Rep. Earl Carter
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American Future Healthcare Act of 2017 [HB-408]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Insurance ]
American Future Healthcare Act of 2017 This bill 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);
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wittman
Introduced In House on 01/10/2017
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Veteran Suicide Prevention Act [HB-411]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Safety ]
Veteran Suicide Prevention Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to complete a publicly available review of the deaths of all covered veterans who died by suicide during the preceding five-year period. Such review shall include: the total number of veterans who died by suicide during the five-year period; a summary that includes age, gender, and race; a list of the medications prescribed to, and found in the systems of, such veterans at the time of their deaths, and a summary of medical diagnoses by VA physicians which led
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/03/2017
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Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary Expansion Act [HB-494]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary Expansion Act (Sec. 2) This bill expands the boundary of the Fort Frederica National Monument on St. Simons Island, Georgia, and increases the maximum number of acres that may be included in the monument from 250 to 305 acres. The Department of the Interior may acquire, by donation or purchase, the land and interests within the monument only from willing sellers. Interior may not acquire land or interests by condemnation or eminent domain.
Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Murkowski With Amendments. With Written Report No. 115-114. on 06/20/2017
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WINGMAN Act Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act [HB-512]
[Veterans ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
WINGMAN Act Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide each veteran who submits a claim for VA benefits with an opportunity to permit a covered congressional employee in the office of the veteran's Member of Congress to have read-only access to all of the veteran's records in the Veterans Benefits Administration databases. A Member may designate up to two such covered congressional employees. A covered congressional employee may not be recognized
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 02/14/2017
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Grant's Law [HB-486]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[National Security ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Grant's Law This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require mandatory detention of any alien who is unlawfully present in the United States and arrested for inadmissible or deportable crimes. The bill transfers release authority from the Department of Justice to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). DHS may release the alien to an appropriate authority for proceedings related to the arrest, but DHS must resume custody for any period that the alien is not in custody of the appropriate authority. If the alien is not convicted
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Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr H964) on 02/03/2017
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Recognizing the historical importance of Associate Justice Clarence Thomas. [HR-50]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Recognizing the historical importance of Associate Justice Clarence Thomas. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) Associate Justice Clarence Thomas is a historically significant African-American who has made an important contribution to U.S. jurisprudence, and (2) his life and work should have a prominent place in the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Carter
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 01/31/2017
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Heartbeat Protection Act of 2017 [HB-490]
[Reproductive Rights ]
[Crime ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Heartbeat Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime for a physician to knowingly perform an abortion: (1) without determining whether the fetus has a detectable heartbeat, (2) without informing the mother of the results, or (3) after determining that a fetus has a detectable heartbeat. It provides an exception for an abortion that is necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical (but not psychological or emotional) disorder, illness, or condition. A physician who performs
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 02/06/2017
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Congressional Article I Powers Strengthening Act [HB-469]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Congressional Article I Powers Strengthening Act This bill establishes public notice and comment procedures and motion to intervene standards for civil actions seeking to compel agency action and alleging that an agency is unlawfully withholding or unreasonably delaying an agency action, and for consent decrees or settlement agreements that require agency action, relating to a regulatory action that would affect the rights of: (1) private persons other than the person bringing the action; or (2) a state, local, or tribal government. The bill sets
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 10/26/2017
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring that the Federal budget be balanced. [HJR-29]
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[Taxes ]
[Finance ]
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring that the Federal budget be balanced. This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year or 18% of the U.S. gross domestic product unless Congress authorizes the excess by a two-thirds vote of each chamber. The prohibition excludes outlays for repayment of debt principal and receipts derived from borrowing. The amendment requires a two-thirds vote of each chamber of Congress
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Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 01/31/2017
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To redesignate Gravelly Point Park, located along the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Arlington County, Virginia, as the Nancy Reagan Memorial Park, and for other purposes. [HB-553]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Arts and Culture ]
To redesignate Gravelly Point Park, located along the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Arlington County, Virginia, as the Nancy Reagan Memorial Park, and for other purposes. This bill redesignates as the "Nancy Reagan Memorial Park" the Gravelly Point Park located along the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Arlington County, Virginia.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson
Reported By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1031. on 11/16/2018