Rep. John Katko
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Bills Introduced 103
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US Congress 115th Congress
Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2017 [HB-750]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish a separate Medicare benefit category for complex rehabilitation technology (CRT) items that: (1) are designed or configured to meet an individual's unique needs and capacities; (2) are primarily used to serve a medical or functional purpose; and (3) require certain services to ensure appropriate design, configuration, and use. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall designate CRT
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/09/2017
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American Innovation $1 Coin Act [HB-770]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Science ]
American Innovation $1 Coin Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of the Treasury, over a 14-year period beginning in 2019, to mint and issue "American Innovation" $1 coins commemorating innovation and innovators from each state, each U.S. territory, and the District of Columbia. Such coins shall be issued in the order in which the states ratified the Constitution or were admitted into the Union. After all such coins are issued, coins shall be issued for the District of Columbia and the territories. Treasury shall issue four coins per year
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Became Public Law No: 115-197. on 07/20/2018
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Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act [HB-795]
[Student Loans ]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the tax exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to include payments of qualified education loans by an employer to either an employee or a lender.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Introduced In House on 02/01/2017
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Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2017 [HB-820]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide support to collect the medical specimens and information of children, adolescents, and young adults with selected cancers that have the least effective treatments in order to achieve a better understanding of these cancers and the effects of treatment. The national childhood cancer registry is reauthorized through FY2022 and revised to authorize
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/03/2017
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Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act [HB-846]
[Military ]
[Veterans ]
[Pensions ]
[Social Security ]
Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act This bill: (1) repeals certain provisions that require the offset of amounts paid in dependency and indemnity compensation from Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuities for the surviving spouses of former military personnel who are entitled to military retired pay or who would be entitled to retired pay except for being under 60 years of age, (2) prohibits requiring repayment of certain amounts previously paid to SBP recipients in the form of a retired pay refund, and (3) requires (current law authorizes) the Secretary
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 02/24/2017
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Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act [HB-849]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to terminate the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Under PPACA, the IPAB is tasked with developing proposals to reduce the per capita rate of growth in Medicare spending.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/15/2017
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Global War on Terrorism War Memorial Act [HB-873]
[Veterans ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Military ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[National Security ]
Global War on Terrorism War Memorial Act (Sec. 2) This bill allows the Global War on Terror Memorial Foundation to establish the National Global War on Terrorism Memorial as a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia to commemorate and honor the members of the Armed Forces who served on active duty in support of the Global War on Terrorism. The memorial shall be established in accordance with the Commemorative Works Act. The bill prohibits the use of federal funds to pay any expenses for the establishment of the memorial. The
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Became Public Law No: 115-51. (txt | Pdf) on 08/18/2017
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Aviation Employee Screening and Security Enhancement Act of 2017 [HB-876]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[National Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Aerospace ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Aviation Employee Screening and Security Enhancement Act of 2017 (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to conduct, and submit to Congress and the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a cost and feasibility study of a statistically significant number of Category I, II, III, IV, and X airports assessing the impact if all airport employee access points from non-secured to secured airport areas are comprised of the following: a secure door utilizing card and pin entry
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Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 04/26/2017
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Sgt. Brandon Ketchum Never Again Act [HB-874]
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[Veterans ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
Sgt. Brandon Ketchum Never Again Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), upon the request of a veteran who is enrolled in the VA health care system and entitled to in-patient psychiatric care, to furnish such veteran with in-patient psychiatric care at: (1) the VA facility that is closest to where the veteran resides and that has the capacity and capability to provide such care, or (2) at a non-VA facility if the VA facility lacks such capacity or capability.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao
Introduced In House on 02/06/2017
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Pet and Women Safety Act of 2017 [HB-909]
[Animals ]
[Crime ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Pet and Women Safety Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to broaden the definition of stalking to include conduct that causes a person to experience a reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury to his or her pet. Additionally, an interstate violation of a protection order includes interstate travel with the intent to violate a protection order against a pet that is included within the scope of the protection order. The bill specifies the applicable criminal penalty—a prison term of up to five years, a fine, or both—for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 03/09/2017