Fracking Ban Act [HB-5857]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Climate Change ]
[Mining ]
Phases out hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas. Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is a process to extract underground resources such as oil or gas from a geologic formation by injecting water, a propping agent (e.g., sand), and chemical additives into a well under enough pressure to fracture the geological formation. The bill prohibits federal agencies from issuing permits for the expansion of fracking or fracked oil and natural gas infrastructure, including infrastructure intended to extract, transport, or burn natural gas or oil. In addition,
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HB-5857: Fracking Ban Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 02/21/2020
Ban Surprise Billing Act [HB-5800]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
To end surprise medical billing and increase transparency in health coverage.
HB-5800: Ban Surprise Billing Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Scott
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Education And Labor. H. Rept. 116-615, Part I. on 12/02/2020
Schedules That Work Act [S.3256]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
A bill to permit employees to require changes to their work schedules without fear of retaliation and to ensure that employers consider these requests, and to require employers to provide more predictable and stable schedules for employees in certain occupations with evidence of unpredictable and unstable scheduling practices that negatively affect employees, and for other purposes.
S.3256: Schedules That Work Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 02/05/2020
Workforce Mobility Act of 2020 [HB-5710]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
[Trade ]
[Economic Development ]
Prohibits employers from entering into, enforcing, or threatening to enforce noncompete agreements with employees, subject to exceptions. Noncompete agreements prohibit an employee from performing similar work or working with a competitor employer for a certain period of time or in a specified geographic area after the current working relationship terminates. Employers must post in the workplace a notice of this prohibition.The bill permits certain noncompete agreements in the context of the sale of a business or the dissolution of a business partnership.Violations
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HB-5710: Workforce Mobility Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Peters
Introduced In House on 01/29/2020
Fracking Ban Act [S.3247]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Climate Change ]
[Mining ]
Phases out hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas. Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is a process to extract underground resources such as oil or gas from a geologic formation by injecting water, a propping agent (e.g., sand), and chemical additives into a well under enough pressure to fracture the geological formation. The bill prohibits federal agencies from issuing permits for the expansion of fracking or fracked oil and natural gas infrastructure, including infrastructure intended to extract, transport, or burn natural gas or oil. In addition,
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S.3247: Fracking Ban Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 01/28/2020
Fracking Ban Act [S.3247]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Climate Change ]
[Mining ]
Phases out hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas. Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is a process to extract underground resources such as oil or gas from a geologic formation by injecting water, a propping agent (e.g., sand), and chemical additives into a well under enough pressure to fracture the geological formation. The bill prohibits federal agencies from issuing permits for the expansion of fracking or fracked oil and natural gas infrastructure, including infrastructure intended to extract, transport, or burn natural gas or oil. In addition,
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S.3247: Fracking Ban Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 01/28/2020
WIRED Act Widening Internet Readiness for Employment Development Act [HB-5561]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to require one-stop delivery systems under such Act to offer services through internet websites and to direct the Secretary of Labor to develop standards and best practices for such websites, and for other purposes.
HB-5561: WIRED Act Widening Internet Readiness for Employment Development Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Swalwell
Introduced In House on 01/08/2020
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act [S.3052]
[Trade ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Provides statutory authority for the trade agreement between the United States, Mexico, and Canada (USMCA), which replaces the North American Free Trade Agreement. Specifically, the bill implements provisions that include labor and environment monitoring and enforcement, de minimis levels for U.S. exports, and cooperation among treaty members to prevent duty evasion.
S.3052: United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 12/16/2019
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act [HB-5430]
[Trade ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Environmental ]
[International ]
[Manufacturing ]
Provides statutory authority for the trade agreement between the United States, Mexico, and Canada (USMCA), which replaces the North American Free Trade Agreement. Specifically, the bill implements provisions that include labor and environment monitoring and enforcement, de minimis levels for U.S. exports, and cooperation among treaty members to prevent duty evasion. For example, the bill (1) establishes interagency committees for the monitoring and enforcement of relevant labor, environmental, and automobile-related provisions; (2) establishes
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HB-5430: United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Steny Hoyer
By Senator Grassley From Committee On Finance Filed Written Report. Report No. 116-283. Additional Views Filed. on 10/21/2020
TAA for Automation Act of 2019 [S.3034]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Trade ]
[Unemployment ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Economic Development ]
Makes trade adjustment assistance, which provides adversely affected workers with the skills and support to obtain new employment, available to workers whose jobs are displaced through automation. The bill also requires the Department of Labor to specify the basis for eligibility when certifying a group of workers as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance.
S.3034: TAA for Automation Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 12/12/2019
Permanent Relief for Seniors and Medicare, Medicaid, Human Services Extension Act of 2019 [S.3001]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Human Services ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Poverty ]
Modifies several health care taxes (e.g., repeals the medical device excise tax) and temporarily extends several Medicare, Medicaid, and public health programs (e.g., outreach and enrollment programs). The bill also renames the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program as the Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services program, reauthorizes the program through FY2024, and makes changes relating to work requirements for beneficiaries.
S.3001: Permanent Relief for Seniors and Medicare, Medicaid, Human Services Extension Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. Thom Tillis
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 12/09/2019
Support for Veterans in Effective Apprenticeships Act of 2019 [HB-5314]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Veterans ]
[Education ]
[Military ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requires the Department of Labor to revise its registered apprenticeship programs to include additional program requirements for increasing the access of veterans and their survivors or dependents to such programs. Labor must acquire written assurance that sponsors of apprenticeship programs (1) are aware of the availability of educational assistance for veterans and eligible individuals for use in such programs, (2) will make a good faith effort to obtain approval for such educational assistance for at least each program location that employs or
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HB-5314: Support for Veterans in Effective Apprenticeships Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Katherine Clark
Introduced In House on 12/05/2019
Schedules That Work Act [HB-5004]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
To permit employees to request changes to their work schedules without fear of retaliation and to ensure that employers consider these requests, and to require employers to provide more predictable and stable schedules for employees in certain occupations with evidence of unpredictable and unstable scheduling practices that negatively affect employees, and for other purposes.
HB-5004: Schedules That Work Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 11/08/2019
LEARNS Act Leveraging Effective Apprenticeships to Rebuild National Skills Act [HB-4965]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishes, in the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor, an Office of Apprenticeship to determine whether an apprenticeship program meets requirements for registration and maintains the standards necessary to remain registered, manage the national apprenticeship system (the collective group of registered apprenticeship programs and pre-apprenticeship programs in the nation), and make grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities to carry out projects that support development of pre-apprenticeship programs. The
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HB-4965: LEARNS Act Leveraging Effective Apprenticeships to Rebuild National Skills Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 10/31/2019
HIRE Act Helping Infrastructure Restore the Economy Act [S.2672]
[Infrastructure ]
[Economic Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
Requires certain federal agencies, including 10 departments, to be abolished or relocated outside the National Capital region. The bill designates a state for the new location of each department. The Office of Management and Budget and the General Services Administration must, for each agency, develop a proposal to relocate the agency to an area that has experienced economic distress. Relocation proposals must include three proposed locations in one state. Locations may not be within 30 miles of a city that has a population of more than 800,000.
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S.2672: HIRE Act Helping Infrastructure Restore the Economy Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Marsha Blackburn
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 10/23/2019
Workforce Mobility Act of 2019 [S.2614]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
A bill to prohibit certain noncompete agreements, and for other purposes.
S.2614: Workforce Mobility Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. Christopher Murphy
Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. Hearings Held. on 11/14/2019
Pension Stability Act [S.2598]
[Pensions ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Requires the Department of Labor to establish user fees for qualified professional asset managers (QPAMs) who have been convicted of a crime and apply for an individual exemption (known as a QPAM waiver) to the prohibited transaction rules under requirements for certain private benefit plans. The fees apply to large regulated banks, savings and loan associations, insurance companies, and federally registered investment advisors who are QPAMs; must be at least $1 million per application for an individual exemption; and increase based on the severity
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S.2598: Pension Stability Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 10/15/2019
Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act [HB-4456]
[Human Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requires the Department of Labor to train relevant personnel on how to effectively detect and assist law enforcement in preventing human trafficking.
HB-4456: Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Alcee Hastings
Introduced In House on 09/20/2019