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College Athlete Economic Freedom Act [HB-850]
To establish name, image, likeness, and athletic reputation rights for college athletes, and for other purposes.
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Paycheck Fairness Act [S.205]
A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
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Paycheck Fairness Act [HB-7]
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
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Collegiate Athlete Compensation Rights Act [S.5003]
Permits student athletes to earn compensation for the use of their name, image, or likeness (NIL) and creates a uniform, national framework for NIL compensation. The bill also (1) prohibits certain activities of institutions, boosters, and third-party licensees relating to athlete classification, scholarships, and contracts; and (2) directs the Federal Trade Commission to oversee all activities and approve all rules issued by a private, independent, and nonprofit entity responsible for developing and administering NIL rules concerning student athletes
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Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2015 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill: Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2015 Official Titles: Official Titles - Senate Official Titles as Introduced: An original resolution expressing the sense of the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate relating to easing the burden of Federal tax compliance on small businesses. [SR-252]
Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2015 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill: Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2015 Official Titles: Official Titles - Senate Official Titles as Introduced: An original resolution expressing the sense of the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate relating to easing the burden of Federal tax compliance on small businesses. This bill amends provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to the taxation of small
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Songwriter Equity Act of 2015 [S.662]
Songwriter Equity Act of 2015 Amends federal copyright law regarding the exclusive rights of sound recording copyright owners to remove a provision that prohibits license fees payable for the public performance of sound recordings, by means of a digital audio transmission, from being taken into account in any administrative, judicial, or other governmental proceeding to set or adjust the royalties payable to copyright owners of musical works for the public performance of their works. Requires Copyright Royalty Judges (CRJs), when setting royalty
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Supporting Academic Freedom through Regulatory Relief Act [S.559]
Supporting Academic Freedom through Regulatory Relief Act Repeals certain Department of Education (ED) regulations that for purposes of determining whether a school is eligible to participate in programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA): (1) require institutions of higher education (IHEs) and postsecondary vocational institutions (except religious schools) to be legally authorized by the state in which they are situated, (2) delineate what such legal authorization requires of states and schools, (3) impose standards and disclosure requirements
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Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2015 Do Not Track Kids Act of 2015 Official Titles: Official Titles - Senate Official Titles as Introduced: A bill to establish a regulatory framework for the comprehensive protection of personal data for individuals under the aegis of the Federal Trade Commission, to amend the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to improve provisions relating to collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children, and for other purposes. [S.547]
Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2015 Do Not Track Kids Act of 2015 Official Titles: Official Titles - Senate Official Titles as Introduced: A bill to establish a regulatory framework for the comprehensive protection of personal data for individuals under the aegis of the Federal Trade Commission, to amend the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to improve provisions relating to collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children, and for other purposes. TITLE I--COMMERCIAL PRIVACY Commercial Privacy
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Keeping Aircraft Away from Terrorists Act of 2016 [S.3286]
Keeping Aircraft Away from Terrorists Act of 2016
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Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015 [S.313]
Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require physical therapists furnishing outpatient physical therapy services in a health professional shortage area, a medically underserved area, or a rural area to use specified locum tenens arrangements for payment purposes in the same manner as such arrangements are used to apply to physicians furnishing substitute physicians services for other physicians. (Locum tenens
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Justice for Telecommunications Consumers Act [S.2897]
Justice for Telecommunications Consumers Act This bill prohibits a predispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of a dispute arising out of a contract for commercial mobile services, multichannel video programming distributor services, telecommunications or information services, or common carrier services under the Communications Act of 1934. The validity or enforceability of such an agreement to arbitrate shall be determined by a court, under federal law, rather than by an arbitrator, irrespective
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Anti-Trust Freedom Act of 2016 [S.2695]
Anti-Trust Freedom Act of 2016 This bill prohibits the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, and section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act from being construed as prohibiting, banning, or otherwise extending to any voluntary economic coordination, cooperation, agreement, or other association, compact, contract, or covenant entered into by or between any individual or group of individuals.
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Restoring Statutory Rights and Interests of the States Act of 2016 [S.2506]
Restoring Statutory Rights and Interests of the States Act of 2016 This bill amends the Federal Arbitration Act to invalidate arbitration agreements between parties in certain commercial contracts or transactions if they require arbitration of a claim for damages or injunctive relief brought by an individual or small business arising from the alleged violation of a federal or state statute, the U.S. Constitution, or a state constitution, unless the written agreement to arbitrate is entered into by both parties after the claim has arisen and pertains
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Fair Playing Field Act of 2015 [S.2252]
Fair Playing Field Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the classification of workers for employment tax purposes, to: repeal the prohibition against issuance of regulations and guidance by the Department of the Treasury on workers' employment tax status (i.e., as an employee or as an independent contractor) enacted by the Revenue Act of 1978; direct Treasury to issue regulations and other guidance to clarify the proper employment status of workers for employment tax purposes; prohibit a retroactive assessment
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Investing in Student Success Act of 2015 [S.2186]
Investing in Student Success Act of 2015 This bill authorizes an individual (i.e., a student) and another person (i.e., an investor) to enter an income-share agreement (ISA) in which the student agrees to pay a percentage of future income, for a specified period of time, in exchange for funds to pay for postsecondary education, workforce development, or other purposes. An ISA that complies with specified terms and conditions and meets certain disclosure requirements is a valid, binding, and enforceable contract and is not subject to state laws that
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Consumer Review Freedom Act of 2015 [S.2044]
Consumer Review Freedom Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill makes a provision of a form contract void from the inception if it: (1) prohibits or restricts an individual who is a party to such a contract from engaging in written, oral, or pictorial reviews, or other similar performance assessments or analyses of, including by electronic means, the goods, services, or conduct of a person that is also a party to the contract; (2) imposes penalties or fees against individuals who engage in such communications; or (3) transfers or requires the individual
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Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act [S.2019]
Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act This bill amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to authorize the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to initiate a proceeding against parties to any agreement resolving or settling a patent infringement claim in connection with the sale of a drug. Such an agreement, with specified exceptions, is presumed to have anticompetitive effects and is a violation of this Act if the filer of an abbreviated new drug (generic) application receives anything of value and agrees to limit or forego research, development,
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Medicare Patient Empowerment Act of 2015 [S.1849]
Medicare Patient Empowerment Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow any Medicare beneficiary to enter into a contract with an eligible professional, regardless of whether the professional is a participating or non-participating physician or practitioner, for any item or service covered by Medicare. Such beneficiaries may submit a claim for Medicare payment in the amount that would otherwise apply, except that, where the professional is considered to be non-participating, payment shall be paid as if
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Taxpayer Protection and Responsible Resolution Act [S.1841]
Taxpayer Protection and Responsible Resolution Act This bill amends federal bankruptcy law with respect to a "covered financial corporation" incorporated or organized under any federal or state law (other than a stockbroker, a commodity broker, or a domestic or foreign insurance company or financial institution meeting certain criteria) that is: (1) a bank holding company; or (2) a corporation that exists for the primary purpose of owning, controlling, and financing subsidiaries predominantly engaged in activities that are financial in nature or
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Taxpayer Protection and Responsible Resolution Act [S.1840]
Taxpayer Protection and Responsible Resolution Act This bill amends federal bankruptcy law with respect to a "covered financial corporation" incorporated or organized under any federal or state law (other than a stockbroker, a commodity broker, or a domestic or foreign insurance company or financial institution meeting certain criteria) that is: (1) a bank holding company; or (2) a corporation that exists for the primary purpose of owning, controlling, and financing subsidiaries predominantly engaged in activities that are financial in nature or
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