U.S. Congress - Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Texas (D)

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Transportation Security Administration should delay implementation of changes to...

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to comprehensively reform immigration law, and for other purposes.

To prevent children's access to firearms.

To direct the Secretary of Interior and the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to init...

To provide for the collection of data on traffic stops, and for other purposes.

To enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, and for other purposes.

To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a program to award grants to institutions of higher education for the establishme...

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4110 Almeda Road in Houston, Texas, as the "George Thomas 'Mickey' Le...

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require hospitals reimbursed under the Medicare system to establish and implement security ...

To provide that no Federal funds may be used by the Secretary of Homeland Security to approve a site security plan for a chemical facility, un...

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Malala Yousufzai, in recognition of her devoted service to education, justice, and equality in Pakistan.

To increase the evidentiary standard required to convict a person for a drug offense, to require screening of law enforcement officers or othe...

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to take actions to ensure that not fewer than 2 air traffic controllers are on duty and physically s...

To provide for research and education with respect to triple-negative breast cancer, and for other purposes.

To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish an Ombudsman Office within the Transportation Security Administration for the purpose of e...

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an alternate release date for certain nonviolent offenders, and for other purposes.

To increase the number of Federal air marshals for certain flights, require criminal investigative training for such marshals, create an offic...

To provide for emergency deployments of United States Border Patrol agents and to increase the number of DEA and ATF agents along the internat...

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Transportation Security Administration should, in accordance with existing law, ...

Expressing the sense of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued in honor of George Thomas "Mickey" Leland.

Expressing support for designation of September 2013 as "Gospel Music Heritage Month" and honoring gospel music for its valuable and longstand...

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1900 West Gray Street in Houston, Texas, as the "Hazel Hainsworth You...

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the work opportunity credit to certain recently discharged veterans, to improve the coord...

To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure the issuance of regulations applicable to the Coast Guard regarding consideration of a reques...

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a "Haitian-American Heritage Month" should be established in recognition of the cont...

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to assist in the support of children living in poverty by allowing a refundable credit to grandpare...

To amend section 1877 of the Social Security Act to modify the requirements for hospitals to qualify for the rural provider and hospital excep...

To set forth the process for Puerto Rico to be admitted as a State of the Union.

To require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs, and for other purposes.

To maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certai...

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the phasedown of the credit percentage for the dependent care tax credit.

Establishing the Special Committee on Sexual Assault and Abuse in the Armed Forces to conduct oversight, ensure accountability, and report on ...

Expressing support for designation of May 2013 as Mental Health Month.

To provide for greater transparency in and user control over the treatment of data collected by mobile applications and to enhance the securit...

To extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program of the Department of the Treasury for 10 years, and for other purposes.

To require foreign manufacturers of products imported into the United States to establish registered agents in the United States who are autho...

Recognizing the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, and congratulating the members and ...

To increase the recruitment and retention of school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, and other psychologists qualified...

Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster-care system, and en...

To amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration.

To modernize laws, and eliminate discrimination, with respect to people living with HIV/AIDS, and for other purposes.

Reaffirming the United States' commitment to the economic and military security of the Republic of Korea and expressing the shared vision of t...

To amend the Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to a...

Supporting the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the right to counsel.

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend to physician assistants eligibility for Medicaid incentive payments for the adoption a...

To ensure that the education and training provided members of the Armed Forces and veterans better assists members and veterans in obtaining c...

To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue an order with respect to secondary cockpit barriers, and for other...

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for unlimited eligibility for health care for mental illnesses for veterans of combat servic...

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay provisional benefits for certain nonadjudicated clai...

To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children ...

To prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the American Opportunity Tax Credit, and for other purposes.

Recognizing "International Jazz Day".

To amend title 18, United States Code, to remove knowledge of age as an element of the offense for the sex trafficking of children or by force...

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Speaker should immediately request a conference and appoint conferees to complet...

To create an emergency jobs program that will fund 2,242,000 positions during fiscal years 2014 and 2015.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the 2010 increase in the deduction for start-up expenditures.

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Chained Consumer Price Index should not be used to calculate cost-of-living adjustments for Soci...

To end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools, and for other purposes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for amounts paid by a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces f...