Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee

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District HD-TX-18
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 240

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Restoring Statutory Rights and Interests of the States Act of 2017 [HB-1396]
Restoring Statutory Rights and Interests of the States Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Arbitration Act to invalidate arbitration agreements between parties in certain commercial contracts or transactions if they require arbitration of a claim for damages or injunctive relief brought by an individual or small business arising from the alleged violation of a federal or state statute, the U.S. Constitution, or a state constitution, unless the written agreement to arbitrate is entered into by both parties after the claim has arisen and pertains (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 03/17/2017

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Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2017 [HB-1406]
Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2017 This bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit people from knowingly slaughtering a dog or cat for human consumption. In addition, the bill prohibits people from knowingly transporting, possessing, buying, selling, or donating: (1) a dog or cat to be slaughtered for human consumption, or (2) dog or cat parts for human consumption. The bill subjects a violator to imprisonment for up to a year, a fine, or both. The bill applies to conduct in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or within the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Livestock And Foreign Agriculture. on 03/23/2017

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Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017 [HB-1393]
Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits the wages or other remuneration earned by an employee who performs employment duties in more than one state from being subject to income tax in any state other than: (1) the state of the employee's residence, and (2) the state within which the employee is present and performing employment duties for more than 30 days during the calendar year in which the wages or other remuneration is earned. The bill exempts employers from state income tax withholding and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/21/2017

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Justice for Victims of Fraud Act of 2017 [HB-1414]
Justice for Victims of Fraud Act of 2017 This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act and the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to prohibit predispute arbitration agreements with consumers (i.e., agreements to arbitrate any future disputes between parties instead of pursuing the claims in court) from being valid or enforceable in disputes related to credit card accounts or personal bank accounts that are not subject to a final judgment by a court if the credit card or bank account was not issued in response to a request or application for that account. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 03/07/2017

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Arbitration Fairness Act of 2017 [HB-1374]
Arbitration Fairness Act of 2017 This bill prohibits a predispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute. The validity and enforceability of an agreement to arbitrate shall be determined by a court, under federal law, rather than an arbitrator, irrespective of whether the party resisting arbitration challenges the arbitration agreement specifically or in conjunction with other terms of the contract containing such agreement. Nothing in this bill (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 03/17/2017

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Keeping Our Campaigns Honest Act of 2017 [HB-1439]
Keeping Our Campaigns Honest Act of 2017 This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission to revise its sponsorship identification rules to require the disclosure announcements required for broadcast matter or origination cablecasting matter that is political or that involves the discussion of a controversial issue of public importance to include the names of significant donors to the person whose identity is required to be disclosed in such an announcement.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 03/10/2017

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Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act [HB-1440]
Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission to require online public inspection files that must be uploaded to the Internet by television broadcast stations, AM or FM radio broadcast stations, cable operators, direct broadcast satellite service providers, or satellite digital audio radio service providers to be made available to the public in a machine-readable format that supports automated searching, bulk downloading, aggregation, manipulation, and sorting. Public inspection files include political (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 03/10/2017

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To uphold the protections of the freedom of the press. [HR-179]
To uphold the protections of the freedom of the press. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that freedom of the press must be upheld when confronted with unfair attacks.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 03/16/2017

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SEAT Act of 2017 Seat Egress in Air Travel Act of 2017 [HB-1467]
SEAT Act of 2017 Seat Egress in Air Travel Act of 2017 This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration to prescribe regulations: establishing minimum standards for space on passenger aircraft, including the size, width, and pitch of seats, the amount of leg room, and the width of aisles on such aircraft for the safety and health of passengers; and requiring each air carrier to prominently display on its website the amount of space available for each passenger on aircraft it operates.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen Referred To The Subcommittee On Aviation. on 03/10/2017

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Condemning the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran for the 1988 massacre of political prisoners and calling for justice for the victims. [HR-188]
Condemning the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran for the 1988 massacre of political prisoners and calling for justice for the victims. Condemns the government of Iran for the 1988 massacre of political prisoners and for denying the evidence of crimes against humanity. Urges: (1) the Administration and U.S. allies to condemn the massacre and pressure the Iranian government to provide detailed information to the victims' families about their loved ones and their final resting places; and (2) the United Nations (U.N.) Special Rapporteur on (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The Subcommittee On Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights And International Organizations. on 05/18/2017

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