Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee

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District HD-TX-18
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 240

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US Congress 115th Congress

Land and Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization and Fairness Act [HB-502]
Land and Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization and Fairness Act This bill amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund. No less than 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount or $10 million, whichever is greater, shall be used for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Reported (amended) By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1091. on 12/20/2018

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Muhammad Ali Legacy Act [HB-580]
Muhammad Ali Legacy Act This bill directs the Department of State to award grants to one or more eligible organizations that: (1) are established to promote global respect, understanding, and communication and to encourage character and leadership development world-wide; and (2) demonstrate a commitment to preserving the legacy of Muhammad Ali.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Introduced In House on 01/13/2017

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Expressing the sense of Congress that a day should be designated as "National Voting Rights Act Mobilization Day". [HCR-9]
Expressing the sense of Congress that a day should be designated as "National Voting Rights Act Mobilization Day". Expresses the sense of Congress that a National Voting Rights Act Mobilization Day should be designated to: (1) remind all Americans of the critical role that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 continues to play in protecting the right to vote, and (2) be an occasion for them to voice their support for this landmark civil rights law.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Introduced In House on 01/13/2017

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SECURE Our Democracy Act Safeguard our Elections and Combat Unlawful Interference in Our Democracy Act [HB-530]
SECURE Our Democracy Act Safeguard our Elections and Combat Unlawful Interference in Our Democracy Act This bill directs the Department of State to submit within 120 days a list of each foreign person that: (1) was at any time since January 1, 2015, involved in actions to unlawfully access, disrupt, misappropriate, influence, or alter information related to U.S. political parties, federal election candidates, or the administration of federal elections; or (2) worked or acted as an agent or instrumentality of, or on behalf of, or that was otherwise (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 02/08/2017

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Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act [HB-676]
Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act This bill establishes the Medicare for All Program to provide all individuals residing in the United States and U.S. territories with free health care that includes all medically necessary care, such as primary care and prevention, dietary and nutritional therapies, prescription drugs, emergency care, long-term care, mental health services, dental services, and vision care. Only public or nonprofit institutions may participate. Nonprofit health maintenance organizations (HMOs) that deliver care in their own (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Assuming First Sponsorship - Mr. Ellison Asked Unanimous Consent That He May Hereafter Be Considered As The First Sponsor Of H.r. 676, A Bill Originally Introduced By Former Representative Conyers, For Purposes Of Adding Cosponsors And Requesting Reprintings Pursuant To Clause 7 Of Rule Xii. Agreed To Without Objection. on 03/07/2018

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MEND Act Making the Education of Nurses Dependable for Schools Act [HB-662]
MEND Act Making the Education of Nurses Dependable for Schools Act This bill lessens the organizational requirements that hospital-based nursing and allied-health education programs must meet in order to be eligible to receive certain Medicare payments for program support.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wittman Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/07/2017

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Government By the People Act of 2017 [HB-20]
Government By the People Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to establish a program for small individual donations to campaigns for public office and make other changes to campaign finance law. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) individual taxpayers a refundable tax credit of 50% of qualified congressional House campaign contributions (i.e., cash contributions by an individual to a candidate for the House of Representatives or a political committee established (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 01/24/2017

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Global Health, Empowerment, and Rights Act HER Act [HB-671]
Global Health, Empowerment, and Rights Act HER Act This bill states that foreign nongovernmental organizations shall not be ineligible for U.S. international development assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 solely on the basis of health or medical services provided by such organizations with non-U.S. government funds if such services do not violate the laws of the country in which they are being provided and would not violate U.S. federal law if provided in the United States. Such organizations also shall not be subject to requirements (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 01/24/2017

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Social Security Number Fraud Prevention Act of 2017 [HB-624]
Social Security Number Fraud Prevention Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill: (1) prohibits federal agencies (including legislative and judicial branch agencies, with specified exceptions) from including any individual's Social Security account number on any document sent by mail unless the agency head determines that such inclusion is necessary; and (2) requires agencies that have Chief Financial Officers to issue regulations, within five years of this bill's enactment, that specify the circumstances under which such inclusion is necessary.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Became Public Law No: 115-59. (txt | Pdf) on 09/15/2017

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REPORT Act Reporting Efficiently to Proper Officials in Response to Terrorism Act of 2017 [HB-625]
REPORT Act Reporting Efficiently to Proper Officials in Response to Terrorism Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and, as appropriate, the National Counterterrorism Center (NCC), to submit to Congress an unclassified report on an act of terrorism in the United States within one year after the primary government agency completes an investigation of such act. Such requirement shall not apply in instances in which DHS, DOJ, the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 06/21/2017

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