Identification & Tracking Legislation in Congress

This blog is tracking legislation in the areas of:

Aging
Disability Assistance
Medicare
Medicaid
Social Security and Elderly Assistance

The tracking of introduced bills and their status is provided via GovTrack.us and may be found in the right sidebar and at the bottom of the page. Clicking on the bill title will connect to GovTrack's information on the bill including bill summary, complete bill language, co-sponsors and the current status of the bill in the legislative process.

There are no individual posts on specific bills in posts section.

H.R. 287: To provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (GovTrack.us)

Sponsor:	Rep. Al Green [D-TX9]show cosponsors (15) Cosponsors: Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU] Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO5] Raul Grijalva [D-AZ7] Michael Honda [D-CA15] Marcy Kaptur [D-OH9] Barbara Lee [D-CA9] Betty McCollum [D-MN4] Michael Michaud [D-ME2] Donald Payne [D-NJ10] Charles Rangel [D-NY15] Laura Richardson [D-CA37] José Serrano [D-NY16] Fortney Stark [D-CA13] Betty Sutton [D-OH13] Christopher Van Hollen [D-MD8]
Text:	The text of this legislation is not yet available on GovTrack. It may not have been made available by the Government Printing Office yet.
Status:	Introduced Jan 12, 2011 Referred to Committee View Committee Assignments Reported by Committee ... House Vote ... Senate Vote ... Signed by President ... This bill is in the first step in the legislative process. Introduced bills and resolutions first go to committees that deliberate, investigate, and revise them before they go to general debate. The majority of bills and resolutions never make it out of committee. [Last Updated: Jan 13, 2011 6:22AM]
Last Action:	Jan 12, 2011: Referred to House Ways and Means

Status Updates

H. J. Res. 19: Disapproving a rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Health... (GovTrack.us)

Disapproving a rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Health Insurance Issuers Implementing Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Requirements Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act".

Sponsor:	Rep. John Carter [R-TX31](no cosponsors) Cosponsors:
Text:	Full Text
Status:	Introduced Jan 12, 2011 Referred to Committee View Committee Assignments Reported by Committee ... House Vote ... Senate Vote ... This resolution is in the first step in the legislative process. Introduced bills and resolutions first go to committees that deliberate, investigate, and revise them before they go to general debate. The majority of bills and resolutions never make it out of committee. If this joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution, three-fourths of the states must ratify the proposal. A joint resolution, if not amending the constitution, may also be signed into law by the president. [Last Updated: Jan 13, 2011 6:12AM]
Last Action:	Jan 12, 2011: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Status Updates

H.R. 234: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to establish a Social Security Surplus Protection... (GovTrack.us)

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to establish a Social Security Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund to hold the Social Security surplus, to provide for suspension of investment of amounts held in the Account until enactment of legislation providing for investment of the Trust Fund in investment vehicles other than obligations of the United States, and to establish a Social Security Investment Commission to make recommendations for alternative forms of investment of the Social Security surplus in the Trust Fund.

Sponsor:	Rep. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN7]hide cosponsors Cosponsors: Todd Akin [R-MO2] John Carter [R-TX31] Donald Manzullo [R-IL16]
Text:	The text of this legislation is not yet available on GovTrack. It may not have been made available by the Government Printing Office yet.
Status:	Introduced Jan 7, 2011 Referred to Committee View Committee Assignments Reported by Committee ... House Vote ... Senate Vote ... Signed by President ... This bill is in the first step in the legislative process. Introduced bills and resolutions first go to committees that deliberate, investigate, and revise them before they go to general debate. The majority of bills and resolutions never make it out of committee. [Last Updated: Jan 8, 2011 6:21AM]
Last Action:	Jan 7, 2011: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Current Status

H.R. 219: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to ensure the integrity of the Social Security trust... (GovTrack.us)

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to ensure the integrity of the Social Security trust funds by requiring the Managing Trustee to invest the annual surplus of such trust funds in marketable interest-bearing obligations of the United States and certificates of deposit in depository institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and to protect such trust funds from the public debt limit.

Sponsor:	Rep. Ronald Paul [R-TX14](no cosponsors) Cosponsors:
Text:	The text of this legislation is not yet available on GovTrack. It may not have been made available by the Government Printing Office yet.
Status:	Introduced Jan 7, 2011 Referred to Committee View Committee Assignments Reported by Committee ... House Vote ... Senate Vote ... Signed by President ... This bill is in the first step in the legislative process. Introduced bills and resolutions first go to committees that deliberate, investigate, and revise them before they go to general debate. The majority of bills and resolutions never make it out of committee. [Last Updated: Jan 8, 2011 6:19AM]
Last Action:	Jan 7, 2011: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Current Status

H.R. 186: To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the eligibility for concurrent receipt of... (GovTrack.us)

To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation to include all members of the uniformed services who are retired under chapter 61 of such title for disability, regardless of the members' disability rating percentage.

Sponsor:	Rep. Addison Wilson [R-SC2](no cosponsors) Cosponsors:
Text:	The text of this legislation is not yet available on GovTrack. It may not have been made available by the Government Printing Office yet.
Status:	Introduced Jan 5, 2011 Referred to Committee View Committee Assignments Reported by Committee ... House Vote ... Senate Vote ... Signed by President ... This bill is in the first step in the legislative process. Introduced bills and resolutions first go to committees that deliberate, investigate, and revise them before they go to general debate. The majority of bills and resolutions never make it out of committee. [Last Updated: Jan 6, 2011 11:35AM]
Last Action:	Jan 5, 2011: Referred to House Veterans' Affairs

Current Status

H.R. 191: To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to establish a public health insurance option (GovTrack.us)

Sponsor:	Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA6]show cosponsors (46) Cosponsors: Gary Ackerman [D-NY5] Tammy Baldwin [D-WI2] Michael Capuano [D-MA8] Steve Cohen [D-TN9] John Conyers [D-MI14] Rosa DeLauro [D-CT3] Donna Edwards [D-MD4] Keith Ellison [D-MN5] Eliot Engel [D-NY17] Sam Farr [D-CA17] Chaka Fattah [D-PA2] Bob Filner [D-CA51] Barney Frank [D-MA4] John Garamendi [D-CA10] Raul Grijalva [D-AZ7] Luis Gutiérrez [D-IL4] Alcee Hastings [D-FL23] Brian Higgins [D-NY27] Maurice Hinchey [D-NY22] Mazie Hirono [D-HI2] Rush Holt [D-NJ12] Michael Honda [D-CA15] Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX18] Henry Johnson [D-GA4] Barbara Lee [D-CA9] Zoe Lofgren [D-CA16] Ben Luján [D-NM3] Doris Matsui [D-CA5] George Miller [D-CA7] Gwen Moore [D-WI4] Christopher Murphy [D-CT5] Jerrold Nadler [D-NY8] John Olver [D-MA1] Chellie Pingree [D-ME1] Laura Richardson [D-CA37] Steven Rothman [D-NJ9] Timothy Ryan [D-OH17] John Sarbanes [D-MD3] Janice Schakowsky [D-IL9] Robert Scott [D-VA3] Louise Slaughter [D-NY28] Fortney Stark [D-CA13] Michael Thompson [D-CA1] Paul Tonko [D-NY21] Niki Tsongas [D-MA5] Anthony Weiner [D-NY9]
Text:	The text of this legislation is not yet available on GovTrack. It may not have been made available by the Government Printing Office yet.
Status:	Introduced Jan 5, 2011 Referred to Committee View Committee Assignments Reported by Committee ... House Vote ... Senate Vote ... Signed by President ... This bill is in the first step in the legislative process. Introduced bills and resolutions first go to committees that deliberate, investigate, and revise them before they go to general debate. The majority of bills and resolutions never make it out of committee. [Last Updated: Jan 7, 2011 6:19AM]
Last Action:	Jan 5, 2011: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Current Status

H.R. 168: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment... (GovTrack.us)

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of veterans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Sponsor:	Rep. Clifford Stearns [R-FL6]hide cosponsors Cosponsors: John Lewis [D-GA5]
Text:	The text of this legislation is not yet available on GovTrack. It may not have been made available by the Government Printing Office yet.
Status:	Introduced Jan 5, 2011 Referred to Committee View Committee Assignments Reported by Committee ... House Vote ... Senate Vote ... Signed by President ... This bill is in the first step in the legislative process. Introduced bills and resolutions first go to committees that deliberate, investigate, and revise them before they go to general debate. The majority of bills and resolutions never make it out of committee. [Last Updated: Jan 8, 2011 6:17AM]
Last Action:	Jan 5, 2011: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Current Status

H.R. 150: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the inclusion in gross income of Social... (GovTrack.us)

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

Sponsor:	Rep. Ronald Paul [R-TX14](no cosponsors) Cosponsors:
Text:	The text of this legislation is not yet available on GovTrack. It may not have been made available by the Government Printing Office yet.
Status:	Introduced Jan 5, 2011 Referred to Committee View Committee Assignments Reported by Committee ... House Vote ... Senate Vote ... Signed by President ... This bill is in the first step in the legislative process. Introduced bills and resolutions first go to committees that deliberate, investigate, and revise them before they go to general debate. The majority of bills and resolutions never make it out of committee. [Last Updated: Jan 6, 2011 11:29AM]
Last Action:	Jan 5, 2011: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Current Status