Billy’s Law

The Help Find the Missing Act (H.R. 3695), also known as “Billy’s Law,” introduced by Representative Chris Murphy, would secure funding for the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), the only federal missing persons and unidentified remains database that can be cross-searched, accessed and added to by the public.

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Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act

The Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (H.R. 4626), introduced by Representative Tom Perriello and Representative Betsy Markey, would hold the health insurance industry accountable under America’s fair competition laws by removing it from the McCarran-Ferguson Act’s special blanket antitrust exemption for the business of insurance.

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Statutory PAYGO

Statutory PAYGO (H.J.Res. 45) would require that new legislation affecting mandatory spending or tax revenue be "budget neutral," or more specifically, that it not increase the deficit. The Statutory PAYGO rule would be enforced through sequestration – or automatic, across-the-board spending cuts.

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Cybersecurity Enhancement Act

The Cybersecurity Enhancement Act (H.R. 4061), introduced by Representative Daniel Lipinski, would improve the security of cyberspace by ensuring federal investments in cybersecurity are better focused and more effective, and that research into innovative, transformative technologies is supported. The bill would reauthorize and expand the Cyber Security Research and Development Act.

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Social Security Disability Applicants’ Access to Professional Representation Act

The Social Security Disability Applicants’ Access to Professional Representation Act (H.R. 4532), introduced by Representative John Tanner, would make permanent a provision increasing access to professional representation for disability claimants, especially the most impoverished ones.

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Featured Member

Donna Edwards

Representing the 4th District of MD
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Meet Congresswoman Donna Edwards and you’ll immediately sense her strong energy and enthusiasm for her work on behalf of people in her community. According to Edwards – who represents portions of Maryland’s Prince George’s and Montgomery counties – the experience so far has “been really invigorating – exciting.”

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