Rep. Brian Higgins

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District HD-NY-26
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 53

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US Congress 111th Congress

Early Treatment for HIV Act of 2009 [HB-1616]
Early Treatment for HIV Act of 2009 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to give states the option of providing Medicaid coverage for certain low-income HIV-infected individuals. Provides states taking advantage of this option with an enhanced federal Medicaid match.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/23/2009

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Safe Highways and Infrastructure Preservation Act [HB-1618]
Safe Highways and Infrastructure Preservation Act - Prohibits a state from prescribing or enforcing any regulation that allows a restricted property-carrying unit (any trailer, semitrailer, container, or other property-carrying unit longer than 53 feet, except for a fire-fighting unit) to operate on the National Highway System (NHS) (including the Interstate System), unless the operation of such unit is authorized by the state on June 1, 2008, and in actual and lawful operation on a regular or periodic basis (including seasonal operations) on or (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 03/20/2009

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Equity and Access for Podiatric Physicians Under Medicaid Act [HB-1625]
Equity and Access for Podiatric Physicians Under Medicaid Act- Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to include podiatrists as physicians in order to cover their services under the Medicaid program.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/23/2009

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Dairy and Sheep H-2A Visa Enhancement Act [HB-1660]
Dairy and Sheep H-2A Visa Enhancement Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the H-2A nonimmigrant visa category (temporary agricultural workers) an alien coming temporarily to the United States to work as a sheepherder or dairy worker. Provides for a three-year initial period of admission with additional three-year extensions. Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue housing regulations for workers engaged in the range production of livestock.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Courtney Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, And International Law. on 04/27/2009

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Empowerment Zone, Renewal Community and Enterprise Community Enhancement Act of 2009 [HB-1677]
Empowerment Zone, Renewal Community and Enterprise Community Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to tax-preferred empowerment zones, rural enterprise communities, and renewal communities to: (1) extend the period of designation for such areas through 2015; (2) provide a safe harbor standard for employee residency requirements in empowerment zones; (3) eliminate certain residency requirements for the empowerment zone employment tax credit; (4) grant authority to expand the boundaries of empowerment zones and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 03/24/2009

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Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2009 [HB-1691]
Breast Cancer Patient Protect Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan that provides medical and surgical benefits to ensure that inpatient (and in the case of a lumpectomy, outpatient) coverage and radiation therapy are provided for breast cancer treatment. Prohibits such a plan from: (1) restricting benefits for any hospital length of stay to less than 48 hours in connection with a mastectomy or breast conserving (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 10/08/2009

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Passport Fee Relief Act of 2009 [HB-1733]
Passport Fee Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a tax credit for the cost of obtaining travel documents necessary to comply with the terrorist travel and effective screening plan developed under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative).

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Higgins Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 03/26/2009

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To require the Secretary of State to establish passport issuance agencies within 50 miles of all major international border crossings. [HB-1734]
Directs the Secretary of State to establish passport issuance agencies within 50 miles of all major international border crossings. Defines "major international border crossing" as an international border crossing that has an annual privately-owned passenger vehicle crossing volume of at least 5 million vehicles.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Higgins Referred To The House Committee On Foreign Affairs. on 03/26/2009

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Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act of 2009 [HB-1740]
Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act of 2009 or EARLY Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to conduct a national evidence-based education campaign: (1) to increase public awareness regarding the threats posed by breast cancer to young women, including the particular risks faced by certain ethnic and cultural groups; and (2) focusing on awareness of risk factors and achieving (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 10/08/2009

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Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Performance (REEP) Program Act [HB-1778]
Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Performance (REEP) Program Act - Requires: (1) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and implement standards for a national energy and environmental building retrofit policy for single-family and multifamily residences; (2) the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to develop and implement standards for a national energy and environmental building retrofit policy for commercial buildings; and (3) the program to implement such policies to be known as the Retrofit for Energy and Environmental (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Environment. on 03/31/2009

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