Rep. Steve Kagen
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District HD-WI-8
Party Democrat
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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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/29/2009
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Jason's Law [HB-2156]
Jason's Law - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) implement a pilot program to allocate funds to states, metropolitan planning organizations, and local governments that submit an application approved by the Secretary for eligible projects to establish long-term parking facilities for commercial motor vehicles (trucks) on the National Highway System; and (2) give priority to applicants that demonstrate a severe shortage of truck parking capacity and whose proposed projects are likely to have positive effects on highway safety, traffic
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dina Titus
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 04/29/2009
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United States Ferry Systems Investment Act of 2009 [HB-2172]
United States Ferry Systems Investment Act of 2009 - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation for FY2010-FY2015 for construction of ferry vessels and ferry terminal facilities. Revises general requirements and the formula for the allocation of such funds to ferry systems and public entities responsible for developing ferries. Includes ferries within the federal clean fuels program. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish within the Department of Transportation a Ferry Joint Program Office to: (1) coordinate federal
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 04/30/2009
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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
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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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Medicare Equity and Accessibility Act of 2009 [HB-2201]
Medicare Equity and Accessibility Act of 2009 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to certain factors and indices in geographic adjustments to the fee schedule for determination of payments for physicians' services. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to increase the practice expense geographic index to 1.0 for any location for which the practice expense geographic index is less than 1.0. Repeals the current termination date in order to extend permanently
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/04/2009
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Restoring the Partnership for County Health Care Costs Act of 2009 [HB-2209]
Restoring the Partnership for County Health Care Costs Act of 2009 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to allow benefits under such titles for persons in custody in a public institution pending disposition of charges. States that, in the case of an otherwise eligible individual (or eligible spouse of such an individual) who is in custody pending disposition of charges, any benefits under SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) which
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/04/2009
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Surviving Spouses' Benefit Improvement Act of 2009 [HB-2243]
Surviving Spouses' Benefit Improvement Act of 2009 - Increases the monthly rates of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation payable to surviving spouses through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Prohibits benefits under any other law (other than duplication of benefits) from being reduced or offset because the surviving spouse is eligible for dependency and indemnity compensation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 10/08/2009
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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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Signed By President. on 08/07/2009
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Agent Orange Equity Act of 2009 [HB-2254]
Agent Orange Equity Act of 2009 - Includes as part of the Republic of Vietnam, for purposes of the presumption of service connection for diseases associated with exposure by veterans to certain herbicide agents while in Vietnam, such Republic's inland waterways, ports, and harbors, waters offshore, and airspace above. Includes as veterans eligible for such presumption those who: (1) served on Johnston Island during the period beginning on April 1, 1972, and ending on September 30, 1977; or (2) received the Vietnam Service Medal or the Vietnam Campaign
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 05/08/2009