Rep. Hakeem Jeffries

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District HD-NY-8
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 83

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US Congress 115th Congress

Establishing the Select Committee on Gun Violence Prevention. [HR-367]
Establishing the Select Committee on Gun Violence Prevention. Establishes the House Select Committee on Gun Violence Prevention to investigate and report on: the causes of mass shootings, methods to improve the federal firearms purchaser background check system, connections between access to firearms and dangerously mentally ill individuals, strengthening federal penalties for trafficking and straw purchasing of firearms, closing loopholes that allow some domestic abusers continued access to firearms, linkages between firearms and suicide, gun violence's (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 05/25/2017

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Urging the European Union to designate Hizballah in its entirety as a terrorist organization and increase pressure on it and its members. [HR-359]
Urging the European Union to designate Hizballah in its entirety as a terrorist organization and increase pressure on it and its members.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 07/27/2017

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Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act [HB-2135]
Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act This bill designates specified National Forest System lands, National Park System lands, and public lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and as components or additions to existing components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The bill also designates specified federal lands as biological connecting corridors and as special corridor management areas. The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act is amended to designate segments of specified rivers and creeks in Idaho, Montana, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 05/02/2017

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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that gun violence is a public health issue and Congress should enact by the end of the 115th Congress comprehensive Federal legislation that protects the Second Amendment and keeps communities safe and healthy, including expanding enforceable background checks for all commercial gun sales, improving the mental health system in the United States, and making gun trafficking and straw purchasing a Federal crime. [HR-90]
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that gun violence is a public health issue and Congress should enact by the end of the 115th Congress comprehensive Federal legislation that protects the Second Amendment and keeps communities safe and healthy, including expanding enforceable background checks for all commercial gun sales, improving the mental health system in the United States, and making gun trafficking and straw purchasing a Federal crime. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) gun violence is a public (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/10/2017

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Partner with Korea Act [HB-2106]
Partner with Korea Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to create an E-4 treaty trader visa category for up to 15,000 nationals of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) each fiscal year who are coming to the United States solely to perform specialty occupation services and with respect to whom the Department of Labor has certified to the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State that the intending employer has filed an attestation concerning U.S. worker protections with the Department of Labor.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 05/01/2017

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Disapproving of the irresponsible actions and negligence of President Trump which may have caused grave harm to United States national security. [HR-368]
Disapproving of the irresponsible actions and negligence of President Trump which may have caused grave harm to United States national security. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President's handling of classified information has undermined the confidence of international partners and may have harmed U.S. national security.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson Introduced In House on 05/25/2017

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Expressing the sense of the House that more should be done to instill Holocaust education in school curricula around the country. [HR-276]
Expressing the sense of the House that more should be done to instill Holocaust education in school curricula around the country. Commends Holocaust education activists on their efforts to include Holocaust education in states' public school curricula. Urges more states to enact legislation mandating Holocaust education in their schools. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that more should be done to instill in the nation's future the promise that we will never forget the horrors of the Holocaust and must always work to prevent such (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin Introduced In House on 04/25/2017

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Puerto Rico Small Business Assistance Act of 2017 [HB-2488]
Puerto Rico Small Business Assistance Act of 2017 This bill amends the Small Business Act regarding small businesses that have their principal office in Puerto Rico, including to temporarily: increase the total amount of loans outstanding and committed to any microloan intermediary if at least 20% of the intermediary's loans are made to such businesses; waive the Small Business Administration (SBA) Microloan Program's limit on an intermediary's spending on technical assistance for prospective borrowers if 25% of the intermediary's loans are made (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks Introduced In House on 05/17/2017

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Disarm Hate Act [HB-2841]
Disarm Hate Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit firearm sale or transfer to and receipt or possession by an individual who has: (1) been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor hate crime, or (2) received from any court an enhanced hate crime misdemeanor sentence. The term "convicted in any court of a misdemeanor hate crime" means a conviction for a misdemeanor offense that has, as an element, that the conduct was motivated by hate or bias because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 07/19/2017

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America Votes Act of 2017 [HB-2854]
America Votes Act of 2017 This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to permit an individual required to present identification as a condition of voting in a federal election to meet the requirement by presenting a sworn written statement attesting to the individual's identification and that he or she is registered to vote in the election. An individual desiring to vote by mail may submit such a statement with the ballot. States with an identification requirement shall: (1) prepare a pre-printed version of the statement which includes a (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 06/08/2017

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