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

Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2017 [HB-627]
Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act by directing the Department of Energy's Office of Energy and Renewable Energy to establish a clearinghouse for disseminating information regarding available programs and financing mechanisms that may be used to help initiate, develop, and finance energy efficiency, distributed generation, and energy retrofitting projects for schools. The office must: (1) consult with appropriate agencies to develop a list of programs and financing (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 06/13/2017

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Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017 [HB-695]
Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017 This bill provides continuing FY2019 appropriations to several federal agencies through February 8, 2019. It also provides additional appropriations for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, extends Medicaid provisions, and provides supplemental appropriations for disaster relief. DIVISION A--FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 (Sec. 101) This division amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 to provide continuing FY2019 appropriations (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Considered By Senate (message From The House Considered). on 01/02/2019

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STOP OD Act of 2017 Stem the Tide of Overdose Prevalence from Opiate Drugs Act of 2017 [HB-664]
STOP OD Act of 2017 Stem the Tide of Overdose Prevalence from Opiate Drugs Act of 2017 This bill permits the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to award grants: (1) to expand educational efforts to prevent abuse of opioids, which are drugs with effects similar to opium, such as heroin; (2) to promote treatment of persons who abuse opioids; and (3) to promote understanding of addiction. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may award grants to: (1) support first responders carrying and administering naloxone, which is a (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock Referred To The Subcommittee On Emerging Threats And Capabilities. on 02/21/2017

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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women. [HJR-33]
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women. This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment declaring that women shall have equal rights in the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction. The amendment prohibits the United States or any state from denying or abridging equal rights under the law on account of sex.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 02/06/2017

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Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2017 [HB-702]
Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 to: (1) expand disclosure and enforcement requirements relating to findings of acts of discrimination and retaliation in the federal workplace, and (2) declare that accountability in the enforcement of federal employee rights is furthered when agencies take appropriate disciplinary action against employees who have been found to have committed discriminatory or retaliatory acts. (Sec. 3) With (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 07/12/2017

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We Are Watching You Act of 2017 [HB-709]
We Are Watching You Act of 2017 This bill prohibits an operator of a video service from collecting visual or auditory information from the vicinity of the device used to display the video programming stream to the consumer unless the operator: (1) displays, as part of the stream, a message that reads, "We are watching you"; and (2) describes to the consumer the types of information that will be collected and how such information will be used. The description of information collection must be provided: (1) as part of the terms and conditions to which (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton Referred To The Subcommittee On Digital Commerce And Consumer Protection. on 02/03/2017

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John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act [HB-711]
John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act This bill prohibits a state that has been redistricted after an apportionment from being redistricted again until after the next apportionment of Representatives, unless the state is ordered by a court to conduct such a subsequent redistricting in order to: (1) comply with the U.S. Constitution, or (2) enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Such redistricting shall be conducted through a plan developed by the independent redistricting commission established in the state, or if such plan (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 02/14/2017

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USA Values Act of 2017 Universal Security of American Values Act of 2017 [HB-735]
USA Values Act of 2017 Universal Security of American Values Act of 2017 This bill prohibits enforcement of any executive order that would be in direct violation of an existing executive order, public law, or fully executed regulatory agency process as it relates to: Fourth Amendment due process; Fourteenth Amendment protections of citizenship rights; the Immigration and Nationality Act; laws intended to protect the civil liberties, civil rights, or human rights of persons lawfully admitted into the United States or natural born or naturalized U.S. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jamie Raskin Referred To The Subcommittee On Border And Maritime Security. on 02/24/2017

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SOLVE Act of 2017 Statue of Liberty Values Act of 2017 [HB-724]
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, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 03/02/2017

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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding sexually exploited and trafficked girls in the United States. [HR-75]
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding sexually exploited and trafficked girls in the United States. Expresses support for efforts to: (1) provide protections and supports for sexually exploited and trafficked girls in the United States, and (2) create criminal or civil penalties for anyone who buys or sells a child through a system of child trafficking.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 02/08/2017

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