Rep. Peter DeFazio

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District HD-OR-4
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 137

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US Congress 116th Congress

Increase Federal Disaster Cost Share Act of 2020 [HB-8112]
Increases the federal cost share from 75% to 90% for any federal disaster declaration beginning on January 20, 2020, and ending on December 31, 2020.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings, And Emergency Management. on 08/26/2020

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Supporting Con­nec­tiv­ity for Higher Education Students in Need Act [HB-6814]
Establishes and provides funds for the Emergency Higher Education Connectivity Fund. Specifically, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) must use the fund to support institutions of higher education (IHEs) in providing broadband internet access service, videoconferencing systems and services used for distance learning, and equipment (e.g., computers, Wi-Fi hotspots, and other one-time costs) to enrolled students during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. The bill requires the NTIA, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Introduced In House on 05/12/2020

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Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act [HB-7302]
To make high-speed broadband internet service accessible and affordable to all Americans, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry McNerney Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 06/25/2020

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Edith Shorougian Senior Victims of Fraud Compensation Act [HB-7620]
To amend the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to provide for the compensation of elderly victims of property damage, to provide increased funding for the crime victim compensation fund, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Suzanne Bonamici Introduced In House on 07/16/2020

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FEMA Assistance Relief Act of 2020 [HB-8266]
Modifies the federal cost share of certain emergency assistance relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill provides for (1) a 100% federal cost share of assistance provided under the emergency declaration issued by the President on March 13, 2020, relating to COVID-19 and any subsequent major disaster declaration that supersedes it; and (2) at least a 90% federal cost share of assistance provided for any emergency or major disaster declared by the President from January 1-December 31, 2020. These provisions shall (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 11/18/2020

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Recognizing that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children; recognizing the importance of renewed leadership by the United States in addressing the climate crisis; and recognizing the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, and science-based climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural sequestration, and put the United States on a path towards stabilizing the climate system. [HCR-119]
This resolution calls for renewed U.S. leadership in addressing the climate crisis that is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children. It also recognizes the need for the executive branch to prepare a climate recovery plan that puts the United States on a trajectory consistent with reducing global atmospheric carbon dioxide to below 350 parts per million by the year 2100.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Introduced In House on 09/23/2020

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MOTION Act Mobile Options for Testing In Our Neighborhoods Act [HB-8017]
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants within 120 days to, among others, specified health facilities, governmental health departments, and nonprofits for establishing or maintaining mobile testing programs for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and the virus that causes it. In awarding these grants, HHS must take into account certain state-based plans for COVID-19 testing and give priority to applicants that serve communities with limited access to transportation, medically underserved populations, and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Introduced In House on 08/11/2020

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Small Business Disaster Relief Equity Act of 2020 [HB-8370]
Makes state-legal cannabis businesses eligible for disaster assistance, and it requires each agency that administers disaster assistance to allow these businesses to retroactively apply. Disaster assistance is any service, grant, loan, tax credit, tax deduction, or any other assistance that is made available in connection with (1) a federally declared disaster, or (2) specified COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) relief programs.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer Introduced In House on 09/24/2020

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To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and to place the statue in the United States Capitol in National Statuary Hall. [HB-8402]
Requires the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain and place in National Statuary Hall a statue or bust of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 09/25/2020

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The Heroes Act [HB-8406]
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Introduced In House on 09/29/2020

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