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Issue	Number & Name	Sponsor	Position	Activity
Social Security	HR 70 - Disability Benefit Fairness Act of 2011	Rep Mike McIntyre [NC-7]	In Committee	1/5/2011 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
HR 70 Summary - To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 5-month waiting period for disability benefits and to eliminate reconsideration as an intervening step between initial benefit entitlement decisions and subsequent hearings on the record on such decisions. Full Text
Veterans with disabilities	HR 159 - TBI Treatment Act	Rep Pete Sessions [TX-32]	In Committee	1/5/2011 - Referred to the Committee on Armed Services
HR 159 Summary - Provides funding to cover treatment of traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder received by members of the Armed Forces and veterans in non-military health care facilities. Full Text
Social Security	HR 160 - Social Security Fairness for the Terminally Ill Act of 2011	Rep Heath Shuler [NC-11]	In Committee	1/5/2011 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
HR 160 Summary - To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five-month waiting period in the disability insurance program. Full Text
Social Security	HR 219 - Social Security Preservation Act of 2011	Rep Ron Paul [TX-14]	In Committee	1/7/2011 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
HR 219 Summary - To amend title II of the Social Security Act to require the Managing Trustee to invest the annual Social Security Trust Fund surplus of in marketable, interest-bearing obligations of the United States (such as treasury bonds) and certificates of deposit (CDs) in depository institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (private banks). The bill would also prohibit federal officials from stopping payments into the Trust Fund to avoid adding to the national debt. Full Text
Social Security	HR 149 - Social Security Beneficiary Tax Reduction Act	Rep Ron Paul [TX-14]	In Committee	1/5/2011 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
HR 149 Summary - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in taxes on Social Security benefits. Full Text
Social Security	HR 150 - Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act	Rep Ron Paul [TX-14]	In Committee	1/5/2011 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
HR 150 Summary - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the inclusion in gross income of Social Security benefits. Full Text
Veterans with Disabilities	HR 208 - No Title Yet	Rep Thomas J Rooney [FL-16]	In Committee	2/4/11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
HR 208 Summary - To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the reimbursement of mental health counselors under TRICARE (the military health plan). Full Text
Fair Housing	HR 284 - Veterans, Women, Families with Children, and Persons With Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2011	Rep Al Green [TX-9]	In Committee	3/23/2011 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
HR 284 Summary - This bill would authorize additional funding for the Secretary of Housing & Urban Development to research fair housing violations. Violations would be prosecuted under the Fair Housing Act. Also, it would increase funding for the for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program, which helps assist victims of housing discrimination. Full Text