Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Improvement Act of 2019 [HB-3221]
Creates an allowance for a deceased veteran's or deceased service member's surviving spouse who is receiving dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) from the Department of Veterans Affairs. DIC is a monthly payment made to survivors and dependents of (1) certain veterans, and (2) service members killed while on active military duty. The bill provides a formula for calculating the monthly rate of the allowance based on the DIC amount the spouse is entitled to receive. Payment amounts under the Survivor Benefit Plan shall not be affected by the
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HB-3221: Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Improvement Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 06/25/2019
HR-1048: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Congress should enact the Poverty Bill of Rights to reaffirm the right of all Americans to live a life free from poverty and its impacts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 07/16/2020
You have voted HR-1048: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Congress should enact the Poverty Bill of Rights to reaffirm the right of all Americans to live a life free from poverty and its impacts..
Caring for Survivors Act of 2020 [HB-6933]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.
HB-6933: Caring for Survivors Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 06/16/2020
HB-6579: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain taxpayers a 2-year carryback of net operating losses and to restore and make permanent the limitation on excess business losses of non-corporate taxpayers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 04/21/2020
You have voted HB-6579: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain taxpayers a 2-year carryback of net operating losses and to restore and make permanent the limitation on excess business losses of non-corporate taxpayers..
SAFE Workers Act Secure And Fair Elections for Workers Act [HB-7485]
Requires the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to provide employees with the ability to vote remotely by telephone or the internet in union representation elections during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.The bill further permits the NLRB's use of appropriations to issue directives or regulations providing for electronic voting methods.
HB-7485: SAFE Workers Act Secure And Fair Elections for Workers Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 07/02/2020
How Awareness and Prevention Protect You Act [HB-7732]
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to carry out a national campaign to increase awareness and knowledge of the virus that causes COVID-19.
HB-7732: How Awareness and Prevention Protect You Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Introduced In House on 07/22/2020