Meaningful Use Hardship Relief Act of 2015 [HB-3940]
Meaningful Use Hardship Relief Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to create a blanket exception for providers from the application of certain negative payment adjustments for failing to comply, during the 2015 reporting period, with requirements related to the meaningful use of electronic health records. Under current law, providers may be exempted due to significant hardship on a case-by-case basis.
HB-3940: Meaningful Use Hardship Relief Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 11/06/2015
High School Football Safety Study Act [HB-3986]
High School Football Safety Study Act This bill directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to: (1) conduct a study to more precisely identify the causes of deaths related to high school football and to develop recommendations to prevent such deaths, and (2) submit to Congress and publish on the public website of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality a report on the study's results.
HB-3986: High School Football Safety Study Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Cardenas
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 03/23/2016
National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2015 [HB-402]
National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2015 Amends the federal criminal code to authorize a person who is carrying a valid, government-issued identification document containing that person's photograph and a valid permit to carry a concealed firearm in one state, and who is not prohibited from possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm under federal law, to possess or carry a concealed handgun (other than a machine gun or destructive device) in another state in accordance with the restrictions of that state.
HB-402: National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 02/05/2015
States' Right of Refugee Refusal Act of 2015 [HB-4032]
States' Right of Refugee Refusal Act of 2015 This bill prohibits the Office of Refugee Resettlement or the federal agency administering refugee resettlement from resettling or coordinating placement of any refugee in a state whose government has communicated to the Office that the state government does not accede to such resettlement or placement.
HB-4032: States' Right of Refugee Refusal Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 12/04/2015
Fair Treatment for Families of Veterans Act [HB-4087]
Fair Treatment for Families of Veterans Act This bill revises the effective date for reductions or discontinuances of Department of Veterans Affairs compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, and pensions by reason of marriage, remarriage, or death. The effective date is changed from the last day of the month before a marriage, remarriage, or death occurs to the last day of the month during which the event occurs.
HB-4087: Fair Treatment for Families of Veterans Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 05/18/2016
PACT Act of 2015 Protecting Access through Competitive-pricing Transition Act of 2015 [HB-4185]
PACT Act of 2015 Protecting Access through Competitive-pricing Transition Act of 2015 This bill amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to modify provisions relating to payment for durable medical equipment (DME) under the Medicare and Medicaid programs. (DME includes certain medically necessary equipment such as walkers, wheelchairs, and hospital beds.) With respect to DME furnished in areas that are not competitive acquisition areas, current regulations require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) to phase
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HB-4185: PACT Act of 2015 Protecting Access through Competitive-pricing Transition Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 12/11/2015
Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015 [HB-427]
Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) States that the purpose of this Act is to increase accountability for and transparency in the federal regulatory process by requiring Congress to approve all new major regulations. (Sec. 3) Revises provisions relating to congressional review of agency rulemaking to require a federal agency promulgating a rule to publish information about the rule in the Federal Register and include in its report to Congress and to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) a classification of
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HB-427: Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 307. on 12/02/2015
HB-431: To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Signed By President. on 03/07/2015
You have voted HB-431: To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965..
One Subject at a Time Act [HB-4335]
One Subject at a Time Act This bill requires: (1) each bill or joint resolution to embrace no more than one subject, and (2) the subject to be clearly and descriptively expressed in the measure's title. The bill prohibits an appropriations bill from containing any general legislation or change of existing law requirement, if its subject is not germane to the subject of such bill. The bill also declares void: (1) an entire Act or joint resolution if its title addresses two or more unrelated subjects, (2) provisions in legislation not clearly and
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HB-4335: One Subject at a Time Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Dave Brat
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 02/03/2016
Faster Care for Veterans Act of 2016 [HB-4352]
Faster Care for Veterans Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to begin an 18-month pilot program in at least three Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs) under which veterans use an Internet website or mobile application to schedule and confirm appointments at VA medical facilities.The program's duration may be extended and the number of VISNs may be increased if the VA determines that the program is reducing the wait times of veterans seeking medical care and ensuring that more available appointment
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HB-4352: Faster Care for Veterans Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Signed By President. on 12/16/2016