Rep. Brenda Lawrence

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District HD-MI-14
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 51

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US Congress 114th Congress

Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act [HB-5571]
Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 06/30/2016

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Honoring Our WWII Merchant Mariners Act of 2015 [HB-563]
Honoring Our WWII Merchant Mariners Act of 2015 Establishes in the Treasury the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund from which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is to make one payment of $25,000 to each individual who, between December 7, 1941, and December 31, 1946, was a documented member of the U.S. merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) serving as a crewmember of a vessel that was operated in U.S. waters by the War Shipping Administration or the Office of Defense Transportation and under (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 02/06/2015

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Urban Progress Act of 2016 [HB-5671]
Urban Progress Act of 2016

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Nutrition. on 08/30/2016

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Disability Integration Act of 2016 [HB-5689]
Disability Integration Act of 2016 This bill prohibits states or local governments that provide institutional placements for individuals with disabilities who need long-term assistance with daily living activities or health-related tasks, and prohibits insurance providers that fund such long-term services, from denying community-based services that would enable such individuals, as an alternative to institutionalization, to live in the community and lead an independent life. States, local governments, or insurance providers may not discriminate (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 07/22/2016

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National Heritage Area Act of 2015 [HB-581]
National Heritage Area Act of 2015 Establishes a system of National Heritage Areas through which the Department of the Interior may provide technical and financial assistance to local coordinating entities to support the establishment, development, and continuity of the National Heritage Areas. Specifies the criteria that Interior shall apply to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating proposed National Heritage Areas. States that designation of a National Heritage Area shall be by federal statute and contingent on the prior completion (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 03/02/2015

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National Adoption and Foster Care Home Study Act [HB-5810]
National Adoption and Foster Care Home Study Act This bill amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to direct a state receiving from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a community-based formula grant for the prevention of child abuse and neglect to establish a demonstration program through which the state: adopts a specific evidence-based, uniform, national home study program for the evaluation of prospective foster parents and adoptive parents; and furnishes HHS with data gathered through operation of the program. HHS (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 09/19/2016

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ACTION for National Service Act America's Call To Improve Opportunities Now for National Service Act [HB-5844]
ACTION for National Service Act America's Call To Improve Opportunities Now for National Service Act This bill amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to reestablish the Corporation for National and Community Service as an independent executive agency called the National and Community Service Administration. An individual who successfully completes a term of full-time national service shall be entitled to a national service educational award equal to twice the amount of tuition for the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 09/19/2016

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Build TRUST Act of 2015 Building Bridges and Transforming Resentment and Unfairness to Support and Trust for Municipal Law Enforcement Act of 2015 [HB-59]
Build TRUST Act of 2015 Building Bridges and Transforming Resentment and Unfairness to Support and Trust for Municipal Law Enforcement Act of 2015 Reduces the amount that would otherwise be awarded to a unit of local government under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program: (1) by 75% for any such unit that, during the previous three fiscal years, funded an amount that on average was greater than 18% of its operating budget using revenue generated from collecting fines and other fees related to violations of traffic laws; and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lacy Clay Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 01/12/2015

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Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act [HB-592]
Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover pharmacist services.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/12/2015

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Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act [HB-5930]
Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act This bill establishes within the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Office of the Staff Director the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys to make a systemic study of the conditions affecting Black men and boys in America.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 08/10/2016

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