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Promoting Opportunity for Disability Benefit Applicants Act [S.1923]
Promoting Opportunity for Disability Benefit Applicants Act This bill amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to authorize the Social Security Administration to give individuals denied OASDI and SSI benefits based on an adverse determination of disability any information on appropriate public or private entities that provide employment services, vocational rehabilitation services, or other support services.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roy Blunt
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S6297-6299) on 08/04/2015
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Improving the Quality of Disability Decisions Act of 2015 [S.1922]
Improving the Quality of Disability Decisions Act of 2015 This bill amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to direct the Social Security Administration (SSA) to conduct pre-effectuation and post-effectuation quality reviews of hearing dispositions with respect to decisions in connection with applications for OASDI or SSI benefits, in a sufficient number to ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and other guidance. SSA shall report annually
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Sponsored by: Sen. Roy Blunt
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S6297-6299) on 08/04/2015
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National Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2015 [S.1795]
National Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide tax relief for disasters declared in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 by: allowing an election to expense qualified disaster expenses (i.e., for the abatement of hazardous substances, removal of debris, demolition, and repair of business-related property); increasing the tax deduction for charitable contributions for disaster relief for individual and corporate taxpayers; allowing through 2015 the deduction of losses and net operating losses attributable to disasters;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/16/2015
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Control Unlawful Fugitive Felons Act of 2015 [S.1758]
Control Unlawful Fugitive Felons Act of 2015 Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance), VIII (Special Benefits for Certain World War II Veterans), and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to prohibit from receiving benefits under those titles any individual who is the subject of: (1) an outstanding arrest warrant for a felony, or (2) an outstanding arrest warrant for violating a condition of prohibition or parole imposed under federal or state law. Directs the Social Security Administration (SSA) to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Daniel Coats
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S5153-5154) on 07/14/2015
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Treatment of Certain Payments in Eugenics Compensation Act [S.1698]
Treatment of Certain Payments in Eugenics Compensation Act (Sec. 2) This bill excludes payments made under a state eugenics compensation program from classification as income or resources for purposes of determining the eligibility of a recipient of such compensation for, or the amount of, any federal public benefit. The bill defines "state eugenics compensation program" as a state program for compensating individuals who were sterilized under the authority of the state.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Became Public Law No: 114-241. (txt | Pdf) on 10/07/2016
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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 [S.1695]
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 Provides FY2016 appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and several related agencies. Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2016 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Provides FY2016 appropriations for agencies and programs within the Department of Labor. Provides appropriations to the Employment and Training Administration for: Training and Employment Services, Job Corps, Community Service Employment
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Sponsored by: Sen. Roy Blunt
Committee On Appropriations. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Blunt. With Written Report No. 114-74. on 06/25/2015
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Taxpayer Bill of Rights Enhancement Act of 2015 [S.1578]
Taxpayer Bill of Rights Enhancement Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to provisions affecting taxpayer rights, to: direct the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to ensure that its employees are familiar with and act in accord with enumerated taxpayer rights; increase criminal and civil penalties for unauthorized disclosure or inspection of taxpayer information and allow punitive damages for willful unauthorized inspection or disclosure; prohibit the disclosure of taxpayer information to any contractor or other agent of a governmental
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/16/2015
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Fair Tax Act of 2015 [S.155]
Fair Tax Act of 2015 This bill is a tax reform proposal that imposes a national sales tax on the use or consumption in the United States of taxable property or services in lieu of the current income and corporate income tax, employment and self-employment taxes, and estate and gift taxes. The rate of the sales tax will be 23% in 2017, with adjustments to the rate in subsequent years. There are exemptions from the tax for used and intangible property, for property or services purchased for business, export, or investment purposes, and for state government
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Perdue
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S552-553) on 01/13/2015
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A bill to require a quarterly report by the Federal Communications Commission on the Lifeline program funded by the Universal Service Fund. [S.1545]
A bill to require a quarterly report by the Federal Communications Commission on the Lifeline program funded by the Universal Service Fund. Requires the Federal Communications Commission to submit a quarterly report to Congress regarding the Lifeline program, which provides discounts on telephone service to qualifying low-income consumers. Requires the reports to include: (1) aggregate expenditures on the program; (2) a list of each payment made to a participating telecommunications carrier for the provision of service through the program, including,
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Vitter
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 06/10/2015
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Stop Child Summer Hunger Act of 2015 [S.1539]
Stop Child Summer Hunger Act of 2015 This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Department of Agriculture to establish a program providing eligible households with summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards in order to give children access to food during the summer months to: (1) reduce or eliminate children's food insecurity and hunger, and (2) improve their nutritional status. An "eligible household" is a household that includes one or more children who are eligible to receive free or reduced price meals
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 06/10/2015
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Second Chance Reauthorization Act [S.1513]
Second Chance Reauthorization Act Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to revise and expand requirements for the Department of Justice (DOJ) grant program for adult and juvenile offender state and local reentry demonstration projects, including for planning and implementation and for promotion of employment opportunities, and to extend the program through FY2020. Sets forth criteria and priority considerations for DOJ to use in awarding grants. Amends the Second Chance Act of 2007 to extend through FY2020 the authorization
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 06/04/2015
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Broadband Adoption Act of 2015 [S.1472]
Broadband Adoption Act of 2015 Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt a final rule establishing support under the Universal Service Fund Lifeline Assistance Program for qualifying low-income consumers in urban and rural areas to purchase broadband Internet access service at reduced charges by reimbursing participating providers for each such consumer served. Requires the program to allow qualifying consumers to elect to apply support from the Lifeline program to basic telephone service,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 06/01/2015
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Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2015 [S.139]
Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Improving Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2009 to repeal the sunset of, and so extend indefinitely, the exclusion from resources under titles XVI (Supplemental Security Income) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, for eligibility purposes, of compensation in the amount of the first $2,000 per year received by individuals who participate in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Became Public Law No: 114-63. (txt | Pdf) on 10/07/2015
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Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2015 [S.1387]
Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2015 Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to increase from $240 to $1,344 (increased for inflation each calendar year after 2016) the first amount of general income per year excluded in determining SSI program eligibility. Increases from $780 to $4,368 (similarly increased) the first amount of earned income similarly excluded (including for a blind or disabled individual or spouse under age 65). Sets at: (1) $15,000 in calendar year 2016 (increased
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/19/2015
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Repeal Executive Amnesty Act of 2015 [S.129]
Repeal Executive Amnesty Act of 2015 This bill shifts from the Attorney General to the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) the authority to parole an alien temporarily into the United States, on a case-by-case basis, and in the Secretary's sole discretion, for an urgent humanitarian reasons or for another reason strictly in the public interest. A humanitarian parole is limited to: a medical emergency or organ or tissue donation in certain circumstances; or a situation in which a close family member in the United States is dying and the alien could
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Sponsored by: Sen. Roy Blunt
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/08/2015
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Welfare Abuse Prevention Act [S.1288]
Welfare Abuse Prevention Act This bill amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require any state receiving a TANF block grant to maintain policies and practices to ensure that cash assistance disbursed through an electronic benefit transfer card or an electronic payment card shall not be used to withdraw more than $25 per day from an automated teller machine or through a cash-back procedure at a point of sale terminal. The Department of Health and Human Services shall reduce to $0
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Vitter
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/12/2015
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Social Impact Partnership Act [S.1089]
Social Impact Partnership Act Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services and Elder Justice) of the Social Security Act to add a new part C (Social Impact Partnerships). Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to publish in the Federal Register a request for proposals from states or local governments for social impact partnership projects which produce a measurable, clearly defined outcome that results in social benefit, such as employment for the unemployed, high school graduation, and reduction of teen and unplanned pregnancies
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/27/2015
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Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2015 [S.1012]
Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to: (1) make permanent the reduction in the income threshold (from $10,000 to $3,000) for determining the refundable portion of the child tax credit, (2) eliminate the inflation adjustment to such amount, and (3) allow an annual inflation adjustment after 2014 to the $1,000 maximum credit amount and the adjusted gross income threshold amounts used to reduce the allowable amount of such credit. Modifies the earned
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/20/2015
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Honoring the life of Trayvon Martin, urging the repeal of Stand Your Ground laws, and calling on the United States Government to address the crisis of racial profiling. [HR-96]
Honoring the life of Trayvon Martin, urging the repeal of Stand Your Ground laws, and calling on the United States Government to address the crisis of racial profiling. Condemns unfounded reliance on Stand Your Ground laws to protect actions that extend far beyond historical use of self-defense. Urges state legislatures to reject or repeal Stand Your Ground legislation. Commits to developing incentives for states to find alternatives to such legislation, such as grants for community policing. Encourages states to create penalties for individuals
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Sponsored by: Rep. Frederica Wilson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 02/19/2015
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Expressing the sense of the House that a Contract with America should restore American competitiveness. [HR-22]
Expressing the sense of the House that a Contract with America should restore American competitiveness. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that a Contract with America should include a roadmap to restore American competitiveness by: simplifying the corporate tax structure with lower statutory rates and no loopholes; taxing overseas profits earned by American multinational companies only where they are earned; easing the immigration of highly skilled individuals; responsibly developing America's shale-gas and oil reserves; aggressively
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Rice
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 03/02/2015