Rep. Lynn Jenkins

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District HD-KS-2
Party Republican
Bills Introduced 25

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US Congress 114th Congress

Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2016 [HB-4365]
Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2016 This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to direct the Drug Enforcement Administration to register an emergency medical services (EMS) agency as an entity authorized to dispense controlled substances, instead of registering the individual practitioners or medical directors of the agency. A registered EMS agency must be overseen by one or more medical directors. The bill specifies that an EMS practitioner who is employed by a registered EMS agency may administer controlled substances (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin Received In The Senate. on 11/15/2016

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Servicemember Retirement Improvement Act [HB-4381]
Servicemember Retirement Improvement Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow members of the Ready Reserve of a reserve component of the Armed Forces to make the maximum allowable contribution ($18,000 in 2016) to their Thrift Savings Plans without limiting the amount such members may contribute to a retirement plan based upon other employment. The bill also doubles the maximum allowable contribution amount to the Thrift Savings Plans of federal employees in the Ready Reserve.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Introduced In House on 01/13/2016

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Secure our Skies Act of 2016 [HB-4430]
Secure our Skies Act of 2016 This bill requires each air carrier providing passenger air transportation to provide flight attendants, pilots, and dispatchers who are employees or contractors of the carrier with training to combat human trafficking in the course of carrying out their duties. Such training shall cover: (1) common indicators of human trafficking, and (2) best practices for reporting suspected trafficking to law enforcement officers. To assist in such training, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Transportation (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Aviation. on 02/03/2016

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Health Savings Act of 2016 [HB-4469]
Health Savings Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the taxation of health savings accounts (HSAs), to: rename high deductible health plans as HSA-qualified health plans; allow spouses who have both attained age 55 to make increased catch-up contributions to the same HSA; make Medicare Part A (hospital insurance benefits) beneficiaries eligible to participate in an HSA; allow individuals eligible for hospital care or medical services under a medical care program of the Indian Health Service or of a tribal organization (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr H865) on 02/24/2016

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Education for All Act of 2016 [HB-4481]
Education for All Act of 2016 This bill expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) it is in the U.S. national security interest to promote universal basic education in developing countries; and (2) an educated citizenry contributes to economic growth, strengthened democratic institutions, the empowerment of women and girls, and decreased extremism. The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended to state that it is U.S. policy to work with foreign countries and international and civil society organizations to achieve sustainable quality universal basic (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu Committee On Foreign Relations. Reported By Senator Corker With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. Without Written Report. on 12/07/2016

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PROP Act of 2016 Promoting Responsible Opioid Prescribing Act of 2016 [HB-4499]
PROP Act of 2016 Promoting Responsible Opioid Prescribing Act of 2016 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exclude certain pain-related measures for purposes of calculating incentive payments under the value-based purchasing program (VBP). (VBP is a program that links hospital payments to the quality of care provided.) Specifically, VPB measures shall not include measures based on a patient's assessment of: (1) the patient's need for pain medicine during a hospital stay; (2) how often, during the stay, the patient's (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/11/2016

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Safe and Secure Federal Websites Act of 2015 [HB-451]
Safe and Secure Federal Websites Act of 2015 This bill establishes security and privacy requirements for new federal websites that collect personally identifiable information (PII) (i.e., information that can be used to distinguish or trace the identity of an individual or that is linked or linkable to an individual). (Sec. 2) A federal agency may not deploy or make available to the public a new federal PII website until the agency's chief information officer (CIO) certifies to Congress that the website is fully functional and secure. The CIO must (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith Reported (amended) By The Committee On Oversight And Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-390. on 01/06/2016

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Gold Star Families Voices Act [HB-4511]
Gold Star Families Voices Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Veterans' Oral History Project Act to require the veterans oral history program to include the collection of video and audio recordings of biographical histories by immediate family members of members of the Armed Forces who became missing in action or who died as a result of their wartime service.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth Esty Became Public Law No: 114-246. (txt | Pdf) on 11/28/2016

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Combating BDS Act of 2016 [HB-4514]
Combating BDS Act of 2016 This bill authorizes a state or local government to adopt and enforce measures to divest its assets from, or prohibit investment of its assets in: (1) an entity that such government determines, using credible information available to the public, engages in a commerce or investment-related boycott, divestment, or sanctions activity targeting Israel; or (2) an entity that owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common ownership or control with, such an entity. Such government shall provide written notice (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Introduced In House on 02/10/2016

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Justin Smith Morrill Congressional Gold Medal Act [HB-4520]
Justin Smith Morrill Congressional Gold Medal Act This bill requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the posthumous presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of Justin Smith Morrill's lasting contributions to higher education opportunity for all Americans.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern Introduced In House on 02/10/2016

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