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H.R.
1519: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal
the 1993 income tax increase on Social Security benefits.
Summary:
Social Security Benefits Tax Relief Act of 2009 - Amends
the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the 85 percent maximum
tax rate on Social Security and Railroad Retirement benefits
enacted by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993.
Appropriates, from the general fund, to the Hospital Insurance
Trust Fund amounts equal to the reduction in revenues resulting
from this repeal.
Introduced:
March 16, 2009
Status:
With 7 co-sponsors, the bill was referred to the House Committee
on Ways and Means
H.R.
690: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove
cell phones from listed property under section 280F.
Summary:
Modernize Our Bookkeeping In the Law for Employee's Cell
Phone Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to
remove certain limitations on the tax deduction for employee
use of cellular telephones.
Introduced:
Jan. 26, 2009
Status:
With 142 co-sponsors, the bill was referred to the House
Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.
5450: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove
cell phones from listed property under section 280F.
Summary:
Modernize Our Bookkeeping In the Law for Employee's Cell
Phone Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to
remove certain limitations on the tax deduction for employee
use of cellular telephones.
Introduced:
Feb. 14, 2008
Status:
With 59 co-sponsors, the bill was referred to the House
Committee on Ways and Means.
Note: H.R. 5450 provisions were inserted as Section
3 in H.R. 5719, as passed the House on 4/15/2008. See H.R.
5719 for further action.
H.R.
5515: To amend the Social Security Act to prevent unauthorized
earnings from being credited toward benefits under title
II of such Act and to make improvements in provisions governing
totalization agreements, to amend the Social Security Act
and the Immigration and Nationality Act to prevent unauthorized
employment, and to improve coordination of the provisions
of such Acts, and for other purposes.
Summary:
New Employee Verification Act of 2008 - Amends the Immigration
and Nationality Act (INA) to require employers to verify
employee identification and employment eligibility under
the Electronic Employment Verification System (EEVS) or
the Secure Employment Eligibility Verification System (SEEVS)
(as established by this Act).
Permits employers subject to employee verification requirements
to do so under EEVS or SEEVS.
Sets forth provisions respecting: (1) voluntary and expedited
participation; (2) employer penalties for failure to participate
in EEVS or SEEVS; (3) employer and employee information
and document requirements; (4) employer liability protection;
(5) attestation; and (6) consequences of EEVS determinations.
States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to require
a national identification card.
Repeals
the employment eligibility pilot programs under the Illegal
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.
Amends
title II (Old Age, Survivor's and Disability Insurance)
of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Commissioner
of Social Security to establish EEVS utilizing information
in the National Directory of New Hires.
States
that EEVS shall have the capacity to determine whether:
(1) employer-submitted information is consistent with information
maintained by the Commissioner with respect to U.S. citizens
and nationals and by the Secretary of Homeland Security
with respect to aliens; and (2) the individual is a citizen
or national or is not an unauthorized alien.
Sets
forth provisions respecting: (1) submission for confirmation
of an individual's identification and employment eligibility
and related EEVs determinations; (2) administrative and
judicial review of employment disapproval; (3) EEVS implementation;
and (4) data use by EEVS.
Directs the Commissioner to establish SEEVS to provide,
through government certified private entities, for verification
of identity and employment eligibility respecting new employees
.
Permits an employer to opt out of SEEVS after one year's
participation.
Sets forth provisions respecting: (1) certification of entities;
(2) database management, including limitations on accessibility
and the use and storage of biometric data; (3) employer
responsibilities; (4) employee protections; and (5) information
security and confidentiality, including penalties for violations.
Directs
the Commissioner to establish the Employment Verification
Advisory Council, which shall terminate five years after
enactment of this Act.
Amends INA to: (1) apply certain antidiscrimination provisions
to EEVS and SEEVS; (2) increase civil money penalties for
unfair employment practice violations; (3) increase civil
money penalties for certain hiring, recruiting, and referral
violations (reduces certain penalties for small employers,
exempts certain good faith, first-time violations, and provides
a safe harbor for certain contractors); and (4) increase
criminal penalties for pattern or practice violations.
Amends
SSA to: (1) provide for disclosure to the
Secretary of Homeland Security of certain National Directory
of New Hires information about employees with the greatest
number or percentage of mismatched social security information;
(2) deny credit toward earnings benefits from unauthorized
work; (3) revise totalization agreement provisions; and
(4) prohibit survivor's lump sum death payments to individuals
who have been removed from the United States under INA.
Introduced: Feb. 28, 2008
Status:
With 35 co-sponsors, the bill was referred to the
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H.R.
2607: To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs
with small businesses with respect to medical care for their
employees.
Summary:
Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)
to provide for establishment and governance of association
health plans (AHPs), which are group health plans whose
sponsors are trade, industry, professional, chamber of commerce,
or similar business associations, and which meet certain
ERISA certification requirements.
Sets forth rules governing AHPs, including
requirements relating to certification, sponsors and boards
of trustees, participation and coverage, nondiscrimination,
contribution rates, notice of voluntary termination, correction
actions, and mandatory termination.
Establishes the Association Health Plan
Fund to be used by the Secretary of Labor to make payments
to an insurer to maintain coverage for a plan if there is
a reasonable expectation that, without such payments, claims
would not be satisfied by reason of termination of coverage.
Requires the Secretary to establish a Solvency
Standards Working Group.
Allows a state to impose a contribution
tax on an association health plan that commenced operations
in such state after the enactment of this Act.
Preempts any state law that may preclude
a health insurance issuer from: (1) offering health insurance
coverage in connection with a certified AHP; or (2) offering
health insurance coverage of the same policy type to other
employers operating in the state that are eligible for coverage
under such AHPs, whether or not such other employers are
participating employers in such plan.
Introduced:
May 21, 2009
Status:
With 52 co-sponsors, the bill was referred to the House
Committee on Education and Labor.
H.R.
1039: To encourage and enhance the adoption of interoperable
health information technology to improve health care quality,
reduce medical errors, and increase the efficiency of care.
Summary:
Promoting Health Information Technology Act of 2009 - Establishes
within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
an Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology.
Establishes
the Health Information Technology Resource Center to provide
assistance for the adoption and use of interoperable health
information technology.
Amends
title XI (General Provisions, Peer Review, and Administrative
Simplification) of the Social Security Act to require the
Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for an
expedited upgrade program to develop and approve additions
and modifications to adopted standards for the electronic
exchange of health information. Sets forth the process for
such additions and modifications.
Prohibits
federal funds from being used for the purchase of any health
information technology that has not been certified in compliance
with such standards. Requires federal agencies to comply
with standards.
Requires
the Secretary to study current federal security and confidentiality
standards.
Amends
the Internal Revenue Code to increase the limit on the amount
a taxpayer may elect to expense for health care information
technology as a depreciable asset.
Requires
the Secretary to encourage and facilitate the adoption of
state reciprocity agreements for practitioner licensure
in order to expedite the provision across state lines of
telehealth services.
Provides
for studies related to telehealth services, including on
expanding the list of Medicare telehealth originating sites,
to include mental health facilities.
Requires
the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services to make
federally qualified health centers eligible to participate
in demonstration projects related to health records and
heath information technology.
Requires
the Secretary to establish an interest-free loan program
for hospitals to purchase and implement certified health
information technology products.
Introduced:
Feb. 12, 2009
Status:
With 26 co-sponsors, the bill was referred to the Committee
on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee
on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
H.R.
241: Small Business Health Fairness Act
Summary: The Small Business Health Fairness
Act of 2007 amends the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974 (ERISA) and improves employee medical care access
and choices for entrepreneurs with small businesses.
Detail: The Small Business Health Fairness
Act of 2007 provides for the establishment and governance
of association group health plans (AHPs) whose sponsors are
trade, industry, professional, chamber of commerce, or similar
business associations, provided that the AHPs meet certain
ERISA certification requirements.
The Act sets forth rules governing AHPs — including
requirements relating to certification, sponsors and boards
of trustees, participation and coverage, nondiscrimination,
contribution rates, notice of voluntary termination, correction
actions, and mandatory termination.
The Act also establishes the Association Health Plan Fund
to be used by the Secretary of Labor to make payments to an
insurer to maintain coverage for a plan if there is a reasonable
expectation that — without such payments — claims
would not be satisfied by reason of termination of coverage.
The Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2007 requires the
Secretary to establish a Solvency Standards Working Group.
In addition, the Act allows states to impose a contribution
tax on an association health plan that began operations in
the state after the enactment of the Act.
The Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2007preempts state
laws that prevent health insurance issuers from: (1) offering
health insurance coverage in connection with a certified AHP;
or (2) offering health insurance coverage of the same policy
type to other employers operating in the state that are eligible
for AHP coverage (whether or not the employers are participating
in just such a plan).
Introduced:
Jan. 5, 2007
Status: With 39 co-sponsors,
the Act
has been referred to subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor,
and Pensions.
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H.R.
511: To pledge faithful support of Congress to members of
the United States Armed Forces serving in harm's way.
Summary: This bill states that Congress will
not cut off or restrict funding for units and members of the
Armed Forces that the Commander in Chief has deployed in support
of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
Introduced:
Jan. 17, 2007
Status: With 183 co-sponsors,
the bill
has been referred to the House
Committee on Armed Services. |
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H.R.
3356: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to
clarify the use of private contracts by Medicare beneficiaries
for professional services and to allow individuals to choose
to opt out of the Medicare part A benefits.
Summary:
Medicare Beneficiary Freedom to Choose Act of 2009
- Amends title XVIII (Medicare) to revise requirements for
the use of private contracts by Medicare beneficiaries under
which no Medicare claims shall be made. Requires any such
contract to be in writing and signed by the Medicare beneficiary.
Allows individuals to choose to opt out of the Medicare
part A (Hospital Insurance), and makes them eligible for
health savings accounts.
Introduced: July 28, 2009
Status:
With 24 co-sponsors, the bill was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy
and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
H.R.
2028: To amend the Social Security Act to prevent unauthorized
earnings from being credited toward benefits under title
II of such Act and to make improvements in provisions governing
totalization agreements, to amend the Social Security Act
and the Immigration and Nationality Act to prevent unauthorized
employment, and to improve coordination of the provisions
of such Acts, and for other purposes.
Summary:
New Employee Verification Act of 2009 - Amends the Illegal
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
to extend the employment eligibility confirmation pilot
programs (which include the E-Verify basic pilot program).
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act
(INA) to require employers to verify employee identification
and employment eligibility under the Electronic Employment
Verification System (EEVS) or the Secure Employment Eligibility
Verification System (SEEVS) (as established by this Act).
Permits employers subject to employee verification
requirements to do so under EEVS or SEEVS.
Sets forth provisions respecting: (1) voluntary
and expedited participation; (2) employer penalties for
failure to participate in EEVS or SEEVS; (3) employer and
employee information and document requirements; (4) employer
liability protection; (5) attestation; and (6) consequences
of EEVS determinations.
States that nothing in this Act shall be
construed to require a national identification card.
Repeals the employment eligibility pilot
programs under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996.
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivor's and
Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to
direct the Commissioner of Social Security to establish
EEVS utilizing information in the National Directory of
New Hires.
States that EEVS shall have the capacity to determine whether:
(1) employer-submitted information is consistent with information
maintained by the Commissioner with respect to U.S. citizens
and nationals and by the Secretary of Homeland Security
with respect to aliens; and (2) the individual is a citizen
or national or is not an unauthorized alien.
Sets forth provisions respecting: (1) submission
for confirmation of an individual's identification and employment
eligibility and related EEVs determinations; (2) administrative
and judicial review of employment disapproval; (3) EEVS
implementation; and (4) data use by EEVS.
Directs the Commissioner to establish SEEVS
to provide, through government certified private entities,
for verification of identity and employment eligibility
respecting new employees
Permits an employer to opt out of SEEVS
after one year's participation.
Sets forth provisions respecting: (1) certification
of entities; (2) database management, including limitations
on accessibility and the use and storage of biometric data;
(3) employer responsibilities; (4) employee protections;
and (5) information security and confidentiality, including
penalties for violations.
Directs the Commissioner to establish the
Employment Verification Advisory Council, which shall terminate
five years after enactment of this Act.
Amends INA to: (1) apply certain antidiscrimination
provisions to EEVS and SEEVS; (2) increase civil money penalties
for unfair employment practice violations; (3) increase
civil money penalties for certain hiring, recruiting, and
referral violations (reduces certain penalties for small
employers, exempts certain good faith, first-time violations,
and provides a safe harbor for certain contractors); and
(4) increase criminal penalties for pattern or practice
violations.
Amends SSA to: (1) provide for disclosure
to the Secretary of Homeland Security of certain National
Directory of New Hires information about employees with
the greatest number or percentage of mismatched social security
information; (2) deny credit toward earnings benefits from
unauthorized work; (3) revise totalization agreement provisions;
and (4) prohibit survivor's lump sum death payments to individuals
who have been removed from the United States under INA.
Introduced:
April 22, 2009
Status:
With 9 co-sponsors, the bill was referred to the
Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border
Security, and International Law.
H.R.
7148: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to
clarify the use of private contracts by Medicare beneficiaries
for professional services and to allow individuals to choose
to opt out of the Medicare part A benefits.
Summary:
Medicare Beneficiary Freedom to Choose Act of 2008 - Amends
title XVIII (Medicare) to revise requirements for the use
of private contracts by Medicare beneficiaries under which
no Medicare claims shall be made. Requires any such contract
to be in writing and signed by the Medicare beneficiary.
Allows individuals to choose to opt out of the Medicare
part A (Hospital Insurance), and makes them eligible for
health savings accounts.
Introduced: July 26, 2008
Status:
With 14 co-sponsors, the bill was referred to the Subcommittee
on Health.
H.R.
2002: Individual Social Security Investment Program Act of
2007
Summary: H.R. 2002 would amend title II of
the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
It provides for enhanced retirement security in the form of
an Individual Social Security Investment Program.
Introduced: Apr. 23, 2007
Status: The Act has been referred to House
Subcommittee on Social Security. |
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H.R.
2158: Social Security Benefits Tax Relief of 2007
Summary:
H.R. 2158 amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the 85
percent maximum tax rate on Social Security and Railroad Retirement
benefits that was enacted by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1993.
The bill would also appropriate — from the general fund
and to the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund — amounts equal
to the reduction in revenues resulting from this repeal.
Introduced: May 3, 2007
Status: With 20 co-sponsors, H.R. 2158 was
referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means |
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H.R.
631: Earmark Transparency and Accountability Act of 2007
Summary: H.R. 631 prohibits federal agencies
from obligating funds made available in an appropriation Act
or other Act to implement an earmark that is included in a
congressional report accompanying such legislation, unless
the earmark is also included in the Act.
Sponsor:
Rep: Jeff Flake (Congressman Johnson was one of 28 co-sponsors)
Introduced: Mar. 1, 2007
Status: H.R. 631 was referred to the House
Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and Procurement.
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H.
Res. 147: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives
that the United States is committed to victory in the global
War on Terror and committed to victory on the battlefield
in the War on Terror that is in Iraq.
Summary: House Resolution 147 reaffirms the
House of Representatives's stance that: (1) the consequences
of failure in Iraq would pose a serious threat to the security
of the American people and U.S. economic interests; and (2)
the United States must remain committed to helping the government
of Iraq establish a nation that can govern, sustain, and defend
itself.
The resolution reinforces the House's commitment to our Armed
Forces, their mission in Iraq, and in the global War on Terror.
It also reaffirms the House's commitment to providing our
military with the moral and tangible support necessary to
complete their mission and secure victory.
Sponsor:
Rep. Steve King (Congressman Johnson was one of 21 co-sponsors)
Introduced: Mar. 3, 2007,
Status: The resolution was referred to House
Committee on Foreign Affairs. |
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H.R.
1640: Protecting Americans Fighting Terrorism Act of 2007
Summary: H.R. 1640 exempts individuals from
civil liability for reporting suspicious behavior to federal,
state, or local law enforcement agencies, if such reporting
is made in good faith and with the reasonable belief that
such behavior is suspicious.
Sponsor:
Rep. Stevan Pearce (Congressman Johnson was one of 22 co-sponsors)
Introduced: Mar. 22, 2007
Status: The bill was referred to the House
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security. |
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Res. 351: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives
that federal authorities should strengthen and vigorously
enforce all existing immigration laws.
Summary:
House Resolution 351 conveys the House of Representatives's
sense that: (1) federal authorities should use all tools at
their disposal to strengthen and enforce immigration laws;
(2) illegal immigration is encouraged by the sanctuary policies
of some cities and political subdivisions; (3) state and local
law enforcement officials should report immigration violations
to the Department of Homeland Security; (4) Congress should
reject legislation which would grant amnesty to illegal aliens
currently residing in the United States until all existing
immigration laws are enforced; and (5) federal immigration
laws must be enforced to ensure the integrity of our immigration
system and the sovereignty of our nation.
Sponsor:
Rep. John Sullivan (Congressman Johnson was one of
29 cosponsors)
Introduced: May 1, 2007
Status: The resolution has been referred
to the House Committee on Judiciary. |
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H.
RES 800: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives
regarding the issuance of State driver's licenses or other
government-issued photo identification to illegal aliens.
Summary:
House Resolution 800 communicates the House of Representatives
stance that states should not issue driver's licenses or other
government-issued photo identification to aliens who are unlawfully
present in the United States.
Sponsor: Rep. Tom Latham (Congressman Johnson
was one of 72 co-sponsors)
Introduced: Nov. 6, 2007,
Status: The resolution was referred to the House
Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure |
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H.R.
997: English Language Unity Act of 2007
Summary: H.R. 997 amends federal law to declare
English to be the official language of the United States.
The bill requires: (1) official functions of the all states
and the District of Columbia to be conducted in English; and
(2) a uniform English language rule for U.S. naturalization,
and all naturalization ceremonies to be conducted in English.
It also declares that English language requirements and workplace
policies — whether in the public or private sector —
should be consistent with the laws of the United States.
In addition, the bill requires the Secretary of Homeland Security
to issue for public notice and comment a proposed rule for
uniform testing of English language ability of candidates
for naturalization, based upon the principles that: (1) all
citizens should be able to read and understand generally the
English language text of the Declaration of Independence,
the Constitution, and the laws of the United States; and (2)
any exceptions to this standard should be limited to extraordinary
circumstances, such as asylum.
Sponsor: Rep. Steve King (Congressman Johnson
was one of 137 co-sponsors)
Introduced: Feb. 12, 2007
Status: H.R. 997 was referred to the Subcommittee
on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education |
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H.
Res. 557: Strongly condemning the United Nations Human Rights
Council for ignoring several human rights abuses in various
countries, while choosing to unfairly target Israel by including
it as the only country permanently placed on the Council's
agenda.
Sponsor:
Rep. John Campbell (Congressman Johnson was one of 84 co-sponsors)
Introduced: Sept. 25, 2007
Status: The resolution passed in the House
of Representatives. |
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H.R.
225: To withhold United states funding from the United Nations
Human Rights Council.
Summary: H.R. 225 expresses the sense of Congress
that the United Nations Human Rights Council should: (1) be
a body that upholds the ideals enumerated in the United Nations
Charter and the Universal Declaration on Human Rights; (2)
allow full participation by Israel in Council operations;
and (3) be made up of countries that hold regular democratic
elections, permit freedom of expression, and have a credible
civil society.
The bill also expresses the sense of Congress that the United
States should not support the Council — and should withhold
financial support for the Council — until meaningful
human rights reforms are carried out.
Sponsor:
Rep. Cliff Stearns (Congressman Johnson was one of 17 co-sponsors)
Introduced: Jan. 4, 2007
Status: H.R.225 was referred to the House
Committee on Foreign Affairs. |
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H.R.
861: National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2007
Summary: H.R. 861 amends the federal criminal
code to establish a national standard for the carrying of
concealed firearms (other than a machine gun or destructive
device) by non-residents. It also authorizes a person who
has a valid permit to carry a concealed firearm in one state
— and who is not prohibited from carrying a firearm
under federal law — to carry a concealed firearm in
another state in accordance with the restrictions of that
state.
Sponsor: Rep. Cliff Stearns (Congressman
Johnson was one of 81 co-sponsors)
Introduced: Feb. 6, 2007
Status: The bill was referred to the House
Committee on the Judiciary. |
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H.R.
60: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent
the deduction of State and local general sales tax.
Sponsor: Rep. Brian Baird (Congressman Johnson was
one of 59 co-sponsors)
Introduced: Jan. 4, 2007
Status: H.R. 60 was referred to the House
Committee on Ways and Means. |
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H.R.
1366: Individual Repeal Act of 2007
Summary: H.R. 1366 amends the Internal Revenue
Code to eliminate the alternative minimum tax on individual
taxpayers for taxable years beginning after 2006.
Sponsor: Rep. Philip English (Congressman
Johnson was one of 58 co-sponsors)
Introduced: Mar. 7, 2007
Status: The bill was referred to the House
Committee on Ways and Means. |
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H.R.
78: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act and title
IV of the Social Security Act to provide for the denial of
family classification petitions filed by an individual who
owes child support arrearages.
Summary: The American Child Support Enforcement
Immigration Act of 2006 amends the Immigration and Nationality
Act to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from approving
a family-based immigration petition or fiance/fiancee non-immigrant
petition by a petitioner who has been certified by the Secretary
of Health and Human Services as owing child support.
The bill also authorizes the Secretary to revoke a previously-approved
petition (if a visa has not been issued or a status adjustment
has not been effected) if such petition would not have been
approved had the provisions of this Act been in effect.
Sponsor:
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (Congressman Johnson was one of four
co-sponsors)
Introduced: Jan. 2, 2007
Status: The bill was referred to the House
Committee on Foreign Affairs. |
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H.R.
724 Marriage Protection Act of 2007
Summary: H.R. 724 amends federal judicial
code to deny federal courts the jurisdiction to hear or decide
any question pertaining to the interpretation of — or
the validity under the Constitution — of the provision
of the Defense of Marriage Act that declares that no state
shall be required to give effect to any marriage between persons
of the same sex under the laws of any other state.
Sponsor: Rep. Dan Burton (Congressman Johnson
was one of 50 co-sponsors)
Introduced: Jan. 30, 2007
Status: Referred to the House Subcommittee
on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. |
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H.R.
618: Right to Life Act
Summary: The Act declares that the right
to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human
being. H.R. 618 also defines "human being" to encompass
all stages of life, including but not limited to the moment
of fertilization or cloning.
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan Hunter (Congressman
Johnson was one of 90 cosponsors)
Introduced: Jan. 22, 2007
Status: The Act was referred to the House
Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil
Liberties. |
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H.R.
1125: Freedom to Fly Act of 2007
Summary: H.R. 1125 allows a pilot who has
attained 60 years of age to serve as a passenger airline pilot
until the age of 65 years old if the pilot serves: (1) as
a required pilot in multi-crew aircraft operations; and (2)
with another required pilot who has not yet attained 60 years
of age.
The bill changes the previous mandatory retirement age of
60 years. It also declares that such requirements shall not
provide the basis for a claim of seniority made under any
labor bargaining agreement in effect between the pilots and
an air carrier by any pilot who has attained age 60 before
the effective date of this Act.
Sponsor: Rep. Robin Hayes (Congressman Johnson
was one of 315 co-sponsors)
Introduced: Feb. 20, 2007
Status: H.R. 1125 was referred to the House
Subcommittee on Aviation. |
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