Rep. Peter DeFazio

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District HD-OR-4
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 137

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US Congress 115th Congress

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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Europe, Eurasia, And Emerging Threats. on 02/16/2017

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Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2017 [HB-790]
Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2017 This bill prohibits an insured depository institution from affiliating with any person or firm engaged principally in, among other things, issuing or selling stocks, bonds, notes, or other securities. Officers, directors and employees of securities firms are prohibited from simultaneously serving as an officer, director, or employee of a depository institution, except in specified circumstances. Any such individual serving as an officer, director, employee, or other institution-affiliated party of any insured (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E139) on 02/03/2017

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ACHE Act Appalachian Communities Health Emergency Act [HB-786]
ACHE Act Appalachian Communities Health Emergency Act This bill requires the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to conduct or support studies on the health impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining on individuals in the surrounding communities. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), upon receiving the results of these studies, must determine whether such mining presents any health risks to individuals in those communities. This bill applies to surface coal mining that uses blasting with explosives in the steep slope (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 02/10/2017

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Affordability for Constant and Continual Education to Enhance Student Success Act All-Year ACCESS Act [HB-813]
Affordability for Constant and Continual Education to Enhance Student Success Act All-Year ACCESS Act This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase from one to two the number of Pell Grants an eligible student may receive in a single award year (i.e., it restores year-round Pell Grants). A student's total amount of Pell Grants must not exceed 150% of the maximum Pell Grant for that award year. Also, any period during which a student receives an additional Pell Grant counts toward that student's lifetime (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney 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

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Protect the National Security Council From Political Interference Act of 2017 [HB-804]
Protect the National Security Council From Political Interference Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Security Act of 1947 to prohibit the President from designating any individual whose primary or predominant responsibility is political in nature to serve as a member of the National Security Council (NSC) or to regularly attend or participate in NSC meetings or meetings convened under the auspices of the NSC, including Principals Committee meetings. Organized under presidential memorandum, the Principals Committee is a cabinet-level senior (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 02/01/2017

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FACT Act Federal Accountability in Chemical Testing Act [HB-816]
FACT Act Federal Accountability in Chemical Testing Act This bill amends the ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 to require the reports of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) to include a description of the progress on the development and use of alternative methods for toxicological testing by participating federal agencies. Federal agencies that require or recommend toxicological testing must provide the ICCVAM with the information needed to carry out the Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/03/2017

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Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2017 [HB-820]
Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide support to collect the medical specimens and information of children, adolescents, and young adults with selected cancers that have the least effective treatments in order to achieve a better understanding of these cancers and the effects of treatment. The national childhood cancer registry is reauthorized through FY2022 and revised to authorize (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/03/2017

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Expand American Educational Opportunity Act of 2017 [HB-823]
Expand American Educational Opportunity Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax credits with a modified American Opportunity Tax Credit that: (1) allows an income tax credit of up to $2,500 of the qualified tuition and related expenses of a student who is carrying at least one half of a normal course load, (2) allows a lifetime dollar limitation for the credit of $15,000 for all taxable years, and (3) increases the refundable portion of the credit to a maximum of $1,500. The (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Introduced In House on 02/02/2017

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