Rep. Chip Roy
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District HD-TX-21
Party Republican
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Bills Introduced 155
Sponsored Legislation
US Congress 116th Congress
Protecting Life in Crisis Act [HB-6742]
[Reproductive Rights ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
Specifies that federal funds allocated for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) response efforts may not, in general, be used for abortions. Current law (specifically, language that has historically been included in certain appropriations bills, commonly referred to as the Hyde Amendment) generally prohibits the use of federal funds for abortions. The bill also restricts the use of federal tax credits or other federal funding for health insurance coverage if the coverage includes abortions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 05/08/2020
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Transparency for Confucius Institutes [HB-7138]
[Education ]
[International ]
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require program participation agreements between institutions of higher education and Hanban if a Confucius Institute operates on the campus of the institution.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Yoho
Introduced In House on 06/08/2020
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America FIRST Act America: Foreign Influence Resistance Starts with Transparency Act [HB-7170]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[International ]
[National Security ]
Requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) to disclose additional information related to gifts and contracts from foreign sources. Specifically, the bill requires IHEs, nonprofit departments within IHEs, and affiliates of IHEs (e.g., professors and researchers) to disclose in the byline of publications the total value of gifts, contracts, and financial assets received by them from foreign sources. The Department of Education (ED) must determine appropriate enforcement actions for failures to do so, such as imposing a probationary period or
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Sponsored by: Rep. Glenn Grothman
Introduced In House on 06/11/2020
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TRUST in Congress Act Transparent Representation Upholding Service and Trust in Congress Act [HB-7200]
[Ethics ]
[Finance ]
Requires a Member of Congress, as well as any spouse or dependent child, to place specified investments into a qualified blind trust (i.e., an arrangement in which certain financial holdings are placed in someone else's control to avoid a possible conflict of interest) until 180 days after the end of their tenure as a Member of Congress.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Introduced In House on 06/15/2020
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Calling for justice for George Floyd and opposing efforts to defund the police. [HR-1007]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Calling for justice for George Floyd and opposing efforts to defund the police.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Rouzer
Introduced In House on 06/15/2020
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Foreign Influence Transparency Act [HB-7063]
[Education ]
[International ]
[National Security ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Addresses foreign influence in higher education and in certain other academic, religious, and artistic pursuits. Current law exempts from foreign agent registration requirements a person engaging in activities in furtherance of religious, scholastic, academic, or scientific pursuits or of the fine arts. The bill specifies that this exemption applies only to those activities that do not promote the political agenda of a foreign government. Under current law, an institution of higher education is required to disclose to the Department of Education
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Wilson
Introduced In House on 05/28/2020
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Higher Education Transparency Act of 2019 [HB-2244]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Expands disclosure requirements for an institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in student assistance programs. Specifically, the bill requires an IHE to post online the full content of any agreement between the IHE and a foreign source that provides language and cultural teaching resources and services to its students.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King
Introduced In House on 04/10/2019
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Count the Crimes to Cut Act of 2020 [HB-7270]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To direct the Attorney General of the United States to submit to the Congress a report on Federal criminal offenses, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Gallagher
Introduced In House on 06/18/2020
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Resolving that jurisdictions seeking to dismantle or reduce funding for the jurisdiction's police force should not unduly burden residents who seek to defend themselves. [HR-1013]
[Crime ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
Resolving that jurisdictions seeking to dismantle or reduce funding for the jurisdiction's police force should not unduly burden residents who seek to defend themselves.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 06/22/2020
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To amend title 18, United States Code, to include a penalty for the destruction of a memorial of a constitutional leader, and for other purposes. [HB-7381]
[Crime ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Expands the applicability of an existing criminal statute that protects veterans' monuments. Currently, it is a crime to willfully injure or destroy a monument that commemorates a person who served in the Armed Forces. expands the prohibition to also make it a crime to willfully injure or destroy a monument that commemorates a person who signed the Declaration of Independence, or a President.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Banks
Introduced In House on 06/26/2020