Rep. Patrick Meehan

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District HD-PA-7
Party Republican
Bills Introduced 15

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US Congress 114th Congress

POWER Act Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2016 [HB-6149]
POWER Act Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2016 This bill requires the U.S. Attorney for a judicial district to lead at least one public event that promotes pro bono legal services as a critical way to: (1) empower survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and (2) engage citizens in assisting those survivors. A special but similar rule applies to districts containing Indian tribes and tribal organizations. Each U.S. Attorney shall: (1) have discretion on the design, organization, and implementation (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 10/11/2016

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Climate Solutions Commission Act of 2016 [HB-6240]
Climate Solutions Commission Act of 2016

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Theodore Deutch Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 09/30/2016

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Steve Gleason Act of 2015 [HB-628]
Steve Gleason Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover as durable medical equipment any eye tracking and gaze interaction accessories for speech generating devices furnished to individuals with a demonstrated medical need for them. Payment for speech generating devices or accessories shall be made on a rental basis, or in a lump-sum amount for the purchase of the item, without a cap on the amount.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/12/2015

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EACH Act Equitable Access to Care and Health Act [HB-631]
EACH Act Equitable Access to Care and Health Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the religious conscience exemption under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to exempt individuals who rely solely on a religious method of healing and for whom the acceptance of medical health services would be inconsistent with their religious beliefs from the requirement to purchase and maintain minimum essential health care coverage.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/12/2015

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Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015 [HB-641]
Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent after 2014 the tax deduction for charitable contributions by individuals and corporations of real property interests for conservation purposes. The bill also allows a tax deduction for conservation contributions made by a Native Corporation of land conveyed under the Alaska Claims Settlement Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Reported (amended) By The Committee On Ways And Means. H. Rept. 114-17. on 02/09/2015

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To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals under Medicare, and for other purposes. [HB-696]
To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals under Medicare, and for other purposes. Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exclude from the average sales price in calculating Medicare payments for drugs and biologicals any customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Cartwright Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/27/2015

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Email Privacy Act [HB-699]
Email Privacy Act Amends the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 to prohibit a provider of remote computing service or electronic communication service to the public from knowingly divulging to a governmental entity the contents of any communication that is in electronic storage or otherwise maintained by the provider, subject to exceptions. Revises provisions under which the government may require a provider to disclose the contents of such communications. Eliminates the different requirements applicable under current law depending on (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Received In The Senate. on 04/28/2016

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Prevent Targeting at the IRS Act [HB-709]
Prevent Targeting at the IRS Act Amends the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 to expand existing grounds for termination of the employment of an Internal Revenue Service employee to include performing, delaying, or failing to perform (or threatening to perform, delay, or fail to perform) any official action (including any audit) with respect to a taxpayer for purpose of extracting personal gain or benefit or for a political purpose.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Brooks Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/16/2015

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Short Line Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2015 [HB-721]
Short Line Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for railroad track maintenance, to: (1) expand the types of maintenance expenditures eligible for such credit, and (2) extend such credit through 2016.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell Introduced In House on 02/04/2015

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Restaurant and Retail Jobs and Growth Act of 2015 [HB-765]
Restaurant and Retail Jobs and Growth Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, qualified restaurant property, and qualified retail improvement property for purposes of the tax deduction for depreciation.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Costello Reported (amended) By The Committee On Ways And Means. H. Rept. 114-306. on 10/23/2015

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