Sen. Kyrsten Sinema

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District SD-AZ
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 119

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US Congress 115th Congress

PAWS Act of 2017 Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers Act of 2017 [HB-2327] [Animals ] [Veterans ] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Insurance ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Pharmaceuticals ]
PAWS Act of 2017 Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a five-year pilot program under which it provides grants to eligible nonprofit organizations to provide service dogs to veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder after completing other evidence-based treatment. An organization that receives a grant shall provide for each participating service dog and veteran: coverage by a commercially available veterinary health insurance policy, hardware clinically (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson Assuming First Sponsorship - Mr. Stivers Asked Unanimous Consent That He May Hereafter Be The First Sponsor Of H.r. 2327, A Bill Originally Introduced By Representative Desantis, For The Purpose Of Adding Cosponsors And Requesting Reprintings Pursuant To Clause 7 Of Rule Xii. Agreed To Without Objection. on 09/25/2018

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National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act of 2018 [HB-2345] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Human Services ] [Public Safety ]
National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act of 2018

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Became Public Law No: 115-233. on 08/14/2018

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Autocycle Safety Act [HB-2381] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Public Safety ]
Autocycle Safety Act

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Referred To The Subcommittee On Digital Commerce And Consumer Protection. on 05/05/2017

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Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy Act of 2017 [HB-2366] [Student Loans ]
Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal bankruptcy code to permit a borrower to discharge in bankruptcy a nonprofit, government, or private student loan, or an obligation to repay an educational benefit, scholarship, or stipend.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 06/07/2017

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Right to Try Act [HB-2368] [Healthcare ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Public Health ]
Right to Try Act This bill requires the federal government to allow unrestricted manufacturing, distribution, prescribing, and dispensing of experimental drugs, biological products, and medical devices that are authorized by state law and intended to treat terminally ill patients. Patients receiving these treatments must be certified by a physician as having exhausted all other treatment options and as being at greater risk from their medical condition than the treatment. The physician must explain the treatment to the patient, including that the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 06/07/2017

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Western Area Power Administration Transparency Act [HB-2371] [Energy ] [Budget and Spending ] [Public Lands and National Parks ]
Western Area Power Administration Transparency Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) to establish a pilot project to provide increased transparency for its customers. WAPA must publicly display on its website specific information dating back to FY2008, including rates charged by power systems to customers for power and transmission services, the amount of capacity or energy sold by power systems, and a detailed accounting at the functional and budget activity level of all its expenditures and capital costs by (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 02/08/2018

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Keeping Capital Local for Underserved Communities Act of 2017 [HB-2403] [Community Development ] [Economic Development ] [Finance ] [Small Business ]
Keeping Capital Local for Underserved Communities Act of 2017

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks Introduced In House on 05/08/2017

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Global Respect Act [HB-2491] [Human Rights ] [International ] [National Security ]
Global Respect Act This bill directs the President to submit to Congress, biannually, a list of each foreign person that the President determines is responsible for or complicit in, or who acted as an agent for a foreign person in a mater relating to, torture, cruel treatment, prolonged detention, or other gross violations of internationally recognized human rights committed against an individual in a foreign country based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. A listed person: (1) may be removed from the list under specified (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights And International Organizations. on 06/27/2017

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Miners Protection Act of 2017 [HB-179] [Energy ] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Pensions ] [Mining ] [Retirement ]
Miners Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) to transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the 1974 United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Pension Plan to provide health and pension benefits to retired coal miners and their families. The bill expands the group whose retiree health benefits are taken into account in determining the amount that the Department of the Treasury must transfer from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and the General Fund of the Treasury (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 02/10/2017

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Objecting to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 as an obstacle to Israeli-Palestinian peace, and for other purposes. [HR-11] [International ] [Human Rights ] [National Security ]
Objecting to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 as an obstacle to Israeli-Palestinian peace, and for other purposes. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the passage of U.N. Security Council Resolution 2334: undermined the long-standing U.S. position to oppose and veto Security Council resolutions that seek to impose solutions to final status issues or that are one-sided and anti-Israel; undermines the prospect of Israelis and Palestinians resuming productive, direct negotiations; and contributes to the politically (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Rule H. Res. 22 Passed House. on 01/05/2017

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