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HB6516 - Never Again Education Reauthorization Act of 2023
Earl L. Carter, Kathy Ellen Manning, Elise Stefanik
Last updated 10 months ago
61 Co-Sponsors
To reauthorize the Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to support Holocaust education programs, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
#arts-culture-religion
HB4422 - Global Respect Act
Sara J. Jacobs, Brian K. Fitzpatrick, Earl Blumenauer
Last updated about 1 year ago
148 Co-Sponsors
To impose sanctions on foreign persons responsible for violations of internationally recognized human rights against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) individuals, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
#international-affairs
HB1139 - GUARD VA Benefits Act Governing Unaccredited Representatives Defrauding VA Benefits Act
Christopher C. Pappas, Amata Coleman Radewagen, Brian K. Fitzpatrick
Last updated over 1 year ago
218 Co-Sponsors
To amend title 38, United States Code, to reinstate penalties for persons charging veterans unauthorized fees relating to claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
#armed-forces-and-national-security
HB7916 - Removing Nitrate and Arsenic in Drinking Water Act
Norma J. Torres, David G. Valadao, Raul Ruiz
Last updated 6 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide grants for nitrate and arsenic reduction projects, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1511 - Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929
Zoe Lofgren, Norma J. Torres, Grace Meng
Last updated over 1 year ago
84 Co-Sponsors
To amend section 249 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to render available to certain long-term residents of the United States the benefit under that section.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3183 - EATS Act of 2023 Enhance Access To SNAP Act of 2023
Jimmy Gomez, Alma S. Adams, Jim Costa
Last updated over 1 year ago
179 Co-Sponsors
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to remove certain eligibility disqualifications that restrict otherwise eligible students enrolled in institutions of higher education from participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
#agriculture-and-food
HB926 - Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2023
Henry C. Johnson, Jerrold Nadler, Mike Quigley
Last updated over 1 year ago
159 Co-Sponsors
To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for a code of conduct for justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
#law
HB5048 - Protecting Our Democracy Act
Adam B. Schiff, Jerrold Nadler, Rick Larsen
Last updated about 1 year ago
187 Co-Sponsors
To protect our democracy by preventing abuses of Presidential power, restoring checks and balances and accountability and transparency in government, and defending elections against foreign interference, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HR1002 - Recognizing the cultural and historical significance of Lunar New Year in 2024.
Grace Meng, Colin Z. Allred, Nanette Diaz Barragan
Last updated 8 months ago
79 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
HB6111 - PHASE Act of 2023 Pedestrian Hazard, Awareness, and Safety Expansion Act of 2023
Norma J. Torres, Suzanne Bonamici, Grace F. Napolitano
Last updated 11 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
To require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Secretary of Transportation to take certain actions to develop physical alternatives to better protect pedestrians and vulnerable road users against traffic incidents, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from US Congress district HD-CA-35
COMMITTEES
US House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Norma J. Torres was born in Guatemala and later immigrated with her family to the United States at the age of five. She was elected to the California State Assembly in 2008 and served there until 2014. In 2015, Torres won a special election to fill a vacant U.S. House seat in California's 35th Congressional District. She was re-elected to a full term in 2016 and has served in Congress since then. Torres sits on the House Appropriations Committee as well as the House Committee on Homeland Security.read less
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