Rep. Derek Kilmer
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Bills Introduced 140
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To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000. [HB-2340]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Education ]
[Community Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000. This bill extends the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 through FY2017, including provisions concerning secure payments to eligible states, territories, and counties containing federal land. The bill: (1) sets forth special rules for state and county payments for FY2016, and (2) requires all FY2016 payments to be made within 45 days of enactment of this bill. No funds made available to eligible counties under such Act may be used in lieu
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation And Forestry. on 05/19/2017
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Save for Success Act [HB-2378]
[Education ]
[Taxes ]
[Student Loans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Save for Success Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the American Opportunity Tax Credit for qualified tuition and related expenses, to: (1) permit up to $250 of the credit per year to be used for college savings contributions that are taken into account before tuition and fees, (2) direct the Departments of the Treasury and Education to jointly establish a pilot program to make periodic payments of the credit as educational expenses for a student are incurred during the taxable year, and (3) direct Treasury to establish
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Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Introduced In House on 05/04/2017
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Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster care system. [HR-314]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster care system. Supports designation of National Foster Care Month, and recognizes it as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges that children face in the foster care system.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Human Resources. on 05/05/2017
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Expressing support for the designation of May 2017 as "Mental Health Month". [HR-320]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
Expressing support for the designation of May 2017 as "Mental Health Month". Supports the designation of Mental Health Month to remove the stigma associated with mental illness and to place emphasis on scientific findings regarding mental health recovery.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/12/2017
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To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed. [HB-2409]
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[Consumer Protection ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed. This bill amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow a service member to terminate a commercial mobile, telephone exchange, Internet access, or multichannel video programming service contract at any time after the date the service member receives military orders to relocate for at least 90 days to a location that does not support such service contract. (Currently, such provision applies to a cellular telephone service
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dave Brat
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 07/25/2018
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Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act [HB-2451]
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[Veterans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act This bill amends the title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise the Federal Pell Grant Program. Specifically, it: converts the Pell Grant program into a mandatory spending program; increases the maximum Pell Grant award for academic year 2019-2020 and adjusts it in subsequent award years to account for inflation; allows federal financial aid for higher education to be given to dreamer students (students who entered the country when they were under the age of 16 and who meet
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 05/16/2017
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Steve Gleason Enduring Voices Act of 2017 [HB-2465]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Disabilities ]
Steve Gleason Enduring Voices Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to make permanent the elimination of a specified payment cap under the Medicare program with respect to speech generating devices.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Reported By The Committee On Energy And Commerce. H. Rept. 115-469, Part I. on 12/18/2017
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Child Citizen Protection Act [HB-2508]
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[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Child Citizen Protection Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, in the case of an alien subject to removal, deportation, or exclusion and who is the parent of a U.S. citizen child, to authorize an immigration judge to decline to order such removal if the judge determines that action to be against the child's best interests. Such discretion shall not apply to an alien when the judge determines that the alien: (1) is excludable or deportable on security grounds, or (2) has engaged in sex trafficking or severe forms of trafficking
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Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 06/07/2017
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Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act [HB-2477]
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Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a program that allows eligible students with loans under the Federal Direct Loan program (a Federal Direct Stafford Loan, a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, a Federal Direct PLUS Loan, or a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan) to refinance their loans down to the lower rates offered to new federal borrowers in the 2016-2017 school year under certain circumstances. In addition, the bill allows student
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 05/17/2017
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Global Respect Act [HB-2491]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[National Security ]
Global Respect Act This bill directs the President to submit to Congress, biannually, a list of each foreign person that the President determines is responsible for or complicit in, or who acted as an agent for a foreign person in a mater relating to, torture, cruel treatment, prolonged detention, or other gross violations of internationally recognized human rights committed against an individual in a foreign country based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. A listed person: (1) may be removed from the list under specified
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights And International Organizations. on 06/27/2017