Ron Estes

This bill would delay a planned change to how Medicare pays doctors, pushing back a new "efficiency adjustment" until at least January 1, 2030. It would also temporarily increase Medicare payment updates for doctors in 2026. The bill requires a report to Congress on the need for such adjustments and sets strict rules if the adjustment is ever put in place.

This bill would change the specific reasons why states can't approve nurse aide training programs at nursing facilities. It would remove some existing rules and add new, more detailed conditions. These new conditions especially apply to facilities fined at least $12,924 for poor resident care. This could affect which facilities can train new nurse aides and, in turn, the care residents receive.

This bill would require the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to include the costs of executive orders, agency rules, and court decisions in its official budget reports. This means the public and Congress would get a clearer picture of how these actions affect the government's money, making budget information more complete.

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This bill would help make sure Medicare pays fair prices for air ambulance services. It would require the government to collect more detailed cost information from air ambulance companies. This new data could then be used to update how Medicare pays for these air ambulance services, which could lead to more accurate payment rates for Medicare users.

This bill would make it easier for companies building green energy projects to get funding. It would change tax rules to let more types of clean power generation, energy storage, and renewable fuel projects use a special investment structure. This could help these projects attract more money from investors.

This bill would change a US tax rule for some foreign-owned companies. This rule, called the Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT), aims to stop large companies from moving profits overseas to avoid US taxes. The bill would make it harder for certain foreign-owned companies, which also pay a special tax in another country, to lower their US tax bill.

This bill would make it illegal for doctors or other medical staff to perform an abortion. This applies if they know the reason is that an unborn child has or might have Down syndrome. Doctors would also have to ask about Down syndrome diagnoses and tell women about this new ban. Breaking these rules could lead to criminal charges or civil lawsuits.

This bill would change how the IRS counts stock ownership for U.S. taxpayers with ties to foreign companies. It would generally prevent U.S. persons from being treated as owning stock held by foreign individuals or companies they don't directly control, a concept known as 'downward attribution'. However, for certain U.S. shareholders in foreign-controlled companies, this limitation would be disregarded. This means these specific shareholders would still be considered to own foreign-held stock and would face new tax rules under existing international tax provisions (Subpart F).

This bill would let businesses immediately deduct the money they spend on research and development from their taxes. Currently, businesses must spread these deductions out over several years. This change would apply to tax years starting after December 31, 2021.

This resolution would let the House formally mourn the 67 lives lost in the January 29, 2025, plane crash near Washington, D.C. It would offer sympathy to victims' families and local areas. It would also praise the brave actions of first responders.

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