Healthcare Tax Relief and Mandate Repeal Act [HB-6048]
Healthcare Tax Relief and Mandate Repeal Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) terminate the requirement, added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), that individuals maintain minimum essential health insurance coverage for themselves and dependents; and (2) repeal provisions added by PPACA requiring certain employers who have a workforce of 50 or more full-time employees to provide health insurance coverage for their employees.
HB-6048: Healthcare Tax Relief and Mandate Repeal Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 06/28/2012
Western Hemisphere Security Cooperation Act of 2012 [HB-6067]
Western Hemisphere Security Cooperation Act of 2012 - Sets forth U.S. policy statements regarding: (1) the threat posed by Iran and deterrence of Western Hemisphere cooperation in enhancing Iran's development of nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons; (2) the security and environmental threat posed by Cuba; (3) implementation by Western Hemisphere countries of counterterrorism conventions; (4) nonproliferation, including nonproliferation of nuclear fuel fabrication; and (5) Small Quantities Protocols. Directs the Secretary of State to notify
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HB-6067: Western Hemisphere Security Cooperation Act of 2012
Sponsored by: Rep. Gus Bilirakis
Referred To The Subcommittee On International Monetary Policy And Trade. on 10/23/2012
Repeal of Obamacare Act [HB-6079]
Repeal of Obamacare Act - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, effective as of its enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Act. Repeals the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of the Act's enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by the Act's health care provisions.
HB-6079: Repeal of Obamacare Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 451. on 07/16/2012
Veterans E-Health & Telemedicine Support Act of 2012 [HB-6107]
Veterans E-Health & Telemedicine Support Act of 2012 or VETS Act of 2012 - 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 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 located
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HB-6107: Veterans E-Health & Telemedicine Support Act of 2012
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/27/2012
Preserving Work Requirements for Welfare Programs Act of 2012 [HB-6140]
Preserving Work Requirements for Welfare Programs Act of 2012 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from finalizing, implementing, enforcing, or otherwise taking any action to give effect to the Information Memorandum dated July 12, 2012 (Transmittal No. TANF-ACF-IM-2012-03), or to any administrative action relating to the same subject matter or that reflects the same or similar policies. Prohibits the Secretary also from authorizing, approving, modifying, or extending any experimental, pilot, or demonstration project under
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HB-6140: Preserving Work Requirements for Welfare Programs Act of 2012
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Committee On Ways And Means, And In Addition To The Committee On Education And The Workforce, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 07/18/2012
Collectible Firearms Protection Act [HB-615]
Collectible Firearms Protection Act - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to allow the importation of certain firearms listed as curios or relics into the United States by a licensed importer without the requirement of an authorization from or payment to the Department of State or the Department of Defense (DOD) upon certification to the Attorney General that such firearms are lawfully possessed under the laws of the exporting country.
HB-615: Collectible Firearms Protection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Referred To The Committee On Foreign Affairs, And In Addition To The Committee On Ways And Means, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 02/10/2011
National Pediatric Research Network Act of 2012 [HB-6163]
National Pediatric Research Network Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in carrying out the Pediatric Research Initiative, to act through the Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to provide for the establishment of a National Pediatric Research Network. Authorizes the Director of the Institute to award funding to public or private nonprofit entities for: (1) planning, establishing, or strengthening pediatric
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HB-6163: National Pediatric Research Network Act of 2012
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Castor
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/20/2012
Economic Growth and Development Act [HB-6178]
Economic Growth and Development Act - Directs the President to establish an interagency mechanism to improve coordination of U.S. development programs with private sector investment activities. Directs the President and Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to: (1) direct their respective policy and country teams to include private sector consultation in all country, sector, and global development strategies; and (2) ensure that independent analyses of constraints to growth are conducted as a component of all appropriate
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HB-6178: Economic Growth and Development Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The House Committee On Foreign Affairs. on 07/24/2012
Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act of 2012 [HB-6248]
Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) 14 C-27J aircraft that are excess to DOD needs and that acceptable for use by the Forest Service for wildfire suppression purposes. Grants the USDA Secretary priorty over other federal agencies regarding such transfers. Allows the DOD Secretary during FY2013-FY2017 to sell aircraft and aircraft parts that are excess to DOD needs to persons or entities contracting with the federal government for wildfire suppression
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HB-6248: Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act of 2012
Sponsored by: Rep. Judy Chu
Referred To The Subcommittee On Readiness. on 09/13/2012
Fort Hood Victims and Families Benefits Protection Act [HB-625]
Fort Hood Victims and Families Benefits Protection Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) any member of the Armed Forces who was killed or wounded in the attack at Fort Hood, Texas, on November 5, 2009, and the family members of those victims, should receive the same treatment and benefits as the victims and families of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States; (2) such members and families have made tremendous sacrifices, and the United States should provide them with the maximum level of benefits available, identical
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HB-625: Fort Hood Victims and Families Benefits Protection Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Marsha Blackburn
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 03/03/2011