Sen. Ben Lujan

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District SD-NM
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 212

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US Congress 113th Congress

Pay As You Rate Act [HB-2086]
Pay As You Rate Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), prior to adjudicating a claim which requires decisions with respect to two or more disabilities, to make interim payments based on any disability for which the Secretary has already made a decision. Requires the Secretary, upon claim adjudication, to pay the benefits awarded less the amount of the interim payments.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Subcommittee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 07/17/2013

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School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act [HB-2094]
School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act, with respect to asthma-related grants for child health services, to give an additional preference to a state that allows self-administration of asthma and anaphylaxis medication and makes a certification concerning the adequacy of the state's civil liability protection law to protect trained school personnel who may administer epinephrine to a student reasonably believed to be having an anaphylactic reaction. Requires elementary and secondary schools in such a state (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise Became Public Law No: 113-48. on 11/13/2013

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Earned Income Tax Credit Improvement and Simplification Act 2013 [HB-2116]
Earned Income Tax Credit Improvement and Simplification Act 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the earned income tax credit, to: (1) make permanent the increase in the rate of such credit for taxpayers with three or more qualifying children and the reduction in the amount of the marriage penalty for such credit; (2) allow such credit for an individual with no qualifying children who has attained the age of 21 but not 25 and is not a full-time student, and whose qualifying children do not have valid social security numbers; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 05/22/2013

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Access to Substance Abuse Treatment Act of 2013 [HB-2130]
Access to Substance Abuse Treatment Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to: (1) increase the availability of treatment for abuse of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy), and phencyclidine (PCP); (2) provide vouchers to individuals in underserved populations for authorized services related to such treatment; and (3) establish programs to provide for and coordinate the provision of wrap-around services, such as medical (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/24/2013

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Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2013 [HB-2146]
Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to extend from December 31, 2014, through December 31, 2024, the Terrorism Risk Insurance program. Extends to September 30, 2027, the deadline by which the Secretary of the Treasury is required to collect all mandatory premiums for any act of terrorism occurring on or after January 1, 2012. Requires reports in 2017, 2020, and 2023 on the findings of the President's Working Group on Financial Markets pursuant to an ongoing analysis regarding (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 05/23/2013

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Educator Preparation Reform Act [HB-2172]
Educator Preparation Reform Act - Amends title II (Teacher Quality Enhancement) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise the Teacher Quality Partnership grant program. (The grant program provides funds to partnerships of high-need local educational agencies [LEAs], high-need schools, institutions of higher education [IHEs], and, as applicable, high-need early childhood education programs which are to use the funds for a pre-baccalaureate teacher preparation program, a teaching residency program, or a combination of such programs. Partnerships (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 07/08/2013

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Promise Neighborhoods Act of 2013 [HB-2195]
Promise Neighborhoods Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive, matching Promise Neighborhood Partnership grants to nonprofit organizations that partner with a local educational agency (LEA) to implement a comprehensive continuum of supports and services that engage community partners in improving the academic achievement, health and social development, and college and career readiness of children that live in distressed neighborhoods with underperforming schools. Directs the Secretary to award competitive, matching (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 07/08/2013

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IDEA MOE Adjustment Act [HB-2246]
IDEA MOE Adjustment Act - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to limit the penalty imposed on a state that reduces its level of funding for special education from one fiscal year to the next to a reduction of federal special education funds for one fiscal year. (Currently, that penalty may be imposed on a state for any fiscal year after the fiscal year the state reduces its special education funding.) Redistributes the federal special education funding that is denied to a penalized state to states that have not reduced their level (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ben Lujan Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 07/08/2013

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Native American Veterans' Memorial Amendments Act of 2013 [HB-2319]
Native American Veterans' Memorial Amendments Act of 2013 - Amends the Native American Veterans' Memorial Establishment Act of 1994 to authorize the construction of the National Native American Veterans' Memorial on the property under the jurisdiction of the National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall. (Currently, its location is restricted to the interior structure of the Museum.) Authorizes the Museum to participate in the selection of the Memorial's design, on more than a consultative basis, with the National Congress of American (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Cardenas Became Public Law No: 113-70. on 12/26/2013

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Adoption Tax Credit Tribal Parity Act of 2013 [HB-2332]
Adoption Tax Credit Tribal Parity Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow Indian tribes to make the determination that a child is a child with special needs for purposes of the adoption tax credit.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 06/12/2013

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