Rep. Matthew Cartwright

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District HD-PA-8
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 226

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US Congress 113th Congress

Veterans Claims Efficiency Through Automation Act [HB-1805]
Veterans Claims Efficiency Through Automation Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to include in a required annual VA activities and costs report to Congress a report on the automatic processing of claims for compensation during the preceding year, including each medical condition for which claims were processed and the number of claims for each condition.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 05/08/2013

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Residential Energy and Economic Savings Act [HB-1807]
The Residential Energy and Economic Savings Act or the TREES Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to: (1) establish a grant program to provide financial, technical, and related assistance to retail power providers to support the establishment of new, or continued operation of existing, targeted residential tree-planting programs; and (2) create a national public recognition initiative to encourage such providers to participate in such programs. Sets forth requirements that must be met for tree-planting programs to qualify for assistance, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Power. on 05/03/2013

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EACH Act [HB-1814]
Equitable Access to Care and Health Act or the EACH Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to minimum essential health care coverage requirements added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to allow an additional religious exemption from such requirements for individuals whose sincerely held religious beliefs would cause them to object to medical health care provided under such coverage. Defines "medical health care" to mean voluntary health treatment by or supervised by a medical doctor that would be covered under minimum (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Received In The Senate. on 03/12/2014

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Pediatric Subspecialty and Mental Health Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2013 [HB-1827]
Pediatric Subspecialty and Mental Health Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Reauthorizes through FY2018 a pediatric specialty educational loan repayment program for health professionals providing pediatric medical subspecialty, pediatric surgical specialty, or child and adolescent mental and behavioral health care in an area with a shortage of the specified pediatric subspecialty that has a sufficient pediatric population to support the subspecialty.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/10/2013

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Accelerating the End of Breast Cancer Act of 2013 [HB-1830]
Accelerating the End of Breast Cancer Act of 2013 - Directs the President to establish the Commission to Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer to help end breast cancer by January 1, 2020. Directs the Commission to: (1) identify opportunities and ideas within government and the private sector that are key components in achieving the end of breast cancer and which have been overlooked, yet are ripe for collaboration and investment; (2) recommend projects to leverage such opportunities and ideas in the areas of the primary prevention of breast cancer (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/10/2013

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Clean Water Protection Act [HB-1837]
Clean Water Protection Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to define "fill material" to mean any pollutant that replaces portions of waters of the United States with dry land or that changes the bottom elevation of a water body for any purpose and to exclude any pollutant discharged into the water primarily to dispose of waste.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 05/07/2013

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Mechanical Insulation Installation Incentive Act of 2013 [HB-184]
Mechanical Insulation Installation Incentive Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an additional tax deduction for the cost of installing mechanical insulation property. Limits the amount of such deduction to the lesser of 30% or the reduction in energy loss from the installed mechanical insulation property compared to property that meets the minimum requirements of American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) standard 90.1-2007. Allows the cost of replacing mechanical insulation property to (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 01/04/2013

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Military Family Home Protection Act [HB-1842]
Military Family Home Protection Act - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (the Act) to allow a court, in an action to enforce an obligation on real or personal property secured by a mortgage against a servicemember who is, or was, eligible for hostile fire or imminent danger pay during a period of military service, a servicemember placed on convalescent status, a veteran who was medically discharged and retired, or the surviving spouse of a member who died during military service, to stay such proceedings, upon request of a covered individual, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky Subcommittee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 07/18/2013

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Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage and Allow Legal HIV Discrimination Act of 2013 [HB-1843]
Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage and Allow Legal HIV Discrimination Act of 2013 or the REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that federal and state laws, policies, and regulations regarding people living with HIV/AIDS should: (1) not place unique or additional burdens on such individuals solely as a result of their HIV status; and (2) demonstrate a public health-oriented, evidence-based, medically accurate, and contemporary understanding of HIV transmission, health implications, treatment, and the impact (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 06/20/2013

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Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013 [HB-1844]
Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013 - Declares that no predispute arbitration agreement shall be valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute. Declares, further, that the validity and enforceability of an agreement to arbitrate shall be determined by a court, under federal law, rather than an arbitrator, irrespective of whether the party resisting arbitration challenges the arbitration agreement specifically or in conjunction with other terms of the contract containing such agreement. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 06/14/2013

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