US Congress Representative Bennie Thompson [D]

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USHB5675Intro
25%
To extend the authority to provide employees of the United States Secret Service with overtime pay beyond other statutory limitations, and for other purposes.
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2023-09-22
To House Oversight and Accountability Committee
USHB14Intro
25%
To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determin ing which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, and for other purposes.
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2023-09-19
To House Judiciary Committee
USHB5573Intro
25%
To establish within the Department of Justice an Office for Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls.
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2023-09-19
To House Judiciary Committee
USHB5484Intro
25%
To strengthen and expand the Green Ribbon Schools Program at the Department of Education by boosting the capacity of participating States to expand the number of engaged schools, applicants, and nominees, and for other purposes.
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2023-09-14
To House Education And The Workforce Committee
USHB5460Intro
25%
To direct the Department of Homeland Security to bolster security against threats posed by ghost guns, and for other purposes.
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2023-09-14
To House Homeland Security Committee
USHB5433Intro
25%
To increase child care options for working families and support child care providers.
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2023-09-13
To House Appropriations Committee
USHB5369Intro
25%
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to repeal the separate minimum wage for tipped employees, and for other purposes.
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2023-09-08
To House Education And The Workforce Committee
USHR667Intro
25%
Expressing support for the designation of August as National Black Business Month and to honor the contributions of Black-owned businesses across the United States.
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2023-09-01
To House Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce
USHB5322Intro
25%
To provide employees with a minimum of two consecutive hours of paid leave in order to vote in Federal elections.
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2023-09-01
To House Education And The Workforce Committee
USHB4456Intro
25%
To allow certain students, including those who have an expected family contribution of zero, to qualify for supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.
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2023-08-28
To House Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture
USHB5293Intro
25%
To expand youth access to voting, and for other purposes.
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2023-08-25
To House Administration Committee
USHB5291Intro
25%
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to ensure that voters in elections for Federal office do not wait in long lines in order to vote, and for other purposes.
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2023-08-25
To House Administration Committee
USHB5292Intro
25%
To establish a democracy advancement and innovation program, and for other purposes.
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2023-08-25
To House Administration Committee
USHB5294Intro
25%
To remove barriers to the ability of unhoused individuals to register to vote and vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.
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2023-08-25
To House Administration Committee
USHB5290Intro
25%
To require the inclusion of voter registration information with certain leases and vouchers for federally assisted rental housing and mortgage applications, and for other purposes.
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2023-08-25
To House Financial Services Committee
USHB5295Intro
25%
To modify certain notice requirements, to study certain election requirements, to clarify certain election requirements, and for other purposes.
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2023-08-25
To House Judiciary Committee
USHR661Intro
25%
Honoring the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and calling on Congress to fulfill the demands of the March participants, including decent housing, the right to vote, and a fair wage.
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2023-08-22
To House Oversight and Accountability Committee
USHB5201Intro
25%
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for the mitigation of cybersecurity risks by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes.
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2023-08-14
To House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
USHB3208Intro
25%
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training Program, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-27
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 128.
USHB4965Intro
25%
To create and disseminate best practices regarding safe firearm storage, to create a grant program for the distribution of safe storage devices, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-27
To House Judiciary Committee
USHB4987Intro
25%
To secure the Federal voting rights of persons when released from incarceration.
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2023-07-27
To House Judiciary Committee
USHB5049Intro
25%
To provide for the long-term improvement of public school facilities, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-27
To House Education And The Workforce Committee
USHB5035Intro
25%
To modify the special rules for Haiti under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, to extend preferential duty treatment program for Haiti under that Act, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-27
To House Ways And Means Committee
USHB4889Intro
25%
To provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-25
To House Education And The Workforce Committee
USHB4893Intro
25%
To amend the America COMPETES Act to establish certain scientific integrity policies for Federal agencies that fund, conduct, or oversee scientific research, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-25
To House Science, Space, And Technology Committee
USHB4812Intro
25%
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education to provide free meals to low-income students through existing on-campus meal programs, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-20
To House Education And The Workforce Committee
USHB1282Intro
25%
To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand eligibility to certain military retirees for concurrent receipt of veterans' disability compensation and retired pay or combat-related special compensation, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-18
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 117.
USHJR25Intro
25%
Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
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2023-07-18
Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Ms. Pressley. Petition No: 118-6.
USHB11Intro
25%
To expand Americans' access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-18
To House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection
USHR580Intro
25%
Expressing support for the designation of Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Day.
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2023-07-14
To House Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security
USHB4583Intro
25%
To protect our Social Security system and improve benefits for current and future generations.
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2023-07-14
To House Subcommittee on Health
USHB4572Intro
25%
To provide for research and education with respect to uterine fibroids, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-14
To House Subcommittee on Health
USHB4633Intro
25%
To prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of Federal law, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-13
To House Judiciary Committee
USHB4607Intro
25%
To establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley and Roberts Temple National Historic Site in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-13
To House Natural Resources Committee
USHB4579Intro
25%
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide increased labor law protections for agricultural workers, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-12
To House Education And The Workforce Committee
USHB4550Intro
25%
To direct the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant program to support the recruitment and retention of paraprofessionals in public elementary schools, secondary schools, and preschool programs, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-11
To House Education And The Workforce Committee
USHB4515Intro
25%
To direct the Secretary of Education to award grants to institutions of higher education with an endowment lower than $900,000,000 and an annual operating revenue for athletic programs that is less than $20,000,000 to strengthen existing sports and a...
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2023-07-10
To House Education And The Workforce Committee
USHB4466Intro
25%
To rename the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-03
To House Education And The Workforce Committee
USHR569Intro
25%
Recognizing former Texas State Representative Al Edwards as the father of Juneteenth and showing appreciation for successfully passing Texas House Bill 1016, making Texas the first State to recognize Juneteenth (June 19) as an official State holiday.
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2023-06-30
To House Oversight and Accountability Committee
USHB4434Intro
25%
To amend title 5, United States Code, to modify the provisions of that title relating to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-30
To House Oversight and Accountability Committee
USHB3425Intro
25%
To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to authorize capacity building grants for community college agriculture and natural resources programs.
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2023-06-23
To House Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology
USHB3698Intro
25%
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand the eligibility of disabled veterans to receive supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits.
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2023-06-23
To House Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture
USHB3424Intro
25%
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the forest conservation easement program, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-23
To House Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology
USHB4270Intro
25%
To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to authorize State energy conservation plans to include programs to provide grants for planning, designing, and installing green roofs on elementary school and secondary school buildings, and for other ...
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2023-06-23
To House Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security
USHB4241Intro
25%
To amend the Horse Protection Act, to prohibit the transportation of horses in interstate transportation in a motor vehicle containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-23
To House Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce
USHB4261Intro
25%
To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of peripheral artery disease screening tests furnished to at-risk beneficiaries under the Medicare and Medicaid programs without the imposition of cost-sharing requireme...
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2023-06-23
To House Subcommittee on Health
USHB4272Intro
25%
To provide public awareness and outreach regarding the dangers of fentanyl, to expand the grants authorized under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program, to expand treatment and recovery services for people with opioid addictions, and to increa...
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2023-06-23
To House Subcommittee on Health
USHR551Intro
25%
Fully addressing child poverty.
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2023-06-23
To House Oversight and Accountability Committee
USHB4282Intro
25%
To protect individuals with disabilities who are parents, legal guardians, relatives, other caregivers, foster or adoptive parents, or individuals seeking to become foster or adoptive parents from discrimination in the child welfare system.
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2023-06-22
To House Ways And Means Committee
USHB1150Intro
25%
To establish the John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship to fund international internships and research placements for early- to mid-career professionals to study nonviolent movements to establish and protect civil rights around the world.
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2023-06-21
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 33 - 0.
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