Rep. Tony Cardenas

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District HD-CA-29
Party Democrat
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Bills Introduced 134

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US Congress 114th Congress

Protecting Veterans' Educational Choice Act of 2016 [HB-5047]
Protecting Veterans' Educational Choice Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill requires Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) counselors who provide specified educational or vocational counseling services to provide a requesting veteran or member of the Armed Forces with information about the articulation agreements (agreements governing the transferability of credits toward meeting specific degree or program requirements) of each institution of higher learning in which the individual is interested. The VA shall: (1) provide a veteran who is certified as (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wittman Received In The Senate. on 12/01/2016

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Empowering Educators to Prevent Trafficking Act [HB-5061]
Empowering Educators to Prevent Trafficking Act This bill authorizes the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to award grants to local educational agencies to train school staff to recognize and respond to signs of labor and sex trafficking.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 09/19/2016

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To ensure that air transportation between the United States and the European Union complies with the intent of article 17 bis of the United States-European Union-Norway-Iceland Air Transport Agreement of June 21, 2011. [HB-5090]
To ensure that air transportation between the United States and the European Union complies with the intent of article 17 bis of the United States-European Union-Norway-Iceland Air Transport Agreement of June 21, 2011. This bill bars the Department of Transportation (DOT) from issuing a foreign air carrier permit, or an exemption from certain economic regulations, to furnish foreign air transportation under the United States-European Union-Norway-Iceland Air Transport Agreement of June 21, 2011, unless DOT: finds that issuing the permit or exemption (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The Subcommittee On Aviation. on 05/02/2016

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At-Risk Youth Medicaid Protection Act of 2016 [HB-5100]
At-Risk Youth Medicaid Protection Act of 2016 This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to specify that a state Medicaid program may not terminate a juvenile's medical assistance eligibility because the juvenile is incarcerated. A state may suspend coverage while the juvenile is an inmate, but must restore coverage upon release without requiring a new application unless the individual no longer meets the eligibility requirements for medical assistance. A state must process an application submitted by, or on behalf of, an incarcerated (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/29/2016

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BOTS Act Better On-line Ticket Sales Act of 2016 [HB-5104]
BOTS Act Better On-line Ticket Sales Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits the sale of computer software that: (1) is primarily designed to circumvent technology that limits purchases made via an online ticket selling system, (2) has only a limited commercially significant purpose other than for such circumvention, or (3) is marketed to use for such circumvention. The bill also prohibits the use of such circumvention software in violation of a system operator's posted limits on: (1) the quantity of tickets purchased by a single user; (2) the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Cardenas Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 09/13/2016

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Consumer Review Fairness Act of 2016 [HB-5111]
Consumer Review Fairness Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill makes a provision of a form contract void from the inception if it: (1) prohibits or restricts an individual who is a party to such a contract from engaging in written, oral, or pictorial reviews, or other similar performance assessments or analyses of, including by electronic means, the goods, services, or conduct of a person that is also a party to the contract; (2) imposes penalties or fees against individuals who engage in such communications; or (3) transfers or requires the individual (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Cardenas Became Public Law No: 114-258. on 12/14/2016

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Equal Justice Under Law Act of 2016 [HB-5124]
Equal Justice Under Law Act of 2016 This bill states that an indigent individual facing criminal prosecution or juvenile delinquency in a state court is entitled to the effective assistance of counsel, as guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, at the state's expense. The bill authorizes a federal class action lawsuit against a state for its systemic failure to guarantee the right to effective assistance of counsel. The assistance of counsel is ineffective when a class of individuals demonstrates that counsel's performance was not reasonable (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 05/17/2016

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Moving to Work Reform and Expansion Act of 2016 [HB-5137]
Moving to Work Reform and Expansion Act of 2016 This bill amends the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 to revise the public housing/section 8 (rental voucher) Moving to Work demonstration program. The bill makes the program permanent and replaces its current purposes with the purpose to develop measures to promote employment and economic independence for: families with children whose head of household is working, seeking work, or preparing for work; able-bodied individuals; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao Introduced In House on 04/29/2016

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BABIES Act Bathrooms Accessible in Every Situation Act [HB-5147]
BABIES Act Bathrooms Accessible in Every Situation Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires restrooms in a public building to be equipped with baby changing facilities that the General Services Administration (GSA) determines are physically safe, sanitary, and appropriate. "Public building" means a public building controlled by the GSA's Public Building Service. Such requirement shall be subject to any reasonable accommodations that may be made for individuals in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Such requirement shall be inapplicable: (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Became Public Law No: 114-235. (txt | Pdf) on 10/07/2016

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WINGMAN Act Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act [HB-5166]
WINGMAN Act Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide an accredited, permanent congressional employee with read-only remote access to the electronic Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) claims records system of a represented veteran, regardless of whether the employee is acting under a power of attorney executed by the veteran. The VA shall ensure that access does not allow the employee to modify system data. An employee must complete the VA certification (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Received In The Senate. on 11/30/2016

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