Rep. Mark Pocan

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District HD-WI-2
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 99

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US Congress 114th Congress

Community Parks Revitalization Act [HB-201]
Community Parks Revitalization Act Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to carry out a community revitalization program of federal grants to eligible local governments located within standard metropolitan statistical areas for various park and recreation purposes, including grants for rehabilitation and construction, innovation and recreation programming, and recovery action programs. Authorizes the Secretary to designate local governments not located in standard metropolitan statistical areas to receive such grants under (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Cartwright Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 04/29/2015

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Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act [HB-2016]
Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act Amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to prohibit the use or possession of body-gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System. Imposes on persons who possess or use such traps in the System: (1) for a first offense, a civil fine of up to $500 for each body-gripping trap possessed or used; and (2) for subsequent offenses, a civil fine of up to $1,000 for each body-gripping trap possessed or used, imprisonment for up to 180 days, or both such a civil fine and imprisonment. Makes (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 05/26/2015

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Social Security and Medicare Parity Act of 2015 [HB-2025]
Social Security and Medicare Parity Act of 2015 Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to the determination of a valid marriage to account for marriages in jurisdictions other than a state. Authorizes the courts of any state to find that an OASDI benefit applicant and an insured individual were validly married in a jurisdiction other than a state at the time the applicant files a benefit application or, if the insured individual is dead, at the time the individual died. Waives (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/12/2015

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Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2015 [HB-2043]
Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from applying a multiple procedure payment reduction policy to the professional component of imaging services furnished: (1) after a specified date in the year this Act is enacted; or (2) in any subsequent year before the Secretary conducts and publishes, as part of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for a year, an analysis of the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale Data (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/11/2015

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Prescription Drug Accountability Act [HB-2046]
Prescription Drug Accountability Act This bill provides for Department of Veterans Affairs participation in state prescription drug monitoring programs.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/11/2015

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Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015 [HB-2050]
Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal, beginning with taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, the excise tax on employer-sponsored health care coverage for which there is an excess benefit (high-cost plans).

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/11/2015

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EACH Act Equitable Access to Care and Health Act [HB-2061]
EACH Act Equitable Access to Care and Health Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the religious conscience exemption under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to exempt individuals who rely solely on a religious method of healing and for whom the acceptance of medical health services would be inconsistent with their religious beliefs from the requirement to purchase and maintain minimum essential health care coverage. The individual claiming such exemption must provide an attestation that he or she has not (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 09/29/2015

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National Center for the Right to Counsel Act [HB-2063]
National Center for the Right to Counsel Act Establishes in the District of Columbia a private, nonprofit corporation to be known as the National Center for the Right to Counsel to provide: (1) financial support to supplement, but not supplant, funding for public defense systems that provide legal assistance to indigent defendants in criminal cases, including systems run by state or local governments as well as private entities or individuals providing services under contract with such governments; and (2) financial and substantive support for training (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 06/01/2015

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National Park and Wilderness Waters Protection Forever Act [HB-2072]
National Park and Wilderness Waters Protection Forever Act Withdraws federal lands within the Rainy River Drainage Basin in Minnesota from all forms of: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation under the mineral leasing and mineral material laws. Deems the approval of any lease or permit for activities relating to mining on federal lands in the Basin to be a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. Requires (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 05/26/2015

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Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking Act of 2015 [HB-2076]
Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking Act of 2015 This bill provides a safe harbor for depository institutions providing financial services to a marijuana-related legitimate business insofar as it prohibits a federal banking regulator from: (1) terminating or limiting the deposit or share insurance of a depository institution solely because it provides financial services to a marijuana-related legitimate business; or (2) prohibiting, penalizing, or otherwise discouraging a depository institution from offering such services. A federal banking regulator (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 06/01/2015

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