Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act [HB-1519]
Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act Directs the Secretary of Education to award National Classified School Employee of the Year Awards to classified public school employees within certain occupational specialties who provide exemplary service to students in prekindergarten through higher education. Requires the Secretary to choose an awardee each year, out of nominations received from each state, from one of the following occupational specialties: (1) paraprofessional services, (2) clerical and administrative services, (3)
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HB-1519: Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 11/16/2015
Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act [HB-1531]
Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (Sec. 2) Makes an employee of specified land management agencies in the Department of the Interior serving under a time-limited, including a temporary, appointment in the competitive service eligible to compete for a permanent appointment in any land management agency or any other agency if: (1) the original appointment was competitive, (2) the employee has served under one or more time-limited appointments totaling more than 24 months without a break of two or more years, and (3) the employee's performance
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HB-1531: Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
By Senator Johnson From Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Filed Written Report Under Authority Of The Order Of The Senate Of 08/05/2015. Report No. 114-123. on 08/28/2015
Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act [HB-1534]
Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY2015-FY2024: (1) for the research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) or procurement of a long-range penetrating bomber aircraft; (2) to procure an SSBN-X submarine (and prohibits the use of such funds for FY2025 and thereafter to procure more than eight such submarines); or (3) for the RDT&E or procurement of a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Prohibits the obligation
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HB-1534: Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Strategic Forces. on 08/13/2015
Close the Floodgates Act [HB-154]
Close the Floodgates Act Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended by the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, to repeal certain limits on separate contributions by persons or multicandidate political committees to political committees of a national political party which are not the authorized political committees of any candidate. Specifies those contributions used to defray expenses for: a presidential nominating convention; the construction, purchase, renovation, operation, and furnishing of party headquarters
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HB-154: Close the Floodgates Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr H160) on 01/09/2015
BREATHE Act Bringing Reductions to Energy's Airborne Toxic Health Effects Act [HB-1548]
BREATHE Act Bringing Reductions to Energy's Airborne Toxic Health Effects Act This bill amends the Clean Air Act to repeal prohibitions against: (1) aggregating emissions from any oil or gas exploration or production well and emissions from any pipeline compressor or pump station with emissions from other similar units, whether or not the units are in a contiguous area or under common control, to determine whether the units or stations are major sources of listed toxic air pollutants under such Act; (2) aggregating such emissions for any purpose
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HB-1548: BREATHE Act Bringing Reductions to Energy's Airborne Toxic Health Effects Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Power. on 03/27/2015
Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2015 [HB-1565]
Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2015 Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a creditor from extending credit to a consumer under an open end consumer credit plan (credit card) for which the fee and interest rate exceeds 36%. Sets forth criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Empowers state Attorneys General to enforce this Act. Revises requirements for a periodic statement for each billing cycle with respect to where the total finance charge exceeds 50 cents for a monthly or longer billing cycle, or the pro
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HB-1565: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Introduced In House on 03/24/2015
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2015 [HB-1571]
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to deem an individual receiving outpatient observation services in a hospital to be an inpatient with respect to satisfying the three-day inpatient hospital requirement in order to entitle the individual to Medicare coverage of any post-hospital extended care services in a skilled nursing facility.
HB-1571: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/07/2015
VETS Act of 2015 Veterans Education Tax Security Act of 2015 [HB-1581]
VETS Act of 2015 Veterans Education Tax Security Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of a veteran with a service-connected disability rated as total, or from the gross income of a parent or cosigner of a deceased veteran, income imputed from the discharge of student loan amounts under the Higher Education Act of 1965.
HB-1581: VETS Act of 2015 Veterans Education Tax Security Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 03/24/2015
REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act of 2015 Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage and Allow Legal HIV Discrimination Act of 2015 [HB-1586]
REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act of 2015 Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage and Allow Legal HIV Discrimination Act of 2015 Expresses the sense of Congress that federal and state laws, policies, and regulations regarding people living with HIV/AIDS should: (1) not place unique or additional burdens on such individuals solely as a result of their HIV status; and (2) demonstrate a public health-oriented, evidence-based, medically accurate, and contemporary understanding of HIV transmission, health implications, treatment, and the impact of punitive
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HB-1586: REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act of 2015 Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage and Allow Legal HIV Discrimination Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 08/13/2015