Consumer Review Freedom Act of 2015 [HB-2110]
Consumer Review Freedom Act of 2015 Declares a provision of a form contract to be void from the inception if it: (1) prohibits or restricts a person who is a party to the contract from engaging in written, verbal, or pictorial reviews, or other similar performance assessments or analyses of, the products, services, or conduct of a business that is a party to the contract; (2) imposes penalties or fees against persons who engage in such communications; or (3) transfers or requires the individual to transfer any intellectual property rights in any
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HB-2110: Consumer Review Freedom Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commerce, Manufacturing, And Trade. on 05/01/2015
Enhancing Veterans' Access to Treatment Act of 2015 [HB-2123]
Enhancing Veterans' Access to Treatment Act of 2015 Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to furnish to a veteran enrolled in the VA's patient enrollment system a drug or medicine that a duly licensed physician has determined such veteran is taking or has taken during the preceding 90 days and that has been effective in treating a mental health disorder with which the veteran has been diagnosed, if the prescription is ordered by a duly licensed physician, regardless of whether such drug or medicine is available under the formulary in use
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HB-2123: Enhancing Veterans' Access to Treatment Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/26/2015
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2015 [HB-2124]
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to distribution of additional resident positions as they affect calculation of payments for direct graduate medical education costs. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, for each of FY2017-FY2021 (and each succeeding fiscal year if additional residency positions are available to distribute), to increase the otherwise applicable resident limit for each qualifying hospital. Directs the Secretary to determine the total
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HB-2124: Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/18/2015
Keeping Our Campaigns Honest Act of 2015 [HB-2125]
Keeping Our Campaigns Honest Act of 2015 Directs the Federal Communications Commission to revise its sponsorship identification rules to require the disclosure announcements required for broadcast matter or origination cablecasting matter that is political or that involves the discussion of a controversial issue of public importance to include the names of significant donors to the person whose identity is required to be disclosed in such an announcement.
HB-2125: Keeping Our Campaigns Honest Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 05/01/2015
Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2015 [HB-213]
Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2015 Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the per country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, and (2) increase the per country numerical limitation for family based immigrants from 7% to 15% of the total number of family-sponsored visas. Amends the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 to eliminate the provision requiring the reduction of annual Chinese immigrant visas to offset status adjustments under such Act. Sets forth the following transition period for
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HB-213: Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 02/02/2015
Raise the Wage Act [HB-2150]
Raise the Wage Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to: (1) $8.00 an hour on January 1, 2016, or, if later, on the first day of the third month after enactment of this Act; (2) $9.00 an hour after one year; (3) $10.00 an hour after two years; (4) $11.00 an hour after three years; (5) $12.00 an hour after four years; and (6) the amount the Department of Labor determines (based on increases in the median hourly wage of all employees) after five years, and annually thereafter.
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HB-2150: Raise the Wage Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 11/16/2015
Safe Chicken and Meat for Children Act [HB-2152]
Safe Chicken and Meat for Children Act This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to prohibit poultry or meat that is processed or produced in China from being used in the Department of Agriculture's National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, and Summer Food Service Program.
HB-2152: Safe Chicken and Meat for Children Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 11/16/2015
Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2015 [HB-2156]
Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) with respect to the practices of recovery audit contractors (RACs) under the Medicare program fin identifying underpayments and overpayments and recouping overpayments. Incentive payments to a RAC for recovery activities are prohibited for FY2015 and subsequent fiscal years. Payments for recovery activities shall be reduced, according to a sliding scale established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to any RAC with a complex
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HB-2156: Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/18/2015
Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal Act [HB-2170]
Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal Act This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, known collectively as the "Ghost Army," in recognition of its service during World War II. The bill expresses the sense of Congress that the Smithsonian Institution should make the medal available for display elsewhere, particularly at appropriate locations associated with the Ghost Army, and that preference should be given to
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HB-2170: Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal Act
Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Introduced In House on 04/30/2015
Redistricting Reform Act of 2015 [HB-2173]
Redistricting Reform Act of 2015 Prohibits a state that has been redistricted after an apportionment from being redistricted again until after the next apportionment of Representatives, unless the state is ordered by a court to conduct a subsequent redistricting in order to comply with the U.S. Constitution or enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Requires such redistricting to be conducted in accordance with the plan developed and enacted into law by the independent redistricting commission established in the state or, if such a plan is not enacted
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HB-2173: Redistricting Reform Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 06/01/2015