Rep. Mike Thompson

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District HD-CA-4
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 146

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US Congress 113th Congress

Veterans E-Health & Telemedicine Support Act of 2013 [HB-2001]
Veterans E-Health & Telemedicine Support Act of 2013 or VETS Act of 2013 - Allows a health care professional who is authorized to provide health care through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and who is a licensed professional to practice at any location in any state, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. commonwealth, territory, or possession, regardless of where the professional or patient is located, if the professional is using telemedicine to provide treatment. Allows such treatment regardless of whether such professional or patient is (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/24/2013

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To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require certain institutions of higher education to provide notice of tuition levels for students. [HB-2020]
Truth in Tuition Act of 2013 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) to provide each student admitted to an undergraduate or graduate program: (1) a multi-year tuition and fee schedule; or (2) a single-year tuition and fee schedule, and a nonbinding, multi-year estimate of net costs after all financial aid is awarded. Requires IHEs that choose the second option to include with each multi-year estimate the average deviation, in percentage terms, between previous year estimates and actual net costs (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 07/08/2013

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Every Child Deserves a Family Act [HB-2028]
Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Prohibits an entity that receives federal assistance and is involved in adoption or foster care placements from discriminating against prospective adoptive or foster parents solely on the basis of their sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status or on the basis of the sexual orientation or gender identity of the child involved. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in order to ensure compliance with, and ensure understanding of the legal, practice, and culture changes required (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E679) on 05/16/2013

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Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act [HB-2030]
Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act - Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate rules to prohibit, as an unfair and deceptive act or practice, a person from advertising with the intent to deceptively create the impression that: (1) such person is a provider of abortion services if such person does not provide such services, or (2) such person is not a provider of abortion services if such person does provide such services. Defines "abortion services" as providing surgical and non-surgical procedures to terminate a (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Commerce, Manufacturing, And Trade. on 05/17/2013

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To modify the definition of fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to exclude appraisers of employee stock ownership plans. [HB-2041]
Amends the Employee Retirement Income and Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to exclude appraisers of employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) from the meaning of a fiduciary subject to ERISA.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ann Kuster Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 07/08/2013

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Veteran Employment Transition Act [HB-2056]
Veteran Employment Transition Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) revise the definition of "qualified veteran" for purposes of the work opportunity tax credit to include recently discharged veterans, and (2) make permanent the work opportunity tax credit for qualified veterans. Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) and the National Guard to inform military personnel who are discharged or released from active duty of the work opportunity tax credit and provide them with documentation relating to eligibility for and use of such credit. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 07/08/2013

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Earned Income Tax Credit Improvement and Simplification Act 2013 [HB-2116]
Earned Income Tax Credit Improvement and Simplification Act 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the earned income tax credit, to: (1) make permanent the increase in the rate of such credit for taxpayers with three or more qualifying children and the reduction in the amount of the marriage penalty for such credit; (2) allow such credit for an individual with no qualifying children who has attained the age of 21 but not 25 and is not a full-time student, and whose qualifying children do not have valid social security numbers; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 05/22/2013

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Veterans Back to Work Act of 2013 [HB-2133]
Veterans Back to Work Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the work opportunity tax credit for hiring qualified veterans (veterans receiving compensation for a service-connected disability and other federal assistance), and (2) allow employers who hire qualified veterans an exemption from employment and railroad retirement taxes for such veterans' first-year wages. Appropriates amounts to the Social Security Old-Age and Survivors Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund to cover any revenue loss (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 05/23/2013

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FIT Kids Act [HB-2178]
Fitness Integrated with Teaching Kids Act or FIT Kids Act - Requires the Secretary of Education to award grants to states to implement comprehensive programs to promote physical activity, education, and fitness and nutrition that are based on scientifically valid research, and an analysis of need that considers, at a minimum, physical education indicators. Limits a grant award to a maximum of five years. Prescribes certain activities under a grant, including that states must: (1) develop and implement a physical education indicators measurement (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 07/08/2013

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To provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Jack Nicklaus, in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence, good sportsmanship, and philanthropy. [HB-2203]
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Jack Nicklaus in recognition of his service to the nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike such gold medal and to strike and sell duplicate bronze medals at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the gold and bronze medals.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise Signed By President. on 12/16/2014

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