Lift the Relocation Burden from Military Spouses Act [HB-1796]
[Military ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Veterans ]
Lift the Relocation Burden from Military Spouses Act This bill authorizes the military department concerned to reimburse a member of the Armed Forces who is reassigned for a permanent change of station or assignment from one state to another for qualified relicensing costs of the member's spouse. Reimbursement may not exceed $500 for each change of station or assignment. The Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security (with respect to the Coast Guard) shall work with states to improve license portability. "Qualified relicensing
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HB-1796: Lift the Relocation Burden from Military Spouses Act
Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 04/12/2017
Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2017 [HB-1881]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Religion ]
Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the federal government, and any state or local government that receives federal funding for any program that provides child welfare services under part B (Child and Family Services) or part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSAct), from discriminating or taking an adverse action against a child welfare service provider that declines to provide, facilitate, or refer for a child welfare service that conflicts with the provider's sincerely
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HB-1881: Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Human Resources. on 04/17/2017
Support Our Military Caregivers Act [HB-1910]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Military ]
[Human Services ]
Support Our Military Caregivers Act This bill permits an individual to elect to have an independent contractor perform an external clinical review of any of the following: a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) denial of an individual's application to be a caregiver or family caregiver eligible for the VA program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of eligible veterans; with respect to an approved application, a VA determination of the level or amount of personal care services that a veteran requires; a request by a caregiver or family
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HB-1910: Support Our Military Caregivers Act
Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/06/2017
NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act of 2017 [HB-2105]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Small Business ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[National Security ]
NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to require the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to consider small businesses when it facilitates and supports the development of voluntary, consensus-based, industry-led guidelines and procedures to cost-effectively reduce cyber risks to critical infrastructure. NIST must consult with other federal agencies to disseminate, and publish on its website, standard and method resources that small business may use voluntarily
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HB-2105: NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. Markup Report Cq on 05/02/2017
To amend the Public Health Service Act to eliminate the non-application of certain State waiver provisions to Members of Congress and congressional staff. [HB-2192]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
To amend the Public Health Service Act to eliminate the non-application of certain State waiver provisions to Members of Congress and congressional staff. (Sec. 1) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act, if the American Health Care Act (H.B. 1628) is enacted, to make plans made available by the federal government to Members of Congress and congressional staff subject to state waivers of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requirement for health insurance to cover the essential health benefits and PPACA restrictions on
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HB-2192: To amend the Public Health Service Act to eliminate the non-application of certain State waiver provisions to Members of Congress and congressional staff.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 06/07/2017
You have voted HB-2192: To amend the Public Health Service Act to eliminate the non-application of certain State waiver provisions to Members of Congress and congressional staff..
Faith in Health Savings Accounts Act of 2017 [HB-2310]
[Healthcare ]
[Taxes ]
[Insurance ]
Faith in Health Savings Accounts Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat membership in a tax-exempt health care sharing ministry as coverage under a high deductible health plan for purposes of the tax deduction for contributions to a health savings account.
HB-2310: Faith in Health Savings Accounts Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 05/03/2017