Stop Child Summer Hunger Act of 2015 [HB-2715]
Stop Child Summer Hunger Act of 2015 This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Department of Agriculture to establish a program providing eligible households with summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards in order to give children access to food during the summer months to: (1) reduce or eliminate children's food insecurity and hunger, and (2) improve their nutritional status. An "eligible household" is a household that includes one or more children who are eligible to receive free or reduced price meals
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HB-2715: Stop Child Summer Hunger Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 11/16/2015
Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act [HB-2722]
Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue up to 50,000 $5 gold coins (to be made of "pink gold" containing at least 75% gold), 400,000 $1 silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar clad coins emblematic of the fight against breast cancer. (Sec. 4) The Treasury shall: select the design for the coins based upon the winning design from a juried, compensated design competition following certain specifications; and issue the coins only during the one-year period beginning on
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HB-2722: Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Became Public Law No: 114-148. (txt | Pdf) on 04/29/2016
Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2015 [HB-2737]
Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2015 Directs the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to make appropriate arrangements for the award of a single Congressional Gold Medal to the Filipino Veterans of World War II in recognition of their dedicated service during World War II. Requires that the medal, following its award, be given to the Smithsonian Institution where it will be available for research and for display at other appropriate locations associated with such veterans.
HB-2737: Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 06/11/2015
Global Democracy Promotion Act [HB-2740]
Global Democracy Promotion Act States that, with respect to eligibility for assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, foreign nongovernmental organizations shall not be ineligible for such assistance solely on the basis of health or medical services provided by such organizations with non-U.S. government funds if such services do not violate the laws of the country in which they are being provided and would not violate U.S. federal law if provided in the United States. Declares in addition that foreign nongovernmental organizations
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HB-2740: Global Democracy Promotion Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 06/11/2015
FAST Act Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine Act [HB-2799]
FAST Act Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine Act This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) expand access to certain stroke telehealth services to any originating site at which the eligible telehealth individual is located at the time the service is furnished, regardless of where the site is located; and (2) waive the facility fee for certain such originating sites.
HB-2799: FAST Act Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/23/2015
Keep Our Pension Promises Act [HB-2844]
Keep Our Pension Promises Act This bill repeals the elimination of the pension anti-cutback provisions under the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014. The anti-cutback provisions prohibit reductions in pension benefits to participants in multiemployer pension plans. The bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to allow a plan sponsor of an eligible multiemployer plan to petition the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation for a partition of a financially-troubled pension plan. PBGC is required to establish a legacy
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HB-2844: Keep Our Pension Promises Act
Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 11/16/2015
Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2015 [HB-2849]
Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2015 This bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to revise the list of permissible sources of dogs and cats used by research facilities to include dogs and cats obtained: (1) from a licensed dealer, (2) from a publicly owned and operated pound or shelter that meets specified requirements, (3) by donation from a person who bred and raised the dog or cat or owned it for not less than one year, or (4) from a research facility licensed by the Department of Agriculture. The requirements pertaining to sources apply to dogs
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HB-2849: Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 06/23/2015
Stop Overdose Stat Act of 2015 [HB-2850]
Stop Overdose Stat Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to enter into cooperative agreements to reduce deaths from drug overdoses by: (1) purchasing and distributing naloxone (a medication that rapidly reverses overdose from heroin or other drugs with effects similar to opium) or a similar drug; and (2) educating or training the public, first responders, or health professionals on drug overdose prevention or response. SAMHSA must establish a coordinating
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HB-2850: Stop Overdose Stat Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/26/2015
Humane Cosmetics Act [HB-2858]
Humane Cosmetics Act This bill prohibits testing cosmetics on animals, effective on the date that is one year after enactment of this Act. No cosmetic may be sold or transported if the final product or any component was developed or manufactured using animal testing after such date, effective three years after enactment of this Act.
HB-2858: Humane Cosmetics Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/26/2015
Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2015 [HB-2867]
Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2015 This bill amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to allow a representative official of an Indian tribe, with authorization from the governing body of the tribe, to request one or more polling places to be located on tribal lands. The state or political subdivision shall provide each requested polling place at no expense to the Indian tribe if certain criteria are met. A federal court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce constitutional voting guarantees, but also certain violations of the Act as well as of any
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HB-2867: Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Motion To Discharge Committee Filed By Mr. Aguilar. Petition No: 114-4. ( ">discharge Petition Text With Signatures.) on 06/15/2016