Rep. Sanford Bishop
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US Congress 117th Congress
Veteran Education Empowerment Act [HB-3586]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
To reauthorize and improve a grant program to assist institutions of higher education in establishing, maintaining, improving, and operating Student Veteran Centers.
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Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2022 [HB-2499]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
To amend chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to create a presumption that a disability or death of a Federal employee in fire protection activities caused by any of certain diseases is the result of the performance of such employees duty, and for other purposes.
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Speeding Therapy Access Today Act of 2021 [HB-1730]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to accelerate development of therapies across the spectrum of rare diseases and conditions and facilitate patient access to such therapies, and for other purposes.
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Honoring Harriet Tubman Act [HB-7062]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Harriet Tubman and to place the statue in National Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol.
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Benjamin Berell Ferencz Congressional Gold Medal Act [HB-6015]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[Military ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Crime ]
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Benjamin Berell Ferencz, in recognition of his service to the United States and international community during the post-World War II Nuremberg trials and lifelong advocacy for international criminal justice and rule of law.
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Medical Nutrition Equity Act of 2021 [HB-3783]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
To provide for the coverage of medically necessary food and vitamins and individual amino acids for digestive and inherited metabolic disorders under Federal health programs and private health insurance, to ensure State and Federal protection for existing coverage, and for other purposes.
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MAGNET Act of 2022 Magnet schools Accessibility, Growth, and Nonexclusionary Enrollment Transformation Act of 2022 [HB-7098]
[Education ]
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to expand the Magnet Schools Assistance Program.
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Survivor Benefits Fairness Act [HB-6323]
[Veterans ]
[Pensions ]
[Social Security ]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to adjust the effective date of certain reductions and discontinuances of compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, and pension under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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Equal Pay for Equal Work Act [HB-4934]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
To establish the National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force, and for other purposes.
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Headstones for Honor Act [HB-6830]
[Veterans ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Military ]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones, markers, and medallions for graves of certain enslaved individuals and individuals who performed military functions despite ineligibility to serve in the Armed Forces.