Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2016 [HB-1769]
Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2016 (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to select a VA medical center to serve as the national center for research on the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions of the biological children or grandchildren of individuals exposed to toxic substances while serving as members of the Armed Forces that are related to such exposure. The bill requires: (1) the Department of Defense (DOD) or the head of a federal agency to make available to the VA for review records held by DOD, an Armed
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HB-1769: Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 114-592, Part I. on 05/24/2016
James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act [HB-1786]
James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program Fund indefinitely and index appropriations to the medical care component of the consumer price index for urban consumers. Makes funding available for: a quality assurance program for services delivered by health care providers, the WTC Program annual report, WTC Health Program Steering Committees, and contracts with Clinical Centers of Excellence. Amends the Air Transportation Safety and System
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HB-1786: James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 06/11/2015
Promoting Opportunity through Informed Choice Act [HB-1795]
Promoting Opportunity through Informed Choice Act Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to make on-line tools publicly available through the Social Security Administration website to allow all individuals eligible for disability and Supplemental Security Income benefits under titles II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) and XVI of the Social Security Act to assess the impact of earnings on their eligibility for, and amount of, benefits received through federal and state benefit programs.
HB-1795: Promoting Opportunity through Informed Choice Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Johnson
Introduced In House on 04/15/2015
Family Farm Relief Act of 2015 [HB-1805]
Family Farm Relief Act of 2015 Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a process for receiving H-2A nonimmigrant visas (temporary agricultural workers) which shall ensure that that petitioners may file such petitions over the Internet or in paper form. (Transfers administration of the H-2A program from the Department of Labor to USDA.) Includes year-round livestock workers, including dairy workers, in the H-2A category with a maximum three-year period of admissions which may be renewed three months after the end of each such period.
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HB-1805: Family Farm Relief Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 05/15/2015
Water Rights Protection Act [HB-1830]
Water Rights Protection Act Prohibits the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture from: conditioning or withholding the issuance, renewal, amendment, or extension of any permit, approval, license, lease, allotment, easement, right-of-way, or other land use or occupancy agreement (permit) on the limitation or encumbrance of any water right or the transfer of any water right to the United States or any other designee, or any other impairment of any water right under state law by federal or state action; requiring any water user
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HB-1830: Water Rights Protection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Newhouse
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 05/07/2015
HB-1884: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 206 West Commercial Street in East Rochester, New York, as the "Officer Daryl R. Pierson Memorial Post Office Building".
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Became Public Law No: 114-83. (txt | Pdf) on 11/05/2015
You have voted HB-1884: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 206 West Commercial Street in East Rochester, New York, as the "Officer Daryl R. Pierson Memorial Post Office Building"..
Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015 [HB-1892]
Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Amends the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 to repeal the declaration that trade adjustment assistance (TAA) program requirements in effect as of February 13, 2011, under the Trade Act of 1974 shall apply to petitions for certification to apply for TAA for workers, firms, and farmers that are filed before January 1, 2014. (Sec. 3) Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend through June 30, 2021: the TAA program, and the reemployment trade adjustment assistance (RTAA) program.
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HB-1892: Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Meehan
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Ways And Means. H. Rept. 114-108, Part I. on 05/08/2015
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase certain veteran funeral benefits. [HB-1911]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase certain veteran funeral benefits. Increases the amounts payable through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for: (1) burial and funeral expenses of certain veterans, and (2) such expenses in connection with a veteran's death due to a service-connected disability. Directs VA, with respect to any fiscal year, to provide percentage increases for burial and funeral expenses.
HB-1911: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase certain veteran funeral benefits.
Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 05/01/2015
You have voted HB-1911: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase certain veteran funeral benefits..
Improving the Integrity of Disability Evidence Act [HB-1936]
Improving the Integrity of Disability Evidence Act This bill amends the Social Security Act to prohibit the Commissioner of Social Security from considering (except for good cause) any medical evidence with respect to whether an individual is under a disability which is furnished by: (1) any individual convicted of a felony relating to Medicare fraud, (2) any individual or entity excluded from participation in any federal health care program, and (3) any person with respect to whom a civil monetary penalty or assessment has been imposed for the
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HB-1936: Improving the Integrity of Disability Evidence Act
Sponsored by: Rep. David Roe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/04/2015