3.0.0 6110 2022-02-03T05:17:50Z 2022-02-03T05:17:50Z House H HR 2008-05-21 110 hsbu00 Budget Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-05-21T14:03:20Z hsru00 Rules Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-05-21T14:03:15Z hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-05-21T14:03:10Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-05-21T14:03:05Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-05-21T14:03:00Z 2008-05-21 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, Rules, and the Budget, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsbu00 Budget Committee 2008-05-21 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, Rules, and the Budget, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsru00 Rules Committee 2008-05-21 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, Rules, and the Budget, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2008-05-21 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, Rules, and the Budget, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2008-05-21 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, Rules, and the Budget, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2008-05-21 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, Rules, and the Budget, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2008-05-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-05-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000570 Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI-1] PAUL RYAN R WI 1 N N000181 Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21] Devin Nunes R CA 21 2008-07-22 False M001134 Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9] SUE MYRICK R NC WILKINS 9 2008-07-22 False P000591 Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6] Tom Price R GA 6 2008-07-22 False C001064 Rep. Campbell, John [R-CA-48] John Campbell R CA 48 2008-07-22 False B000208 Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6] ROSCOE BARTLETT R MD G. 6 2008-07-22 False H001036 Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX-5] Jeb Hensarling R TX 5 2008-08-01 False B001243 Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7] Marsha Blackburn R TN 7 2008-09-11 False B001248 Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] Michael Burgess R TX C. 26 2008-09-11 False Economics and Public Finance Access to health care Administrative procedure Associations, institutions, etc. Block grants Capital gains tax Commerce Congress Congressional leadership Congressional oversight Congressional voting Corporation taxes Department of Health and Human Services Dividends Drugs Estate tax Executive reorganization Families Federal Trade Commission Federal aid to child health services Finance and Financial Sector Foreign Trade and International Finance Gift tax Government Operations and Politics Government spending reductions Government trust funds Gross national product Health Health information systems Health insurance Hospital rates House rules and procedure Imports Income tax Independent regulatory commissions Insurance premiums Interest Investments Law Legislation Legislative resolutions Long-term care Medicaid Medical economics Medical records Medically uninsured Medicare Minimum tax Old age, survivors and disability insurance Poor children Prescription pricing Quality of care Retirement age Sales tax Saving and investment Science, Technology, Communications Senate rules and procedure Service industries Social Welfare Social security finance State laws Subsidies Tariff Tax credits Tax exclusion Tax exemption Tax rates Tax refunds Taxation Economics and Public Finance 00 2008-05-21 Introduced in House 2008-06-17T15:41:55Z Roadmap for America's Future Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit for health insurance coverage.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to apply the laws of a health insurance issuer's primary state to individual health insurance coverage offered by the issuer in a secondary state.

Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to set forth rules governing association health plans.

Establishes the Health Care Services Commission to enhance health care services and access to them, and the Office of the Forum for Quality and Effectiveness in Health Care.

Terminates the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Independent Health Record Trust Act of 2008 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe standards for independent health record trusts (IHRTs) in a nationwide health information technology network.

Revises title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (2) require states to elect either a block grant for acute care services or implement a refundable tax credit for the Medicaid population for such services; (2) phase-out disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments; and (3) establish a block grant to states for long-term care services.

Abolishes SSA title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP), effective January 1, 2010.

Amends SSA title XVIII (Medicare) to create a program for new beneficiaries beginning in 2019, increasing the Medicare eligibility age to 65, and making an income-related reduction in the part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) premium subsidy.

Social Security Personal Savings Guarantee and Prosperity Act of 2008 - Amends SSA title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) to establish a Personal Social Security Savings Program, under which participating individuals will have their Social Security contributions directed to personal Social Security savings accounts. Establishes a Self-Liquidating Social Security Transition Fund.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt certain account investments from taxation.

Provides for the creation of a Social Security Lockbox Budget.

Revises part A benefits.

Provides for phase-in of normal retirement age to 67 by 2021.

Taxpayer Choice Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the alternative minimum tax on individual taxpayers after 2006; and (2) allow taxpayers to elect an alternative income tax system without tax credits.

Makes permanent the capital gains and dividends rate reductions enacted by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001.

Excludes from gross income net capital gains, qualified dividends, and interest.

Repeals estate and gift taxes.

Competitive American Business Tax - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the corporate income tax; and (2) impose a tax on the sale of property in the United States, the performance of services in the United States, and the importing of property into the United States by a taxable person in a transaction engaged in by a corporation or any other person (other than a corporation) in connection with a business.

Allows as a credit against such tax any tax paid by sellers to the taxpayer of property and services which the taxpayer uses in the business to which the transaction relates.

Exempts certain organizations and transactions from such new tax.

Budget Control Act of 2008 - Establishes a mechanism for issuance by the President and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of spending reduction orders. Exempts Social Security benefits and obligated balances from such orders. Provides for suspension of such mechanism in the event of war or low-growth.

Authorizes the majority leader of either House of Congress to introduce a joint resolution to direct the President to modify a final spending reduction order or provide an alternative to eliminate the spending excess for a fiscal year.

Amends the Congressional Budget Act to make it out of order for the House or Senate to consider any legislation that would cause: (1) an excess spending amount; or (2) aggregate federal revenue levels exceeding a specified percentage of revenue relative to the Gross Domestic Product, unless so determined by a vote of at least three-fifths of the Members voting, a quorum being present.

]]> Roadmap for America's Future Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Roadmap for America's Future Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Budget Control Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Competitive American Business Tax Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Taxpayer Choice Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Social Security Personal Savings Guarantee and Prosperity Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Independent Health Record Trust Act of 2008 Display Title Roadmap for America's Future Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To provide for the reform of health care, the Social Security system, the tax code for individuals and business, and the budget process. Introduced in House 2008-05-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6110ih/xml/BILLS-110hr6110ih.xml 2008-05-21 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, Rules, and the Budget, 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. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.