Rep. Brian Higgins

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District HD-NY-26
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 53

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US Congress 111th Congress

Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 [HB-1409]
Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to certify a bargaining representative without directing an election if a majority of the bargaining unit employees have authorized designation of the representative (card-check) and there is no other individual or labor organization currently certified or recognized as the exclusive representative of any of the employees in the unit. Sets forth special procedural requirements for reaching an initial collective bargaining (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/29/2009

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To restore and make permanent the exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans and to increase the maximum amount of the exclusion. [HB-1423]
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restore, make permanent, and eliminate the dollar limitation for the tax exclusion for amounts received under a qualified group legal services plan.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E611) on 03/10/2009

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To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide wartime disability compensation for certain veterans with Parkinson's disease. [HB-1428]
Adds Parkinson's disease (manifested to a degree of disability of 10% or more) to the list of diseases presumed to have been incurred in or aggravated by military service in Vietnam (and therefore compensable under veterans' disability compensation), notwithstanding that there is no evidence of the disease during the period of service, provided a veteran served between specified dates and was exposed to a herbicide used in military operations during that period.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 03/13/2009

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Bailout Bonus Tax Bracket Act of 2009 [HB-1518]
Bailout Bonus Tax Bracket Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an additional income tax on bonuses paid to employees of entities that received financial assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 03/16/2009

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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a 100 percent tax on bonuses paid by businesses that receive TARP assistance and are majority owned by the Federal Government. [HB-1542]
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an additional 100% income tax on bonuses paid to the employees of entities that received assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 and in which the federal government has an ownership interest greater than 50%.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr H3448) on 03/17/2009

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Responsible Education About Life Act [HB-1551]
Responsible Education About Life Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to states for sex education programs, including education on abstinence and contraception, to prevent teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Expresses the sense of Congress that states are encouraged, although not required, to provide matching funds to receive such grants. Requires the Secretary to provide for a national evaluation of a representative sample of such programs for effectiveness in delaying the initiation of sexual (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/18/2009

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FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act [HB-1586]
Title I: Education Jobs Fund - Authorizes appropriations for the necessary expenses for an Education Jobs Fund and appropriates $10 billion for such purpose. Requires the allocation of such funds to states by the Department of Education in accordance with provisions of title XIV (State Fiscal Stabilization Fund) of Division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Requires that allocated funds be used solely: (1) to make awards to local educational agencies for the support of elementary and secondary education; and (2) for compensation and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Mr. Obey Moved That The House Agree To The Senate Amendment To The House Amendment To The Senate Amendment. (consideration: Cr H6604-6625; Text As House Agreed To The Senate Amendment To The House Amendment To The Senate Amendment: Cr H6604-6609) on 08/10/2010

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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3245 Latta Road in Rochester, New York, as the "Brian K. Schramm Post Office Building". [HB-1595]
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3245 Latta Road in Rochester, New York, as the "Brian K. Schramm Post Office Building."

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks Became Public Law No: 111-29. on 06/19/2009

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Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2009 [HB-1596]
Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income for income tax purposes AmeriCorps educational awards awarded under the National and Community Service Act of 1990.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 03/18/2009

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Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 [HB-1604]
Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a state from imposing additional conditions or requirements on the eligibility of an individual to cast a vote in federal elections by mail, except for purposes of obtaining signature verification for acceptance and processing of a submitted ballot, or to the extent that it imposes a deadline for requesting the ballot and returning it to the appropriate state or local election official.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Reported (amended) By The Committee On House Administration. H. Rept. 111-211. on 07/16/2009

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