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

Calling for the global repeal of blasphemy, heresy, and apostasy laws. [HR-349]
Calling for the global repeal of blasphemy, heresy, and apostasy laws. Calls on the President and the Department of State to: (1) make the repeal of blasphemy, heresy, or apostasy laws a priority in the bilateral relationships of the United States with all countries that have such laws; and (2) designate countries that enforce such laws as "countries of particular concern for religious freedom" under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. Urges the governments of countries that: (1) enforce such laws to amend or repeal such laws; and (2) (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Referred To The Subcommittee On Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights And International Organizations. on 06/27/2017

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Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act [HB-2451]
Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act This bill amends the title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise the Federal Pell Grant Program. Specifically, it: converts the Pell Grant program into a mandatory spending program; increases the maximum Pell Grant award for academic year 2019-2020 and adjusts it in subsequent award years to account for inflation; allows federal financial aid for higher education to be given to dreamer students (students who entered the country when they were under the age of 16 and who meet (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 05/16/2017

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Action for Dental Health Act of 2017 [HB-2422]
Action for Dental Health Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize oral health promotion and disease prevention programs through FY2022. The Department of Health and Human Services may award grants or enter into contracts to collaborate with state, county, or local public officials and other stakeholders to develop and implement initiatives to: (1) improve oral health education and dental disease prevention; (2) reduce geographic barriers, language barriers, cultural barriers, and other similar barriers in (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell Became Public Law No: 115-302. on 12/11/2018

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FASTER Act Funding for Aviation Screeners and Threat Elimination Restoration Act [HB-2514]
FASTER Act Funding for Aviation Screeners and Threat Elimination Restoration Act This bill repeals the requirement that a portion of aviation security service fees collected from passengers be credited as offsetting receipts and deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Transportation And Protective Security. on 06/05/2017

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Lumbee Recognition Act [HB-2352]
Lumbee Recognition Act This bill amends the Act of June 7, 1956, to extend federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and make its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to members of federally recognized tribes. Members of the tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland Counties in North Carolina are deemed to be within the delivery area for such services. The Department of Health and Human Services must develop, in consultation with the tribe, a determination of needs to provide the services for which (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young Referred To The Subcommittee On Indian, Insular And Alaska Native Affairs. on 05/11/2017

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Yemen Security and Humanity Act [HB-2795]
Yemen Security and Humanity Act This bill expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) addressing the famine conditions in Yemen is in U.S. national security interests, (2) U.S.-supported interventions to advance national security should consider the impact of military engagement on humanitarian operations, and (3) bureaucratic procedures with respect to humanitarian aid must be improved. The Global Food Security Act of 2016 is amended to include in the U.S. global comprehensive food security strategy, with respect to famine-risk areas, coordination (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Middle East And North Africa. on 06/27/2017

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America Votes Act of 2017 [HB-2854]
America Votes Act of 2017 This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to permit an individual required to present identification as a condition of voting in a federal election to meet the requirement by presenting a sworn written statement attesting to the individual's identification and that he or she is registered to vote in the election. An individual desiring to vote by mail may submit such a statement with the ballot. States with an identification requirement shall: (1) prepare a pre-printed version of the statement which includes a (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 06/08/2017

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Automatic Voter Registration Act [HB-2840]
Automatic Voter Registration Act This bill amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require state motor vehicle authorities, upon receiving certain identifying information with respect to an individual requesting motor vehicle authority services, to transmit the information to the state election official. The state election official shall then notify the individual that unless the individual declines to be registered to vote in federal elections in the state, the individual shall be automatically registered unless the individual does (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 06/08/2017

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Voices for Veterans Act [HB-2827]
Voices for Veterans Act This bill: (1) expands the membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, and (2) extend the Commission through December 31, 2019.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 06/08/2017

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Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2017 [HB-747]
Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax treatment of certain alcoholic beverages, to: exclude the aging period from the production period for beer, wine, or distilled spirits for purposes of determining whether a taxpayer can expense, rather than capitalize, interest costs paid or incurred during the production period; reduce excise tax rates on beer and distilled spirits; modify the small wine producer tax credit to increase the amount of the credit, expand the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Introduced In House on 01/30/2017

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