Child Safety And Welfare
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Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2015 [HB-3060]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2015 This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to require each covered program to prohibit child abuse and neglect and meet specified minimum standards. A "covered program" is a facility of a program operated by a public or private entity that, with respect to one or more children who are unrelated to the program owner or operator, purports to provide treatment or modify behaviors in a residential environment. HHS shall: (1) implement a review process for overseeing,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 11/16/2015
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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 [HB-3020]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Social Security ]
[Pensions ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Disabilities ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Veterans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Libraries ]
[Human Rights ]
[Religion ]
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 Provides FY2016 appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and several related agencies. Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2016 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Provides FY2016 appropriations for agencies and programs within the Department of Labor. Provides appropriations to the Employment and Training Administration for: Training and Employment Services, Job Corps, Community Service Employment
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Cole
The House Committee On Appropriations Reported An Original Measure, H. Rept. 114-195, By Mr. Cole. on 07/10/2015
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Julia Carson Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2015 [HB-3005]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Food ]
[Poverty ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Social Security ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Julia Carson Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2015 Conditions continued approval of a state plan under part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSAct) upon state assessment of its policies with respect to barriers to employment and financial support of children. Directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to states for an employment demonstration project involving a court- or state child support agency-supervised employment program for noncustodial
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Sponsored by: Rep. Lacy Clay
Referred To The Subcommittee On Human Resources. on 07/15/2015
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School Social Workers Improving Student Success Act [HB-2988]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
School Social Workers Improving Student Success Act This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Department of Education to award renewable grants to high-need local educational agencies to retain or hire additional school social workers. Grantees may use the funds to reimburse school social workers for expenses they incur in rendering services. Grant-funded social workers must target their services to the highest-need students. Grant funds may not be used to supplant other funds used for hiring and retaining
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 11/16/2015
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Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 [HB-296]
[Crime ]
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[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
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Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 This bill amends the federal criminal code, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005, the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990, and the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to enhance protections and increase restitution for victims of human trafficking. The bill imposes an additional penalty of $5,000 on any non-indigent person or entity convicted of a crime involving: (1) peonage, slavery, and trafficking in persons;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 02/02/2015
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Sensenbrenner-Scott Over-Criminalization Task Force Safe, Accountable, Fair, Effective Justice Reinvestment Act of 2015 Sensenbrenner-Scott SAFE Justice Reinvestment Act of 2015 [HB-2944]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Sensenbrenner-Scott Over-Criminalization Task Force Safe, Accountable, Fair, Effective Justice Reinvestment Act of 2015 Sensenbrenner-Scott SAFE Justice Reinvestment Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Henry C. Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 07/09/2015
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PLAYS in Youth Sports Act Physical activity, Living healthy, Access, Youth development, and Safety in Youth Sports Act [HB-2932]
[Sports ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Education ]
PLAYS in Youth Sports Act Physical activity, Living healthy, Access, Youth development, and Safety in Youth Sports Act Directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish: (1) an Organization Grants Program to award competitive grants to eligible national nonprofit organizations to improve the health and positive youth development impacts of youth sports participation, and (2) a grant selection board to select grant recipients. Authorizes the use of grants by such an organization to award subgrants to regional and local nonprofit
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Sponsored by: Rep. James R. Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 11/16/2015
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Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2015 [HB-2902]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2015 This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states to direct their local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish policies that prevent and prohibit conduct, including bullying and harassment, that is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive to: (1) limit students' ability to participate in, or benefit from, school programs; or (2) create a hostile or abusive educational environment that adversely affects their education. LEAs shall also provide: (1) students, parents,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 11/16/2015
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Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act of 2015 [HB-2875]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act of 2015 This bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to analyze existing law enforcement accreditation standards, recommend additional areas for the development of national standards, recommend the adoption of additional standards, and adopt policies and procedures to encourage accreditation of law enforcement agencies. It authorizes DOJ to make grants to federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies to obtain accreditation from certified organizations. The legislation authorizes DOJ to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 07/09/2015
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Protecting Youth from Solitary Confinement Act [HB-2823]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Protecting Youth from Solitary Confinement Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit solitary confinement for juveniles in federal custody at juvenile facilities. The legislation requires the Board of Prisons to submit an annual report to the President and Congress that summarizes and analyzes data regarding the rate of juvenile solitary confinement and trends demonstrated by an analysis of each incarcerated juvenile's offense, race, gender, age, hours of solitary confinement, and purpose of solitary confinement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 07/01/2015
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Strengthening Refugee Resettlement Act [HB-2798]
[Immigration ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
[Human Rights ]
Strengthening Refugee Resettlement Act Requires the Department of Homeland Security to work with the heads of other relevant federal agencies to conduct a review of refugee processing with the goal of streamlining processing, consistent with maintaining security. Requires the Department of State (Department) to establish overseas refugee English language and work orientation training programs prior to the departure for the United States of refugees who have been approved for U.S. admission. Permits: (1) refugees (and their spouses and children)
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 07/01/2015
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Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act [HB-2751]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act Establishes the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children in the Office of Tribal Justice of the Department of Justice. Requires the President and Congress to appoint to the Commission individuals who have significant experience and expertise in Indian affairs and matters to be studied by the Commission. Requires the Commission to establish a Native Advisory Committee consisting of representatives of Indian tribes from each region of the Bureau of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Ruiz
Referred To The Subcommittee On Indian, Insular And Alaska Native Affairs. on 07/01/2015
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Do Not Track Kids Act of 2015 [HB-2734]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Public Health ]
[Media and Advertising ]
Do Not Track Kids Act of 2015 Amends the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to apply the prohibitions against collecting personal information from children to online applications and mobile applications directed to children. Establishes additional privacy protections against the collection of personal or geolocation information from children and minors. Revises the definition of: "operator" to include online and mobile applications (currently, only Internet websites and online services) and to make such definition apply specifically
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Sponsored by: Rep. James P. McGovern
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commerce, Manufacturing, And Trade. on 06/12/2015
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Youth Justice Act of 2015 [HB-2728]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Youth Justice Act of 2015 Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (JJDPA) to: increase funding for such Act in each of FY2016-FY2020 and authorize appropriations at the FY2020 level for each succeeding fiscal year; include as one of the purposes of such Act the support of a trauma-informed continuum of programs (including delinquency prevention, intervention, mental health, behavioral health, substance abuse treatment, and aftercare) to address the needs of at-risk youth and youth who come into contact with the justice
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 11/16/2015
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Pathways Out of Poverty Act of 2015 [HB-2721]
[Education ]
[Housing ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Food ]
[Poverty ]
[Unemployment ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Social Security ]
Pathways Out of Poverty Act of 2015 DIVISION A--EDUCATION TITLE I--STRONG START FOR AMERICA'S CHILDREN Subtitle A--Access to Voluntary Prekindergarten for Low- and Moderate-Income Families Directs the Department of Education (ED) to allot matching grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs), childhood education program providers, or consortia of those entities to implement high-quality prekindergarten programs for children from low-income families. Allots grants to states based on each state's proportion of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 11/16/2015
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To block any action from being taken to finalize or give effect to a certain proposed rule governing the Federal child support enforcement program. [HB-2688]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
To block any action from being taken to finalize or give effect to a certain proposed rule governing the Federal child support enforcement program. This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from taking any action to finalize, implement, enforce, or otherwise give effect to the proposed rule entitled "Flexibility, Efficiency, and Modernization in Child Support Enforcement Programs" or any proposal set forth in the proposed rule.
Sponsored by: Rep. Paul D. Ryan
Introduced In House on 06/09/2015
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Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 [HB-2685]
[Defense ]
[Environmental ]
[Finance ]
[International ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Energy ]
[Trade ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Veterans ]
[Construction ]
[Aerospace ]
[Science ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Small Business ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Human Services ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 Provides FY2016 appropriations for most military activities of the Department of Defense (DOD). TITLE I--MILITARY PERSONNEL Provides appropriations for active-duty and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force (the military departments), and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force. TITLE II--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE Provides appropriations for Operation and Maintenance (O&M) for the military departments, other agencies of the DOD, the reserve components, and the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen
Motion To Proceed To Measure Considered In Senate. (consideration: Cr S7776-7779) on 11/05/2015
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School Safety Act of 2015 [HB-2667]
[Crime ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Children and Youth ]
School Safety Act of 2015 Amends the the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) authorize appropriations for the matching grant program for school security through FY2020, and (2) authorize such grants to be used for emergency notification and response technologies and the acquisition and installation of technology for expedited notification of local law enforcement during an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Brooks
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 06/16/2015
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Protecting Our Children Act [HB-2618]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Protecting Our Children Act Amends the Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 to exempt from its prohibition against lie detector use the employers of prospective employees who care for or supervise or interact with unsupervised children on a frequent basis. Requires such prospective employees to be given reasonable written notice of the date, time, and location of the polygraph test and of their right to consult with legal counsel or an employee representative before each phase of the test.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dennis Ross
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 11/16/2015
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Half in Ten Act of 2015 [HB-258]
[Poverty ]
[Human Services ]
Half in Ten Act of 2015 Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services a Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty, which shall develop a National Strategy to reduce the number of persons living in poverty in America in half within 10 years after release of the 2014 Census Report on Income and Poverty in the United States: 2013.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Introduced In House on 01/09/2015