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Security and Financial Empowerment Act [HB-3271]
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Security and Financial Empowerment Act - Authorizes appropriations for grants for the national resource center on workplace responses to assist victims of domestic and sexual violence for FY2012-FY2016. Establishes limits on the use of funds for administrative costs. Requires the center to provide information and assistance to enable victim service organizations to provide resource materials or other assistance to employers, labor organizations, or employees. Amends the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) to set forth entitlement standards and implementation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Insurance, Housing And Community Opportunity. on 02/09/2012
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Domestic Violence Leave Act [HB-3151]
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[Human Rights ]
[Public Health ]
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Domestic Violence Leave Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to entitle an eligible employee, his or her same-sex spouse, or domestic partner to up to 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period: (1) to care for such individual's family member, if the family member is addressing domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and their effects; or (2) because such individual is addressing such matters, he or she is unable to perform any of the functions of his or her position. Authorizes such individual to substitute any of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 11/18/2011
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Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012 [HB-2838]
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Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012 - Title I: Authorization - (Sec. 101) Authorizes FY2013-FY2014 appropriations for the Coast Guard for: (1) operation and maintenance; (2) acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of navigation aids, shore and offshore facilities, vessels, aircraft, and related equipment; (3) the Coast Guard Reserve program; (4) environmental compliance and restoration of vessels, aircraft, and facilities; (5) the Commandant of the Coast Guard for research, development, test, and evaluation of technologies,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Frank A. LoBiondo
Signed By President. on 12/20/2012
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SAFE Teen Act [HB-2689]
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Stop Abuse for Every Teen Act or SAFE Teen Act - Amends title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include dating violence prevention among the drug and violence prevention efforts funded under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities program. Authorizes local educational agencies (LEAs) to use program funds for peer support groups that provide an emotionally safe and confidential setting for youth to learn and practice healthy relationship skills under the supervision of school personnel or community organizations specializing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 09/08/2011
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Stop Gun Trafficking and Strengthen Law Enforcement Act of 2011 [HB-2554]
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Stop Gun Trafficking and Strengthen Law Enforcement Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit any person from: (1) receiving, or transferring or otherwise disposing of to one or more individuals, two or more firearms that have been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such conduct will result in the disposing of one or more such firearms to an individual whose possession or receipt of the firearm would be unlawful or who intends to or will use, carry, possess,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 08/25/2011
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Balancing Act of 2011 [HB-2346]
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Balancing Act of 2011 - Family Leave Insurance Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to direct the Secretary of Labor to establish a Family and Medical Insurance Program, which may involve contracts with state programs, under which, for specified reasons, an eligible employee of a covered employer shall be entitled to family and medical leave insurance benefits for a total of 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month program. Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to establish a similar Civil Service Family and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 09/08/2011
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Kate Puzey Peace Corps Volunteer Protection Act of 2011 [HB-2337]
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Kate Puzey Peace Corps Volunteer Protection Act of 2011 - Amends the Peace Corps Act to require the Director of the Peace Corps: (1) as part of the training provided to all volunteers, to develop and implement comprehensive sexual assault risk-reduction and response training that conforms to best practices in the sexual assault field; and (2) once a trainee has arrived in such trainee's country of service, to provide that individual with training tailored to such country, including cultural training relating to gender relations, risk-reduction strategies,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 09/21/2011
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Campus SaVE Act [HB-2016]
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Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act or Campus SaVE Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each institution of higher education (IHE) participating in a title IV program to include in its annual security report on campus security policy and crime statistics a statement of current policies for reporting crimes or other emergencies in or on noncampus buildings or property (currently, only reporting of crimes on campus is required). Requires such report to include statistics concerning the occurrence
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 09/08/2011
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Simplifying The Ambiguous Law, Keeping Everyone Reliably Safe Act of 2011 [HB-196]
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Simplifying The Ambiguous Law, Keeping Everyone Reliably Safe Act of 2011 or the STALKERS Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to revise the definition of stalking and impose criminal penalties on anyone who, with intent to kill, physically injure, harass, or intimidate a person or to place a person under surveillance with the intent to kill, physically injure, harass, or intimidate such person, travels in interstate or foreign commerce or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States or enters or leaves
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Castor
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 01/24/2011
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Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of 2011 [HB-1820]
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Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) make grants to public and nonprofit private entities (including faith-based organizations) for projects involving innovative approaches to combat gang activity, (2) make grants to states and other entities to increase police presence and expand and improve cooperative efforts to address gang activity problems, and (3) designate high-intensity interstate gang activity areas. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to: (1) reauthorize programs
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Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Pallone
Referred To The Subcommittee On Insurance, Housing And Community Opportunity. on 07/29/2011
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Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2011 [HB-1648]
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Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states, on an ongoing basis, to: (1) collect and report certain information on bullying and harassment by youth in their elementary and secondary schools and communities; (2) conduct, and report the results of, a needs assessment for bullying and harassment prevention programs; and (3) provide technical assistance to local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools in their efforts to thwart bullying and harassment. Requires LEAs to: (1) include
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 05/20/2011
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Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 [HB-1627]
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Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 - Title I: Health Care Matters - Janey Ensminger Act - (Sec. 102) Makes any veteran who served on active duty at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, for at least 30 days between January 1, 1957, and December 31, 1987, and their family members, eligible for hospital care and medical services through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for any of 15 listed cancers and other illnesses or conditions, notwithstanding insufficient medical evidence to conclude that the illness or
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Sponsored by: Rep. David P. Roe
Signed By President. on 08/06/2012
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Sanctity of Eternal Rest for Veterans Act of 2011 [HB-1591]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Sanctity of Eternal Rest for Veterans Act of 2011 or SERVE Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code concerning the prohibition on disruptions of funerals of members or former members of the Armed Forces to increase the period covered under such prohibition from one to two hours before and after a military funeral. Includes within such unlawful conduct any disturbance or disruption occurring within 500 feet of the residence of a surviving member of a deceased's immediate family. Provides civil remedies, including actual and statutory damages.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Collin C. Peterson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 08/25/2011
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Violence Against Women Health Initiative Act of 2011 [HB-1578]
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Violence Against Women Health Initiative Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and revise a program to award grants to strengthen the response of state, tribal, territorial, or local health care systems to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including by: (1) placing the program in the Office of Women's Health; (2) making victim services programs eligible for grants; (3) extending the grant period from two years to 36 months; and (4) including as a mandatory strategy under the grant that
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/25/2011
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Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2011 [HB-1048]
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Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2011 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each institution of higher education (IHE) participating in a title IV program (except a foreign school) to include in its annual security report a statement of policy regarding harassment that includes: (1) a prohibition of harassment of students by other students, faculty, and staff; (2) a description of its programs to prevent harassment; (3) a description of the procedures that students should follow
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 03/21/2011
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A resolution to provide for the appointment of a committee to receive and to report evidence with respect to articles of impeachment against Judge Samuel B. Kent. [SR-203]
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Requires the Presiding Officer of the Senate to appoint a committee of 12 Senators to receive and to report evidence with respect to articles of impeachment against Judge Samuel B. Kent.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mitch McConnell
Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment By Voice Vote. (consideration: Cr S6961; Text As Passed Senate: Cr S6961; Text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S7013) on 06/24/2009
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A resolution to provide for issuance of a summons and for related procedures concerning the articles of impeachment against Samuel B. Kent. [SR-202]
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Requires a summons to be issued which commands Samuel B. Kent to file with the Secretary of the Senate an answer to the articles of impeachment against him by July 2, 2009, and thereafter to abide by, obey, and perform such orders, directions, and judgments as the Senate shall make in the premises, according to the U.S. Constitution and federal laws. Prescribes procedures for implementing such articles of impeachment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mitch McConnell
Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment By Voice Vote. (consideration: Cr S6961; Text As Passed Senate: Cr S6961; Text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S7013) on 06/24/2009
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A concurrent resolution honoring and remembering the life of Lawrence "Larry" King. [SCR-7]
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Honors and remembers the life of Lawrence "Larry" King. Condemns all hate crimes. Encourages immediate steps to stop bullying and harassment in the nation's schools.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S2346) on 02/13/2009
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Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2010 [S.3739]
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Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2010 - Amends the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act to require: (1) states to use grants for safe and drug-free schools to collect and report information on the incidence of bullying and harassment; and (2) local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools to use subgrants to prevent and respond to incidents of bullying and harassment. Requires such LEAs or schools to: (1) notify parents and students annually of conduct prohibited in their school discipline policies, that now must include bullying and harassment;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S6896-6897) on 08/05/2010
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Student Nondiscrimination Act of 2010 [S.3390]
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Student Nondiscrimination Act of 2010 - Prohibits public school students from being excluded from participating in, or subject to discrimination under, any federally-assisted educational program on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity or that of their associates. Considers harassment to be a form of discrimination. Prohibits retaliation against anyone for opposing conduct they reasonably believe to be unlawful under this Act. Authorizes federal departments and agencies to enforce these prohibitions by cutting
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S4084-4085) on 05/20/2010