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Equality Act [HB-5]
[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Religion ]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in a wide variety of areas including public accommodations and facilities, education, federal funding, employment, housing, credit, and the jury system. Specifically, the bill defines and includes sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity among the prohibited categories of discrimination or segregation. The bill expands the definition of public accommodations to include places or establishments that provide (1) exhibitions, recreation, exercise, amusement, gatherings,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 05/20/2019
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Ensuring Safe Housing for Our Military Act [HB-1792]
[Defense ]
[Housing ]
[Military ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Veterans ]
Ensuring Safe Housing for Our Military Act addresses certain health, safety, and environmental hazards in private military housing units and offers certain protections to service members. Among other things, the bill (1) requires uniform credentials for housing inspectors; (2) allows the Department of Defense (DOD) to withhold payment to landlords over health, safety, or environmental hazard concerns; (3) requires a landlord to pay certain relocation costs in connection with a hazard and to reimburse a tenant for personal property damage; and (4)
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Cole
Referred To The Subcommittee On Readiness. on 03/15/2019
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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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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Became Public Law No: 116-23. on 06/27/2019
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Expressing support for the designation of the week of March 25 through March 29, 2019, as "Public Schools Week". [HR-254]
[Education ]
This resolution supports the designation of Public Schools Week.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 03/25/2019
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Save the Internet Act of 2019 [HB-1644]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
To restore the open internet order of the Federal Communications Commission.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 74. on 04/29/2019
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Protecting Pre-Existing Conditions and Making Health Care More Affordable Act of 2019 [HB-1884]
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[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Revises various requirements for private health insurance plans and associated plan-holder cost sharing. Specifically, the bill increases premium assistance for low-income households and specifies that the coverage affordability requirements for employer-sponsored plans extend to family members of employees based on the employee's required contribution as a percentage of the employee's income. Further, the bill prohibits specified agency actions that would weaken the requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) with respect
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/27/2019
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Expressing opposition to banning service in the Armed Forces by openly transgender individuals. [HR-124]
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[Military ]
[Human Rights ]
[Veterans ]
[National Security ]
This resolution (1) strongly opposes President Trump's ban on transgender members of the Armed Forces, (2) rejects the scientific and medical claims upon which it is based, and (3) strongly urges the Department of Defense to not reinstate the ban and to maintain an inclusive policy allowing qualified transgender Americans to enlist and serve in the Armed Forces.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Considered Under The Provisions Of Rule H. Res. 252. on 03/28/2019
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Advancing Grid Storage Act of 2019 [HB-1743]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Grants ]
[Science ]
Requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish certain energy storage programs. DOE must carry out, within the Office of Electricity, a program for the research of energy storage systems (systems or strategies that improve the ability to shift the dispatch of energy in time, across multiple timescales). DOE must carry out a loan program for (1) the demonstration and deployment of energy storage systems in a specific project, and (2) programs that finance the demonstration and deployment of multiple energy storage systems through a financial
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy. on 03/14/2019
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Battery Storage Innovation Act [HB-1742]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Science ]
Makes certain battery storage technologies eligible for loan guarantees provided by the Department of Energy for innovative technology.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy. on 03/14/2019
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S.T.O.R.A.G.E. Act Storage Technology for Operational Readiness And Generating Energy Act [HB-1744]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Adds energy storage systems to the list of strategies states should consider when developing energy plans and using their utility ratemaking authority. States must consider requiring that, as a part of a supply side resource planning process, electric utilities in the states demonstrate that they considered an investment in energy storage systems based on factors such as cost, improved reliability, security, and system performance and efficiency. The Department of Energy (DOE) must coordinate efforts among various existing programs conducting energy
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy. on 03/14/2019