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Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to protect House employees from employment discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity.

Bill: 114-hres-428
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2015-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Employment discrimination and employee rights
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: 
Amends Rule XXIII (Code of Official Conduct) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House from discharging and refusing to hire an individual or otherwise discriminate against them with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of their actual or perceived:
 
 
race,
 
color,
 
religion,
 
sex (including marital or parental status),
 
disability,
 
age, or
 
national origin.
 
 
Adds an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity to this list.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ethics.
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Congratulating Captain Kristen Griest and First Lieutenant Shaye Haver on their graduation from Ranger School.

Bill: 114-hres-429
Sponsor: Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2015-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: 
Recognizes the patriotism and historic contributions to the United States by Captain Kristen Griest and First Lieutenant Shaye Haver.
 
 Commends their character, courage, and tenacity as the first women to earn the Ranger tab signifying graduation from Ranger School.
 
 Congratulates them for their inspiring and ground breaking accomplishments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Calling upon the President to declare a National Day of Prayer to end targeted violence against law enforcement officers and schedule appropriate public events in support of such a day.

Bill: 114-hres-430
Sponsor: Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2015-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Law enforcement officers
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: 
Calls upon the President to declare a National Day of Prayer to end targeted violence against law enforcement officers and schedule appropriate public events in support of such a day.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in disapproval of the Senate's modern filibuster rule.

Bill: 114-hres-431
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2015-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Legislative rules and procedure
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: 
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives on its firm disapproval of the Senate's modern filibuster rule.
 
Urges the Senate to abandon it and return to the historical filibuster rule that would end the process of anonymous holds.
 
Reaffirms the House commitment to work with the Senate to end gridlock and pass legislation through regular order, including resolving legislative differences via conference committee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Expressing support for designating February 2016 as "National Spine Ability Month".

Bill: 114-hres-432
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18]
Introduced: 2015-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
Disability and paralysis
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: 
Expresses support for the designation of National Spine Ability Month.
 
Commends organizations like the North American Spine Foundation for its Spine 10 x 25 Initiative to reduce spine-related disability by 10% by 2025.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Expressing support for designation of the week of September 21, 2015, as National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week.

Bill: 114-hres-433
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2015-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Commemorative events and holidays

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-22
text: 
Expresses support for the designation of National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 719, with an amendment.

Bill: 114-hres-434
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2015-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: 
Sets forth the rule for consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 719 (TSA Office of Inspection Accountability Act of 2015).

action_date: 2015-09-24
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Sets forth the rule for consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 719 (TSA Office of Inspection Accountability Act of 2015).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6195-6196)
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6195-6196)
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 434.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6195-6197)
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Mr. Katko moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing the persecution of religious and ethnic minorities, especially Christians and Yezidis, by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as Daesh, and calling for the immediate prioritization of accepting refugees from such communities.

Bill: 114-hres-435
Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2015-09-24 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Iraq
Middle East
Racial and ethnic relations
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Religion
Terrorism
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: 
Declares that the crimes being committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as Daesh, and other related groups constitute a genocide against the religious and ethnic minorities in the Middle East.
 
 Urges the United States to: (1) increase the amount of refugees being resettled to meet the demands of these persecuted communities, and (2) prioritize the applications of families and individuals from the communities facing genocide and offer them refuge.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Honoring the victims of the Cambodian genocide that took place from April 1975 to January 1979.

Bill: 114-hres-436
Sponsor: Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2015-09-24 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Cambodia
Congressional tributes
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: 
Honors the victims of the Cambodian genocide that took place beginning in April 1975 and ending in January 1979.
 
 Supports efforts to pursue justice for the victims of the Cambodian genocide.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Designating September 2015 as "Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month".

Bill: 114-hres-437
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2015-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
Health personnel
Medical research
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: 
Supports the designation of Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month. (Pulmonary fibrosis is scarring of the lungs that causes breathing problems.)
 
Expresses continued support for more robust and accelerated research to develop more effective treatments for pulmonary fibrosis and to ultimately find a cure for the disease.
 
Recognizes the courage and contributions of individuals with pulmonary fibrosis who participate in clinical trials.
 Commends the dedication of those working to improve the quality of life of individuals with pulmonary fibrosis and the families of those individuals.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Supporting the designation of a week as National Federal Nurse Recognition Week.

Bill: 114-hres-438
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2015-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
Health personnel
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: 
Expresses support for the designation of National Federal Nurse Recognition Week.
 Recognizes the dedication and vital role of federal nurses and the need to maintain an adequate number of well-trained federal nurses. Commends federal nurses as integral in supporting the government's mission to provide quality, accessible, and affordable health care.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Expressing support for designation of October 2, 2015, as "World MRSA Day".

Bill: 114-hres-439
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2015-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: 
Expresses support for the designation of World MRSA Day and International MRSA Testing Week. (MRSA is an acronym for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, which causes deadly infections in patients in health care facilities and within communities.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Calling for urgent international action on behalf of Iraqi and Syrian civilians facing a dire humanitarian crisis and severe persecution because of their faith or ethnicity in the Nineveh Plain region of Iraq and Khabor, Kobane, and Aleppo regions of Syria.

Bill: 114-hres-440
Sponsor: Rep. Trott, David A. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2015-09-24 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Conflicts and wars
Crimes against property
Economic development
Foreign aid and international relief
Historical and cultural resources
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Iraq
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Racial and ethnic relations
Reconstruction and stabilization
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Religion
Small business
Syria
Terrorism
United Nations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: 
Condemns the religious bigotry and attacks against innocent civilians, as well as the destruction of property and ancient sites, by armed extremists in Iraq and Syria. 
 
Calls on the relevant parties to protect all citizens in the region. 
 
Calls on the President, the Department of State, and the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations (U.N.) to provide humanitarian assistance, protect civilians, and help reestablish livelihoods for displaced and persecuted persons in their communities of origin. 
 
 Calls on the U.S. Permanent Representative to work with relevant U.N. agencies, including the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, to document human rights abuses against Iraqi and Syrian refugees and develop a plan to facilitate safe access to potable water, health care, fuel, electricity, and basic security. 
 
Calls on the relevant U.N. agencies to collaborate with international humanitarian organizations working in Iraq and Syria to develop: (1) an effective resettlement strategy for displaced and persecuted populations in beleaguered areas, including the ancestral villages in the Nineveh Plain, that facilitates a transition from emergency relief to longer-term economic development; and (2) mechanisms to ensure that assistance reaches vulnerable ethnic and religious minorities without being diverted. 
 
Calls on the Department of State and the Department of Defense to: (1) support the training and equipping of vetted local Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac Christians security forces in Iraq and Syria, and (2) work to ensure that minority communities in Iraq and Syria are integrated into future security forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require Members to post on their official public websites information on official travel taken by the Member for which reimbursement was provided by a private source.

Bill: 114-hres-441
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2015-09-25 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government information and archives
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: 
Amends Rule XXV (Limitations on Earned Income and Outside Acceptance of Gifts) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, following related notice from the Clerk of the House, to post on his or her official website:
 
 
a brief description of travel taken by the individual or an employee;
 
 the names of those who took the travel;
 
 the entity that paid for it;
 
 the travel dates, places, and costs; and
 
 a hyperlink to the travel-related information made available for public inspection on the Clerk's website.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Introduced in House
Electing a Member to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.

Bill: 114-hres-442
Sponsor: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2015-09-25 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committees
House Committee on Natural Resources
House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
House of Representatives
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: 
Elects a specified Member to the House Committee on: (1) Natural Resources; and (2) Science, Space, and Technology.

action_date: 2015-09-25
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Elects a specified Member to the House Committee on: (1) Natural Resources; and (2) Science, Space, and Technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H6256)
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H6256)
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H6256)
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Introduced in House
Commending the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs for their joint campaign to raise awareness during September, Suicide Prevention Month, to reduce suicide among members of the United States Armed Forces and veterans.

Bill: 114-hres-443
Sponsor: Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2015-09-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Mental health
Military medicine
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: 
Commends the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs for raising awareness during Suicide Prevention Month of the life-saving resources available to those who have served, or are currently serving, in uniform.
 
 Supports the goals of National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, &quot;The Power of 1&quot; campaign, and efforts to improve outreach to individuals at risk for suicide, especially those addressed to veterans and members of the U.S. Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-25
text: Introduced in House
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3495) to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow for greater State flexibility with respect to excluding providers who are involved in abortions, and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.

Bill: 114-hres-444
Sponsor: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2015-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-28
text: Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3495) to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow for greater State flexibility with respect to excluding providers who are involved in abortions, and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 242 - 183 (Roll no. 522). (text: CR H6316)
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 242 - 183 (Roll no. 522).(text: CR H6316)
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: On ordering the previous question Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 243 - 182 (Roll no. 521). (consideration: CR H6323)
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 444.
action_date: 2015-09-29
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H6316-6324)
action_date: 2015-09-28
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 60.
action_date: 2015-09-28
text: Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3495 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments.
action_date: 2015-09-28
text: The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 114-269, by Ms. Foxx.
action_date: 2015-09-28
text: The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 114-269, by Ms. Foxx.
action_date: 2015-09-28
text: Introduced in House