Rep. Mark Pocan

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District HD-WI-2
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 99

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Federal
US Congress 114th Congress

Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act [HB-3635]
Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act This bill requires federal employees furloughed due to a lapse in appropriations that begins on or about October 1, 2015, to be compensated at their standard rate of compensation for the period of such lapse as soon as practicable after such lapse ends.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 09/29/2015

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HIV Clinical Services Improvement Act [HB-3637]
HIV Clinical Services Improvement Act This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require payment under the Medicaid program for services furnished by recipients of Ryan White Part C grants, which support comprehensive primary care in outpatient settings for individuals living with HIV. Providers must be paid an amount equivalent to the prior average costs of providing these services. However, a state plan may establish an alternative payment methodology that: (1) is agreed to by the state and the grantee, and (2) results (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 10/02/2015

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Health Insurance for Former Foster Youth Act [HB-3641]
Health Insurance for Former Foster Youth Act This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to make technical revisions indicating that medical assistance is available to former foster care children regardless of whether they move between states.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 10/02/2015

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Positive Train Control Enforcement and Implementation Act of 2015 [HB-3651]
Positive Train Control Enforcement and Implementation Act of 2015 This bill extends deadlines and modifies requirements for railroad carriers and providers of intercity or commuter rail passenger transportation to implement positive train control (PTC) systems. (A PTC system is a communications and signaling system designed to prevent train-to-train collisions, over-speed derailments, incursions into established work zone limits, and the movement of a train through a switch left in the wrong position. Railroads which carry passengers or have high-volume (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Referred To The Subcommittee On Railroads, Pipelines, And Hazardous Materials. on 10/01/2015

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GEDI Act Gestational Diabetes Act of 2015 [HB-3658]
GEDI Act Gestational Diabetes Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a multisite gestational diabetes research project within the diabetes program of the CDC to expand and enhance surveillance data and public health research on gestational diabetes. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must expand and intensify public health research on gestational diabetes, including; (1) developing and testing novel approaches for improving postpartum testing (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 10/02/2015

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Putting Our Veterans Back to Work Act of 2015 [HB-366]
Putting Our Veterans Back to Work Act of 2015 Amends the: (1) VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 to extend through 2018 the veterans retraining assistance program, and (2) Wounded Warrior Act to extend through 2018 the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) (Secretary) to provide the same rehabilitation and vocational benefits to members of the Armed Forces with severe injuries or illnesses as are provided to veterans. Extends through: (1) March 31, 2018, additional VA rehabilitation programs for certain disabled veterans who have completed (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 08/13/2015

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To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings. [HB-3660]
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings. This bill amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office, upon receiving a request from Congress, to determine if legislation would reduce spending outside of the 10-year budget window through the use of preventive health and preventive health services.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wittman Introduced In House on 10/01/2015

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African American Civil Rights Network Act of 2015 [HB-3683]
African American Civil Rights Network Act of 2015 This bill requires the Department of the Interior to establish within the National Park Service (NPS) a U.S. Civil Rights Network that encompasses: (1) all NPS units and programs that relate to the African American civil rights movement during the period from 1939 through 1968; (2) other federal, state, local, and privately owned properties that relate to the African American civil rights movement and that are included in, or eligible for, the National Register of Historic Places; and (3) other governmental (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 11/30/2016

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Workplace Democracy Act [HB-3690]
Workplace Democracy Act This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to certify without an election an individual or labor organization as the exclusive representative of the employees in a unit appropriate for bargaining if a majority of the employees has signed valid authorizations designating the individual or labor organization specified in a properly filed petition as their bargaining representative and no other individual or labor organization is currently certified or recognized as (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/23/2016

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Improving Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women Act of 2016 [HB-3691]
Improving Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to extend support for residential substance abuse treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women through FY2021. (Sec. 3) The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment must carry out a pilot program to make grants to state substance abuse agencies to support services for pregnant and postpartum women who have a primary diagnosis of a substance use disorder, including opioid use disorders (opioids are drugs with effects similar (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/12/2016

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