Rep. Jody Hice
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Bills Introduced 45
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Conscience Protection Act of 2017 [HB-644]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Religion ]
Conscience Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to codify the prohibition against the federal government and state and local governments that receive federal financial assistance for health-related activities penalizing or discriminating against a health care provider based on the provider's refusal to be involved in, or provide coverage for, abortion. Health care providers include health care professionals, health care facilities, social services providers, health care professional training programs, and health
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 01/24/2017
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Transparency and Accountability of Failed Exchanges Act [HB-640]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Transparency and Accountability of Failed Exchanges Act This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to require the Department of Health and Human Services, for certain states awarded a grant to establish a health insurance exchange, to report on how awarded amounts were used and rescind unobligated amounts. This applies to any state that terminates operation of its exchange or transfers operation to another entity. Such a state must provide to the General Services Administration any property acquired through the grant
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock
Introduced In House on 01/24/2017
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Stopping EPA Overreach Act of 2017 [HB-637]
[Air Quality ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Stopping EPA Overreach Act of 2017 This bill amends the Clean Air Act to exclude carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride pollution from the scope of that Act. The bill declares that current law does not authorize or require the regulation of climate change or global warming and nullifies certain final rules relating to: (1) greenhouse gas and volatile organic compounds emissions, including methane emissions, from the oil and natural gas sector; and (2) carbon pollution emissions
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 01/25/2017
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Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act [HB-660]
[Water ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act (Sec. 4) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to submit to Congress, make publicly available, and biennially update an Asset Management Report that describes the Bureau of Reclamation's efforts to maintain in a reliable manner all reserved works (buildings, structures, facilities, or equipment owned by Reclamation for which operations and maintenance are performed by its employees or through a contract with Reclamation) at Reclamation facilities, and to standardize and streamline data reporting
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Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Received In The Senate. Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 573. on 09/17/2018
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Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017 [HB-631]
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Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and (2) make permanent the maximum 35% gift tax rate and the lifetime gift tax exemption. The bill provides for an inflation adjustment to such exemption amount.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Introduced In House on 01/24/2017
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Disapproving a rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Compliance with Title X Requirements by Project Recipients in Selecting Subrecipients". [HJR-39]
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[Reproductive Rights ]
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[Human Services ]
Disapproving a rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Compliance with Title X Requirements by Project Recipients in Selecting Subrecipients". This joint resolution nullifies a Department of Health and Human Services rule regarding subrecipients of family planning grants. (Under the rule, grant recipients may prohibit an entity from receiving a subaward only for reasons related to the entity's ability to provide family planning services.)
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/03/2017
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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation". [HJR-36]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Mining ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation". This joint resolution nullifies the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management titled "Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation." The rule published in the Federal Register on November 18, 2016, addresses waste generated during oil and gas production.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 01/04/2018
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Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to drug testing of unemployment compensation applicants. [HJR-42]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to drug testing of unemployment compensation applicants. This joint resolution nullifies the rule finalized by the Department of Labor on August 1, 2016, relating to establishing, for state unemployment compensation program purposes, occupations that regularly conduct drug testing.
Sponsored by: Rep. Glenn Grothman
Became Public Law No: 115-17. (txt | Pdf) on 03/31/2017
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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to compliance with title X requirements by project recipients in selecting subrecipients. [HJR-43]
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[Reproductive Rights ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to compliance with title X requirements by project recipients in selecting subrecipients. This joint resolution nullifies a Department of Health and Human Services rule regarding subrecipients of family planning grants. (Under the rule, grant recipients may prohibit an entity from receiving a subaward only for reasons related to the entity's ability to provide family planning services.)
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Became Public Law No: 115-23. (txt | Pdf) on 04/13/2017
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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Social Security Administration relating to Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007. [HJR-40]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Social Security ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Disabilities ]
[Crime ]
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Social Security Administration relating to Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007. rule finalized by the Social Security Administration on December 19, 2016. The rule implements a plan to provide to the National Instant Criminal History Background Check System the name of an individual who meets certain criteria, including that benefit payments are made through a representative payee because the individual is
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Became Public Law No: 115-8. (txt | Pdf) on 02/28/2017