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Janice D. Schakowsky Democrat U.S. Representative 9th Of ILLINOIS
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SCHAKOWSKY, Janice D., a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; May 26, 1944; attended Sullivan High School, Chicago, Ill.; B.S., University of Illinois, 1965; Director of the Illinois State Council of Senior Citizens, 1985-1990; member of the Illinois state general assembly, 1990-1998; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Sixth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1999-present).

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U.S. Representative 1999 2010 Illinois 9

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Washington Address: 1027 Longworth House Office Building
Phone: 202-225-2111
Fax: 202-226-6890
Web site: http://www.house.gov/schakowsky

Related Bill(s)
AsSponsor
Bill h2359
To amend title VI of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure the safe use of cosmetics, and for other purposes.
Bill hr564
Recognizing the critical importance of the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP), formerly called the food stamp program.
Bill h2187
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals, and for other purposes.
Bill h4819
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain sound-isolating earphones with multiple balanced armature speakers.
Bill h4821
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain self-contained, single-element unidirectional (cardioid) dynamic microphones.
Bill h4820
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain single-driver sound isolating earphones.
Bill h2914
To create an emergency jobs program that will fund 2,242,000 positions during fiscal years 2012 and 2013.
Bill h831
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services under the Medicare Program.
Bill h2665
To phase out the use of private military contractors.
Bill h1833
To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve mental and behavioral health services on college campuses.
Bill h1163
To provide Federal contracting preferences for, and a reduction in the rate of income tax imposed on, Patriot corporations, and for other purposes.
Bill h1124
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose increased rates of tax with respect to taxpayers with more than $1,000,000 taxable income, and for other purposes.
Bill h999
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices under the Medicare Program.
Bill h416
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide protections for consumers against excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory increases in premium rates.
Bill hr148
Supporting the goals of International Women's Day.
AsCo-Sponsor
Bill h5789
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to implement a certain interim final or final rule regarding nutrition programs under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.
Bill h3435
To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the prevention of and response to sexual assault in the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Bill h3307
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the renewable energy credit.
Bill h1873
To amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration.
Bill h1244
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Small Business Act to expand the availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations, and for other purposes.
Bill h210
To amend title 38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for purposes of benefits under programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Bill h4405
To impose sanctions on persons responsible for the detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky, and for other gross violations of human rights in the Russian Federation, and for other purposes.
Bill h4202
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness.
Bill h4201
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces.
Bill h3798
To provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens, and for other purposes.
Bill h3665
To require the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to impose fees and assessments to recover the cost of appropriations to the Commission.
Bill h3658
To strengthen implementation of the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005, and for other purposes.
Bill h3591
To recalculate and restore retirement annuity obligations of the United States Postal Service, eliminate the requirement that the United States Postal Service pre-fund the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund, place restrictions on the closure of postal facilities, create incentives for innovation for the United States Postal Service, to maintain levels of postal service, and for other purposes.
Bill h3526
To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve women's health by prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women, and for other purposes.
Bill h3405
To increase the recruitment and retention of school counselors, school social workers, and school psychologists by low-income local educational agencies.
Bill h3266
To amend title XXIX of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the program under such title relating to lifespan respite care.
Bill h2966
To amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes.
Bill h2256
To amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally.
Bill h2245
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide the Food and Drug Administration with improved capacity to prevent drug shortages.
Bill h2168
To amend title 18, United States Code, to specify the circumstances in which a person may acquire geolocation information and for other purposes.
Bill h2088
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage for employees' spouses and dependent children to coverage provided to other eligible designated beneficiaries of employees.
Bill h1955
To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, burns, infection, tumor, or disease.
Bill h1589
To amend the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation under Medicare and Medicaid, and for other purposes.
Bill h1543
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare.
Bill h1489
To repeal certain provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and revive the separation between commercial banking and the securities business, in the manner provided in the Banking Act of 1933, the so-called "Glass-Steagall Act", and for other purposes.
Bill h1449
To protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, maintain, and repair their motor vehicles, and for other purposes.
Bill h1418
To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans, and for other purposes.
Bill h769
To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require the inclusion of credit scores with free annual credit reports provided to consumers, and for other purposes.
Bill h631
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees.
Bill h321
To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit the use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purposes of making adverse employment decisions.
Bill h300
To establish a grant program in the Department of the Treasury to fund the establishment of centers of excellence to support research, development and planning, implementation, and evaluation of effective programs in financial literacy education for young adults and families ages 15-24 years old, and for other purposes.
Bill h139
To preserve the Arctic coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, as wilderness in recognition of its extraordinary natural ecosystems and for the permanent good of present and future generations of Americans.
Bill h4816
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans, and for other purposes.
Bill h4271
To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.
Bill h4122
To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to clarify provisions enacted by the Captive Wildlife Safety Act, to further the conservation of certain wildlife species, and for other purposes.
Bill h3252
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Rabbi Arthur Schneier in recognition of his pioneering role in promoting religious freedom and human rights throughout the world, for close to half a century.
Bill h2479
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the rehabilitation credit, and for other purposes.
Bill h2030
To establish centers of excellence for green infrastructure, and for other purposes.
Bill h1648
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students.
Bill h1397
To prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Bill h1085
To amend title V of the Social Security Act to eliminate the abstinence-only education program.
Bill h1063
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the application of Medicare secondary payer rules for certain claims.
Bill h891
To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to promote medication therapy management under the Medicare part D prescription drug program.
Bill h808
To establish a Department of Peace.
Bill hr282
Expressing the regret of the House of Representatives for the passage of discriminatory laws against the Chinese in the United States, including the Chinese Exclusion Act.
Bill h4346
To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act so that labels on packages of meat include a statement on whether the meat contains lean finely textured beef.
Bill h4229
To authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system.
Bill h4227
To reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to strengthen the United States workforce investment system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs, and to promote national economic growth, and for other purposes.
Bill h4225
To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to require local educational agencies and schools to implement integrated pest management programs to minimize the use of pesticides in schools and to provide parents, guardians, and employees with notice of the use of pesticides in schools, and for other purposes.
Bill h3679
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the position of National Nurse for Public Health.
Bill h3627
To provide States with incentives to require elementary schools and secondary schools to maintain, and permit school personnel to administer, epinephrine at schools.
Bill h3288
To authorize the President to remove commercial satellites and related components from the United States Munitions List subject to certain restrictions, and for other purposes.
Bill h3200
To provide flexibility of certain transit functions to local entities.
Bill h2104
To amend the Public Health Service Act and title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly.
Bill h2065
To permit the expungement of records of certain nonviolent criminal offenses.
Bill h1842
To authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes.
Bill h1733
To amend the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 to prohibit the use of performance-enhancing drugs in horseracing, and for other purposes.
Bill h1546
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.
Bill h1426
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program, and for other purposes.
Bill h1404
To reform the financing of House elections, and for other purposes.
Bill h780
To provide that funds for operations of the Armed Forces in Afghanistan shall be obligated and expended only for purposes of providing for the safe and orderly withdrawal from Afghanistan of all members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense contractor personnel who are in Afghanistan.
Bill hr609
Expressing support for the people of Tibet.
Bill hr298
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there is need for specified agencies to coordinate and capitalize on existing programs for epilepsy awareness.
Bill hr134
Condemning the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.
Bill h5050
To prohibit employers and certain other entities from requiring or requesting that employees and certain other individuals provide a user name, password, or other means for accessing a personal account on any social networking website.
Bill h4351
To provide assistance and opportunity for the creation and support of sustainable agriculture activities in America's cities and to improve access to nutrition in America's cities.
Bill h4290
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the income exclusion for discharge of qualified principal residence indebtedness, to provide exclusions from income for certain payments under the National Mortgage Settlement, and for other purposes.
Bill h4170
To increase purchasing power, strengthen economic recovery, and restore fairness in financing higher education in the United States through student loan forgiveness, caps on interest rates on Federal student loans, and refinancing opportunities for private borrowers, and for other purposes.
Bill h3418
To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health of children and reduce the occurrence of sudden unexpected infant death and to enhance public health activities related to stillbirth.
Bill h3364
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by Medicaid beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care.
Bill h3357
To protect girls in developing countries through the prevention of child marriage, and for other purposes.
Bill h3324
To provide for the reduction of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, and the promotion of healthy relationships, and for other purposes.
Bill h3102
To require that every mammography summary delivered to a patient after a mammography examination, as required by section 354 of the Public Health Service Act (commonly referred to as the "Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992"), contain information regarding the patient's breast density and language communicating that individuals with more dense breasts may benefit from supplemental screening tests, and for other purposes.
Bill h3053
To eliminate discrimination in the law for those who have tested positive for HIV, and for other purposes.
Bill h2969
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for extended months of Medicare coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and other renal dialysis provisions.
Bill h2524
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to improve access to microenterprise by the very poor, and for other purposes.
Bill h2505
To expand the research, prevention, and awareness activities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health with respect to pulmonary fibrosis, and for other purposes.
Bill h2315
To promote the economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through their increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations where they currently represent 25 percent or less of the workforce.
Bill h2248
To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate covered part D drug prices on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries.
Bill h1386
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of comprehensive Alzheimer's disease and related dementia diagnosis and services in order to improve care and outcomes for Americans living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias by improving detection, diagnosis, and care planning.
Bill h640
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a National Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Disease Registry, to authorize research on acquired bone marrow failure diseases, and for other purposes.
Bill hr583
Expressing support for robust efforts by the United States to see Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, and his top commanders brought to justice and the group's atrocities permanently ended.
Bill hr460
Expressing support for designation of 2012 as the "Year of the Girl" and celebrating the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouts of the USA.
Bill hr177
Expressing support for internal rebuilding, resettlement, and reconciliation within Sri Lanka that are necessary to ensure a lasting peace.
Bill h4169
To require the development of a comprehensive strategy to end serious human rights violations in Sudan, to create incentives for governments and persons to end support of and assistance to the Government of Sudan, to reinvigorate genuinely comprehensive peace efforts in Sudan, and for other purposes.
Bill h3855
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements of the visa waiver program and for other purposes.
Bill h2197
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide incentives to States and units of local government under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program for providing certain services to victims of sexual assault or rape, and for other purposes.
Bill h2152
To reauthorize the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004, to provide assistance to Best Buddies to support the expansion and development of mentoring programs, and for other purposes.
Bill h2085
To amend title 10, United States Code, regarding restrictions on the use of Department of Defense funds and facilities for abortions.
Bill h2028
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to modify the dischargeability of debts for certain educational payments and loans.
Bill h1417
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Defense to use only human-based methods for training members of the Armed Forces in the treatment of severe combat injuries.
Bill h1375
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste.
Bill h1219
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require Medicaid coverage of optometrists.
Bill h1116
To repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage.
Bill hr560
Supporting the goals and ideals of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.
Bill hr521
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should work with the Government of Haiti to address gender-based violence against women and children.
Bill h4609
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of permanent partnerships between individuals of the same gender as marriage for purposes of determining entitlement to benefits under such title.
Bill h4379
To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to permit States to exempt single parents with children under 60 months of age from TANF participation rate requirements.
Bill h3702
To clarify that an authorization to use military force, a declaration of war, or any similar authority shall not authorize the detention without charge or trial of a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States and for other purposes.
Bill h3286
To promote local and regional farm and food systems, and for other purposes.
Bill h3067
To provide for the establishment of a Commission to Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer.
Bill h2639
To prohibit the application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations with respect to the provision of assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Bill h2502
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes.
Bill h2267
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more timely access to home health services for Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare program.
Bill h2115
To exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from the numerical limitations on immigrant visas.
Bill h1681
To prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on the sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status of any prospective adoptive or foster parent, or the sexual orientation or gender identity of the child involved.
Bill h1057
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve standards for physical education.
Bill h4215
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the Medicare prescription drug program to further fair audits of and payments to pharmacies.
Bill h2741
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the occurrence of diabetes in Medicare beneficiaries by extending coverage under Medicare for medical nutrition therapy services to such beneficiaries with pre-diabetes or with risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes.
Bill h2679
To reduce preterm labor and delivery and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and to reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity.
Bill h2617
To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to promote the education of pregnant and parenting students.
Bill h2288
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for certain treatment of autism under TRICARE.
Bill h2194
To provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes, and for other purposes.
Bill h2016
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.
Bill h1509
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit the inclusion of Social Security account numbers on Medicare cards.
Bill h1195
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs, and for other purposes.
Bill h555
To assist States in establishing a universal prekindergarten program to ensure that all children 3, 4, and 5 years old have access to a high-quality full-day, full-calendar-year prekindergarten education.
Bill h265
To provide for the admission of the State of New Columbia into the Union.
Bill hj90
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to expressly exclude for-profit corporations from the rights given to natural persons by the Constitution of the United States, prohibit corporate spending in all elections, and affirm the authority of Congress and the States to regulate corporations and to regulate and set limits on all election contributions and expenditures.
Bill h3903
To reduce the deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers.
Bill h3771
To promote long-term, sustainable rebuilding and development in Haiti, and for other purposes.
Bill h3368
To suspend the authority for the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (the successor institution to the United States Army School of the Americas) in the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
Bill h1897
To amend the Public Health Service Act to require a Federal commitment to Alzheimer's disease research to advance breakthrough treatments for people living with Alzheimer's disease.
Bill h1876
To allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.
Bill h719
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol.
Bill h14
To reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes.
Bill hr621
Recognizing the significance of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month in May as an important time to celebrate the significant contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to the Nation's history.
Bill hr594
Commending the progress made by anti-tuberculosis programs.
Bill h32
To amend the definition of "homeless person" under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to include certain homeless children and youth.
Bill hr605
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Public Health Week.
Bill h2404
To amend the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to authorize appropriations to provide assistance for domestic and foreign programs and centers for the treatment of victims of torture, and for other purposes.
Bill h2195
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of home infusion therapy under the Medicare Program.
Bill h1578
To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health care system's assessment and response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and for other purposes.
Bill h1537
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote family unity, and for other purposes.
Bill h4277
To establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund to create employment opportunities for the unemployed.
Bill h3974
To reduce the number of nuclear-armed submarines operated by the Navy, to prohibit the development of a new long-range penetrating bomber aircraft, to reduce the number of intercontinental ballistic missiles operated by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
Bill h3826
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans.
Bill h3704
To amend the Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter Act of 1958 to ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock, and for other purposes.
Bill h3485
To provide certain benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees.
Bill h3179
To improve the States' rights to enforce the collection of State sales and use tax laws, and for other purposes.
Bill h3151
To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United States Code, to allow employees leave to address domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and their effects, and to include leave to care for domestic partners under the Act, and for other purposes.
Bill h2705
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality basic education and to establish the achievement of quality universal basic education in all developing countries as an objective of United States foreign assistance policy, and for other purposes.
Bill h2185
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reaffirm the United States' historic commitment to protecting refugees who are fleeing persecution or torture.
Bill h2161
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote innovation, investment, and research in the United States, and for other purposes.
Bill h2134
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to improve access to advanced practice nurses and physician assistants under the Medicaid Program.
Bill h1746
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to establish signal quality and content requirements for the carriage of public, educational, and governmental channels, to preserve support of such channels, and for other purposes.
Bill h1738
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers.
Bill h1684
To require the use of American iron, steel, and manufactured goods in the construction, alteration, and repair of public water systems and treatment works.
Bill h1513
To prohibit the conducting of invasive research on great apes, and for other purposes.
Bill h1448
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to eating disorders, and for other purposes.
Bill h1332
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.
Bill h941
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of services of qualified respiratory therapists performed under the general supervision of a physician.
Bill h466
To amend title 39, United States Code, to extend the authority of the United States Postal Service to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research.
Bill hr304
Calling upon the President to ensure that the foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the United States record relating to the Armenian Genocide, and for other purposes.
Bill h3486
To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require States receiving funds under section 106 of such Act to have in effect a State law providing for a criminal penalty on an individual who fails to report witnessing another individual engaging in sexual abuse of a child.
Bill h2337
To amend the Peace Corps Act to require sexual assault risk-reduction and response training, the development of sexual assault protocol and guidelines, the establishment of victims advocates, the establishment of a Sexual Assault Advisory Council, and for other purposes.
Bill h2954
To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes.
Bill h2948
To provide assistance for the modernization, renovation, and repair of elementary and secondary school buildings in public school districts, as well as community colleges, across America in order to support the achievement of improved educational outcomes in those schools, and for other purposes.
Bill h2341
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act with regard to certain exemptions under that Act for direct care workers and to improve the systems for the collection and reporting of data relating to the direct care workforce, and for other purposes.
Bill h2033
To authorize and support psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis data collection, to express the sense of the Congress to encourage and leverage public and private investment in psoriasis research with a particular focus on interdisciplinary collaborative research on the relationship between psoriasis and its comorbid conditions, and for other purposes.
Bill h1781
To ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the national instant criminal background check system and require a background check for every firearm sale.
Bill h192
To expand the boundaries of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and for other purposes.
Bill hc40
Supporting the goals and ideals of the National Day of Silence in bringing attention to anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender name-calling, bullying, and harassment faced by individuals in schools.
Bill h2674
To amend section 340B of the Public Health Service Act to improve the provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers.
Bill h2607
To provide protection for children affected by the immigration laws of the United States, and for other purposes.
Bill h3359
To amend the Animal Welfare Act to restrict the use of exotic and non-domesticated animals in traveling circuses and exhibitions.
Bill h2547
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding environmental education, and for other purposes.
Bill h1477
To require certain mortgagees to evaluate loans for modifications, to establish a grant program for State and local government mediation programs, and for other purposes.
Bill h1385
To repeal the sugar price support program and marketing allotments for sugar, and for other purposes.
Bill h1171
To reauthorize and amend the Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act.
Bill h601
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies.
Bill h589
To amend title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for additional weeks of first-tier emergency unemployment compensation, and for other purposes.
Bill hr172
Expressing heartfelt condolences and support for assistance to the people of Japan and all those affected in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake and tsunamis of March 11, 2011.
Bill h3829
To require a criminal background check for employees of child care providers, family child care providers, and adults who reside in the private residences of family child care providers in States that receive funds from the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program, and for other purposes.
Bill h2543
To direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services.
Bill h2412
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to equalize the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and to provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment.
Bill h1381
To prevent and reduce the use of physical restraint and seclusion in schools, and for other purposes.
Bill h1084
To repeal the exemption for hydraulic fracturing in the Safe Drinking Water Act, and for other purposes.
Bill h854
To authorize the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.
Bill h458
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make available information on equality in school athletic programs, and for other purposes.
Bill h283
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to provide for the calculation of the minimum wage based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 2, as determined by the Census Bureau.
Bill h4126
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require each voter registration agency in a State which requires an individual to present a government-issued photo identification as a condition of voting in an election for Federal office to provide such an identification without charge upon request to any such individual who does not otherwise possess one, and for other purposes.
Bill h4026
To reauthorize the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program for fiscal years 2013 through 2016, and for other purposes.
Bill h3714
To provide for grants from the Secretary of Education to State and local educational agencies for EnergySmart schools and Energy Star programs.
Bill h3425
To provide subsidized employment for unemployed, low-income adults, provide summer employment and year-round employment opportunities for low-income youth, and carry out work-related and educational strategies and activities of demonstrated effectiveness, and for other purposes.
Bill h3046
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for amounts paid by a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces for a new State license or certification required by reason of a permanent change in the duty station of such member to another State.
Bill h1903
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants to local educational agencies to encourage girls and underrepresented minorities to pursue studies and careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology.
Bill h1724
To provide for the provision by hospitals receiving Federal funds through the Medicare Program or Medicaid Program of emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault.
Bill h1465
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to treat the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the same manner as Guam is treated.
Bill h870
To establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund to create employment opportunities for the unemployed.
Bill h797
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to apply payroll taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of $250,000.
Bill hr573
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Women's History Month.
Bill h651
To require the President to seek to negotiate and enter into a bilateral status of forces agreement with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
Bill h3533
To ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects carried out using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods that are produced in the United States, and for other purposes.
Bill h1895
To amend the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to extend, enhance, and revise the provisions relating to collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and to establish certain other protections for personal information of children and minors.
Bill h3860
To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the responsibilities of small businesses with respect to the employment and reemployment rights of veterans.
Bill h2346
To improve the lives of working families by providing family and medical need assistance, child care assistance, in-school and afterschool assistance, family care assistance, and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces.
Bill h494
To authorize the President to reestablish the Civilian Conservation Corps as a means of providing gainful employment to unemployed and underemployed citizens of the United States through the performance of useful public work, and for other purposes.
Bill h4123
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to issue prospective guidance clarifying the employment status of individuals for purposes of employment taxes and to prevent retroactive assessments with respect to such clarifications.
Bill h4105
To apply the countervailing duty provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930 to nonmarket economy countries, and for other purposes.
Bill h4084
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish a national usury rate for consumer credit card accounts under open end consumer credit plans, and for other purposes.
Bill h4010
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities, and for other purposes.
Bill h3995
To prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market, and for other purposes.
Bill h3894
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the Pullman Historic Site in Chicago, Illinois, and for other purposes.
Bill h3858
To provide that Members of Congress shall not receive a cost of living adjustment in pay during 2013.
Bill h3847
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure that a medical device is not marketed based on a determination that the device is substantially equivalent to a predicate device that has been recalled, corrected, or removed from the market because of an intrinsic flaw in technology or design that adversely affects safety, and for other purposes.
Bill h3841
To prevent foreclosure of, and provide for the reduction of principal on, mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Bill h3789
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish clear regulatory standards for mortgage servicers, and for other purposes.
Bill h3762
To amend the Public Health Service Act to include occupational therapists as behavioral and mental health professionals for purposes of the National Health Service Corps.
Bill h3646
To require foreign manufacturers of products imported into the United States to establish registered agents in the United States who are authorized to accept service of process against such manufacturers, and for other purposes.
Bill h3638
To create American jobs and reduce the deficit, and for other purposes.
Bill h3613
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow for fair application of the exceptions process for drugs in tiers in formularies in prescription drug plans under Medicare part D.
Bill h3573
To reauthorize and amend the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families and related programs.
Bill h3547
To provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons.
Bill h3542
To amend section 5001 of division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to extend the temporary increase in Medicaid FMAP through the end of fiscal year 2012.
Bill h3509
To provide for the creation of a public safety broadband network, to ensure a more efficient and innovative allocation of the electromagnetic spectrum, to permit the Federal Communications Commission to conduct incentive auctions, and for other purposes.
Bill h3495
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide market-based manufacturing incentives, and for other purposes.
Bill h3465
To protect inventoried roadless areas in the National Forest System.
Bill h3437
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the Eva M. Clayton Fellows Program to provide for fellowships to conduct research and education on the eradication of world hunger and malnutrition, and for other purposes.
Bill h3432
To authorize voluntary grazing permit retirement on Federal lands managed by the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior where livestock grazing is impractical, and for other purposes.
Bill h3402
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for employing returning heroes and wounded warriors.
Bill h3391
To provide for the establishment of a national mercury monitoring program.
Bill h3373
To stimulate collaboration with respect to, and provide for coordination and coherence of, the Nation's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education initiatives, and for other purposes.
Bill h3371
To produce high-performance Federal buildings through an improved approach to building utilization, design, construction, and operations and maintenance, and for other purposes.
Bill h3353
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out programs and activities that connect Americans, especially children, youth, and families, with the outdoors.
Bill h3346
To amend title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the continuation of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.
Bill h3314
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change, and for other purposes.
Bill h3313
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a tax on certain trading transactions.
Bill h3300
To establish the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty which will create and carry out a national plan to cut poverty in America in half in ten years.
Bill h3297
To temporarily expand the (V) nonimmigrant visa category to include Haitians whose petition for a family-sponsored immigrant visa was approved on or before January 12, 2010.
Bill h3271
To promote the economic security and safety of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and for other purposes.
Bill h3233
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exclude the value of vehicles used for household transportation, or to obtain or continue employment, from the resource limitation applicable to determine eligibility to receive supplemental nutrition assistance.
Bill h3221
To authorize the Secretary of Energy to provide loan guarantees for energy efficiency upgrades to existing buildings.
Bill h3186
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce tobacco smuggling, and for other purposes.
Bill h3184
To amend the Small Business Act to ensure fairness and transparency in contracting with small business concerns.
Bill h3178
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require persons to keep records of non-employees who perform labor or services for remuneration and to provide a special penalty for persons who misclassify employees as non-employees, and for other purposes.
Bill h3083
To amend section 402 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to extend the eligibility period for supplemental security income benefits for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants, and for other purposes.
Bill h3077
To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to ensure that customers have the right to immediately close any account at any insured depository institutions on demand, without cost to the consumer, that consumers receive any balance in their account immediately, and for other purposes.
Bill h3056
To authorize the Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative focusing on peace and nonviolence in global conflict resolution, and for other purposes.
Bill h3054
To authorize the Attorney General to award grants to eligible entities to prevent or alleviate community violence by providing education, mentoring, and counseling services to children, adolescents, teachers, families, and community leaders on the principles and practice of nonviolence.
Bill h3051
To abolish the death penalty under Federal law.
Bill h2835
To establish a joint select committee of Congress to report findings and propose legislation to restore the Nation's workforce to full employment over the period of fiscal years 2012 and 2013, and to provide for expedited consideration of such legislation by both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Bill h2830
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2012 and 2013 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes.
Bill h2786
To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide social service agencies with the resources to provide services to meet the unique needs of Holocaust survivors to age in place with dignity, comfort, security, and quality of life.
Bill h2775
To repeal a limitation in the Labor-Management Relations Act regarding requirements for labor organization membership as a condition of employment.
Bill h2763
To amend section 402(a)(2)(M) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to extend by two years the special rule relating to eligibility for benefits under the supplemental security income program for certain aliens and victims of trafficking.
Bill h2757
To prohibit the use of funds to maintain United States Armed Forces and military contractors in Iraq after December 31, 2011, and for other purposes.
Bill h2738
To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program of awarding grants to owners or operators of water systems to increase resiliency or adaptability of the systems to any ongoing or forecasted changes to the hydrologic conditions of a region of the United States.
Bill h2689
To amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act to authorize the use of grant funds for dating violence prevention, and for other purposes.
Bill h2688
To amend the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require certification of State and law enforcement agency reports related to missing children, to require that certain information be provided to individuals reporting a missing child, and for other purposes.
Bill h2669
To restrict the use of offshore tax havens and abusive tax shelters to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation, and for other purposes.
Bill h2663
To amend title 31, United States Code, to increase the statutory limit on the public debt.
Bill h2657
To end the use of body-gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System.
Bill h2644
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to amend title 49, United States Code, to extend the airport improvement program, and for other purposes.
Bill h2604
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of securities of a controlled corporation exchanged for assets in certain reorganizations.
Bill h2564
To better protect, serve, and advance the rights of victims of elder abuse and exploitation by establishing a program to encourage States and other qualified entities to create jobs designed to hold offenders accountable, enhance the capacity of the justice system to investigate, pursue, and prosecute elder abuse cases, identify existing resources to leverage to the extent possible, and assure data collection, research, and evaluation to promote the efficacy and efficiency of the activities described in this Act.
Bill h2548
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6310 North University Street in Peoria, Illinois, as the "Charles 'Chip' Lawrence Chan Post Office Building".
Bill h2544
To increase the statutory limit on the public debt, increase job creation, and reduce projected medium and long-term Federal budget deficits and debt.
Bill h2521
To reduce human exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals, and for other purposes.
Bill h2501
To prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of an individual's status or history of unemployment.
Bill h2487
To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to terminate direct payments for the 2012 crop year.
Bill h2334
To amend the Public Health Service Act to specifically include, in programs of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, programs to research, prevent, and treat the harmful consequences of pathological and other problem gambling, and for other purposes.
Bill h2328
To require the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to impose unilaterally position limits and margin requirements to eliminate excessive oil speculation, and to take other actions to ensure that the price of crude oil, gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, and heating oil accurately reflects the fundamentals of supply and demand, to remain in effect until the date on which the Commission establishes position limits to diminish, eliminate, or prevent excessive speculation as required by title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and for other purposes.
Bill h2306
To limit the application of Federal laws to the distribution and consumption of marihuana, and for other purposes.
Bill h2303
To concentrate Federal resources aimed at the prosecution of drug offenses on those offenses that are major.
Bill h2192
To exempt for an additional 4-year period, from the application of the means-test presumption of abuse under chapter 7, qualifying members of reserve components of the Armed Forces and members of the National Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 90 days.
Bill h2190
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require drug manufacturers to provide drug rebates for drugs dispensed to low-income individuals under the Medicare prescription drug benefit program.
Bill h2180
To authorize assistance for affordable housing and sustainable urban development in developing countries, and for other purposes.
Bill h2103
To modify certain requirements for countable resources and income under the Supplemental Security Income program, and for other purposes.
Bill h2029
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to establish and implement a birth defects prevention, risk reduction, and public awareness program.
Bill h2019
To prevent and remedy discrimination with respect to federally funded transportation projects, programs, and activities, and for other purposes.
Bill h2005
To reauthorize the Combating Autism Act of 2006.
Bill h1983
To provide for the rescheduling of marijuana and for the medical use of marijuana in accordance with the laws of the various States.
Bill h1970
To amend the Public Health Service Act to create a National Childhood Brain Tumor Prevention Network to provide grants and coordinate research with respect to the causes of and risk factors associated with childhood brain tumors, and for other purposes.
Bill h1966
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a partnership program in foreign languages.
Bill h1947
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow members of the Armed Forces who served on active duty on or after September 11, 2001, to be eligible to participate in the Troops-to-Teachers Program, and for other purposes.
Bill h1916
To designate as wilderness certain Federal portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in the State of Utah for the benefit of present and future generations of people in the United States.
Bill h1901
To create and encourage the creation of jobs for youth, and for other purposes.
Bill h1880
To require, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the first reported cases of AIDS, reporting on the implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy and on the status of international progress towards achieving universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment, and for other purposes.
Bill h1852
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals.
Bill h1831
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marihuana, and for other purposes.
Bill h1805
To extend the sunset of certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, and for other purposes.
Bill h1796
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote family unity, and for other purposes.
Bill h1774
To provide for an evidence-based strategy for voluntary screening for HIV/AIDS and other common sexually transmitted infections, and for other purposes.
Bill h1735
To require the President to transmit to Congress a plan with timeframe and completion date and reports with status updates on the transition of United States military and security operations in Afghanistan to the Government of Afghanistan.
Bill h1707
To protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect data containing personal information, and to provide for nationwide notice in the event of a security breach.
Bill h1686
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 South Morgan Street in Shelbyville, Illinois, as the "Jesse M. Donaldson Post Office".
Bill h1617
To strengthen communities through English literacy and civics education for new Americans, and for other purposes.
Bill h1606
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require States to provide oral health services to aged, blind, or disabled individuals under the Medicaid Program, and for other purposes.
Bill h1568
To amend title VII of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and for other purposes.
Bill h1519
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
Bill h1488
To amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to prohibit discrimination on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit.
Bill h1475
To reform and modernize domestic refugee resettlement programs, and for other purposes.
Bill h1469
Making appropriations to ensure the prompt payment by the Department of Defense (and the Department of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard) of the death gratuity paid upon the death of members of the Armed Forces and certain other eligible persons despite the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces.
Bill h1462
To address HIV/AIDS in the African-American community, and for other purposes.
Bill h1456
To reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act.
Bill h1377
To establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in elementary and secondary schools.
Bill h1350
To provide additional resources for Federal investigations and prosecutions of crimes related to the 2008 Financial Crisis, and for other purposes.
Bill h1328
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of qualified acupuncturist services under part B of the Medicare Program, and to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for coverage of such services under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
Bill h1319
To promote the sexual and reproductive health of individuals and couples in developing countries, and for other purposes.
Bill h1269
To authorize the Administrator of General Services to convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia to provide for the establishment of a National Women's History Museum.
Bill h1200
To provide for health care for every American and to control the cost and enhance the quality of the health care system.
Bill h1138
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a grant program to fund additional school social workers and retain school social workers already employed in high-need local educational agencies.
Bill h1137
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to provide coverage under such Act for credit cards issued to small businesses, and for other purposes.
Bill h1113
To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination on the basis of unemployment status.
Bill h1106
To establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on policy issues associated with recruitment, retention, research, and reinvestment in the profession of social work, and for other purposes.
Bill h1089
To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Defense to provide members of the Individual Ready Reserve, Individual Mobilization Augmentees, and inactive members of the National Guard who served in Afghanistan or Iraq with information on counseling to prevent suicide, and for other purposes.
Bill h1080
To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of pediatric research consortia.
Bill h998
To end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools, and for other purposes.
Bill h975
To amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act to include bullying and harassment prevention programs.
Bill h965
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to preserve the effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in the treatment of human and animal diseases.
Bill h959
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements of the visa waiver program and for other purposes.
Bill h923
To amend title 38, United States Code, to exempt reimbursements of expenses related to accident, theft, loss, or casualty loss from determinations of annual income with respect to pensions for veterans and surviving spouses and children of veterans, and for other purposes.
Bill h900
To direct the Federal Trade Commission to establish rules to prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or practices related to the provision of funeral goods or funeral services.
Bill h894
To amend title V of the Social Security Act to provide grants to States to establish State maternal mortality review committees on pregnancy-related deaths occurring within such States; to develop definitions of severe maternal morbidity and data collection protocols; and to eliminate disparities in maternal health outcomes.
Bill h883
To expand and enhance existing adult day programs for people with neurological diseases or conditions (such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, traumatic brain injury, or other similar diseases or conditions) to support and improve access to respite services for family caregivers who are taking care of such people, and for other purposes.
Bill h873
To improve the safety of motorcoaches and for other purposes.
Bill h820
To aid and support pediatric involvement in reading and education.
Bill h798
To require the establishment of a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits under titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act.
Bill h773
To establish a separate office within the Federal Trade Commission to prevent fraud targeting seniors, and for other purposes.
Bill h724
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the qualifying advanced energy project credit.
Bill h677
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a lifetime income disclosure.
Bill h676
To provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents, improved health care delivery, and for other purposes.
Bill h654
To direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe regulations regarding the collection and use of information obtained by tracking the Internet activity of an individual, and for other purposes.
Bill h653
To amend the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to improve regulations dealing with the disclosure by financial institutions of nonpublic personal information, and for other purposes.
Bill h584
To repeal the information reporting requirements added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Bill h583
To amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions, and for other purposes.
Bill h574
To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce from authorizing commercial finfish aquaculture operations in the Exclusive Economic Zone except in accordance with a law authorizing such action.
Bill h572
To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide certain port authorities, and for other purposes.
Bill h546
To amend title 36, United States Code, to designate the Honor and Remember Flag created by Honor and Remember, Inc., as an official symbol to recognize and honor members of the Armed Forces who died in the line of duty, and for other purposes.
Bill h539
To amend title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make improvements in the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, to provide for cash relief for years for which annual COLAs do not take effect under certain cash benefit programs, and to provide for Social Security benefit protection.
Bill h535
To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the matters covered by preseparation counseling provided to members of the Armed Forces and their spouses.
Bill h487
To require 100 percent domestic content in green technologies purchased by Federal agencies or by States with Federal funds and in property eligible for the renewable energy production or investment tax credits.
Bill h440
To provide for the establishment of the Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia.
Bill h432
To ban the use of bisphenol A in food containers, and for other purposes.
Bill h418
To express United States foreign policy with respect to, and to strengthen United States advocacy on behalf of, individuals persecuted and denied their rights in foreign countries on account of gender, and for other purposes.
Bill h414
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the system of public financing for Presidential elections, and for other purposes.
Bill h402
To facilitate efficient investments and financing of infrastructure projects and new job creation through the establishment of a National Infrastructure Development Bank, and for other purposes.
Bill h401
To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Muhammad Ali in recognition of his contributions to the Nation.
Bill h385
To require poverty impact statements for certain legislation.
Bill h363
To prevent foreclosure of home mortgages and provide for the affordable refinancing of mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Bill h308
To prohibit the transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and for other purposes.
Bill h287
To provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans.
Bill h284
To authorize funds to prevent housing discrimination through the use of nationwide testing, to increase funds for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program, and for other purposes.
Bill h263
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to restrict the ability of a person whose Federal license to import, manufacture, or deal in firearms has been revoked, whose application to renew such a license has been denied, or who has received a license revocation or renewal denial notice, to transfer business inventory firearms, and for other purposes.
Bill h191
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to establish a public health insurance option.
Bill h181
To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who have served on active duty or performed active service since September 11, 2001, in support of a contingency operation or in other emergency situations receive credit for such service in determining eligibility for early receipt of non-regular service retired pay, and for other purposes.
Bill h132
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the credit for research expenses for 2011 and 2012 and to allow the credit to be assigned.
Bill h111
To require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations.
Bill h110
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow manufacturing businesses to establish tax-free manufacturing reinvestment accounts to assist them in providing for new equipment and facilities and workforce training.
Bill h64
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade taxation of United States income.
Bill h63
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and title XIX of the Social Security Act to reform the provision of long-term care insurance.
Bill h27
To provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes.
Bill h12
To provide tax relief for American workers and businesses, to put workers back on the job while rebuilding and modernizing America, and to provide pathways back to work for Americans looking for jobs.
Bill hj80
Limiting the issuance of a letter of offer with respect to a certain proposed sale of defense articles and defense services to the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Bill hr499
Congratulating the students, staff, faculty, and alumni of the City Colleges of Chicago on the 100th anniversary of the institution.
Bill hr484
Calling on the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to respect basic human rights and cease abusing vague national security provisions such as articles 79 and 88 of the Vietnamese penal code which are often the pretext to arrest and detain citizens who peacefully advocate for religious and political freedom.
Bill hr452
Recognizing the importance labor unions play in ensuring a strong middle class by advocating for more equitable wages, humane work conditions, improved benefits, and increased civic engagement by everyday workers.
Bill hr432
Celebrating the life and achievements of Reverend Fred Lee Shuttlesworth and honoring him for his tireless efforts in the fight against segregation and his steadfast commitment to the civil rights of all people.
Bill hr407
Expressing support for designation of September 2011 as National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
Bill hr397
Reestablishing the House of Representatives Page Program.
Bill hr361
Concerning efforts to provide humanitarian relief to mitigate the effects of drought and avert famine in the Horn of Africa, particularly Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Kenya.
Bill hr339
Expressing support for designation of September as National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month.
Bill hr317
Demanding that Hamas immediately and unconditionally release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Bill hr258
Honoring and supporting women in the Middle East and North Africa for their bravery and leadership and calling on the United States Government and the international community to recognize their vital role in democracy movements and promote the rights and empowerment of women and girls in the region.
Bill hr243
Celebrating Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month.
Bill hr234
Recognizing the importance of breast cancer early detection efforts.
Bill hr222
Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism.
Bill hr214
Expressing support for designation of May 2011 as Mental Health Month.
Bill hr182
Recognizing the historical significance of the Triangle Fire in the struggle to improve worker safety standards and protections on the 100th anniversary of the fire.
Bill hr176
Commending the progress made by anti-tuberculosis programs.
Bill hr171
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Minority Health Awareness Month in April 2011 in order to bring attention to the severe health disparities faced by minority populations such as American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asians, Blacks or African-Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, and Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.
Bill hr165
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Women's History Month.
Bill hr144
Acknowledging the 42nd anniversary of the election of Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm, the first African-American woman in Congress.
Bill hr100
Honoring the life of David Kato and all who are victims of violence in Uganda because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Bill hr88
Expressing solidarity with the people of Egypt in their democratic aspirations as they begin a new chapter in their country's proud history.
Bill hr51
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
Bill hr35
Recognizing the anniversary of the tragic earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010, honoring those who lost their lives, and expressing continued solidarity with the Haitian people.
Bill hr21
Recognizing non-proliferation options for nuclear understanding to keep everyone safe (NO NUKES).
Bill hr20
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Senate should ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
Bill hr19
Calling for the adoption of a smart security platform for the 21st century.
Bill hc85
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the proposed settlement between the Department of Justice, the State attorneys general, and mortgage servicers regarding mortgage fraud and the economic crisis.
Bill hc84
Recognizing the disparate impact of climate change on women and the efforts of women globally to address climate change.
Bill hc72
Expressing the sense of Congress that any legislative language approved by the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction should not reduce benefits for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid recipients.
Bill hc64
Expressing the sense of Congress that Social Security benefits should not be reduced.
Bill hc12
Expressing the sense of Congress that an appropriate site on Chaplains Hill in Arlington National Cemetery should be provided for a memorial marker to honor the memory of the Jewish chaplains who died while on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States.
Bill h3001
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Raoul Wallenberg, in recognition of his achievements and heroic actions during the Holocaust.
Bill h2139
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of the establishment of Lions Clubs International.
Bill h2492
To prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture, and for other purposes.
Bill h835
To amend the Animal Welfare Act to provide further protection for puppies.
Bill h733
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative, and for other purposes.
Bill h2447
To grant the congressional gold medal to the Montford Point Marines.
Bill h860
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles.
Bill hj69
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.
Bill h1351
To amend the provisions of title 5, United States Code, relating to the methodology for calculating the amount of any Postal surplus or supplemental liability under the Civil Service Retirement System, and for other purposes.
Bill h1905
To strengthen Iran sanctions laws for the purpose of compelling Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities, and for other purposes.
Bill h1815
To posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Lena Horne in recognition of her achievements and contributions to American culture and the civil rights movement.
Bill h639
To amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relating to a fundamentally undervalued currency of any foreign country.
Bill hr268
Reaffirming the United States' commitment to a negotiated settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, and for other purposes.

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House Committee on Energy and Commerce
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    Health Subcommittee

    Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
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