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Special Diabetes Program for Indians Reauthorization Act of 2017 [HB-2545]
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Special Diabetes Program for Indians Reauthorization Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/19/2017
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Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 2017 [HB-2569]
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Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 2017 This bill requires entities that offer or furnish health care related products or services to the public, including health insurers and government agencies, to disclose the price for those products and services at the point of purchase and on the Internet. The entities must disclose all prices, including wholesale, retail, and discounted prices, that are accepted as payment in full for products and services furnished to individual consumers. The Department of Health and Human Services may investigate
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Sponsored by: Rep. Norma J. Torres
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/02/2017
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Access Technology Affordability Act of 2017 [S.732]
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Access Technology Affordability Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit equal to the amounts paid for qualified access technology for use by a blind individual who is the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, or any dependent of the taxpayer. "Qualified access technology" is hardware, software, or other information technology with the primary function of converting or adapting information that is visually represented into forms or formats useable by blind individuals. The credit is limited to: (1) costs
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/27/2017
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Access Technology Affordability Act of 2017 [HB-1734]
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Access Technology Affordability Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit equal to the amounts paid for qualified access technology for use by a blind individual who is the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, or any dependent of the taxpayer. "Qualified access technology" is hardware, software, or other information technology with the primary function of converting or adapting information that is visually represented into forms or formats useable by blind individuals. The credit is limited to: (1) costs
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Introduced In House on 03/27/2017
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LOSAP CAP Act Length of Service Award Program Cap Adjustment Priority Act [HB-1720]
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LOSAP CAP Act Length of Service Award Program Cap Adjustment Priority Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to deferred compensation plans, to increase the limit on accruals that is required for length of service award plans (LOSAPs) for bona fide volunteers to be exempt from treatment as a deferred compensation plan. (Under current law, plans paying solely length of service awards to bona fide volunteers or their beneficiaries on the account of firefighting and prevention services, emergency medical services, and ambulance
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock
Introduced In House on 03/24/2017
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Investing in America: A Penny for Progress Act [HB-1664]
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Investing in America: A Penny for Progress Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require federal taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel or kerosene to be increased annually after 2017 to account for: (1) highway construction costs, and (2) reduced fuel usage due to Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. The bill exempts kerosene fuels used in aviation from the increases and limits the annual increases to 1.5 cents. The bill also requires the Department of the Treasury to issue 30-year Invest in America Bonds in specified amounts
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Sponsored by: Rep. Henry C. Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 03/23/2017
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American Health Care Act of 2017 [HB-1628]
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American Health Care Act of 2017 TITLE I--ENERGY AND COMMERCE Subtitle A--Patient Access to Public Health Programs (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to eliminate funding after FY2018 for the Prevention and Public Health Fund, which provides for investment in prevention and public health programs to improve health and restrain the rate of growth in health care costs. Funds that are unobligated at the end of FY2018 are rescinded. (Sec. 102) The bill amends the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization
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Sponsored by: Rep. Diane Black
Motion By Senator Murray To Commit To Senate Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions With Instructions Rejected In Senate By Yea-nay Vote. 48 - 52. Record Vote Number: 178. on 07/28/2017
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Fair Access to Health Care Act of 2017 [HB-1589]
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Fair Access to Health Care Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the health care insurance premium assistance tax credit, to adjust by a specified percentage the poverty line cap used to determine the eligibility of low-income taxpayers whose principal residence is located in a high cost area for such credit. The bill defines "specified percentage" as the product of 400% (the current poverty line cap) and the Supplemental Poverty Measure adjustment for the high cost area as determined by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu
Introduced In House on 03/16/2017
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Superfund Reinvestment Act [HB-1531]
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Superfund Reinvestment Act This bill amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to authorize the use of amounts in the Hazardous Substance Superfund for environmental cleanup costs under CERCLA. Receipts and disbursements of the Hazardous Substance Superfund must: (1) not be counted for purposes of the President's budget, the congressional budget, the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010; (2) be exempt from general budget limitations
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 03/17/2017
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Creating Transparency to Have Drug Rebates Unlocked (C-THRU) Act of 2017 [S.637]
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Creating Transparency to Have Drug Rebates Unlocked (C-THRU) Act of 2017 This bill amends title XI (General Provisions) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to require the public disclosure of certain information provided to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) that contracts with: (1) a prescription drug plan (PDP) under Medicare or Medicare Advantage (MA), or (2) a qualified health benefits plan offered through an exchange established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Specifically,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/15/2017
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REG Act Reducing Excessive Government Act of 2017 [S.634]
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REG Act Reducing Excessive Government Act of 2017 This bill requires Congress, within 60 days after the debt limit is increased or suspended, to enact legislation eliminating rules that results in a reduction of the direct cost of federal regulation during a specified 10-fiscal-year period by at least 15% of the amount of such increase. If the debt limit is increased or suspended, each agency shall submit to the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) a report identifying each major rule of the agency.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 03/15/2017
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Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act [HB-1521]
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Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act This bill amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to: (1) cover debt owed to a state, and (2) specify that existing limits on civil damages awarded for abusive practices by a debt collector shall be adjusted for inflation. A court may award injunctive relief for violations of the Act. The Department of the Treasury may not contract with any debt collector or other private party to recoup overpayments of disaster assistance made to an individual or household by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory W. Meeks
Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 03/13/2017
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an above-the-line deduction for child care expenses, and for other purposes. [S.598]
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an above-the-line deduction for child care expenses, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers who do not otherwise itemize their tax deductions a deduction from gross income (above-the-line deduction) for their employment-related expenses incurred in caring for a child under the age of 13 or a child who is physically or mentally incapable of self-care (qualifying child). The deduction is subject to annual limits of $7,000 for taxpayers with
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Sponsored by: Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/09/2017
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RAISE IT Act Raise And Index to Sustainably and Efficiently Invest in Transportation Act of 2017 [HB-1458]
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RAISE IT Act Raise And Index to Sustainably and Efficiently Invest in Transportation Act of 2017 This bill expresses the sense of Congress that by 2027 the gas tax should be repealed and replaced with a more sustainable, stable funding source. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the excise tax on motor fuels, to increase the rate of tax on: gasoline other than aviation gasoline to 26.3 cents per gallon in 2018, 30.3 cents per gallon in 2019, and 33.3 cents per gallon after 2019 and before 2030; diesel fuel or kerosene to 32.3
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Introduced In House on 03/09/2017
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Early Participation in Regulations Act of 2017 [S.579]
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Early Participation in Regulations Act of 2017 This bill directs agencies to publish advance notice of a proposed rulemaking not later than 90 days before publishing a notice of proposed rulemaking for a major rule that the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) determines is likely to impose: (1) an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; (2) a major increase in costs or prices for consumers, individual industries, government agencies, or geographic regions; or (3) significant adverse effects on competition, employment,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Heidi Heitkamp
Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. Reported By Senator Johnson With Amendments. With Written Report No. 115-121. on 06/28/2017
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Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2017 [S.548]
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Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the low-income housing credit, to rename the credit "the affordable housing credit" and make several modifications to the credit. The bill increases state allocations for the credit and modifies the cost-of-living adjustments. It also revises tenant eligibility requirements, with respect to: the average income test, income eligibility for rural projects, increased tenant income, student occupancy rules, and tenant voucher payments that are
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/07/2017
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American Heroes COLA Act of 2017 [HB-1328]
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American Heroes COLA Act of 2017 This bill requires that, whenever there is an increase in benefit amounts payable under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall increase by the same percentage the amounts payable as veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled adult children, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children.
Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth H. Esty
Subcommittee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. Markup Report Cq on 04/27/2017
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Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2017 [HB-1329]
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Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase, as of December 1, 2017, the rates of veterans' wartime disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children. Each such increase shall be the same percentage as the increase in benefits provided under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald E. Connolly
Presented To President. on 11/02/2017
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CPI-E Act of 2017 [HB-1251]
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CPI-E Act of 2017 This bill bases cost-of -living increases in benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System, the Federal Employees Retirement System, military retirement and survivor benefit programs, the Social Security old-age, survivors, or disability insurance benefit program, and other specified veterans benefits programs on increases in the Consumer Price Index for the elderly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/27/2017
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Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2017 [S.470]
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Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for employment-related expenses incurred for the care of a taxpayer's dependent, to: (1) increase to $120,000, the adjusted gross income threshold level above which such credit is incrementally reduced; (2) increase the dollar limit on the allowable amount of such credit; (3) allow an inflation adjustment to the adjusted gross income threshold and the maximum credit amounts, beginning after 2018; and (4) make such
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/28/2017