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Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act [HB-553]
[Military ]
[Veterans ]
[Pensions ]
[Social Security ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Updates the Department of Defense's Survivor Benefit Plan and how it operates in relation to other benefits. The plan currently provides a monthly annuity (based on a percentage of a service member's retirement pay) to an eligible beneficiary upon the death of the service member. Currently, if a surviving spouse is also entitled to dependency and indemnity compensation, the annuity paid under the plan will be reduced. The bill repeals certain provisions that require the offset of the plan annuity from amounts paid in dependency and indemnity compensation.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Assigned To The Consensus Calendar, Calendar No. 1. on 07/12/2019
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Original NAACP Resolution of 2019 [HR-154]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
This resolution recognizes the 110th anniversary of the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The resolution also honors the NAACP for its work to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic rights of all persons.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Justice. on 03/25/2019
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Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act of 2019 [HB-1692]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requires coverage for abortion care through public health insurance programs, including Medicaid, Medicare, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, as well as insurance plans for federal employees. Further, abortion care must be available at federal, and federally supported, health care facilities to individuals eligible for services at such facilities.Additionally, the bill prohibits federal, state, or local governments from restricting coverage for abortion care available through private health insurance plans.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/13/2019
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American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 [HB-6]
[Immigration ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Cancels and prohibits removal proceedings against certain aliens and provides such aliens with a path toward permanent resident status. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or the Department of Justice (DOJ) shall cancel removal proceedings against certain aliens who entered the United States as minors and grant such aliens conditional permanent residence status for 10 years. The bill imposes various qualification requirements, such as the alien being continuously physically present in the United States and being enrolled in or having completed
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 112. on 06/10/2019
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To block the implementation of certain presidential actions that restrict individuals from certain countries from entering the United States. [HB-810]
[Immigration ]
[National Security ]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
Prohibits making funds, resources, or fees available to any federal agency to implement or enforce Executive Order 13780 and Presidential Proclamation 9645, which suspended individuals from several countries of concern, including Chad, Iran, and Libya, from entering the United States. The Proclamation also provided for enhanced U.S. vetting capacities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Citizenship. on 03/25/2019
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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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Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019 [HB-1585]
[Crime ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Modifies and reauthorizes through FY2024 programs and activities under the Violence Against Women Act that seek to prevent and respond to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. Among other things, the bill also authorizes new programs, makes changes to federal firearms laws, and establishes new protections to promote housing stability and economic security for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 66. on 04/10/2019
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Healthy Families Act [HB-1784]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Provides for paid and unpaid sick leave for employees to meet their own medical needs and those of their families. It requires employers with 15 or more employees to provide their employees with at least one hour of earned paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked, up to a maximum of 56 hours of paid sick leave in a year. An employer with fewer than 15 employees may also provide the same amount of paid sick leave, but may opt out of such requirement, in which case such employer must provide its employees at least 56 hours of unpaid leave in a year.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House 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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Student Loan Interest Tax Deduction Expansion Act [HB-1070]
[Student Loans ]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
Modifies the tax deduction for interest on qualified education loans to increase (1) the dollar limitation on the deduction to $7,500 ($15,000 in the case of a joint return), and (2) the limitation on modified adjusted gross income to $100,000 (twice the amount in the case of a joint return).
Sponsored by: Rep. David Cicilline
Introduced In House on 02/07/2019