Rep. Brenda Lawrence

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District HD-MI-14
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 51

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US Congress 114th Congress

Youth Access to Sexual Health Services Act of 2016 [HB-4475]
Youth Access to Sexual Health Services Act of 2016 This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to support the access of marginalized youth to sexual health services such as sexual health education and contraception. Marginalized youth are disadvantaged individuals under the age of 26. Grants may be awarded to state or local health or education agencies, public schools, nonprofit organizations, hospitals, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations. Grants may be used to: (1) provide sexual health information to marginalized (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/05/2016

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Families of Flint Act [HB-4479]
Families of Flint Act This bill provides support for Flint, Michigan in addressing lead in the city's drinking water and related issues. The bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by establishing a 10-year grant program to ensure that Flint's drinking water does not contain: (1) lead levels that threaten public health or the environment, or (2) other drinking water contaminants and pathogens that threaten public health. The bill also establishes specified grant programs for assisting Flint that are established within the Department of Labor, the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr H598) on 02/09/2016

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Women's Health Protection Act of 2015 [HB-448]
Women's Health Protection Act of 2015 This bill prohibits any government from imposing on abortion services: a requirement that a medical professional perform specific tests or medical procedures; a requirement that the same clinician who performs a patient's abortion also perform additional tests, services or procedures; a limitation on an abortion provider's ability to prescribe or dispense drugs or provide services via telemedicine; a requirement or limitation concerning the physical plant, equipment, staffing, or hospital transfer arrangements (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/23/2015

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Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2016 [HB-4488]
Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2016 This bill repeals: (1) provisions authorizing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a human resources management system for some or all of its organizational units, and (2) the authority granted to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to establish or modify a personnel management system for TSA employees engaged in airport security screening. Within 60 days after the enactment date of this bill: (1) any such human resources management system and all TSA personnel (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Transportation Security. on 02/16/2016

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To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide a five-year extension of the special survivor indemnity allowance provided to widows and widowers of deceased members of the uniformed services affected by required Survivor Benefit Plan annuity offset for dependency and indemnity compensation received under section 1311(a) of title 38, United States Code. [HB-4519]
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide a five-year extension of the special survivor indemnity allowance provided to widows and widowers of deceased members of the uniformed services affected by required Survivor Benefit Plan annuity offset for dependency and indemnity compensation received under section 1311(a) of title 38, United States Code. This bill extends through FY2022 (at increasing monthly amounts for each fiscal year) the special survivor indemnity allowance for a surviving or former spouse of a deceased member of the Armed (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 03/04/2016

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400 Years of African-American History Commission Act [HB-4539]
400 Years of African-American History Commission Act (Sec. 3) This bill establishes the 400 Years of African-American History Commission to develop and carry out activities throughout the United States to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Africans in the English colonies at Point Comfort, Virginia, in 1619. The commission must: plan programs to acknowledge the impact that slavery and laws that enforced racial discrimination had on the United States; encourage civic, patriotic, historical, educational, artistic, religious, and economic (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Murkowski Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 114-341. on 09/06/2016

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Low Income Sewer and Water Assistance Program Act of 2016 [HB-4542]
Low Income Sewer and Water Assistance Program Act of 2016 This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a pilot program that awards grants to at least 10 eligible entities for assisting low-income households maintain access to sanitation (water and sewer) services. In order to be eligible for grants, entities must be municipalities or publicly owned water treatment systems that are affected by consent decrees related to compliance with (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 02/12/2016

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To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that certain members of the National Guard serving on full-time National Guard duty and dependents remain eligible for the TRICARE program during periods in which the member is responding to a disaster. [HB-4554]
To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that certain members of the National Guard serving on full-time National Guard duty and dependents remain eligible for the TRICARE program during periods in which the member is responding to a disaster. This bill makes eligible for TRICARE health care benefits certain National Guard members (and dependents) who are performing disaster response duty, if the performance of such a duty immediately follows a period in which the member served on full-time additional National Guard duty. "Disaster response (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 03/04/2016

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Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act of 2015 [HB-456]
Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act of 2015 Makes an individual who is eligible for educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance program eligible for assistance with the fees for applying to institutions of higher education (IHEs). Sets the amount of such assistance payable to an individual at the lesser of: (1) the total application fees charged to the individual by the IHEs, or (2) $750.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Subcommittee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 04/16/2015

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100 Years of Women in Congress Act [HB-4570]
100 Years of Women in Congress Act (Sec. 3) This bill amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to designate as Jeannette Rankin Women and Minorities in STEM Fields Program Grants the current research and extension grants to increase participation by women and underrepresented minorities from rural areas in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), with priority given to eligible institutions that carry out continuing programs funded by the Department of Agriculture.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 04/19/2016

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