US Congress Representative James McGovern [D]

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State	Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
US	HB5431	Intro	To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide family and medical leave to employees of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-12-13 To House Transportation And Infrastructure Committee
US	HB3	Intro	Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act This bill establishes several programs and requirements relating to the prices of prescription drugs. In particular, the bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to negotiate prices ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-12-12 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
US	HR762	Intro	Recognizing the 4th anniversary of the adoption of the international Paris Agreement on climate change. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-12-12 To House Foreign Affairs Committee
US	HB5406	Intro	To provide grants to owners of grandfamily housing, and for other purposes. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-12-12 To House Financial Services Committee
US	HB5424	Intro	To protect funding for Universal Service Fund programs, and for other purposes. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-12-12 To House Energy And Commerce Committee
US	HB5036	Intro	Put Patients First Act [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-12-11 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10033)
US	HB5383	Intro	To reform the process for enforcing the immigration laws of the United States, and for other purposes. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-12-10 To House Judiciary Committee
US	HB4	Engross	Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019 This bill establishes new criteria for determining which states and political subdivisions must obtain preclearance before changes to voting practices in these areas may take effect. (Preclearance is the process ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-12-09 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	HR326	Intro	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding United States efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a negotiated two-state solution. This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that only a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-12-06 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
US	HR697	Intro	Recognizing the significance of the genuine autonomy of Tibet and the Tibetan people and the work His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has done to promote global peace, harmony, and understanding. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-12-06 To House Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation Committee
US	HB5267	Intro	International Violence Against Women Act of 2019 [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-12-06 To House Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations Committee
US	HB5336	Intro	To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit mandatory predispute arbitration agreements, and for other purposes. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-12-06 To House Financial Services Committee
US	HB5349	Intro	To prevent the changing of regulations governing the provision of waivers under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-12-06 To House Agriculture Committee
US	HR743	Intro	Expressing strong disapproval of the President's formal notification to the United Nations of his intent to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-12-05 To House Foreign Affairs Committee
US	HB3465	Intro	Fallen Journalists Memorial Act of 2019 This bill authorizes the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work on federal land in commemoration of the sacrifices made by journalists for a free and independent press. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-12-04 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
US	HB2382	Intro	USPS Fairness Act This bill repeals the requirement that the U.S. Postal Service annually prepay future retirement health benefits. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-12-04 Motion to place bill on Consensus Calendar filed by Mr. DeFazio.
US	HB2151	Enroll	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7722 South Main Street in Pine Plains, New York, as the "Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon M. Kent Post Office". Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service loc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-12-04 Presented to President.
US	HR517	Intro	Supporting the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), malaria, and its Sixth Replenishment. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-12-03 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
US	HR585	Intro	Reaffirming support for the Good Friday Agreement and other agreements to ensure a lasting peace in Northern Ireland. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-12-03 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
US	HR546	Intro	Disapproving the Russian Federation's inclusion in future Group of Seven summits until it respects the territorial integrity of its neighbors and adheres to the standards of democratic societies. This resolution calls on all leaders of the Group of S... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-12-03 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
US	HB724	Pass	PACT Act Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act This bill revises and expands criminal provisions with respect to animal crushing. It retains existing criminal offenses that prohibit knowingly creating or distributing an animal crush video using i... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-25 Became Public Law No: 116-72. (TXT \| PDF)
US	HB2423	Pass	Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue up to 400,000 $1 silver coins that are emblematic of the women who played a vital role in rallying support for the 19th Ame... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-25 Became Public Law No: 116-71. (TXT \| PDF)
US	HB3884	Intro	MORE Act of 2019 Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019 [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-21 Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
US	HB737	Engross	Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2019 This bill makes it illegal to possess, buy, or sell shark fins or any product containing shark fins, except for certain dogfish fins. A person may possess a shark fin that was lawfully taken consistent with a l... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-21 To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
US	HB1309	Engross	Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act This bill requires the Department of Labor to address workplace violence in the health care and social service sectors. Specifically, Labor must promulgate an occupational s... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-21 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	HB5221	Intro	100% Clean Economy Act of 2019 This bill establishes requirements to reduce greenhouse gas pollution. Specifically, the bill sets a national goal of achieving a 100% clean economy (i.e., economy-wide, net-zero greenhouse gas emissions) by no later th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-21 To House Energy And Commerce Committee
US	HB5210	Intro	Refugee Protection Act of 2019 [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-21 To House Judiciary Committee
US	HR728	Intro	Condemning the decision of Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark A. Calabria to remove the borrower's preferred language question and the housing counseling question from the Universal Residential Loan Application. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-21 To House Financial Services Committee
US	HB5225	Intro	POWER Act Protect Our Workers from Exploitation and Retaliation Act [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-21 To House Judiciary Committee
US	HB2854	Intro	Protect Our Refuges Act of 2019 This bill prohibits the use of neonicotinoids (a class of neuroactive insecticides that are chemically similar to nicotine) within the National Wildlife Refuge System. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-20 Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 13.
US	HB535	Intro	PFAS Action Act of 2019 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to designate all perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances within one year of enactment of this bill. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-20 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 31 - 19.
US	HB4227	Intro	MAPS Act Mapping Accuracy Promotes Services Act This bill makes it unlawful to willfully, knowingly, or recklessly submit inaccurate broadband coverage information or data (mapping data) to the Federal Communications Commission. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-20 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
US	HB4229	Intro	Broadband DATA Act Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to change the way broadband data is collected, verified, and reported. Specifically, the FCC must colle... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-20 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
US	HB1865	Engross	National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue up to 50,000 $5 gold coins, 400,000 $1 silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar clad coins that are emblematic of the Nati... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-19 ORDER OF BUSINESS - Mr. McGovern asked unanimous consent that it be in order at any time to take from the Speaker's table the bill H.R. 1865, with the Senate amendment thereto, and to consider in the House, without intervention of any point of order, a motion offered by the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or her designee that the House concur in the Senate amendment submitted for printing by Representative Lowey of New York in the portion of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII; that the Senate amendment and the motion be considered as read; that the motion be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations; that the previous question be considered as ordered on the motion to adoption without intervening motion or demand for division of the question; and that House Resolution 708 be laid on the table. Objection was heard.
US	HB1603	Intro	Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019 [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-19 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 47 - 1.
US	HR708	Intro	Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.B. 3055) making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. Sets f... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-19 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
US	HB4732	Intro	To establish a Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy, to authorize the admission of climate-displaced persons, and for other purposes. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-15 To House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship
US	HB5127	Intro	Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act of 2019 [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-15 To House Natural Resources Committee
US	HB1773	Engross	Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019 This bill directs the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to make appropriate arrangements for the award of a single Congressional Gold Medal to Ro... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-14 To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
US	HCR73	Intro	Expressing the sense of Congress that public health professionals should be commended for their dedication and service to the United States on Public Health Thank You Day, November 25, 2019. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-14 To House Energy And Commerce Committee
US	HB1980	Intro	Smithsonian Women's History Museum Act This bill establishes in the Smithsonian Institution a comprehensive women's history museum. Such museum shall be named by the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. The bill establishes a council, tha... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-13 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 230.
US	HB3153	Engross	EFFORT Act Expanding Findings for Federal Opioid Research and Treatment Act This bill directs the National Science Foundation to support merit-reviewed and competitively awarded research on the science of opioid addiction. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-13 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
US	HJR79	Intro	Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment. This joint resolution eliminates the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, which prohibits discrimination based on sex. The amendment was proposed to the... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-13 Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
US	HB5066	Intro	Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act of 2019 This bill requires an increase in the corporate income tax rate based upon the ratio of compensation paid to the corporation's highest paid employee to median worker compensation. The pay ratios range from greater th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-13 To House Ways And Means Committee
US	HR688	Intro	Recognizing 25 years since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, Egypt and reaffirming the goals and ideals of the ICPD Programme of Action, including comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-12 To House Foreign Affairs Committee
US	HB1396	Pass	Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act (Sec. 3) This bill requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of one Congressional Gold Medal to Katherine Johnson, in recog... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-08 Became Public Law No: 116-68. (TXT \| PDF)
US	HB3195	Intro	Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act This bill makes funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) permanent. The President shall annually submit to Congress specified details regarding the allocation of funds to the LWCF.... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-08 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 222.
US	HB5015	Intro	Honest Campaigns Act of 2019 [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-08 To House Energy And Commerce Committee
US	HB5004	Intro	Schedules That Work Act [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-08 To House Education and Labor Committee
US	HB5016	Intro	Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2019-11-08 To House Energy And Commerce Committee