Medicare Premium Fairness Act of 2015 [HB-3696]
Medicare Premium Fairness Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) prevent 2016 increases to Medicare Part B premiums and deductibles for enrollees, and (2) authorize federal funding to offset the corresponding reduction in aggregate monthly premiums. Under current law, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must annually determine the monthly actuarial rate upon which Part B premiums and deductibles are based. The bill temporarily freezes that rate at the 2015 level for enrollees, effectively
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HB-3696: Medicare Premium Fairness Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 10/09/2015
Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2015 [HB-3706]
Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2015 This bill directs the President to: establish a five-year strategy to achieve, with target countries and donors, the goal of ending preventable maternal, newborn, and child deaths globally and ensure healthy and productive lives within a generation; and provide assistance to implement the strategy. The President shall designate a current U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employee serving in the Senior Executive Service or at the level of a Deputy Assistant Administrator or higher to serve
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HB-3706: Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 10/07/2015
Prevent a December Government Shutdown Act [HB-3708]
Prevent a December Government Shutdown Act This bill requires the congressional leadership of both parties to appoint an equal number of individuals to negotiate legislation to: (1) increase the security and nonsecurity discretionary spending limits equally for FY2016, and (2) reduce the deficit by the amount deemed appropriate. If a majority of the appointees approve the measure, Congress must consider the legislation using expedited legislative procedures included in the Budget Control Act of 2011. If the legislation is not enacted prior to November
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HB-3708: Prevent a December Government Shutdown Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 10/08/2015
Housing Fairness Act of 2015 Veterans, Women, Families with Children, Race, and Persons with Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2015 [HB-372]
Housing Fairness Act of 2015 Veterans, Women, Families with Children, Race, and Persons with Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2015 Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to conduct a nationwide testing program to: (1) detect and document differences in the treatment of persons seeking to rent or purchase housing or obtain or refinance a home mortgage loan; (2) measure patterns of adverse treatment because of the race, color, religion, sex, familial status, disability status, or national origin of a renter, home buyer, or borrower;
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HB-372: Housing Fairness Act of 2015 Veterans, Women, Families with Children, Race, and Persons with Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 01/14/2015
You have voted HB-372: Housing Fairness Act of 2015 Veterans, Women, Families with Children, Race, and Persons with Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2015.
Health Insurance Rate Review Act [HB-3727]
Health Insurance Rate Review Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to declare that federal requirements that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) review unreasonable premium increases in health care coverage do not prohibit a state from imposing additional rate requirements on health insurance issuers that are more protective of consumers. The review is expanded to include all rate increases, not only premium increases. HHS or the relevant state insurance commissioner or state regulator must ensure that any excessive, unjustified,
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HB-3727: Health Insurance Rate Review Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 10/09/2015
Prioritizing Energy-Efficient Renewables Act of 2015 [HB-3733]
Prioritizing Energy-Efficient Renewables Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the tax credit for producing electricity from wind, geothermal and solar energy, hydropower, and marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy facilities; (2) repeal the tax deduction for intangible drilling and development costs for oil and gas wells; (3) repeal the tax deduction for income attributable to the production, refining, transportation, or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any primary product thereof; and (4) repeal the
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HB-3733: Prioritizing Energy-Efficient Renewables Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 10/09/2015
Access to Marketplace Insurance Act [HB-3742]
Access to Marketplace Insurance Act This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require health insurers to accept, on behalf of individuals enrolled in qualified health plans, payments made by certain third parties, including state and federal government programs, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations, and certain tax exempt organizations. (Qualified health plans are eligible for subsidies and fulfill an individual's requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage.)
HB-3742: Access to Marketplace Insurance Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 10/16/2015
Carbon Pollution Transparency Act of 2015 [HB-3748]
Carbon Pollution Transparency Act of 2015 This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to calculate a carbon score for legislation. The carbon score is the projected net greenhouse gas emissions that would result from: (1) enactment and implementation of a bill or resolution, and (2) the appropriation of any amounts authorized in the legislation. The CBO must include the carbon score in cost estimates for reported legislation that are submitted to congressional committees pursuant to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
HB-3748: Carbon Pollution Transparency Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Pocan
Introduced In House on 10/09/2015
Federal Student Loan Refinancing Act [HB-3751]
Federal Student Loan Refinancing Act This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow borrowers that received loans under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (DL) or Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program on or after July 1, 2006, to consolidate those loans as Federal Direct Consolidation Loans. It directs the Department of Education (ED) to consolidate DLs, and send a completed loan consolidation application to FFEL borrowers, within 90 days of this bill's enactment. It gives FFEL borrowers six
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HB-3751: Federal Student Loan Refinancing Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Cardenas
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 03/23/2016