Social Security Fairness Act of 2015 [S.1651]
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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S.1651: Social Security Fairness Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S4547-4548) on 06/23/2015
Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2015 [S.1659]
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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S.1659: Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S4604-4606) on 06/24/2015
DOCs for Veterans Act of 2015 Delivering Opportunities for Care and Services for Veterans Act of 2015 [S.1676]
DOCs for Veterans Act of 2015 Delivering Opportunities for Care and Services for Veterans Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to determining the number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) residents for payments to hospitals for direct graduate medical education (GME) costs, in particular the limitation on the total number of FTE residents in the field of allopathic or osteopathic medicine in a hospital's approved medical residency training program. In applying this limitation, the Department of Health
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S.1676: DOCs for Veterans Act of 2015 Delivering Opportunities for Care and Services for Veterans Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 10/06/2015
ROADS SAFE Act of 2015 Research of Alcohol Detection Systems for Stopping Alcohol-Related Fatalities Everywhere Act of 2015 [S.1703]
ROADS SAFE Act of 2015 Research of Alcohol Detection Systems for Stopping Alcohol-Related Fatalities Everywhere Act of 2015 This bill directs the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to: (1) carry out a collaborative research effort to continue to explore the feasibility and the potential benefits of, and public policy challenges associated with, more widespread deployment of in-vehicle technology to prevent alcohol-impaired driving; and (2) report annually to Congress.
S.1703: ROADS SAFE Act of 2015 Research of Alcohol Detection Systems for Stopping Alcohol-Related Fatalities Everywhere Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 06/25/2015
SURVIVE Act Securing Urgent Resources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment Act [S.1704]
SURVIVE Act Securing Urgent Resources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Indian Tribal Justice Act to rename the office supporting tribal justice systems and courts to the Office of Tribal Justice System Support and Victim Services and to expand the purpose of the office to include providing services to crime victims. The office must make grants to Indian tribes for crime victim compensation programs and services for crime victims, including: (1) domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, and child advocacy
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S.1704: SURVIVE Act Securing Urgent Resources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment Act
Sponsored by: Sen. John McCain
Committee On Indian Affairs. Reported By Senator Barrasso With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 114-172. on 12/03/2015
Bring Jobs Home Act [S.1737]
Bring Jobs Home Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) grant business taxpayers a tax credit for up to 20% of insourcing expenses incurred for eliminating a business located outside the United States and relocating it within the United States, and (2) deny a tax deduction for outsourcing expenses incurred in relocating a U.S. business outside the United States. Requires an increase in the taxpayer's employment of full-time employees in the United States in order to claim the tax credit for insourcing expenses.
S.1737: Bring Jobs Home Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/09/2015
Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act of 2015 [S.1740]
Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to change provisions that refer to married couples to make such provisions equally applicable to legally married same sex couples.
S.1740: Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S4957) on 07/09/2015
RECOVER Act Reducing the Effects of the Cyberattack on OPM Victims Emergency Response Act of 2015 [S.1746]
RECOVER Act Reducing the Effects of the Cyberattack on OPM Victims Emergency Response Act of 2015 Requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to provide each individual whose personally identifiable information was compromised during data breaches of personnel records of federal employees in a network maintained by the Department of the Interior or in OPM systems containing federal employee background investigations with comprehensive identity protection coverage that is effective for the life of the individual and that includes not less than
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S.1746: RECOVER Act Reducing the Effects of the Cyberattack on OPM Victims Emergency Response Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 07/09/2015
Restore Honor to Service Members Act [S.1766]
Restore Honor to Service Members Act Requires appropriate military record correction boards or discharge review boards to review the discharge characterization of any former members of the Armed Forces requesting a review who were discharged because of their sexual orientation. Permits such boards to change a characterization to honorable if such characterization is any characterization except honorable. Directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to ensure that any such changes are carried out consistently and uniformly across the military departments
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S.1766: Restore Honor to Service Members Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 07/15/2015
Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 [S.178]
Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 TITLE I--JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING (Sec. 101) This section amends the federal criminal code to impose an additional assessment until the end of FY2019 of $5,000 on any non-indigent person or entity convicted of an offense involving: (1) peonage, slavery, and trafficking in persons; (2) sexual abuse; (3) sexual exploitation and other abuse of children; (4) transportation for illegal sexual activity; or (5) human smuggling in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (exempting any individual
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S.178: Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Signed By President. on 05/29/2015