Renewable Chemicals Act of 2015 [S.2271]
Renewable Chemicals Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business-related tax credit for the production of renewable chemicals. The bill defines "renewable chemical" as any chemical that: (1) is produced in the United States from renewable biomass; (2) is sold or used for the production of chemical products, polymers, plastics, or formulated products or as chemicals, polymers, plastics, or formulated products; (3) has a biobased content of 95% or higher; (4) is the product of, or reliant upon, biological or thermal conversion
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S.2271: Renewable Chemicals Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Christopher Coons
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 11/10/2015
DISCLOSE Act of 2015 Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2015 [S.229]
DISCLOSE Act of 2015 Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2015 Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to redefine the term "independent expenditure" as an expenditure by a person that, when taken as a whole, expressly advocates the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate, or is the functional equivalent of express advocacy because it can be interpreted by a reasonable person only as advocating the election or defeat of a candidate, taking into account whether the communication involved
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S.229: DISCLOSE Act of 2015 Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Rules And Administration. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S349-350; Text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S350-352) on 01/21/2015
Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act [S.2297]
Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish an Advance Directive Certification Program. Under the program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall grant accreditation to advance directive vendors that meet specified accreditation criteria. CMS shall establish procedures for an eligible beneficiary to register the adoption of a certified advance directive under the program. Beneficiary registration in the program shall be optional, but each eligible
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S.2297: Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 11/18/2015
Copyright and Marriage Equality Act [S.23]
Copyright and Marriage Equality Act Amends federal copyright law to revise the definition of "widow" or "widower" for purposes of provisions concerning the transfer of a copyright to an author's spouse or other next of kin following the author's death. Declares that an individual is the widow or widower of an author if the courts of the state in which the individual and the author were married (or, if the individual and the author were not married in any state but were validly married in another jurisdiction, the courts of any state) would find
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S.23: Copyright and Marriage Equality Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S12-13; Text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S13) on 01/06/2015
Child Protection Improvements and Electronic Life and Safety Security Systems Act of 2015 [S.2332]
Child Protection Improvements and Electronic Life and Safety Security Systems Act of 2015 This bill amends the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to direct the Department of Justice to: (1) establish policies and procedures to streamline the process of obtaining state and national criminal history background checks on covered individuals, and (2) establish a criminal history review program to provide covered entities with reliable and accurate information on the criminal history of a covered individual. It defines "covered entity" as any business
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S.2332: Child Protection Improvements and Electronic Life and Safety Security Systems Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 11/30/2015
REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act of 2015 Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage and Allow Legal HIV Discrimination Act of 2015 [S.2336]
REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act of 2015 Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage and Allow Legal HIV Discrimination Act of 2015 This bill expresses the sense of Congress that federal and state laws, policies, and regulations regarding people living with HIV/AIDS should: (1) not place unique or additional burdens on such individuals solely as a result of their HIV status; and (2) demonstrate a public health-oriented, evidence-based, medically accurate, and contemporary understanding of HIV transmission, health implications, treatment, and the impact
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S.2336: REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act of 2015 Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage and Allow Legal HIV Discrimination Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 12/01/2015
Visa Waiver Program Security Enhancement Act [S.2337]
Visa Waiver Program Security Enhancement Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the visa waiver program to prohibit a national of a program country who has traveled to Iraq or Syria at any time during the most recent five-year period from traveling to the United States without a visa. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may prohibit a national of a program country from traveling to the United States under the program if the national has traveled during the past five years to a country in which: (1) a designated
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S.2337: Visa Waiver Program Security Enhancement Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S8242-8243) on 12/01/2015
Rapid DNA Act of 2016 [S.2348]
Rapid DNA Act of 2016 This bill amends the DNA Identification Act of 1994 to require the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to issue standards and procedures for using Rapid DNA instruments to analyze DNA samples of criminal offenders. Rapid DNA instruments carry out a fully automated process to create a DNA profile from a DNA sample. DNA samples prepared by criminal justice agencies using Rapid DNA instruments in compliance the FBI-issued standards and procedures may be included in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). The bill amends the DNA
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S.2348: Rapid DNA Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 06/21/2016
Lymphedema Treatment Act [S.2373]
Lymphedema Treatment Act This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover certain lymphedema compression treatment items as durable medical equipment under Medicare. (Lyphedema is a condition of localized fluid retention and tissue swelling that is caused when the lymph system is damaged or blocked.)
S.2373: Lymphedema Treatment Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 12/08/2015
Defeat ISIS and Protect and Secure the United States Act of 2015 [S.2377]
Defeat ISIS and Protect and Secure the United States Act of 2015 This bill directs the President to designate a person to coordinate federal government and international partner efforts to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The President may prohibit, or impose strict conditions on, the opening or maintaining in the United States of a correspondent account or a payable-through account by a foreign financial institution that knowingly facilitates a significant transaction for ISIS. The Director of National Intelligence shall review
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S.2377: Defeat ISIS and Protect and Secure the United States Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S8548-8558) on 12/09/2015