Rep. Peter DeFazio

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District HD-OR-4
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 137

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US Congress 116th Congress

MONARCH Act of 2020 Monarch Action, Recovery, and Conservation of Habitat Act of 2020 [HB-5920]
Provides support for the conservation of western monarch butterflies (the monarch butterfly population that overwinters along the coast of California and breeds across California, Arizona, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah). Specifically, the bill establishes the Western Monarch Butterfly Rescue Fund. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must use amounts in the fund to provide grants for the conservation of such butterflies. In addition, USDA must transfer amounts from the fund to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to implement (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation And Forestry. on 03/05/2020

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ABLE Age Adjustment Act [HB-1814]
Increases from 26 to 46 the age threshold for tax-favored ABLE (Achieving a Better Life Experience) accounts. (ABLE accounts are designed to enable individuals with disabilities to save for and pay for disability-related expenses. To establish an account, an individual must have a qualifying impairment that began before the individual attained the age threshold.)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 03/18/2019

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Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Act of 2019 [HB-4341]
To assist in the conservation of critically endangered species in foreign countries, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 09/25/2019

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BEST Act Better Energy Storage Technology Act [HB-2986]
Addresses grid-scale energy storage systems. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a research and development program for energy storage systems, components, and materials across multiple program offices of DOE, including analyzing the need for various types of energy storage to improve electric grid resilience and reliability; develop a five-year strategic plan that identifies research, development, demonstration, and commercial application goals for the program; support the standardized testing and validation (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Reported (amended) By The Committee On Science, Space, And Technology. H. Rept. 116-472. on 08/07/2020

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Expressing support for the designation of the week of February 24 through February 28, 2020, as "Public Schools Week". [HR-862]
This resolution supports the designation of Public Schools Week.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Introduced In House on 02/21/2020

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Shareholder Political Transparency Act of 2020 [HB-5929]
Requires an issuer of securities to disclose information related to expenditures for political activities. Specifically, issuers must disclose quarterly any such expenditure, including by identifying any candidate the expenditure was made in relation to and any trade association or other tax exempt organization that received dues or other payments that may be used for political activities. Annually, issuers must report on expenditures for political activities made in the previous year over $10,000 and information related to anticipated expenditures (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley Reported (amended) By The Committee On Financial Services. H. Rept. 116-632. on 12/08/2020

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Legal Assistance to Prevent Evictions Act of 2020 [HB-5884]
Requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to award grants to nonprofit and governmental entities to provide free legal assistance to eligible low-income tenants at risk of, or subject to, eviction.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Introduced In House on 02/13/2020

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Supporting the goals and ideals of Career and Technical Education Month. [HR-864]
This resolution supports the designation of Career and Technical Education Month to celebrate career and technical education across the United States.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin Introduced In House on 02/25/2020

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Medicare Demonstration of Coverage for Low Vision Devices Act of 2019 [HB-4129]
Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to carry out a demonstration project to evaluate the fiscal impact of covering low-vision devices under Medicare in the same manner as Medicare coverage is provided for durable medical equipment. The bill defines low-vision device to mean a physician-prescribed device that magnifies, enhances, or otherwise augments or interprets visual images; the term does not include ordinary eyeglasses or contact lenses. The bill appropriates $2.5 million for FY2020 and each of the next four fiscal years (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/31/2019

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Veterans’ Right to Breathe Act [HB-4574]
Provides a presumption of service connection to burn pit-exposed veterans for certain diseases. Under a presumption of service connection, specific conditions diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded. A burn pit-exposed veteran is a veteran who was supporting a contingency operation on or after January 1, 1990, and was stationed at a location where an open burn pit (an area used for burning solid waste in open (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 10/14/2019

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