Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2015 [HB-2404]
Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in addition to qualified primary care physicians and other primary care practitioners, to cover intensive behavioral therapy for obesity furnished by: (1) a physician who is not a qualified primary care physician; (2) an evidence-based, community-based HHS-approved lifestyle counseling program; or (3) any other appropriate health care provider (including a physician assistant, nurse practitioner,
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HB-2404: Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/01/2015
Strong Start for America's Children Act of 2015 [HB-2411]
Strong Start for America's Children Act of 2015 This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to allot matching grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies, childhood education program providers, or consortia of those entities to implement high-quality prekindergarten programs for children from low-income families. Grants are allotted to states based on each state's proportion of children who are age four and who are from families with incomes at or below 200% of the poverty level. "High-quality prekindergarten
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HB-2411: Strong Start for America's Children Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 11/16/2015
New Energy for America Act [HB-2412]
New Energy for America Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend: (1) the tax credit for residential energy efficient property expenditures through calendar year 2021; and (2) the energy tax credit for energy property, including solar energy property, qualified fuel cell property, qualified microturbine property, combined heat and power system property, and thermal energy property, the construction of which begins before January 1, 2022.
HB-2412: New Energy for America Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 05/19/2015
Affordability for Constant and Continual Education to Enhance Student Success Act All-Year ACCESS Act [HB-242]
Affordability for Constant and Continual Education to Enhance Student Success Act All-Year ACCESS Act Directs the Secretary of Education to award an additional Pell Grant to an eligible student who: (1) has received a Pell Grant for an award year, and (2) is enrolled in a program of study for one or more additional payment periods during the same award year that are not otherwise covered by the Pell Grant. Requires such a student to be enrolled on at least a half-time basis for a period of more than one academic year, or more than the equivalent
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HB-242: Affordability for Constant and Continual Education to Enhance Student Success Act All-Year ACCESS Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 04/29/2015
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act [HB-2430]
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act Designates specified lands in the following areas of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Great Basin, (2) Grand Staircase-Escalante, (3) Moab-La Sal Canyons, (4) Henry Mountains, (5) Glen Canyon, (6) San Juan-Anasazi, (7) Canyonlands Basin, (8) San Rafael Swell, and (9) Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin. Sets forth administrative requirements for: (1) the exchange of state-owned lands within such areas, (2) federal reservation of water rights, (3) measurement of setbacks for roads with
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HB-2430: America's Red Rock Wilderness Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 06/10/2015
Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act [HB-2450]
Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act Prohibits sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy from being provided in exchange for monetary compensation. Bars advertisements for such therapy that claim to: (1) change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity, (2) eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attractions or feelings toward individuals of the same gender, or (3) be harmless or without risk. Makes this Act inapplicable to practices that do not seek to change sexual orientation or gender identity if the therapy provides: (1)
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HB-2450: Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commerce, Manufacturing, And Trade. on 05/22/2015
Global Anti-Poaching Act [HB-2494]
Global Anti-Poaching Act This bill addresses the illegal trade in endangered and threatened wildlife and their related parts and products. (Sec 3) The Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and other appropriate agencies are urged to: (1) support strengthening existing wildlife enforcement networks and establishing new networks in other appropriate regions, and (2) promote the professionalization of the wildlife law enforcement sector and professional ranger training in partner countries.
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HB-2494: Global Anti-Poaching Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Became Public Law No: 114-231. (txt | Pdf) on 10/07/2016
Anna Westin Act of 2015 [HB-2515]
Anna Westin Act of 2015 This bill requires the Office on Women's Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to revise, promote, and make freely available the BodyWise Handbook and BodyWorks obesity prevention program. The handbook must include information about eating disorders relating to males as well as females. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration must award grants: (1) to integrate training on eating disorders into existing curricula for health, mental health, and public health professionals; and (2) to states,
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HB-2515: Anna Westin Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/03/2016
VETS Act of 2015 Veterans E-Health & Telemedicine Support Act of 2015 [HB-2516]
VETS Act of 2015 Veterans E-Health & 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 a licensed, nationally registered, or certified professional to practice at any location in any state, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. commonwealth, territory, or possession, regardless of where the professional or patient is located, if the professional is using telemedicine to provide treatment. Allows such treatment regardless of whether such
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HB-2516: VETS Act of 2015 Veterans E-Health & Telemedicine Support Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/05/2015
Support Our Start-Ups Act [HB-2524]
Support Our Start-Ups Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the tax deduction for new business expenditures to organizational expenditures, generally defined as expenditures incident to the creation of a corporation or a partnership. The bill also increases the maximum deduction amount for start-up and organizational expenditures from $5,000 to $20,000 and increases from $50,000 to $120,000 the threshold amount after which the maximum deduction amount for such expenditures is reduced.
HB-2524: Support Our Start-Ups Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Introduced In House on 05/21/2015