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Rep. Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico). Photo courtesy House Committee on Natural Resources, Democrats
Deb Haaland: Legislation introduced in 116th Congress
Monday, December 21, 2020
Indianz.Com

The following is a list of every single bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico) during the 116th Congress.

Haaland sponsored her first bill on February 7, 2019, a little over a month after the start of the legislative session. Her most recent bill was introduced on November 5, 2020.

Since the start of the 116th Congress, which is still in session, Haaland has introduced 51 pieces of legislations — defined as bills, resolutions, joint resolutions and concurrent resolutions — between February 2019 and November 2020. They are listed below, in order from oldest to most recent.

Additionally, Haaland has co-sponsored 934 bills, resolutions, joint resolutions and concurrent resolutions. They are not listed here.

Bill Number: H.R.1050
Bill Title/Description: ANTIQUITIES Act
Introduced: 02/07/2019
Cosponsors: 113
Committees: House – Natural Resources
Latest Action: House – 02/25/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
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Bill Number: H.R.1438
Bill Title/Description: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to allow same day registration for Federal elections, and for other purposes.
Introduced: 02/28/2019
Cosponsors: 26
Committees: House – House Administration
Latest Action: House – 02/28/2019 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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Bill Number: H.Res.173
Bill Title/Description: Recognizing the heritage, culture, and contributions of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women in the United States.
Introduced: 03/05/2019
Cosponsors: 35
Committees: House – Natural Resources
Latest Action: House – 03/06/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
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Bill Number: H.R.1900
Bill Title/Description: Native American Business Incubators Program Act
Introduced: 03/27/2019
Cosponsors: 11
Committees: House – Natural Resources
Latest Action: House – 04/11/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
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Bill Number: H.R.2031
Bill Title/Description: PROGRESS for Indian Tribes Act
Introduced: 04/02/2019
Cosponsors: 14
Committees: House – Natural Resources
Latest Action: House – 07/16/2019 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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Bill Number: H.R.2311
Bill Title/Description: Anti-Lunch Shaming Act of 2019
Introduced: 04/12/2019
Cosponsors: 95
Committees: House – Education and Labor
Latest Action: House – 04/12/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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Bill Number: H.R.2312
Bill Title/Description: Elder Pride Act
Introduced: 04/12/2019
Cosponsors: 15
Committees: House – Education and Labor
Latest Action: House – 04/12/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.R.2384
Bill Title/Description: Military Housing Oversight and Service Member Protection Act
Introduced: 04/29/2019
Cosponsors: 21
Committees: House – Armed Services; Veterans’ Affairs; Judiciary
Latest Action: House – 05/20/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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Bill Number: H.R.2438
Bill Title/Description: Not Invisible Act of 2020
Introduced: 05/01/2019
Cosponsors: 60
Committees: House – Natural Resources; Judiciary
Latest Action: House – 09/16/2020 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 409.
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Bill Number: H.R.2494
Bill Title/Description: Tribal Nutrition Improvement Act of 2019
Introduced: 05/02/2019
Cosponsors: 18
Committees: House – Education and Labor
Latest Action: House – 05/02/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.R.2495
Bill Title/Description: Energy Technology Maturation Act of 2019
Introduced: 05/02/2019
Cosponsors: 1
Committees: House – Science, Space, and Technology; Armed Services
Latest Action: House – 05/03/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
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Bill Number: H.R.2640
Bill Title/Description: Buffalo Tract Protection Act
Introduced: 05/09/2019
Cosponsors: 2
Committees: House – Natural Resources
Latest Action: House – 09/08/2020 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 393.
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Bill Number: H.R.2717
Bill Title/Description: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the San Felipe Pueblo certain Federal land in Sandoval County, New Mexico, and for other purposes.
Introduced: 05/14/2019
Cosponsors: 0
Committees: House – Natural Resources
Latest Action: House – 05/31/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
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Bill Number: H.R.2791
Bill Title/Description: Department of Veterans Affairs Tribal Advisory Committee Act of 2019
Introduced: 05/16/2019
Cosponsors: 16
Committees: House – Veterans’ Affairs
Latest Action: House – 07/30/2020 Ordered to be Reported
[Amended) by Voice Vote.
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Bill Number: H.R.3042
Bill Title/Description: To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to carry out a study on the security impact of sexually harassing behavior in United States nuclear weapons complex sites.
Introduced: 05/30/2019
Cosponsors: 0
Committees: House – Armed Services; Energy and Commerce
Latest Action: House – 05/31/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
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Bill Number: H.R.3315
Bill Title/Description: Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act
Introduced: 06/18/2019
Cosponsors: 27
Committees: House – Education and Labor
Latest Action: House – 06/18/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.Res.469
Bill Title/Description: Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising.
Introduced: 06/27/2019
Cosponsors: 25
Committees: House – Judiciary
Latest Action: House – 07/30/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.R.3838
Bill Title/Description: Honoring Family-Friendly Workplaces Act
Introduced: 07/18/2019
Cosponsors: 14
Committees: House – Education and Labor
Latest Action: House – 07/18/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.R.3879
Bill Title/Description: SOAR Act
Introduced: 07/23/2019
Cosponsors: 27
Committees: House – Agriculture; Natural Resources
Latest Action: House – 12/18/2020 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 562.
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Bill Number: H.R.3977
Bill Title/Description: Justice for Native Survivors of Sexual Violence Act
Introduced: 07/25/2019
Cosponsors: 16
Committees: House – Natural Resources
Latest Action: House – 12/15/2020 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 532.
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Bill Number: H.R.4269
Bill Title/Description: Climate Stewardship Act of 2019
Introduced: 09/10/2019
Cosponsors: 10
Committees: House – Agriculture; Natural Resources; Science, Space, and Technology
Latest Action: House – 09/16/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.R.4289
Bill Title/Description: Bridging Agency Data Gaps and Ensuring Safety for Native Communities Act
Introduced: 09/11/2019
Cosponsors: 18
Committees: House – Oversight and Reform; Energy and Commerce; Natural Resources; Judiciary
Latest Action: House – 09/25/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.Res.682
Bill Title/Description: Recognizing National Native American Heritage Month and celebrating the cultures and contributions of Native Americans to the United States.
Introduced: 11/08/2019
Cosponsors: 29
Committees: House – Oversight and Reform
Latest Action: House – 11/08/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.Res.720
Bill Title/Description: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the International Olympic Committee should correct Jim Thorpe’s Olympic records for his unprecedented accomplishments during the 1912 Olympic Games.
Introduced: 11/20/2019
Cosponsors: 39
Committees: House – Foreign Affairs
Latest Action: House – 03/04/2020 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.Res.735
Bill Title/Description: Recognizing the maternal health crisis among indigenous women in the United States, which includes American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women, recognizing the importance of reducing mortality and morbidity among indigenous women, and calling for urgent Federal funding changes to ensure comprehensive, high-quality, and culturally competent maternal health and family planning services are available.
Introduced: 11/26/2019
Cosponsors: 28
Committees: House – Energy and Commerce; Natural Resources
Latest Action: House – 12/02/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.R.5419
Bill Title/Description: Gig Is Up Act
Introduced: 12/12/2019
Cosponsors: 14
Committees: House – Ways and Means
Latest Action: House – 12/12/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.R.5511
Bill Title/Description: Interregional Transmission Planning Improvement Act of 2019
Introduced: 12/19/2019
Cosponsors: 0
Committees: House – Energy and Commerce
Latest Action: House – 12/20/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.Res.835
Bill Title/Description: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Government should establish a national goal of conserving at least 30 percent of the land and ocean of the United States by 2030.
Introduced: 02/06/2020
Cosponsors: 43
Committees: House – Natural Resources
Latest Action: House – 02/07/2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.R.6274
Bill Title/Description: CDC Tribal Public Health Security and Preparedness Act
Introduced: 03/13/2020
Cosponsors: 1
Committees: House – Energy and Commerce
Latest Action: House – 03/13/2020 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
[All Actions]

 
Bill Number: H.Res.950
Bill Title/Description: Expressing support for the designation of May 5, 2020, as the “National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls”.
Introduced: 05/05/2020
Cosponsors: 22
Committees: House – Natural Resources
Latest Action: House – 05/06/2020 Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.R.6819
Bill Title/Description: COVID-19 DISASTER in Indian Country Act
Introduced: 05/12/2020
Cosponsors: 21
Committees: House – Energy and Commerce
Latest Action: House – 05/12/2020 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.Res.975
Bill Title/Description: Expressing support for a national day of mourning, a recurring moment of silence in the House of Representatives, and a national memorial for American civilians killed by COVID-19.
Introduced: 05/22/2020
Cosponsors: 50
Committees: House – Energy and Commerce; Rules
Latest Action: House – 05/22/2020 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.R.7133
Bill Title/Description: PROTECT Act
Introduced: 06/08/2020
Cosponsors: 15
Committees: House – Armed Services; Judiciary
Latest Action: House – 06/08/2020 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.R.7209
Bill Title/Description: Anthony Gonzales Equality for Survivors
[AGES) Act
Introduced: 06/15/2020
Cosponsors: 31
Committees: House – Ways and Means
Latest Action: House – 06/15/2020 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.R.7289
Bill Title/Description: Rent the Camo: Access to Maternity Wear Act
Introduced: 06/22/2020
Cosponsors: 16
Committees: House – Armed Services
Latest Action: House – 06/22/2020 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.R.7424
Bill Title/Description: Selected Reserve Education Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act
Introduced: 06/30/2020
Cosponsors: 2
Committees: House – Armed Services
Latest Action: House – 06/30/2020 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.R.7529
Bill Title/Description: 21st Century SCRA Act
Introduced: 07/09/2020
Cosponsors: 9
Committees: House – Veterans’ Affairs
Latest Action: House – 09/08/2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
[All Actions]

 
Bill Number: H.Res.1043
Bill Title/Description: Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program and recognizing the significant contributions of Albert Einstein Fellows.
Introduced: 07/09/2020
Cosponsors: 7
Committees: House – Education and Labor
Latest Action: House – 07/09/2020 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.R.7774
Bill Title/Description: DIGITAL Reservations Act
Introduced: 07/24/2020
Cosponsors: 2
Committees: House – Energy and Commerce; Natural Resources
Latest Action: House – 08/21/2020 Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
[All Actions]

 
Bill Number: H.R.7967
Bill Title/Description: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1050 Sunset Road Southwest in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the “Jose Hernandez Post Office Building”.
Introduced: 08/07/2020
Cosponsors: 2
Committees: House – Oversight and Reform
Latest Action: House – 08/07/2020 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.R.8104
Bill Title/Description: Vote By Mail Stamp Act
Introduced: 08/25/2020
Cosponsors: 3
Committees: House – Oversight and Reform; House Administration
Latest Action: House – 08/25/2020 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…
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.Res.1102
Bill Title/Description: Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to implement an agenda to Transform, Heal, and Renew by Investing in a Vibrant Economy
[“THRIVE”).
Introduced: 09/11/2020
Cosponsors: 89
Committees: House – Agriculture; Education and Labor; Energy and Commerce; Natural Resources; Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Action: House – 09/16/2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.R.8271
Bill Title/Description: Environmental Justice Legacy Pollution Cleanup Act of 2020
Introduced: 09/16/2020
Cosponsors: 3
Committees: House – Appropriations; Budget
Latest Action: House – 09/16/2020 Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.R.8298
Bill Title/Description: To amend the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to move the enforcement office to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to increase the civil monetary penalties for failure to follow the processes established by that Act, to protect confidential information, and for other purposes.
Introduced: 09/17/2020
Cosponsors: 4
Committees: House – Natural Resources
Latest Action: House – 09/17/2020 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.Con.Res.88
Bill Title/Description:Supporting the Farmers Bill of Rights
Introduced: 09/23/2020
Cosponsors: 8
Committees: House – Agriculture
Latest Action: House – 02/06/2020 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.Res.1144
Bill Title/Description: Broadband for All Resolution of 2020
Introduced: 09/23/2020
Cosponsors: 6
Committees: House – Energy and Commerce
Latest Action: House – 09/23/2020 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.R.8401
Bill Title/Description: To require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to complete an interagency report on the effects of special recreation permits on environmental justice communities, and for other purposes.
Introduced: 09/25/2020
Cosponsors: 13
Committees: House – Agriculture; Natural Resources
Latest Action: House – 09/25/2020 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.R.8420
Bill Title/Description: Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy Act
Introduced: 09/29/2020
Cosponsors: 17
Committees: House – Education and Labor; Natural Resources
Latest Action: House – 09/29/2020 Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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…
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.R.8455
Bill Title/Description: Reconciliation in Place Names Act
Introduced: 09/30/2020
Cosponsors: 15
Committees: House – Natural Resources
Latest Action: House – 09/30/2020 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.R.8665
Bill Title/Description: Extending Tribal Broadband Priority Act of 2020
Introduced: 10/23/2020
Cosponsors: 5
Committees: House – Energy and Commerce
Latest Action: House – 10/23/2020 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
[All Actions]

Bill Number: H.R.8729
Bill Title/Description: Native American Language Resource Center Act
Introduced: 11/05/2020
Cosponsors: 22
Committees: House – Education and Labor
Latest Action: House – 11/05/2020 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
[All Actions]

Note: Bill information retrieved from Congress.gov at around 9:30am on December 21, 2020.
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