WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., has introduced legislation (H.R. 4982) to amend the Public Health Service Act "to provide for treatment of certain respiratory protective devices as covered countermeasures for purposes of targeted liability protections for pandemic and epidemic products and security countermeasures." The bill was introduced on Nov. 5 and was co-sponsored by Reps. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., and Paul Tonko, D-N.Y. It was referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., has introduced legislation (H.R. 4984) to "increase the supply of, and lower rents for, affordable housing and to adjust calculations of area median income for purposes of Federal low-income housing assistance." The bill was introduced on Nov. 5 and has six co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., Danny K. Davis, D-Ill., Jose E. Serrano, D-N.Y., Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., and Del. Eleanor Holmes-Norton,   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Ill., has introduced legislation (H.R. 4980) to "assist States, tribes, territories, counties, and cities in implementing the Family First Prevention Services Act." The bill was introduced on Nov. 5 and has 12 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., Karen Bass, D-Calif., Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, Judy Chu, D-Calif., Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., Ron Estes, R-Kan., Stephanie N. Murphy, D-Fla., Don Bacon, R-Neb., Li  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Conn., has introduced legislation (H.R. 5004) to "permit employees to request changes to their work schedules without fear of retaliation and to ensure that employers consider these requests, and to require employers to provide more predictable and stable schedules for employees in certain occupations with evidence of unpredictable and unstable scheduling practices that negatively affect employees." The bill was introduced on Nov. 8 and has 40 co-sp  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Rep. Eliot L. Engel, D-N.Y., has introduced legislation (H.R. 4995) to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve obstetric care and maternal health outcomes. The bill was introduced on Nov. 8 and was co-sponsored by Reps. Larry Bucshon, R-Ind., Xochitl Torres Small, D-N.M., Robert Latta, R-Ohio, Alma S. Adams, D-N.C., and Steve Stivers, R-Ohio. It was referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee. For more information, Rep. Eliot L. Engel, 2426 Rayburn House Of  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., has introduced legislation (H.R. 4986) to authorize appropriations for climate financing. The bill was introduced on Nov. 5 and was co-sponsored by Reps. Debra Haaland, D-N.M., Grace F. Napolitano, D-Calif., Jared Huffman, D-Calif., Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., and Jesus Garcia, D-Ill. It was referred to the House Foreign Affairs Committee. For more information, Rep. Adriano Espaillat, 1630 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515;   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., has introduced legislation (H.R. 4987) to "provide first responders with planning, training, and equipment capabilities for crude oil- by-rail and ethanol-by-rail derailment and incident response." The bill was introduced on Nov. 5 and was co-sponsored by Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y. It was referred to the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee. For more information, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, 2352 Rayburn House Office Building,  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., has introduced legislation (H.R. 5010) to amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to "authorize the establishment of, and provide support for, State-based universal health care systems that provide comprehensive health benefits to State residents." The bill was introduced on Nov. 8 and has 15 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., Peter A. DeFazio,  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Rep. Ben Lujan, D-N.M., has introduced legislation (H.R. 5016) to "direct the Federal Communications Commission to promulgate regulations requiring material in the online public inspection file of a covered entity to be made available in a format that is machine-readable." The bill was introduced on Nov. 8 and has 29 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. John A. Yarmuth, D-Ky., Peter Welch, D-Vt., John Sarbanes, D-Md., Anna G. Eshoo, D-Calif., Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., Jerr  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Rep. Ben Lujan, D-N.M., has introduced legislation (H.R. 5015) to "direct the Federal Communications Commission to revise its sponsorship identification rules so as to require the disclosure of the names of significant donors to persons paying for or furnishing broadcast matter or origination cablecasting matter that is political matter or matter involving the discussion of a controversial issue of public importance." The bill was introduced on Nov. 8 and has 39 co-sponsor  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., has introduced legislation (H.R. 5017) to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act "to treat as misbranded cosmetics with packaging or labeling using the term natural unless the product meets certain standards." The bill was introduced on Nov. 8 and was co-sponsored by Reps. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., and Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill. It was referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee. For more information, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, 233  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Rep. Martha Roby, R-Ala., has introduced legislation (H.R. 4997) to amend section 708 of title 17, U.S. Code, "to permit the Register of Copyrights to waive fees for filing an application for registration of a copyright claim in certain circumstances." The bill was introduced on Nov. 8 and was co-sponsored by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. It was referred to the House Judiciary Committee. For more information, Rep. Martha Roby, 504 Cannon House Office Building, Washington,   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Rep. Thomas R. Suozzi, D-N.Y., has introduced legislation (H.R. 5027) to amend title 38, U.S. Code, "to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish free and comprehensive mental health care to former members of the Armed Services." The bill was introduced on Nov. 8. It was referred to the House Veterans' Affairs Committee. For more information, Rep. Thomas R. Suozzi, 214 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515; 202/225-3335; or in the district offices a  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, has introduced legislation (S. 2772) to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act "to provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services under the Medicare program." The bill was introduced on Nov. 5 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. It was referred to the Senate Finance Committee. For more information, Sen. Sherrod Brow  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Md., has introduced legislation (S. 2773) to "require non-Federal prison, correctional, and detention facilities holding Federal prisoners or detainees under a contract with the Federal Government to make the same information available to the public that Federal prisons and correctional facilities are required to make available." The bill was introduced on Nov. 5 and has 13 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., Ron Wyden,   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Kamala D. Harris, D-Calif., has introduced legislation (S. 2784) to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 "to provide grants to local educational agencies to establish Family Friendly School policies at 500 elementary schools that align the school day with the work day to better support working families and to disseminate the learnings from these model schools so that other local educational agency's may adopt these practices, and to establish a supp  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has introduced legislation (S. 2791) to amend title 5, U.S. Code, "to provide that sums in the Thrift Savings Fund may not be invested in securities that are listed on certain foreign exchanges." The bill was introduced on Nov. 6 and has six co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Mitt Romney, R-Utah, Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Rick Scott, R-Fla., Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Mike Braun, R-Ind. The legislation was referred to t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., has introduced legislation (S. 2828) to "require the Secretary of the Interior to prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement allowing for adaptive management of certain Federal land in Malheur County, Oregon." The bill was introduced on Nov. 7 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. It was referred to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. For more information, Sen. Charles E. Schume  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., has introduced legislation (S. 2815) to "require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the National Purple Heart Honor Mission." The bill was introduced on Nov. 7 and has seven co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., James M. Inhofe, R-Okla., Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., Steve Daines, R-Mont., Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill. The legislation was referre  more