Proposal Directions: Identify an appropriate piece of legislation that you would

Proposal Directions:
Identify an appropriate piece of legislation that you would like to advocate for as a nurse.
There are multiple ways to find your legislation information and the legislator involved:
To determine your state representatives, visit https://openstates.org/find_your_legislator/Links to an external site.
Also, provide the names of your US Congressperson and Senator. This
person will go to Washington DC to represent your district/state.
For the US Congress/House of Representatives, visit http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/.Links to an external site.
For the US Senate, visit https://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_index_subjects/Directories_vrd.htmLinks to an external site.
Visit Congress.gov to track progress: https://www.congress.gov/Links to an external site. to find the legislation.
Follow the brief video tutorial that will show you how to find the legislation:
https://galen.screencasthost.com/watch/cqioYsOrtWLinks to an external site.
In your assignment submission, please provide the following information:
Your name
The full name of the legislation
Name of the State
Identify whether the legislation is State or Federal bill/law
Where will the bill be voted on The House or The Senate
Identify the name of the legislator to be contacted
Provide the URL link to the legislator’s website
Describe the proposed legislation. Explain why you think the legislation is important or relevant.
Please note that the elected official or staff member whom you plan
on contacting to advocate for this legislation should work at the State (senator or representative)
or Federal level. Please include APA citations and references for any
cited materials. The proposal should be about 100-200 words in length.
Please keep in mind:
You are advocating for pending legislation. You cannot choose something that has already passed because if that is the case, no advocacy is necessary.
You must specify the exact piece of legislation in your You must
refer to this by the appropriate title. For example Title VIII funding,
H. R. 952, etc.
The elected official you contact must have the authority to vote for
the proposed legislation. The mayor, governor, or assemblyman (woman)
of a city would have no legislative authority and therefore would not be
appropriate. You are most likely going to contact a state or federal
member of Congress (House or Senate).
You may use the template found in the unit module or write an APA formatted paper.