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Two-Generation Economic Empowerment Act of 2017 [S.435] [Poverty ] [Economic Development ] [Human Services ] [Children and Youth ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Two-Generation Economic Empowerment Act of 2017 This bill establishes the Interagency Council on Multigenerational Poverty to carry out specified objectives and the 2-generation approach, including by providing guidance, and addressing questions pertaining to 2-generation programs and other programs engaging in efforts to break the cycle of multigenerational poverty. The "2-generation approach" means the approach to breaking the cycle of multigenerational poverty by improving family economic security through the implementation of 2-generation pilot (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 02/16/2017

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Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017 [S.422] [Veterans ] [Healthcare ]
Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017 This bill includes as part of the Republic of Vietnam its territorial seas for purposes of the presumption of service connection for diseases associated with exposure by veterans to certain herbicide agents while in Vietnam.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 02/16/2017

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Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act [HB-1120] [Education ] [Disabilities ] [Children and Youth ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ]
Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act This bill amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to require a state to identify, evaluate, and provide special education and related services to children who have visual or hearing disabilities (or both) and also are, or may be, classified in another disability category. A state must ensure that it has enough qualified personnel to serve children who have such disabilities and that a full continuum of alternative placements is available to meet the needs of disabled children for special education (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Introduced In House on 02/16/2017

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Return to Work Awareness Act of 2017 [HB-1128] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Healthcare ] [Small Business ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Human Services ] [Disabilities ] [Economic Development ]
Return to Work Awareness Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Labor, acting through the Job Accommodation Network, to disseminate information and promote awareness among survivors of stroke and other debilitating health occurrences, such as traumatic brain injury and heart attack, and survivors' families, as well as among employers, government agencies, employee representatives, and service providers in order to: (1) assist survivors of stroke and such other debilitating health occurrences in returning to work, (2) improve a survivor's (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gwen Moore Introduced In House on 02/16/2017

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Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2017 [HB-1152] [Healthcare ] [Veterans ] [Public Health ] [Pharmaceuticals ]
Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2017 This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to make the Veterans Choice Program permanent. Program eligibility is expanded to include veterans with a 50% service-connected disability. The VA shall contract with a national chain of walk-in clinics to provide hospital care and medical services in such clinics to veterans who are in the annual patient enrollment system. A veteran shall not be required to: (1) obtain pre-authorization for such care, or (2) pay a copayment to the clinic (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Meadows Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/03/2017

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Medicaid Cost-Sharing Waiver Flexibility Act of 2017 [HB-1166] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ]
Medicaid Cost-Sharing Waiver Flexibility Act of 2017 This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow a state Medicaid program operating under a waiver to impose cost sharing or similar charges with respect to individuals who qualify for medical assistance for reasons other than being aged, blind, or disabled. Current law allows a program to impose such charges only if the waiver is for a demonstration project that meets specified requirements.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Billy Long Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/17/2017

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Wounded Veterans Recreation Act of 2017 [S.355] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Veterans ] [Recreation ]
Wounded Veterans Recreation Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to instruct the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available, without charge and for the lifetime of the passholder, to any veteran with a service-connected disability.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Committee On Energy And Natural Resources Subcommittee On National Parks. Hearings Held. on 07/19/2017

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To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans. [HB-1005] [Healthcare ] [Veterans ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ] [Senior Citizens ]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans. This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) (Sec. 1) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into an agreement or a contract with each state home to pay for adult day health care for a veteran eligible for, but not receiving, nursing home care. The veteran must need such care specifically for a service-connected disability or (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 05/24/2017

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Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2017 [HB-970] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Veterans ] [Disabilities ] [Human Rights ] [Finance ]
Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2017 This bill directs executive agencies to require any covered contractor (a for-profit business with gross receipts exceeding $1 billion for the previous year) awarded a contract of $5 million or more to submit, within 60 days: data on the racial, ethnic, and gender composition of such contractor's board of directors and senior executives; data on the affiliation of any such board member or executive to a historically underrepresented group, including veterans and individuals with disabilities; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Introduced In House on 02/07/2017

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State Veterans Home Adult Day Health Care Improvement Act of 2017 [S.324] [Veterans ] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Senior Citizens ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
State Veterans Home Adult Day Health Care Improvement Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into an agreement with each state home to pay for medical supervision model adult day health care for a veteran for whom the home is not receiving VA nursing home care payments. Such payment shall constitute payment in full for such care. The veteran must need such care either specifically for a service-connected disability, or, if not specifically for one, the veteran must have a service-connected disability (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Became Public Law No: 115-159. (txt | Pdf) on 03/27/2018

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SPACE-A Special Priority on Aircrafts and Coverage Equity Act of 2017 [HB-936] [Veterans ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Military ] [Healthcare ]
SPACE-A Special Priority on Aircrafts and Coverage Equity Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Defense to provide transportation on scheduled and unscheduled military flights within the continental United States and on scheduled overseas flights on a space-available basis for veterans with a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total on the same basis as such transportation is provided to members of the Armed Forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Readiness. on 03/23/2017

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MOVE Act Mobility, Opportunity, and Vocation Enabling Act [HB-932] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Infrastructure ] [Disabilities ] [Community Development ] [Economic Development ]
MOVE Act Mobility, Opportunity, and Vocation Enabling Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue regulations necessary to establish performance measures relating to multimodal transportation connectivity and accessibility for states and metropolitan planning organizations to use to assess the connectivity and accessibility of roadways, public transit infrastructure, pedestrian and bikeway infrastructure, and other transportation infrastructure. Such performance measures must include ones to assess specified transportation (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 02/08/2017

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To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans. [HB-888] [Veterans ] [Social Security ] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Human Services ]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans. This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to treat a notification of the death of a veteran rated totally disabled at the time of death as a claim by the veteran's surviving spouse and children for dependency and indemnity compensation benefits. The VA may not require that such spouse and children file a claim for such benefits.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Walter Jones Committee Hearings Held. on 03/20/2018

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Putting Our Veterans Back to Work Act of 2017 [HB-856] [Veterans ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Law Enforcement ] [Military ] [Public Safety ]
Putting Our Veterans Back to Work Act of 2017 This bill amends the: (1) VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 to extend through 2020 the veterans retraining assistance program, and (2) Wounded Warrior Act to extend through 2020 the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide the same rehabilitation and vocational benefits to members of the Armed Forces with severe injuries or illnesses as are provided to veterans. The bill extends through: (1) March 31, 2020, additional VA rehabilitation programs for certain disabled veterans who have (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern Referred To The Subcommittee On Research And Technology. on 04/25/2017

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Fighting for Orange-Stricken Territories in the Eastern Region Act [HB-809] [Veterans ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Fighting for Orange-Stricken Territories in the Eastern Region Act This bill provides presumptive service connection to herbicide exposure, for purposes of eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs health benefits, for veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or American Samoa during the Vietnam War and who show symptoms of medical conditions associated with such exposure.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 02/06/2017

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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to inflation adjust the $5,000 limitation with respect to dependent care assistance programs and flexible spending arrangements. [HB-775] [Taxes ] [Inflation ] [Budget and Spending ] [Children and Youth ]
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to inflation adjust the $5,000 limitation with respect to dependent care assistance programs and flexible spending arrangements. This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for an annual adjustment for inflation in taxable years beginning after 2017 to the $5,000 exclusion from the gross income of employees who receive employer-provided dependent care assistance.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Moolenaar Introduced In House on 01/31/2017

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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Social Security Administration relating to Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007. [HJR-40] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Social Security ] [Mental Health ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ] [Disabilities ] [Crime ]
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Social Security Administration relating to Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007. rule finalized by the Social Security Administration on December 19, 2016. The rule implements a plan to provide to the National Instant Criminal History Background Check System the name of an individual who meets certain criteria, including that benefit payments are made through a representative payee because the individual is (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell Became Public Law No: 115-8. (txt | Pdf) on 02/28/2017

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Campus Fire Safety Education Act of 2017 [S.246] [Education ] [Public Safety ] [Grants ] [Funding ] [Disabilities ] [Firearms/Gun Control ]
Campus Fire Safety Education Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to establish a program to award grants, on a competitive basis, to institutions of higher education or consortiums of such institutions, in a collaborative partnership with a nonprofit organization or a public safety department (eligible entity), for: (1) initiating, expanding, or improving fire safety education programs; and (2) increasing fire safety awareness among enrolled students. ED shall give priority to institutions that plan to use funds to initiate, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Menendez Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/30/2017

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Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2017 [HB-750] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Social Security ] [Disabilities ] [Public Health ] [Senior Citizens ]
Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish a separate Medicare benefit category for complex rehabilitation technology (CRT) items that: (1) are designed or configured to meet an individual's unique needs and capacities; (2) are primarily used to serve a medical or functional purpose; and (3) require certain services to ensure appropriate design, configuration, and use. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall designate CRT (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/09/2017

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A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Social Security Administration relating to Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007. [SJR-14] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Social Security ] [Mental Health ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ]
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Social Security Administration relating to Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007. rule finalized by the Social Security Administration on December 19, 2016. The rule implements a plan to provide to the National Instant Criminal History Background Check System the name of an individual who meets certain criteria, including that benefit payments are made through a representative payee because (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S494-497) on 01/30/2017

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