Rep. Anna Eshoo
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Expressing support for designation of the 17th day in May as "DIPG Awareness Day" to raise awareness and encourage the research into cures for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) and pediatric cancers in general. [HR-69]
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Expressing support for designation of the 17th day in May as "DIPG Awareness Day" to raise awareness and encourage the research into cures for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) and pediatric cancers in general. Expresses support for the designation of DIPG Awareness Day. ("DIPG" is diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, a terminal childhood brain cancer.) Encourages the National Cancer Institute and other research funders to elevate their consideration of the mortality rate of a type of cancer as well as the life years lost as factors considered
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/03/2017
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Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment. [HJR-53]
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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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 02/08/2017
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Streamlined and Improved Methods at Polling Locations and Early (SIMPLE) Voting Act of 2017 [HB-787]
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Streamlined and Improved Methods at Polling Locations and Early (SIMPLE) Voting Act of 2017 This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) to require each state to allow individuals to vote in a federal election on each day during the 15-day period ending on the second day immediately preceding the election date in the same manner as voting is allowed on election day. A state shall ensure that each polling place that allows early voting in a federal election is located within reasonable walking distance of a stop on a public transportation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 02/01/2017
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Affordability for Constant and Continual Education to Enhance Student Success Act All-Year ACCESS Act [HB-813]
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Affordability for Constant and Continual Education to Enhance Student Success Act All-Year ACCESS Act This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase from one to two the number of Pell Grants an eligible student may receive in a single award year (i.e., it restores year-round Pell Grants). A student's total amount of Pell Grants must not exceed 150% of the maximum Pell Grant for that award year. Also, any period during which a student receives an additional Pell Grant counts toward that student's lifetime
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 02/01/2017
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Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017 [HB-807]
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Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017 This bill repeals existing caps on Medicare payment for certain outpatient physical-therapy services and speech-language pathology services. Under current law, annual payment for such services is capped at $1,980 in 2017, with specified percentage increases to that limit in subsequent years.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/10/2017
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Protect the National Security Council From Political Interference Act of 2017 [HB-804]
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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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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 02/01/2017
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Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2017 [HB-820]
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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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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/03/2017
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Phone The White House Act [HB-841]
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Phone The White House Act This bill specifies that no funds are authorized to be appropriated to the Executive Office of the President for any period during which a system is not in effect in which members of the public may submit comments to the office by telephone.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks
Introduced In House on 02/02/2017
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Child Tax Credit Improvement Act [HB-821]
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Child Tax Credit Improvement Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the child tax credit, to: (1) allow taxpayers an increased $3,600 tax credit for each young child under the age of six (young child tax credit), subject to specified limitations based on adjusted gross income; (2) require the Department of the Treasury to establish a program to make advance payments of the young child tax credit; (3) modify the refundable portion of the child tax credit; and (4) require annual inflation adjustments for both the child tax
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 02/02/2017
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DREAMers, Immigrants, and Refugees (DIRe) Legal Aid Act [HB-858]
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DREAMers, Immigrants, and Refugees (DIRe) Legal Aid Act This bill directs the Department of Justice to make grants to nonprofit legal services providers with immigration law expertise to provide immigration-related legal services and advice to an alien who: (1) is present in the United States as a lawful permanent resident; (2) has received a grant of deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, has been admitted as a refugee (or the alien's spouse or parent has been so admitted), or has been determined to be qualified
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 02/03/2017