Rep. Nydia Velazquez

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District HD-NY-7
Party Democrat
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Bills Introduced 243

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US Congress 112th Congress

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans. [HB-3826]
Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make the 3.4% interest rate on Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2012, applicable to Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students on or after July 1, 2012.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 03/29/2012

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Visa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform Act [HB-3855]
Visa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the visa waiver program to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to designate any country as a program country; (2) adjust visa refusal rate criteria, including addition of a 3% maximum overstay rate; and (3) revise probationary and termination provisions.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration Policy And Enforcement. on 02/16/2012

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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 110 Mastic Road in Mastic Beach, New York, as the "Brigadier General Nathaniel Woodhull Post Office Building". [HB-3912]
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 110 Mastic Road in Mastic Beach, New York, as the "Brigadier General Nathaniel Woodhull Post Office Building."

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks Signed By President. on 12/28/2012

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Enhancing Exports Through Entrepreneurship Act of 2012 [HB-3976]
Enhancing Exports Through Entrepreneurship Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a small business export expansion credit of 25% of export expansion expenses. Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Office of International Trade (Office) to compile and update annually, for small businesses and their partner entities, a document that contains: (1) the tariff schedules of all foreign countries; and (2) for each of the 50 foreign countries to which the highest total value of U.S. goods and services are exported, specified information (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nydia Velazquez Referred To The Subcommittee On Terrorism, Nonproliferation, And Trade. on 05/07/2012

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DISCLOSE 2012 Act [HB-4010]
Disclosure of Information on Spending on Campaigns Leads to Open and Secure Elections Act of 2012 or DISCLOSE 2012 Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to redefine the term "independent expenditure" as an expenditure by a person that, when taken as a whole, expressly advocates the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate, or is the functional equivalent of express advocacy because it can be interpreted by a reasonable person only as advocating the election or defeat of a candidate, taking into account whether the communication (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Motion To Discharge Committee Filed By Mr. Van Hollen. Petition No: 112-4. ( ">discharge Petition Text With Signatures.) on 07/12/2012

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Mentor-Mentee Teen Pregnancy Reduction Act of 2012 [HB-4034]
Mentor-Mentee Teen Pregnancy Reduction Act of 2012 - Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award competitive grants to local educational agencies or community-based organizations for the creation of school-based programs that provide mentoring to at-risk teenage girls to prevent and reduce teen pregnancy. Requires program mentors to be individuals who: (1) have received at least a baccalaureate degree from an institution of higher education; (2) (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nydia Velazquez Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 03/29/2012

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To provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Jack Nicklaus in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship in golf. [HB-4040]
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Jack Nicklaus in recognition of his service to the nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike such gold medal and to strike and sell duplicate bronze medals at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the gold and bronze medals.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 04/17/2012

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Puerto Rico Hospital Medicare Reimbursement Equity Act of 2012 [HB-4065]
Puerto Rico Hospital Medicare Reimbursement Equity Act of 2012 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the formula for the Medicare inpatient hospital services payment rate for Puerto Rico hospitals to: (1) reduce the applicable Puerto Rico percentage from 25% to zero, and (2) increase the applicable federal percentage from 75% to 100%.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/24/2012

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Small Business Procurement Improvement Act of 2012 [HB-4118]
Small Business Procurement Improvement Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act to require (under current law, permit) federal agencies involved in procurement, to the maximum extent practicable, to include small businesses in multiple award contracts. Requires such agencies to make full use of the contract set-aside programs of the Small Business Administration (SBA). Directs the SBA Administrator, in consultation with the Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) and any agency that obtains 5% of its procurement requirements (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Cicilline Reported By The Committee On Small Business. H. Rept. 112-726, Part I. on 12/21/2012

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Early Stage Small Business Contracting Act of 2012 [HB-4121]
Early Stage Small Business Contracting Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish and carry out a program to provide increased access to federal contract opportunities for early stage small businesses (no more than 15 employees and average annual receipts of no more than $1 million). Requires the Administrator to identify appropriate federal procurement contracts for award under the program. Allows a contracting officer to award: (1) a sole source contract under (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Cicilline Reported (amended) By The Committee On Small Business. H. Rept. 112-727. on 12/21/2012

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