Assault And Harassment Offenses
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A resolution recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. [SR-178]
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[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
This resolution expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.
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Supporting the goals and ideals of GLSEN's 2019 Day of Silence in bringing attention to anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) name-calling, bullying, and harassment faced by individuals in schools. [HCR-34]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
This resolution supports the goals and ideals of the National Day of Silence (during which students vow to remain silent to bring attention to the harassment and discrimination faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gay people in schools). It requests that the President issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe the National Day of Silence. The bill encourages each state, city, and local educational agency to adopt laws and policies to prohibit name-calling, bullying, harassment, and discrimination against
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Gladys Ricart Gun Offender Registry Act [HB-2303]
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[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishes national standards for gun offender registration and notification.
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Recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of "National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month". [HR-319]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
This resolution expresses support for National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.
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Protecting America's First Responders Act [S.1208]
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[Public Safety ]
[Veterans ]
[Disabilities ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Healthcare ]
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[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 with respect to payments to certain public safety officers who have become permanently and totally disabled as a result of personal injuries sustained in the line of duty, and for other purposes.
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 [S.1215]
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[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Aerospace ]
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Authorizes FY2020 appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, including military personnel strengths and military construction. It does not provide budget authority, which is provided in subsequent appropriations legislation. The bill authorizes appropriations to DOD for Procurement, including aircraft, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, shipbuilding and conversion, missiles, and space procurement; Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation; Operation and Maintenance; Working Capital Funds;
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Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2019 [S.1122]
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[Mental Health ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Provides specific statutory authority for the Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education) State Educational Agency Grant Program that is administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The program supports school-based mental health services, including screening, treatment, and outreach programs.
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Protect Our Heroes Act of 2019 [S.1135]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
A bill to protect Federal, State, and local public safety officers.
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BE HEARD in the Workplace Act Bringing an End to Harassment by Enhancing Accountability and Rejecting Discrimination in the Workplace Act [S.1082]
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[Poverty ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Sets forth provisions to prevent discrimination and harassment in the workplace and raises the minimum wage for tipped employees. Specifically, the bill (1) makes it an unlawful employment practice to discriminate against an individual in the workplace based on sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth, and a sex stereotype; (2) prohibits employers from entering into contracts or agreements with workers that contain certain nondisparagement or nondisclosure clauses; (3) prohibits
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Choose Respect Act [S.1076]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Rights ]
A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to designate October 1 as Choose Respect Day, and for other purposes.
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BE HEARD in the Workplace Act Bringing an End to Harassment by Enhancing Accountability and Rejecting Discrimination in the Workplace Act [HB-2148]
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[Poverty ]
[Economic Development ]
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[Children and Youth ]
Sets forth provisions to prevent discrimination and harassment in the workplace and raises the minimum wage for tipped employees. Specifically, the bill (1) makes it an unlawful employment practice to discriminate against an individual in the workplace based on sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth, and a sex stereotype; (2) prohibits employers from entering into contracts or agreements with workers that contain certain nondisparagement or nondisclosure clauses; (3) prohibits
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Keeping Girls in School Act [S.1071]
[International ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Authorizes the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to enter into acquisition, assistance, or financing agreements to address societal, cultural, health, and other barriers that adolescent girls face in accessing quality secondary education. The USAID shall seek to ensure that such activities meet various requirements related to monitoring and evaluating outcomes, collecting data, and adhering to gender-equality promotion policies. The Department of State shall periodically update and report to Congress a publicly available U.S. global
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Keeping Girls in School Act [HB-2153]
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[Human Services ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Authorizes the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to enter into acquisition, assistance, or financing agreements to address societal, cultural, health, and other barriers that adolescent girls face in accessing quality secondary education. The USAID shall seek to ensure that such activities meet various requirements related to monitoring and evaluating outcomes, collecting data, and adhering to gender-equality promotion policies. The Department of State shall periodically update and report to Congress a publicly available U.S. global
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An Act Targeting Resources to Communities in Need [HB-2055]
[Community Development ]
[Poverty ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Agriculture ]
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Targets funding for designated development programs to counties and census tracts with persistently high poverty rates. Specifically, agencies that administer these programs must direct at least 10% of funding to counties with poverty rates that have equaled or exceeded 20% for at least 30 years. In addition, agencies must allocate, based on a formula, a certain level of funding to census tracts that have sustained poverty rates of 20% or higher for the past five years. This funding model, known as the 10-20-30 proposal, has been applied through
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Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act of 2019 [S.1067]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Ethics ]
Addresses sexual harassment in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields by supporting sexual harassment research and efforts to prevent and respond to sexual harassment. directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to award grants to institutions of higher education or nonprofit organizations (or their consortia) to expand research into sexual harassment in the STEM workforce, including students and trainees; and examine interventions for reducing the incidence and negative consequences of such harassment. The NSF must
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An Act Targeting Resources to Communities in Need [S.1066]
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[Agriculture ]
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Targets funding for designated development programs to counties and census tracts with persistently high poverty rates. Specifically, agencies that administer these programs must direct at least 10% of funding to counties with poverty rates that have equaled or exceeded 20% for at least 30 years. In addition, agencies must allocate, based on a formula, a certain level of funding to census tracts that have sustained poverty rates of 20% or higher for the past five years. This funding model, known as the 10-20-30 proposal, has been applied through
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Access to Contraception for Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2019 [S.1049]
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[Military ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
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Addresses the access of military personnel and dependents to contraception and family planning information. The bill revises coverage of women's health services under the TRICARE program to (1) prohibit the imposition of cost-sharing for care related to the prevention of pregnancy, whether provided through a facility of the uniformed services, the TRICARE retail pharmacy program, or the national mail-order pharmacy program; and (2) include all methods of contraception approved by the Food and Drug Administration, contraceptive care, sterilization
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Access to Contraception for Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2019 [HB-2091]
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[Healthcare ]
[Military ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
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Addresses the access of military personnel and dependents to contraception and family planning information. The bill revises coverage of women's health services under the TRICARE program to (1) prohibit the imposition of cost-sharing for care related to the prevention of pregnancy, whether provided through a facility of the uniformed services, the TRICARE retail pharmacy program, or the national mail-order pharmacy program; and (2) include all methods of contraception approved by the Food and Drug Administration, contraceptive care, sterilization
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Campus Accountability and Safety Act [S.976]
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[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act to combat campus sexual assault, and for other purposes.
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Probation Officer Protection Act of 2019 [HB-1866]
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[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizes a probation officer to arrest a person (i.e., a person other than the probationer) without a warrant if there is probable cause to believe the person forcibly assaulted or obstructed a probation officer engaged in the performance of official duties.