Rep. Earl Blumenauer
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Bills Introduced 188
Sponsored Legislation
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America's Red Rock Wilderness Act [HB-2044]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act This bill designates specified lands in the following areas of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Great Basin, (2) Grand Staircase-Escalante, (3) Moab-La Sal Canyons, (4) Henry Mountains, (5) Glen Canyon, (6) San Juan-Anasazi, (7) Canyonlands Basin, (8) San Rafael Swell, and (9) Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin. The bill sets forth administrative requirements for: (1) the exchange of state-owned lands within such areas, (2) federal reservation of water rights, (3) measurement of setbacks
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 04/19/2017
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Oversight Commission on Presidential Capacity Act [HB-1987]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Ethics ]
Oversight Commission on Presidential Capacity Act This bill establishes in the legislative branch an Oversight Commission on Presidential Capacity to determine whether the President is mentally or physically unable to discharge the powers and duties of office. The commission: (1) within 72 hours after Congress adopts a concurrent resolution directing it to do so, shall conduct a medical examination to determine if the President is temporarily or permanently impaired by physical illness or disability, mental illness, mental deficiency, or alcohol
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 05/01/2017
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FRESHER Act of 2017 Focused Reduction of Effluence and Stormwater runoff through Hydrofracking Environmental Regulation Act of 2017 [HB-2001]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Mining ]
[Public Health ]
FRESHER Act of 2017 Focused Reduction of Effluence and Stormwater runoff through Hydrofracking Environmental Regulation Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to eliminate a prohibition on the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring a permit under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System for discharges of certain collected, uncontaminated stormwater runoff from mining operations or oil and gas operations. The Department of the Interior must study stormwater runoff
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 04/07/2017
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Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2017 [HB-2012]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2017 This bill repeals the exemption for hydraulic fracturing operations related to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a process to extract underground resources such as oil or gas from a geologic formation by injecting water, a propping agent (e.g., sand), and chemical additives into a well under enough pressure to fracture the geological formation. The chemicals intended for use in underground injections
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 04/07/2017
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V-BID for Better Care Act of 2017 Value-Based Insurance Design for Better Care Act of 2017 [HB-1995]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Social Security ]
V-BID for Better Care Act of 2017 Value-Based Insurance Design for Better Care Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation to expand testing of a model of Medicare Advantage (MA) value-based insurance design that allows MA plans to propose and design benefit structures that vary benefits, cost-sharing, and supplemental benefits with respect to enrollees who have specific chronic diseases. The test model (initially being carried out in specified states) shall
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/21/2017
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Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2017 [HB-2092]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend to all domestic corporations, including S corporations, provisions allowing deferral of tax on gain from the sale of employer securities to an S corporation-sponsored employee stock ownership plan (ESOP); and (2) allow a tax deduction for 50% of the interest incurred on loans to S corporation-sponsored ESOPs for the purchase of employer securities. The Department of the Treasury must establish the S Corporation Employee Ownership
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Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Introduced In House on 04/12/2017
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Strengthening and Clarifying the 25th Amendment Act of 2017 [HB-2093]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
Strengthening and Clarifying the 25th Amendment Act of 2017 This bill provides for an alternative body to transmit a written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of office in accordance with the 25th Amendment. Each former living President and each former living Vice President shall constitute such body, except any such individual who has been impeached by the House of Representatives and convicted by the Senate or who is serving as President or Vice President at the time the declaration of incapacity is made.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 05/01/2017
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Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2017 [HB-2119]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2017 This bill prohibits sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy from being provided in exchange for monetary compensation. It bars advertisements for such therapy that claim to: (1) change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity, (2) eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attractions or feelings toward individuals of the same gender, or (3) be harmless or without risk. Individuals or entities shall not assist or facilitate a conversion therapy if they receive monetary compensation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Digital Commerce And Consumer Protection. on 04/28/2017
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Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2017 [HB-2180]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights ]
[Military ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 05/23/2017
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Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act [HB-2158]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Climate Change ]
[Science ]
Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit conducting geological or geophysical activities in support of oil, gas, or methane hydrate exploration and development on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf. The geological and geophysical activities are described in a final programmatic environmental impact statement by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management entitled "Atlantic OCS Proposed Geological and Geophysical Activities, Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic Planning Areas."
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 05/02/2017