Rep. Ben Cline
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Preserving Patient Access to Compounded Medications Act of 2019 [HB-1959]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to compounding pharmacies, and for other purposes.
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SFC Richard Stayskal Military Medical Accountability Act of 2019 [HB-2422]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Allows claims to be brought against the United States for damages relating to the personal injury or death of a member of the Armed Forces arising out of a negligent or wrongful act or omission in providing medical, dental, or related health care functions at a military medical treatment facility. However, the bill does not apply to care provided at a medical treatment location deployed in an area of armed combat.
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Main Street Tax Certainty Act [HB-216]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
Makes permanent the tax deduction for qualified business income. (Under current law, the deduction expires after December 31, 2025.)
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Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2019 [HB-3063]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Trade ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Expands the federal prohibition against state taxation of interstate commerce to include taxation of out-of-state transactions involving all forms of property and services, including the furnishing or gathering of information and sales or transactions involving digital goods or services. (Under current law, the prohibition applies only to sales of tangible personal property.) The bill also (1) prohibits state taxation of an out-of-state entity unless the entity has a physical presence in the taxing state, (2) sets forth criteria for determining
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Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019 [HB-550]
[Defense ]
[International ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Veterans ]
Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of federal funds for any use of military force in or against Iran unless Congress has either declared war or enacted specific statutory authorization for such use. An exception is made for a presidential exercise of power to introduce Armed Forces into hostilities (or situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated) when there is a national emergency created by an attack upon the United States. The bill further states that no prior authorizations of military force may be construed
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National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act [HB-1830]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins emblematic of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor. The bill limits the issuance of such coins to the one-year period beginning on January 1, 2022. The bill prescribes surcharges for coin sales, which shall be paid to the National Purple Heart Honor Mission, Inc., to support the mission of such organization, including capital improvements to the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor facilities.
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Agricultural Trucking Relief Act of 2019 [HB-1673]
[Agriculture ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Food ]
Revises regulations related to the transportation of agricultural commodities. Specifically, the bill expands the definition of agricultural commodity to include (1) aquaculture, horticultural, and floricultural commodities; (2) fruits; (3) vegetables; (4) any non-human living animal and the products thereof; and (5) other agricultural products that are sensitive to temperature or climate and at risk of perishing in transit. Under current law, an agricultural commodity means any agricultural commodity, non-processed food, feed, fiber, or livestock.
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Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act [HB-2423]
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[Funding ]
[Grants ]
(Sec. 3) directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue up to 400,000 $1 silver coins that are emblematic of the women who played a vital role in rallying support for the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. (Sec. 5) Such coins may be issued during the period beginning on January 1, 2020, and ending on December 31, 2020. (Sec. 7) All surcharges received from the sales of such coins shall be paid to the American Women's History Initiative of the Smithsonian Institution.
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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for direct payment to physician assistants under the Medicare program for certain services furnished by such physician assistants. [HB-1052]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
Allows direct payment, under the Medicare program, to physician assistants for certain services furnished to enrollees.
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Condemning and censuring Adam Schiff, Representative of California's 28th Congressional District. [HR-604]
[Ethics ]
This resolution censures and condemns Representative Adam Schiff of California for certain misleading conduct.