Child Tax Credit Improvement Act [HB-821]
Child Tax Credit Improvement Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the child tax credit, to: (1) allow taxpayers an increased $3,600 tax credit for each young child under the age of six (young child tax credit), subject to specified limitations based on adjusted gross income; (2) require the Department of the Treasury to establish a program to make advance payments of the young child tax credit; (3) modify the refundable portion of the child tax credit; and (4) require annual inflation adjustments for both the child tax
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HB-821: Child Tax Credit Improvement Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 02/02/2017
Expand American Educational Opportunity Act of 2017 [HB-823]
Expand American Educational Opportunity Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax credits with a modified American Opportunity Tax Credit that: (1) allows an income tax credit of up to $2,500 of the qualified tuition and related expenses of a student who is carrying at least one half of a normal course load, (2) allows a lifetime dollar limitation for the credit of $15,000 for all taxable years, and (3) increases the refundable portion of the credit to a maximum of $1,500. The
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HB-823: Expand American Educational Opportunity Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 02/02/2017
Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2017 [HB-750]
Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish a separate Medicare benefit category for complex rehabilitation technology (CRT) items that: (1) are designed or configured to meet an individual's unique needs and capacities; (2) are primarily used to serve a medical or functional purpose; and (3) require certain services to ensure appropriate design, configuration, and use. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall designate CRT
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HB-750: Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/09/2017
West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2017 [HB-169]
West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in any area of the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, or Washington.
HB-169: West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 02/10/2017
Safe Freight Act of 2017 [HB-233]
Safe Freight Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the operation of a freight train or light locomotive engine used in the movement of freight unless it has a crew of at least two individuals, one of whom is certified by the Federal Railroad Administration as a locomotive operator and the other as a train conductor.
HB-233: Safe Freight Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Railroads, Pipelines, And Hazardous Materials. on 01/04/2017
Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2018 [HB-5233]
Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2018 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to grant automatic citizenship to all qualifying children adopted by a U.S. citizen parent. (Currently, an adopted child must have been under 18 years old as of February 27, 2001, in order to qualify for automatic citizenship.) An individual born outside of the United States who was adopted by a U.S. citizen parent shall automatically become a U.S. citizen when the following conditions have been fulfilled: the individual was adopted by a U.S. citizen before the
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HB-5233: Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2018
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 04/30/2018