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Servicemember and Veteran Protection Act of 2015
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Servicemember and Veteran Protection Act of 2015 Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow members of the Armed Forces and National Guard to defer payments of principal on their Federal Family Education Loans, William D. Ford Federal Direct Loans, and Federal Perkins Loans for the period (up to 180 days) beginning on the date they receive a call or order to duty in connection with a war, military operation, or national emergency and ending on their first day of service. (Currently, the payment of principal on those loans is also deferred during their period of service and for the 180-day period after their demobilization date.) Allows individuals whose call to duty is cancelled before their first day of service: (1) due to a service training injury, to defer payments of principal on those loans through what would have been their period of service; and (2) for a reason other than a service training injury, to defer payments of principal on those loans for 14 days after that cancellation. Directs the Secretary of Defense, each fiscal year, to provide an increase in the rates of educational assistance payable to certain members of the Selected Reserve, which shall be not less than the percentage by which the average cost of undergraduate tuition in the United States for the last academic year exceeds the average cost of such tuition for the year before that academic year. (Currently, such percentage increase is based on increases in the Consumer Price Index over such period.) Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require a consumer reporting agency, upon the request of an active duty military consumer or an individual acting on that consumer's behalf, to: include an active duty freeze alert in the file of that consumer and also provide that alert along with any credit score generated in using that file for at least 12 months, exclude the consumer for 2 years from any list of consumers prepared by the agency and provided to any third party to offer credit or insurance to the consumer as part of a transaction that was not initiated by the consumer, and refer the active duty freeze alert information to each of the other consumer reporting agencies that compile and maintain files on consumers on a nationwide basis. Requires each active duty freeze alert to notify prospective users of the consumer's credit report that the consumer does not authorize: (1) the establishment of any new credit plan or extension of credit in the consumer's name, (2) the issuance of an additional card on an existing credit account requested by a consumer, or (3) any increase in the credit limit on an existing credit account requested by a consumer. Prohibits prospective users of the credit report from taking such actions. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report to Congress on the effect on the privacy of veterans of the use of social security numbers to uniquely identify veterans.
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2016 · fourth_quarter · Animals
Animal health and wellbeing Legislation related to the use of antibiotics in animal feed and water, particularly if those antibiotics are used in human medicine -- HR 1150, HR820, S 895, S 1256 Legislation/regulatory attempts to change how antibiotic use data is reported to FDA, particularly its use in feed -- HR 1150, HR820, S 895, S 1256 Animal rights -- legislative/regulatory attempts to change how farmers and ranchers husband food producing animals Issues related to labeling of food foods for "humaneness" Legislative initiatives to restrict federal food purchases to farmers meeting animal welfare requirements, including restrictions on confinement housing Private company welfare standards imposed on farmers and rnachers
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
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Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · third_quarter · Animals
Animal health and wellbeing Legislation related to the use of antibiotics in animal feed and water, particularly if those antibiotics are used in human medicine -- HR 1150, HR820, S 895, S 1256 Legislation/regulatory attempts to change how antibiotic use data is reported to FDA, particularly its use in feed -- HR 1150, HR820, S 895, S 1256 Animal rights -- legislative/regulatory attempts to change how farmers and ranchers husband food producing animals Issues related to labeling of food foods for "humaneness" Legislative initiatives to restrict federal food purchases to farmers meeting animal welfare requirements, including restrictions on confinement housing Private company welfare standards imposed on farmers and rnachers
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · second_quarter · Animals
Animal health and wellbeing Legislation related to the use of antibiotics in animal feed and water, particularly if those antibiotics are used in human medicine -- HR 1150, HR820, S 895, S 1256 Legislation/regulatory attempts to change how antibiotic use data is reported to FDA, particularly its use in feed -- HR 1150, HR820, S 895, S 1256 Animal rights -- legislative/regulatory attempts to change how farmers and ranchers husband food producing animals Issues related to labeling of food foods for "humaneness" Legislative initiatives to restrict federal food purchases to farmers meeting animal welfare requirements, including restrictions on confinement housing Private company welfare standards imposed on farmers and rnachers
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · first_quarter · Animals
Animal health and wellbeing Legislation related to the use of antibiotics in animal feed and water, particularly if those antibiotics are used in human medicine -- HR 1150, HR820, S 895, S 1256 Legislation/regulatory attempts to change how antibiotic use data is reported to FDA, particularly its use in feed -- HR 1150, HR820, S 895, S 1256 Animal rights -- legislative/regulatory attempts to change how farmers and ranchers husband food producing animals Issues related to labeling of food foods for "humaneness" Legislative initiatives to restrict federal food purchases to farmers meeting animal welfare requirements, including restrictions on confinement housing Private company welfare standards imposed on farmers and rnachers
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2015 · fourth_quarter · Animals
Animal rights; "Humaneness" labeling; Animal health/new animal drugs; HR 1150, S. 895, S. 1256, HR 820 as well as guidance for industry (GFI 213/209) and other issues relating to end the use of certain antibiotics in animal feed if those antibiotics are used in human medicine. Monitor and counsel on issues related to contemplated or proposed/introduced federal legislation, including HR 1150, S. 1256, HR 820 & S. 895 and regulation related to restrictions on how, where and by who animal drugs may be used on farms and ranches, particularly in feed. Issues relating to efforts to require the federal government to purchase meat, dairy and poultry products only from farmers meeting certain animal welfare requirements, including a restriction on confinement housing. Issues related to the labeling of foods for humaneness. Private company welfare programs.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), White House Office
2015 · third_quarter · Animals
Animal rights; "Humaneness" labeling; Animal health/new animal drugs; HR 1150, S. 895, S. 1256, HR 820 as well as guidance for industry (GFI 213/209) and other issues relating to end the use of certain antibiotics in animal feed if those antibiotics are used in human medicine. Monitor and counsel on issues related to contemplated or proposed/introduced federal legislation, including HR 1150, S. 1256, HR 820 & S. 895 and regulation related to restrictions on how, where and by who animal drugs may be used on farms and ranches, particularly in feed. Issues relating to efforts to require the federal government to purchase meat, dairy and poultry products only from farmers meeting certain animal welfare requirements, including a restriction on confinement housing. Issues related to the labeling of foods for humaneness. Private company welfare programs.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), White House Office
2015 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Legislation pertaining to antimicrobial use; H.R. 820, H.R. 1150, S. 895. Issues related to veterinary drug compounding.
Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · second_quarter · Animals
Animal rights; "Humaneness" labeling; Animal health/new animal drugs; HR 1150, S. 895, S. 1256, HR 820 as well as guidance for industry (GFI 213/209) and other issues relating to end the use of certain antibiotics in animal feed if those antibiotics are used in human medicine. Monitor and counsel on issues related to contemplated or proposed/introduced federal legislation, including HR 1150, S. 1256, HR 820 & S. 895 and regulation related to restrictions on how, where and by who animal drugs may be used on farms and ranches, particularly in feed. Issues relating to efforts to require the federal government to purchase meat, dairy and poultry products only from farmers meeting certain animal welfare requirements, including a restriction on confinement housing. Issues related to the labeling of foods for humaneness.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), White House Office
2015 · first_quarter · Health Issues
Legislation pertaining to antimicrobial use; H.R. 820, H.R. 1150, S. 895; S. 1256; H.R. 1258 Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act. Fairness to Pet Owners Act; issues related to veterinary drug compounding.
Client expense: $220,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · first_quarter · Animals
Animal rights; "Humaneness" labeling; Animal health/new animal drugs; Farm Bill 2014; HR 1150, S. 895, S. 1256, HR 820 as well as guidance for industry (GFI 213/209) and other issues relating to end the use of certain antibiotics in animal feed if those antibiotics are used in human medicine. Monitor and counsel on issues related to contemplated or proposed/introduced federal legislation, including HR 1150, S. 1256, HR 820 & S. 895 and regulation related to restrictions on how, where and by who animal drugs may be used on farms and ranches, particularly in feed. Issues relating to efforts to require the federal government to purchase meat, dairy and poultry products only from farmers meeting certain animal welfare requirements, including a restriction on confinement housing. Issues related to the reauthorization of the Animal Drug User Fee Act - P.L. 113-14. Issues related to the labeling of foods for humaneness.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), White House Office