Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2015 [HB-1217]
Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2015 Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to reauthorize for FY2016-FY2019 the grant program for improvements to the criminal history record system. Amends the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to: (1) establish a four-year implementation plan to ensure maximum coordination and automation of reporting of records or making records available to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System; (2) direct the Attorney General to make grants to states, Indian tribal governments,
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HB-1217: Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 03/31/2015
Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015 [HB-1220]
Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests (in order to cover 100% of their cost under Medicare part B [Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled]), regardless of the code billed for a diagnosis as a result of a test, or for the removal of tissue or other procedure furnished in connection with, as a result of, and in the same clinical encounter as the screening test.
HB-1220: Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/27/2015
HELLPP Act Helping Ensure Life- and Limb-Saving Access to Podiatric Physicians Act [HB-1221]
HELLPP Act Helping Ensure Life- and Limb-Saving Access to Podiatric Physicians Act Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to include podiatrists as physicians in order to cover their services under the Medicaid program. Amends SSAct title XVIII (Medicare) to revise requirements for coverage of therapeutic shoes for individuals with diabetes regarding the processes of: (1) documentation by a physician of, and certification of a comprehensive plan of care related to, the diabetic condition; (2) prescription by a podiatrist
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HB-1221: HELLPP Act Helping Ensure Life- and Limb-Saving Access to Podiatric Physicians Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/27/2015
Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act of 2015 [HB-1229]
Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act of 2015 Amends the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to study and identify any potential threats to privacy protections posed by the integration of unmanned aircraft (drone) systems into the national airspace system, including any potential violations of privacy principles. Directs the Secretary to establish certain procedures to allow for civil operation in the national airspace system of small drone systems that do not meet expedited operational authorization
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HB-1229: Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commerce, Manufacturing, And Trade. on 03/06/2015
Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act [HB-1232]
Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act Revises the Department of Defense's (DOD's) authority to transfer excess personal property to federal and state law enforcement agencies. Removes DOD's authority to transfer property for counter-drug activities. Requires recipients of DOD property to certify that they: (1) have personnel, technical capacity, and training to operate the property; and (2) will return to DOD any property that is surplus to the recipient's needs. Requires recipients that are not federal agencies to certify that they have notified
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HB-1232: Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Readiness. on 08/13/2015
Pet and Women Safety Act of 2015 [HB-1258]
Pet and Women Safety Act of 2015 Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit threats or acts of violence against a person's pet under the offenses of stalking and interstate violation of a protection order. Defines "pet" to mean a domesticated animal that is kept for pleasure rather than for commercial purposes. Requires the "full amount of the victim's losses" for purposes of restitution in domestic violence and stalking offenses to include any costs incurred for veterinary services relating to physical care for the victim's pet. Directs the Department
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HB-1258: Pet and Women Safety Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 03/31/2015
American Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 2015 [HB-1260]
American Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax credits with a new American Opportunity Tax Credit that: (1) allows an income tax credit of up to $2,500 of the qualified tuition and related expenses of a student who is carrying at least one half of a normal course load, (2) increases the income threshold for reductions in the credit amount based upon modified adjusted gross income, (3) allows a lifetime dollar limitation on such credit of $15,000 for all taxable
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HB-1260: American Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 03/04/2015
Vision Zero Act of 2015 [HB-1274]
Vision Zero Act of 2015 This bill authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to award grants to a city, town, township, borough, county, parish, district, village, or other political subdivision of a state to develop a Vision Zero plan to eliminate transportation-related fatalities and serious injuries in its jurisdiction within 10 years. The total number of grants awarded is limited to 5. At least 25% of funds made available for this Act shall be used to make grants to eligible entities serving a jurisdiction with a population of under 200,000.
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HB-1274: Vision Zero Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E314) on 03/06/2015
Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2015 [HB-1278]
Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2015 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish the Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Program to provide grants in each of FY2016-FY2020 for programs or projects to increase the resiliency or adaptability of water systems to any ongoing or forecasted changes to the hydrologic conditions of a U.S. region. A water system is a community water system, a treatment works, a decentralized wastewater treatment system for domestic sewage, a groundwater
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HB-1278: Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 03/23/2015
Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2015 [HB-1282]
Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2015 Prohibits a person from transporting a horse in interstate commerce in a motor vehicle (except a vehicle operated exclusively on rail or rails) containing two or more levels stacked on top of one another. Prescribes civil penalties for persons who knowingly violate such prohibition.
HB-1282: Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 03/05/2015