Recognizing the 75th anniversary of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. [HCR-59]
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[Veterans ]
[National Security ]
Recognizing the 75th anniversary of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. Commemorates the service, dedication, and sacrifice of our armed service members and their families who served at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton on its 75th anniversary. Recognizes the fighting force of the I Marine Expeditionary Force, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Logistics Group, Marine Corps Installation-West, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, Wounded Warriors Battalion-West, Marine Corps Air Station at Munn Field, Marine Aircraft Group 39, Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support
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HCR-59: Recognizing the 75th anniversary of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 06/16/2017
Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2017 (sic) [HB-2740]
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[Human Rights ]
[Military ]
[Religion ]
[Veterans ]
Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2017 (sic) This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl in recognition of his acts of valor during World War II.
HB-2740: Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2017 (sic)
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 11/14/2018
Home Health Documentation and Program Improvement Act of 2017 [HB-2663]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Home Health Documentation and Program Improvement Act of 2017 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to use an individual's medical record from a home-health agency, as appropriate, to support certification of such individual's Medicare eligibility for home-health services. The bill requires the CMS to establish a process for home-health agencies that are entitled to an administrative appeal after being denied eligibility for Medicare reimbursement to, instead, enter into a settlement with the CMS.
HB-2663: Home Health Documentation and Program Improvement Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/07/2017
AMBER Alert in Indian Country Act of 2017 [HB-2666]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Public Safety ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
AMBER Alert in Indian Country Act of 2017 This bill amends the PROTECT Act to reauthorize the AMBER Alert grant program for FY2018. The bill also modifies the program to: make Indian tribes eligible for AMBER Alert grants, permit the use of grant funds to integrate state or regional AMBER Alert communication plans with an Indian tribe, and allow the waiver of the matching funds requirement for grants awarded to Indian tribes.
HB-2666: AMBER Alert in Indian Country Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 11/29/2017
Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 [HB-3218]
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[Education ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
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[Healthcare ]
[Disabilities ]
Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 This bill revises education and related benefits provided to veterans, service members, dependents, and survivors. The bill amends the Post-9/11 veterans' educational assistance program to: remove certain time restrictions on program use; increase assistance for reservists, guardsmen, dependents, and surviving spouses and dependents; provide full eligibility for Post-9/11 Purple Heart recipients and certain reservists and guardsmen; provide an extra academic years' worth of benefits for
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HB-3218: Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Became Public Law No: 115-48. (txt | Pdf) on 08/16/2017
Native American Suicide Prevention Act of 2017 [HB-3473]
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[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Human Services ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Children and Youth ]
Native American Suicide Prevention Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require a state or state-designated entity receiving support from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for development and implementation of a statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategy to agree to collaborate with each of the state's federally recognized Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations regarding the strategy.
HB-3473: Native American Suicide Prevention Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/28/2017
VETS Act of 2017 Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2017 [HB-2123]
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[Telecommunications ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
VETS Act of 2017 Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill allows a licensed health care professional of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to practice his or her profession using telemedicine at any location in any state regardless of where the professional or patient is located if the covered health care professional is using telemedicine to provide VA medical or health services. Such authority shall apply to a covered health care professional regardless of whether the covered health care professional or patient
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HB-2123: VETS Act of 2017 Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Ann Kuster
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 11/08/2017
To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a feasibility study on renovating or replacing the Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center with a new or updated facility. [HB-3651]
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To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a feasibility study on renovating or replacing the Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center with a new or updated facility. This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to evaluate and report on the feasibility and costs of renovating or replacing the Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center, which is in American Samoa. The report must include specified information, including: (1) the cost to equip the facility to meet the care standards of the Department of Veterans
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HB-3651: To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a feasibility study on renovating or replacing the Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center with a new or updated facility.
Sponsored by: Rep. Amata Radewagen
Referred To The Subcommittee On Indian, Insular And Alaska Native Affairs. on 08/18/2017
You have voted HB-3651: To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a feasibility study on renovating or replacing the Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center with a new or updated facility..