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Flexibility for Working Families Act [HB-1450]
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[Family-Related Legislation ]
Flexibility for Working Families Act Authorizes an employee to request from an employer a temporary or permanent change in the terms or conditions of the employee's employment if the request relates to: (1) the number of hours the employee is required to work, (2) the times when the employee is required to work or be on call for work, (3) where the employee is required to work, or (4) the amount of notification the employee receives of work schedule assignments. Sets forth certain employer duties with respect to such requests. Makes it unlawful
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Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Cartwright
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 12/15/2015
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Transparency in Government Act of 2015 [HB-1381]
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Transparency in Government Act of 2015 Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 and the Rules of the House of Representatives to expand disclosure requirements for the personal financial information of Members of Congress and for foreign travel, gifts, earmarks, and representational allowances. Requires the Comptroller General to study the effect of written requests by Members of Congress to executive agencies to carry out and provide funding for projects and activities. Requires each congressional committee to: (1) post on its website the schedule
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. on 04/21/2015
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Office of Compliance Administrative and Technical Corrections Act of 2015 [HB-1213]
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[Law Enforcement ]
[Ethics ]
Office of Compliance Administrative and Technical Corrections Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (CAA) to revise its procedures for mediation and hearings. The Executive Director of the Office of Compliance is required to: develop a master list of individuals experienced in adjudicating, arbitrating, or mediating the kinds of personnel and other matters for which mediation may be held, including, but not limited to, members of a state or District of Columbia bar and retired judges of U.S. courts; and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Brady
Signed By President. on 03/20/2015
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A resolution commemorating the centennial anniversary of the establishment of the Congressional Research Service. [SR-508]
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Recognizes the centennial anniversary of the establishment of the Congressional Research Service (CRS). Commends the CRS employees for their service to Congress and the people of the United States.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Cardin
Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment And With A Preamble By Unanimous Consent. (consideration: Cr S4626-4627; Text As Passed Senate: Cr S4623-4624) on 07/17/2014
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Government Contractor Accountability Act of 2013 [S.664]
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Government Contractor Accountability Act of 2013 - Requires specified federal agencies (defined as establishments by the Inspector General Act of 1978) to report to Congress on their response, or lack of response, to covered final audit reports submitted to such agencies by an Inspector General or by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction or the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. Defines "covered final audit report" as a final report issued by an Inspector General that includes a recommendation for implementing
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Boozman
Star Print Ordered On The Bill. on 04/25/2013
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Healthy Families Act [S.631]
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[Healthcare ]
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[Human Services ]
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Healthy Families Act - Requires certain employers, who employ 15 or more employees for each working day during 20 or more workweeks a year, to permit each employee to earn at least 1 hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked. Declares that an employer shall not be required to permit an employee to earn more than 56 hours of paid sick time in a calendar year, unless the employer chooses to set a higher limit. Allows employees to use such time to: (1) meet their own medical needs; (2) care for the medical needs of certain family members (including
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S2029-2030) on 03/20/2013
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Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act [S.517]
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[Data Privacy ]
Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act - Repeals a Library of Congress (LOC) rulemaking determination, made upon the recommendation of the Register of Copyrights, regarding the circumvention of technological measures controlling access to copyrighted software on wireless telephone handsets (mobile telephones) for the purpose of connecting to different wireless telecommunications networks (a practice commonly referred to as "unlocking" such devices). Reestablishes, as an exemption to provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Became Public Law No: 113-144. on 08/01/2014
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A bill to permit flexibility in the application of the budget sequester by Federal agencies. [S.465]
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[Defense ]
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Cancels the sequestration of budgetary resources for FY2013 ordered on March 1, 2013, pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Balanced Budget Act). Requires the budget sequester for an account in the security and non-security categories under the Balanced Budget Act for FY2013 to be implemented within each account as determined by the head of the agency with spending authority over such account. Requires: (1) the agency head to notify the Appropriations Committees of a proposed exercise of authority for implementing
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Budget. on 03/05/2013
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Schedules That Work Act [S.2642]
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Schedules That Work Act - Grants an employee the right to request that his or her employer change the terms and conditions of employment relating to: the number of hours or times the employee is required to work or be on call; the location; the amount of notification he or she receives of work schedule assignments; and minimizing fluctuations in the number of hours the employee is scheduled to work on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Requires the employer, if the request is made, to engage in a timely, good faith interactive process with
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Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S4708-4709) on 07/22/2014
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LEAP Act [S.2234]
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Leveraging and Energizing America's Apprenticeship Programs Act or the LEAP Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business-related tax credit of $1,500 for hiring an apprenticeship employee who has not attained age 25 at the close of the taxable year or $1,000 for an apprenticeship employee who has attained age 25. Allows such credit for no more than two taxable years with respect to any apprenticeship employee. Defines "apprenticeship employee" as an employee who is employed in an officially-recognized apprenticeable occupation
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S2328) on 04/09/2014
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American Royalties Too Act of 2014 [S.2045]
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American Royalties Too Act of 2014 - Expands copyright owners' exclusive rights, in the case of a work of visual art, to include the right to collect or authorize the collection of a royalty if the work is sold by a person other than the author for at least $5,000 in an auction. Defines "auction" as a public sale of visual art to the highest bidder run by an entity that sold at least $1 million of works of visual art during the previous year. Revises the term "work of visual art" to make requirements for photographs consistent with requirements
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Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 02/26/2014
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Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2014 [S.1972]
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[Unemployment ]
Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2014 - Declares it an unlawful practice for certain employers with at least 15 employees for each working day in each of at least 20 calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year to: (1) fail or refuse to consider for employment or to hire an individual as an employee based on present or past unemployment regardless of the length of time such individual was unemployed; (2) publish an advertisement or announcement for any job with provisions indicating that such an unemployed status disqualifies an individual
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Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/29/2014
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Government Publishing Office Act of 2014 [S.1947]
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[Libraries ]
Government Publishing Office Act of 2014 - Redesignates the Government Printing Office (GPO) as the Government Publishing Office and the Public Printer and the Deputy Public Printer as the Director of the Government Publishing Office and the Deputy Director of the Government Publishing Office, respectively. Eliminates as a requirement for such positions that such officers be practical printers and versed in the art of bookbinding.
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Committee On Rules And Administration. Reported By Senator Schumer Without Amendment. Without Written Report. on 04/10/2014
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Responsible Use of Taxpayer Dollars for Portraits Act of 2013 [S.1820]
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Responsible Use of Taxpayer Dollars for Portraits Act of 2013 - Prohibits federal funds from being used to pay for production of a portrait of: (1) a Member of Congress, (2) the head of an executive agency, or (3) the head of an agency or office of the legislative branch. Authorizes up to $20,000 in federal funds to pay for production of a portrait of an individual in line of succession to the presidency. Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the use of: federal funds to publicly display a portrait of: (1) a Member of
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. Reported By Senator Carper Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 113-217. on 07/23/2014
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Sequester Replacement and Spending Reduction Act of 2013 [S.18]
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[Finance ]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
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[Food ]
[Unemployment ]
[Pensions ]
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Sequester Replacement and Spending Reduction Act of 2013 - Prohibits implementation of the sequester for discretionary spending for FY2013 under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Reduces by $10 billion in both the security and non-security categories the discretionary caps for FY2013 provided in the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act, as modified by the Budget Control Act of 2011 for enforcement of a specified budget goal. Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 with respect to the standard utility
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Sponsored by: Sen. John McCain
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/27/2013
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Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2013 [S.1529]
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[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
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Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2013 - States as the purpose of this Act to apply the same employment benefits and obligations to federal employees in same-sex domestic partnerships and to their domestic partners as apply to married federal employees and their spouses. Amends provisions of federal civil service law to extend employment-related and retirement benefits to domestic partners of federal employees and to set forth requirements for establishing and terminating a domestic partnership, including the filing of an affidavit
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 09/19/2013
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Strengthening Congressional Oversight of Regulatory actions for Efficiency [S.1472]
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Strengthening Congressional Oversight of Regulatory actions for Efficiency - Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to establish and maintain a separate Regulatory Analysis Division within CBO responsible for assessing the impact of federal rules and regulations. Requires the Division to provide analysis: during the public comment period, of the prospective economic impact of economically significant proposed rules having an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or an adverse effect in a material way on the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Budget. on 08/01/2013
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Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2014 [S.1283]
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[Grants ]
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2014 - Title I: Legislative Branch Appropriations - Makes appropriations to the Senate for FY2014 for: (1) a payment to Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg, widow of Frank R. Lautenberg, late a Senator from New Jersey; (2) expense allowances; (3) representation allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders; (4) salaries of specified officers, employees, and committees (including the Committee on Appropriations); (5) agency contributions for employee benefits; (6) inquiries and investigations; (7) the U.S. Senate
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
Committee On Appropriations. Ordered To Be Reported Without Amendment Favorably. on 07/11/2013
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Flexibility for Working Families Act [S.1248]
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Flexibility for Working Families Act - Authorizes an employee to request from an employer a temporary or permanent change in the terms or conditions of the employee's employment if the request relates to: (1) the number of hours the employee is required to work, (2) the times when the employee is required to work or be on call for work, (3) where the employee is required to work, or (4) the amount of notification the employee receives of work schedule assignments. Sets forth certain employer duties with respect to such requests. Makes it unlawful
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 06/27/2013
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Congressional Research Service Electronic Accessibility Resolution of 2013 [HR-110]
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[Science ]
[Cybersecurity ]
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Public Access to Congressional Research Service Reports Resolution of 2013 or Congressional Research Service Electronic Accessibility Resolution of 2013 - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in consultation with the Director of the Congressional Research Service (CRS), to establish and maintain a centralized, searchable, bulk downloadable, electronic database consisting of: (1) CRS Issue Briefs, Reports, Authorization of Appropriations Products and Appropriations Products, and other materials intended or available for general congressional
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The House Committee On House Administration. on 03/12/2013