Youth Access to Sexual Health Services Act of 2016 [S.3360]
Youth Access to Sexual Health Services Act of 2016 This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to support the access of marginalized youth to sexual health services such as sexual health education and contraception. Marginalized youth are disadvantaged individuals under the age of 26. Grants may be awarded to state or local health or education agencies, public schools, nonprofit organizations, hospitals, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations. Grants may be used to: (1) provide sexual health information to marginalized
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S.3360: Youth Access to Sexual Health Services Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 09/20/2016
Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2016 [S.3367]
Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2016 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out major medical facility leases in specified amounts for: outpatient clinics in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Daytona Beach, Florida, Gainesville, Florida, Hampton Roads, Virginia, Missoula, Montana, northern Colorado, Ocala, Florida, Oxnard, California, Pike County, Georgia, Portland, Maine, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Santa Rosa, California; an outpatient mental health clinic and an outpatient specialty clinic in Birmingham, Alabama; research
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S.3367: Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 09/21/2016
Young Child Tax Credit Act [S.3451]
Young Child Tax Credit Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a new refundable tax credit based on the number of their qualifying children under the age of three and the taxpayer's adjusted gross income. Advance payments of credit amounts shall be made to taxpayers each month.
S.3451: Young Child Tax Credit Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 09/28/2016
Justice for Victims of Fraud Act of 2016 [S.3491]
Justice for Victims of Fraud Act of 2016 This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act and the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to prohibit predispute arbitration agreements with consumers (i.e., agreements to arbitrate any future disputes between parties instead of pursuing the claims in court) from being valid or enforceable in disputes related to credit card accounts or personal bank accounts that are not subject to a final judgment by a court if the credit card or bank account was not issued in response to a request or application for that account.
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S.3491: Justice for Victims of Fraud Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 12/01/2016
S.3525: Strengthening American Transportation Security Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Schatz
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S6924-6925; Text Of Measure As Introduced In Senate: Cr S6925-6926) on 12/08/2016
No Windfalls for Government Service Act [S.3527]
No Windfalls for Government Service Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a $1 million lifetime limitation on the nonrecognition of a taxpayer's gains from the sale of property pursuant to a certificate of divesture to comply with conflict-of-interest requirements for certain federal government positions.
S.3527: No Windfalls for Government Service Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 12/08/2016
Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2015 [S.358]
Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2015 Expands the TRICARE health care program managed by the Department of Defense (DOD) to entitle additional female beneficiaries and dependents to care related to the prevention of pregnancy. (Currently, such care is limited to certain female members of the uniformed service or a reserve component performing active duty or certain servicewomen performing inactive-duty training.) Prohibits cost-sharing from being imposed or collected for such pregnancy prevention care, including
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S.358: Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 02/04/2015