Bills: House of Representatives

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the credit for research expenses for 2011 and 2012 and to allow the credit to be assigned.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for equity investments in high technology small business concerns.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the credit for increasing research activities.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage teachers to pursue teaching science, technology, engineering, and math subjects at elementary and secondary schools.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans, and for other purposes.

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require radio and television broadcasters to provide free broadcasting time for political advertising, and for other purposes.

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit contributions and expenditures by multicandidate political committees controlled by foreign-owned corporations, and for other purposes.

To preserve the Arctic coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, as wilderness in recognition of its extraordinary natural ecosystems and for the permanent good of present and future generations of Americans.

To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

To establish a national Strategic Gasoline Reserve.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the estate tax and retain stepped-up basis at death.

To repeal the expansion of information reporting requirements for payments of $600 or more to corporations, and for other purposes.

To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) and related health-care provisions.

To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the issuance of War on Debt Bonds.

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the importation of prescription drugs and the sale of such drugs through Internet sites.

To amend title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide prospectively that wages earned, and self-employment income derived, by individuals who are not citizens or nationals of the United States shall not be credited for coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program under such title, and to provide the President with authority to enter into agreements with other nations taking into account such limitation on crediting of wages and self-employment income.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in taxes on Social Security benefits.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the inclusion in gross income of Social Security benefits.

To provide greater health care freedom for seniors.

To utilize the National Guard to provide support for the border control activities of the United States Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

To prohibit funding for the Environmental Protection Agency to be used to implement or enforce a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases, and for other purposes.

To prohibit the use of funds for implementation or enforcement of any Federal mandate to purchase health insurance.

To create a national commission, modeled after the successful Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, to establish a timely, independent, and fair process for realigning or closing outdated, ineffective, or inefficient Executive agencies.

To impose sanctions on individuals who are complicit in human rights abuses committed against nationals of Vietnam or their family members, and for other purposes.

To improve access to emergency medical services, and for other purposes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal certain limitations on the expensing of section 179 property, to allow taxpayers to elect shorter recovery periods for purposes of determining the deduction for depreciation, and for other purposes.

To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program under which the Secretaries make payments for certain treatments of traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder.

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five-month waiting period in the disability insurance program, and for other purposes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Head Start teachers the same above-the-line deduction for supplies as is allowed to elementary and secondary school teachers.