Rep. Ayanna Pressley
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Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019 [HB-865]
[Education ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Taxes ]
[Construction ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
[Disabilities ]
Provides financial assistance in FY2020-FY2029 for long-term improvements to public school facilities by allocating funds to states for school improvements, awarding need-based grants to local education agencies, and restoring school infrastructure tax credit bonds. The bill specifies allowable uses of grant funds, including making major repairs of public school facilities and making public school facilities accessible to disabled individuals. The bill requires local education agencies to adopt certain green practices (environmental standards) and
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Paycheck Fairness Act [HB-7]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Small Business ]
Addresses wage discrimination on the basis of sex. It amends equal pay provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to (1) restrict the use of the bona fide factor defense to wage discrimination claims, (2) enhance nonretaliation prohibitions, (3) make it unlawful to require an employee to sign a contract or waiver prohibiting the employee from disclosing information about the employee's wages, and (4) increase civil penalties for violations of equal pay provisions. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal
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Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 [HB-8]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishes new background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties (i.e., unlicensed individuals). Specifically, it prohibits a firearm transfer between private parties unless a licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, or importer first takes possession of the firearm to conduct a background check. The prohibition does not apply to certain firearm transfers, such as a gift between spouses in good faith.
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For the People Act of 2019 [HB-1]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Ethics ]
[Taxes ]
[National Security ]
Addresses voter access, election integrity, election security, political spending, and ethics for the three branches of government. Specifically, the bill expands voter registration and voting access and limits removing voters from voter rolls. The bill provides for states to establish independent, nonpartisan redistricting commissions. The bill also sets forth provisions related to election security, including sharing intelligence information with state election officials, protecting the security of the voter rolls, supporting states in securing
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Emmett Till Antilynching Act [HB-35]
[Crime ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishes a new criminal civil rights violation for lynching. Specifically, a person who conspires to commit certain civil rights offenses (e.g., a hate crime act) is subject to criminal penalties.
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Washington, D.C. Admission Act [HB-51]
[Elections ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
Admits certain portions of Washington, DC as the 51st state. The bill defines state as the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth. TITLE I--STATE OF WASHINGTON, D.C. Subtitle A--Procedures for Admission (Sec. 101) This subtitle provides for admission into the United States of the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, on an equal footing with the other states. The state's constitution shall always be republican in form and shall not be repugnant to the U.S. Constitution or the principles of the Declaration of Independence. (Sec. 102) The
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To repeal the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. [HB-242]
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[Taxes ]
[Finance ]
Repeals the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, which currently prohibits direct spending and revenue legislation from increasing the budget deficit.
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Concussion Awareness and Education Act of 2019 [HB-280]
[Sports ]
[Healthcare ]
[Science ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
Establishes a series of programs and requirements relating to youth and sports-related concussion research. Among other things, the bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to establish a national system to determine the incidence of sports-related concussions among youth. The National Institutes of Health must also conduct or support specified concussion research, such as research regarding predictors and outcome modifiers of youth concussions. The bill also temporarily establishes a Concussion Research Commission. The commission
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New England Coastal Protection Act [HB-287]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Water ]
Prohibits the Department of the Interior from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas off the coast of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, or Connecticut.
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Low-Wage Federal Contractor Employee Back Pay Act of 2019 [HB-339]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Small Business ]
Requires the federal government to compensate employees of federal contractors that provide retail, food, custodial, or security services who are placed on unpaid leave as a result of a lapse in appropriations beginning in FY2019.