Rep. Brian Higgins

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District HD-NY-26
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 53

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US Congress 111th Congress

Ed Walker Memorial Act for Improvements to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program [HB-2114]
Ed Walker Memorial Act for Improvements to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include certain former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort under the energy employees occupational illness compensation program. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) issue regulations for designating additional classes of employees, including those employed during a period of residual contamination, as (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Higgins Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 06/04/2009

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Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act [HB-2129]
Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act - Makes it unlawful, during a period proclaimed by the President as an energy emergency, to sell gasoline or any other petroleum distillate at a price that: (1) is unconscionably excessive; or (2) indicates the seller is taking unfair advantage of the circumstances of an emergency to increase prices unreasonably. Authorizes the President to issue an energy emergency proclamation of up to 30 days, with renewals allowed, and to cite the geographic area, gasoline or other petroleum distillate, and time period covered. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Healthy Families And Communities. on 06/04/2009

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To amend the Act of August 21, 1957, to allocate funds from certain electric power sales from the Niagara Power Project in New York to capital needs of Western New York, and for other purposes. [HB-2133]
Authorizes Niagara, Erie, and Chautauqua Counties, New York, to establish a Regional Development Corporation. Requires submission to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for approval of any agreement to establish the Corporation. Limits the use of Corporation funds to construction, engineering, architecture, and related projects for the development of the waterfront in Niagara, Chautauqua, and Erie Counties, the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation, the Olmsted Park system, regional cultural institutions in Niagara, Chautauqua, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Higgins Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Environment. on 04/29/2009

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SERV Act [HB-2138]
Services, Education, and Rehabilitation for Veterans Act or the SERV Act - Requires the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to delegate to the Department of Justice (DOJ) the authority to administer the veteran's treatment courts program established by this Act. Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to states and other entities: (1) to develop, implement, or enhance veteran's treatment courts or to expand operational drug courts to serve veterans; and (2) for programs that involve continuing judicial supervision over (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts And Competition Policy. on 05/26/2009

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SMA Treatment Acceleration Act of 2009 [HB-2149]
SMA Treatment Acceleration Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish a national clinical trials network for spinal muscular atrophy by upgrading and unifying spinal muscular atrophy clinical trial sites and recruiting new investigators and sites. Requires the Director to ensure that such network: (1) conducts coordinated, multisite, clinical trials of therapies and clinical approaches to the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy; and (2) rapidly and efficiently (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/29/2009

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To increase the amount of direct loans that may be provided by the Secretary of Energy to improve facilities for advanced technology vehicles manufacturing. [HB-2150]
Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to increase the amount of loans the Secretary of Energy may provide for facility funding under the advanced technology vehicles manufacturing incentive program from $25 billion to $50 billion.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gwen Moore Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Environment. on 04/29/2009

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Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 [HB-2194]
Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 - (Sec. 3) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) international diplomatic efforts to address Iran's illicit nuclear efforts and support for international terrorism are more likely to be effective if strong additional sanctions are imposed on the government of Iran; (2) U.S. concerns regarding Iran are strictly the result of that government’s actions; (3) the September 2009 revelation that Iran is developing a secret uranium enrichment site near Qom highlights the urgency (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Became Public Law No: 111-195. on 07/01/2010

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United States Postal Service Financial Relief Act of 2009 [HB-22]
United States Postal Service Financial Relief Act of 2009 - Reduces the amount the United States Postal Service must pay into the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund by September 30, 2009, from $5.4 billion to $1.4 billion.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Referred To Subcommittee On Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, And International Security. on 12/07/2009

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New Frontier Congressional Gold Medal Act [HB-2245]
New Frontier Congressional Gold Medal Act - Authorizes the President to present gold medals, on behalf of Congress, to: (1) the astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission to the surface of the moon, Neil A. Armstrong (the first human to walk on the moon), Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. (pilot of the lunar module Eagle and second person to walk on the moon), and Michael Collins (pilot of their command module Columbia) in recognition of the first lunar landing, on July 20, 1969; and (2) John Herschel Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, on February (continued...)

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Signed By President. on 08/07/2009

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Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009 [HB-2251]
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) reduce a hospital's otherwise applicable resident limit by the number of positions unused for the five most recent cost reporting periods; and (2) require the distribution of additional resulting residency positions to certain other hospitals. Requires that all the time spent by a resident in outpatient settings be counted towards the determination of full-time equivalency for (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/06/2009

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