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US Congress 113th Congress

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 [HB-4970] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Budget and Spending ] [Pensions ] [Retirement ] [Unemployment ]
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (SAA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before five months after enactment of this Act. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until five months after enactment of this Act requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dina Titus Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 11/17/2014

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Widening Internet Readiness for Employment Development Act [HB-4823] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Telecommunications ] [Cybersecurity ] [Economic Development ] [Education ]
Widening Internet Readiness for Employment Development Act or WIRED Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to revise one-stop delivery system requirements. Requires the Secretary of Labor to establish certain standards and best practices for the provision of employment and training services for adults and dislocated workers on Internet websites maintained by one-stop delivery systems. Requires the one-stop delivery system, at a minimum, to make those services accessible through an Internet website that: (1) is unique to the particular (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Swalwell Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 11/17/2014

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Payroll Fraud Prevention Act of 2014 [HB-4611] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Taxes ] [Unemployment ] [Social Security ] [Law Enforcement ] [Small Business ]
Payroll Fraud Prevention Act of 2014 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to require every person (including every employer and enterprise) that employs an employee or non-employee who performs labor or services, including through an entity such as a trust, estate, partnership, association, company, or corporation, to: (1) classify such individuals accurately as employees or non-employees; and (2) notify each new employee and new non-employee of his or her classification as an employee or non-employee, together with information concerning (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 06/13/2014

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STEM Visa Act of 2013 [HB-459] [Immigration ] [Science ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Education ]
STEM Jobs Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make up to 55,000 visas available in FY2015 and subsequent fiscal years to qualified immigrants who: (1) have a doctorate degree in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM degree) from a U.S. doctoral institution of higher education; and (2) have taken all doctoral courses in a STEM field, including all courses taken by correspondence or by distance education, while physically present in the United States. Defines "United States doctoral institution of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Darrell Issa Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 02/28/2013

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Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 [HB-4415] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ] [Budget and Spending ] [Pensions ] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Veterans ]
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (SAA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before June 1, 2014. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until May 31, 2014, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 06/13/2014

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Ready to Work Act [HB-4310] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ] [Social Security ]
Ready to Work Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor, not later than one year after enactment of this Act, to issue a final rule pursuant to the Social Security Act that allows a state to enact legislation to test an applicant for unemployment compensation for use of controlled substances as a condition for receiving such compensation, if that applicant is an individual for whom suitable work is only available in an occupation that regularly conducts drug testing. Prescribes a special rule providing that, if the Secretary has not issued an interim (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Pete Olson Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 03/26/2014

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Trade Adjustment Assistance Act of 2014 [HB-4163] [Trade ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Healthcare ] [Pensions ] [Insurance ] [Small Business ] [Taxes ] [Unemployment ]
Trade Adjustment Assistance Act of 2014 - Amends the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 to repeal the declaration that trade adjustment assistance (TAA) program requirements in effect as of February 13, 2011, under the Trade Act of 1974 shall apply to petitions for certification to apply for TAA for workers, firms, and farmers that are filed before January 1, 2014. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend through December 31, 2020: (1) the TAA program, and (2) the reemployment trade adjustment assistance (RTAA) program. Makes funds (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 03/06/2014

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Growing Small Businesses Act of 2014 [HB-4063] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ] [Education ]
Growing Small Businesses Act of 2014 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to revise performance accountability system requirements for statewide and local workforce investment programs. Directs the Secretary of Labor to develop separate performance measures for individuals who receive entrepreneurial training under such programs. Requires providers of training services who offer entrepreneurial training services under a local workforce investment program for adults and dislocated workers to: (1) use intake tools that assess an individual's (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Donald Payne Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 06/13/2014

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Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 [HB-3979] [Defense ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Pensions ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ] [Unemployment ] [Veterans ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Retirement ]
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (SAA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before June 1, 2014. (Authority for payment of unemployment compensation expired on December 31, 2013. This amendment authorizes payment of compensation for the entire period between January 1, 2014, and June 1, 2014.) (Sec. 3) Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Signed By President. on 12/19/2014

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Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2014 [HB-3972] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ] [Law Enforcement ]
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) refuse to consider or offer employment to an individual 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 and that an employer (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 06/13/2014

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Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 [HB-3936] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ]
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008, (SSA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before July 1, 2014. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until June 30, 2014, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chris Van Hollen Referred To The Subcommittee On Railroads, Pipelines, And Hazardous Materials. on 01/29/2014

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Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Clarification Act of 2014 [HB-3896] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Workers' Compensation ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Clarification Act of 2014 - Amends the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to define "recreational vessel" as a vessel: being manufactured or operated primarily for pleasure; or leased, rented, or chartered to another for the latter's pleasure. Prescribes the following rules in applying the definition: a vessel being manufactured or built, or being repaired under warranty by its manufacturer or builder, is a recreational vessel if the vessel appears intended, based on its design and construction, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Theodore Deutch Received In The Senate. on 07/30/2014

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Generating Real Opportunities for Workers and Transitional Help Act [HB-3885] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Healthcare ] [Social Security ] [Taxes ] [Trade ] [Infrastructure ] [Budget and Spending ] [Children and Youth ]
Generating Real Opportunities for Workers and Transitional Help Act or GROWTH Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to declare that nothing in the Act shall prevent the commencement or continued payment of first-tier emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) to the extent that it: represents amounts established in an applicant's EUC account (EUCA); and is payable for a week ending on or before January 1, 2015. (Thus provides for a 12-month extension of EUC.) Revises the formula for crediting Tier-1 amounts to an applicant's (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Harris Referred To The Subcommittee On Public Lands And Environmental Regulation. on 01/22/2014

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Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act [HB-3824] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ]
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before April 1, 2014. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until March 31, 2014, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and September (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr H2068-2069) on 02/28/2014

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Emergency Unemployment Compensation Continuation Act [HB-3813] [Agriculture ] [Finance ] [Insurance ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Taxes ] [Unemployment ] [Food ]
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Continuation Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before April 1, 2014. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until March 31, 2014, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and September (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Cicilline Referred To The Subcommittee On General Farm Commodities And Risk Management. on 02/12/2014

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Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013 [HB-3746] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Inflation ]
Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to: (1) $8.50 an hour on the first day of the third month after enactment of this Act; (2) $10.00 an hour after one year; (3) $11.00 an hour after two years; and (4) the amount determined by the Secretary of Labor (based on increases in the Consumer Price Index) after three years, and annually thereafter. Increases the federal minimum wage for tipped employees to $3.00 an hour for one year on the first day of the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Larson Referred To The House Committee On Education And The Workforce. on 12/12/2013

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Eliminate Preventable Waste Act [HB-3644] [Budget and Spending ] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Social Security ] [Veterans ] [Agriculture ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Eliminate Preventable Waste Act - Directs the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA), the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) conduct reviews of specified programs they administer to identify improper payments, and (2) report on such reviews in their budget submissions to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and to Congress. Requires such reports to OMB to be included in the President's (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Capito Referred To The Committee On Oversight And Government Reform, And In Addition To The Committees On The Budget, And Appropriations, 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 12/03/2013

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To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to provide whistleblower protection for union employees. [HB-3637] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Workers' Compensation ] [Criminal Justice ]
Amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to prescribe whistleblower protections that prohibit a labor organization from discriminating against any of its employees who has: (1) provided information to the labor organization, the Department of Labor, or any other state, local, or federal government authority or law enforcement agency regarding any violation of the Act or any Department or National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) order; (2) testified in any Department or NLRB administrative or enforcement proceeding; (3) filed (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 01/22/2014

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Patient Centered Healthcare Savings Act of 2013 [HB-3622] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Insurance ] [Small Business ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Health ] [Workers' Compensation ] [Senior Citizens ]
Patient Centered Healthcare Savings Act of 2013 - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the health care requirements of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of their enactment. Restores or revives provisions amended or repealed by such Act or such health care requirements. Sets conditions for lawsuits arising from health care liability claims regarding health care goods or services or any medical product affecting interstate commerce. Establishes a statute of limitations and limits (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Duffy Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 01/27/2014

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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 [HB-3547] [Agriculture ] [Defense ] [Environmental ] [Finance ] [Food ] [International ] [National Security ] [Public Health ] [Science ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Trade ] [Water ] [Energy ] [Budget and Spending ] [Law Enforcement ] [Military ] [Disaster Relief ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Safety ] [Construction ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Air Quality ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Healthcare ] [Cybersecurity ] [Climate Change ] [Human Rights ] [Human Services ] [Taxes ] [Small Business ] [Consumer Protection ] [Animals ] [Arts and Culture ] [Aerospace ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Community Development ] [Senior Citizens ] [Education ] [Veterans ] [Artificial Intelligence ] [Manufacturing ] [Mental Health ] [Tourism ] [Workers' Compensation ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Data Privacy ] [Disabilities ] [Elections ] [Ethics ] [Film Production ] [Inflation ] [Investments ] [Libraries ] [Mining ] [Unemployment ] [Native American Affairs ] [Nonprofit ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Pensions ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Poverty ] [Property Tax ] [Recreation ] [Religion ] [Retirement ] [Crime ]
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 - (Sec. 5) Makes appropriations for FY2014. (Sec. 6) Declares that each amount designated in this Act for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) shall be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits the designations to Congress. (Sec. 7) Declares that if, for FY2014, new budget authority provided in appropriation Acts (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eddie Johnson Became Public Law No: 113-76. on 01/17/2014

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