WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Justin A. Amash, I-Mich. has introduced legislation (H.R. 7085) to amend the Revised Statutes "to remove the defense of qualified immunity in the case of any action under section 1979." The bill was introduced on June 4 and has 17 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Diana DeGette, D-Colo., Jesus Garcia, D-Ill., Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., James McGovern, D-Mass., Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.,  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Kevin P. Brady, R-Texas, has introduced legislation (H.R. 7066) to "provide relief to workers impacted by COVID-19 and support for re-opening businesses." The bill was introduced on June 1 and has 10 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., A. Drew Ferguson, R-Ga., David Schweikert, R-Ariz., Darin LaHood, R-Ill., Jason Smith, R-Mo., Tom Rice, R-S.C., Harold Rogers, R-Ky., Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, Jodey C. Arrington, R-Texas, and Tom Reed, R-N.Y. The  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7068) to "expand vote by mail and early voting, and to improve the safety, accessibility, and efficiency of in-person voting during elections for Federal office." The bill was introduced on June 1 and has 68 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Marcia L. Fudge, D-Ohio, Alma S. Adams, D-N.C., Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., Karen Bass, D-Calif., Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., Anthony G. Brown, D-Md.,   more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Joe Cunningham, D-S.C., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7092) to amend title 54, U.S. Code, "to establish, fund, and provide for the use of amounts in a National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service, and the Bureau of Indian Education, and to provide permanent, dedicated funding for the Land and Water   more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Anna G. Eshoo, D-Calif., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7070) to "observe the lives lost in the U.S. due to the COVID-19 pandemic." The bill was introduced on June 1 and has 16 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., Carolyn B. Maloney, D-N.Y., Donna Shalala, D-Fla., Jennifer Wexton, D-Va., Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., Max Rose, D-N.Y., Andy Levin, D-Mich., Angie Craig, D-Minn., Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, Ro Khanna, D-Calif., Darren Soto, D-Fla  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Jesus Garcia, D-Ill., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7074) to "establish an Office of Equitable Transit-Oriented Development and Mobility to carry out an equitable transit-oriented development and mobility grant program." The bill was introduced on June 1 and has seven co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., Darren Soto, D-Fla., Andre Carson, D-Ind., Bennie G. Thompson, D-Miss., and Alexan  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, has introduced legislation (H.R. 7100) to encourage greater community accountability of law enforcement agencies. The bill was introduced on June 4 and has 86 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Jason Crow, D-Colo., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., Karen Bass, D-Calif., Bennie G. Thompson, D-Miss., Carolyn B. Maloney, D-N.Y., Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Donald M. Payne Jr., D-N.J., Gwen Moore, D-Wis., Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Steve  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7076) to "ensure ethical and accountable use of COVID-19 relief funds, to prevent corruption and bias in the disbursement and supervision of those funds." The bill was introduced on June 1 and has nine co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. John Sarbanes, D-Md., Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., Eleanor Holmes-Norton, D-D.C., Raul M. Grijalva, D-Ariz., Max Rose, D-N.Y., Mark DeSaulnier, D-Calif., David N. Cicilline, D-R.  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-N.H., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7104) to "direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements to expand and enhance manufacturing capacity of vaccines and vaccine candidates to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19." The bill was introduced on June 4 and was co-sponsored by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. It was referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee. For more information, Rep  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, D-N.Y., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7107) to amend title 5, U.S. Code, "to require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to establish and maintain a public directory of the individuals occupying Government policy and supporting positions." The bill was introduced on June 4 and was co-sponsored by Reps. Gerald E. Connolly, D-Va., and John Sarbanes, D-Md. It was jointly referred to the House Oversight and Reform and Administration c  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7109) to "rescind certain amounts appropriated to the Department of Justice for fiscal year 2020." The bill was introduced on June 4. It was referred to the House Appropriations Committee. For more information, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, 2132 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515; 202/225-5635; or in district offices at 201 Varick St., Ste. 669, New York, NY 10014; 212/367-735083; 6605 Fort Hamilton Par  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7080) to "direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States, political subdivisions of States, Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, community-based entities, and primary care and behavioral health organizations to address behavioral health needs caused by the public health emergency declared with respect to COVID-19." The bill was introduced on June 1 and has 21 co-sponsors. Co-spons  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calif., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7083) to "impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons involved in the erosion of certain obligations of China with respect to Hong Kong." The bill was introduced on June 1 and has eight co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., Carolyn B. Maloney, D-N.Y., John R. Curtis, R-Utah, Gerald E. Connolly, D-Va., Andy Barr, R-Ky., Thomas R. Suozzi, D-N.Y., Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pa., and Abigail Spanbe  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7117) to "require employers to pay essential pay to health care employees during public health emergencies, and to provide a tax credit for the cost of such pay." The bill was introduced on June 4 and has 12 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Andre Carson, D-Ind., Eliot L. Engel, D-N.Y., Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., Nanette D. Barragan, D-Calif., Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Al Green, D-Texa  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., has introduced legislation (S. 3895) to amend section 242 of title 18, U.S. Code, "to include the use of chokeholds and carotid holds as a deprivation of rights and as a punishment, pain, or penalty." The bill was introduced on June 4 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Tina Smith, D-Minn., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. It was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. For more information, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, 478 R  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., has introduced legislation (S. 3883) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 "to make the earned income tax credit available to residents of possessions of the U.S." The bill was introduced on June 3 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. It was referred to the Senate Finance Committee. For more information, Sen.  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., has introduced legislation (S. 3886) to "prohibit the use of funds for an explosive nuclear weapons test." The bill was introduced on June 3 and has 15 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Benja  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., has introduced legislation (S. 3874) "making additional supplemental appropriations for disaster relief requirements for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020." The bill was introduced on June 3 and has 18 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Tina Smith, D-Minn., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Robert Casey Jr., D-Pa., Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Margaret Wood Hassan, D-N.H., Tim Kaine, D-Va., Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Tammy B  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., has introduced the Pandemic Moment of Silence Act (S. 3846) to "observe the lives lost in the U.S. due to the COVID-19 pandemic." The bill was introduced on June 1 and has 19 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., Christopher Coons, D-Del., Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Michael Bennet, D-Colo., Tina Smith, D-Minn., Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill.,   more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, has introduced legislation (S. 3898) to "provide flexibility for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in caring for homeless veterans during a covered public health emergency." The bill was introduced on June 4 and has 21 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., Jerry Moran, R-Kan., Jon Tester, D-Mont., Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Thom Tillis, R-N.C., M  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 3856) to "authorize emergency homeless assistance grants under the Emergency Solutions Grants program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development for response to the public health emergency relating to COVID-19." The bill was introduced on June 1 and has 15 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Chris Van Hol  more