Rep. Mark Pocan

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District HD-WI-2
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 99

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Federal
US Congress 114th Congress

Public Option Deficit Reduction Act [HB-265]
Public Option Deficit Reduction Act Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to offer a public health insurance option, which is a health benefits plan available through Exchanges that ensures choice, competition, and stability of affordable, high-quality coverage throughout the United States. Declares that HHS's primary responsibility is to create a low-cost plan without compromising quality or access to care. Sets forth provisions related to the establishment and governance (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/16/2015

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Pregnant Workers Fairness Act [HB-2654]
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Declares that it is an unlawful employment practice for employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, and other specified entities to: (1) fail to make reasonable accommodations to known limitations related to the pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions of job applicants or employees, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on such an entity's business operation; (2) require such job applicants or employees to accept an accommodation that they choose not to accept, if such accommodation (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 11/16/2015

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Receiving Electronic Statements To Improve Retiree Earnings Act [HB-2656]
Receiving Electronic Statements To Improve Retiree Earnings Act This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to authorize a document of any type that is required or permitted to be furnished to a retirement plan participant, beneficiary, or other individual to be furnished in electronic form if: (1) the system for furnishing such a document is designed to result in effective access to the document; (2) an annual paper notice is provided to each pension plan participant, beneficiary, or (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 11/16/2015

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WIC Act Wise Investment in our Children Act [HB-2660]
WIC Act Wise Investment in our Children Act This bill amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to increase the allowable age from five to six for children to participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 11/16/2015

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National Discovery Trails Act of 2015 [HB-2661]
National Discovery Trails Act of 2015 Amends the National Trails System Act to establish as part of the national trails system national discovery trails, which shall be extended, continuous interstate trails located to provide for outdoor recreation and travel and to connect representative examples of America's trails and communities. Authorizes the designation of such trails on federal lands and, with the owner's consent, on non-federal lands. Designates as a national discovery trail the 6,000-mile American Discovery Trail extending from Cape Henlopen (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 06/16/2015

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Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2015 [HB-2663]
Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2015 Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to extend through FY2020 the authorization for deposit and use of lease revenues under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970. Makes such funds available to the Department of the Interior for FY2015 and afterwards to implement both the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970. Directs the Bureau of Land Management to establish priority and variance areas on covered land for geothermal, solar, and wind energy projects. Requires Interior to establish (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 07/13/2016

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Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act [HB-267]
Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act Amends the Peace Corps Act to allow former volunteers or applicants for enrollment as a volunteer to use the seal, emblem, or name "Peace Corps" on death announcements, plaques, grave stones, or other grave markers.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Introduced In House on 01/09/2015

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REPAY Supplies Act of 2015 Reimburse Educators who Pay for Academic Year Supplies Act of 2015 [HB-2692]
REPAY Supplies Act of 2015 Reimburse Educators who Pay for Academic Year Supplies Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the deduction from gross income (above-the-line deduction) for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers, and (2) allow such deduction to an individual who is a teacher or aide under a Head Start program for at least 700 hours during a school year.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Introduced In House on 06/09/2015

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Automatic Voter Registration Act [HB-2694]
Automatic Voter Registration Act This bill amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require state motor vehicle authorities (MVAs), upon receiving certain identifying information with respect to any individual requesting MVA services, to transmit it to the appropriate state election official. The appropriate state election official shall then notify the individual that unless he or she notifies the official, before 21 calendar days elapse after issuance of the notification, that the individual declines to be registered to vote in federal (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 06/09/2015

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Rare Cats and Canids Act of 2015 [HB-2697]
Rare Cats and Canids Act of 2015 This bill establishes a Rare Cats and Canids Conservation Fund as a separate account within the Multinational Species Conservation Fund. The Department of the Interior must use amounts in the fund to provide assistance for the conservation of rare felids and rare canids. Grant amounts may not be used for captive breeding unless it is a part of an accredited reintroduction or restoration program. Rare felids or rare canids are any population in the family Felidae (cats) or Canidae (dogs), respectively, that are listed (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 06/15/2015

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