PACT Act Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act [HB-724]
[Animals ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Revises and expands criminal provisions with respect to animal crushing. It retains existing criminal offenses that prohibit knowingly creating or distributing an animal crush video using interstate commerce. The bill also adds a new provision to criminalize an intentional act of animal crushing. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to seven years, or both. It provides additional exceptions for conduct, or a video of conduct, including conduct that is (1) medical or scientific research, (2) necessary to protect
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HB-724: PACT Act Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Became Public Law No: 116-72. (txt | Pdf) on 11/25/2019
Social Security 2100 Act [HB-860]
[Social Security ]
[Taxes ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Increases various Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits and related taxes. The bill increases the primary insurance amount (e.g., the amount a Social Security beneficiary receives if the beneficiary begins receiving benefits at normal retirement age) by increasing the percentage of the beneficiary's average indexed monthly earnings used to calculate the amount. The Bureau of Labor Statistics shall publish a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers, which the Social Security Administration (SSA) shall use to calculate cost-of-living
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 01/30/2019
Employer Participation in Repayment Act of 2019 [HB-1043]
[Student Loans ]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
Expands the tax exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to include payments of qualified education loans by an employer to either an employee or a lender.
HB-1043: Employer Participation in Repayment Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 02/07/2019
Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal. [HR-109]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Water ]
[Food ]
[Housing ]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
This resolution calls for the creation of a Green New Deal with the goals of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions; establishing millions of high-wage jobs and ensuring economic security for all; investing in infrastructure and industry; securing clean air and water, climate and community resiliency, healthy food, access to nature, and a sustainable environment for all; and promoting justice and equality. The resolution calls for accomplishment of these goals through a 10-year national mobilization effort. The resolution also enumerates the
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HR-109: Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On National Parks, Forests, And Public Lands. on 02/12/2019
Expressing the commitment of the Congress to the Paris Agreement. [HCR-15]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[International ]
This resolution reaffirms Congress's commitment to the Paris Agreement to combat climate change and states that the United States is still in the agreement and should not withdraw.
HCR-15: Expressing the commitment of the Congress to the Paris Agreement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 02/08/2019
Directing the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress. [HJR-37]
[Defense ]
[International ]
[National Security ]
[Military ]
This joint resolution directs the President to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities in or affecting Yemen within 30 days unless Congress authorizes a later withdrawal date, issues a declaration of war, or specifically authorizes the use of the Armed Forces. Prohibited activities include providing in-flight fueling for non-U.S. aircraft conducting missions as part of the conflict in Yemen. This joint resolution shall not affect any military operations directed at Al Qaeda. The President must submit to Congress, within 90 days, reports assessing
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HJR-37: Directing the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 02/14/2019
You have voted HJR-37: Directing the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress..
Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment. [HJR-38]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
This joint resolution eliminates the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, which prohibits discrimination based on sex. The amendment was proposed to the states in House Joint Resolution 208 of the 92nd Congress, as agreed to in the Senate on March 22, 1972. The amendment shall be part of the Constitution whenever ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states.
HJR-38: Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 01/30/2019
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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HB-1146: Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act
Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act Summary:
This bill, officially known as the Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act, aims to repeal the oil and gas program in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Additionally, it introduces a system for collecting inspection fees from operators of offshore facilities to cover inspection expenses. The fees are allocated to an Ocean Energy Safety Fund to ensure proper funding for the inspection program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
The Previous Question On The Motion To Recommit With Instructions Was Ordered Without Objection. on 09/12/2019
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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HB-299: Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Became Public Law No: 116-23. on 06/27/2019
HB-1252: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6531 Van Nuys Boulevard in Van Nuys, California, as the "Marilyn Monroe Post Office".
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Became Public Law No: 116-80. (txt | Pdf) on 12/12/2019
You have voted HB-1252: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6531 Van Nuys Boulevard in Van Nuys, California, as the "Marilyn Monroe Post Office"..