Rep. Kenny Marchant

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District HD-TX-24
Party Republican
Bills Introduced 22

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2017 [HB-1838] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Social Security ] [Public Health ]
Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) require the payment system for ambulatory surgical center (ASC) services to feature certain positive annual adjustments equivalent to those made with respect to hospital outpatient department (OPD) services; (2) revise quality reporting requirements to permit publicly available, side-by-side comparisons of quality measures for ASCs and OPDs in the same geographic area; and (3) require the Department of Health and Human (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/12/2017

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Clyde-Hirsch-Sowers RESPECT Act Restraining Excessive Seizure of Property through the Exploitation of Civil Asset Forfeiture Tools Act [HB-1843] [Finance ] [Taxes ] [Law Enforcement ] [Criminal Justice ] [National Security ] [Property Tax ] [Crime ]
Clyde-Hirsch-Sowers RESPECT Act Restraining Excessive Seizure of Property through the Exploitation of Civil Asset Forfeiture Tools Act (Sec. 2) This bill revises the authority and procedures that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) uses to seize property that has been structured to avoid Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reporting requirements. The IRS may only seize property it suspects has been structured to avoid BSA reporting requirements if the property was derived from an illegal source or the funds were structured for the purpose of concealing the violation (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Rice Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 09/06/2017

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SIGN Act Safe Innovative Guide signs for the Nation Act [HB-2029] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Infrastructure ] [Public Safety ]
SIGN Act Safe Innovative Guide signs for the Nation Act

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Kildee Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 04/07/2017

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Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act [HB-2226] [Finance ] [Housing ] [Real Estate ] [Consumer Protection ]
Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to allow a depository institution or credit union with assets below a specified threshold to forgo certain ability-to-pay requirements regarding residential mortgage loans. Specifically, those requirements are waived if a loan: (1) is originated by and continuously retained by the institution, (2) complies with requirements regarding prepayment penalties and points and fees, and (3) does not have negative amortization or interest-only terms. Furthermore, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 03/07/2018

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Capital Access for Small Business Banks Act [HB-2339] [Finance ] [Taxes ] [Small Business ]
Capital Access for Small Business Banks Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a bank or a depository institution holding company which is an S corporation to: (1) have 500 shareholders (the current limit is 100 shareholders), and (2) issue qualified preferred bank stock. The bill makes a distribution of qualified preferred bank stock to a shareholder includible in the gross income of the shareholder and allows the bank or holding company to deduct the amount of such distribution.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lynn Jenkins Introduced In House on 05/03/2017

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Private Foundation Excise Tax Simplification Act of 2017 [HB-2386] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ] [Finance ] [Nonprofit ]
Private Foundation Excise Tax Simplification Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reduce from 2% to 1% the excise tax rate on the net investment income of tax-exempt private foundations, and (2) repeal the 1% reduction in such tax rate for private foundations that meet certain distribution requirements. The bill also excludes the budgetary effects of this bill from PAYGO scorecards maintained pursuant to the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Collin Peterson Introduced In House on 05/04/2017

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VETERAN Act Veterans Equal Treatment Ensures Relief and Access Now Act [HB-2372] [Healthcare ] [Taxes ] [Veterans ] [Insurance ]
VETERAN Act Veterans Equal Treatment Ensures Relief and Access Now Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to specify that, for the purpose of determining eligibility for the premium assistance tax credit, an individual may not be treated as eligible for coverage under certain Department of Veterans Affairs health insurance programs unless the individual is enrolled in the program. The bill applies to the premium assistance credit under current law for tax years ending after 2013 and, if the American Health Care Act of 2017 is enacted, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wittman Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 301. on 02/06/2018

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Objecting to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 as an obstacle to Israeli-Palestinian peace, and for other purposes. [HR-11] [International ] [Human Rights ] [National Security ]
Objecting to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 as an obstacle to Israeli-Palestinian peace, and for other purposes. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the passage of U.N. Security Council Resolution 2334: undermined the long-standing U.S. position to oppose and veto Security Council resolutions that seek to impose solutions to final status issues or that are one-sided and anti-Israel; undermines the prospect of Israelis and Palestinians resuming productive, direct negotiations; and contributes to the politically (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Rule H. Res. 22 Passed House. on 01/05/2017

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Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act [HB-36] [Reproductive Rights / Abortion ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (Sec. 3) This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime for any person to perform or attempt to perform an abortion if the probable post-fertilization age of the fetus is 20 weeks or more. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, up to five years in prison, or both. The bill provides exceptions for an abortion: (1) that is necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman, or (2) when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. A physician who performs or attempts to perform an (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 10/04/2017

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Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2017 [HB-24] [Finance ] [Budget and Spending ] [Taxes ]
Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to complete, within 12 months, an audit of the Federal Reserve Board and Federal Reserve banks. In addition, the bill allows the GAO to audit the Federal Reserve Board and Federal Reserve banks with respect to: (1) international financial transactions; (2) deliberations, decisions, or actions on monetary policy matters; (3) transactions made under the direction of the Federal Open Market Committee; and (4) discussions or communications (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. Markup Report Cq on 03/28/2017

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