WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Del. Stacey Plaskett, D-V.I., has introduced legislation (H.R. 5756) to amend the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 "to extend the provision of assistance for critical services with respect to certain disasters." The bill was introduced on Feb. 5 and has nine co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Salud O. Carbajal, D-Calif., Andre Carson, D-Ind., Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., Eleanor Holmes-Norton, D-D.C., Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif., Albio Sires, D-N.J., Dina Titus, D-Nev.,  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Henry C. Johnson, D-Ga., has introduced legislation (***) to amend title 18, U.S. Code, "to provide a penalty for assault or homicide committed by certain State or local law enforcement officers." The bill was introduced on Feb. 6 and has 16 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. William Clay Jr., D-Mo., Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., Alcee L. Hastings, D-Fla., Bennie G. Thompson, D-Miss., Frederica S. Wilson, D-Fla., G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., James E. Clyburn, D-S.C.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Henry C. Johnson, D-Ga., has introduced legislation (H.R. 5801) to amend title 28, U.S. Code, "to establish a procedure for remand of a civil action that has been removed before service on a forum defendant." The bill was introduced on Feb. 7 and has 12 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, Matthew Cartwright, D-Pa., Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., Jan Schakowsk  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Alan Lowenthal, D-Calif., has introduced legislation (H.R. 5775) to "designate as wilderness certain Federal portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in the State of Utah for the benefit of present and future generations of people in the U.S." The bill was introduced on Feb. 6 and has 58 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Nanette D. Barragan, D-Calif., Don S. Beyer, D-Va., Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., J  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., has introduced legislation (H.R. 5817) to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 "to require health plans to provide to participants, beneficiaries, and enrollees an advanced explanation of benefits with respect to items and services scheduled to be received from providers and facilities and to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to requi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has introduced legislation (H.R. 5767) to "defer the removal of certain Eritrean nationals for a 24-month period." The bill was introduced on Feb. 5 and has 30 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Karen Bass, D-Calif., Joe Neguse, D-Colo., Donald M. Payne Jr., D-N.J., James McGovern, D-Mass., Andre Carson, D-Ind., Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., Henry C. Johnson, D-Ga., Betty McCollum, D-Minn., Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, Raul   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. David Scott, D-Ga., has introduced legislation (H.R. 5794) to amend the Public Health Service Act "to expand research and education with respect to endometrial cancer." The bill was introduced on Feb. 6 and has 30 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, Robin Kelly, D-Ill., Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Ga., G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., Andre Carson, D-Ind., Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., Bennie G. Thompson, D-Miss., Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 3254) to "end the epidemic of gun violence and build safer communities by strengthening Federal firearms laws and supporting gun violence research, intervention, and prevention initiatives." The bill was introduced on Feb. 5 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., Robert Menendez, D-N.J., and Cory Booker, D-N.J. It was referred to the Senate Finance Committee. For more information, Sen. Elizab  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 3256) to "permit employees to require 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 Feb. 5 and has 23 co-spo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 3255) to "repeal the authority under the National Labor Relations Act for States to enact laws prohibiting agreements requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment." The bill was introduced on Feb. 5 and has 16 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., Margaret Wood  more