Sen. John Cornyn

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District SD-TX
Party Republican
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Bills Introduced 409

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US Congress 114th Congress

Patient Freedom Act of 2015 [S.1531]
Patient Freedom Act of 2015 This bill provides states with three options regarding title I (provisions on health insurance reform, exchanges, and subsidies) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA): (1) continue implementing PPACA, (2) do not apply title I of PPACA except to prohibit lifetime or annual limits on health insurance benefits and require coverage of dependents up to 26 years old, or (3) the second option plus implementation of a health savings account (HSA) deposit system. In states implementing an HSA deposit system, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S3928-3930) on 06/09/2015

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Treto Garza South Texas Veterans Inpatient Care Act of 2015 [S.1534]
Treto Garza South Texas Veterans Inpatient Care Act of 2015 Designates the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) located in Harlingen, Texas, as the "Treto Garza South Texas Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Center." Directs the VA to: (1) ensure that such Center includes a full-service inpatient health care facility; (2) modify the existing facility to meet such requirement; and (3) include in the annual VA strategic capital investment plan a project to expand the Center's capabilities to provide increased inpatient (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John Cornyn Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S3931-3932) on 06/09/2015

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Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act [S.1553]
Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit any person from performing or attempting to perform an abortion except in conformity with this Act's requirements. Requires the physician to first determine the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child. Prohibits an abortion from being performed if the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child is 20 weeks or greater, except: (1) where necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman; (2) where the pregnancy is the result of rape against an adult (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Committee On The Judiciary. Hearings Held. on 03/15/2016

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First Amendment Defense Act [S.1598]
First Amendment Defense Act Prohibits the federal government from taking discriminatory action against a person on the basis that such person believes or acts in accordance with a religious belief or moral conviction that: (1) marriage is or should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman, or (2) sexual relations are properly reserved to such a marriage. Defines "discriminatory action" as any federal government action to discriminate against a person with such beliefs or convictions, including a federal government action to: alter the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 06/17/2015

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Court-Appointed Guardian Accountability and Senior Protection Act [S.1614]
Court-Appointed Guardian Accountability and Senior Protection Act Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services and Elder Justice) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to the highest courts of states to conduct demonstration programs that: (1) assess adult guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, including the appointment and the monitoring of the performance of court-appointed guardians and conservators; and (2) implement changes deemed necessary as a result of the assessments, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 06/18/2015

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Detaining Terrorists to Protect America Act of 2015 [S.165]
Detaining Terrorists to Protect America Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Revises and extends until two years after enactment of this Act prohibitions on the use of funds available to any U.S. agency (currently, funds available to the Department of Defense [DOD]) to: construct or modify any facility in the United States, its territories, or possessions to house individuals detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of October 1, 2009, who are not U.S. citizens or members of the U.S. Armed Forces and who are in the custody or control of DOD or otherwise detained or (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee Committee On Armed Services. Reported By Senator Mccain With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. Without Written Report. on 02/23/2015

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A bill to designate an existing Federal officer to coordinate efforts to secure the release of United States persons who are hostages of hostile groups or state sponsors of terrorism, and for other purposes. [S.1652]
A bill to designate an existing Federal officer to coordinate efforts to secure the release of United States persons who are hostages of hostile groups or state sponsors of terrorism, and for other purposes. This bill directs the President to designate an existing federal officer as the Interagency Hostage Recovery Coordinator, who shall coordinate efforts to secure the release of U.S. persons held hostage outside the United States by hostile groups or state sponsors of terrorism.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Cardin Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 06/23/2015

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Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2015 [S.166]
Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to give preferential consideration in awarding Community Oriented Police Services (COPS) grants to an application from an applicant in a state that has in effect a law that: (1) treats a minor who has engaged in, or has attempted to engage in, a commercial sex act as a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons; (2) discourages or prohibits the charging or prosecution of such individual (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Committee On The Judiciary. Reported By Senator Grassley With An Amendment. Without Written Report. on 03/02/2015

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Clay Hunt SAV Act Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act [S.167]
Clay Hunt SAV Act Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to arrange for an independent third party evaluation, to be conducted by September 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter, of the VA's mental health care and suicide prevention programs. Directs the Secretary to survey the VA's websites and information resources to publish a website that serves as a centralized source to provide veterans with information regarding the VA's mental health care services. Requires the Secretary (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 01/13/2015

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Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 [S.178]
Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 TITLE I--JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING (Sec. 101) This section amends the federal criminal code to impose an additional assessment until the end of FY2019 of $5,000 on any non-indigent person or entity convicted of an offense involving: (1) peonage, slavery, and trafficking in persons; (2) sexual abuse; (3) sexual exploitation and other abuse of children; (4) transportation for illegal sexual activity; or (5) human smuggling in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (exempting any individual (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Signed By President. on 05/29/2015

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