Rep. Brenda Lawrence

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District HD-MI-14
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 51

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US Congress 116th Congress

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Freedom Riders, collectively, in recognition of their unique contribution to Civil Rights, which inspired a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel. [HB-8856]
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Freedom Riders, collectively, in recognition of their unique contribution to Civil Rights, which inspired a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 12/03/2020

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Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 [HB-1763]
Increases the number of residency positions eligible for graduate medical education payments under Medicare for qualifying hospitals, with an aggregate increase of 3,000 positions per fiscal year for five years. Of these positions, at least one-third must be for hospitals that are already operating above applicable resident limits, subject to specified distribution rules.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/15/2019

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Designating room H-150 of the United States Capitol as "The Joseph H. Rainey Room" to honor the historic life, career, and legacy of Representative Joseph Rainey of South Carolina on the 150th anniversary of his seating as a member of the House of Representatives. [HR-1253]
This resolution designates room H-150 of the U.S. Capitol as The Joseph H. Rainey Room in honor of Representative Rainey's life, career, and legacy.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings, And Emergency Management. on 12/10/2020

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Recognizing the 5th anniversary of the adoption of the international Paris Agreement on climate change. [HR-1260]
This resolution recognizes the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement, an international agreement to keep global temperature from rising 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels. It also recommends that the United States rejoins the global warming agreement.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Introduced In House on 12/10/2020

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Kira Johnson Act [HB-6144]
Directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to improve outcomes and reduce bias, racism, and discrimination in maternal care settings. Specifically, HHS must award grants to (1) community-based programs to improve maternal health outcomes for African American women, (2) eligible entities to provide certain training to health care providers and others who work in maternity care settings, and (3) specified health care facilities to establish respectful maternity care compliance offices. The National Academies of Sciences, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Introduced In House on 03/09/2020

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DOULA for VA Act of 2020 Delivering Optimally Urgent Labor Access for Veterans Affairs Act of 2020 [HB-9016]
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a five-year pilot program to furnish doula services to pregnant veterans who are enrolled in the VA health care system. The program must furnish doula services through eligible entities by expanding the VA's Whole Health model to measure the impact that doula support services have on birth and mental health outcomes of pregnant veterans. The Whole Health model is a holistic approach that looks at the many areas of life that may affect health in order to make a health plan suited for each (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Brenda Lawrence Introduced In House on 12/17/2020

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Washington, D.C. Admission Act [HB-51]
To provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney On Passage Passed By The Yeas And Nays: 216 - 208 (roll No. 132). (text: Cr H2061-2071) on 04/22/2021

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Censuring and condemning President Donald J. Trump for attempting to overturn the results of the November 2020 presidential election in the State of Georgia. [HR-14]
Censuring and condemning President Donald J. Trump for attempting to overturn the results of the November 2020 presidential election in the State of Georgia.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 03/04/2021

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Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act [HB-40]
To address the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a commission to study and consider a national apology and proposal for reparations for the institution of slavery, its subsequent de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against African Americans, and the impact of these forces on living African Americans, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Ordered To Be Reported (amended) By The Yeas And Nays: 25 - 17. on 04/14/2021

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Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2021 [HB-97]
To abolish the death penalty under Federal law.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 03/01/2021

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