WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Del. Eleanor Holmes-Norton, D-D.C. has introduced the Washington, D.C. Admission Act (H.R. 51) to "provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union." The bill was introduced on Jan. 3 and has 155 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Brad Sherman, D-Calif., Jared Huffman, D-Calif., Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., Gerald E. Connolly, D-Va., Cedric L. Richmond, D-La., Jackie Speier, D-Calif., Ro Khanna, D-Calif., Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, Deb  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Don S. Beyer, D-Va., has introduced the Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act (H.R. 67) to "provide for the compensation of Federal employees and other government employees furloughed during a Government shutdown." The bill was introduced on Jan. 3 and has 60 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Robert J. Wittman, R-Va., Jennifer Wexton, D-Va., Gerald E. Connolly, D-Va., Donald A. McEachin, R-Va., Anna G. Eshoo, D-Calif., Mark Pocan, D-Wis., Jan Schakowsky,  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- Rep. Anthony G. Brown, D-Md., has introduced legislation (H.R. 717) to amend title 18, U.S. Code, "to prohibit a Federal firearms licensee from selling or delivering certain semiautomatic centerfire rifles to a person under 21 years of age, with exceptions for active duty military personnel and full-time law enforcement officers." The bill was introduced on Jan. 23 and has 55 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Alma S. Adams, D-N.C., Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., Brend  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Rep. Matthew Cartwright, D-Pa., has introduced legislation (H.R. 762) to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act "to provide for the dissemination of information regarding available Federal programs relating to energy efficiency projects for schools." The bill was introduced on Jan. 24 and has 11 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Mike Quigley, D-Ill., Gerald E. Connolly, D-Va., Alan Lowenthal, D-Calif., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, Peter W  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., has introduced the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 141) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions. The bill was introduced on Jan. 3 and has 19 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. David N. Cicilline, D-R.I., Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., Daniel Lipinski, D-Ill., Mike Bost, R-Ill., Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., Anna G. Eshoo, D-Calif., David E. Price, D-N.C., Thomas Massie,  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 --Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., has introduced legislation (H.R. 724) to revise section 48 of title 18, U.S. Code. The bill was introduced on Jan. 23 and has 146 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps.Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., Nanette D. Barragan, D-Calif., Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., Julia Brownley, D-Calif., Don S. Beyer, D-Va., Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, Matthew Cartwright, D-Pa., William Clay Jr., D-Mo., Gerald  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, has introduced the Honoring Our World War II Merchant Mariners Act (H.R. 154) to amend title 38, U.S. Code, "to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the United States merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) during World War II." The bill was introduced on Jan. 3 and has 10 co-sponsors  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- Rep. Alcee L. Hastings, D-Fla., has introduced legislation (H.R. 727) to end the use of corporal punishment in schools. The bill was introduced on Jan. 23 and was co-sponsored by Reps. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., Mark DeSaulnier, D-Calif., Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, and Del. Eleanor Holmes-Norton, D-D.C. It was referred to the House Education and Labor committees. For more information, Rep. Alcee L. Hastings, 2353 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC 20515;  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., has introduced legislation (H.R. 729) to amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 "to authorize grants to Indian Tribes to further achievement of Tribal coastal zone objectives." The bill was introduced on Jan. 23 and has 12 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Don Young, R-Alaska, Raul M. Grijalva, D-Ariz., Tom Cole, R-Okla., Denny Heck, D-Wash., Paul Cook, R-Calif., Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., Chellie Pingree, D-Mai  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., has introduced the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act (H.R. 197) to "ensure independent investigations and judicial review of the removal of a special counsel." The bill was introduced on Jan. 3 and has 119 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., Jackie Speier, D-Calif., Brenda Lawrence, D-Mich., Maxine Waters, D-Calif., Ami Bera, D-Calif., Adam Smith, D-Wash., Adriano Espaillat, D-  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., has introduced the National Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Control and Accountability Act (H.R. 220) to "provide for a national strategy to address and overcome Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases." The bill was introduced on Jan. 3 and has seven co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Collin C. Peterson, D-Minn., Bill Posey, R-Fla., Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., Albio Sires, D-N.J., Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, and Vicky Har  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez, D-N.Y., has introduced legislation (H.R. 230) to cancel the registration of all uses of the pesticide chlorpyrifos. The bill was introduced on Jan. 3 and has 41 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Raul M. Grijalva, D-Ariz., David N. Cicilline, D-R.I., Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., Jerry McNerney, D-Calif., Peter A. DeFazio, D-Ore., Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif., Mike Quigley, D-Ill., Barb  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., has introduced legislation (S. 221) to amend title 38, U.S. Code, "to require the Under Secretary of Health to report major adverse personnel actions involving certain health care employees to the National Practitioner Data Bank and to applicable State licensing boards." The bill was introduced on Jan. 24 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Jerry Moran, R-Kan., Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, and Bill Cassidy, R-La. It was referred t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., has introduced legislation (S. 204) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 "to waive certain penalties for affected Federal employees receiving a distribution from the Thrift Savings Plan during a lapse in appropriations." The bill was introduced on Jan. 24 and has 30 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Patty Murray, D-Wash., Doug Jones, D-Ala., Michael Bennet, D-Colo., Catherine Cortez Masto, D-N  more