Sen. Jon Tester

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Bills Introduced 313

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US Congress 114th Congress

A bill to establish a scorekeeping rule to ensure that increases in guarantee fees of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shall not be used to offset provisions that increase the deficit. [S.752]
A bill to establish a scorekeeping rule to ensure that increases in guarantee fees of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shall not be used to offset provisions that increase the deficit. This bill prohibits increases in Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) guarantee fees from being used in the Senate to determine the budgetary impact for evaluating budget points of order. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac purchase mortgages and charge the fees to guarantee the payment of principal and interest. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Shelby Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Budget. on 03/17/2015

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A bill to require the termination of any employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs who is found to have retaliated against a whistleblower. [S.788]
A bill to require the termination of any employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs who is found to have retaliated against a whistleblower. Requires the termination of any employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs who is found to have: retaliated or threatened to retaliate against any employee or applicant for employment for disclosing what the employee or applicant reasonably believes to be a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Claire McCaskill Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 03/18/2015

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Policyholder Protection Act of 2015 [S.798]
Policyholder Protection Act of 2015 Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to declare that any regulation, order, or other action of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System that requires a bank holding company to provide funds or other assets to a subsidiary depository institution shall not be effective nor enforceable with respect to an entity that is a savings and loan holding company that is also an insurance company, an affiliate of an insured depository institution that is an insurance company, or any other company that is an (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Subcommittee On Securities, Insurance, And Investment. Hearings Held. on 04/30/2015

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Medicare CGM Access Act of 2015 [S.804]
Medicare CGM Access Act of 2015 Medicare CGM Access Act of 2015 - This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices furnished to a CGM qualified individual. The Department of Health and Human Services must establish a fee schedule and ensure that CGM qualified individuals are furnished with appropriate device components.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S1663-1664) on 03/19/2015

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Fair BEER Act Fair Brewers Excise and Economic Relief Act [S.807]
Fair BEER Act Fair Brewers Excise and Economic Relief Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the excise tax on beer brewed or produced, and removed for consumption or sale, within the United States or imported into the United States. The revised tax ranges from $0 for an amount not exceeding 7,143 barrels to $18 per barrel on an amount exceeding 2 million barrels.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jon Tester Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/19/2015

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CLEAR Relief Act of 2015 Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act of 2015 [S.812]
CLEAR Relief Act of 2015 Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act of 2015 Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to exempt from its rules regarding management assessment of internal controls the following institutions which, as of the end of the preceding fiscal year, had total consolidated assets of $1 billion or less (adjusted annually according to a certain formula): (1) a bank holding company, (2) a savings and loan holding company, or (3) an insured depository institution. Amends the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) to require the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. Hearings Held. on 04/16/2015

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Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2016 [S.827]
Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require intermediate providers that offer the capability to transmit voice communications and signaling information from one destination to another, and that charge a rate to any other entity (including an affiliated entity) for such a transmission, to: (1) register with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and (2) comply with service quality standards to be established by the FCC. An "intermediate provider" is an entity that: (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. Reported By Senator Thune With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 114-383. on 11/28/2016

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CARE for Reservists Act of 2015 Care and Readiness Enhancement for Reservists Act of 2015 [S.832]
CARE for Reservists Act of 2015 Care and Readiness Enhancement for Reservists Act of 2015 Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to provide care for behavioral health conditions to any member of the Selected Reserve for whom such Secretary determines, based on the member's most recent medical exam or mental health assessment, that the receipt of such care will ensure that the member meets applicable standards of medical readiness. Provides funding for such care through the Defense Health Program. Authorizes the Secretary of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jon Tester Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 03/23/2015

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Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2015 [S.851]
Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2015 Prohibits a state or local jurisdiction from imposing multiple or discriminatory taxes on the sale or use of a digital good or service delivered or transferred electronically to a customer. Excludes from the definition of "digital service" a service that is predominantly attributable to the direct, contemporaneous expenditure of live human effort, skill, or expertise, a telecommunications service, an ancillary service, an Internet access service, an audio or video programming service, or a hotel (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/24/2015

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Health Outcomes, Planning, and Education (HOPE) for Alzheimer's Act of 2015 [S.857]
Health Outcomes, Planning, and Education (HOPE) for Alzheimer's Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover comprehensive Alzheimer's disease care planning services.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/25/2015

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