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Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act [HB-6342]
[Animals ]
[Public Safety ]
Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act
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America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015 [HB-636]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Inflation ]
America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent after 2014 the $500,000 allowance for the expensing of depreciable business property (section 179 property) and the $2 million threshold after which the amount of such allowance is reduced. Both the allowance and the threshold amount are indexed for inflation for taxable years beginning after 2015. The allowance is also made permanent for computer software and qualified real property (i.e., qualified leasehold improvement property,
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Permanent IRA Charitable Contribution Act of 2015 [HB-637]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Retirement ]
Permanent IRA Charitable Contribution Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the exclusion from gross income of distributions from individual retirement accounts made for charitable purposes. (Sec. 3) This provision exempts the budgetary effects of this Act from entry on PAYGO scorecards under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
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Private Foundation Excise Tax Simplification Act of 2015 [HB-640]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Nonprofit ]
Private Foundation Excise Tax Simplification Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reduce from 2% to 1% the excise tax rate on the net investment income of tax-exempt private foundations, and (2) repeal the 1% reduction in such tax rate for private foundations that meet certain distribution requirements. (Sec. 3) Excludes the budgetary effects of this Act from PAYGO scorecards.
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Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015 [HB-641]
[Taxes ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Real Estate ]
Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent after 2014 the tax deduction for charitable contributions by individuals and corporations of real property interests for conservation purposes. The bill also allows a tax deduction for conservation contributions made by a Native Corporation of land conveyed under the Alaska Claims Settlement Act.
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Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2016 [HB-6421]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Education ]
[Human Rights ]
Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department of Education (ED), when reviewing whether there has been a violation of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance) based on an individual's actual or perceived shared Jewish ancestry or Jewish ethnic characteristics, to consider the definition of "anti-Semitism" as part of its assessment of whether the alleged practice was motivated by anti-Semitic
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America Gives More Act of 2015 [HB-644]
[Trade ]
[Small Business ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[International ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
America Gives More Act of 2015 TITLE I--TRADE FACILITATION AND TRADE ENFORCEMENT (Sec. 101) This bill directs the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to ensure that CBP partnership programs, such as the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, provide trade benefits to importers, exporters, and certain other private sector entities that meet program requirements. (Sec. 102) The Government Accountability Office (GAO) shall report to Congress on the effectiveness of CBP enforcement of U.S. customs and trade laws (trade enforcement). (Sec.
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Veterans Equal Access Act [HB-667]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
Veterans Equal Access Act Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to authorize VA health care providers to: (1) provide veterans with recommendations and opinions regarding participation in their state's marijuana programs, and (2) complete forms reflecting such recommendations and opinions.
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Special Needs Trust Fairness and Medicaid Improvement Act [HB-670]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Special Needs Trust Fairness and Medicaid Improvement Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act with respect to the treatment of revocable trusts for the benefit of an individual for purposes of meeting income requirements for Medicaid coverage. The bill extends the supplemental needs trust exemption from treatment of a trust as resources available to the individual to supplemental needs trusts for Medicaid beneficiaries established by those beneficiaries. (Sec. 3) Medicaid coverage of tobacco cessation services
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Pets on Trains Act of 2015 [HB-674]
[Animals ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Pets on Trains Act of 2015 Directs the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to propose a pet policy that allows passengers to transport domesticated cats or dogs on certain Amtrak trains. Requires Amtrak to collect a fee for each cat or dog transported by a ticketed passenger to cover administrative costs. Declares that the proposed policy shall be separate from and in addition to the policy governing Amtrak passengers traveling with service animals.