Nicole Malliotakis

This bill would create an 8-year program where Medicare pays hospitals to train people who help kidney patients. These trained facilitators would assist Medicare patients with serious kidney disease in finding living kidney donors and help them navigate the kidney donation process, aiming to make transplants more accessible.

This bill would make EBT cards more secure by requiring states to issue chip-enabled cards and offer new ways for people to manage their accounts. It aims to prevent fraud, make it easier for SNAP recipients to get replacement cards quickly, and ensure they don't pay fees for certain replacements. Retailers would also need to update their payment systems to accept these new cards.

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Businesses that file employment taxes would get a $1,000 tax credit for switching to electronic filing. They would also face a $250 fee for each paper filing after initial waivers. The IRS would have to create a fully automated online system for these taxes within one year.

Commercial egg hatcheries in the U.S. would get a new tax credit to help pay for special equipment that identifies the sex of chicks before they hatch. This credit would cover 30% to 50% of the costs for equipment bought and installed between 2026 and 2028. The goal is to encourage these businesses to adopt more efficient technology.

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This bill would ban zoos and safari parks from keeping, showing, or breeding African and Asian elephants. Instead, existing elephants would move to special wildlife sanctuaries. This change aims to improve elephant welfare by providing them with more natural environments.

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This bill would give the Attorney General new powers to crack down on Animal Welfare Act violations. It would allow them to take civil action, seize animals, and fine violators up to $10,000 per day. Animal dealers and exhibitors would face stricter rules, and penalty funds would help pay for temporary animal care.

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