What's Going On In Congress This Week? 17 Bills Are On The Agenda

Tuesday, July 11th

(Adapted from Rogan's List)

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Seventeen (17) bills are currently on the House agenda for the week of July 10

1
House

H.R. 23: Gaining Responsibility on Water Act of 2017

2
House

H.R. 597: Lytton Rancheria Homelands Act of 2017

3
House

H.R. 702: Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2017

4
House

H.R. 954: To remove the use restrictions on certain land transferred to Rockingham County, Virginia, and for other purposes.

5
House

H.R. 1306: Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act

6
House

H.R. 1397: To authorize, direct, facilitate, and expedite the transfer of administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal land, and for other purposes.

7
House

H.R. 1404: Pascua Yaqui Tribe Land Conveyance Act

8
House

H.R. 1492: Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017

9
House

H.R. 1541: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain property related to the Fort Scott National Historic Site in Fort Scott, Kansas, and for other purposes.

10
House

H.R. 1719: John Muir National Historic Site Expansion Act

11
House

H.R. 1913: Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act

12
House

H.R. 1988: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1730 18th Street in Bakersfield, California, as the “Merle Haggard Post Office Building”.

13
House

H.R. 2156: Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial Act

14
House

H.R. 2200: Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017

15
House

H.R. 2430: FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017

16
House

H.R. 2480: Empowering Law Enforcement to Fight Sex Trafficking Demand Act

17
House

H.R. 2664: Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act

This is an opportunity to be informed about what is on the House agenda.  You can make any last-minute calls or send emails to our representative and let him know how you would like him to vote on specific bills.  Contact information at http://www.philipstowndemocrats.org/representative_sean_patrick_maloney.


One of the bills on the House agenda this week is HR2810: National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), otherwise known as the defense budget. Here is the text of the bill as of July 6.   You can expect to hear more about it in the media this week.

Knowledge is power.