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SAVE Act of 2014 [HB-5875]
SAVE Act of 2014

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Reichert 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. on 12/11/2014

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Infrastructure and Global Tax Competitiveness Act of 2014 [HB-5857] [Infrastructure ] [Taxes ] [Trade ] [Economic Development ]
Infrastructure and Global Tax Competitiveness Act of 2014

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Delaney Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 12/12/2014

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Generic Drug Pricing Fairness Act [HB-5815] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Health ] [Defense ] [Military ]
Generic Drug Pricing Fairness Act - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require each contract entered into with a prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsor with respect to a PDP the sponsor offers to prohibit the PDP from entering into a contract with any pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) to manage the prescription drug coverage provided under such plan, or to control the costs of the prescription drug coverage under it, unless the PBM adheres to specified criteria when handling (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Loebsack Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Power. on 12/12/2014

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Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 [HB-5771] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ] [Energy ] [Pensions ] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Disabilities ] [Social Security ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Funding ]
(Although this measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House, the text was changed by H. Con. Res. 124, which made enrollment corrections, and the summary has been modified as necessary.) Division A: Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 - Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 - Title I: Certain Expiring Provisions - Subtitle A: Individual Tax Extenders - (Sec. 101) Extends through 2014: the tax deduction of expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers; the tax exclusion of imputed income from the discharge of indebtedness (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dave Camp Became Public Law No: 113-295. on 12/19/2014

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Stop Schemes and Crimes Against Medicare and Seniors (Stop SCAMS) Act [HB-5732] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Healthcare ] [Senior Citizens ] [Social Security ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Small Business ] [Criminal Justice ]
Stop Schemes and Crimes Against Medicare and Seniors (Stop SCAMS) Act - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act with respect to standards for financial and administrative transactions and their data elements to enable the electronic exchange of health information. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to adopt standards that: (1) ensure that any entity producing and transmitting valid transactions that include code sets for appropriate data elements is subject to a consistent, industry-wide framework that supports a seamless (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Theodore Deutch Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 11/21/2014

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Sanction Iran, Safeguard America Act of 2014 [HB-5709] [International ] [National Security ] [Trade ] [Defense ]
Sanction Iran, Safeguard America Act of 2014 or the SISA Act - Amends the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, and the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 to eliminate authority to waive sanctions relating to: transportation of crude oil from Iran; financial institutions that engage in certain transactions; the financial sector of Iran; persons (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Trent Franks Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 12/09/2014

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Homeowner Catastrophe Protection Act of 2013 [HB-549] [Insurance ] [Taxes ] [Disaster Relief ] [Housing ] [Property Tax ]
Homeowner Catastrophe Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow insurance companies (other than life insurance companies) to make tax deductible contributions to a tax-exempt policyholder disaster protection fund established by this Act for the payment of policyholders' claims arising from certain catastrophic events, such as windstorms, earthquakes, snowstorms, fires, tsunamis or floods, volcanic eruptions, or hail; (2) establish a tax-exempt Catastrophe Savings Account to help taxpayers pay for catastrophe expenses; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Theodore Deutch Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 02/06/2013

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To clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, to improve upon the definitions provided for points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction, and for other purposes. [HB-5461] [Finance ] [Insurance ] [Consumer Protection ] [Small Business ]
Title I: Insurance Capital Standards - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014 - (Sec. 102) Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) concerning establishment of minimum leverage and minimum risk-based capital requirements on a consolidated basis for a depository institution holding company or a nonbank financial company supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. States that federal banking agencies shall not be required to subject any person to such minimum capital requirements, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Scott Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 09/17/2014

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Letting Insurance Benefit Everyone Regardless of Their Youth (LIBERTY) Act [HB-544] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ] [Public Health ]
Letting Insurance Benefit Everyone Regardless of Their Youth (LIBERTY) Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to increase the permissible variation based on age for premium rates charged by a health insurance issuer for health insurance coverage offered in the individual or small group market from "3 to 1" for adults to "5 to 1" for adults, or such other ratio for adults as the state involved may provide. (The restrictions on premium variations enacted under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act apply to plan years beginning on or after (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/08/2013

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Captive Insurers Clarification Act [HB-5388] [Insurance ] [Taxes ] [Finance ]
Captive Insurers Clarification Act - Amends the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010 to define "captive insurance company" as an insurance company wholly owned directly or indirectly: (1) by a single parent company, and whose primary purpose is to insure the risks of that single parent company or its affiliates; (2) by a group of companies, and whose primary purpose is to insure the risks of that group or its affiliates; and (3) by an industry, trade, or service group or association, and whose primary purpose is to insure the risks of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Peter Welch Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 09/26/2014

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Guaranteed Health Coverage for Pre-Existing Conditions Act of 2014 [HB-5328] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ] [Public Health ]
Guaranteed Health Coverage for Pre-Existing Conditions Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to maintain, upon repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, the requirements that: (1) health insurance includes coverage for preexisting conditions; and (2) health insurers accept every employer and every individual in a group that applies for coverage in the group market and every individual that applies for coverage in the individual (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 08/01/2014

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Protecting Insurance Coverage for Sick Americans Act of 2014 [HB-5321] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ] [Public Health ]
Protecting Insurance Coverage for Sick Americans Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to maintain, upon repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, restrictions on health insurers rescinding or cancelling an enrollee's coverage.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 08/01/2014

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Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 Reauthorization Act of 2013 [HB-508] [Insurance ] [National Security ]
Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 Reauthorization Act of 2013 or the TRIA Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to extend the Terrorism Insurance Program until December 31, 2019 (under current law the Program expires on December 31, 2014). Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to collect all required terrorism loss risk-spreading premiums for any act of terrorism that occurs on or after January 1, 2012, by September 30, 2024 (currently, by September 30, 2017).

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 02/05/2013

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To require the Federal Insurance Office to carry out a study on illegal steering and redlining in the insurance industry. [HB-5067] [Insurance ] [Consumer Protection ] [Housing ] [Real Estate ] [Finance ] [Data Privacy ]
Requires the Director of the Federal Insurance Office (in the Department of the Treasury) to study whether the insurance industry engages in the illegal practices of insurance steering or redlining, including an investigation of insurance products, pricing, promotions, and placement of services being offered to consumers in the United States.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lacy Clay Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 07/10/2014

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Balancing Act [HB-505] [Taxes ] [Energy ] [Defense ] [International ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Budget and Spending ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Infrastructure ] [Education ] [Veterans ] [Construction ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Military ]
Balancing Act - Title I: Repeal Sequester - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011, to repeal certain sequestration requirements for enforcement of a specified budget goal. Title II: Close Tax Loopholes to Achieve Balance - Subtitle A: 28 Percent Limitation on Certain Deductions and Exclusions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit tax deductions and other tax exclusions for taxpayers whose adjusted gross income exceeds $200,000 ($250,000 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 04/23/2013

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TRIA Reform Act of 2014 [HB-4871] [Insurance ] [Small Business ] [Finance ] [National Security ]
TRIA Reform Act of 2014 - Title I: TRIA Reform - (Sec. 102) Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (TRIA) to extend the Terrorism Insurance Program through December 31, 2019, and to revise requirements for the Program. (Sec. 103) Requires the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary), before certifying an act of terrorism, to consult with the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) instead of obtaining concurrence with the Secretary of State (as under current law). Repeals the prohibition against certifying an act of terrorism if resulting property (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Pete Olson Reported (amended) By The Committee On Financial Services. H. Rept. 113-523. on 07/16/2014

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Health Care Fairness and Stability Act [HB-4735] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ]
Health Care Fairness and Stability Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to provide a temporary shift in the scheduled collection of payments for the transitional reinsurance program intended to help stabilize premiums for coverage in the individual health insurance markets from 2014 through 2016. Amends PPACA to delay the collection of reinsurance payments from health insurance issuers and third party administrators of certain self-insured group health plans until January 1, 2018. Amends PPACA to change the formula (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Nolan Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/23/2014

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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the alternative tax liability limitation for small property and casualty insurance companies. [HB-4647] [Insurance ] [Taxes ] [Small Business ]
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the eligibility of certain small insurance companies (other than life insurance companies) for the alternative corporate income tax by increasing the premium limitation used to determine such eligibility to $2.025 million (from $1.2 million), with an annual inflation adjustment after 2014.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Loebsack Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 05/09/2014

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Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act of 2014 [HB-4558] [Insurance ] [Disaster Relief ]
Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act of 2014 - Amends the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 to redefine "private flood insurance" to include a policy issued an insurance company that is eligible as a nonadmitted insurer to provide insurance in the state or jurisdiction where the property to be insured is located.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 05/01/2014

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Policyholder Protection Act of 2014 [HB-4557] [Insurance ] [Finance ]
Policyholder Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to declare that any regulation, order, or other action of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System that requires a bank holding company to provide funds or other assets to a subsidiary depository institution shall not be effective nor enforceable with respect to an entity that is a savings and loan holding company that is also an insurance company, an affiliate of an insured depository institution that is an insurance company, or any other company that is (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ann Wagner Hearings Held By The Subcommittee On Housing And Insurance Prior To Referral. on 05/20/2014

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