Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Abroad Act [HB-1174]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[International ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Abroad Act Amends the federal criminal code to authorize a governmental entity to require the disclosure by a provider of electronic communication service or remote computing service of the contents of a wire or electronic communication that is in electronic storage with or otherwise stored, held, or maintained by the provider only pursuant to a warrant issued by a court of competent jurisdiction. Authorizes such a warrant to require such disclosure regardless of where such contents may be in electronic storage
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HB-1174: Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Abroad Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 03/31/2015
Jamiel Shaw, II Memorial Act of 2015 [HB-1041]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[National Security ]
Jamiel Shaw, II Memorial Act of 2015 Prohibits the payment of funds to a state or its political subdivisions under any program or activity administered by the Department of Homeland Security unless such state: (1) compiles statistics on each person arrested, charged, convicted of a crime, or incarcerated by such state, including the immigration status and country of origin of such persons and the crimes for which such persons were arrested, charged, convicted, or incarcerated; (2) reports such statistics monthly to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
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HB-1041: Jamiel Shaw, II Memorial Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King
Referred To The Subcommittee On Emergency Preparedness, Response And Communications. on 03/19/2015
Strengthening Health Disparities Data Collection Act [S.989]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
Strengthening Health Disparities Data Collection Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the categories of data the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) is required to ensure is collected and reported regarding federally conducted or supported health care or public health programs to include the sexual orientation and gender identity of applicants, recipients, or participants. (Current law requires the collection of data on race, ethnicity, sex, primary language, and disability status.) Eliminates the prerequisite of direct
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S.989: Strengthening Health Disparities Data Collection Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Schatz
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/20/2013
Rural Energy Investment Act of 2013 [S.860]
[Energy ]
[Small Business ]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Rural Energy Investment Act of 2013 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 regarding the biobased markets program to: (1) extend program funding through FY2018, (2) increase the number of categories of biobased products designated and individual biobased products eligible for preferred purchasing, and (3) provide for a program of biobased product education and promotion activities. Amends the Rural Energy for America Program to: (1) extend Program funding through FY2018; (2) make nonprofit organizations eligible for assistance;
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S.860: Rural Energy Investment Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Schatz
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 05/06/2013
Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 [S.815]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - (Sec. 4) Prohibits covered entities (employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, or joint labor-management committees) from engaging in employment discrimination on the basis of an individual's actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. Declares that it shall be unlawful for an employer, because of an individual's actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity, to: (1) fail or refuse to hire, to discharge, or to otherwise discriminate with respect to the compensation,
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S.815: Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 01/08/2014
A bill to amend section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 to revise the census data and population requirements for areas to be considered as rural areas for purposes of such Act. [S.766]
[Housing ]
[Agriculture ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend certain requirements for consideration as a rural area with respect to assistance for farm housing. Declares that any area classified as "rural" or a "rural area" before October 1, 1990, and determined not to be one as a result of data received from or after the 2010 decennial census, and any area deemed to be a "rural area" for purposes of the Act under any other provision of law at any time between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2010, shall continue to be so classified until the receipt of data from
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S.766: A bill to amend section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 to revise the census data and population requirements for areas to be considered as rural areas for purposes of such Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jon Tester
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 04/18/2013
You have voted S.766: A bill to amend section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 to revise the census data and population requirements for areas to be considered as rural areas for purposes of such Act..
Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 [S.679]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Small Business ]
[Community Development ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Economic Development ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 regarding the supplemental food assistance program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to include as a retail store an agricultural producer marketing agricultural products directly to consumers. Requires participating retailers to pay 100% of the costs of acquiring, and arranging for the implementation of, electronic benefit transfer (EBT) point-of-sale equipment and supplies. Allows exemptions, including for farmers' markets, direct farmer-to-consumer
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S.679: Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 04/09/2013
LINE Act of 2013 [S.58]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Disabilities ]
Lines Interfere with National Elections Act of 2013 or LINE Act of 2013 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require each state to provide for the minimum required number of voting systems, poll workers, and other election resources (including all other physical resources) for each voting site on the day of any federal election and on any days during which the state allows early voting for a federal election in accordance with standards established under this Act. Directs the Attorney General, to the maximum extent practicable in coordination
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S.58: LINE Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Nelson
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Rules And Administration. on 01/22/2013
A bill to make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions, and for other purposes. [S.530]
[Data Privacy ]
[Human Rights ]
Requires the Secretary of Commerce, in conducting any survey relating to the Census, to include in instructions for completing any such survey that participation in the survey is optional, except that survey respondents must provide their names, contract information, the date of response, and the number of people living or staying at the same addresses where the respondents reside. Prohibits any person participating in a survey from being fined or otherwise compelled to answer questions in connection with the survey (except for the basic questions
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S.530: A bill to make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Inhofe
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 03/12/2013
You have voted S.530: A bill to make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions, and for other purposes..
TALENT Act [S.512]
[Education ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
To Aid Gifted and High-Ability Learners by Empowering the Nation's Teachers Act or the TALENT Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require state assessments of student proficiency to measure individual academic achievement, including above grade level achievement. Requires states to: (1) recognize local educational agencies (LEAs) that significantly increase the proportion of their students, overall and in specified student subgroups, that score at or above the advanced level of achievement on such assessments; (2)
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S.512: TALENT Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/11/2013
Startup Act 3.0 [S.310]
[Immigration ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Science ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Education ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Startup Act 3.0 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust to conditional permanent resident status up to 50,000 aliens who have earned a master's or doctorate degree in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field (STEM field) and permit such an alien to remain in the United States: (1) for up to one year after the expiration of the alien's student visa, if the alien is searching for STEM field employment; and (2) indefinitely if the alien remains actively engaged in
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S.310: Startup Act 3.0
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/13/2013
Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act [S.308]
[Social Security ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Inflation ]
Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish for each calendar month a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPIEC) that indicates changes over time in consumption expenditures typical for individuals in the United States age 62 or older. Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to make the CPIEC the applicable Consumer Price Index (CPI) for computation of cost-of-lving increases in OASDI
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S.308: Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Mazie Hirono
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/13/2013
Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act of 2014 [S.2952]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Data Privacy ]
Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act of 2014 - Establishes in the executive branch a Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking. Directs the Commission to conduct a comprehensive study of the data inventory, data infrastructure, and statistical protocols related to federal policymaking and the statistical and programmatic agencies responsible for maintaining that data to: determine the optimal arrangement for which administrative data on federal programs and tax expenditures and related data series may be integrated and made available to
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S.2952: Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Sen. Patty Murray
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 11/20/2014
Satellite Television Access and Viewer Rights Act [S.2799]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Media and Advertising ]
Satellite Television Access and Viewer Rights Act - Title I: Satellite Television - (Sec. 101) Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to extend until December 31, 2019, the exemption from retransmission consent requirements (which prohibit cable systems or other multichannel video programming distributors [MVPDs] from retransmitting broadcasting station signals without the authority of the originating station) for satellite retransmissions of network station signals to subscribers located outside of a station's local market who reside in unserved
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S.2799: Satellite Television Access and Viewer Rights Act
Sponsored by: Sen. John Thune
By Senator Rockefeller From Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation Filed Written Report. Report No. 113-322. on 12/12/2014
Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2014 [S.2653]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2014 - Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to redefine "homeless," "homeless individual," or "homeless person." Modifies requirements relating to an individual or family who will imminently lose their housing, including housing they own, rent, or live in without paying rent. Revises criteria for unaccompanied youth and homeless families with children and youth defined as homeless under other federal statutes to require that they: are certified as homeless by the director or designee of a program
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S.2653: Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S4905) on 07/24/2014
Girls Count Act of 2014 [S.2591]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Girls Count Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to: (1) support programs that will contribute to improved civil registration and vital statistics systems with a focus on birth registration; and (2) promote programs that build the capacity of developing countries' national and local legal and policy frameworks to prevent discrimination against girls, and help increase property rights, social security, land tenure, and inheritance rights for women.
S.2591: Girls Count Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 07/10/2014
Pathways to Prosperity Act of 2014 [S.2524]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Pathways to Prosperity Act of 2014 - Amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act to replace specified minimum measures of student attainment in the core indicators of performance for career and technical education students at the secondary level with a measure of the median earnings of students employed during the second quarter after completing a career and technical education program of study in the state. Requires the national research center, established under the Act, to engage in evaluation and technical assistance activities
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S.2524: Pathways to Prosperity Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Warner
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 06/24/2014
S.2490: A bill to include a question to ascertain United States citizenship and immigration status in each questionnaire used for a decennial census of population, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Vitter
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 06/18/2014
You have voted S.2490: A bill to include a question to ascertain United States citizenship and immigration status in each questionnaire used for a decennial census of population, and for other purposes..
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 [S.2437]
[Finance ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Crime ]
[Science ]
[International ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Trade ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Economic Development ]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
[Energy ]
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 - Makes appropriations for FY2015 for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, for science-related programs, and related agencies. Title I: Department of Commerce - Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2015 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Commerce for FY2015 for: the International Trade Administration; the Bureau of Industry and Security; the Economic Development Administration; the Minority Business Development Agency; economic and statistical analysis
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S.2437: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Mikulski
Committee On Appropriations. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Mikulski. With Written Report No. 113-181. on 06/05/2014