Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act of 2021 [S.565]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
[Military ]
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation-exposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
S.565: Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 04/28/2021
Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act [HB-1585]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation-exposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
HB-1585: Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 04/29/2021
SCR-201: Urging The Department Of Human Services To Create A Compact Of Free Association Advisory Body.
Sponsored by: Sen. Glenn Wakai
Report Adopted. Referred To The Committee(s) On Fin As Amended In Hd 1 With None Voting Aye With Reservations; None Voting No (0) And Representative(s) Eli, Gates, Holt, Nakamura Excused (4). on 04/15/2019
National Landslide Preparedness Act [HB-8810]
[Science ]
[Public Safety ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Community Development ]
To establish a national program to identify and reduce losses from landslide hazards, to establish a national 3D Elevation Program, and for other purposes.
HB-8810: National Landslide Preparedness Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Became Public Law No: 116-323. on 01/05/2021
Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act [S.2791]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act This bill includes veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands during the period January 1, 1977-December 31, 1980, as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of the Department of Veterans Affairs presumption of service-connection for specified cancers.
S.2791: Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 06/29/2016
Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2016 [S.2658]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Aerospace ]
[Drones ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[National Security ]
[Science ]
Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2016 This bill reauthorizes through FY2017 the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and specified FAA programs. The bill revises requirements for the airport improvement program and pilot program for passenger facility charges at nonhub airports. The Government Accountability Office shall review privacy issues and concerns associated with the operation of unmanned aircraft (drones) in the national airspace system. The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the FAA shall initiate
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S.2658: Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Nelson
By Senator Thune From Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation Filed Written Report Under Authority Of The Order Of The Senate Of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-428. Additional Views Filed. on 12/20/2016
A bill to approve an agreement between the United States and the Republic of Palau. [S.2610]
[International ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
A bill to approve an agreement between the United States and the Republic of Palau. This bill approves, with specified exceptions, the agreement and appendices signed by the United States and the Republic of Palau on September 3, 2010, in connection with the Compact of Free Association between the United States and Palau. If Palau withdraws more than $5 million from the trust fund set up by the Compact in FY2016, or more than $8 million in FY2017, certain amounts will be withheld from Palau until it reimburses the fund for the total amounts withdrawn
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S.2610: A bill to approve an agreement between the United States and the Republic of Palau.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Murkowski
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Hearings Held. on 04/05/2016
Omnibus Territories Act of 2015 [S.2360]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[International ]
Omnibus Territories Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1982, to eliminate the restriction on the use of resettlement and relocation funds by people of the Bikini Atoll for resettlement and relocation to areas only within the Marshall Islands. The bill limits eligibility for the funds to Bikini people living on Kili and Ejit Islands, but they may use the funds to relocate and resettle outside the Marshall Islands. The use of resettlement funds is subject to the condition that the Department of the Interior
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S.2360: Omnibus Territories Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Murkowski
Received In The House. on 11/14/2016
Restoring Medicaid for Compact of Free Association Migrants Act of 2015 [S.1301]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
[Human Services ]
[Immigration ]
Restoring Medicaid for Compact of Free Association Migrants Act of 2015 Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 to permit coverage under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act for citizens of the Freely Associated States lawfully residing in the United States under the Compacts of Free Association between the United States Government and the Governments of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. Permits Medicaid coverage also to lawful residents, in
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S.1301: Restoring Medicaid for Compact of Free Association Migrants Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Schatz
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/12/2015
Compact-Impact Aid Act of 2015 [HB-854]
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[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Infrastructure ]
Compact-Impact Aid Act of 2015 Amends the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 to authorize and appropriate FY2015 funds to the Secretary of the Interior for: (1) grants to any local government of the United States that demonstrates financial strain due to demands on public services by significant immigration from the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau; and (2) aid in defraying costs incurred as a result of increased demands placed on health, educational, social, or public safety services,
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HB-854: Compact-Impact Aid Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Indian, Insular And Alaska Native Affairs. on 03/16/2015
America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015 [HB-636]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Inflation ]
America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent after 2014 the $500,000 allowance for the expensing of depreciable business property (section 179 property) and the $2 million threshold after which the amount of such allowance is reduced. Both the allowance and the threshold amount are indexed for inflation for taxable years beginning after 2015. The allowance is also made permanent for computer software and qualified real property (i.e., qualified leasehold improvement property,
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HB-636: America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Costello
Signed By President. on 07/15/2016
Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2016 [HB-4721]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Taxes ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Funding ]
Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2016 TITLE I--AIRPORT AND AIRWAY PROGRAMS (Sec. 101) This bill reauthorizes for the period March 31, 2016, through July 15, 2016, the airport improvement program and specified related authorities, including: the competition disclosure requirement under a development project grant for a large hub airport or a medium hub airport; the eligibility for small airport grants of sponsors of airports in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Republic of Palau; the air traffic control
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HB-4721: Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Bill Shuster
Became Public Law No: 114-141. (txt | Pdf) on 03/30/2016
To approve an agreement between the United States and the Republic of Palau, and for other purposes. [HB-4531]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Trade ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Economic Development ]
To approve an agreement between the United States and the Republic of Palau, and for other purposes. This bill approves, with specified exceptions, the agreement and appendices signed by the United States and the Republic of Palau on September 3, 2010, in connection with the Compact of Free Association between the United States and Palau. If Palau withdraws more than $5 million from the trust fund set up by the Compact in FY2015, certain amounts will be withheld from Palau until it reimburses the fund for the total amounts withdrawn that exceeded
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HB-4531: To approve an agreement between the United States and the Republic of Palau, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 07/06/2016
Compact Impact Relief Act of 2016 [HB-4370]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[International ]
Compact Impact Relief Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to make quarterly increases in the federal medical assistance percentage, under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, to cover expenditures for medical assistance provided to qualified nonimmigrants under the Compact of Free Association by American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the State of Hawaii. The bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to make local educational agencies eligible
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HB-4370: Compact Impact Relief Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 03/23/2016
National Community Service Improvement Act of 2015 [HB-4345]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Nonprofit ]
National Community Service Improvement Act of 2015 This bill amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to extend eligibility for participation in national service programs to individuals who are citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or Palau and who are admitted to the United States as nonimmigrants under the Compact of Free Association with the United States.
HB-4345: National Community Service Improvement Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 03/23/2016
Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act [HB-3870]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act This bill includes veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands during the period January 1, 1977-December 31, 1980, as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of the Department of Veterans Affairs presumption of service-connection for specified cancers.
HB-3870: Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 11/06/2015
Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2015 [HB-3614]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Aerospace ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2015 TITLE I--AIRPORT AND AIRWAY PROGRAMS (Sec. 101) This bill reauthorizes for the period October 1, 2015, through March 31, 2016, the airport improvement program. (Sec. 102) The following expiring authorities are extended through the same period, including: the competition disclosure requirement under a development project grant for a large hub airport or a medium hub airport; the eligibility for small airport grants of sponsors of airports in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia,
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HB-3614: Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Bill Shuster
Presented To President. on 09/30/2015