Social Security Fairness Act of 2009 [HB-235]
Social Security Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal: (1) government pension offset requirements applicable to husband's and wife's insurance benefits, widow's and widower's insurance benefits, and mother's and father's insurance benefits with respect to OASDI payments; and (2) windfall elimination requirements with respect to computation of an individual's primary insurance amount.
HB-235: Social Security Fairness Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 01/07/2009
Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009 [HB-2350]
Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award recruitment incentive grants or contracts to graduate medical schools to enable them to improve primary care education and training for medical students. Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to: (1) award grants to critical shortage health facilities to enable
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HB-2350: Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, And Competitiveness. on 06/11/2009
Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2009 [HB-2365]
Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2009 - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish a monthly Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPIEC) that indicates changes over time in expenditures for consumption which are typical for individuals aged 62 years of age or older. Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVIII (Medicare) to use such new CPIEC in the computation of cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits, replacing
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HB-2365: Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Referred To The Subcommittee On Healthy Families And Communities. on 06/11/2009
Credit Card Interchange Fees Act of 2009 [HB-2382]
Credit Card Interchange Fees Act of 2009 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit specified electronic payment system network practices, including the imposition of: (1) additional charges on merchants and consumers for premium payment cards; (2) certain restrictions on merchants, including chargebacks for transactions on point of sale terminals that exceed the allowable amount on such devices; (3) restrictions upon network routing; (4) any requirement to meet a minimum number of transactions in any period; or (5) fees or a related adverse
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HB-2382: Credit Card Interchange Fees Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern
Committee Hearings Held. on 10/08/2009
To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps. [HB-24]
Redesignates: (1) the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps; and (2) the Secretary of the Navy as the Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps. Makes similar redesignations with respect to the Department Under Secretary, the Department Assistant Secretaries, and the General Counsel.
HB-24: To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 05/05/2010
No Fly, No Buy Act of 2009 [HB-2401]
No Fly, No Buy Act of 2009 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit: (1) the sale or other disposition of a firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person is an individual required to be prevented from boarding an aircraft; and (2) the shipment, transport, possession, or receipt of a firearm or ammunition by such individuals.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 06/12/2009
Scleroderma Research and Awareness Act of 2010 [HB-2408]
Scleroderma Research and Awareness Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate NIH activities with respect to scleroderma, with particular emphasis on: (1) research focused on the etiology of scleroderma and the development of new treatment options; (2) clinical research to evaluate new treatments options; and (3) basic research on the relationship between scleroderma and secondary conditions, such as pulmonary hypertension, gastroparesis,
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HB-2408: Scleroderma Research and Awareness Act of 2010
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 11/15/2010
Autism Treatment Acceleration Act of 2009 [HB-2413]
Autism Treatment Acceleration Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to implement an Autism Care Center Program to provide grants and other assistance to improve the effectiveness and efficiency in providing comprehensive care to individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders and their families. Directs the Secretary to award grants for: (1) services to enable adults with autism spectrum
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HB-2413: Autism Treatment Acceleration Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 06/11/2009
AgJOBS Act of 2009 [HB-2414]
Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security Act of 2009 or the AgJOBS Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to confer "blue card status" upon an alien who: (1) has performed agricultural employment in the United States for at least 863 hours or 150 work days during the 24-month period ending on December 31, 2008, or earned at least $7,500 from U.S. agricultural employment; (2) applied for such status during the 18-month application period beginning on the first day of the seventh month that begins after the date
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HB-2414: AgJOBS Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, And International Law. on 06/12/2009
Medicare Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2009 [HB-2425]
Medicare Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for the recognition of state-licensed or -registered health care professionals who are certified diabetes educators as Medicare providers of diabetes outpatient self-management training services. Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the barriers that exist for Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes in accessing diabetes self-management training services under the Medicare program. Directs the Director
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HB-2425: Medicare Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/15/2009