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American Opportunity Carbon Fee Act of 2017 [HB-3420]
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American Opportunity Carbon Fee Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose fees on: (1) fossil fuel products producing carbon dioxide emissions, including coal, petroleum products, and natural gas; (2) fluorinated greenhouse gases; (3) emissions of any greenhouse gas from any greenhouse gas emissions source; and (4) associated emissions (attributable to venting, flaring, and leakage across the supply chain). The bill directs the Department of the Treasury to: establish, implement, and report on a program to identify all major
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 07/28/2017
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GRIDD Act of 2017 Guiding Responsible and Improved Disability Decisions Act of 2017 [HB-3385]
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GRIDD Act of 2017 Guiding Responsible and Improved Disability Decisions Act of 2017 This bill requires the Social Security Administration to prescribe rules and regulations that update the medical-vocational guidelines used in disability determinations. Such rules and regulations shall include full consideration of: (1) new employment opportunities made possible by advances in treatment, rehabilitation, and technology; and (2) the effect of prevalent languages on education.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carlos Curbelo
Introduced In House on 07/25/2017
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Improving the Quality of Disability Decisions Act of 2017 [HB-3386]
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Improving the Quality of Disability Decisions Act of 2017 This bill directs the Social Security Administration (SSA) to conduct quality reviews of hearing decisions concerning Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income benefits to ensure that administrative law judges are complying with the SSA's regulations. The SSA must report annually on these quality reviews.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Johnson
Introduced In House on 07/25/2017
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Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027. [HCR-71]
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Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027. Establishes the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2018 and sets forth budgetary levels for FY2019-FY2027. TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS Subtitle A--Budgetary Levels in Both Houses (Sec. 1101) Recommends levels and amounts for FY2018-FY2027 for: federal revenues, new budget authority, budget outlays, deficits, public debt, and debt held by the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Diane Black
Mrs. Black Moved That The House Agree To The Senate Amendment. (consideration: Cr H8230-8254) on 10/26/2017
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Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 [S.1598]
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Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Reported By Senator Isakson Without Amendment. Without Written Report. on 08/02/2017
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for balanced budgets for the Government. [HJR-109]
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for balanced budgets for the Government. This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year, unless three-fifths of each chamber of Congress authorizes the excess with a rollcall vote. The authorization must include an adequate increase in the debt limit for the specific excess of outlays. The prohibition excludes outlays for repayment of debt principal and receipts derived
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Sponsored by: Rep. Peter A. DeFazio
Introduced In House on 07/19/2017
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First Responder Fair RETIRE Act First Responder Fair Return for Employees on Their Initial Retirement Earned Act of 2017 [HB-3303]
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First Responder Fair RETIRE Act First Responder Fair Return for Employees on Their Initial Retirement Earned Act of 2017 This bill preserves special federal retirement benefits for certain law enforcement officers, firefighters, air traffic controllers, nuclear materials couriers, and diplomatic special security agents who cannot meet the minimum age and service requirements for special retirement benefits due to a work-related injury or illness.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 03/15/2018
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Promoting Opportunity for Disability Benefit Applicants Act [HB-3310]
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Promoting Opportunity for Disability Benefit Applicants Act This bill amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to allow the Social Security Administration to provide, to an individual who is denied OASDI or SSI benefits based on an adverse determination of disability, information on appropriate public or private entities that provide employment services, vocational rehabilitation services, or other support services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Bishop
Introduced In House on 07/19/2017
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Social Security Online Tools Innovation Act of 2018 [HB-3309]
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Social Security Online Tools Innovation Act of 2018 This bill requires the Social Security Administration to make available, within two years, online tools that allow individuals who are eligible for disability benefits under the Social Security Act to assess the impact of earnings on their eligibility for federal and state benefits.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Bishop
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Ways And Means. H. Rept. 115-932. on 09/10/2018
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Sanchez-Young Social Security Disability Insurance for the Terminally Ill Act [HB-3081]
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Sanchez-Young Social Security Disability Insurance for the Terminally Ill Act This bill eliminates the five-month waiting period, with respect to a terminally ill individual with a life expectancy of 12 months or less, for disability insurance benefits under the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carol Shea-Porter
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 07/11/2017
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RISE Act of 2017 Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower Act of 2017 [HB-2782]
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[Data Privacy ]
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RISE Act of 2017 Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower Act of 2017 This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to set forth requirements about data collection related to students with disabilities. Specifically, the bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) to outline which documents disabled students need to submit in order to ensure they are eligible for student disability support services. IHEs must submit key data related to their undergraduate students with disabilities for inclusion in federal postsecondary institution
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Introduced In House on 06/06/2017
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Wounded Warrior Service Dog Act of 2017 [HB-2625]
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Wounded Warrior Service Dog Act of 2017 This bill directs the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs (VA) to jointly establish the K-9 Service Corps Program for the awarding of grants to assist nonprofit organizations in establishing, planning, designing, and/or operating programs to provide assistance dogs to certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans who have certain disabilities. An "assistance dog" is defined to mean a dog specifically trained to perform physical tasks to mitigate the effects of such a disability, except that such
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 06/16/2017
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Huntington's Disease Parity Act of 2017 [HB-2589]
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Huntington's Disease Parity Act of 2017 This bill amends title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to waive, for individuals diagnosed with Huntington's Disease, the 24-month waiting period for Medicare coverage. Current law generally applies this waiting period to individuals deemed eligible for OASDI benefits.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/02/2017
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Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2017 [HB-2535]
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Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to extend lifespan respite care programs (services for family caregivers of children and adults with special needs) through FY2022. Each state agency awarded a grant or cooperative agreement for lifespan respite care must collect, maintain, and report to the Department of Health and Human Services data and records to enable monitoring and evaluation of the lifespan programs and activities.
Sponsored by: Rep. James R. Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/19/2017
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Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2017 [S.1188]
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Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to extend lifespan respite care programs (services for family caregivers of children and adults with special needs) through FY2022. Each state agency awarded a grant or cooperative agreement for lifespan respite care must collect, maintain, and report to the Department of Health and Human Services data and records to enable monitoring and evaluation of the lifespan programs and activities.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/18/2017
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DELIVER Act of 2017 Delivering Elderly Lunches and Increasing Volunteer Engagement and Reimbursements Act of 2017 [S.694]
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DELIVER Act of 2017 Delivering Elderly Lunches and Increasing Volunteer Engagement and Reimbursements Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the standard mileage rate for the tax deduction for the charitable use of a passenger automobile to deliver meals to homebound individuals who are elderly, disabled, frail, or at risk. The bill increases the rate from the standard charitable rate of 14 cents per mile to the standard business mileage rate, which is 53.5 cents per mile for 2017.
Sponsored by: Sen. Angus S. King
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/22/2017
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Wounded Veterans Recreation Act [HB-1622]
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[Recreation ]
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Wounded Veterans Recreation Act This bill amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to require the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass, which is made available for the lifetime of the passholder without charge to any U.S. citizen or person domiciled in the United States who has been medically determined to be permanently disabled, to be made available to any veteran with a service-connected disability.
Sponsored by: Rep. James R. Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation And Forestry. on 04/11/2017
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Social Security Disability Insurance Return to Work Act of 2017 [S.656]
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Social Security Disability Insurance Return to Work Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/15/2017
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Social Security Disability Insurance Return to Work Act [HB-1540]
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Social Security Disability Insurance Return to Work Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Marsha Blackburn
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 03/23/2017
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FAST Voting Act of 2017 Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely Voting Act of 2017 [HB-1398]
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FAST Voting Act of 2017 Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely Voting Act of 2017 This bill requires the Election Assistance Commission to award grants, on a competitive basis, to states to: (1) improve voter participation, such as by providing flexible registration opportunities, early voting, or absentee voting; (2) improve voting system security, such as by providing voting machines that are less than 10 years old, updating voting equipment to provide a verifiable paper trail at polling places, or implementing strong chain of custody procedures for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald E. Connolly
Introduced In House on 03/07/2017