Rep. Filemon Vela
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US Congress 117th Congress
IRS Enhancement and Tax Gap Reduction Act of 2021 [HB-1116]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
To provide for increased audits, improved technology infrastructure, and increased staff for the Internal Revenue Service for the purpose of reducing the tax gap, and for other purposes.
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Equality Act [HB-5]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
To prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes.
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Pregnant Workers Fairness Act [HB-1065]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
To eliminate discrimination and promote women's health and economic security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition.
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CONTRACT Act of 2021 Continuity for Operators with Necessary Training Required for ATC Contract Towers Act of 2021 [HB-1283]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Aerospace ]
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for a full annuity supplement for certain air traffic controllers.
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Do No Harm Act [HB-1378]
[Human Rights ]
[Religion ]
To amend the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 to protect civil rights and otherwise prevent meaningful harm to third parties, and for other purposes.
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Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2021 [HB-1330]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals, and for other purposes.
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Pandemic Heroes Compensation Act of 2021 [HB-1357]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
To provide for the establishment of a COVID-19 Compensation Fund, and for other purposes.
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Family Friendly Schools Act [HB-1418]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants to local educational agencies to establish "Family Friendly School" policies at 500 elementary schools that align the school day with the work day to better support working families and to disseminate the learnings from these model schools so that other local educational agencies may adopt these practices, and to establish a supplemental 21st century community learning centers grant program to support programs and activities during summer recess when school is not in session.
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Gold Star Altitude Act [HB-1302]
[Defense ]
[Military ]
[Veterans ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to provide space-available travel on aircraft of the Department of Defense to children, surviving spouses, parents, and siblings of members of the Armed Forces who die while serving in the active military, naval, or air service.
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Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act HERO Act [HB-1480]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Health ]
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to improve the detection, prevention, and treatment of mental health issues among public safety officers, and for other purposes.