Rep. Brenda Lawrence

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District HD-MI-14
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 51

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US Congress 114th Congress

Follow the Rules Act [HB-6186]
Follow the Rules Act (Sec. 2) This bill extends the prohibition against a person taking, failing to take, or threatening to take or fail to take a personnel action against any employee or applicant for employment for refusing to obey an order that would require the individual to violate a law to personnel actions against such an individual for refusing to obey an order that would violate a rule or regulation.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Received In The Senate. on 12/01/2016

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Raising Accountability to Improve School Excellence Act [HB-6210]
Raising Accountability to Improve School Excellence Act

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Brenda Lawrence Introduced In House on 09/28/2016

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Fair Housing for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivors Act of 2016 [HB-6211]
Fair Housing for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivors Act of 2016 This bill amends the Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination against or regarding survivors of domestic violence or sexual assault in: the sale or rental of housing and related activities, residential real estate-related transactions, and the provision of real estate brokerage services. This bill declares that nothing in the Act shall prohibit federal, state, or local government or other assistance or a preference program designed to assist or benefit domestic violence (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 10/18/2016

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Enhancing Minority and Women Representation in NIH Medical Research Act of 2016 [HB-6224]
Enhancing Minority and Women Representation in NIH Medical Research Act of 2016

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Young Introduced In House on 09/28/2016

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Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act [HB-624]
Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act Directs the President to impose U.S. entry and property sanctions against any foreign person (or entity) who: is responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, or other gross violations of internationally recognized human rights committed against individuals in any foreign country, especially those persons seeking to expose illegal activity carried out by government officials, or to obtain, exercise, or promote human rights and freedoms; acted as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign person in such (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 03/17/2015

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Fair Pay for Presidential Protection Act [HB-6318]
Fair Pay for Presidential Protection Act

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Introduced In House on 11/15/2016

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Justice for Victims of Fraud Act of 2016 [HB-6423]
Justice for Victims of Fraud Act of 2016 This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act and the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to prohibit predispute arbitration agreements with consumers (i.e., agreements to arbitrate any future disputes between parties instead of pursuing the claims in court) from being valid or enforceable in disputes related to credit card accounts or personal bank accounts that are not subject to a final judgment by a court if the credit card or bank account was not issued in response to a request or application for that account. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Introduced In House on 12/01/2016

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Fairness to Teaching Hospitals Act of 2016 [HB-6515]
Fairness to Teaching Hospitals Act of 2016 This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to specify that a certain Medicare rule for counting resident time in nonprovider settings shall not be applied in a manner that requires the reopening of any settled hospital cost reports except where there was a jurisdictionally proper appeal pending as of March 23, 2010. The bill applies retroactively.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Brenda Lawrence Introduced In House on 12/08/2016

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FOIA Act FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act of 2016 [HB-653]
FOIA Act FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act of 2016 This bill amends the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to: require federal agencies to make information that is disclosable under such Act available to the public in an electronic, publicly accessible format; make available to the public copies of all releasable records under FOIA that have been requested three or more times or that inform the public of the operations and activities of the government; require agencies to provide the name, phone number, and email address of an agency employee (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 01/12/2016

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Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 [HB-664]
Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 This bill states that: the President may not prohibit or otherwise regulate travel to or from Cuba by U.S. citizens or legal residents, or any of the transactions incident to such travel, including banking transactions; any regulation in effect on the date of enactment of this Act prohibiting or otherwise regulating such travel or transactions incident to such travel shall cease to have any force or effective; but the prohibitions and requirements of this Act shall not apply if the United States is at war with (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The Subcommittee On The Western Hemisphere. on 03/20/2015

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