Rep. Ben Cline
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Bills Introduced 42
Sponsored Legislation
US Congress 116th Congress
ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019 [HB-1407]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Social Security ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Health ]
Eliminates the five-month waiting period for disability benefits under the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (a progressive neurodegenerative disease, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord). Under current law, individuals must wait five months after becoming disabled before their disability insurance benefit payments may begin.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 02/27/2019
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Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019 [HB-1398]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Taxes ]
Delays reimposition of the annual fee on health insurers until 2022. Under current law, the annual fee for a health insurer is calculated based on the insurer's share of total premiums from the preceding year. The fee is suspended for 2019 (i.e., there is no fee based on premiums from 2018); reimposition is scheduled for 2020.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/28/2019
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Military Spouse Hiring Act [HB-2912]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
[Military ]
[Veterans ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Expands the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) to include the hiring of a qualified military spouse. (The WOTC permits employers who hire individuals who are members of a targeted group such as qualified veterans, ex-felons, or long-term unemployment recipients to claim a tax credit equal to a portion of the wages paid to those individuals.) A "qualified military spouse" is any individual who is certified by the designated local agency as being (as of the hiring date) a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wittman
Introduced In House on 05/22/2019
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African-American Burial Grounds Network Act [HB-1179]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Rights ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Tourism ]
Directs the Department of the Interior to establish the U.S. African-American Burial Grounds Network within the National Park Service (NPS). In carrying out the network, Interior, among other things, must review existing and new studies and reports to inform consideration of sites for the network; furnish specified technical assistance; develop a program to train states, units of local government, regional governmental bodies, organizations, educational institutions, and private entities to carry out the purposes of this bill; and produce and disseminate
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 05/22/2019
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Reclaiming Congress’s Constitutional Mandate in Trade Resolution [HCR-2]
[Trade ]
This concurrent resolution establishes (1) a Joint Ad Hoc Committee on Trade Responsibilities to develop a plan under which the functions and responsibilities of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) shall be moved to the legislative branch, and (2) a Congressional Advisory Board on Trade Responsibilities to advise the committee in its development of the plan. The USTR and the other heads of executive branch offices must make available to the committee and the board such information and assistance as the entities may reasonably
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Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith
Referred To The Subcommittee On Trade. on 01/31/2019
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Trademark Licensing Protection Act of 2019 [HB-4164]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishes that licensing a trademark or trademark registration for use by a related company does not contribute to establishing an employment relationship between the licensor and the licensee, nor does a licensor's exercise of control over how the licensed trademark is used.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. on 08/28/2019
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Dollars for the Wall Act [HB-3717]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Immigration ]
[Construction ]
[Elections ]
[Funding ]
Terminates after 2018 the taxpayer checkoff provisions of the Internal Revenue Code for payments to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund and replaces them with a taxpayer checkoff for payments to the Border Wall Trust Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson
Introduced In House on 07/11/2019
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Bill’s Promise Act [HB-3657]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requires the Government Accountability Office to study and report on how individuals on federal pretrial release are monitored.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 07/30/2019
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Nuclear Energy Leadership Act [HB-3306]
[Energy ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish advanced nuclear goals, provide for a versatile, reactor-based fast neutron source, make available high-assay, low-enriched uranium for research, development, and demonstration of advanced nuclear reactor concepts, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wittman
Referred To The Subcommittee On Strategic Forces. on 06/19/2019
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Stopping Bad Robocalls Act [HB-3375]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify the prohibitions on making robocalls, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Received In The Senate. on 07/25/2019