Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Welfare recipients

Bill Introduced: S.2968 Low-Income Gasoline Assistance Program Act

2008-05-01T00:00:00Z

A bill to provide emergency assistance for families receiving assistance under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act and low-income working families.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5818 Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008

2008-04-16T00:00:00Z

To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make loans to States to acquire foreclosed housing and to make grants to States for related costs.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4541 Medicare Part D Long-Term Care Patient Protection Act of 2007

2007-12-13T00:00:00Z

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for patient protections under the Medicare prescription drug program for residents of long term care facilities.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2002 Individual Social Security Investment Program Act of 2007

2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

To amend title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for enhanced retirement security in the form of an Individual Social Security Investment Program.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1841 AmeriCare Health Care Act of 2007

2007-03-29T00:00:00Z

To amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an AmeriCare that assures the provision of health insurance coverage to all residents, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.932 To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the monthly amount of prescription drug cost-sharing for full-benefit dual eligible individuals and other lowest-income individuals under the Medicare prescription drug program.

2007-02-08T00:00:00Z

To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the monthly amount of prescription drug cost-sharing for full-benefit dual eligible individuals and other lowest-income individuals under the Medicare prescription drug program.

Bill Introduced: H.R.616 Puerto Rico Hospitals Medicare DSH Equity Act of 2007

2007-01-22T00:00:00Z

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for equity in the calculation of Medicare disproportionate share hospital payments for hospitals in Puerto Rico.

Bill Introduced: H.R.42 Serving Everyone with Reliable, Vital Internet, Communications, and Education Act of 2007

2007-01-04T00:00:00Z

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to continue in effect and expand the Lifeline Assistance Program and the Link Up Program, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5970 Minimum Wage bill

2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit against the estate tax to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000, to repeal the sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes, and to extend expiring provisions, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5886 AmeriCare Health Care Act of 2006

2006-07-25T00:00:00Z

To amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a AmeriCare that assures the provision of health insurance coverage to all residents, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5368 Minimum Wage bill

2006-05-11T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for small business tax incentives, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum wage and to increase the exemption for annual gross volume of sales made or business done by an enterprise, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4937 To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for continuity of coverage of prescription drugs under Medicare prescription drug plans for full-benefit dual eligible individuals.

2006-03-09T00:00:00Z

To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for continuity of coverage of prescription drugs under Medicare prescription drug plans for full-benefit dual eligible individuals.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4858 Katrina Health Access, Recovery, and Empowerment Act of 2006

2006-03-02T00:00:00Z

To provide for the restoration of health care-related services in Hurricane Katrina-affected areas, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4832 Electronic Health Information Technology Act of 2006

2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

To amend the Social Security Act to establish an Office of Health Information Technology for the purpose of creating a national interoperable health information infrastructure, to provide loans to health care entities seeking to implement such infrastructure, and to provide exceptions to certain health anti-kickback laws to encourage the dissemination of health information technology.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4722 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate cost-sharing under part D of such title for certain full-benefit dual eligible individuals.

2006-02-08T00:00:00Z

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate cost-sharing under part D of such title for certain full-benefit dual eligible individuals.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4697 Medicare Drugs for Seniors (MEDS) Act of 2006

2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to replace the Medicare prescription drug benefit adopted by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 with a revised and simplified prescription benefit program for all Medicare beneficiaries.

Bill Introduced: S.2203 A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate cost-sharing under part D of such title for certain full-benefit dual eligible individuals.

2006-01-26T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate cost-sharing under part D of such title for certain full-benefit dual eligible individuals.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4606 Disproportionate Share Hospital Assistance Act of 2005

2005-12-16T00:00:00Z

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for an on-going cost-of-living increase in the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments for States.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4585 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the cap on disproportionate share adjustment percentages for certain rural hospitals.

2005-12-16T00:00:00Z

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the cap on disproportionate share adjustment percentages for certain rural hospitals.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4490 To provide higher education relief to individuals and institutions affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and for other purposes.

2005-12-08T00:00:00Z

To provide higher education relief to individuals and institutions affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and for other purposes.