Rep. Jesus Garcia
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Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 15, 2019. [HJR-46]
[National Security ]
[Immigration ]
[Law Enforcement ]
This joint resolution terminates the national emergency related to the U.S.-Mexico border, declared by the President on February 15, 2019.
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Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act [HB-1146]
[Energy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Climate Change ]
(Sec. 2) prohibits the Bureau of Land Management from administering an oil and gas leasing, development, production, and transportation program in and from the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. (Sec. 3) The bill establishes permanent fees that the Department of the Interior must collect from the operators of offshore oil and gas facilities subject to inspection under current law, including inspection fees for offshore platform facilities and drilling rigs. All fees collected must be deposited into the Ocean Energy Safety
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Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2020 [HB-1109]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Provides specific statutory authority for the Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education) State Educational Agency Grant Program that is administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The program supports school-based mental health services, including screening, treatment, and outreach programs.
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Fairness for Federal Contractors Act of 2019 [HB-824]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Appropriates funding to provide compensation to certain employees of contractors who lost pay or leave due to the lapse in appropriations that began on December 22, 2018. Each agency subject to such lapse shall adjust the price of any contract for which the contractor was ordered to suspend, delay, or stop work as a result of the lapse. The agency shall compensate the contractor for reasonable costs incurred to (1) provide compensation, at an employee's standard rate of compensation, to any employee who was furloughed or laid off, or who was not
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Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act [HB-808]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
Allows a nurse practitioner or physician assistant to fulfill documentation requirements for coverage, under Medicare, of special shoes for diabetic individuals. Under current law, such requirements may be satisfied only by a physician.
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Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2019 [HB-1368]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Poverty ]
[Human Services ]
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require that supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits be calculated with reference to the cost of the low-cost food plan as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
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Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019 [HB-4]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Establishes new criteria for determining which states and political subdivisions must obtain preclearance before changes to voting practices in these areas may take effect. (Preclearance is the process of receiving preapproval from the Department of Justice or the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia before making legal changes that would affect voting rights.) A state and all of its political subdivisions shall be subject to preclearance of voting practice changes for a 10-year period if (1) 15 or more voting rights violations occurred
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Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019 [HB-299]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Housing ]
[Science ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Addresses certain health benefit and home loan programs for veterans. Specifically, the bill extends the presumption of service-connection for certain diseases associated with herbicide (e.g., Agent Orange) exposure to veterans who served (1) offshore of Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, or (2) in or near the Korean Demilitarized Zone between September 1, 1967, and August 31, 1971. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific disabilities or diseases diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances
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Transit Worker and Pedestrian Protection Act [HB-1139]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
Requires grant recipients under the public transportation safety program who operate a fixed route bus service to (1) develop a risk reduction program for bus operations to improve safety by reducing the number and rates of accidents, injuries, assaults on bus operators, and fatalities; (2) submit the program to the Department of Transportation (DOT) for review and approval; and (3) implement the approved program. DOT shall require grant recipients who operate a rail fixed guideway public transportation system that is not subject to regulation by
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Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act of 2019 [HB-1244]
[Taxes ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Modifies several tax provisions that refer to married couples to make the provisions equally applicable to legally married same-sex couples.