Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2015 [S.356]
Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2015 Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit a provider of remote computing service or electronic communication service to the public from knowingly divulging to a governmental entity the contents of any communication that is in electronic storage or otherwise maintained by the provider, subject to exceptions. Revises provisions under which the government may require a provider to disclose the contents of such communications. Eliminates the different requirements applicable under current
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S.356: Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Committee On The Judiciary. Hearings Held. on 09/16/2015
Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2015 [S.358]
Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2015 Expands the TRICARE health care program managed by the Department of Defense (DOD) to entitle additional female beneficiaries and dependents to care related to the prevention of pregnancy. (Currently, such care is limited to certain female members of the uniformed service or a reserve component performing active duty or certain servicewomen performing inactive-duty training.) Prohibits cost-sharing from being imposed or collected for such pregnancy prevention care, including
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S.358: Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 02/04/2015
Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act [S.366]
Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require all election-related designations, statements, and reports required to be filed under the Act to be filed directly with the Federal Election Commission.
S.366: Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Rules And Administration. on 02/04/2015
Vessel Incidental Discharge Act [S.373]
Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (Sec. 4) This bill requires the Coast Guard to establish and implement enforceable uniform national standards and requirements for the regulation of discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel into navigable waters. Those standards and requirements must: (1) be based on the best available technology economically achievable, and (2) supersede any permitting requirement or prohibition on discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel under any other provision of law. States may enforce the uniform
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S.373: Vessel Incidental Discharge Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. Reported By Senator Thune With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 114-96. on 07/29/2015
Small BREW Act Small Brewer Reinvestment and Expanding Workforce Act [S.375]
Small BREW Act Small Brewer Reinvestment and Expanding Workforce Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the rate of the excise tax on beer produced within or imported into the United States for brewers who produce not more than 6 million barrels of beer a year.
S.375: Small BREW Act Small Brewer Reinvestment and Expanding Workforce Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S775-776; Text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S776-777) on 02/04/2015
Small Business Tax Credit Accessibility Act [S.379]
Small Business Tax Credit Accessibility Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the small employer health care insurance tax credit, to: (1) revise the definition of "eligible small employer" to mean an employer with not more than 50 (currently, 25) full-time employees; (2) modify the phaseout formula for such credit to base such phaseout on number of employees and average annual wages; (3) extend from two to three consecutive taxable years the period during which an employer may claim such credit; and (4) eliminate the requirement
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S.379: Small Business Tax Credit Accessibility Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Angus King
Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. Hearings Held. on 05/18/2016
Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act [S.420]
Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude services rendered by bona-fide volunteers providing firefighting and prevention services, emergency medical services, or ambulance services to a state or local government or a tax-exempt charitable organization from the category of services usually rendered by an employee of an applicable large employer subject to the mandate to provide minimum essential health care coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA),
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S.420: Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/10/2015
Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015 [S.423]
Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015 Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual written privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, (2) has not changed its policies and practices with respect to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers, and (3) otherwise provides customers access to such most recent disclosure in electronic or other form permitted
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S.423: Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. Hearings Held. on 02/12/2015
Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act [S.431]
Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act Amends the Internet Tax Freedom Act to make permanent the ban on state and local taxation of Internet access and on multiple or discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce.
S.431: Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/10/2015
Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2015 [S.439]
Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2015 Prohibits public school students from being excluded from participating in, or subject to discrimination under, any federally-assisted educational program on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity or that of their associates. Considers harassment to be a form of discrimination. Prohibits retaliation against anyone for opposing conduct made unlawful under this Act. Authorizes federal departments and agencies to enforce these prohibitions by cutting off the educational assistance
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S.439: Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 02/10/2015