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United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2024
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United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2024
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2024
This resolution expresses support for parity between insurance coverage of mental health and physical health treatment and for the Department of Health and Human Service's 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2024
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2024
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 2024
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 2024
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 2024
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 2024
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United States · United States Congress · 30 April 2024
High School Voter Empowerment Act of 2024 This bill directs states to designate public high schools as voter registration agencies and requires public high schools to conduct annual voter registration drives to register eligible students. The Department of Education must reimburse eligible public high schools for carrying out voter registration drives.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 2024
This resolution expresses support for the designation of a National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2024
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2024
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 2024
This resolution urges (1) the President to issue a proclamation recognizing Earth Day; and (2) governments and people to continue building upon the Paris Agreement and other efforts to ensure that future generations inherit a livable, sustainable, and ecologically rich planet.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2024
This resolution expresses support for the partnership between the United States Department of Agriculture and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with respect to agricultural and other research.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2024
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 2024
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 2024
Jackie Robinson Commemorative Site Act This bill designates the Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach, Florida, as the Jackie Robinson Ballpark National Commemorative Site. It also makes the site a part of the African American Civil Rights Network established under the African American Civil Rights Network Act of 2017. In addition, the bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the site to evaluate its national significance and determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the site as a national historic landmark.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 2024
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 2024
This resolution calls for the immediate release of all Boko Haram captives, specifically the remaining Chibok schoolgirls and Leah Sharibu. The resolution also urges both Nigeria and the United States to take certain actions to address the abduction of women by Boko Haram and related terrorist groups.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 2024
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 2024
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 2024
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 2024
This bill allows elective payments of specified tax credits to bona fide residents of and entities organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2024
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2024
This concurrent resolution supports the goals and ideals of International Transgender Day of Visibility.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2024
This resolution supports the goals and ideals of National Women's History Month and recognizes the women and organizations that continue to promote the teaching of women's history.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 2024
Supplemental Oxygen Access Reform Act of 2024 or the SOAR Act of 2024 This bill establishes certain requirements with respect to the payment and provision of supplemental oxygen and related services under Medicare. For example, the bill provides for separate payments, indexed to inflation, of oxygen and related equipment, supplies, and services under Medicare (rather than under the competitive acquisition program). It also specifically covers services that are provided by respiratory therapists under Medicare and provides for an additional payment adjustment for these services. Additionally, the bill (1) requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to develop an electronic template for providers to use when prescribing oxygen and related equipment, supplies, and services; and (2) establishes certain rights for beneficiaries receiving these items and services, such as the right to choose their suppliers and to receive clear communications and be informed about the services provided.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 2024
This resolution commemorates the Woman Suffrage Procession of 1913 and honors the suffragists who fought for women's right to vote.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 2024
This concurrent resolution recognizes that people with disabilities experience barriers to access every day and pledges to make universal and inclusive design a guiding principle for all infrastructure bills and projects.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 2024
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 2024
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 2024
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 400 Whitehead Street in Key West, Florida, as the "Jimmy Buffett Post Office Building."
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 2024
Prohibiting Threatened and Endangered Creature Trophies Act of 2024 or the ProTECT Act of 2024 This bill modifies the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit any person from taking threatened species within the United States or U.S. territorial seas as trophies or importing such trophies. A trophy is a dead animal, or recognizable part of an animal, that was obtained under an authorization issued by a state, foreign government, or private landowner.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 2024
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 2024
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 2024
Rosie the Riveter Commemorative Coin Act This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue coins in recognition and celebration of the women who contributed to the U.S. home front during World War II. All sales of coins issued under this bill must include a surcharge to be paid to the Rosie the Riveter Trust to support the National Park Service in maintaining and repairing the Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 2024
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 2024
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 2024
Commission to Study the Potential Transfer of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History to the Smithsonian Institution Act This bill establishes a commission to study the potential transfer of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History to the Smithsonian Institution. Within two years of its first meeting, the commission must submit a report, fundraising plan, and legislative recommendations to Congress and the President. The report must address certain issues, including (1) the impact of the museum on educational and governmental efforts to study and counter anti-Semitism, and (2) financial and legal considerations associated with the potential transfer.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 2024
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 2024
This resolution supports the designation of National Agriculture Day.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 2024
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 2024
Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2024 This bill requires or authorizes certain actions related to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). The bill requires the Department of Justice to appoint an assistant U.S. attorney in each judicial district to coordinate and supervise the investigation and prosecution of various crimes related to postal services (for example, assault on a postal service employee, breaking into a post office, or obstruction of mails). The bill also requires the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend sentencing guidelines to provide that the assault or robbery of a postal employee shall be treated the same as the assault of a law enforcement officer. Additionally, the bill authorizes appropriations for the USPS to install high security collection boxes and replace older versions of the universal mailbox key with electronic versions.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 2024
This concurrent resolution declares that Congress recognizes the disparity in wages paid to women compared to wages paid to men. The resolution reaffirms Congress's commitment to supporting equal pay and to narrowing the gender wage gap.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 2024
Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024 This bill modifies requirements relating to coverage of telehealth services under Medicare. Specifically, the bill permanently extends certain flexibilities that were initially authorized during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19. Among other things, the bill allows (1) rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers to serve as the distant site (i.e., the location of the health care practitioner); (2) the home of a beneficiary to serve as the originating site (i.e., the location of the beneficiary) for all services (rather than for only certain services); and (3) all types of practitioners to furnish telehealth services, as determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 2024
Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to issue a final rule that prohibits certain discharges of plastic pellets and other preproduction plastic into waters of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 2024
This resolution affirms Israel's right to exist as a Jewish, democratic state, recognizes Palestinians' right to sovereignty and self-determination through a Palestinian state, and supports a two-state solution as the best path to achieve lasting peace.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 2024
Stopping Addiction and Falls for the Elderly Act or the SAFE Act This bill incorporates risk assessments and prevention services for falls into annual wellness visits and initial preventive physical exams under Medicare, as well as associated services provided by physical therapists and occupational therapists.