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107_hr2256 | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Border Hospital Survival and Illegal
Immigrant Care Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Immigration is a Federal responsibility.
(2) The Immigration and Naturalization Service does not
take into c... | Border Hospital Survival and Illegal Immigrant Care Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a five-year pilot program of health care provider reimbursement for the costs associated with providing emergency medical and ambulance services in Arizona to:... | To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a 5-year pilot program under which health care providers are reimbursed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services for the costs associated with providing emergency medical care to aliens who are not lawfully present in the United States and are not detained by any... | 6,100 | 527 |
111_hr4710 | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Farm to School Improvements Act of
2010''.
SEC. 2. FARM TO SCHOOL PROGRAM.
(a) Amendment.--The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act
(42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 19, the
following:
``SEC. 19A. FARM TO SCHOOL P... | Farm to School Improvements Act of 2010 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide competitive matching grants to schools, nonprofit organizations, and other able entities for farm to school programs that improve the access of school lunch and breakfast p... | To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to award grants to eligible entities for farm to school programs. | 8,628 | 1,161 |
107_s409 | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Persian Gulf War Illness
Compensation Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Although the majority of veterans of the Armed Forces
who served in the Persian Gulf War returned from the Southwest
... | Persian Gulf War Illness Compensation Act of 2001 - Amends a veterans' benefits program of compensation for disabilities occurring in veterans of the Persian Gulf War to: (1) require such disabilities, to be compensable, to occur before December 31, 2011, or such later date as prescribed by the Secretary of Veterans Af... | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the standards for compensation for Persian Gulf veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses, and for other purposes. | 5,567 | 694 |
109_s2759 | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Part D Outreach and
Enrollment Enhancement Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. OUTREACH AND EDUCATION FUNDING.
(a) Medicare Outreach and Education by State Health Insurance
Counseling Programs.--
(1) Fiscal year 2006.--There are appropriated $1... | Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act of 2006 - Authorizes and makes appropriations to the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services for additional grants to state health insurance counseling and assistance (HICA) programs to conduct outreach and education related to enrollment in the Medicare program un... | A bill to provide for additional outreach and education related to the Medicare program and to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide a special enrollment period for individuals who qualify for an income-related subsidy under the Medicare prescription drug program. | 6,361 | 810 |
107_hr5568 | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Seniors' Retirement Recovery Act of
2002''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF 1993 INCOME TAX INCREASE ON SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.
(a) Restoration of Prior Law Formula.--Subsection (a) of section 86
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
... | Seniors' Retirement Recovery Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the 1993 income tax increase on Social Security benefits. Appropriates, from the general fund, to the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund amounts equal to the reduction in revenue lost because of the repeal. Increases the age at which pensi... | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 income tax increase on Social Security benefits and to increase the age at which distributions must commence from certain retirement plans from 70 1/2 to 80. | 5,368 | 380 |
113_hr1487 | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Improved Health Care at Lower Cost
Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. EXCEPTION AND SAFE HARBOR FROM FEDERAL SANCTIONS FOR INCENTIVE
PAYMENTS FROM HOSPITALS TO PHYSICIANS UNDER CERTAIN
INCENTIVE PAYMENT PROGRAMS.
(a) Findings.--Congres... | Improved Health Care at Lower Cost Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and XI of the Social Security Act with respect to the prohibition against certain physician referrals. Excepts from the physician self-referral prohibition any monetary incentive payments made by hospitals to physicians under certain incenti... | Improved Health Care at Lower Cost Act of 2013 | 5,588 | 577 |
115_s721 | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Making Access Records Available to
Lead American Government Openness Act'' or the ``MAR-A-LAGO Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Beginning in 2009, the Obama administration instituted
a policy to release the... | Making Access Records Available to Lead American Government Openness Act or the MAR-A-LAGO Act This bill directs the President to establish and update, every 90 days, a publicly available database that contains records of: the name of each visitor at the White House, residence of the Vice-President, or any other locati... | Making Access Records Available to Lead American Government Openness Act | 5,634 | 988 |
112_hr1471 | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Government Shutdowns Act''.
SEC. 2. AUTOMATIC CONTINUATION OF FEDERAL FUNDING.
(a) In General.--If, as a result of a failure to enact a regular or
continuing appropriation Act or joint resolution, there is a lapse in
appropriations for any project... | Stop Government Shutdowns Act - Appropriates amounts for continuing federal projects and activities at the current rate for operations and under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriation Act or Acts that provided funds for them for the previous fiscal year if, as a result of a failure to ena... | To prevent Government shutdowns by providing for the automatic continuation of Federal funding during a lapse in appropriations. | 6,254 | 2,472 |
110_hr2822 | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Independent Ethics Commission Act of
2007''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF INDEPENDENT ETHICS COMMISSION.
(a) Establishment.--There is established an independent ethics
commission within the House of Representatives to be known as the
Independent Ethics Co... | Independent Ethics Commission Act of 2007 - Establishes within the House of Representatives an Independent Ethics Commission composed only of former federal judges. Prescribes procedures for: (1) initiation of investigations, upon the filing of a complaint or upon the Commission's own initiative, and (2) for consequent... | To establish an Independent Ethics Commission within the House of Representatives composed of former Federal judges. | 18,766 | 329 |
111_hr5674 | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Mercury Reduction and Energy
Security Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') was
required by the terms of the Clean Air Act Amendme... | Mercury Reduction and Energy Security Act of 2010 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require affected units to reduce mercury emissions by the less stringent limitation of: (1) 80 capture of inlet mercury or an emission rate of 1.6 pounds of mercury per trillion British thermal units (Btu) of input coal for the period begin... | To amend the Clean Air Act to require reductions in mercury emissions from electric utility steam generating units, and for other purposes. | 14,471 | 1,638 |
114_hr2860 | SECTION 1. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM.
The Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the organization of the
militia of the District of Columbia'', approved March 1, 1889 (sec.
49--101 et seq., D.C. Official Code) is amended by adding at the end
the following ne... | Amends the District of Columbia Code to add the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. District of Columbia National Guard Retention and College Access Act. Directs the Mayor of the District of Columbia, in coordination with the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, to establish a program that all... | To direct the Mayor of the District of Columbia to establish a District of Columbia National Guard Educational Assistance Program to encourage the enlistment and retention of persons in the District of Columbia National Guard by providing financial assistance to enable members of the National Guard of the District of C... | 10,029 | 677 |
106_s1414 | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Home Health Beneficiary
Equity and Payment Simplification Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Research has shown that medicare beneficiaries who are
in need of home health services that are co... | Divides patients, and PPS payments, into four categories: (1) post-hospital, short stay beneficiaries ($2,603), (2) medically stable, long-stay beneficiaries ($3,335), (3) medically complex, long-stay beneficiaries ($4,228). And (4) medically unstable and complex, extremely high use beneficiaries ($21,864). Specifies a... | Medicare Home Health Beneficiary Equity and Payment Simplification Act of 1999 | 16,210 | 526 |
110_hr327 | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide
Prevention Act''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) suicide among veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress
disorder (in this section referred to as ``PTSD'') is a serious
... | Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) suicide among veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious problem. And (2) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in developing and implementing the comprehensive program outlined in this Act, should take... | To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop and implement a comprehensive program designed to reduce the incidence of suicide among veterans. | 7,361 | 1,361 |
104_s1098 | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Battle of Midway National Memorial
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) September 2, 1995, marks the 50th anniversary of the
United States victory over Japan in World War II.
(2) The Battle... | Battle of Midway National Memorial Act - Establishes the Battle of Midway National Memorial. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to lease to the International Midway Memorial Foundation, Inc. for use as such Memorial, Federal lands and waters of the Midway Islands that are within the Secretary's jurisdiction and designa... | Battle of Midway National Memorial Act | 6,471 | 1,438 |
108_s2818 | SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The right to vote is a fundamental and incontrovertible
right under the Constitution.
(2) There is a need for Congress to encourage and enable
every eligible American to vote by reaffirming that the right
... | Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require a State to apply the same self-identification requirements currently applicable to voters who register by mail also to those voters who do not register in person with an officer or employee of a State or local government entity. Amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 an... | A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to ensure the same requirements that apply to voters who register by mail also apply to voters who do not register in person with an officer or employee of a State or local government entity, and to provide for increased penalties for fraudulent registration in cases in... | 5,247 | 477 |
109_s1376 | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Teaching Geography is Fundamental
Act''.
SEC. 2. GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION.
Title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1021 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``PART C--GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION
``SEC. 231. ... | Teaching Geography is Fundamental Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a geography education grant program under title II, Teacher Quality Enhancement. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award a grant to a national nonprofit education organization or consortium, with 75 to be used for subgra... | A bill to improve and expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through grade 12 students in the United States by improving professional development programs for kindergarten through grade 12 teachers offered through institutions of higher education. | 12,471 | 850 |
108_hr1694 | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS; PURPOSE
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``America Rx Act of
2003''.
(b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Affordability is critical in providing access to
prescription drugs for residents of the United States.
(2) It ... | America Rx Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to provide qualified US residents with access to discounted prices for outpatient prescription drugs. | To establish an America Rx program to establish fairer pricing for prescription drugs for individuals without access to prescription drugs at discounted prices. | 10,150 | 200 |
108_s149 | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rape Kits and DNA Evidence Backlog
Elimination Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF DNA ANALYSIS BACKLOG ELIMINATION ACT OF
2000.
Section 2(j) of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000
(42 U.S.C. 14135(j)) is amended--
... | Rape Kits and DNA Evidence Backlog Elimination Act of 2003 - Reauthorizes appropriations under the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 . Expands the scope of DNA samples to be included in the Combined DNA Index System. Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to up to 15 State or local forensic laborato... | A bill to improve investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases with DNA evidence, and for other purposes. | 16,669 | 1,658 |
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