Disabled Veterans Commissary and Exchange Store Benefits Act [HB-108]
Disabled Veterans Commissary and Exchange Store Benefits Act - Permits a veteran with any compensable service-connected disability (and the veteran's dependents) to use commissary and exchange stores on the same basis as a member of the Armed Forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.
HB-108: Disabled Veterans Commissary and Exchange Store Benefits Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wittman
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 01/30/2009
Community Choice in Real Estate Act [HB-111]
Community Choice in Real Estate Act - Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and the Revised Statutes of the United States to prohibit the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Secretary of the Treasury, respectively, from determining that real estate brokerage activity or real estate management activity is financial in nature, is incidental to any financial activity, or is complementary to a financial activity. (In effect, prohibits financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in
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HB-111: Community Choice in Real Estate Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 01/06/2009
5-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Act [HB-1177]
5-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Act - (Sec. 3) Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins in recognition of five United States Army Five-Star Generals: George Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Henry "Hap" Arnold, and Omar Bradley, alumni of the United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. (Sec. 4) Requires the design of the coins to include portraits of the generals. (Sec. 5) Restricts the issuance of such coins to calendar
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HB-1177: 5-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Signed By President. on 10/08/2010
Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Prevention, Education, and Research Act of 2009 [HB-1179]
Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Prevention, Education, and Research Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee. Requires the Committee to advise the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Health regarding how officials can: (1) ensure interagency coordination and communication and minimize overlap regarding efforts to address tick-borne diseases; (2) identify opportunities to coordinate efforts with other federal agencies and private organizations addressing such diseases;
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HB-1179: Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Prevention, Education, and Research Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/26/2009
Military Spouses Residency Relief Act [HB-1182]
Military Spouses Residency Relief Act - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to prohibit, for purposes of voting for a federal, state, or local office, deeming a person to have lost a residence or domicile in a state, acquired a residence or domicile in any other state, or become a resident in or of any other state solely because the person is absent from a state because the person is accompanying the person's spouse who is absent from the state in compliance with military or naval orders. Prohibits a servicemember's spouse from either losing
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HB-1182: Military Spouses Residency Relief Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Subcommittee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 10/08/2009
Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2009 [HB-1188]
Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2009 - Establishes the United States Bipartisan Commission on Access to Emergency Medical Services to: (1) identify and examine factors in the health care delivery, financing, and legal systems that affect the effective delivery of screening and stabilization services furnished in hospitals that have emergency departments pursuant to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA); and (2) make specific recommendations to Congress with respect to federal programs, policies, and financing needed
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HB-1188: Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/26/2009
Colorectal Cancer Prevention, Early Detection, and Treatment Act of 2009 [HB-1189]
Colorectal Cancer Prevention, Early Detection, and Treatment Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to make grants to states and Indian tribes for colorectal cancer programs that include: (1) providing colorectal cancer screening to individuals who are over 50 years of age or at high risk for such cancer; (2) providing case management and referrals for medical treatment; (3) ensuring the full continuum
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HB-1189: Colorectal Cancer Prevention, Early Detection, and Treatment Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/26/2009
Federal Response to Eliminate Eating Disorders Act of 2009 [HB-1193]
Federal Response to Eliminate Eating Disorders Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to take certain actions regarding eating disorder research, including to: (1) implement a scientifically justified budget for research on eating disorders; (2) coordinate and evaluate NIH research activities and programs; (3) expand NIH research on eating disorders; (4) establish a task force on eating disorder research; and (5) provide for centers of excellence for research on
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HB-1193: Federal Response to Eliminate Eating Disorders Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 04/22/2009