H.R. 2998: CLAIM Act
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H.R. 2998: CLAIM Act
114th Congress · introduced 2015-07-09 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-07-09 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Fincher, Stephen Lee [R-TN-8] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
CLAIM Act
Plain summary
Claims Licensing Advancement for Interstate Matters Act or the CLAIM Act This bill authorizes an independent insurance claims adjuster to apply to the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers for Membership for the purpose of licensure in any state that requires a license for such adjusters that is not among such states that have enacted, within four years of this Act's enactment: (1) uniform laws and regulations governing the licensure of individuals and entities authorized to adjust claims within the state, and (2) reciprocity laws and regulations governing the licensure of nonresident individuals and entities authorized to adjust such claims within those states. The Department of the Treasury must annually determine a state's continued compliance with such requirements.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Fincher, Stephen Lee [R-TN-8] · 11 cosponsors
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Bill Foster (D-IL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr2998.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr2998 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114