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HB4303 - Abortion Justice Act of 2023
Ayanna S. Pressley, Nikema Williams, Veronica Escobar
Last updated over 1 year ago
34 Co-Sponsors
To expand access to abortion care.
STATUS
Introduced
#health
HB4268 - Reproductive Health Travel Fund Act of 2023
Marilyn Strickland, Elizabeth Pannill Fletcher, Cori Bush
Last updated over 1 year ago
60 Co-Sponsors
To authorize grants to eligible entities to pay for travel-related expenses and logistical support for individuals with respect to accessing abortion services, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
#health
HB4439 - Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2023
Bradley S. Schneider, Brian K. Fitzpatrick, Mary Scanlon
Last updated about 1 year ago
41 Co-Sponsors
To extend the protections of the Fair Housing Act to persons suffering discrimination on the basis of sex or sexual orientation, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
#housing-and-community-development
HB4210 - Closing the Enhanced Prudential Standards Loophole Act
Maxine Waters, Nydia M. Velazquez, Brad Sherman
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
To amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to apply the enhanced supervision and prudential standards applicable under such Act with respect to bank holding companies to large banks that do not have a bank holding company, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4208 - Failed Bank Executives Accountability and Consequences Act
Maxine Waters, Nydia M. Velazquez, Brad Sherman
Last updated over 1 year ago
11 Co-Sponsors
To provide Federal financial regulators with clawback authority over executive compensation and additional industry prohibition and civil money penalty authority with respect to executives whose negligence caused financial loss to the applicable financial institution, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4391 - Equal Access to Reproductive Care Act
Adam B. Schiff, Judy Chu, Julia Brownley
Last updated about 1 year ago
55 Co-Sponsors
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain assisted reproduction expenses as medical expenses of the taxpayer.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4260 - Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act of 2023
Richard E. Neal, Colin Z. Allred, Jake Auchincloss
Last updated over 1 year ago
107 Co-Sponsors
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide an equitable Social Security formula for individuals with noncovered employment and to provide relief for individuals currently affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4392 - PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2023
Adam B. Schiff, Ami Bera, Don S. Beyer
Last updated about 1 year ago
83 Co-Sponsors
To increase access to pre-exposure prophylaxis to reduce the transmission of HIV.
STATUS
Introduced
#health
HB4815 - Bridging the SNAP Gap Act of 2023
Lori Trahan, Stephen F. Lynch, Eleanor Holmes Norton
Last updated about 1 year ago
20 Co-Sponsors
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand the medical expense deduction, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4633 - Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act
Ayanna S. Pressley, Becca Balint, Nanette Diaz Barragan
Last updated about 1 year ago
61 Co-Sponsors
To prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of Federal law, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from US Congress district HD-NY-7
COMMITTEES
US House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Nydia M. Velazquez was born in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. She earned a B.A. from the University of Puerto Rico in 1976 and a J.D. from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law in 1979. Velazquez was an adjunct professor at New York University Graduate School of Public Administration and Political Science. She was a special assistant to Representative Edolphus Towns before taking office for New York's 12th Congressional District in 1993.read less
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