HR-314: 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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Human Resources. on 05/05/2017
You have voted HR-314: 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..
Keep Our Pension Promises Act [HB-2412]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Real Estate ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Keep Our Pension Promises Act This bill repeals the elimination of the pension anti-cutback provisions under the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014. The anti-cutback provisions prohibit reductions in pension benefits to participants in multiemployer pension plans. The bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), with respect to partitions of eligible multiemployer plans, to modify the procedures and allow plan sponsors to petition the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) for a partition of additional financially-troubled
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HB-2412: Keep Our Pension Promises Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 05/11/2017
Voting Access Act [HB-2499]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Voting Access Act This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require each state to comply with national standards established by the Election Assistance Commission for the location and operation of polling places used in elections for federal office. The Commission shall establish such standards and study instances of the misidentification by election officials of the political party registration of individuals attempting to vote in primary elections for federal office.
HB-2499: Voting Access Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 05/17/2017
Miners Protection Act of 2017 [HB-179]
[Energy ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
[Mining ]
[Retirement ]
Miners Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) to transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the 1974 United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Pension Plan to provide health and pension benefits to retired coal miners and their families. The bill expands the group whose retiree health benefits are taken into account in determining the amount that the Department of the Treasury must transfer from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and the General Fund of the Treasury
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HB-179: Miners Protection Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 02/10/2017
Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act [HB-40]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act This bill establishes the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans to examine slavery and discrimination in the colonies and the United States from 1619 to the present and recommend appropriate remedies.
HB-40: Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Assuming First Sponsorship - Ms. Jackson Lee Asked Unanimous Consent That She May Hereafter Be Considered As The First Sponsor Of H.r. 40, A Bill Originally Introduced By Former Representative Conyers, For Purposes Of Adding Cosponsors And Requesting Reprintings Pursuant To Clause 7 Of Rule Xii. Agreed To Without Objection. on 03/08/2018
Safeguard American Food Exports Act of 2017 [HB-113]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Animals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Safeguard American Food Exports Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem equine (horses and other members of the equidae family) parts to be an unsafe food additive or animal drug. The bill prohibits the knowing sale or transport of equines or equine parts for human consumption.
HB-113: Safeguard American Food Exports Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/25/2017
Safe Freight Act of 2017 [HB-233]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
Safe Freight Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the operation of a freight train or light locomotive engine used in the movement of freight unless it has a crew of at least two individuals, one of whom is certified by the Federal Railroad Administration as a locomotive operator and the other as a train conductor.
HB-233: Safe Freight Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Railroads, Pipelines, And Hazardous Materials. on 01/04/2017
HR-15: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of its 6-day mail delivery service.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 01/03/2017
You have voted HR-15: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of its 6-day mail delivery service..
HR-28: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 01/05/2017
You have voted HR-28: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers..
Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017 [HB-299]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017 This bill extends the presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with herbicide exposure to veterans who served: (1) in the territorial seas of Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, or (2) in or near the Korean demilitarized zone between September 1, 1967, and August 31, 1971. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific disabilities diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits
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HB-299: Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 08/01/2018