PASS Act Pandemic Accommodation to Support Students Act [HB-8820]
Directs the Department of Education (ED) to extend certain temporary relief related to federal student loans. Specifically, the bill extends to September 30, 2021, the suspension of payments and interest due on Federal Direct Loans and Federal Family Education Loans that are held by ED. Further, ED must carry out a program, beginning on August 1, 2021, to provide at least six notices to borrowers that normal payment obligations will resume.
HB-8820: PASS Act Pandemic Accommodation to Support Students Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 11/24/2020
Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID–19 Act of 2020 [HB-8702]
Temporarily increases payments to providers under Medicare medical services. Specifically, the bill provides an additional payment for certain services in 2021 and 2022 if the otherwise applicable payment is less than what it would have been in 2020. The bill applies to services that are payable under the physician fee schedule, excluding specified outpatient evaluation and management services.
HB-8702: Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID–19 Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 10/30/2020
Safe at Home Act [HB-4705]
Requires each executive agency and federal court to accept, for any purpose for which an individual is required to provide an address to the agency or court, an address designated to that individual pursuant to an address confidentiality program (e.g., a program to protect stalking or domestic violence victims).
HB-4705: Safe at Home Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. on 11/15/2019
Air America Act of 2020 [HB-8801]
Establishes the service of Air America employees as qualifying service for purposes of the Civil Service Retirement System. (Air America was a government-owned airline that provided air transport for certain covert operations in Southeast Asia, including Laos and Vietnam, between 1950 and 1976.) The bill applies to U.S. citizens who were employees of Air America or another affiliated company, as specified, between January 1, 1950 and December 31, 1976. Benefit applications must be filed within two years of the date of enactment of this bill.
HB-8801: Air America Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr H6818) on 12/04/2020
Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2019 [HB-2482]
To amend section 303(g) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823(g)) to eliminate the separate registration requirement for dispensing narcotic drugs in schedule III, IV, or V (such as buprenorphine) for maintenance or detoxificattion treatment, and for other purposes.
HB-2482: Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 05/31/2019
HB-8856: To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Freedom Riders, collectively, in recognition of their unique contribution to Civil Rights, which inspired a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 12/03/2020
You have voted HB-8856: To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Freedom Riders, collectively, in recognition of their unique contribution to Civil Rights, which inspired a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel..
HR-823: Condemning the Government of Iran's state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Mr. Raskin Moved To Suspend The Rules And Agree To The Resolution, As Amended. on 12/07/2020
You have voted HR-823: Condemning the Government of Iran's state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights..
Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act [HB-8662]
Establishes grant programs to address neurodegenerative diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease), and contains other related provisions. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall award grants to eligible entities to support research on and facilitate access to investigational drugs that diagnose or treat ALS. The Food and Drug Administration shall award grants to public and private entities to cover the costs of research and development of drugs that diagnose or treat ALS and other
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HB-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 10/23/2020
EHDC Act of 2020 Ending Health Disparities During COVID–19 Act of 2020 [HB-8200]
Expands COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) relief efforts, expands data collection and health literacy, supports research, promotes diversity in the health professional workforce, increases access to telehealth and other health care, and otherwise addresses the health of minority populations and immigrants. For example, the bill provides funding for emergency aid and services, grants to address COVID-19 health inequities, grants to address social determinants of health, and payments for language services. It also expands COVID-19 testing
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HB-8200: EHDC Act of 2020 Ending Health Disparities During COVID–19 Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings, And Emergency Management. on 09/14/2020