Rep. Steve Cohen
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Bills Introduced 247
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Emergency Financial Manager Reform Act of 2017 [HB-2325]
Emergency Financial Manager Reform Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 05/03/2017
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Minority Diabetes Initiative Act [HB-2351]
Minority Diabetes Initiative Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to public and nonprofit private health care providers to provide treatment for diabetes in minority communities. HHS must ensure that these grants cover a variety of diabetes-related health care services, including routine care for diabetic patients, public education on diabetes prevention and control, eye care, foot care, and treatment for kidney disease and other complications of diabetes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/05/2017
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Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster care system. [HR-314]
Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster care system. Supports designation of National Foster Care Month, and recognizes it as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges that children face in the foster care system.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Human Resources. on 05/05/2017
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Keep Our Pension Promises Act [HB-2412]
Keep Our Pension Promises Act This bill repeals the elimination of the pension anti-cutback provisions under the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014. The anti-cutback provisions prohibit reductions in pension benefits to participants in multiemployer pension plans. The bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), with respect to partitions of eligible multiemployer plans, to modify the procedures and allow plan sponsors to petition the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) for a partition of additional financially-troubled
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 05/11/2017
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Disability Integration Act of 2017 [HB-2472]
Disability Integration Act of 2017 This bill prohibits states or local governments that provide institutional placements for individuals with disabilities who need long-term assistance with daily living activities or health-related tasks, and prohibits insurance providers that fund such long-term services, from denying community-based services that would enable such individuals to live in the community and lead an independent life. States, local governments, or insurance providers may not discriminate against such individuals in the provision of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 06/07/2017
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Recognizing the importance of vaccinations and immunizations in the United States. [HR-327]
Recognizing the importance of vaccinations and immunizations in the United States. Commends the international community, health organizations, the private sector, school and community leaders, and faith-based organizations for bolstering health through vaccination. Recognizes that the lack of vaccination can cause a public health crisis, and that there is no credible evidence that vaccines cause life-threatening or disabling diseases in healthy children or adults. Encourages a continued commitment to research to improve vaccines and develop new
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/19/2017
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Voting Access Act [HB-2499]
Voting Access Act This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require each state to comply with national standards established by the Election Assistance Commission for the location and operation of polling places used in elections for federal office. The Commission shall establish such standards and study instances of the misidentification by election officials of the political party registration of individuals attempting to vote in primary elections for federal office.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 05/17/2017
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Drain the Swamp and the President's Assets Act [HB-2494]
Drain the Swamp and the President's Assets Act This bill amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to prohibit the President from holding any asset that would be considered a disqualifying financial interest under applicable criminal code provisions. The President may place any such asset into a blind trust. The trustee or other entity who is involved in the management or control of the blind trust shall divest the blind trust of such asset. A violation of this bill's prohibition constitutes an impeachable offense.
Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern
Introduced In House on 05/17/2017
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Rebuild America's Schools Act of 2017 [HB-2475]
Rebuild America's Schools Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 05/17/2017
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Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act [HB-2477]
Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a program that allows eligible students with loans under the Federal Direct Loan program (a Federal Direct Stafford Loan, a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, a Federal Direct PLUS Loan, or a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan) to refinance their loans down to the lower rates offered to new federal borrowers in the 2016-2017 school year under certain circumstances. In addition, the bill allows student
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 05/17/2017