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H.RES.339
Title: Supporting the goals of Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month.
Sponsor: Rep Burgess, Michael C. [TX-26] (introduced 4/26/2007)      Cosponsors (5)
Latest Major Action: 4/27/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

SUMMARY AS OF:
4/26/2007--Introduced.

Supports the goals of Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month.

Encourages all road users to be more aware of motorcycles and motorcyclists' safety.


S.616
Title: A bill to promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational activities or legal transportation activities.
Sponsor: Sen Collins, Susan M. [ME] (introduced 2/15/2007)      Cosponsors (4)
Related Bills: H.R.1076
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

SUMMARY AS OF:
2/15/2007--Introduced.

HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a group health plan or health insurance issuer offering group health coverage from denying benefits or coverage otherwise provided under the plan for the treatment of an injury solely because it resulted from participation in a legal mode of transportation or recreational act.


H.R.1076
Title: To promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational activities or legal transportation activities.
Sponsor: Rep Burgess, Michael C. [TX-26] (introduced 2/15/2007)      Cosponsors (65)
Related Bills: S.616
Latest Major Action: 6/5/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

SUMMARY AS OF:
2/15/2007--Introduced.

HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a group health plan or health insurance issuer offering group health coverage from denying benefits or coverage otherwise provided under the plan for the treatment of an injury solely because it resulted from participation in a legal mode of transportation or recreational activity.


H.R.2694
Title: To protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, maintain, and repair their motor vehicles, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] (introduced 6/13/2007)      Cosponsors (11)
Latest Major Action: 6/13/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 


 

 



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