Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act [HB-924]
Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a 30% tax credit for investment in a qualifying offshore wind facility (an offshore facility using wind to produce electricity), and (2) direct the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a qualifying credit for offshore wind facilities program to consider and award certifications for investments eligible for such a credit to qualifying offshore wind facility sponsors. Requires the Secretary to review credits allocated under this Act periodically and authorizes
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HB-924: Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 02/28/2013
Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2013 [HB-942]
Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover, as medical and other health services, complex rehabilitation technology items designed and configured for a specific qualified individual to meet that individual's unique: (1) medical, physical, and functional needs related to a medical condition; and (2) capacities for basic activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental ADLs. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) designate
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HB-942: Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/08/2013
Invest in American Jobs Act of 2013 [HB-949]
Invest in American Jobs Act of 2013 - Revises Buy American requirements with respect to federal-aid highways, capital investment grants to support intercity passenger rail service (rail grants), and Amtrak, particularly the handling of waiver requests. Revises similar Buy American requirements with respect to public transportation, particularly rolling stock. Requires the cost of rolling stock components and subcomponents produced in the United States to increase from 60% in FY2013 by 10% annual increments up to 100% for FY2017 and ensuing fiscal
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HB-949: Invest in American Jobs Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Aviation. on 03/06/2013
United States Postal Service Stabilization Act of 2013 [HB-961]
United States Postal Service Stabilization Act of 2013 - Amends provisions concerning the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS), with respect to employees of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), to: (1) provide a new formula for calculating employee pension contributions using the normal-cost percentage method multiplied by the aggregate amount of basic pay payable to employees of USPS and the Postal Regulatory Commission, and (2) provide for the use of excess FERS contributions to pay USPS debt obligations and make pension contributions.
HB-961: United States Postal Service Stabilization Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The House Committee On Oversight And Government Reform. on 03/05/2013
HCR-110: Calling for urgent international intervention on behalf of Iraqi civilians facing a dire humanitarian crisis and severe persecution in the Nineveh Plain region of Iraq.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Referred To The House Committee On Foreign Affairs. on 07/24/2014
You have voted HCR-110: Calling for urgent international intervention on behalf of Iraqi civilians facing a dire humanitarian crisis and severe persecution in the Nineveh Plain region of Iraq..
HCR-34: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Chained Consumer Price Index should not be used to calculate cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security benefits.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 04/18/2013
You have voted HCR-34: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Chained Consumer Price Index should not be used to calculate cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security benefits..
Immediate Establishment of Syrian War Crimes Tribunal Resolution [HCR-51]
Immediate Establishment of Syrian War Crimes Tribunal Resolution - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the United States should urge the government of Syria and other groups involved in the civil war in Syria to implement an immediate cease fire and engage in negotiations to end the bloodshed; (2) the United States should declare that it is a requirement of basic justice that war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, whether committed by officials of the government of Syria or members of other groups involved in the civil war in Syria,
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HCR-51: Immediate Establishment of Syrian War Crimes Tribunal Resolution
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 04/30/2014
Supporting the goals and ideals of suicide prevention awareness. [HCR-64]
Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month and efforts to raise awareness and improve outreach to individuals at risk for suicide, especially veterans and members of the Armed Forces. Encourages the people of the United States to learn more about the warning signs of suicide and how each person can help prevent suicide and promote mental health.
HCR-64: Supporting the goals and ideals of suicide prevention awareness.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 11/15/2013
Stop Harming Our Kids Resolution of 2013 [HCR-69]
Stop Harming Our Kids Resolution of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that sexual orientation change efforts directed at minors are discredited and ineffective, have no legitimate therapeutic purpose, and are dangerous and harmful. Encourages states to protect minors from efforts that promote or promise to change sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, based on the premise that being lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or gender nonconforming is a mental illness or developmental disorder that can or should be cured. Defines
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HCR-69: Stop Harming Our Kids Resolution of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 12/06/2013
Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment. [HJR-113]
Eliminates the time limit for ratification of the equal rights amendment (prohibits discrimination on account of sex) proposed to the states in House Joint Resolution 208 of the 92nd Congress, as agreed to in the Senate on March 22, 1972. Declares that such amendment shall be part of the Constitution whenever ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states.
HJR-113: Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 04/16/2014