US Congress Representative Bennie Thompson [D]

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USHB82Intro
25%
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.
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2024-11-12
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USHB8340Intro
25%
To amend section 3(b)(4) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exclude certain disability benefits from income for the purposes of determining eligibility for the supported housing program under section 8(o)(19), and for other purposes.
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2024-11-01
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 613.
USHR1558Intro
25%
Supporting the goals and ideals of October as "National Domestic Violence Awareness Month".
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2024-11-01
To House Education And The Workforce Committee
USHB10092Intro
25%
To require agencies that use, fund, or oversee algorithms to have an office of civil rights focused on bias, discrimination, and other harms of algorithms, and for other purposes.
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2024-11-01
To House Oversight and Accountability Committee
USHB10084Intro
25%
To extend the authorization of the African American Civil Rights Network.
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2024-11-01
[Hearing: Nov 19 @ 2:00 pm]
To House Natural Resources Committee
USHR1555Intro
25%
Condemning the spreading of disinformation and malicious rumors that have led to threats against disaster response personnel.
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2024-10-29
To House Transportation And Infrastructure Committee
USHB10060Intro
25%
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the provision of certain information with respect to breast reconstruction surgery under the Medicare program.
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2024-10-25
To House Energy And Commerce Committee
USHB10058Intro
25%
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require coverage for certain individual with breast or cervical cancer under the Medicaid program.
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2024-10-25
To House Energy And Commerce Committee
USHR1530Intro
25%
Recognizing the life, achievements, and public service of former President James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr., on the occasion of his 100th birthday.
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2024-10-01
To House Oversight and Accountability Committee
USHB3208Engross
50%
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training Program, and for other purposes.
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2024-09-25
[Hearing: Nov 20 @ 9:30 am]
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
USHB1719Intro
25%
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide public safety officer benefits for exposure-related cancers, and for other purposes.
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2024-09-25
ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Gimenez asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1719, a bill originally introduced by Representative Pascrell, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
USHB5302Engross
50%
To designate the Air and Marine Operations Marine Unit of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection located at 101 Km 18.5 in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, as the "Michel O. Maceda Marine Unit".
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2024-09-25
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
USHB9768Intro
25%
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency a Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, and for other purposes.
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2024-09-25
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 13.
USHB3433Engross
50%
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to molecularly targeted pediatric cancer investigations, and for other purposes.
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2024-09-24
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USHCR130Intro
25%
Commending State and local governments for championing reproductive rights as human rights.
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2024-09-24
To House Judiciary Committee
USHR1495Intro
25%
Expressing support for the designation of September 2024 as "Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month" in order to educate communities across the United States about sickle cell disease and the need for research, early detection methods, effective treatme...
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2024-09-24
To House Energy And Commerce Committee
USHB8610Intro
25%
To reauthorize and reform counter-unmanned aircraft system authorities, to improve transparency, security, safety, and accountability related to such authorities, and for other purposes.
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2024-09-20
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 592.
USHB9744Intro
25%
To require a study on the critical data gaps experienced by Federal agencies providing grants for the recovery of Puerto Rico.
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2024-09-20
To House Natural Resources Committee
USHB9746Intro
25%
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow borrowers of Parent PLUS loans or loans under section 428B made on behalf of a dependent student to repay such loans pursuant to an income-contingent repayment plan or income-based repayment plan, an...
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2024-09-20
To House Education And The Workforce Committee
USHB9743Intro
25%
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for traveling expenses for Federal disaster relief workers away from home for more than 1 year.
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2024-09-20
To House Ways And Means Committee
USHB9739Intro
25%
To amend the National Apprenticeship Act in order to increase and expand the national apprenticeship system to include the immediate recruitment, employment, and on-the-job earn as you learn training of young African Americans, and to promote the dev...
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2024-09-20
To House Education And The Workforce Committee
USHB8419Intro
25%
To amend the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act to provide funding for United States victims of state-sponsored terrorism by ensuring consistent and meaningful distributions from the United States Victims of State Spon...
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2024-09-19
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
USHB4403Engross
50%
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make improvements to the Securing the Cities program, and for other purposes.
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2024-09-18
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
USHB7438Engross
50%
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the FIFA World Cup 2026, and for other purposes.
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2024-09-18
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
USHB9037Intro
25%
To require the development of a workforce plan for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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2024-09-18
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
USHB9649Intro
25%
To restore funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
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2024-09-18
To House Foreign Affairs Committee
USHB9647Intro
25%
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to former President Jimmy Carter in recognition of his service to the Nation.
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2024-09-18
To House Financial Services Committee
USHR1448Intro
25%
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that every person has the basic right to emergency health care, including abortion care.
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2024-09-12
To House Energy And Commerce Committee
USHB9458Intro
25%
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance outreach for the Urban Area Security Initiative and the State Homeland Security Grant Program of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
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2024-09-11
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
USHB9544Intro
25%
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 340 South Loudon Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, as the "United States Representative Elijah E. Cummings Post Office Building".
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2024-09-11
To House Oversight and Accountability Committee
USHB9521Intro
25%
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand the eligibility of students to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program, establish college student food insecurity demonstration programs, and for other purposes.
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2024-09-10
To House Education And The Workforce Committee
USHR1436Intro
25%
Recognizing suicide as a serious public health problem and expressing support for the designation of September as "National Suicide Prevention Month" as well as September 10, 2024, as "World Suicide Prevention Day".
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2024-09-10
To House Energy And Commerce Committee
USHR1432Intro
25%
Expressing support for the designation of September 10, 2024, as "National Firearm Suicide Prevention Day" to educate about the growing firearm suicide crisis in the United States and promote the importance of storing firearms safely and securely as ...
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2024-09-10
To House Energy And Commerce Committee
USHB8024Intro
25%
To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to authorize assistance for emergency measures in response to pine beetle outbreaks, and for other purposes.
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2024-08-30
To House Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit
USHR1399Intro
25%
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee, as an entity of the United States Postal Service, should issue a commemorative stamp in honor of Charity Adams Earley.
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2024-08-02
To House Oversight and Accountability Committee
USHR1394Intro
25%
Celebrating the principles of democracy, religious pluralism, human rights, and the rule of law shared by both the United States and India, the strong people-to-people ties between the United States and India, and the success of the Indian diaspora i...
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2024-07-30
To House Foreign Affairs Committee
USHB9166Intro
25%
To require the Small Business Administration, the Appalachian Regional Commission, and the Delta Regional Authority to enter into an agreement to carry out activities to expand rural entrepreneurship, and for other purposes.
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2024-07-26
To House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
USHR1381Intro
25%
Commemorating the past success of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Teams and supporting the United States Olympic and Paralympic Teams in the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games.
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2024-07-24
To House Foreign Affairs Committee
USHJR193Intro
25%
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that there is no immunity from criminal prosecution for an act on the grounds that such act was within the constitutional authority or official duties of an individual, and pro...
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2024-07-24
To House Judiciary Committee
USHB9093Intro
25%
To prioritize healthcare facilities and mental or behavioral health facilities in the Community Facilities program for fiscal years 2025 through 2031, and allow loans and grants under the program to be used for medical supplies, increasing telehealth...
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2024-07-23
To House Agriculture Committee
USHB9096Intro
25%
To establish pharmacy payment and reimbursement by pharmacy benefits managers; to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to improve prescription drug transparency; and for other purposes.
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2024-07-23
To House Energy And Commerce Committee
USHB8825Intro
25%
To protect the right to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.
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2024-07-10
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4561)
USHR1355Intro
25%
Expressing support for the designation of July 10th as Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Day.
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2024-07-10
To House Energy And Commerce Committee
USHCR118Intro
25%
Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to men and to Black women.
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2024-07-09
To House Education And The Workforce Committee
USHB8911Intro
25%
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require employers to allow employees to take meal, rest, restroom, and medical breaks, and for other purposes.
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2024-06-28
To House Education And The Workforce Committee
USHB2407Intro
25%
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of multi-cancer early detection screening tests.
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2024-06-27
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 38 - 0.
USHB8858Intro
25%
To prohibit the use of artificial intelligence to deprive or defraud individuals of the right to vote in elections for public office, and for other purposes.
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2024-06-27
To House Energy And Commerce Committee
USHB3018Intro
25%
To authorize the issuance of extreme risk protection orders.
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2024-06-26
Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mrs. McBath. Petition No: 118-13.
USHB6180Intro
25%
To reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, and for other purposes.
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2024-06-26
To House Indian and Insular Affairs Committee
USHB8807Intro
25%
To improve the structure of the Federal Pell Grant program, and for other purposes.
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2024-06-21
To House Education And The Workforce Committee
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