Administrative Remedies
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Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act [S.2845]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act This bill requires the Federal Labor Relations Authority to determine whether a state substantially provides public safety officers or employees: the right to form and join a labor organization; recognition by public safety employers of the employoees' labor organization, agreement to bargain with the organization, and reduction of any agreements to writing in a contract or memorandum or understanding; the right to bargain over hours, wages, and terms and conditions of employment; and binding interest
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DEA Opioid Enforcement Restoration Act of 2017 [HB-4095]
[Crime ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
DEA Opioid Enforcement Restoration Act of 2017 This bill repeals the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2016. Provisions of the Controlled Substances Act amended by the Act are restored.
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Border Security and Deferred Action Recipient Relief Act [S.2199]
[Immigration ]
[Construction ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
Border Security and Deferred Action Recipient Relief Act This bill establishes the Border Security Trust Fund, which shall make funds available for: (1) specified border fencing and wall procurement, construction, and improvements in Texas and California; and (2) border wall planning activities. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may cancel removal of, and grant lawful permanent resident status on a conditional basis for up to 10 years to, qualifying resident aliens who: (1) have been continuously physically present in the United States since
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Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act [HB-4500]
[Social Security ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the application of, and repeal authority for, administrative offsets to Social Security, railroad retirement, and black lung benefits. (An administrative offset is the withholding of funds payable by or held by the United States to satisfy a debt.)
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SECURE Act Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency Act [S.2144]
[Immigration ]
[Human Rights ]
SECURE Act Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency Act This bill permits a qualifying alien who is not inadmissible or deportable under certain criminal or security grounds or who did not participate in persecution to apply for adjustment to lawful permanent resident status if such alien: (1) is in temporary protected status (TPS), (2) held TPS status, (3) qualified for TSP status at the time of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) last TPS designation, or (4) is a national of a foreign country that was at any time
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The Solitary Confinement Study and Reform Act of 2018 [HB-5710]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
The Solitary Confinement Study and Reform Act of 2018
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Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 [S.2098]
[National Security ]
[Defense ]
[International ]
[Real Estate ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Trade ]
Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 This bill amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to expand the scope of "covered transaction" subject to the review of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). CFIUS analyzes the national security implications of foreign investment in the United States. A covered transaction includes: any merger, acquisition, or takeover that could result in foreign control of any U.S. business, the purchase or lease of real estate located in the United States that is in close proximity
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Catalyst Theory Restoration Act of 2018 [HB-5656]
Catalyst Theory Restoration Act of 2018
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Me Too Congressional Ethics Act [HB-4705]
[Ethics ]
Me Too Congressional Ethics Act
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Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act of 2018 [S.2418]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Economic Development ]
Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act of 2018 This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to commence a rulemaking to establish a national standard for determining whether mobile broadband service in rural areas is reasonably comparable to the service provided in urban areas. The FCC shall gather data about the average signal strength and speed of mobile broadband service from the 20 most-populated urban areas. The service provided in rural areas shall be deemed reasonably comparable to urban areas if the average
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RIP MSP Act Repeal Insurance Plans of the Multi-State Program Act [S.2221]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
RIP MSP Act Repeal Insurance Plans of the Multi-State Program Act This bill repeals a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that allows the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to enter into contracts with health insurance issuers to offer multi-state plan options. OPM must report about specified efforts in its process to wind down the multi-state program. The bill rescinds specified unobligated funds that were provided to OPM for staffing and administering the multi-state program.
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Open Internet Preservation Act [HB-4682]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Funding ]
Open Internet Preservation Act This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 by prohibiting broadband internet access service providers from: (1) blocking lawful content, applications, services, or non-harmful devices; and (2) impairing or degrading lawful internet traffic on the basis of internet content, application, or service, or use of a non-harmful device. These prohibitions do not prevent providers from offering specialized services that are offered over the same network and may share network capacity with the broadband internet access
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Social Media Privacy Protection and Consumer Rights Act of 2018 [S.2728]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Media and Advertising ]
Social Media Privacy Protection and Consumer Rights Act of 2018 This bill requires online platform operators to inform a user, prior to a user creating an account or otherwise using the platform, that the user's personal data produced during online behavior will be collected and used by the operator and third parties. The operator must provide a user the option to specify privacy preferences, and an operator may deny certain services or complete access to a user if the user's privacy elections create inoperability in the platform. The operator must:
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Solitary Confinement Reform Act [S.2724]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
Solitary Confinement Reform Act
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American LAWS Act American Labor, Wages, and Sovereignty Act [HB-4340]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Trade ]
American LAWS Act American Labor, Wages, and Sovereignty Act
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SECURE Act of 2017 Security, Enforcement, and Compassion United in Reform Efforts Act [S.2192]
[Immigration ]
[Defense ]
[National Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
SECURE Act of 2017 Security, Enforcement, and Compassion United in Reform Efforts Act This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to achieve situational awareness and operational control of the U.S. southern border and to deter and detect illegal activity in high traffic areas. The bill authorizes National Guard and Department of Defense support to secure such border. DHS shall establish: (1) a National Border Security Advisory Committee, (2) the Integrated Border Enforcement Team program, (3) Tunnel Task Forces, and (4) a biometric
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 [HB-5515]
[Defense ]
[Energy ]
[National Security ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Military ]
[Veterans ]
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 This bill authorizes FY2019 appropriations and sets forth policies regarding the military activities of the Department of Defense (DOD), military construction, and the national security programs of the Department of Energy (DOE). It does not provide budget authority, which is provided in subsequent appropriations legislation. The bill authorizes appropriations to DOD for: (1) Procurement, including helicopters, combat vehicles, weapons, aircraft, shipbuilding and conversion, and missiles; (2)
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Current Employee Representation Act [HB-4327]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Current Employee Representation Act This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to allow an employee or group of employees to petition for a union certification election: (1) if fewer than 50% of the current bargaining unit were unit members in the last certification election, or (2) no certification election was conducted for such unit.
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ME TOO Congress Act Member and Employee Training and Oversight On Congress Act [HB-4396]
[Ethics ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
ME TOO Congress Act Member and Employee Training and Oversight On Congress Act
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Securing America's Future Act of 2018 [HB-4760]
[Immigration ]
[Agriculture ]
[Crime ]
[National Security ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Securing America's Future Act of 2018 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise immigrant visa allocation provisions, including family-related visas. A nonimmigrant classification for parents of adult U.S. citizens is created. The diversity visa program is eliminated. Annual immigration levels are revised. The limit on the worldwide level of employment-based immigrants is increased. The H-2C visa temporary agricultural worker program is revised. A trust fund is established to provide incentives for such workers to return to
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