Rep. Paul Tonko

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District HD-NY-20
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 109

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US Congress 113th Congress

Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act [HB-4582]
Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to establish a program to refinance the unpaid principal, accrued unpaid interest, and late charges on: (1) the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loans (DLs) of qualified borrowers if the DLs were first disbursed or (in the case of Direct Consolidation Loans) applied for before July 1, 2013, and (2) the Federal Family Education Loans (FFEL) of qualified borrowers as DLs. (FFELs were not disbursed (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 06/13/2014

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Patients' Access to Treatments Act of 2013 [HB-460]
Patients' Access to Treatments Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish cost-sharing limits for health plans that cover prescription drugs and use a formulary or other tiered cost-sharing structure. Prohibits such a health plan from imposing cost-sharing requirements, including co-payment and co-insurance, applicable to prescription drugs in a specialty drug tier that exceed the dollar amount of cost-sharing requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tier. Applies the non-preferred brand drug (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/08/2013

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ChiPACC Act of 2014 [HB-4605]
ChiPACC Act of 2014 Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to give states the option of covering a children's program of all-inclusive coordinated care (ChiPACC).

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Tonko Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/09/2014

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Caring for Military Children with Developmental Disabilities Act of 2014 [HB-4630]
Caring for Military Children with Developmental Disabilities Act of 2014 - Includes in the treatment of military dependents' developmental disabilities under the Department of Defense (DOD) TRICARE program behavioral health treatment, including applied behavior analysis, that is prescribed by a physician or psychologist. Makes such behavioral health treatment available to retired members of the Coast Guard, the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Commissioned Corps of Public Health Service, or their (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 06/20/2014

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To reauthorize the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Act. [HB-4641]
Amends the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Act to extend the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission until 30 years (currently, 15 years) after December 21, 2000.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Public Lands And Environmental Regulation. on 05/19/2014

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Increasing Small Business Lending Act [HB-4652]
Increasing Small Business Lending Act - Amends the Small Business Act to suspend, until September 30, 2015, fees under the 7(a) program (SBA-guaranteed loans to small businesses) and the 504 program (financing to small businesses backed by SBA-guaranteed debentures issued by any qualified state or local development company). Authorizes the SBA to guarantee up to 90% of a loan made by a private lender to a small business eligible for a loan guarantee under the Small Business Act or the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. Prohibits such guarantees (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky Referred To The House Committee On Small Business. on 05/09/2014

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Social Security and Marriage Equality Act [HB-4664]
Social Security and Marriage Equality Act - 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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 05/15/2014

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Kerry Rose Fire Sprinkler Notification Act [HB-4675]
Kerry Rose Fire Sprinkler Notification Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) participating in title IV programs to include in their annual fire safety report: (1) the number and percentage of beds at their student housing facilities that are protected by an automatic fire sprinkler system in the bedroom, and (2) the number and percentage that are not so protected. Directs the Secretary of Education to make publicly available statistics on the number and percentage, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 11/17/2014

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U.S. Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society Recognition Act of 2014 [HB-4693]
U.S. Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society Recognition Act of 2014 - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a gold medal to the U.S. Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society, in recognition of the ceaseless efforts of American aircrew members to escape captivity and evade capture and the resistance organizations and nationals who assisted them.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson Referred To The Committee On Financial Services, And In Addition To The Committee On House Administration, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 05/20/2014

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Tick-Borne Disease Research Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 [HB-4701]
Tick-Borne Disease Research Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct or support epidemiological, basic, translational, and clinical research regarding Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases. Directs the Secretary to establish the Interagency Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Working Group to review all HHS efforts concerning tick-borne diseases to ensure interagency coordination and examine research priorities. Requires the Working Group (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/10/2014

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