United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Preservation Act [HB-4678]
United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Preservation Act (Sec. 3) This bill prohibits any action to modify, abrogate, or replace the stipulations, agreements, and commitments contained in the Guantanamo Lease Agreements, or to impair or abandon the jurisdiction and control of the United States over United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, unless specifically authorized or otherwise provided by: a statute enacted on or after the enactment of this Act; a treaty ratified with the advice and consent of the Senate on or after enactment of
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HB-4678: United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Preservation Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Yoho
Reported By The Committee On Foreign Affairs. H. Rept. 114-496. on 04/15/2016
Fairness for Veterans Act of 2016 [HB-4683]
Fairness for Veterans Act of 2016 This bill addresses medical evidence reviews in the case of: (1) a former member of the Armed Forces who was deployed in a contingency operation and subsequently diagnosed as suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury as a consequence of such deployment, or (2) a former member whose application for relief from the terms of his or her military discharge is based in whole or in part on matters relating to post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury related to combat or military
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HB-4683: Fairness for Veterans Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 03/21/2016
Gender Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2016 [HB-4718]
Gender Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2016 This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to establish a Gender Diversity Advisory Group, composed of government, academic, and private sector representatives, to study strategies to increase gender diversity among the members of the boards of directors of issuers. The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is amended to direct the SEC, by rule, to require each issuer to disclose, in any proxy or consent solicitation material for an annual shareholders meeting, the gender composition
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HB-4718: Gender Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Don Beyer
Introduced In House on 03/07/2016
Protecting Taxpayers by Recovering Improper Obamacare Subsidy Overpayments Act [HB-4723]
Protecting Taxpayers by Recovering Improper Obamacare Subsidy Overpayments Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the limitation on the increase in tax imposed upon certain low-income families for advance payments of the tax credit for health insurance premium assistance that exceed the allowable amount of such credit.
HB-4723: Protecting Taxpayers by Recovering Improper Obamacare Subsidy Overpayments Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Meehan
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Ways And Means. H. Rept. 114-475. on 03/23/2016
Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act [HB-4730]
Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act This bill establishes a three-year reauthorization, rescission, and termination schedule for unauthorized programs funded through the annual appropriations process. The schedule applies to programs included in the Congressional Budget Office's annual report listing programs that are funded through the appropriations process and have an authorization of appropriations that has either expired or will expire during the year. After a program's authorization has expired, the bill limits the program's funding in
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HB-4730: Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wittman
Introduced In House on 03/14/2016
Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2016 [HB-4764]
Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), through the Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation, to carry out a five-year pilot program under which the VA shall provide service dogs and veterinary health insurance to certain veterans who: (1) served on active duty on or after September 11, 2001; and (2) were diagnosed with, and continue to suffer from, post-traumatic stress disorder. The provision of a service dog shall be done in addition to other types
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HB-4764: Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Introduced In House on 03/16/2016
HB-4770: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide appropriate rules for the application of the deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities with respect to certain contract manufacturing or production arrangements.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Joyce
Introduced In House on 03/16/2016
You have voted HB-4770: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide appropriate rules for the application of the deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities with respect to certain contract manufacturing or production arrangements..
Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act [HB-4773]
Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act This bill declares that the proposed or the final rule of the Department of Labor entitled "Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees" shall cease to have any force or effect. The rule revises the "white collar" exemption of executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees from minimum wage and maximum hour, or overtime, requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA). If the
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HB-4773: Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Introduced In House on 03/17/2016