Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2016 [HB-4694]
Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2016 This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to promulgate regulations to update the standards for lead-contaminated dust and lead-contaminated soil, in accordance with health-based standards. The Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 is amended to define elevated blood lead level as the lower of: 5 mg/dL (micrograms of lead per deciliter), or the most recent definition for elevated blood lead level or reference range level
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HB-4694: Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commerce, Manufacturing, And Trade. on 03/04/2016
Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act of 2015 [HB-478]
Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act of 2015 Prohibits electronic cigarette advertisements that appeal to children younger than 18 years of age in states in which the sale of an electronic cigarette to such children is prohibited by federal or state law. Bars electronic cigarette advertisements, promotions, or marketing in those states in a manner that is: (1) known, or should be known, to contribute toward initiating or increasing the use of electronic cigarettes by children under 18; or (2) determined by the Federal Trade
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HB-478: Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commerce, Manufacturing, And Trade. on 01/23/2015
American Jobs Matter Act of 2015 [HB-479]
American Jobs Matter Act of 2015 Requires an executive agency to include the effects on employment within the United States (a jobs impact statement) in the evaluation factors that must be considered in each solicitation for competitive proposals for contracts in excess of $1 million for the procurement of: (1) manufactured goods, (2) goods or services listed in a required report of industrial base capabilities, or (3) any item procured as part of a major defense acquisition program. Allows an offeror's jobs impact statement to include a guarantee
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HB-479: American Jobs Matter Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth Esty
Introduced In House on 01/22/2015
CLEAR Act of 2016 Copper and Lead Evaluation and Reporting Act of 2016 [HB-4806]
CLEAR Act of 2016 Copper and Lead Evaluation and Reporting Act of 2016 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate new lead and copper regulations that would set a health-based, household action level for lead and copper that triggers: (1) a consumer notification of drinking water contamination; (2) a report to the appropriate public health agency; and (3) an examination by the public water system of service line material and, if applicable, the removal of lead portions of the service
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HB-4806: CLEAR Act of 2016 Copper and Lead Evaluation and Reporting Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment And The Economy. on 03/18/2016
Duplication Elimination Act of 2015 [HB-484]
Duplication Elimination Act of 2015 This bill requires the President to send Congress a proposed joint resolution and a special message within 90 days of publication of the annual Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on duplicative government programs. The joint resolution is limited to one that: (1) makes legislative changes needed to carry out the recommendations contained in the GAO report and included by the President, and (2) requires savings from the legislative changes to be transferred to the Treasury for deficit reduction. The
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HB-484: Duplication Elimination Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. David Cicilline
Introduced In House on 01/22/2015
HB-485: To ensure that the percentage increase in rates of basic pay for prevailing wage employees shall be equal to the percentage increase received by other Federal employees in the same pay locality, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 01/22/2015
You have voted HB-485: To ensure that the percentage increase in rates of basic pay for prevailing wage employees shall be equal to the percentage increase received by other Federal employees in the same pay locality, and for other purposes..
Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2016 [HB-4954]
Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2016 The bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to reauthorize through FY2021 and revise specified wastewater infrastructure programs and water pollution control programs, including the clean water state revolving fund program and a grant program for protecting groundwater quality.
HB-4954: Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 04/18/2016
HB-4960: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 525 N Broadway in Aurora, Illinois, as the "Kenneth M. Christy Post Office Building".
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Signed By President. on 07/15/2016
You have voted HB-4960: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 525 N Broadway in Aurora, Illinois, as the "Kenneth M. Christy Post Office Building"..
NAS Healthy Babies Act Nurturing And Supporting Healthy Babies Act [HB-4978]
NAS Healthy Babies Act Nurturing And Supporting Healthy Babies Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report on neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), which results from a newborn's exposure to addictive opiate drugs while in the mother's womb. Specifically, the GAO shall report on: the prevalence of NAS, NAS treatment services for which coverage is available under state Medicaid programs, the settings and associated reimbursement methodologies for NAS treatment, the prevalence of utilization of various care settings
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HB-4978: NAS Healthy Babies Act Nurturing And Supporting Healthy Babies Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/12/2016
HIRED Act Helping Individuals with Reemployment and Entrepreneurial Development Act [HB-5022]
HIRED Act Helping Individuals with Reemployment and Entrepreneurial Development Act This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to include assistance to dislocated workers through increased outreach about small business opportunities and consultation about starting a small business among the rapid response activities to assist such workers in obtaining reemployment which a state, or state-designated entity, provides in the event of a permanent closure or mass layoff at a plant, facility, or enterprise, or a natural or other disaster,
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HB-5022: HIRED Act Helping Individuals with Reemployment and Entrepreneurial Development Act
Sponsored by: Rep. David Loebsack
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 09/19/2016