Rep. Yvette Clarke
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Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act of 2017 [HB-771]
Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act of 2017 This bill requires the federal government: (1) to ensure coverage for abortion care in public health insurance programs including Medicaid, Medicare, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); (2) as an employer or health plan sponsor, to ensure coverage for abortion care for participants and beneficiaries; and (3) as a provider of health services, to ensure that abortion care is made available to individuals who are eligible to receive services. The federal
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/10/2017
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Asserting that Congress should expend the resources necessary to investigate thoroughly the nature and extent of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, including whether there was collusion between persons associated with the Russian government and persons associated with the presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump to influence the outcome of the election. [HCR-15]
Asserting that Congress should expend the resources necessary to investigate thoroughly the nature and extent of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, including whether there was collusion between persons associated with the Russian government and persons associated with the presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump to influence the outcome of the election. Declares that Donald J. Trump won the 2016 presidential election with the assistance and interference of the Russian government. Calls for Congress to investigate thoroughly
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 01/31/2017
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Increase Transportation Alternatives Investment Act of 2017 [HB-765]
Increase Transportation Alternatives Investment Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to ensure that states give preference, under the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program, to eligible projects that are located in areas that are undergoing extensive repair or reconstruction of transportation infrastructure, including federal-aid highways, federally owned roads open for public travel, passenger rail facilities, and public transportation facilities and that will provide transportation alternatives related to the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 02/01/2017
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Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment. [HJR-53]
Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment. This joint resolution eliminates the time limit for ratification of the equal rights amendment (prohibits discrimination on account of sex) proposed to the states in House Joint Resolution 208 of the 92nd Congress, as agreed to in the Senate on March 22, 1972. The amendment shall be part of the Constitution whenever ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 02/08/2017
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Reiterating the indisputable fact that the Nazi regime targeted the Jewish people in its perpetration of the Holocaust and calling on every entity in the executive branch to affirm that fact. [HR-78]
Reiterating the indisputable fact that the Nazi regime targeted the Jewish people in its perpetration of the Holocaust and calling on every entity in the executive branch to affirm that fact. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) it is an indisputable fact that the Nazi regime targeted the Jewish people in its perpetration of the Holocaust, and (2) to deny or minimize that the Holocaust was an effort to eliminate the Jewish people is shameful. Calls on all executive branch entities, including the White House, to affirm that
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Europe, Eurasia, And Emerging Threats. on 02/16/2017
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Original Black History Month Resolution of 2017 [HR-79]
Original Black History Month Resolution of 2017 Recognizes: (1) the significance of Black History Month as an important time to acknowledge and celebrate the contributions of African-Americans in the nation's history, and (2) that the ethnic and racial diversity of the United States enriches and strengthens the nation. Encourages: (1) the continued celebration of this month to provide an opportunity for all peoples of the United States to learn more about the past and to better understand the experiences that have shaped the nation, and (2) states
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr H1173-1175) on 02/14/2017
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Streamlined and Improved Methods at Polling Locations and Early (SIMPLE) Voting Act of 2017 [HB-787]
Streamlined and Improved Methods at Polling Locations and Early (SIMPLE) Voting Act of 2017 This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) to require each state to allow individuals to vote in a federal election on each day during the 15-day period ending on the second day immediately preceding the election date in the same manner as voting is allowed on election day. A state shall ensure that each polling place that allows early voting in a federal election is located within reasonable walking distance of a stop on a public transportation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 02/01/2017
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Original NAACP Resolution of 2017 [HCR-17]
Original NAACP Resolution of 2017 Recognizes the 108th anniversary of the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Honors the NAACP for its work to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic rights of all persons.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 02/08/2017
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To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Simeon Booker in recognition of his achievements in the field of journalism, including reporting during the Civil Rights movement, as well as social and political commentary. [HB-812]
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Simeon Booker in recognition of his achievements in the field of journalism, including reporting during the Civil Rights movement, as well as social and political commentary. This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal to Simeon Saunders Booker, Jr., in recognition of his achievements in the field of journalism, including his reporting during the civil rights movement and his social and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 02/01/2017
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Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017 [HB-807]
Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017 This bill repeals existing caps on Medicare payment for certain outpatient physical-therapy services and speech-language pathology services. Under current law, annual payment for such services is capped at $1,980 in 2017, with specified percentage increases to that limit in subsequent years.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/10/2017