Rep. Matthew Cartwright

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District HD-PA-8
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 226

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US Congress 113th Congress

Locality Pay Equity Act [HB-2450]
Locality Pay Equity Act - Prohibits the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from defining more than one local wage area for prevailing rate employees within a pay locality, except with respect to the pay locality designated as "Rest of United States." Requires the Director of OPM to ensure that this Act shall not reduce any rate of basic pay for any individual who is serving as a prevailing rate employee.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The House Committee On Oversight And Government Reform. on 06/20/2013

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Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act of 2013 [HB-2453]
Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to repeal the allowance for disenrollment, between January 1 and March 15 of each year, only from an MedicareAdvantage plan to elect enrollment in the original Medicare fee-for-service program. Restores the option under previous law to elect to change from a MedicareAdvantage to the original Medicare fee-for-service plan, or from the original Medicare fee-for-service to (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/23/2013

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Protect Overnight Delivery Act [HB-2459]
Protect Overnight Delivery Act - Repeals the service standards for market-dominant products implemented by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) on July 1, 2012, and directs USPS to reinstate the service standards that were in effect on December 31, 2011.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The House Committee On Oversight And Government Reform. on 06/20/2013

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To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to remove the exclusion of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from the definition of "consumer product" in order to permit the issuance of safety standards for such articles by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. [HB-2464]
Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to remove from the definition of "consumer product" the exclusion for any article sold by a manufacturer, producer, or importer that would be subject to a firearms sales tax under the Internal Revenue Code for pistols, revolvers, and other firearms, including shells and cartridges, thereby permitting the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to issue safety standards for such articles.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Commerce, Manufacturing, And Trade. on 06/21/2013

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To require the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to submit to Congress an annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health. [HB-2465]
Requires the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to report annually to Congress on the effects of gun violence on public health and the status of actions taken to address them.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/21/2013

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Safe Streets Act of 2013 [HB-2468]
Safe Streets Act of 2013 - Requires each state to have in effect within two years a law, or each state department of transportation and metropolitan planning organization (MPO) an explicit policy statement, that requires all federally-funded transportation projects, with certain exceptions, to accommodate the safety and convenience of all users in accordance with certain complete streets principles. Defines "complete streets principles" as federal, state, local, or regional level transportation laws, policies, or principles which ensure that the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 06/21/2013

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SERVE Act of 2013 [HB-2476]
Supporting Emergency Responders Volunteer Efforts Act of 2013 or the SERVE Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer who is a bona fide volunteer of a qualified volunteer emergency response organization a $1,000 refundable tax credit. Requires such individual to: (1) have served as a bona fide volunteer performing fire fighting and prevention services, emergency medical services, and ambulance services for more than six months in a taxable year; (2) have provided more than 40 hours of such services actively engaged (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Cartwright Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 06/24/2013

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HOME Act of 2013 [HB-2479]
Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act of 2013 or HOME Act of 2013 - Amends the Fair Housing Act, with respect to prohibited discrimination in housing sales and rentals, residential real estate-related transactions, and brokerage services, to specify that the race, color, religion, sex, familial status, or national origin basis of discrimination may be actual or perceived. Adds to the list of prohibited actual or perceived bases sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, and source of income. Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1968, with respect (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 07/15/2013

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Artist-Museum Partnership Act of 2013 [HB-2482]
Artist-Museum Partnership Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers who create literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions or similar property a fair market value (determined at the time of contribution) tax deduction for contributions of such properties, the copyrights thereon, or both, to certain tax-exempt organizations, if such properties are properly appraised and are donated no sooner than 18 months after their creation. Limits the amount of such deduction based upon the donor's artistic adjusted gross income, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 06/25/2013

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Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Act [HB-2484]
Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 to make the J-1 visa waiver (Conrad state 30/medical services in underserved areas) program permanent. Excludes from numerical immigration limitations alien physicians who have completed national interest waiver requirements by working in a health care shortage area (including alien physicians who completed such service before the date of enactment of this Act and any spouses or children of such alien physicians). Sets forth specified (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 07/15/2013

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