Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]

To strike all after the enacting clause and insert complete new text entitled "Health Equity and Access for Returning Troops and Servicemembers Act of 2018".

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Amendment numbered 28 printed in the Congressional Record February 12, 2002 exempting from the bill any communication/advertisement that consists of information or commentary about a person holding or seeking federal office on any matter pertaining to veterans, military personnel or senior citizens or families of any of those groups.

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Amendment requires the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers to issue the final federal permit for the Lower Bois d'Arc Creek Reservoir Project no later than September 30, 2017.

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An amendment in the nature of a substitute that would require any emergency spending in one year that exceeds established spending caps be offset by reducing spending caps in the following year.

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An amendment to prohibit any funding for Project Aries which is administered by the University of Washington in Seattle. (Project Aries is an HIV transmission research project.).

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An amendment to withhold federal education funds from states or school districts which have a policy of denying participation in constitutionally protected prayer in public schools by individuals on a voluntary basis.

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Amendment numbered four printed in House Report 108-561 to express the sense of Congress that the apprehension, detention, and interrogation of terrorists are fundamental to the successful prosecution of the Global War on Terror.

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An amendment to grant waivers from federal regulations to permit States to undertake the integration of eligibility determinations adn enrollment procedures for public health and human services programs.

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An amendment numbered 3 printed in part B of House Report 109-347 to express the sense of Congress that the President, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Secretary of Homeland Security and other Department Secretaries should immediately use every tool available to them to enforce the immigration laws of the U.S., as enacted by Congress.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 130 in the Congressional Record of August 2, 1995, to increase funding in the bill for School Improvement Programs and Vocational and Adult Education by $50 million and $100 million respectively. The increase funding would be offset by a reduction in funds from the Health Care Policy and research acount of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.

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Choices for Increased Mobility Act of 2018

United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2018

Choices for Increased Mobility Act of 2018 This bill specifies that Medicare coverage of manual wheelchairs does not include certain excess expenses associated with the use of titanium construction materials in the wheelchair base.

Social Security Trustees Report Accountability, Transparency, and Improvement Act of 2018

United States · United States Congress · 12 December 2018

Social Security Trustees Report Accountability, Transparency, and Improvement Act of 2018 This bill modifies the information that the Board of Trustees of the Trust Funds must report to Congress annually regarding the status of various Social Security-related trust funds.

Social Security Benefit Payments Choice Act of 2018

United States · United States Congress · 11 December 2018

Social Security Benefit Payments Choice Act of 2018 This bill allows a recipient of monthly Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits, unless the recipient is concurrently entitled to Supplemental Security Income benefits, to choose the day of the month upon which to receive such benefits.

Honoring the life of President George Herbert Walker Bush.

United States · United States Congress · 10 December 2018

Expresses: (1) appreciation for the profound public service of former President George H.W. Bush, and (2) deep sympathy to the entire family of the former President.

Expressing support for designation of the week of November 18 through 24, 2018, as National Family Service Learning Week.

United States · United States Congress · 16 November 2018

Supports the designation of National Family Service Learning Week to raise awareness about the importance of family service learning, family literacy, community service, and two-generational learning experiences.

Recognizing that the United States-Republic of Korea alliance serves as a linchpin of regional stability and bilateral security, and exemplifies the broad and deep military, diplomatic, economic, and cultural ties shared between the United States and the Republic of Korea.

United States · United States Congress · 16 November 2018

This resolution recognizes the U.S.-South Korea alliance as a linchpin of regional stability and security, and reaffirms the need for the two countries to continue applying economic and financial pressure to help peacefully end North Korea's nuclear and missile programs.

Social Security Number Modernization Act of 2018

United States · United States Congress · 16 November 2018

Social Security Number Modernization Act of 2018 This bill requires the Social Security Administration to stop issuing new paper Social Security cards after October 1, 2023 (and replacement cards after October 1, 2028), and to maintain a complete public listing of each Social Security number that has been assigned to any individual at any time.

Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the life and work of Senator John S. McCain III in promoting the United States, human rights, and peace.

United States · United States Congress · 26 September 2018

Expresses the sense of Congress honoring Senator John McCain's legacy as one of the greatest patriots and statesmen in U.S. history.

HEARTS Act of 2018

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 2018

Health Equity and Access for Returning Troops and Servicemembers Act of 2018 or the HEARTS Act of 2018 This bill (1) exempts certain military retirees who are under 65 years of age, and who no longer receive Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, from the requirement to enroll in Medicare medical services in order to be eligible for TRICARE; (2) increases funding for the Medicare Improvement Fund; and (3) temporarily provides for Medicare coverage of certain prostate cancer DNA Specimen Provenance Assay tests.

Homecare for Seniors Act

United States · United States Congress · 13 September 2018

Homecare for Seniors Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow distributions from health savings accounts (HSAs) to be used for qualified home care. "Qualified home care" includes a contract to provide three or more of the following services in the residence of the service recipient: assistance with eating, assistance with toileting, assistance with transferring, assistance with bathing, assistance with dressing, assistance with continence, and medication adherence. The Department of Health and Human Services must carry out a campaign to increase public awareness of the in-home service expenses that are eligible for tax-free distribution from HSAs.

American Innovation Act of 2018

United States · United States Congress · 10 September 2018

American Innovation Act of 2018 This bill consolidates and expands the existing tax deductions for start-up expenditures and organizational expenditures of taxpayers beginning an active trade or business. For the year in which an active trade or business begins, the bill allows a single deduction equal to the lesser of (1) the aggregate amount of start-up and organizational expenditures paid or incurred in connection with the active trade or business, or (2) $20,000, reduced (but not below zero) by the amount by which the aggregate amount exceeds $120,000. The $20,000 and $120,000 limits must be adjusted for inflation after 2019. The bill also allows a start-up business to use net operating loss carryforwards, net operating losses, and unused general business tax credits after an ownership change without being subject to certain limitations required under current law.

Family Savings Act of 2018

United States · United States Congress · 10 September 2018

Family Savings Act of 2018 This bill modifies the requirements for employer-provided retirement plans and tax-favored savings accounts. With respect to employer-provided retirement plans, the bill modifies requirements regarding: multiple employer and pooled employer plans, nonelective contributions to 401(k) plans, loans, the portability of lifetime income investments, the treatment of custodial accounts upon termination of section 403(b) plans, retirement income accounts for church-controlled organizations, required minimum distributions, retirement plan contributions picked up by government employers for new or existing employees, elective deferrals by members of the Ready Reserve of a reserve component of the Armed Forces, and nondiscrimination rules. The bill modifies requirements for other tax-favored savings account to: treat taxable non-tuition fellowship and stipend payments as compensation for the purpose of an Individual Retirement Account (IRA), repeal the maximum age for traditional IRA contributions, allow individuals to establish tax-favored universal savings accounts, expand the purposes for which qualified tuition programs (commonly known as 529 plans) may be used, and allow certain penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans if a child is born or adopted.

Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act of 2018

United States · United States Congress · 10 September 2018

Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act of 2018 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent several tax provisions that were enacted in 2017 and are scheduled to expire at the end of 2025. The bill makes permanent provisions that: reduce individual tax rates, modify the taxation of the unearned income of children, allow a deduction for qualified business income of pass-through entities, increase the standard deduction, increase and modify the child tax credit, increase the limitation for certain charitable contributions, allow additional contributions to ABLE accounts (tax-favored accounts designed to enable individuals with disabilities to save for and pay for disability-related expenses), allow certain members of the Armed Forces in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt to receive combat zone tax benefits, exclude from gross income discharges of student loan debt due to the death or disability of the student, repeal the deduction for personal exemptions, limit individual deductions for state and local taxes, limit the mortgage interest deduction, double the estate and gift tax exemption amount, increase the alternative minimum tax exemption amount for individuals, and repeal or limit several other deductions and exclusions. The bill also: extends through 2020 the reduction in the adjusted gross income threshold for the medical expense deduction, modifies the capital gains tax brackets, and modifies tax filing requirements for married taxpayers.

Full Military Honors Act of 2018

United States · United States Congress · 7 September 2018

Full Military Honors Act of 2018 This bill provides full military honors for the funeral of an eligible veteran who: is first interred or inurned in Arlington National Cemetery on or after enactment of this bill, was awarded the medal of honor or the prisoner-of-war medal, and is not entitled to full military honors because of such veteran's grade.