Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2015 [HB-1175]
Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2015 This bill requires the Department of Commerce to: (1) establish a Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Fund to ensure that U.S. clean energy technology firms have the information and assistance they need to be competitive and to create clean energy technology sector jobs; and (2) administer the Fund to promote policies that will reduce production costs and encourage innovation, investment, and productivity in the clean energy technology sector, and implement
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HB-1175: Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Terrorism, Nonproliferation, And Trade. on 03/20/2015
Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act [HB-1188]
Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to prohibit an insured credit union from making any member business loan that would result in the total amount of such loans outstanding at that credit union at any one time exceeding either: (1) 1.75 times the actual net worth of the credit union, or (2) 12.25% of the total assets of the credit union. Authorizes the National Credit Union Administration Board to approve an application by an insured credit union to make one or more member business loans that would result
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HB-1188: Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Introduced In House on 03/02/2015
National Clinical Care Commission Act [HB-1192]
National Clinical Care Commission Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to establish within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the National Clinical Care Commission to evaluate and recommend solutions regarding better coordination and leveraging of federal programs that relate to supporting clinical care for individuals with a complex metabolic or autoimmune disease, diabetes, or complications caused by such a disease. The duties of the commission include: evaluating HHS programs regarding the utilization of
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HB-1192: National Clinical Care Commission Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 11/15/2016
Accelerating the End of Breast Cancer Act of 2015 [HB-1197]
Accelerating the End of Breast Cancer Act of 2015 Directs the President to establish the Commission to Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer to help end breast cancer by January 1, 2020. Directs the Commission to: (1) identify opportunities and ideas within government and the private sector that are key components in achieving the end of breast cancer and which have been overlooked, yet are ripe for collaboration and investment; (2) recommend projects to leverage such opportunities and ideas in the areas of the primary prevention of breast cancer
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HB-1197: Accelerating the End of Breast Cancer Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/06/2015
Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendments Act [HB-1198]
Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendments Act Extends federal employee protections against adverse personnel actions, including the right to appeal such actions to the Merit Systems Protection Board, to any officer or employee of the U.S. Postal Service who is not represented by a bargaining representative and is in a supervisory, professional, technical, clerical, administrative, or managerial position covered by the Executive and Administrative Schedule.
HB-1198: Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendments Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 03/02/2015
Voter Empowerment Act of 2015 [HB-12]
Voter Empowerment Act of 2015 Voter Registration Modernization Act of 2015 Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) to require states to make available websites for online voter registration. Authorizes automated voter registration of certain individuals and establishes other initiatives to promote voter registration, such as same-day registration and voter registration of individuals under 18 years of age. Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit hindering, interfering with, or preventing voter registration. Amends the Help
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HB-12: Voter Empowerment Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 04/29/2015
Improving Access to Maternity Care Act [HB-1209]
Improving Access to Maternity Care Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Health Resources and Services Administration to designate maternity care health professional shortage areas and review these designations at least annually. The Department of Health and Human Services must collect and publish data on health professional shortage areas so availability of maternal health professionals can be compared by professional category and geographic region. A maternity care health professional shortage area is: (1) an area determined
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HB-1209: Improving Access to Maternity Care Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 11/15/2016
Mental Health in Schools Act of 2015 [HB-1211]
Mental Health in Schools Act of 2015 Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise a community children and violence program to assist local communities and schools in applying a public health approach to mental health services, including by: (1) revising eligibility requirements for a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement; and (2) providing for comprehensive school mental health programs that are culturally and linguistically appropriate, trauma-informed, and age appropriate. Requires a comprehensive school mental health program funded under
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HB-1211: Mental Health in Schools Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/06/2015
Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2015 [HB-1217]
Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2015 Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to reauthorize for FY2016-FY2019 the grant program for improvements to the criminal history record system. Amends the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to: (1) establish a four-year implementation plan to ensure maximum coordination and automation of reporting of records or making records available to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System; (2) direct the Attorney General to make grants to states, Indian tribal governments,
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HB-1217: Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 03/31/2015
Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015 [HB-1220]
Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests (in order to cover 100% of their cost under Medicare part B [Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled]), regardless of the code billed for a diagnosis as a result of a test, or for the removal of tissue or other procedure furnished in connection with, as a result of, and in the same clinical encounter as the screening test.
HB-1220: Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/27/2015