WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Don S. Beyer, D-Va., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7821) to "automatically extend and adjust enhanced unemployment assistance for the duration of the COVID-19 emergency and economic crisis." The bill was introduced on July 29 and has 35 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., Scott Peters, D-Calif., Denny Heck, D-Wash., Jennifer Wexton, D-Va., Alcee L. Hastings, D-Fla., Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., Darren Soto, D-Fla.  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Matthew Cartwright, D-Pa., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7827) to "authorize funding for certain offices and programs of the Department of Energy." The bill was introduced on July 29 and has 47 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Debra Haaland, D-N.M., Donald A. McEachin, R-Va., Don S. Beyer, D-Va., Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., Alan Lowenthal, D-Calif., Gerald E. Connolly, D-Va., Mike Quigley, D-Ill., Debbie Dingell,   more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7799) to "designate a portion of U.S. Route 80 in Alabama as the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Highway." The bill was introduced on July 27 and has 55 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Terri A. Sewell, D-Ala., Robert B. Aderholt, R-Ala., Mo Brooks, R-Ala., Bradley Byrne, R-Ala., Gary J. Palmer, R-Ala., Martha Roby, R-Ala., Mike Rogers, R-Ala., Alan Lowenthal, D-Calif., Salud O. Carbajal, D-Calif., Andre Carson  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7800) to provide certainty for airport funding. The bill was introduced on July 27 and was co-sponsored by Reps. Don Young, R-Alaska, Albio Sires, D-N.J., Adrian Smith, R-Neb., and Henry C. Johnson, D-Ga. It was referred to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. For more information, Rep. Steve Cohen, 2104 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515; 202/225-3265; or in district office at  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Ill., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7830) to "provide protections to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries relating to extra payments due to the COVID-19 pandemic." The bill was introduced on July 29 and has 23 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. John B. Larson, D-Conn., Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., Don S. Beyer, D-Va., Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., Judy Chu, D-Calif., Dwight Evans, D-Pa., Jimmy Gomez, D-  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7866) to "direct the Secretary of Defense to award grants and carry out other activities to develop alternatives to aqueous film-forming foam." The bill was introduced on July 30 and was co-sponsored by Reps. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., Andrew Kim, D-N.J., Daniel Kildee, D-Mich., and Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa. It was referred to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. For more information, Rep. Madeleine  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Ore., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7867) to amend title 49, U.S. Code, "to provide for aviation system enhancements during public health emergencies." The bill was introduced on July 30 and has 20 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., Julia Brownley, D-Calif., Alan Lowenthal, D-Calif., Andre Carson, D-Ind., Jesus Garcia, D-Ill., Jared Huffman, D-Calif., Sharice Davids, D-Kan., Mark DeSaulnier, D-Calif., Colin Allred, D-Te  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7836) to "provide, manufacture, and distribute high quality face masks for every individual in the U.S. during the COVID-19 emergency using the Defense Production Act and other means." The bill was introduced on July 29 and has 31 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Lori Trahan, D-Mass., Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, Andre Carson, D-Ind., David N. Cicilline, D-R.I., Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y.,  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-N.H., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7878) to "bolster evaluation procedures in consideration of interstate natural gas pipelines in relation to National Scenic Trails." The bill was introduced on July 30 and was co-sponsored by Reps. Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., Tom Malinowski, D-N.J., Jamie Raskin, D-Md., James McGovern, D-Mass., and Raul Ruiz, D-Calif. It was referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee. For more information, Rep. Ann Kuster, 3  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-N.C., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7841) to "require the purchase by the Federal Government of certain medical supplies and protection equipment be from the U.S." The bill was introduced on July 29 and was co-sponsored by Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-N.J. It was jointly referred to the House Armed Services, Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, Veterans' Affairs, Education and Labor, Ways and Means and Natural Resources committees. For more   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-N.J., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7884) to "require the Internal Revenue Service to establish a procedure by which parents may immediately claim the recovery rebate amount for children born in 2020." The bill was introduced on July 30 and was co-sponsored by Reps. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., and David Schweikert, R-Ariz. It was referred to the House Ways and Means Committee. For more information, Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr.,  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., D-N.J., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7782) to amend the Communications Act of 1934 "to provide for mandatory cable carriage of low power televisions stations sharing facilities of certain full power commercial very high frequency (VHF) stations." The bill was introduced on July 24 and was co-sponsored by Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J. It was referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee. For more information, Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., 103 Ca  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7804) to "provide for grants to support the provision of child care by reopening and maintaining the operation of child care programs." The bill was introduced on July 27 and has 10 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Jim Hagedorn, R-Minn., Steve Stivers, R-Ohio, Jeff Van Drew, D-N.J., Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., Ann Wagner, R-Mo., Carol Miller, R-W.Va., David B. McKinley, R-W.Va., Josh Gotthe  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Bradley Schneider, D-Ill., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7850) to require a National Intelligence Estimate on Iranian proxy forces. The bill was introduced on July 29 and has nine co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., Stephanie N. Murphy, D-Fla., Susan W. Brooks, R-Ind., J. Luis Correa, D-Calif., Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., Thomas R. Suozzi, D-N.Y., Ted Yoho, R-Fla., and Francis Rooney, R-Fla. The legislation was jointly  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Va., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7887) to "reimburse school food authorities at the free rate for meals served during school year 2020-2021 under the school breakfast program and the school lunch program." The bill was introduced on July 30 and has 16 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Marcia L. Fudge, D-Ohio, Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., James McGovern, D-Mass., Nydia M. Velazquez, D-N.Y., Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, Susan A. Davi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7892) to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act "to extend the duration of presumptive eligibility periods under the Medicaid program to allow presumptively eligible individuals to have more time to file applications for enrollment under State plans under such program." The bill was introduced on July 30 and was co-sponsored by Reps. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Miss., and Raul M. Grijalva, D-Ariz. It was re  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., has introduced legislation (S. 4338) to "direct the Secretary of Agriculture to temporarily suspend increased line speeds at meat and poultry establishments." The bill was introduced on July 28 and has six co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Kamala D. Harris, D-Calif. The legislation was referred to the Senate A  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Md., has introduced legislation (S. 4382) to "direct the Joint Committee on the Library to replace the bust of Roger Brooke Taney in the Old Supreme Court Chamber of the Capitol with a bust of Thurgood Marshall to be obtained by the Joint Committee on the Library and to remove certain statues from areas of the Capitol which are accessible to the public, to remove all statues of individuals who voluntarily served the Confederate States of America from  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., has introduced legislation (S. 4369) to "protect clean air and public health by expanding fenceline and ambient air monitoring and access to air quality information for communities affected by air pollution; to require immediate toxic air monitoring at the fenceline of facilities with pollution linked to local health threats; to ensure the Environmental Protection Agency promulgates rules that require fenceline air monitoring in communities wi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., has introduced legislation (S. 4388) to address mental health issues for youth, particularly youth of color. The bill was introduced on July 30 and has 11 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., Michael Bennet, D-Colo., Tina Smith, D-Minn., Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Thomas R. Carper, D-Del., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., an  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., has introduced legislation (S. 4374) to "establish a Government-wide initiative to promote diversity and inclusion in the Federal workforce." The bill was introduced on July 30 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. It was referred to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. For more information, Sen. Robert Menendez, 528 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510; 20  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, has introduced legislation (S. 4392) to provide security assistance and strategic support to Ukraine. The bill was introduced on July 30 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. It was referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. For more information, Sen. James Risch, 483 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 2051  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., has introduced legislation (S. 4328) to "require the Comptroller General of the U.S. to conduct a study and report on data quality, sharing, transparency, access, and analysis." The bill was introduced on July 27 and has 30 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., Robert Casey Jr., D-Pa., Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., Robert Menendez, D-N.J., Patrick J. Le  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., has introduced legislation (S. 4385) to "prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or practices in connection with the public health emergency resulting from COVID-19." The bill was introduced on July 30 and has seven co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Robert Casey Jr., D-Pa., Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Robert Menendez, D-N.J. The legislation was refer  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 4339) to "provide, manufacture, and distribute high quality face masks for every individual in the U.S. during the COVID-19 emergency using the Defense Production Act and other means." The bill was introduced on July 28 and has 14 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Michael Bennet, D-Colo., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Cory Booker, D-N.J., Kirsten Gillibrand, D-  more