Rep. Walter Jones

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District HD-NC-3
Party Republican
Bills Introduced 24

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US Congress 115th Congress

Eliminating Pornography from Agencies Act [HB-680] [Technology and Innovation ] [Cybersecurity ] [Ethics ] [Law Enforcement ] [National Security ] [Public Safety ]
Eliminating Pornography from Agencies Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidelines that prohibit accessing a pornographic or other explicit website from a federal computer, except for investigative purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Walter Jones Reported By The Committee On Oversight And Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-81. on 04/06/2017

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Requiring Accountability and Inspections for Dining Service Act [HB-645] [Veterans ] [Healthcare ] [Food ] [Public Health ]
Requiring Accountability and Inspections for Dining Service Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide for annual inspections to ensure that VA medical facility kitchens and food service areas meet private hospital kitchen and food service area standards. The VA shall seek to enter into an agreement with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospital Organizations to conduct such inspections. If the VA is unable to enter into an agreement with the Commission, the VA shall seek such an agreement with a non-federal, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Opportunity. on 02/06/2017

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Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act [HB-632] [Healthcare ] [Veterans ] [Public Health ]
Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act This bill includes veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands between January 1, 1977, and December 31, 1980, as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of the Department of Veterans Affairs presumption of service-connection for specified cancers.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 02/03/2017

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Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2017 [HB-623] [Animals ] [Consumer Protection ] [Healthcare ] [Pharmaceuticals ]
Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2017 This bill directs the Federal Trade Commission to require prescribers of animal drugs to verify prescriptions and provide copies of prescriptions to pet owners, pet owner designees, and pharmacies, without the prescriber demanding payment or establishing other conditions. The bill applies these requirements to medication for a domesticated household animal that consumers are not allowed to purchase without a prescription. A violation of this bill shall be treated as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Cartwright Introduced In House on 01/24/2017

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We Are Watching You Act of 2017 [HB-709] [Consumer Protection ] [Data Privacy ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Telecommunications ] [Law Enforcement ] [Cybersecurity ] [Media and Advertising ]
We Are Watching You Act of 2017 This bill prohibits an operator of a video service from collecting visual or auditory information from the vicinity of the device used to display the video programming stream to the consumer unless the operator: (1) displays, as part of the stream, a message that reads, "We are watching you"; and (2) describes to the consumer the types of information that will be collected and how such information will be used. The description of information collection must be provided: (1) as part of the terms and conditions to which (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton Referred To The Subcommittee On Digital Commerce And Consumer Protection. on 02/03/2017

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BRACE Act Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act [HB-721] [Taxes ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Infrastructure ] [Economic Development ]
BRACE Act Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax credit for railroad track maintenance.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Introduced In House on 01/30/2017

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Disapproving a rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Compliance with Title X Requirements by Project Recipients in Selecting Subrecipients". [HJR-39] [Healthcare ] [Reproductive Rights / Abortion ] [Public Health ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Human Services ]
Disapproving a rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Compliance with Title X Requirements by Project Recipients in Selecting Subrecipients". This joint resolution nullifies a Department of Health and Human Services rule regarding subrecipients of family planning grants. (Under the rule, grant recipients may prohibit an entity from receiving a subaward only for reasons related to the entity's ability to provide family planning services.)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/03/2017

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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to compliance with title X requirements by project recipients in selecting subrecipients. [HJR-43] [Healthcare ] [Reproductive Rights / Abortion ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Public Health ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ]
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to compliance with title X requirements by project recipients in selecting subrecipients. This joint resolution nullifies a Department of Health and Human Services rule regarding subrecipients of family planning grants. (Under the rule, grant recipients may prohibit an entity from receiving a subaward only for reasons related to the entity's ability to provide family planning services.)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Became Public Law No: 115-23. (txt | Pdf) on 04/13/2017

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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the rights extended by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only. [HJR-48] [Elections ] [Voting Rights ] [Finance ] [Ethics ]
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the rights extended by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only. This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment providing that: (1) the rights protected by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only; (2) artificial entities (such as corporations, limited liability companies, and other entities established by the laws of any state, the United States, or any foreign state) shall have no rights under the Constitution and are subject (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 02/08/2017

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To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting any Department of Defense position at, or in support of, a public shipyard. [HB-742] [Defense ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Military ] [National Security ]
To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting any Department of Defense position at, or in support of, a public shipyard. This bill declares that the memorandum titled "Presidential Memorandum Regarding the Hiring Freeze" published on January 23, 2017, or any other action by the President to prevent a department or agency from filling vacant civilian employee positions or creating new such positions, shall have no force or effect with respect to any Department of Defense (DOD) civilian position under which an employee performs a DOD function at a (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Scott Introduced In House on 01/30/2017

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