Census And Government Statistics
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Stop HATE Act of 2019 Stop Harmful and Abusive Telecommunications Expression Act of 2019 [S.917]
[Telecommunications ]
[Crime ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to report on and make recommendations to address the role of telecommunications in violent acts and hate crimes against individuals or groups on the basis of race, gender and gender identity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, color, or national origin.
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Recognizing people of African descent and Black Europeans. [HR-256]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
This resolution encourages the recognition of the collective history and achievements of people of African descent and reaffirms the importance of their equal participation in all aspects of political, economic, social, and cultural life. The resolution recognizes that many black Europeans have experienced injustices in the public and private sector and welcomes European efforts to promote racial equality and combat discrimination. The resolution urges the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development to support efforts to
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CAPITAL Act of 2019 Creating Advancement and Personal Improvement in Targeted American Localities Act of 2019 [HB-1852]
[Economic Development ]
[Taxes ]
[Community Development ]
[Investments ]
Allows opportunity zones to be designated every 10 years. (Opportunity zones are certain low-income areas in which various tax incentives are available for investments in the zones. Under current law, the existing designations expire after 10 years, and no additional designations are permitted.)
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College Transparency Act [HB-1766]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requires the National Center for Education Statistics to establish a secure and privacy-protected data system that contains information about postsecondary students. Specifically, the data system must evaluate student enrollment patterns, progression, completion, and postcollegiate outcomes, and higher education costs and financial aid; provide complete and customizable information for students and families making decisions about postsecondary education; reduce the requirements for reporting by institutions of higher education; and periodically
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College Transparency Act [S.800]
[Education ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
A bill to establish a postsecondary student data system.
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Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act [S.789]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Student Loans ]
[Poverty ]
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the financial aid process for homeless and foster care youth.
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Ensuring Full Participation in the Census Act of 2019 [HB-1734]
[Immigration ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Human Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
Prohibits the Bureau of the Census from using questions regarding citizenship, nationality, or immigration status in the decennial census. The bill does not apply to the American Community Survey.
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Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act [HB-1724]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Student Loans ]
[Poverty ]
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the financial aid process for homeless and foster care youth.
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HERO Act Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act [HB-1646]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Establishes a series of programs relating to the behavioral health of public-safety officers (e.g., law enforcement officers, firefighters, ambulance crew members, and 9-1-1 operators) and health care providers. For example, the bill establishes (1) a public-safety officer suicide-reporting system at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (2) a grant program for peer-support behavioral health and wellness programs within fire departments and emergency medical services agencies, and (3) a grant program for behavioral health and wellness
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To ensure election security, enhance Americans' access to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money in politics through transparency, establish accountability and integrity measures for Congress, and strengthen ethics rules for public servants, and for other purposes. [HB-1612]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Ethics ]
[National Security ]
[Data Privacy ]
Addresses voter registration, congressional redistricting, election security, political spending, and ethics for the three branches of government. The bill provides for the automatic registration of eligible voters. Voters must present identification to vote. The bill requires states to hold open primaries. The bill provides for states to establish independent, nonpartisan redistricting commissions. The bill also sets forth provisions related to election security, including sharing intelligence information with state election officials, protecting
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Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Act of 2019 [S.713]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Addresses highway-rail grade crossing safety. The bill reauthorizes the highway safety improvement program through FY2024, with $50 million set aside in FY2020-FY2024 for the Railway-Highway Crossings Program. Eligibility requirements are revised for the award of capital grants to states under the rail line relocation and improvement program. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) must hire 16 full-time grade crossing safety managers to work with state and local officials to identify safety improvements to highway-rail grade crossings; and 8
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Helping Americans Succeed by Measuring Outcomes Act [HB-1490]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Social Security ]
[Budget and Spending ]
(1) establishes certain performance measures for states receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program grants, and (2) requires states to specify how they will allow for transitional periods of benefits for recipients who become ineligible for TANF benefits due to employment or an increase in wages.
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Puerto Rico Data Collection Equality Act [HB-1405]
[Economic Development ]
[Energy ]
[Inflation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Unemployment ]
[Data Privacy ]
Makes changes to the collection and publication of statistics relating to U.S. territories and regarding reports on their economies. The Interagency Council on Statistical Policy shall collect and publish statistics regarding Puerto Rico in the same manner as statistics are collected and reported by federal agencies for the states. The Bureau of the Census shall collect and report statistics regarding Puerto Rico as part of specified statistical programs and surveys. Bureau calculations of U.S. total population must include U.S. territories. The
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Census Accuracy Act of 2019 [HB-1320]
[Immigration ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Human Rights ]
Requires any questionnaire used in the decennial census to determine the total population by states to include (1) a checkbox or other similar option for a respondent to indicate whether he or she is a U.S. citizen or U.S. national, is lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States, is an alien who otherwise has lawful status under the immigration laws, or is none of these; and (2) a question regarding which federal program or legal provision accorded the respondent such status.
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A concurrent resolution recognizing the rich history, heritage, and strategic importance of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Marshallese population residing in the United States. [SCR-3]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[Community Development ]
This concurrent resolution commends the rich history and heritage of the Marshall Islands, and encourages a continued commitment to improve census data to better serve citizens of the Marshall Islands living in the United States.
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Recognizing the rich history, heritage, and strategic importance of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Marshallese population residing in the United States. [HCR-18]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[Community Development ]
This concurrent resolution commends the rich history and heritage of the Marshall Islands, and encourages a continued commitment to improve census data to better serve citizens of the Marshall Islands living in the United States.
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Statistical Area Fairness Act of 2019 [S.372]
[Military ]
Prohibits the Office of Management and Budget from including a county with a large federal installation in a core-based statistical area on the basis of employment in that county of residents of the central county or counties of the core-based statistical area. Core-based statistical areas are delineated based on census data and include metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas.
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Census IDEA Act Census Improving Data and Enhanced Accuracy Act [S.358]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Elections ]
Prohibits the Department of Commerce, in the 2020 decennial census of population and each decennial census thereafter, from (1) implementing any major operational design element that has not been researched, studied, and tested for a period of at least three years before the decennial census date; or (2) including on the questionnaire for the census any subject, type of information, or question that was not submitted to Congress. The Government Accountability Office shall determine and report to Congress on whether the subjects, types of information,
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Startup Act [S.328]
[Immigration ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
[Economic Development ]
[Grants ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
Provides conditional visas to certain immigrants with advanced educational credentials. It also establishes a grant program to promote innovation and imposes requirements on certain rulemaking activities. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may provide conditional permanent resident status to up to 50,000 aliens with advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) degrees. Such aliens may remain in the country for up to one year after the expiration of a student visa to find employment, or indefinitely if already engaged in a STEM
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Every Person Counts Act [S.201]
[Immigration ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Elections ]
Requires the census to tabulate the total number of persons in each state and prohibits the Bureau of the Census from including any question or otherwise eliciting any information regarding U.S. citizenship or immigration status.