Bills About Government Operations And Politics Sponsored by Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Tex.)

Rep. Jackson Lee sponsored 31 bills about government operations and politics in the 115th Congress (2017-18).

Introduced	Number	Title	Cosponsors	Cosponsor Party	Latest Action
Aug. 22, 2020	H.R.8092	To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish the methods by which individuals may apply for an absentee ballot in elections for Federal office, to permit individuals to cast absentee ballots at polling places and early voting locations on or before the date of the election, and for other purposes.	22	All Democrats	Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
July 16, 2020	H.R.7637	To establish a New Executive Workgroup for the White House as an Iconic Treasure Expressing Honor, Obligation, Unity, Strength, and Excellence of our Nation (a New White House) to develop a plan to replace the existing White House with a new residence and working space for the President, and for other purposes.	0		Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
May 1, 2020	H.R.6673	To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish guidelines for failsafe plans for the administration of elections for Federal office in the event that the ability of a State to administer the election is adversely affected by a terrorist attack, a cybersecurity incident, or a public health emergency, to require States to establish and administer failsafe plans in accordance with such guidelines and to provide funds to assist State and local election officials in the establishment and administration of such plans, and for other purposes.	0		Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
Feb. 21, 2020	H.R.5940	To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th President of the United States whose visionary leadership secured passage of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965, Social Security Amendments Act (Medicare) of 1965, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Higher Education Act of 1965, and Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965.	0		Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Nov. 22, 2019	H.RES.731	Condemning the inflammatory and racially offensive statement of the President of the United States suggesting falsely a moral equivalence between the domestic terrorist act of lynching and the constitutionally provided congressional impeachment power.	0		Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
July 11, 2019	H.R.3710	To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for the remediation of cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and for other purposes.	2	All Democrats	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
May 22, 2019	H.RES.396	Authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise the power vested by article 1, section 2, clause 5 of the Constitution in respect to acts of misconduct by Donald John Trump, President of the United States.	7	All Democrats	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E669)
April 25, 2019	H.R.2353	To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require candidates for election for public office to refuse offers of assistance from foreign powers and to report such offers to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for other purposes.	51	All Democrats	Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Jan. 30, 2017	H.R.735	To prohibit the enforcement of certain Executive orders.	1	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
July 29, 2015	H.R.3290	To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th President of the United States whose visionary leadership secured passage of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965, Social Security Amendments Act (Medicare) of 1965, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Higher Education Act of 1965, and Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965.	21	All Democrats	Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Jan. 6, 2015	H.R.62	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1900 West Gray Street in Houston, Texas, as the "Hazel Hainsworth Young Post Office Building".	0		Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Jan. 3, 2013	H.R.78	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4110 Almeda Road in Houston, Texas, as the "George Thomas 'Mickey' Leland Post Office Building".	43	Bipartisan	Became Public Law No: 113-205.
Jan. 3, 2013	H.R.76	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1900 West Gray Street in Houston, Texas, as the "Hazel Hainsworth Young Post Office Building".	0		Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Jan. 7, 2011	H.R.226	To strengthen the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002, and for other purposes.	0		Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy .
Jan. 5, 2011	H.R.73	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4110 Almeda Road in Houston, Texas, as the "George Thomas 'Mickey' Leland Post Office Building".	42	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy .
Jan. 5, 2011	H.R.78	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1900 West Gray Street in Houston, Texas, as the "Hazel Hainsworth Young Post Office Building".	0		Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy .
Dec. 10, 2009	H.R.4266	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4110 Almeda Road in Houston, Texas, as the "George Thomas 'Mickey' Leland Post Office Building".	15	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
May 21, 2009	H.R.2572	To strengthen the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002, and for other purposes.	1	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
July 31, 2009	H.R.3456	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1900 West Gray Street in Houston, Texas, as the "Hazel Hainsworth Young Post Office Building".	0	All Democrats	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Jan. 6, 2009	H.R.67	To amend and to strengthen accountability features introduced by the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002, and for other purposes.	2	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
Jan. 7, 2009	H.R.258	To prevent the President from encroaching upon the Congressional prerogative to make laws, and for other purposes.	0	All Democrats	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Aug. 1, 2008	H.R.6780	To amend and to strengthen accountability features introduced by the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002, and for other purposes.	9	All Democrats	Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
June 12, 2008	H.R.6250	To revise the short title of the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006.	0	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Jan. 31, 2007	H.R.745	To revise the short title of the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006.	1	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
April 6, 2006	H.CON.RES.385	Expressing the sense of Congress to encourage the State of Louisiana and the Department of Justice to establish satellite voting outside the State of Louisiana for the New Orleans elections scheduled for April 22, 2006.	42	All Democrats	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
March 7, 2001	H.R.934	To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish election day in Presidential election years as a legal public holiday, and for other purposes.	0	All Democrats	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
Jan. 3, 2001	H.R.62	To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish election day in Presidential election years as a legal public holiday by moving the legal public holiday known as Veterans Day to election day in such years, and for other purposes.	0	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Civil Service and Agency Organization.
Jan. 3, 2001	H.CON.RES.5	Expressing the sense of the Congress that the States should adopt uniform voting procedures to carry out the election of the President and Vice President.	3	All Democrats	Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Jan. 3, 2001	H.R.60	To establish a commission to develop uniform standards which may be adopted by the States for the administration of elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.	6	All Democrats	Referred to House Judiciary
Jan. 3, 2001	H.R.76	To allow postal patrons to contribute to funding for emergency food relief within the United States through the voluntary purchase of certain specially issued United States postage stamps.	0	All Democrats	Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Dec. 15, 2000	H.CON.RES.447	Expressing the sense of the Congress that the States should adopt uniform voting procedures to carry out the election of the President and Vice President.	0	All Democrats	Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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