Rep. Walter Jones

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District HD-NC-3
Party Republican
Bills Introduced 24

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US Congress 112th Congress

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, qualified restaurant property, and qualified retail improvement property. [HB-1265]
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the 15-year recovery period classification for qualified leasehold improvement, restaurant, and retail improvement property, for purposes of the depreciation tax deduction.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 03/30/2011

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To deauthorize appropriation of funds to carry out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. [HB-127]
Declares that no funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and any amendments made by either such Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/01/2011

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World War II Merchant Mariner Service Act [HB-1288]
World War II Merchant Mariner Service Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to consider certain methods for verifying that an individual performed honorable service as a member of the merchant marine during the period beginning on December 7, 1941, and ending on December 31, 1946, for purposes of eligibility for veterans' benefits under the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977. Requires such methods to include Social Security Administration (SSA) records and validated testimony in the case of the absence of Coast Guard shipping or discharge (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 04/15/2011

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Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act of 2011 [HB-1297]
Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, during a federal funding gap impacting the Armed Forces, to transfer to the Secretary of Defense (DOD), and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) in the case of the Coast Guard, amounts necessary to continue to provide pay and allowances to members of the Armed Forces, including the reserves, who perform active service during the funding gap. Prohibits any such transfer after December 31, 2011.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Motion To Discharge Committee Filed By Mr. Gohmert. Petition No: 112-2. ( ">discharge Petition Text With Signatures.) on 07/14/2011

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To provide that Executive Order 13166 shall have no force or effect, and to prohibit the use of funds for certain purposes. [HB-1307]
Declares Executive Order 13166, "Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency," to be null and void. Prohibits the use of funds for the promulgation or enforcement of an executive order that creates an entitlement to services provided in a language other than English.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gus Bilirakis Referred To The Subcommittee On Government Organization, Efficiency, And Financial Management . on 04/08/2011

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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain emergency medical devices from the excise tax on medical devices, and for other purposes. [HB-1310]
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt a qualified emergency medical device from the excise tax on medical devices. Defines "qualified emergency medical device" as a medical device furnished by first responders or ambulance services in providing out-of-hospital or pre-hospital care, or transport to a medical care facility, for individuals with illnesses, injuries, or other medical emergencies or in need of medical transport, extrication, or evacuation.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Walter Jones Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 04/01/2011

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Earned Retiree Healthcare Benefits Protection Act of 2011 [HB-1322]
Earned Retiree Healthcare Benefits Protection Act of 2011 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to establish an enforceable obligation on sponsors of group health plans to restore health benefits previously taken away from plan participants to the extent such benefits were cancelled or altered after their retirement. Prohibits group health plans from reducing retiree health benefits after the retirement of a plan beneficiary. Requires such plans to adopt provisions barring post-retirement reductions in retiree health (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/15/2011

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Protect America from U.S. Military Expenses in Libya Act of 2011 [HB-1323]
Protect America from U.S. Military Expenses in Libya Act of 2011 - Directs the President, in order to ensure that the cost of military operations in Libya does not increase the federal deficit or reduce the capability of U.S. Armed Forces, to submit to Congress a list of recommendations for specific rescissions of nonsecurity discretionary appropriations for FY2011, for purposes of reappropriation to accounts of the Department of Defense (DOD) to replace amounts obligated for such operations. Requires the aggregate amount of the recommended rescissions (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King Referred To The Committee On The Budget, And In Addition To The Committee On Armed Services, 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 04/01/2011

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To eliminate sweetheart deals under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. [HB-1324]
Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 related to: (1) the disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotment for Tennessee and Hawaii; (2) an adjustment to the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for qualifying disaster-recovery states; (3) the establishment of a floor on the area wage index for a frontier state for purposes of a geographic adjustment to Medicare payments to hospitals for inpatient services; (4) the eligibility for Medicare (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Walter Jones Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/04/2011

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Social Security Fairness Act of 2011 [HB-1332]
Social Security Fairness Act of 2011 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal: (1) government pension offset requirements applicable to husband's and wife's insurance benefits, widow's and widower's insurance benefits, and mother's and father's insurance benefits with respect to OASDI payments; and (2) windfall elimination requirements with respect to computation of an individual's primary insurance amount.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 04/07/2011

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