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. 24 -- Del. Gregorio Sablan, D-M.P., has introduced legislation (H.R. 737) to prohibit the sale of shark fins. The bill was introduced on Jan. 23 and has 50 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Ga., Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., Ken Calvert, R-Calif., Matthew Cartwright, D-Pa., Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, Charlie Crist, D-Fla., Diana DeGette, D-Colo., Brian Fitzpatr  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. 21 -- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., has introduced the Vote By Mail Act (H.R. 92) to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 "to allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections, to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to provide for automatic voter registration." The bill was introduced on Jan. 3 and has 15 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. David N. Cicilline, D-R.I., Peter A. DeFazio, D-Ore., Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., Jan  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., has introduced the All-American Flag Act (H.R. 113) to "require the purchase of domestically made flags of the United States of America for use by the Federal Government." The bill was introduced on Jan. 3 and has 18 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., Joe Courtney, D-Conn., Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., Scott Peters, D-Calif., Grace Meng, D-N.Y., Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., Lois Frankel, D-Fla., Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, Sanford D.   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., has introduced the National Statistics on Deadly Force Transparency Act (H.R. 119) to "require the Attorney General to issue rules pertaining to the collection and compilation of data on the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers." The bill was introduced on Jan. 3 and has 17 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Gerald E. Connolly, D-Va., Elijah E. Cummings, D-Md., Raul M. Grijalva, D-Ariz., Alcee L. Hastings, D-Fla., Sheila Jackson L  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., has introduced legislation (H.R. 117) to "authorize funding for the creation and implementation of infant mortality pilot programs in standard metropolitan statistical areas with high rates of infant mortality." The bill was introduced on Jan. 3 and has 20 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., Tony Cardenas, D-Calif., Andre Carson, D-Ind., Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., Raul M. Grijalva, D-Ariz  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., has introduced the Police Creating Accountability by Making Effective Recording Available (CAMERA) Act ((H.R. 120) to "to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize a grant program to assist State and local law enforcement agencies in purchasing body-worn cameras and securely storing and maintaining recorded data for law enforcement officers." The bill was introduced on Jan. 3 and has 10 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors in  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., has introduced legislation (H.R. 748) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage. The bill was introduced on Jan. 24 and has seven co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., Donald W. Norcross, D-N.J., Chris Smith, R-N.J., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Dina Titus, D-Nev. The legislation was referred to the Hou  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. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., has introduced the Hearing Protection Act (H.R. 155) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove silencers from the definition of firearms. The bill was introduced on Jan. 3 and has 23 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., Don Young, R-Alaska, Ralph Abraham, R-La., Phil Roe, R-Tenn., Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, Jack Bergman, R-Mich., Mark Walker, R-N.C., Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., Tom Graves, R-Ga., Paul Gosar, R-A  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., has introduced the Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency (GREAT) Act (H.R. 150) to modernize Federal grant reporting. The bill was introduced on Jan. 3 and has seven co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., Mark Walker, R-N.C., Mike Quigley, D-Ill., Scott Desjarlais, R-Tenn., Robin Kelly, D-Ill., Gary J. Palmer, R-Ala., and Derek Kilmer, D-Wash. The legislation was referred to the House Oversight and Refor  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. 20 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., has introduced the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (H.R. 38) to amend title 18, U.S. Code, "to provide a means by which nonresidents of a State whose residents may carry concealed firearms may also do so in the State." The bill was introduced on Jan. 3 and has 90 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Scott R. Tipton, R-Colo., Clay Higgins, R-La., Jodey C. Arrington, R-Texas, Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, Duncan Hunter, R-Ca  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, has introduced the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act (H.R. 40) to "address the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a commission to study and consider a national apology and proposal for reparations for the institution of slavery, its subsequent de jure and de facto racial and  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. 24 -- Rep. Pete King, R-N.Y., has introduced legislation (H.R. 730) to amend title 38, U.S. Code, "to include the cost of applying to an institution of higher learning as part of the benefits provided under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program." The bill was introduced on Jan. 23 and has 26 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., Ted Deutch, D-Fla., Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., Walter Jones, R-N.C., Austin Scott, R-Ga., David N. Cicil  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, D-N.Y., has introduced legislation (H.R. 707) to "require the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce to provide estimates relating to the distribution of aggregate economic growth across specific percentile groups of income." The bill was introduced on Jan. 22 and has 18 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Don S. Beyer, D-Va., Alma S. Adams, D-N.C., Mark Takano, D-Calif., Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., Bill  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., has introduced the Democracy Restoration Act (H.R. 196) to "secure the Federal voting rights of persons when released from incarceration." The bill was introduced on Jan. 3 and has 33 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., Henry C. Johnson, D-Ga., Jamie Raskin, D-Md., David N. Cicilline, D-R.I., Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., John Lewis, D-Ga., Judy Chu, D-Calif., Adriano Esp  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. 25 -- Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has introduced legislation (H.R. 780) to "provide reimbursement to certain Federal employees for childcare expenses during the lapse in appropriations beginning on or about December 22, 2018." The bill was introduced on Jan. 24 and has 30 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Gwen Moore, D-Wis., Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Alcee L. Hastings, D-Fla., Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., Earl Blumenauer, D  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., has introduced the Hold Congress Accountable Act (H.R. 211) to "reduce the annual rate of pay of Members of Congress if a Government shutdown occurs during a year." The bill was introduced on Jan. 3 and has 12 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., Jackie Speier, D-Calif., Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., Seth Moulton, D-Mass., David Loebsack, D-Iowa, J. Luis Correa, D-Calif., Tom O'Halleran, D-Ariz., Peter Welch, D-Vt., Bradley Sch  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., has introduced legislation (H.R. 784) to amend title 18, U.S. Code, to protect pain-capable unborn children. The bill was introduced on Jan. 24 and has 106 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Daniel Lipinski, D-Ill., Andy Harris, R-Md., Vicky Hartzler, R-Mo., Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., Robert Latta, R-Ohio, Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Mo., Kenny Marchant, R-Texas, Thomas Massie, R-Ky., David B. McKinley, R-W.Va., Mark Meadows, R-N.C., Pete Olson, R-Texa  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., has introduced the Death Tax Repeal Act (H.R. 218) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes. The bill was introduced on Jan. 3 and has 37 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Ga., Steve King, R-Iowa, Andy Barr, R-Ky., Ron Estes, R-Kan., Phil Roe, R-Tenn., Scott Desjarlais, R-Tenn., Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio, Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., Ralph Abraham,  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, has introduced the Death Tax Repeal Act (H.R. 222) to repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes. The bill was introduced on Jan. 3 and was co-sponsored by Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash. It was referred to the House Ways and Means Committee. The full text of the bill is available from https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/222/text. For more information, Rep. Mac Thornberry, 2208 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 2051  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., has introduced legislation (H.R. 789) to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act "to prohibit prescription drug plan sponsors and MA-PD organizations under the Medicare program from retroactively reducing payment on clean claims submitted by pharmacies." The bill was introduced on Jan. 24 and was co-sponsored by Reps. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., Doug Collins, R-Ga., and Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash. It was jointly referred to the House Energy and   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., has introduced legislation (S. 216) to "provide for equitable compensation to the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation for the use of tribal land for the production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam." The bill was introduced on Jan. 24 and was co-sponsored by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. It was referred to the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. For more information, Sen. Maria Cantwell, 511 Hart Senate Office Building, Washing  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

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., has introduced legislation (S. 201) to amend title 13, U.S. Code, "to make clear that each decennial census, as required for the apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several States, shall tabulate the total number of persons in each State, and to provide that no information regarding United States citizenship or immigration status may be elicited in any such census." The bill was introduced on Jan. 24 and has 14 co-sponsors.  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., has introduced legislation (S. 208) to amend title 10, U.S. Code, "to permit certain retired members of the uniformed services who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation." The bill was introduced on Jan. 24 and has 15 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors in  more