Rep. Jim Costa

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District HD-CA-21
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Bills Introduced 67

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US Congress 114th Congress

Export American Natural Gas Act of 2015 [HB-428]
Export American Natural Gas Act of 2015 Amends the Natural Gas Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to either approve or deny an application to export liquefied natural gas (LNG), whether through an onshore or offshore terminal, within 60 days after the later of: (1) receiving a completed application; (2) the applicant's contracting with a customer for the LNG proposed to be exported, and (3) the date of the enactment of this Act. Deems the application approved if the Secretary has neither approved nor denied it by such 60-day deadline. Declares (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The Subcommittee On Terrorism, Nonproliferation, And Trade. on 02/11/2015

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Charitable Giving Privacy Protection Act [HB-4281]
Charitable Giving Privacy Protection Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from requiring or accepting the Social Security account numbers of donors of charitable donations from donee organizations when such organizations are providing substantiation of such donations. The IRS may require the use of an identifier other than a Social Security account number.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Cartwright Introduced In House on 12/17/2015

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DISCLOSE 2015 Act Disclosure of Information on Spending on Campaigns Leads to Open and Secure Elections Act of 2015 [HB-430]
DISCLOSE 2015 Act Disclosure of Information on Spending on Campaigns Leads to Open and Secure Elections Act of 2015 Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to redefine the term "independent expenditure" as an expenditure by a person that, when taken as a whole, expressly advocates the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate, or is the functional equivalent of express advocacy because it can be interpreted by a reasonable person only as advocating the election or defeat of a candidate, taking into account whether the communication (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 02/05/2015

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To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. [HB-431]
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March during March (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise Signed By President. on 03/07/2015

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Faster Care for Veterans Act of 2016 [HB-4352]
Faster Care for Veterans Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to begin an 18-month pilot program in at least three Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs) under which veterans use an Internet website or mobile application to schedule and confirm appointments at VA medical facilities.The program's duration may be extended and the number of VISNs may be increased if the VA determines that the program is reducing the wait times of veterans seeking medical care and ensuring that more available appointment (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Signed By President. on 12/16/2016

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Rural Guard Act of 2016 [HB-4424]
Rural Guard Act of 2016 This bill authorizes the removal, on a case by case basis, of the $300 cap on travel expense reimbursements to certain members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve who: (1) live in a rural area in the same state as the inactive duty training location; and (2) are required to travel to the inactive training location using a boat or aircraft due to limited or nonexistent vehicular routes, or from a permanent residence more than 75 miles from that location.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 03/04/2016

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Fairness for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Act [HB-4474]
Fairness for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the placed-in-service restriction on the depreciation of certain farming business machinery and equipment and to make permanent the five-year recovery period for such property.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao Introduced In House on 02/04/2016

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Families of Flint Act [HB-4479]
Families of Flint Act This bill provides support for Flint, Michigan in addressing lead in the city's drinking water and related issues. The bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by establishing a 10-year grant program to ensure that Flint's drinking water does not contain: (1) lead levels that threaten public health or the environment, or (2) other drinking water contaminants and pathogens that threaten public health. The bill also establishes specified grant programs for assisting Flint that are established within the Department of Labor, the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr H598) on 02/09/2016

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Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2016 [HB-4488]
Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2016 This bill repeals: (1) provisions authorizing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a human resources management system for some or all of its organizational units, and (2) the authority granted to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to establish or modify a personnel management system for TSA employees engaged in airport security screening. Within 60 days after the enactment date of this bill: (1) any such human resources management system and all TSA personnel (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Transportation Security. on 02/16/2016

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Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2016 [HB-4497]
Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2016 This bill amends the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to: (1) declare that additional research is required into increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of new and existing treatment works through alternative approaches, including non-structural alternatives, decentralized approaches, energy use efficiency, water use efficiency, and actions to extract energy from wastewater; (2) require each water resources research and technology institute to arrange for research that fosters the exploration (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wittman Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 02/10/2016

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