before it is transmitted to the insured; may not include alterations by anyone other than the person responsible for the report;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Donovan
Introduced In House on 11/19/2015
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SAVE Act of 2015 Small Businesses Add Value for Employees Act of 2015 [HB-4067]
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[Small Business ]
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[Education ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
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SAVE Act of 2015 Small Businesses Add Value for Employees Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to employer-established simple individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and pension plans, to: repeal restrictions on rollovers from simple IRAs to qualified retirement plans; allow employers to elect to terminate simple IRAs at any time during the year; repeal the increased 25% penalty on premature distributions from simple IRAs within the first two plan years; allow additional nonelective employer contributions to simple
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Reichert
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/23/2016
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Security and Financial Empowerment Act of 2015 [HB-3841]
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Security and Financial Empowerment Act of 2015 This bill amends the Violence Against Women Act to require the National Resource Center on Workplace Response provide information and assistance through domestic violence or sexual assault coalitions and survivor service organizations. These organizations and coalitions shall provide resource materials and assistance to employees, employers, and labor organizations to aid in efforts to develop adequate workplace responses to domestic and sexual violence. In addition, the bill requires employers to provide
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 03/23/2016
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Nonprofit Property Protection Act [HB-3794]
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[Nonprofit ]
Nonprofit Property Protection Act This bill: amends the Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986 to rename it the Risk Retention Act of 1986; and exclude from "commercial insurance" covered by the Act any health, life, or disability insurance or workers compensation insurance or express contractual obligations owed to a consumer as a result of a personal, family, or household transaction, where the consumer pays a separate consideration for the express contractual obligation. The bill expands the kinds of state laws pertaining to business insurance
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ed Perlmutter
Introduced In House on 10/21/2015
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Care for All Act of 2015 [HB-371]
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Care for All Act of 2015 This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to allow catastrophic plans to be offered as qualified health plans to any individual in the individual or group market. (Qualified health plans are sold on health insurance exchanges, are eligible for premium subsidies, and fulfill an individual's requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage.) Currently, to be a qualified health plan, a catastrophic plan must enroll only individuals who are below age 30 and exempt from minimum essential coverage requirements.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Fortenberry
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/16/2015
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Reducing Employer Burdens, Unleashing Innovation, and Labor Development Act of 2015 [HB-3682]
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[Finance ]
[Trade ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mining ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Education ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
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[Economic Development ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
[Veterans ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Investments ]
[Military ]
[Pensions ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Property Tax ]
[Recreation ]
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Reducing Employer Burdens, Unleashing Innovation, and Labor Development Act of 2015 This bill expresses the sense of Congress that increasing the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturers will strengthen the national economy. Investing in America's Workforce Act The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 is amended to require state or local workforce investment systems to use youth activities funds allocated to a local area for programs that provide training. The Internal Revenue Code is amended to: (1) extend through 2016 the tax credit for increasing research
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Sponsored by: Rep. Brett Guthrie
Referred To The Subcommittee On Research And Technology. on 09/30/2016
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21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2015 [HB-3054]
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[Investments ]
[Consumer Protection ]
21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2015 Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prohibit an insured depository institution from: (1) being or becoming an affiliate of any insurance company, securities entity, or swaps entity; (2) being in common ownership or control with any insurance company, securities entity, or swaps entity; or (3) engaging in any activity that would cause the insured depository institution to qualify as an insurance company, securities entity, or swaps entity. Prohibits any individual who is an officer, director, partner,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Capuano
Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 07/29/2015
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CLAIM Act Claims Licensing Advancement for Interstate Matters Act [HB-2998]
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CLAIM Act Claims Licensing Advancement for Interstate Matters Act This bill authorizes an independent insurance claims adjuster to apply to the National Association of Agents and Brokers for Membership for the purpose of licensure in any state that requires a license for such adjusters that is not among such states that have enacted, within four years of this Act's enactment: (1) uniform laws and regulations governing the licensure of individuals and entities authorized to adjust claims within the state, and (2) reciprocity laws and regulations
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rod Blum
Introduced In House on 07/09/2015
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Flood Insurance Fairness Act of 2015 [HB-2918]
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[Disaster Relief ]
[Housing ]
Flood Insurance Fairness Act of 2015 Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to repeal provisions that prohibit the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from estimating subsidized risk premium rates for flood insurance coverage on: (1) residential property which is not the primary residence of an individual, and (2) any business property. Qualifies those properties for such rates. Requires FEMA, when developing guidance and rate tables necessary to implement this Act, to consult with Write Your Own companies, which are participating
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Castor
Introduced In House on 06/25/2015
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Equality in Insurance Act of 2015 [HB-2851]
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[Race and Civil Rights ]
Equality in Insurance Act of 2015 This bill requires an insurer, when rating and underwriting any insurance policy that takes into consideration the marital status of the proposed insured, to consider the proposed insured to be married if the proposed insured is in a legal marriage, a civil union, or a domestic partnership with substantially the same legal obligations and consequences as a legal marriage under the laws of any jurisdiction (including any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Pocan
Introduced In House on 06/23/2015