Rep. Cedric Richmond

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District HD-LA-2
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 39

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US Congress 112th Congress

New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2011 [HB-1380]
New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow an excise tax credit through 2016 for alternative fuels and fuel mixtures involving compressed or liquefied natural gas; (2) allow an income tax credit through 2016 for alternative fuel motor vehicles powered by compressed or liquefied natural gas and make Indian tribal governments eligible for such credit; (3) modify the tax credit percentage for alternative fuel vehicles fueled by natural gas or liquefied natural gas; (4) allow (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The Committee On Ways And Means, And In Addition To The Committees On Science, Space, And Technology, And Energy And Commerce, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 04/06/2011

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MAP-21 [HB-14]
Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century or MAP-21 - Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) (other than the Mass Transit Account) equal to current federal highway spending levels plus inflation for FY2012 and FY2013 for: (1) certain new and existing core federal-aid highway programs, and (2) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) administrative expenses. Revises the National Highway System (NHS) program. Prescribes requirements for acceleration of project delivery. Jason's Law - Declares a national priority to address (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure, And In Addition To The Committees On Ways And Means, Natural Resources, Energy And Commerce, Agriculture, Science, Space, And Technology, The Budget, Oversight And Government Reform, Financial Services, Education And The Workforce, And Foreign Affairs, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 03/21/2012

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Creating Jobs Through Small Business Innovation Act of 2011 [HB-1425]
Creating Jobs Through Small Business Innovation Act of 2011 - Title I: Reauthorization of the SBIR and STTR Programs - (Sec. 101) Amends the Small Business Act (the Act) to reauthorize through FY2014 the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs of the Small Business Administration (SBA). (Sec. 102) Increases, for both the SBIR and STTR programs, the individual small business award levels from: (1) $100,000 to $150,000, for participation at the Phase I level; and (2) $750,000 to $1 million, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nita Lowey Placed On The Union Calendar, Calendar No. 85. on 07/01/2011

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Middle Class Tax Cut Act [HB-15]
Middle Class Tax Cut Act - Extends through 2013 for a taxpayer whose income is $200,000 or less ($250,000 for married couples filing a joint return): (1) the tax rate reductions and other tax benefits of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, and (2) the reduction in the tax rate for dividend and capital gain income enacted by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. Increases income tax rates and phases-out personal exemptions and itemized deductions for certain high-income taxpayers. Amends the Internal (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Motion To Discharge Committee Filed By Mr. Walz (mn). Petition No: 112-6. ( ">discharge Petition Text With Signatures.) on 12/04/2012

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Paycheck Fairness Act [HB-1519]
Paycheck Fairness Act - Amends the portion of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) known as the Equal Pay Act to revise remedies for, enforcement of, and exceptions to prohibitions against sex discrimination in the payment of wages. Revises the exception to the prohibition for a wage rate differential based on any other factor other than sex. Limits such factors to bona fide factors, such as education, training, or experience. States that the bona fide factor defense shall apply only if the employer demonstrates that such factor: (1) is not (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 05/20/2011

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Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act of 2011 [HB-1580]
Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to repeal the allowance for disenrollment, between January 1 and March 15 of each year, only from an MedicareAdvantage plan to elect enrollment in the original Medicare fee-for-service program. Restores the option under previous law to elect to change from a MedicareAdvantage to the original Medicare fee-for-service plan, or from the original Medicare fee-for-service to (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/25/2011

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To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase the dollar amount requirements for articles and merchandise under the administrative exemptions and entry under regulations provisions of that Act. [HB-1653]
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase from $200 to $1,000 the aggregate retail value of articles that may be imported duty-free into the United States by one person on one day. Changes from a maximum of $2,500 to a minimum of $2,500 the threshold aggregate value of a shipment of merchandise for the declaration and entry of which the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to prescribe rules and regulations.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise Referred To The Subcommittee On Trade. on 04/19/2011

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Job Creation and Energy Security Act of 2011 [HB-1712]
Job Creation and Energy Security Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt sales of natural gas, or any product derived from natural gas, for use in motor vehicles from the $5 million retail sales limitation applicable to independent producers of petroleum products for purposes of the oil and gas depreciation allowance.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 05/04/2011

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Homeland Security Cyber and Physical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2011 [HB-174]
Homeland Security Cyber and Physical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2011 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) an Office of Cybersecurity and Communications, which shall be headed by the Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications and which shall include: (1) the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team; (2) a Cybersecurity Compliance Division (established by this Act); and (3) other DHS components with primary responsibility for emergency or national communications (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Yvette Clarke Referred To The Subcommittee On Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations And Procurement Reform . on 02/08/2011

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Home Construction Lending Regulatory Improvement Act of 2011 [HB-1755]
Home Construction Lending Regulatory Improvement Act of 2011 - Directs the appropriate federal banking agencies to initiate a coordinated rulemaking with respect to financial institutions under their respective jurisdictions that make real estate loans to home builders. Requires such rulemaking to provide for: (1) elimination of the 100% of bank capital measurement, (2) realistic market-based appraisals, and (3) a prohibition against compelling lenders to call or curtail loans in good standing. Prohibits a federal banking agency also from preventing (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The Subcommittee On Financial Institutions And Consumer Credit. on 07/19/2012

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