Rep. Joe Wilson

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District HD-SC-2
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Bills Introduced 113

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Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2017 [HB-147] [Reproductive Rights ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Crime ] [Healthcare ] [Human Rights ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Health ] [Law Enforcement ]
Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2017 This bill imposes criminal penalties on anyone who knowingly or knowingly attempts to: (1) perform an abortion knowing that the abortion is sought based on the sex, gender, color or race of the child, or the race of a parent; (2) use force or the threat of force to intentionally injure or intimidate any person for the purpose of coercing a sex-selection or race-selection abortion; (3) solicit or accept funds for the performance of such an abortion; or (4) transport a woman into the United States or (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 01/23/2017

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Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017 [HB-198] [Taxes ]
Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017 This bill repeals the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson Introduced In House on 01/03/2017

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Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2018 [HB-184] [Healthcare ] [Taxes ] [Manufacturing ]
Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the excise tax on the sale of a medical device by the manufacturer, producer, or importer.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 528. on 07/26/2018

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To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. [HB-246] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ] [Medicare and Medicaid ]
To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This bill repeals a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that imposes an annual fee on a health insurance provider based on its net premium income.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/25/2017

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Health Care Choice Act of 2017 [HB-314] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ] [Public Health ]
Health Care Choice Act of 2017 This bill repeals the health insurance and health coverage expansion requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and related provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Provisions of law amended or repealed by those provisions are restored. This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to provide that the laws of a state designated by a health insurer (primary state) apply to individual health insurance coverage offered by that insurer in any state (secondary state) if (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/25/2017

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Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2017 [HB-354] [Reproductive Rights ] [Healthcare ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Human Services ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2017 This bill prohibits, for a one-year period, the availability of federal funds for any purpose to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., or any of its affiliates or clinics, unless they certify that the affiliates and clinics will not perform, and will not provide any funds to any other entity that performs, an abortion during such period. This restriction does not apply in cases of rape or incest or where a physical condition endangers a woman's life unless an abortion is performed. The Department of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/25/2017

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Protecting American Families' Retirement Advice Act [HB-355] [Finance ] [Retirement ] [Pensions ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Consumer Protection ]
Protecting American Families' Retirement Advice Act This bill delays for two years the effective date of the Department of Labor rule published on April 8, 2016, relating to the definition of the term "fiduciary" and the conflict of interest rule with respect to retirement investment advice. (The rule defines who is a fiduciary with respect to pension and retirement plans. Under current law, a person who provides investment advice has a fiduciary obligation that requires the person to provide advice in the sole interest of plan participants and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith Introduced In House on 01/06/2017

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Hearing Protection Act of 2017 [HB-367] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Taxes ] [Consumer Protection ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ]
Hearing Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) eliminate the $200 transfer tax on firearm silencers, and (2) treat any person who acquires or possesses a firearm silencer as meeting any registration or licensing requirements of the National Firearms Act with respect to such silencer. Any person who pays a transfer tax on a silencer after October 22, 2015, may receive a refund of such tax. The bill amends the federal criminal code to preempt state or local laws that tax or regulate firearm silencers.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 02/06/2017

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Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act [HB-400] [Immigration ] [Community Development ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act This bill prohibits a sanctuary jurisdiction from receiving grants under certain Economic Development Assistance Programs and the Community Development Block Grant Program. A sanctuary jurisdiction is a state or political subdivision that has a statute, policy, or practice in effect that prohibits or restricts: (1) information sharing about an individual's immigration status, or (2) compliance with a lawfully issued detainer request or notification of release request. A state or political subdivision that complies (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings And Emergency Management. on 01/11/2017

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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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/03/2017

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