Raise Wages, Cut Carbon Act of 2019 [HB-3966]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Climate Change ]
[Social Security ]
[Air Quality ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Environmental ]
Imposes excise taxes on fossil fuels and fluorinated greenhouse gases and uses revenues from such taxes to reduce social security taxes. The bill annually increases funding beginning in FY2020 for the low-income home energy assistance program and the weatherization assistance program for low-income persons. It also directs the Social Security Administration to distribute to Social Security retirement beneficiaries 10% of environmental tax revenues beginning in FY2020. The bill imposes taxes on (1) the manufacturer, producer, or importer of coal
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HB-3966: Raise Wages, Cut Carbon Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Lipinski
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy. on 07/26/2019
Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019 [HB-4675]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to translate the annual explanation of Medicare benefits for enrollees into multiple languages, besides English and Spanish. The CMS must prioritize languages into which Social Security documents are translated or that are most frequently requested for purposes of Social Security benefits applications.
HB-4675: Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Cardenas
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 10/16/2019
American Future Healthcare Act of 2019 [HB-4651]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Insurance ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to repeal the requirement that an individual making a tax deductible contribution to an HSA be covered by a high deductible health care plan; increase the maximum HSA contribution level; allow Medicare eligible individuals to contribute to an HSA; allow HSAs to be used to purchase health insurance; provide a cost-of-living adjustment for the limits on additional contributions for individuals 55 or older (catch-up contributions); require the cost-of-living adjustments
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HB-4651: American Future Healthcare Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King
Introduced In House on 10/11/2019
Notch Fairness Act of 2019 [HB-4570]
[Social Security ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Retirement ]
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow workers who attain age 65 after 1981 and before 1992 to choose either lump sum payments over four years totaling $5,000 or an improved benefit computation formula under a new 10-year rule governing the transition to the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977, and for other purposes.
HB-4570: Notch Fairness Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Betty McCollum
Introduced In House on 09/27/2019
Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act [HB-4540]
[Social Security ]
[Pensions ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide an equitable Social Security formula for individuals with noncovered employment and to provide relief for individuals currently affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision.
HB-4540: Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Introduced In House on 09/27/2019
Commission on Americans Living Abroad Act of 2019 [HB-4363]
[International ]
[Military ]
Establishes the Commission on Americans Living Abroad, which must report on how federal laws and policies affect U.S. citizens living abroad, including civilians and members of the Armed Forces. Each federal agency affected by a recommendation in the report shall submit a response to the President, Congress, and the commission.
HB-4363: Commission on Americans Living Abroad Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Dina Titus
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 09/18/2019
Commission on Americans Living Abroad Act of 2019 [HB-4363]
[International ]
[Military ]
Establishes the Commission on Americans Living Abroad, which must report on how federal laws and policies affect U.S. citizens living abroad, including civilians and members of the Armed Forces. Each federal agency affected by a recommendation in the report shall submit a response to the President, Congress, and the commission.
HB-4363: Commission on Americans Living Abroad Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Dina Titus
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 09/18/2019
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Dignity in Aging Act of 2019 [HB-4334]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
Establishes, reauthorizes, and revises several programs administered by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor relating to care for the elderly. Among other things, the bill reauthorizes through FY2024 and revises programs that support caregivers of the elderly; informational services, such as pension counseling; nutritional services, such as meal delivery; disease prevention and health promotion services; community and workforce training regarding elder care; and abuse and neglect prevention services. The bill also
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HB-4334: Dignity in Aging Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton
Became Public Law No: 116-131. (txt | Pdf) on 03/25/2020
Undocumented Taxpayers Opportunity Act of 2019 [HB-4151]
[Agriculture ]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
To improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the United States and for other purposes.
HB-4151: Undocumented Taxpayers Opportunity Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Anna G. Eshoo
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Citizenship. on 08/28/2019
Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2019 [HB-4126]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Social Security ]
[Human Services ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Credits certain individuals who provide at least 80 hours of care per month to dependent relatives without monetary compensation with up to five years of deemed wages (determined by a specified formula) for purposes of determining Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits. However, this requirement shall not apply if a larger benefit or payment would otherwise be payable. The bill also authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants to support state programs that provide medical training to individuals who provide
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HB-4126: Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Nita M. Lowey
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/31/2019
Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2019 [S.2317]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Social Security ]
[Human Services ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Credits certain individuals who provide at least 80 hours of care per month to dependent relatives without monetary compensation with up to five years of deemed wages (determined by a specified formula) for purposes of determining Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits. However, this requirement shall not apply if a larger benefit or payment would otherwise be payable. The bill also authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants to support state programs that provide medical training to individuals who provide
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S.2317: Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/30/2019
PNA Modernization Act Personal Needs Allowance Modernization Act [HB-3853]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Increases the minimum monthly personal needs allowance under Medicaid for an institutionalized individual and couple from $30 to $60 and from $60 to $120, respectively. (The personal needs allowance is deducted from an individual's total income when determining the individual's contribution to the cost of institutionalized care under Medicaid.)
HB-3853: PNA Modernization Act Personal Needs Allowance Modernization Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/19/2019
Expedited Disability Insurance Payments for Terminally Ill Individuals Act of 2019 [S.2262]
[Healthcare ]
[Social Security ]
[Disabilities ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Allows an individual diagnosed with a terminal illness to receive disability payments under the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program during the waiting period for such payments (which typically lasts five months). It also establishes a phased-in payment schedule for such payments. These provisions shall expire January 1, 2025.
S.2262: Expedited Disability Insurance Payments for Terminally Ill Individuals Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/25/2019
You have voted HB-4122: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for full benefits for disabled widows and widowers without regard to age..
Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act [HB-3971]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Social Security ]
[Taxes ]
[Retirement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the inclusion of any Social Security or tier I railroad retirement benefits in gross income for income tax purposes. The bill also: (1) appropriates funds to cover reductions in transfers to the Social Security and Railroad Retirement Trust Funds resulting from the enactment of this bill, and (2) expresses the sense of Congress against using tax increases to provide revenue necessary to carry out this bill.
HB-3971: Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 07/25/2019
HB-4123: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for increases in widow's and widower's insurance benefits by reason of delayed retirement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nita M. Lowey
Introduced In House on 07/30/2019
You have voted HB-4123: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for increases in widow's and widower's insurance benefits by reason of delayed retirement..
You have voted HB-4124: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the two-year waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following the divorce..
Fairness in Social Security Act of 2019 [HB-4157]
[Social Security ]
[Taxes ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from modified adjusted gross income any lump-sum social security benefit payment (i.e., a payment of more than one month of social security benefits) that is attributable to months ending before the beginning of the taxable year.
HB-4157: Fairness in Social Security Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Neguse
Introduced In House on 08/02/2019