Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act of 2015 [S.2168]
Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act of 2015 This bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to analyze existing law enforcement accreditation standards, recommend additional areas for the development of national standards, recommend the adoption of additional standards, and adopt policies and procedures to encourage accreditation of law enforcement agencies. It authorizes DOJ to make grants to federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies to obtain accreditation from certified organizations. The legislation authorizes DOJ to
(continued...)
S.2168: Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Cardin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 10/08/2015
Women's Health Protection Act of 2015 [S.217]
Women's Health Protection Act of 2015 This bill prohibits any government from imposing on abortion services: a requirement that a medical professional perform specific tests or medical procedures; a requirement that the same clinician who performs a patient's abortion also perform additional tests, services or procedures; a limitation on an abortion provider's ability to prescribe or dispense drugs or provide services via telemedicine; a requirement or limitation concerning the physical plant, equipment, staffing, or hospital transfer arrangements
(continued...)
S.217: Women's Health Protection Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 01/21/2015
VETS Act of 2015 Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2015 [S.2170]
VETS Act of 2015 Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2015 Allows a health care professional who is authorized to provide health care through the Department of Veterans Affairs and who is licensed, registered, or certified in a state to practice his or her profession at any location in any state, regardless of where the professional or patient is located, if the professional is using telemedicine to provide treatment. Allows such treatment regardless of whether the professional or patient is located in a federally-owned facility.
S.2170: VETS Act of 2015 Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 11/18/2015
Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act [S.2185]
Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act 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. 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 January 1, 2018. All such
(continued...)
S.2185: Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 10/20/2015
Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2015 [S.2189]
Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2015 Amends the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA) to reauthorize and make permanent the program for the completion of appraisals and satisfaction of other legal requirements for the sale or exchange of public land identified for disposal in approved land use plans under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. Makes the FLTFA inapplicable to land eligible for sale under specified public land laws.
S.2189: Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 10/21/2015
Spectrum Relocation Fund Act of 2015 [S.2211]
Spectrum Relocation Fund Act of 2015 This bill amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to make amounts available from the Spectrum Relocation Fund (SRF) for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to pay federal entities for research and development activities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their use of electromagnetic spectrum under government station licenses in order to make frequencies available for: (1) reallocation for nonfederal use, shared federal and nonfederal use, or a combination
(continued...)
S.2211: Spectrum Relocation Fund Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 10/27/2015
Real Time Transparency Act [S.2212]
Real Time Transparency Act This bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to revise the requirement of a 48-hour notification of a campaign contribution of $1,000 or more to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and certain other officials by the principal campaign committee of a candidate for federal office. (Currently, a candidate's principal campaign committee is required to give a written 48-hour notification to the Secretary of the Senate or the FEC, and the Secretary of State, as appropriate, after the receipt of any contribution
(continued...)
S.2212: Real Time Transparency Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Angus King
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Rules And Administration. on 10/28/2015
Office of Strategic Services Congressional Gold Medal Act [S.2234]
Office of Strategic Services Congressional Gold Medal Act (Sec. 3) This bill requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal to the members of the Office of Strategic Services in recognition of their service and contributions during World War II. After the medal is awarded, it must be given to the Smithsonian Institution.
S.2234: Office of Strategic Services Congressional Gold Medal Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Became Public Law No: 114-269. on 12/14/2016
HANGUP Act Help Americans Never Get Unwanted Phone calls Act of 2015 [S.2235]
HANGUP Act Help Americans Never Get Unwanted Phone calls Act of 2015 This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 and the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 to repeal provisions that authorize the use of automated telephone equipment to call cellular telephones for the purpose of collecting debts owed to the U.S. government.
S.2235: HANGUP Act Help Americans Never Get Unwanted Phone calls Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 11/04/2015
Protecting Americans from the Proliferation of Weapons to Terrorists Act of 2015 [S.2239]
Protecting Americans from the Proliferation of Weapons to Terrorists Act of 2015 This bill prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds made available to the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, the National Security Agency, or any other U.S. agency or entity involved in intelligence activities for the purpose of, or in a manner which would have the effect of, supporting military or paramilitary operations in Syria. An exception is provided for funds obligated for non-lethal humanitarian assistance
(continued...)
S.2239: Protecting Americans from the Proliferation of Weapons to Terrorists Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Select Committee On Intelligence. on 11/04/2015