Rep. Rashida Tlaib

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District HD-MI-12
Party Democrat
Twitter RepRashida
Bills Introduced 91

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US Congress 116th Congress

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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Reported (amended) By The Committee On Education And Labor. H. Rept. 116-684, Part I. on 12/21/2020

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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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 53. on 04/03/2019

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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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 29. on 03/04/2019

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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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 39. on 03/14/2019

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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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Received In The Senate. on 02/27/2020

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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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 522. on 09/08/2020

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Homeless Veteran Families Act [HB-95] [Veterans ] [Housing ] [Human Services ] [Children and Youth ] [Poverty ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Budget and Spending ]
Updates the Department of Veterans Affairs per diem payment calculation for entities furnishing services to homeless veterans to include funding for a minor dependent. The rate for per diem payments is the daily cost of care as estimated by the grant recipient or eligible entity. would expand the per diem payment amount for a homeless veteran who has care of a minor dependent to the daily cost of care plus, for each minor dependent, an amount that equals 50% of such daily cost of care.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 10/16/2019

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Police CAMERA Act of 2019 Police Creating Accountability by Making Effective Recording Available Act of 2019 [HB-120] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Authorizes the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes to purchase or lease body-worn cameras for use by law enforcement officers and to implement body-worn camera programs.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson Introduced In House on 01/03/2019

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Ban Toxic Pesticides Act of 2019 [HB-230] [Environmental ] [Agriculture ] [Food ] [Public Health ] [Consumer Protection ]
Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to cancel the registration of the pesticide chlorpyrifos under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. The bill prohibits the sale and use of existing stock of chlorpyrifos. The bill requires the EPA to ban chlorpyrifos residue on food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Biotechnology, Horticulture, And Research. on 02/07/2019

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To repeal the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. [HB-242] [Budget and Spending ] [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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Introduced In House on 01/04/2019

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