Rep. Nydia Velazquez

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District HD-NY-7
Party Democrat
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Bills Introduced 244

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Public Housing Disaster Preparedness Act of 2013 [HB-1669]
Public Housing Disaster Preparedness Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to require each public housing agency (PHA) that owns, operates, or assists at least 500 dwelling units in public housing projects (covered PHA) to develop a disaster response and relief plan to provide: guidance for PHAs and their staff, residents of dwelling units in public housing, relevant federal, state, and local agencies and officials, and community-based organizations; and comprehensive information regarding pre-disaster, disaster (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 04/23/2013

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Raising Employment in Affordable Communities and Homes Act of 2013 [HB-1670]
Raising Employment in Affordable Communities and Homes Act of 2013 or REACH Act of 2013 - Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 with respect to providing economic opportunities for low- and very low-income persons, particularly recipients of federal assistance for housing. Prohibits any assistance to a public housing agency (PHA) under the United States Housing Act of 1937 for any fiscal year for low-income housing projects (development assistance), or assistance from the Operating Fund or Capital Fund under the same Act, unless the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 04/23/2013

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To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment, known as the Borinqueneers. [HB-1726]
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the award, on behalf of Congress, of a single gold medal in honor of the 65th Infantry Regiment, known as the Borinqueneers, in recognition of its pioneering military service, devotion to duty, and many acts of valor in the face of adversity. Requires the medal to be given to the Smithsonian Institution for display. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Smithsonian shall make the medal available for display elsewhere, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Signed By President. on 06/10/2014

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Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013 [HB-1731]
Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013 - Amends the Egg Products Inspection Act to revise provisions concerning housing and treatment of egg-laying hens and enforcement of such requirements. Sets forth separate caging device and environmental and housing conversion provisions for California. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to delegate to the California Department of Food and Agriculture certain enforcement authority with respect to eggs produced, shipped, handled, transported, or received in California prior to the date that (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Livestock, Rural Development, And Credit. on 05/22/2013

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Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 [HB-1755]
Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity by covered entities (employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, or joint labor-management committees). Prohibits preferential treatment or quotas. Allows only disparate treatment claims. Prohibits related retaliation. Makes this Act inapplicable to: (1) religious organizations, and (2) the relationship between the United States and members of the Armed Forces. Declares that this Act (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 07/08/2013

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Medical Debt Responsibility Act of 2013 [HB-1767]
Medical Debt Responsibility Act of 2013 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit a consumer reporting agency from making any report containing information related to a fully paid or settled medical debt that had been characterized as delinquent, charged off, or in collection which, from the date of payment or settlement, antedates the report by more than 45 days.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 04/26/2013

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Jacob's Law of 2013 [HB-1778]
Justice for Imprisoned Americans Overseas Act of 2013 or Jacob's Law of 2013 - Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to include in the Foreign Service professional development program training to protect the rights of U.S. citizens in foreign custody. Directs the Secretary of State to submit a semiannnual report to Congress for five years that identifies: (1) U.S. citizens imprisoned in foreign countries whose fundamental due process and human rights are being violated, (2) the due process and human rights violations that are being committed against (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nydia Velazquez Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 06/14/2013

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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3031 Veterans Road West in Staten Island, New York, as the "Leonard Montalto Post Office Building". [HB-181]
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3031 Veterans Road West in Staten Island, New York, as the "Leonard Montalto Post Office Building."

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The House Committee On Oversight And Government Reform. on 01/04/2013

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Accelerating the End of Breast Cancer Act of 2013 [HB-1830]
Accelerating the End of Breast Cancer Act of 2013 - Directs the President to establish the Commission to Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer to help end breast cancer by January 1, 2020. Directs the Commission to: (1) identify opportunities and ideas within government and the private sector that are key components in achieving the end of breast cancer and which have been overlooked, yet are ripe for collaboration and investment; (2) recommend projects to leverage such opportunities and ideas in the areas of the primary prevention of breast cancer (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/10/2013

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Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site Amendments Act [HB-1846]
Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site Amendments Act - Amends P.L. 105-378 (relating to the establishment of the Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site in New York City, New York) to add the lower east side tenement at 103 Orchard Street to the Historic Site. Prohibits anything in this Act from authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the property at 103 Orchard Street.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nydia Velazquez Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 12/09/2013

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