Rep. Brian Babin

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District HD-TX-36
Party Republican
Bills Introduced 74

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US Congress 115th Congress

Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act [HB-400] [Immigration ] [Community Development ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act This bill prohibits a sanctuary jurisdiction from receiving grants under certain Economic Development Assistance Programs and the Community Development Block Grant Program. A sanctuary jurisdiction is a state or political subdivision that has a statute, policy, or practice in effect that prohibits or restricts: (1) information sharing about an individual's immigration status, or (2) compliance with a lawfully issued detainer request or notification of release request. A state or political subdivision that complies (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings And Emergency Management. on 01/11/2017

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Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017 [HB-482] [Housing ] [Community Development ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Funding ]
Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017 This bill nullifies: the final Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rule entitled "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing" and any successor rule substantially similar to it, and the notice relating to the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool and any successor notice or rule substantially similar to it. No federal funds may be used to design, build, maintain, utilize, or provide access to a federal database of geospatial information on community racial disparities or disparities (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Introduced In House on 01/12/2017

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WINGMAN Act Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act [HB-512] [Veterans ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Funding ] [Budget and Spending ]
WINGMAN Act Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide each veteran who submits a claim for VA benefits with an opportunity to permit a covered congressional employee in the office of the veteran's Member of Congress to have read-only access to all of the veteran's records in the Veterans Benefits Administration databases. A Member may designate up to two such covered congressional employees. A covered congressional employee may not be recognized (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 02/14/2017

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Grant's Law [HB-486] [Immigration ] [Crime ] [National Security ] [Criminal Justice ]
Grant's Law This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require mandatory detention of any alien who is unlawfully present in the United States and arrested for inadmissible or deportable crimes. The bill transfers release authority from the Department of Justice to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). DHS may release the alien to an appropriate authority for proceedings related to the arrest, but DHS must resume custody for any period that the alien is not in custody of the appropriate authority. If the alien is not convicted (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr H964) on 02/03/2017

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No Funding for Sanctuary Campuses Act [HB-483] [Education ] [Immigration ] [Funding ]
No Funding for Sanctuary Campuses Act This bill amends title IV (Student Aid) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make an institution of higher education (IHE) that is a sanctuary campus ineligible for funds under title IV. It defines the term "sanctuary campus." The Department of Homeland Security must transmit to the Department of Education and publish in the Federal Register notice of a determination that an IHE is a sanctuary campus. The bill expresses the sense of Congress that providing in-state tuition to an alien who lacks lawful immigration (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell Introduced In House on 01/12/2017

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Heartbeat Protection Act of 2017 [HB-490] [Reproductive Rights ] [Crime ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Heartbeat Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime for a physician to knowingly perform an abortion: (1) without determining whether the fetus has a detectable heartbeat, (2) without informing the mother of the results, or (3) after determining that a fetus has a detectable heartbeat. It provides an exception for an abortion that is necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical (but not psychological or emotional) disorder, illness, or condition. A physician who performs (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 02/06/2017

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Congressional Article I Powers Strengthening Act [HB-469] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Congressional Article I Powers Strengthening Act This bill establishes public notice and comment procedures and motion to intervene standards for civil actions seeking to compel agency action and alleging that an agency is unlawfully withholding or unreasonably delaying an agency action, and for consent decrees or settlement agreements that require agency action, relating to a regulatory action that would affect the rights of: (1) private persons other than the person bringing the action; or (2) a state, local, or tribal government. The bill sets (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 10/26/2017

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To designate the exclusive economic zone of the United States as the "Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States". [HB-475] [Public Lands and National Parks ]
To designate the exclusive economic zone of the United States as the "Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States". This bill designates the U.S. exclusive economic zone (as established by Presidential Proclamation Numbered 5030, dated March 10, 1983) as the "Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States."

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 02/10/2017

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Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Death with Dignity Act of 2016. [HJR-27] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Death with Dignity Act of 2016. This joint resolution nullifies the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Death with Dignity Act of 2016, signed by the Mayor of the District on December 19, 2016, and transmitted on January 6, 2017, to Congress pursuant to the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. The D.C. Act authorizes terminally ill patients to request and to be prescribed medication to end their lives.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. Markup Report Cq on 02/13/2017

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MERIT Act of 2017 Modern Employment Reform, Improvement, and Transformation Act of 2017 [HB-559] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Law Enforcement ]
MERIT Act of 2017 Modern Employment Reform, Improvement, and Transformation Act of 2017 This bill establishes an alternative mechanism for the expedited removal by agency heads of federal employees for performance or misconduct by: (1) limiting an appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) to appeals made not later than 7 days after the date of such removal; and (2) making inapplicable to removals employee protections affording employees at least 30 days advance written notice of the proposed action and a reasonable time to answer the proposal (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 07/17/2018

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