Rep. Matthew Cartwright

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District HD-PA-8
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 226

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US Congress 113th Congress

Safe And Fair Environment on Highways Achieved through Underwriting Levels Act of 2013 [HB-2730]
Safe And Fair Environment on Highways Achieved through Underwriting Levels Act of 2013 or SAFE HAUL Act of 2013 - Revises certain minimum financial responsibility requirements to increase from $750,000 to $4.422 million the minimum level of financial responsibility sufficient to satisfy established liability coverage for motor carriers or motor private carriers providing property transportation. Requires the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to adjust such amount annually for inflation relating to medical care.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Cartwright Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 07/19/2013

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Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Reauthorization of 2013 [HB-2734]
Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Reauthorization of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and revise a research, training, and technical assistance resource center to prevent suicides (the Suicide Prevention Resource Center). Expands the program's focus from youth suicides to suicides among all ages, particularly among groups that are at high risk for suicide. Repeals authority for grants to establish research, training, and technical assistance centers related to mental health, substance abuse and the justice system. Reauthorizes (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/19/2013

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Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2013 [HB-2737]
Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income for income tax purposes AmeriCorps educational awards awarded under the National and Community Service Act of 1990.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 07/18/2013

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Stop Outsourcing and Create American Jobs Act of 2013 [HB-2740]
Stop Outsourcing and Create American Jobs Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to develop and publish a list of countries that are tax havens for corporations. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the penalties on corporations for: (1) underpayment of tax involving an undisclosed foreign financial asset located in a tax haven country; (2) reportable transaction understatements involving transactions in a tax haven country; and (3) fraud, tax evasion, or false statements involving transactions in a tax haven country. Grants (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry McNerney Referred To The Committee On Ways And Means, And In Addition To The Committee On Oversight And Government Reform, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 07/18/2013

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Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2014 [HB-2750]
Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2014 - Modifies the procedure for awarding civilian and defense agency design and construction contracts for federal buildings and facilities to require: (1) a contracting officer to provide a written justification to the head of a federal agency for requiring more than five finalists in the bidding process for such contracts and agency approval of such justification; and (2) the use of the two-phase selection process (i.e., the submission of qualifications and then the submission of price and technical proposals (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Reported (amended) By The Committee On Oversight And Government Reform. H. Rept. 113-668. on 12/12/2014

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Pathways Back to Work Act of 2013 [HB-2770]
Pathways Back to Work Act of 2013 - Establishes in the Treasury the Pathways Back to Work Fund, with an initial appropriation of $12.5 billion. Requires the Secretary of Labor to make certain Fund allocations to states with approved plans, qualifying outlying areas (U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of Palau), and Native American program grantees to provide: (1) subsidized employment to unemployed, low-income adults; and (2) summer and year-round employment opportunities (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 09/13/2013

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Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund Act of 2013 [HB-2797]
Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish in the Treasury the Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund; and (2) allow individual taxpayers to designate on their tax returns a specified portion (not less than $1) of any overpayment of tax, and to make a contribution of an additonal amount, to be paid over to such Fund to provide services to homeless veterans.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 08/02/2013

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Same Day Registration Act of 2013 [HB-280]
Same Day Registration Act of 2013 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require states with a voter registration requirement to make same-day voter registration, or revision of an individual's voter registration information, available at the polling place on the date of election itself (or on the day of voting under early voting).

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The House Committee On House Administration. on 01/15/2013

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Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2014 [HB-2807]
Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax deduction for charitable contributions by individuals and corporations of real property interests for conservation purposes. Makes this Act applicable to contributions made in taxable years beginning after 2013.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Reported (amended) By The Committee On Ways And Means. H. Rept. 113-494. on 06/26/2014

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Voter Access Protection Act of 2013 [HB-281]
Voter Access Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a state or local election official from requiring an individual to: (1) present a photo identification (or a copy if voting by mail) as a condition for receiving or casting a ballot in any election for federal office, or (2) cast a provisional ballot solely on the grounds that the individual does not present a photo identification at the polling place. Prohibits a state or local election election official from requiring an individual to provide a photo identification (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton Referred To The House Committee On House Administration. on 01/15/2013

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