To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit veterans who have a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total to travel on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired members of the Armed Forces entitled to such travel.
2013-01-31: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
DISCLOSE 2013 Act
2013-01-25: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act
2013-10-07: UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST - Mr. Holt asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 139, a measure originally introduced by Representative Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts, for the purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of Rule 12. Agreed to without objection.
Streamlined and Improved Methods at Polling Locations and Early (SIMPLE) Voting Act of 2013
2013-01-03: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Farmland Preservation and Land Conservation Act of 2013
2013-01-03: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act
2013-01-31: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Government By the People Act of 2014
2014-03-06: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2246-2250)
Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act
2014-03-26: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Garcia. Petition No: 113-9. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/113/lrc/pd/petitions/DisPet0009.xml ">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
Voter Empowerment Act of 2013
2013-04-23: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
VAWA bill
2013-04-23: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
2014-04-16: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Conferring honorary citizenship of the United States on Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Viscount of Galveston and Count of Gálvez.
2014-12-16: Became Public Law No: 113-229.
Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
2014-03-12: Ms. Speier asked unanimous consent that she be considered the first sponsor of H.J. Res. 43, removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment, a bill originally introduced by Representative Robert Andrews of New Jersey, for the purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting re-printings pursuant to clause 7 of rule 12.
Congratulating Congresswomen Frederica S. Wilson and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen on their induction into the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Hall of Fame.
2014-11-20: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Recognizing the self determination of Gibraltar to determine its status as a British Overseas Territory.
2014-09-18: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Expressing support for the designation of a "Small Business Saturday" and supporting efforts to increase awareness of the value of locally owned small businesses.
2014-09-16: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers.
2014-08-01: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Condemning all forms of anti-Semitism and rejecting attempts to justify anti-Jewish hatred or violent attacks as an acceptable expression of disapproval or frustration over political events in the Middle East or elsewhere.
2014-09-18: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the current outbreak of Ebola in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia is an international health crisis and is the largest and most widespread outbreak of the disease ever recorded.
2014-09-08: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative stamp honoring the life of Maya Angelou.
2014-07-24: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.