Rep. Mark Pocan

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District HD-WI-2
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 99

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US Congress 114th Congress

Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act [HB-3119]
Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants or contracts for Palliative Care and Hospice Education Centers. These Centers must improve the training of health professionals in palliative care and establish traineeships for individuals preparing for advanced education nursing degrees, social work degrees, or advanced degrees in physician assistant studies in palliative care. HHS may make grants to, and enter into contracts (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/24/2015

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To increase the amount of funding available for fiscal year 2015 for certain general business loans authorized under the Small Business Act. [HB-3132]
To increase the amount of funding available for fiscal year 2015 for certain general business loans authorized under the Small Business Act. This bill amends the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 to increase the limit from $18.75 billion to $23.5 billion for FY2015 commitments for general business loans authorized under the Small Business Act for a combination of amortizing term loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided by revolving loans.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu Introduced In House on 07/21/2015

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To reaffirm the trust status of land taken into trust by the United States pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934, for the benefit of an Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date that the land was taken into trust, and for other purposes. [HB-3137]
To reaffirm the trust status of land taken into trust by the United States pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934, for the benefit of an Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date that the land was taken into trust, and for other purposes. Reaffirms the trust status of land taken into trust by the United States pursuant to the Indian Reorganization Act before the date of enactment of this Act for the benefit of an Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date the land was taken into trust. Ratifies and confirms any action taken (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Referred To The Subcommittee On Indian, Insular And Alaska Native Affairs. on 08/04/2015

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AMPLE Oil and Gas Royalties Act Accounting for Methane in Production through Loophole Elimination with Oil and Gas Royalties [HB-3140]
AMPLE Oil and Gas Royalties Act Accounting for Methane in Production through Loophole Elimination with Oil and Gas Royalties This bill amends the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 to require, with respect to federal oil and gas leases, a lessee or its designee of a lease in a unit or communitization agreement that contains only federal leases with the same royalty rate and funds distribution, or a lessee or its designee of a lease that is not contained in a unit or communitization agreement, to report and pay royalties on oil and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Pocan Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 08/04/2015

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One Social Security Act [HB-3150]
One Social Security Act This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to merge the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund into a new, restructured Social Security Trust Fund to consist of the employment and self-employment taxes imposed with respect to wages and self-employment income. The annual report to Congress on the operation and status of the Trust Fund shall include an actuarial analysis of the benefit cost with respect to disabled (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 07/27/2015

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Rural Broadband Initiative Act [HB-3152]
Rural Broadband Initiative Act This bill amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to establish an Office of Rural Broadband Initiatives at the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and and an Under Secretary for Rural Broadband Initiatives appointed by the President to head the Office. The Under Secretary is responsible for administering all rural broadband-related grant and loan programs previously administered by the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service and must: conduct nationwide outreach to rural areas; foster the development of a comprehensive (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Nolan Referred To The Subcommittee On Commodity Exchanges, Energy, And Credit. on 08/06/2015

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Foster Youth Independence Act of 2015 [HB-3160]
Foster Youth Independence Act of 2015 This bill amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow the chief executive officer of a state to certify that the state will provide assistance and services under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program to youths who have aged out of foster care and have not attained age 23 if: the state has elected to extend the eligibility for foster care to all children up to age 21, or the responsible state agency uses state or other funds not provided under (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Human Resources. on 07/28/2015

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Affordability Is Access Act [HB-3163]
Affordability Is Access Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require health insurance and group health plans to cover, as preventive care for women, over-the-counter oral contraceptives for daily use, regardless of whether an enrollee has a prescription for the contraceptive. (Insurers and plans cannot impose cost sharing for preventive care.)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/24/2015

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Pay Workers a Living Wage Act [HB-3164]
Pay Workers a Living Wage Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to: (1) $9.00 an hour on January 1, 2016, or, if later, on the first day of the third month after enactment of this Act; (2) $10.50 an hour after one year; (3) $12.00 an hour after two years; (4) $13.50 an hour after three years; (5) $15.00 an hour after four years; and (6) the amount the Department of Labor determines (based on increases in the median hourly wage of all employees) after five years, and annually (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 11/16/2015

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New Columbia Admission Act [HB-317]
New Columbia Admission Act Sets forth procedures for admission into the United States of the state of New Columbia. Requires the Mayor of the District of Columbia to: (1) submit to the eligible voters propositions for statehood and adoption of a State Constitution, and (2) issue a proclamation for the first elections to Congress of two Senators and one Representative of New Columbia. Requires the President, upon adoption of such propositions and certification of such elections, to issue a proclamation announcing the results and admitting New Columbia (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Introduced In House on 01/13/2015

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