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Improve Data on Sexual Violence Act [HB-4893]
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Improve Data on Sexual Violence Act This bill directs the Office of Management and Budget to establish an interagency working group to study federal efforts to collect data on sexual violence and to make recommendations on efforts to coordinate sexual violence data collection to produce complementary information, without compromising programmatic needs. The working group shall consider: what activity constitutes different acts of sexual violence, whether reports that use the same terms for acts of sexual violence are collecting the same data on
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A resolution raising awareness and encouraging the prevention of stalking by designating January 2018 as "National Stalking Awareness Month". [SR-390]
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A resolution raising awareness and encouraging the prevention of stalking by designating January 2018 as "National Stalking Awareness Month". Designates January 2018 as National Stalking Awareness Month. Applauds the efforts of service providers, police, prosecutors, national and community organizations, campuses, and private sector supporters to promote awareness of stalking. Encourages increased awareness of stalking and the availability of services for stalking victims. Urges national and community organizations, private businesses, and the media
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Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2018 [HJR-128]
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Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2018 DIVISION B--FURTHER EXTENSION OF CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 Further Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 This division amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 to provide continuing FY2018 appropriations to most federal agencies through March 23, 2018 (February 8, 2018, under current law). It prevents a partial government shutdown that would otherwise occur when the existing continuing resolution expires because the FY2018 appropriations bills have not been enacted. The division
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Requiring each employing office of the House of Representatives to adopt an anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policy for the office's workplace, establishing the Office of Employee Advocacy to provide legal assistance and consultation to employees of the House regarding procedures and proceedings under the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, and for other purposes. [HR-724]
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Requiring each employing office of the House of Representatives to adopt an anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policy for the office's workplace, establishing the Office of Employee Advocacy to provide legal assistance and consultation to employees of the House regarding procedures and proceedings under the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, and for other purposes. (Sec. 1) Requires each employing office of the House of Representatives to adopt an anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policy. Directs the Committee on House Administration,
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Journalist Protection Act [HB-4935]
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Journalist Protection Act
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Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act [HB-4924]
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Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act TITLE I--REFORM OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURES Subtitle A--Reform of Procedures for Initiation, Investigation, and Resolution of Claims (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (CAA) to revise administrative and judicial dispute resolution procedures for certain claims by employees alleging that employing offices have violated their CAA rights and protections, including protections against sexual harassment. The bill eliminates the requirement that an employee
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D'ARC Act Demand the end of Assault in Refugee Camps Act [HB-4950]
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D'ARC Act Demand the end of Assault in Refugee Camps Act This bill amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the annual human rights reports to include descriptions of the extent to which: the government of a country is failing to address, reduce, or prosecute instances of sexual assault in refugee camps; and the United States has taken or will take action to end such practices, including by training personnel to address the crime of sexual assault.
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A resolution to establish a special committee of the Senate to address sexual abuse within United States Olympic Gymnastics. [SR-396]
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A resolution to establish a special committee of the Senate to address sexual abuse within United States Olympic Gymnastics. Establishes the Senate Special Committee to Investigate Sexual Abuse Within United States Olympic Gymnastics.
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Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act [S.2401]
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Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act
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Sunlight in Workplace Harassment Act [HB-5028]
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Sunlight in Workplace Harassment Act
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ALERT Act Accountability of Leaders in Education to Report Title IX Investigations Act [S.2431]
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ALERT Act Accountability of Leaders in Education to Report Title IX Investigations Act
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International Violence Against Women Act of 2018 [HB-5034]
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International Violence Against Women Act of 2018 This bill provides for a U.S. global strategy to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls. The bill establishes in the Department of State an Office of Global Women's Issues which shall be headed by an Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues. The Ambassador-at-Large shall: (1) coordinate U.S. government efforts regarding gender equality and the advancement of women and girls in foreign policy, and (2) develop or update periodically a U.S. global strategy to prevent and respond
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ALERT Act Accountability of Leaders in Education to Report Title IX Investigations Act [HB-5157]
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ALERT Act Accountability of Leaders in Education to Report Title IX Investigations Act
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Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2018 [S.2502]
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Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2018
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Ravi Thackurdeen Safe Students Study Abroad Act [HB-4410]
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Ravi Thackurdeen Safe Students Study Abroad Act
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Supporting Teachers and Safe Students Act [HB-5324]
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Supporting Teachers and Safe Students Act
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Congressional Harassment Reform Act [S.2236]
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Congressional Harassment Reform Act
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Keeping Guns from High-Risk Individuals Act [HB-5163]
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Keeping Guns from High-Risk Individuals Act
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Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act [S.1922]
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Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime for any person to perform or attempt to perform an abortion if the probable post-fertilization age of the fetus is 20 weeks or more. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, up to five years in prison, or both. The bill provides exceptions for an abortion: (1) that is necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman, or (2) when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. A physician who performs or attempts to perform an abortion
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Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act [S.2044]
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Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify the prohibition on firearm sale or transfer to or purchase or possession by an individual who is subject to a court order that restrains the individual from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child of an intimate partner. Specifically, the bill revises the elements of a qualifying court order. It also broadens the definition of "intimate partner" to include a dating partner or former dating partner.