Department Of Labor
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Worksite Reporting Act [HB-2872]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Directs the Department of Labor to revise regulations governing the recording and reporting of occupational injuries and illnesses. Specifically, the bill requires site-controlling employers to keep a site log for all recordable injuries and illnesses occurring among all employees on the particular site, irrespective of whether such employees are employed directly by the site-controlling employer or are employed by contractors, temporary help, or employee leasing services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sylvia Garcia
Introduced In House on 05/21/2019
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Lifetime Income Disclosure Act [S.1574]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
Requires pension benefit statements to include a lifetime income disclosure at least once during any 12-month period. The disclosure must set forth the lifetime income stream equivalent of the total benefits accrued with respect to the participant or beneficiary. The "lifetime income stream equivalent of the total benefits accrued" is the amount of monthly payments the participant or beneficiary would receive if the total accrued benefits were used to provide lifetime income streams based on certain assumptions, including that the participant or
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Sponsored by: Sen. Christopher Murphy
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/21/2019
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No Junk Plans Act [S.1556]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Nullifies a rule by the Department of Treasury, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Health and Human Services regarding short-term, limited-duration health insurance plans. Short-term, limited-duration health insurance plans are plans that may only offer coverage for a limited amount of time under law and that are exempt from the market requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (e.g., coverage of individuals with preexisting conditions). The rule increases the maximum authorized duration of such plans from less than
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/21/2019
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Labor Leave Act [S.1549]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Insurance ]
Requires an employer to maintain an employee's health care coverage during any period the employee takes family and medical leave when the employer engages in a lockout during the period of leave. (In this bill, "lockout" means a labor dispute involving a work stoppage, in which an employer withholds work from its employees in order to gain a concession from the employees.)
Sponsored by: Sen. Jon Tester
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/20/2019
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Parity Enforcement Act of 2019 [HB-2848]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Provides authority for the Department of Labor to enforce the parity requirements for group health plans with respect to the coverage of mental health and substance use disorder benefits.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 05/20/2019
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Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020 [HB-2740]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Defense ]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[International ]
[Education ]
[Water ]
[Human Services ]
[Military ]
Provides FY2020 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 4 of the 12 regular FY2020 appropriations bills: the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020; the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020; and the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020. The departments and agencies funded in the bill include the Department
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rosa DeLauro
Motion To Proceed To Measure Considered In Senate. on 10/31/2019
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Whistleblower Protection Reform Act of 2019 [HB-2515]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Expands the definition of a whistleblower with regard to securities law violations. Specifically, the bill extends protections from retaliation to individuals who (1) make disclosures to certain individuals at their place of employment regarding conduct in violation of any law under Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) jurisdiction, (2) assist in an SEC investigation of these violations, or (3) make disclosures that are required or protected under any law subject to SEC jurisdiction. Currently, these protections apply only to individuals who
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 07/10/2019
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Travel Advisor Retail Fairness Act [HB-2506]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
[Tourism ]
Requires the Department of Labor to revise regulations to remove travel agencies from the partial list of establishments having no retail concept. An establishment having no retail concept may not claim the exemption from minimum wage and overtime pay requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Until Labor completes such a revision, a travel agency shall be considered an establishment having a retail concept.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Introduced In House on 05/02/2019
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Lifetime Income Disclosure Act [HB-2367]
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[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
Requires pension benefit statements to include a lifetime income disclosure at least once during any 12-month period. The disclosure must set forth the lifetime income stream equivalent of the total benefits accrued with respect to the participant or beneficiary. The "lifetime income stream equivalent of the total benefits accrued" is the amount of monthly payments the participant or beneficiary would receive if the total accrued benefits were used to provide lifetime income streams based on certain assumptions, including that the participant or
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Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Suozzi
Introduced In House on 04/25/2019
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Consumer Health Insurance Protection Act of 2019 [S.1213]
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[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
A bill to provide health insurance reform, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/11/2019
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Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019 [HB-2157]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Agriculture ]
[Defense ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Provides $17.2 billion in FY2019 supplemental appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for expenses related to the consequences of recent wildfires, hurricanes, volcanos, earthquakes, typhoons, and other natural disasters. The funding provided by this bill is designated as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules. The bill includes appropriations for the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Nita Lowey
Became Public Law No: 116-20. (txt | Pdf) on 06/06/2019
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Department of Labor Accountability Act of 2019 [HB-2190]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizes the Department of Labor to suspend, demote, or remove certain employees for poor performance or misconduct. It establishes requirements and procedures with respect to such adverse personnel actions, including the following: appeal rights, grievances arising from an adverse personnel action, recoupment of relocation expenses, and recoupment of bonuses and awards.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lloyd Smucker
Introduced In House on 04/09/2019
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An Act Targeting Resources to Communities in Need [HB-2055]
[Community Development ]
[Poverty ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Agriculture ]
[Human Services ]
Targets funding for designated development programs to counties and census tracts with persistently high poverty rates. Specifically, agencies that administer these programs must direct at least 10% of funding to counties with poverty rates that have equaled or exceeded 20% for at least 30 years. In addition, agencies must allocate, based on a formula, a certain level of funding to census tracts that have sustained poverty rates of 20% or higher for the past five years. This funding model, known as the 10-20-30 proposal, has been applied through
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 05/15/2019
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An Act Targeting Resources to Communities in Need [S.1066]
[Community Development ]
[Poverty ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Agriculture ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Human Services ]
Targets funding for designated development programs to counties and census tracts with persistently high poverty rates. Specifically, agencies that administer these programs must direct at least 10% of funding to counties with poverty rates that have equaled or exceeded 20% for at least 30 years. In addition, agencies must allocate, based on a formula, a certain level of funding to census tracts that have sustained poverty rates of 20% or higher for the past five years. This funding model, known as the 10-20-30 proposal, has been applied through
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 04/08/2019
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Working Families Flexibility Act of 2019 [S.1043]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Revises requirements for the receipt of compensatory time off for private sector employees. Specifically, the bill authorizes private employers to provide compensatory time off to their employees at a rate of one and one-half hours for each hour of employment for which overtime compensation is required, prohibits an employee from accruing more that 160 hours of compensatory time, requires an employer to give their employees a 30-day notice before discontinuing compensatory time, prohibits an employer from interfering with an employee's right to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/04/2019
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Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 [HB-1994]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
[Small Business ]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Pensions ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
TITLE I--EXPANDING AND PRESERVING RETIREMENT SAVINGS (Sec. 101) The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise requirements for multiple employer pension plans and pooled employer plans. It provides that failure of one employer in a multiple employer retirement plan to meet plan requirements will not cause all plans to fail and that assets in the failed plan will be transferred to another plan. It also establishes pooled employer plans that do not require a common characteristic. (Sec. 102) The bill increases the cap for automatic contributions
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Received In The Senate. on 06/03/2019
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Voluntary Protection Program Act [HB-1956]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Provides statutory authority for the voluntary protection program within the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Under the program, management, labor, and OSHA must establish cooperative relationships at workplaces that have implemented a comprehensive safety and health management system.
Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Cartwright
Introduced In House on 03/28/2019
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Voluntary Protection Program Act [S.904]
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[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Provides statutory authority for the voluntary protection program within the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Under the program, management, labor, and OSHA must establish cooperative relationships at workplaces that have implemented a comprehensive safety and health management system.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Enzi
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/27/2019
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States’ Education Reclamation Act of 2019 [HB-1930]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
Abolishes the Department of Education (ED) and repeals any program for which it has administrative responsibility. The Department of the Treasury shall provide grants to states, for FY2019-FY2027, for elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education purposes permitted by state law. The level of funding is set at the amount provided to states for federal elementary and secondary education programs and the amount provided for federal postsecondary education programs, respectively, for FY2012, minus the funding provided for education programs that
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Rouzer
Introduced In House on 03/27/2019
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Protecting Pre-Existing Conditions and Making Health Care More Affordable Act of 2019 [HB-1884]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Revises various requirements for private health insurance plans and associated plan-holder cost sharing. Specifically, the bill increases premium assistance for low-income households and specifies that the coverage affordability requirements for employer-sponsored plans extend to family members of employees based on the employee's required contribution as a percentage of the employee's income. Further, the bill prohibits specified agency actions that would weaken the requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) with respect
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/27/2019