Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act [HB-1698]
Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require a state Medicaid plan to provide 12-month continuous enrollment for an eligible individual, regardless of age. Amends SSA title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (CHIP) to require a state CHIP plan also to provide 12-month continuous enrollment for an eligible individual.
HB-1698: Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/26/2013
Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act [HB-1725]
Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act - Makes any veteran who served on active duty in a theater of combat operations during World War II, the Korean conflict, the Vietnam era, the Persian Gulf War, Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom, or any other period of war after the Persian Gulf War, or in combat against a hostile force during a period of hostilities, eligible for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for any mental illness through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), notwithstanding insufficient medical evidence
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HB-1725: Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/08/2013
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment, known as the Borinqueneers. [HB-1726]
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the award, on behalf of Congress, of a single gold medal in honor of the 65th Infantry Regiment, known as the Borinqueneers, in recognition of its pioneering military service, devotion to duty, and many acts of valor in the face of adversity. Requires the medal to be given to the Smithsonian Institution for display. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Smithsonian shall make the medal available for display elsewhere,
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HB-1726: To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment, known as the Borinqueneers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Signed By President. on 06/10/2014
Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013 [HB-1731]
Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013 - Amends the Egg Products Inspection Act to revise provisions concerning housing and treatment of egg-laying hens and enforcement of such requirements. Sets forth separate caging device and environmental and housing conversion provisions for California. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to delegate to the California Department of Food and Agriculture certain enforcement authority with respect to eggs produced, shipped, handled, transported, or received in California prior to the date that
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HB-1731: Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Livestock, Rural Development, And Credit. on 05/22/2013
Manufacturing Reinvestment Account Act of 2013 [HB-1737]
Manufacturing Reinvestment Account Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish tax-exempt manufacturing reinvestment accounts (MRAs) for taxpayers engaged in a manufacturing business. Allows such manufacturers to make tax deductible cash payments into an MRA of the lesser of their domestic manufacturing gross receipts for the taxable year or $500,000. Permits expenditures from an MRA for expenses for property to be used in the manufacturing business and expenses for employee job training and workforce development. Imposes a 10% tax
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HB-1737: Manufacturing Reinvestment Account Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 04/25/2013
American Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 2013 [HB-1738]
American Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax credits with a new American Opportunity Tax Credit that: (1) allows an income tax credit of up to $2,500 of the qualified tuition and related expenses of a student who is carrying at least one half of a normal course load, (2) increases the income threshold for reductions in the credit amount based upon modified adjusted gross income, (3) allows a lifetime dollar limitation on such credit of $15,000 for all taxable
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HB-1738: American Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 04/25/2013
America Votes Act of 2013 [HB-1748]
America Votes Act of 2013 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to permit an individual required to present identification as a condition for voting in a federal election to meet the requirement by presenting the appropriate state or local election official with a sworn written statement, signed by the individual under penalty of perjury, attesting to the individual's identification and that he or she is registered to vote in the election. Allows an individual desiring to vote by mail to submit such a statement with the ballot. Requires any
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HB-1748: America Votes Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The House Committee On House Administration. on 04/25/2013
Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 [HB-1755]
Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity by covered entities (employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, or joint labor-management committees). Prohibits preferential treatment or quotas. Allows only disparate treatment claims. Prohibits related retaliation. Makes this Act inapplicable to: (1) religious organizations, and (2) the relationship between the United States and members of the Armed Forces. Declares that this Act
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HB-1755: Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 07/08/2013
HELLPP Act [HB-1761]
Helping Ensure Life- and Limb-Saving Access to Podiatric Physicians Act or HELLPP Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to include podiatrists as physicians in order to cover their services under the Medicaid program. Amends SSA title XVIII (Medicare) to revise requirements for coverage of therapeutic shoes for individuals with diabetes regarding the processes of: (1) documentation by a physician of, and certification of a comprehensive plan of care related to, the diabetic condition; (2) prescription by a podiatrist
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HB-1761: HELLPP Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/03/2013
Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2013 [HB-1779]
Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2013 - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to revise the exclusion from the meaning of "mortgage originator" of any employee of a retailer of manufactured homes who does not for compensation or gain take residential mortgage loan applications, for compensation or gain offer or negotiate terms of a residential mortgage loan, or advise a consumer on loan terms (including rates, fees, and other costs). Excludes from the meaning of "mortgage originator," instead, any retailer
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HB-1779: Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 05/22/2014