WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Tony Cardenas, D-Calif., has introduced legislation (H.R. 1814) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 "to increase the age requirement with respect to eligibility for qualified ABLE programs." The bill was introduced on March 18 and has six co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., Michael R. Turner, R-Ohio, Max Rose, D-N.Y., and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla. The legislation was r  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., has introduced legislation (H.R. 1817) to "enforce the requirement that the National Instant Criminal Background Check System to make a final disposition of requests to correct its records within 60 days." The bill was introduced on March 18 and was co-sponsored by Reps. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., and Dan Newhouse, R-Wash. It was referred to the House Judiciary Committee. For more information, Rep. Tom Emmer, 315 Cannon House Office Building, Washingt  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., has introduced legislation (H.R. 1846) to amend the Public Health Service Act "to address the increased burden that maintaining the health and hygiene of infants and toddlers places on families in need, the resultant adverse health effects on children and families, and the limited child care options available for infants and toddlers who lack sufficient diapers." The bill was introduced on March 21 and has 24 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include R  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., has introduced legislation (H.R. 1830) to "require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor." The bill was introduced on March 18 and has 166 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., Paul Cook, R-Calif., Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, Gerald E. Connolly, D-Va., David N. Cicilline, D-R.I., Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., Jose E. Serrano, D-N.Y.  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., has introduced legislation (H.R. 1840) to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to diabetes outpatient self-management training services. The bill was introduced on March 21 and was co-sponsored by Reps. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., Raul Ruiz, D-Calif., Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., Susan W. Brooks, R-Ind., and Mike Kelly, R-Pa. It was jointly referred to the House Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means committees. For more informati  more