Broadening Opportunities Through Education Act [HB-3738]
Broadening Opportunities Through Education Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states that make school attendance compulsory through age 17. Requires states to use their grant to improve their secondary school programs, such as by: establishing or expanding work-based programs that integrate academic and career-based skills; implementing an early warning system that helps high schools and their feeder middle schools identify and assist struggling students; establishing grade and school transition programs
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HB-3738: Broadening Opportunities Through Education Act
Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Referred To The House Committee On Education And The Workforce. on 12/12/2013
Child Care Access and Refundability Expansion Act [HB-3740]
Child Care Access and Refundability Expansion Act or the Child CARE Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for dependent care expenses, to: (1) make such credit refundable, (2) deny such credit to nonresident aliens, and (3) allow an annual cost-of-living adjustment after 2013 to the amounts used to determine an income-based reduction in the amount of such credit.
HB-3740: Child Care Access and Refundability Expansion Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 12/12/2013
Antibiotic Development to Advance Patient Treatment Act of 2013 [HB-3742]
Antibiotic Development to Advance Patient Treatment Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to approve the use of an antibacterial or antifungal drug that is intended for treatment of a serious or life-threatening disease or condition to treat a limited population of patients for which there is an unmet medical need. Requires the labeling of such drugs to prominently include in the prescribing information the statement that the drug is indicated for use in
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HB-3742: Antibiotic Development to Advance Patient Treatment Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 12/13/2013
Igniting American Research Act [HB-3757]
Igniting American Research Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for increasing research expenditures, to: (1) extend such credit through 2014; (2) increase the rate of the alternative simplified research tax credit to 20% and make such credit permanent; (3) allow a 20% research tax credit for payments to a tax-exempt biotechnology research consortium for biotechnology research; and (4) modify the requirements relating to the eligibility of an energy research consortium for the tax credit to require at least 3 unrelated
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HB-3757: Igniting American Research Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 12/12/2013
Paycheck Fairness Act [HB-377]
Paycheck Fairness Act - Amends the portion of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) known as the Equal Pay Act to revise remedies for, enforcement of, and exceptions to prohibitions against sex discrimination in the payment of wages. Revises the exception to the prohibition for a wage rate differential based on any other factor other than sex. Limits such factors to bona fide factors, such as education, training, or experience. States that the bona fide factor defense shall apply only if the employer demonstrates that such factor: (1) is not
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HB-377: Paycheck Fairness Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 04/23/2013
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act [HB-3824]
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before April 1, 2014. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until March 31, 2014, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and September
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Intelligence Budget Transparency Act of 2014 [HB-3855]
Intelligence Budget Transparency Act of 2014 - Requires the President's annual federal budget submission to include the total dollar amount proposed for intelligence or intelligence related activities of each element of the government engaged in such activities in the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted and the estimated appropriation required for each of the ensuing four fiscal years.
HB-3855: Intelligence Budget Transparency Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The House Committee On The Budget. on 01/13/2014
National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act [HB-3867]
National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary 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. Limits the minting of such coins to the one-year period beginning on January 1, 2017. Prescribes surcharges for coin sales, which shall be paid to the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, Inc., to help finance the construction of a new building and renovation of existing National Purple Heart Hall of Honor facilities.
HB-3867: National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 01/14/2014
Lymphedema Treatment Act [HB-3877]
Lymphedema Treatment Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to cover certain lymphedema compression treatment items as durable medical equipment.
HB-3877: Lymphedema Treatment Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/17/2014
Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014 [HB-3899]
Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014 - Amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 with respect to the requirement that a federal court retain jurisdiction for an appropriate period to prevent commencement of new devices to deny or abridge the right to vote. Expands the types of violations triggering the authority of a court to retain such jurisdiction to include certain violations of the Act as well as violations of any federal voting rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or membership in a language minority group. Excludes
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HB-3899: Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 03/20/2014