Rep. Louie Gohmert
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Bills Introduced 77
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American Future Healthcare Act of 2017 [HB-408]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Insurance ]
American Future Healthcare Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to: repeal the requirement that an individual making a tax deductible contribution to an HSA be covered by a high deductible health care plan; increase the maximum HSA contribution level; allow Medicare eligible individuals to contribute to an HSA; allow HSAs to be used to purchase health insurance; provide a cost-of-living adjustment for the limits on additional contributions for individuals 55 or older (catch-up contributions);
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wittman
Introduced In House on 01/10/2017
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WINGMAN Act Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act [HB-512]
[Veterans ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
WINGMAN Act Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide each veteran who submits a claim for VA benefits with an opportunity to permit a covered congressional employee in the office of the veteran's Member of Congress to have read-only access to all of the veteran's records in the Veterans Benefits Administration databases. A Member may designate up to two such covered congressional employees. A covered congressional employee may not be recognized
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 02/14/2017
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No Funding for Sanctuary Campuses Act [HB-483]
[Education ]
[Immigration ]
[Funding ]
No Funding for Sanctuary Campuses Act This bill amends title IV (Student Aid) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make an institution of higher education (IHE) that is a sanctuary campus ineligible for funds under title IV. It defines the term "sanctuary campus." The Department of Homeland Security must transmit to the Department of Education and publish in the Federal Register notice of a determination that an IHE is a sanctuary campus. The bill expresses the sense of Congress that providing in-state tuition to an alien who lacks lawful immigration
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Introduced In House on 01/12/2017
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VET Act Veterans Emergency Treatment Act [HB-476]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
VET Act Veterans Emergency Treatment Act This bill requires that a veteran enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care program who requests a medical examination or treatment at an emergency department of a VA medical facility be provided with a medical screening examination to determine whether an emergency medical condition exists and, if so, stabilizing medical treatment or a transfer to another VA or non-VA medical facility. If a non-stabilized emergency medical condition exists, the VA hospital may not transfer the veteran
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Young
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/03/2017
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Heartbeat Protection Act of 2017 [HB-490]
[Reproductive Rights ]
[Crime ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Heartbeat Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime for a physician to knowingly perform an abortion: (1) without determining whether the fetus has a detectable heartbeat, (2) without informing the mother of the results, or (3) after determining that a fetus has a detectable heartbeat. It provides an exception for an abortion that is necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical (but not psychological or emotional) disorder, illness, or condition. A physician who performs
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 02/06/2017
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Congressional Article I Powers Strengthening Act [HB-469]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Congressional Article I Powers Strengthening Act This bill establishes public notice and comment procedures and motion to intervene standards for civil actions seeking to compel agency action and alleging that an agency is unlawfully withholding or unreasonably delaying an agency action, and for consent decrees or settlement agreements that require agency action, relating to a regulatory action that would affect the rights of: (1) private persons other than the person bringing the action; or (2) a state, local, or tribal government. The bill sets
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 10/26/2017
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To designate the exclusive economic zone of the United States as the "Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States". [HB-475]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
To designate the exclusive economic zone of the United States as the "Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States". This bill designates the U.S. exclusive economic zone (as established by Presidential Proclamation Numbered 5030, dated March 10, 1983) as the "Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States."
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 02/10/2017
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Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Death with Dignity Act of 2016. [HJR-27]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Death with Dignity Act of 2016. This joint resolution nullifies the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Death with Dignity Act of 2016, signed by the Mayor of the District on December 19, 2016, and transmitted on January 6, 2017, to Congress pursuant to the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. The D.C. Act authorizes terminally ill patients to request and to be prescribed medication to end their lives.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. Markup Report Cq on 02/13/2017
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Save Christians from Genocide Act [HB-565]
[Immigration ]
[Human Rights ]
[Religion ]
[International ]
[National Security ]
Save Christians from Genocide Act This bill recognizes that Christians and Yazidis in Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Iran, and Libya are targets of genocide. The Department of Homeland Security shall provide for expedited visa processing and shall ensure that such applications receive first priority among refugee and (family- or employment-based) immigrant applications for an alien who: is a citizen or national of Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Iran, or Libya, or in the case of an alien having no nationality, whose country of last habitual residence was Iraq, Syria,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Introduced In House on 01/13/2017
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To redesignate Gravelly Point Park, located along the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Arlington County, Virginia, as the Nancy Reagan Memorial Park, and for other purposes. [HB-553]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Arts and Culture ]
To redesignate Gravelly Point Park, located along the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Arlington County, Virginia, as the Nancy Reagan Memorial Park, and for other purposes. This bill redesignates as the "Nancy Reagan Memorial Park" the Gravelly Point Park located along the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Arlington County, Virginia.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson
Reported By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1031. on 11/16/2018