Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 [HJR-124]
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(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on September 17, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Highlights: The Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 provides continuing FY2015 appropriations to federal agencies until December 11, 2014, or enactment of specified appropriations legislation. The joint resolution also authorizes the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to provide assistance in Syria. It also extends the operating authority of the Export-Import Bank, provides funding to respond to the outbreak
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Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [HB-83]
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Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish within the Empowering Insular Communities activity a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to: (1) develop an energy action plan addressing the energy needs of each of the insular areas (American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands) and Freely Associated States (the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau); and (2) assist each of the insular areas and Freely Associated States in implementing
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HB-83: Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan
Became Public Law No: 113-235. on 12/16/2014
To amend title 5, United States Code, to give members of the United States Capitol Police the option to delay mandatory retirement until age 60. [HB-598]
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Revises mandatory retirement requirements for members of the U.S. Capitol Police under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS). Requires the Capitol Police Board, at a member's request, to exempt the individual from automatic separation requirements until he or she becomes age 60, if the member: (1) undergoes a physical examination during the six-month period ending on the day the member turns age 57, and (2) on the basis of the examination meets appropriate physical fitness criteria. (Currently,
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HB-598: To amend title 5, United States Code, to give members of the United States Capitol Police the option to delay mandatory retirement until age 60.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Capuano
Referred To The Committee On House Administration, And In Addition To The Committee On Oversight And Government Reform, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 02/08/2013
You have voted HB-598: To amend title 5, United States Code, to give members of the United States Capitol Police the option to delay mandatory retirement until age 60..
LEAP Act [HB-5720]
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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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HB-5720: LEAP Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Frederica Wilson
Referred To The Committee On Ways And Means, And In Addition To The Committee On Oversight And Government Reform, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 11/14/2014
LEAP Act [HB-5579]
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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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HB-5579: LEAP Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Lipinski
Referred To The Committee On Ways And Means, And In Addition To The Committee On Oversight And Government Reform, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 09/18/2014
Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2013 [HB-517]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2013 - Allows federal employees to substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay available for either the: (1) birth of a child, or (2) placement of a child with the employee for either adoption or foster care. Makes available (subject to specified requirements) for any of the 12 weeks of leave an employee is entitled to for such purposes: (1) four administrative weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth or placement involved, and (2) any accumulated annual or sick leave.
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HB-517: Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E99) on 02/05/2013
Schedules That Work Act [HB-5159]
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[Public Health ]
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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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HB-5159: Schedules That Work Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 11/17/2014
Social Security Commission Act of 2014 [HB-4786]
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[Retirement ]
Social Security Commission Act of 2014 - Establishes in the legislative branch the Commission on Long Term Social Security Solvency to make recommendations to Congress, including proposed legislation, for achieving solvency in the Social Security trust funds for a period of at least 75 years. Requires expedited consideration of any proposed legislation approving Commission recommendations.
HB-4786: Social Security Commission Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Polis
Referred To The Committee On Ways And Means, And In Addition To The Committee On Rules, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 05/30/2014
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015 [HB-4487]
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Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015 - Title I: Legislative Branch - Makes appropriations to the Senate for FY2015 for: (1) expense allowances; (2) representation allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders; (3) salaries of specified officers, employees, and committees (including the Committee on Appropriations); (4) agency contributions for employee benefits; (5) inquiries and investigations; (6) the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control; (7) the Offices of the Secretary and of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of
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Long-Term SCORE Act [HB-4444]
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Long-Term Studies of Comprehensive Outcomes and Returns for the Economy Act or Long-Term SCORE Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) to establish within the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) a long-term budget scoring division. Requires the CBO Director, whenever a CBO cost analysis of a public bill or resolution reported by any congressional committee (except the congressional appropriations committees) is prepared, and upon the request of any Member of Congress, to prepare and submit to such committee the information requested,
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HB-4444: Long-Term SCORE Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Committee On The Budget, And In Addition To The Committee On Rules, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 04/09/2014
Transparency in Government Act of 2014 [HB-4245]
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Transparency in Government Act of 2014 - 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 (GAO) 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
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HB-4245: Transparency in Government Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. on 04/16/2014
HB-4116: To direct the Librarian of Congress to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install the panel among the stained glass panels depicting the seals of States which overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings And Emergency Management. on 02/28/2014
You have voted HB-4116: To direct the Librarian of Congress to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install the panel among the stained glass panels depicting the seals of States which overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building..
American Royalties Too Act of 2014 [HB-4103]
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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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HB-4103: American Royalties Too Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. on 03/20/2014
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2014 [HB-2792]
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Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2014 - Title I: Legislative Branch Appropriations - Makes appropriations to the House of Representatives for FY2014 for: (1) salaries and/or expenses of the House leadership offices, committees (including the Committee on Appropriations), and officers and employees; and (2) Members' representational allowances. (Sec. 101) Requires deposit in the Treasury of any amounts of a Member's representational allowance remaining after all payments are made, to be used for federal deficit reduction, or, if there is no
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Alexander
The House Committee On Appropriations Reported An Original Measure, H. Rept. 113-173, By Mr. Alexander. on 07/23/2013
Flexibility for Working Families Act [HB-2559]
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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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HB-2559: Flexibility for Working Families Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Cartwright
Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 07/15/2013
Poverty Impact Trigger Act of 2013 [HB-201]
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Poverty Impact Trigger Act of 2013 - Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order to consider a public bill or joint resolution authorizing an appropriation of $10 million or more, unless: (1) the accompanying committee report includes a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Poverty Impact Division impact statement, or (2) the chair of the committee reporting the legislation submits such statement for publication in the Congressional Record before consideration of the measure. Amends
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HB-201: Poverty Impact Trigger Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Committee On Rules, And In Addition To The Committee On The Budget, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 01/04/2013
Congressional Made in America Promise Act of 2013 [HB-194]
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Congressional Made in America Promise Act of 2013 - Amends the Buy American Act to apply Buy American requirements to articles, materials, and supplies acquired for the use of any legislative branch office, including the House of Representatives and the Senate, in the same manner as the Act applies with respect to articles, materials, and supplies acquired for the use of a department or independent establishment. Prescribes a special rule in the case of any product which bears an official congressional insignia (including a mark resembling an official
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HB-194: Congressional Made in America Promise Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Carol Shea-Porter
Referred To The Committee On House Administration, And In Addition To The Committee On Oversight And Government Reform, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 01/04/2013
Congress Leads by Example Act of 2013 [HB-1858]
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Congress Leads by Example Act of 2013 - Amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to grant the General Counsel of the Office of Compliance (OOC) subpoena authority for inspections and investigations in the legislative branch under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA). Subjects each employing office in the legislative branch to OSHA recordkeeping requirements. Prohibits retaliation by any employing office against an employee for requesting the OOC General Counsel to take authorized action related to, or for instituting
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HB-1858: Congress Leads by Example Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 07/08/2013