California Clean Coast Act [HB-731]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Water ]
[Climate Change ]
California Clean Coast Act This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas exploration and leasing in areas of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of California.
HB-731: California Clean Coast Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 02/10/2017
SOLVE Act of 2017 Statue of Liberty Values Act of 2017 [HB-724]
[Immigration ]
[National Security ]
[Human Rights ]
[Funding ]
SOLVE Act of 2017 Statue of Liberty Values Act of 2017 This bill states that: (1) beginning on January 27, 2017, Executive Order 13769, entitled "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States," is null and void, shall have no force and effect, and may not be implemented or enforced; and (2) no federal funds may be used to implement or enforce any of the policy changes set forth in such order. Among the order's major provisions are restrictions on the entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants from seven countries (Iran, Iraq,
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HB-724: SOLVE Act of 2017 Statue of Liberty Values Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 03/02/2017
Safeguarding Sanctuary Cities Act of 2017 [HB-748]
[Immigration ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Safeguarding Sanctuary Cities Act of 2017 This bill prohibits reducing or withholding federal financial assistance that a state or local government would otherwise receive because such state or local government has in place any policy that limits or restricts compliance with a detainer. A "detainer" is defined as any order or request by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for a state or local official to: temporarily hold a person until such person may be taken into federal custody, transport such a person for transfer to federal custody,
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HB-748: Safeguarding Sanctuary Cities Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 03/02/2017
Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act of 2017 [HB-771]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act of 2017 This bill requires the federal government: (1) to ensure coverage for abortion care in public health insurance programs including Medicaid, Medicare, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); (2) as an employer or health plan sponsor, to ensure coverage for abortion care for participants and beneficiaries; and (3) as a provider of health services, to ensure that abortion care is made available to individuals who are eligible to receive services. The federal
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HB-771: Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/10/2017
HCR-15: Asserting that Congress should expend the resources necessary to investigate thoroughly the nature and extent of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, including whether there was collusion between persons associated with the Russian government and persons associated with the presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump to influence the outcome of the election.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 01/31/2017
You have voted HCR-15: Asserting that Congress should expend the resources necessary to investigate thoroughly the nature and extent of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, including whether there was collusion between persons associated with the Russian government and persons associated with the presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump to influence the outcome of the election..
Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment. [HJR-53]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment. This joint resolution eliminates the time limit for ratification of the equal rights amendment (prohibits discrimination on account of sex) 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-53: Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 02/08/2017
Protect the National Security Council From Political Interference Act of 2017 [HB-804]
[National Security ]
[Military ]
Protect the National Security Council From Political Interference Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Security Act of 1947 to prohibit the President from designating any individual whose primary or predominant responsibility is political in nature to serve as a member of the National Security Council (NSC) or to regularly attend or participate in NSC meetings or meetings convened under the auspices of the NSC, including Principals Committee meetings. Organized under presidential memorandum, the Principals Committee is a cabinet-level senior
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HB-804: Protect the National Security Council From Political Interference Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 02/01/2017
Earned Income Tax Credit Improvement and Simplification Act 2017 [HB-822]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Poverty ]
Earned Income Tax Credit Improvement and Simplification Act 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the earned income tax credit, to: (1) allow the credit for an individual who has no qualifying children, has attained the age of 21 but not 25, and is not a full-time student; (2) increase the credit rate and amount for individuals with no qualifying children; (3) allow the credit for an individual whose qualifying children do not have valid Social Security numbers; (4) revise eligibility rules relating to married individuals
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HB-822: Earned Income Tax Credit Improvement and Simplification Act 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Introduced In House on 02/02/2017
Build Bridges Not Walls Act [HB-837]
[Immigration ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Human Rights ]
[National Security ]
Build Bridges Not Walls Act This bill provides that the executive order titled "Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements" signed by the President on January 25, 2017, or any other substantially similar action by the President to use taxpayer dollars or fees to construct a continuous wall or fence between the United States and Mexico shall have no force or effect.
HB-837: Build Bridges Not Walls Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 03/02/2017
Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2017 [HB-820]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide support to collect the medical specimens and information of children, adolescents, and young adults with selected cancers that have the least effective treatments in order to achieve a better understanding of these cancers and the effects of treatment. The national childhood cancer registry is reauthorized through FY2022 and revised to authorize
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HB-820: Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/03/2017