Rep. Louie Gohmert
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Bills Introduced 77
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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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Railroads, Pipelines, And Hazardous Materials. on 01/04/2017
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Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act [HB-71]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Taxes ]
Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires that the website of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) include a program inventory that identifies each program of the federal government for which there is more than $1 million in annual budget authority. Such inventory shall include: (1) any activity that is commonly referred to as a program by a federal agency, and (2) any activity that is referenced in law as a program after June 30, 2019. For programs identified in such inventory for which there is more than $1 million and not more
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Yoho
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 01/05/2017
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Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017 [HB-26]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill states that its purpose is to increase accountability for and transparency in the federal regulatory process by requiring Congress to approve all new major regulations. (Sec. 3) The bill revises provisions relating to congressional review of agency rulemaking to require federal agencies promulgating rules to: (1) identify and repeal or amend existing rules to completely offset any annual costs of new rules to the U.S. economy; and (2) publish information about the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. Hearings Held. Hearings Printed: S.hrg. 115-21. on 03/29/2017
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Sarah's Law [HB-174]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
Sarah's Law This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the detention of an alien: (1) who was not inspected and admitted into the United States, who held a revoked nonimmigrant visa (or other nonimmigrant admission document), or who is deportable for failing to maintain nonimmigrant status; and (2) who has been charged in the United States with a crime that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury of another person. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall make reasonable efforts to: obtain information about the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 01/13/2017
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Birthright Citizenship Act of 2017 [HB-140]
[Immigration ]
Birthright Citizenship Act of 2017 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces. This Act shall not be construed to affect the citizenship or nationality status of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 01/23/2017
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To make 1 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending for each of the fiscal years 2017 and 2018. [HB-85]
[Budget and Spending ]
To make 1 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending for each of the fiscal years 2017 and 2018. This bill makes 1% across-the-board rescissions in discretionary spending for FY2017 and FY2018, excluding spending for defense, homeland security, and veterans affairs. It also requires the Office of Management and Budget to submit a report to Congress specifying the account and amount of each rescission made pursuant to this bill.
Sponsored by: Sen. Marsha Blackburn
Introduced In House on 01/03/2017
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Disapproving of President Obama and his administration's refusal to veto the anti-Israel resolution adopted by the United Nations Security Council on December 23, 2016. [HR-14]
[International ]
[Human Rights ]
[National Security ]
Disapproving of President Obama and his administration's refusal to veto the anti-Israel resolution adopted by the United Nations Security Council on December 23, 2016. Disapproves of: (1) United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334, adopted on December 23, 2016; and (2) President Obama and his administration's failure to veto such resolution. (The resolution reaffirms that settlements established by Israel in Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, constitute a flagrant violation under international law and a major
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dave Brat
Introduced In House on 01/03/2017
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TRUST Act Trust Returned to the United States Taxpayer Act [HB-291]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Ethics ]
[Law Enforcement ]
TRUST Act Trust Returned to the United States Taxpayer Act Trust Returned to the United States Taxpayer Act or the TRUST Act This bill denies retirement benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees Retirement System to a Member of Congress who is convicted of any crime committed after the enactment of this bill that is a felony under federal or state law (currently, limited to specified felonies under federal law).
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Introduced In House on 01/04/2017
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Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2017 [HB-247]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Taxes ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the requirements for health savings accounts (HSAs) to: increase the maximum contribution amounts, permit the use of HSAs to pay health insurance premiums and direct primary care expenses, repeal the restriction on using HSAs for over-the-counter medications, eliminate the requirement that a participant in an HSA be enrolled in a high deductible health care plan, and decrease the additional tax for HSA distributions not used for qualified medical expenses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dave Brat
Introduced In House on 01/04/2017
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Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of the State of Israel Act [HB-257]
[International ]
[National Security ]
[Human Rights ]
Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of the State of Israel Act This bill states that it is U.S. policy to recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel. The bill expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the United States should recognize the sovereign status of an undivided Jerusalem as Israel's capital, (2) recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital and transferring the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv will signal U.S. commitment to Israel, (3) the President and the Department of State should affirm as a matter of U.S. policy
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Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally
Referred To The Subcommittee On Middle East And North Africa. on 02/16/2017