Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act [HB-893]
Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue up to 50,000 $5 gold coins, 350,000 $1 silver coins, and 300,000 half-dollar clad coins to commemorate the centennial of the founding of Father Flanagan's Boys Town. (Sec. 4) Requires the design of the coins to be emblematic of the 100 years of Boys Town, one of the largest nonprofit child care agencies in the United States. (Sec. 5) Permits issuance of such coins only between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2017. (Sec. 7) Subjects all
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HB-893: Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Signed By President. on 07/06/2015
Innovation Act [HB-9]
Innovation Act (Sec. 3) Directs a party alleging patent infringement in a civil action to include in the court pleadings, unless the information is not accessible after a reasonable inquiry, specified details concerning: all claims necessary to produce the identification of each process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter ("accused instrumentalities") alleged to infringe any claim of each patent allegedly infringed; the name, model number, or description of each accused instrumentality; where each element of each claim is found within,
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HB-9: Innovation Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. Hearings Held. on 02/25/2016
Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2015 [HB-911]
Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2015 Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue an order to require: (1) the installation of secondary barriers, other than the cockpit door, to prevent access to the flight deck of each covered aircraft; (2) such barriers on the aircraft with a cockpit door to remain locked while the aircraft is in flight and the cockpit door separating the flight deck and the passenger area is open; and (3) such barriers on the aircraft without a cockpit door to remain locked as determined by the pilot
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HB-911: Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Aviation. on 02/13/2015
Voices for Veterans Act [HB-915]
Voices for Veterans Act Expands the membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. Terminates the Commission on December 31, 2017 (currently, 2015).
HB-915: Voices for Veterans Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 03/06/2015
Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act of 2016 [HB-921]
Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act of 2016 Provides that for purposes of medical professional liability insurance or civil and criminal malpractice liability determinations, a physician or athletic trainer (covered sports medicine professional) who is authorized to practice medicine in a state (primary state) and who provides medical services to an athlete or athletic team in a state where such professional is not authorized to practice (secondary state) shall be deemed to have provided such medical services in the primary state, provided that
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HB-921: Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/13/2016
Healthy Families Act [HB-932]
Healthy Families Act Requires certain employers, who employ 15 or more employees for each working day during 20 or more workweeks a year, to permit each employee to earn at least 1 hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked. Authorizes small employers with fewer than 15 employees to provide the same paid sick time, but allows them to opt out. Requires any small employer that opts out to provide at least 56 hours of unpaid sick time to each employee per calendar year. Declares that an employer shall not be required to permit an employee to
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HB-932: Healthy Families Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 04/29/2015
Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2015 [HB-969]
Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2015 Includes as part of the Republic of Vietnam its territorial seas for purposes of the presumption of service connection for diseases associated with exposure by veterans to certain herbicide agents while in Vietnam.
HB-969: Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 03/06/2015
Social Security Fairness Act of 2015 [HB-973]
Social Security Fairness Act of 2015 Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal the government pension offset requirement applicable to and reducing husband's and wife's insurance benefits, widow's and widower's insurance benefits, and divorced mother's and divorced father's insurance benefits with respect to federal, state, or local government employees who receive a government pension and did not pay Social Security taxes during their years of government service, and so did not earn
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HB-973: Social Security Fairness Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 02/27/2015
Elder Justice Reauthorization Act [HB-988]
Elder Justice Reauthorization Act Reauthorizes the Elder Justice Act of 2009 and funding for its programs through FY2019. Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reauthorize through FY2019: (1) the National Training Institute for Federal and State Surveyors, and (2) grants by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to state agencies that perform surveys of skilled nursing facilities or nursing facilities.
HB-988: Elder Justice Reauthorization Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 04/29/2015