WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. David N. Cicilline, D-R.I., has introduced legislation (H.R. 5) to "prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation." The bill was introduced on March 13 and has 239 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., Angie Craig, D-Minn., Sharice Davids, D-Kan., Katie Hill, D-Calif., Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., Chris Pappas, D-N.H., Mark Pocan, D-Wis., Mark Takano, D-Calif., Alma S. Adams, D-N.C., Pete Aguilar, D-  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, D-Va., has introduced legislation (H.R. 1762) to provide high-skilled visas for nationals of the Republic of Korea. The bill was introduced on March 14 and has 22 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., Ami Bera, D-Calif., Don S. Beyer, D-Va., Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Ga., Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., Matthew Cartwright, D-Pa., Ed Case, D-Hawaii, Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., Derek Kilmer, D-  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., has introduced legislation (H.R. 1688) to "help provide relief to State education budgets during a recovering economy, to help fulfill the Federal mandate to provide higher educational opportunities for Native American Indians." The bill was introduced on March 12 and has 12 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Scott R. Tipton, R-Colo., Carolyn B. Maloney, D-N.Y., Gwen Moore, D-Wis., Don Young, R-Alaska, Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz., Jason Crow  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y., has introduced legislation (H.R. 1730) to amend the Public Health Service Act "to require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide for cost sharing for oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the cost sharing provided for anticancer medications administered by a health care provider." The bill was introduced on March 13 and has 17 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky.,  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Ben Lujan, D-N.M., has introduced legislation (H.R. 1694) to "protect the voting rights of Native American and Alaska Native voters." The bill was introduced on March 12 and has 75 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Debra Haaland, D-N.M., Sharice Davids, D-Kan., Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., Betty McCollum, D-Minn., Tom Cole, R-Okla., James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., Tom O'Halleran, D-Ariz., Jared Huffman, D-Calif., Gwen Moore, D-Wis., Norma Torres, D  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., has introduced legislation (H.R. 1767) to "increase the number of States that may conduct Medicaid demonstration programs to improve access to community mental health services." The bill was introduced on March 14 and has 34 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., Andre Carson, D-Ind., Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., Tom Cole, R-Okla., Rodney Davis, R-Ill., Peter A. DeFazi  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., R-Wis., has introduced legislation (H.R. 1799) to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 "to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act." The bill was introduced on March 14 and has 14 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Will Hurd, R-Texas, Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., Jan Schakowsky, D  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, has introduced legislation (H.R. 1805) to "require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of the establishment of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier." The bill was introduced on March 14 and has 17 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., Austin Scott, R-Ga., Michael R. Turner, R-Ohio, Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., Pete King,  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Thomas R. Carper, D-Del., has introduced legislation (S. 747) to reauthorize the diesel emissions reduction program. The bill was introduced on March 12 and has nine co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. James M. Inhofe, R-Okla., John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, Cory Booker, D-N.J., Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. The legislation was referred to t  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, has introduced legislation (S. 817) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove silencers from the definition of firearms. The bill was introduced on March 14 and has 12 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Bill Cassidy, R-La., James Risch, R-Idaho, John Boozman, R-Ark., Mike Rounds, R-S.D., Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Ind., Deb Fischer, R-Neb., Jerry Moran, R-Kan., Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, Joni Ernst  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, has introduced legislation (S. 807) to "require recipients of Federal funds to disclose information relating to programs, projects, or activities carried out using the Federal funds." The bill was introduced on March 14 and was co-sponsored by Sens. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Rand Paul, R-Ky. It was referred to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. For more information, Sen. Joni Ernst, 111 Russell Senate Office Buil  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., has introduced legislation (S. 743) to "award a Congressional Gold Medal to the soldiers of the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), commonly known as Merrill's Marauders, in recognition of their bravery and outstanding service in the jungles of Burma during World War II." The bill was introduced on March 12 and has 21 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., John Boozman, R-Ark., Christopher Coo  more