Rep. Elizabeth Esty

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District HD-CT-5
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 27

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US Congress 114th Congress

Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2016 [HB-4625]
Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2016 This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop and maintain a voluntary patient registry to monitor, collect, and make available epidemiological information related to cancer incidence and trends among firefighters. The CDC should seek to include specified information in the registry, including the number and type of fire incidents attended by an individual. To collect information for the registry, the CDC may incorporate questions into existing public health surveys, questionnaires, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/26/2016

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BRACE Act Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act [HB-4626]
BRACE Act Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax credit for railroad track maintenance.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell Introduced In House on 02/25/2016

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STEM Opportunities Act of 2015 [HB-467]
STEM Opportunities Act of 2015 Directs the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to provide federal science agencies with guidance on establishing specified policies to accommodate the needs of caregiver researchers who receive their research awards. Requires each federal science agency to annually collect and submit to the National Science Foundation (NSF) institution-level data on demographics, primary field, award type, review rating (as practicable), budget request, funding outcome, and awarded budget for all applications for merit-reviewed (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Research And Technology. on 02/19/2015

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Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act [HB-4695]
Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act This bill amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: identify and publish a recommended core set of maternal and infant quality measures for women and children, as specified by the bill; publish an initial core set of any such measures applicable to mothers and infants eligible under Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); establish a Maternal and Infant Quality Measurement Program; and establish (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/09/2016

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Prevent Drug Addiction Act of 2016 [HB-4697]
Prevent Drug Addiction Act of 2016 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to award grants for consumer education about opioid addiction. (Opioids are drugs with effects similar to opium, such as heroin or certain prescription painkillers.) This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to require medical practitioners to be trained in the treatment of opioid-dependent patients, pain management, and early detection of opioid addiction before they can be registered (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Costello Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 04/01/2016

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Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act [HB-4742]
Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act (Sec. 3) This bill amends the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act to authorize the National Science Foundation to encourage its entrepreneurial programs to recruit and support women to extend their focus beyond the laboratory and into the commercial world.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. Reported By Senator Thune Without Amendment. Without Written Report. on 09/26/2016

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Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act of 2015 [HB-478]
Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act of 2015 Prohibits electronic cigarette advertisements that appeal to children younger than 18 years of age in states in which the sale of an electronic cigarette to such children is prohibited by federal or state law. Bars electronic cigarette advertisements, promotions, or marketing in those states in a manner that is: (1) known, or should be known, to contribute toward initiating or increasing the use of electronic cigarettes by children under 18; or (2) determined by the Federal Trade (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Commerce, Manufacturing, And Trade. on 01/23/2015

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American Jobs Matter Act of 2015 [HB-479]
American Jobs Matter Act of 2015 Requires an executive agency to include the effects on employment within the United States (a jobs impact statement) in the evaluation factors that must be considered in each solicitation for competitive proposals for contracts in excess of $1 million for the procurement of: (1) manufactured goods, (2) goods or services listed in a required report of industrial base capabilities, or (3) any item procured as part of a major defense acquisition program. Allows an offeror's jobs impact statement to include a guarantee (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth Esty Introduced In House on 01/22/2015

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Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2016 [HB-4954]
Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2016 The bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to reauthorize through FY2021 and revise specified wastewater infrastructure programs and water pollution control programs, including the clean water state revolving fund program and a grant program for protecting groundwater quality.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 04/18/2016

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Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act of 2016 [HB-4962]
Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act of 2016 This bill prohibits a state from imposing an income tax on the compensation of a nonresident individual for any period in which such individual is not physically present in or working in such state or from deeming such nonresident individual to be present in or working in such state on the grounds that: (1) such individual is present at or working at home for convenience, or (2) such individual's work at home fails any convenience of the employer test or any similar test.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth Esty Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 05/17/2016

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