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STEM Jobs Act of 2015 [S.98] [Immigration ] [Science ] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Budget and Spending ]
STEM Jobs Act of 2015 Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make up to 55,000 visas available in FY2016 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: Sen. David Vitter Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 01/07/2015

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Flexibility for Working Families Act [S.777] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Small Business ]
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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/18/2015

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Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act [S.620] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Health ] [Disabilities ]
Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act This bill declares that a workplace wellness program, by offering a reward to participants, does not violate the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or title I or II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 if the program complies with Public Health Service Act requirements. Collection of information about a family member's manifested disease or disorder is not considered an unlawful acquisition of genetic information with respect to another family member participating in a workplace (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lamar Alexander Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/02/2015

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Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2015 [S.616] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Taxes ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ] [Healthcare ] [Retirement ]
Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow sponsors of certain deferred compensation plans to elect to include length of service award plans for bona fide volunteers providing firefighting and fire prevention services, emergency medical services, ambulance services, and emergency rescue services. Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue guidance clarifying that a length of service award program is not an employee pension benefit plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S1203) on 02/27/2015

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Trade Adjustment Assistance Act of 2015 [S.568] [Trade ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Taxes ] [Healthcare ] [Pensions ] [Insurance ] [Unemployment ]
Trade Adjustment Assistance Act of 2015 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 available (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/25/2015

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SONG Act Saving Our Next Generation Act [S.473] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Finance ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Taxes ] [Healthcare ] [Human Services ] [Poverty ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Education ] [Student Loans ] [Budget and Spending ]
SONG Act Saving Our Next Generation Act Expresses the sense of the Senate that the federal programs most critical to improving child well-being should be fully funded. Establishes the President's Commission on Children. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to contract with the Institute of Medicine to study evidence-based best practices and innovations for fostering safe and stable families, including implementing mentoring programs. Requires the Secretary to award grants to eligible entities to implement best practices and innovations (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/12/2015

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CLEAR Act Comprehensive Labor Evaluation and Research Act [S.3433] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Science ] [Economic Development ]
CLEAR Act Comprehensive Labor Evaluation and Research Act

Sponsored by: Sen. Patty Murray Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/28/2016

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FARM Act Fertilizer Access and Responsible Management Act [S.3253] [Agriculture ] [Environmental ] [Water ] [Small Business ] [Food ]
FARM Act Fertilizer Access and Responsible Management Act

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Heidi Heitkamp Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 07/14/2016

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Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act of 2016 [S.3078] [Retirement ] [Pensions ]
Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act of 2016

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Elizabeth Warren Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/21/2016

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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 [S.3040] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Budget and Spending ] [Education ] [Veterans ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ] [Libraries ] [Social Security ]
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 Provides FY2017 appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and several related agencies. Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2017 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Provides FY2017 appropriations for agencies and programs within the Department of Labor. Provides appropriations to the Employment and Training Administration for: Training and Employment Services, the Job Corps, Community Service Employment (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Roy Blunt Committee On Appropriations. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Blunt. With Written Report No. 114-274. on 06/09/2016

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EARNS Act Effective Apprenticeships to Rebuild National Skills Act [S.2945] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Small Business ] [Community Development ]
EARNS Act Effective Apprenticeships to Rebuild National Skills Act This bill 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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/18/2016

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Voluntary Protection Program Act [S.2881] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Safety ] [Workers' Compensation ] [Law Enforcement ] [Manufacturing ]
Voluntary Protection Program Act This bill directs the Department of Labor to establish a program that encourages the establishment of comprehensive safety and health management systems to protect employees from occupational hazards. Labor must also establish a voluntary protection program that encourages excellence and recognizes its achievement in both the technical and managerial protection of employees from occupational hazards.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Enzi Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/28/2016

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Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act [S.2707] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Small Business ] [Inflation ]
Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act This bill declares that the proposed or the final rule of the Department of Labor entitled "Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees" shall cease to have any force or effect. The rule revises the "white collar" exemption of executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees from minimum wage and maximum hour, or overtime, requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA). If the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. Hearings Held. on 05/11/2016

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SAVERS Act of 2016 Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support Act of 2016 [S.2505] [Finance ] [Retirement ] [Pensions ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Investments ]
SAVERS Act of 2016 Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the tax on prohibited transactions: (1) the provision of investment advice by a fiduciary to a pension plan, plan participant, or beneficiary which is a best interest recommendation; and (2) any transaction, including a contract for service, between an investment provider and the advice recipient if no more than reasonable compensation is paid for such investment advice and certain disclosures (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/04/2016

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Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act [S.2502] [Retirement ] [Pensions ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Finance ] [Investments ]
Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to define "investment advice," as it relates to fiduciary duties under such Act, as a recommendation that relates to: (1) the advisability of acquiring, holding, disposing, or exchanging any moneys or other property of a pension plan (or Individual Retirement Account) by the plan, plan participants, or plan beneficiaries, including any recommendation regarding whether to take a distribution of benefits from the plan or any recommendation (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 02/04/2016

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Retail Investor Protection Act of 2016 [S.2497] [Finance ] [Consumer Protection ] [Investments ]
Retail Investor Protection Act of 2016 This bill prohibits the Secretary of Labor from prescribing any regulation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) defining the circumstances under which an individual shall be considered a fiduciary until 60 days after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issues a final rule governing standards of conduct for brokers and dealers under specified law. The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is amended to prohibit the SEC from promulgating a rule establishing an investment adviser (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lamar Alexander Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 02/04/2016

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American Savings Account Act of 2016 [S.2472] [Retirement ] [Finance ] [Taxes ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
American Savings Account Act of 2016 This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to establish a new retirement option for all employees and self-employed individuals to be known as the American Savings Account Fund. This fund operates in a manner similar to the Thrift Savings Fund, which is available to federal employees. The bill establishes an American Savings Account Board of Directors to establish policies for fund investment and management. The Board shall select or establish a list of investment funds and options (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Merkley Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/28/2016

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Automatic IRA Act of 2015 [S.245] [Retirement ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Small Business ] [Taxes ] [Pensions ]
Automatic IRA Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require certain employers who do not maintain qualifying retirement plans or arrangements to make available to their eligible employees a payroll deposit individual retirement account (IRA) arrangement (automatic IRA arrangement) which grants such employees the right to opt-out of participation; (2) require the Secretary of the Treasury to provide employers with a model notice for notifying employees of their opportunity to participate in an automatic IRA arrangement and to provide (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/22/2015

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Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2015 [S.2408] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ] [Workers' Compensation ] [Public Safety ]
Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2015 This bill requires the Department of Labor to establish a standard on safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention to prevent musculoskeletal disorders for health care workers. The standard must require the use of engineering and safety controls to handle patients. The standard must require health care employers to: (1) develop and implement a safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention program; (2) train their workers on safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 12/16/2015

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American Jobs First Act of 2015 [S.2394] [Immigration ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Trade ] [Economic Development ]
American Jobs First Act of 2015 This bill amends the the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the H-1B nonimmigrant visa (specialty occupation) program, including by declaring that a petitioner employer: must offer an annual wage to the H-1B nonimmigrant that is the greater of the annual wage paid to the U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident employee who did identical or similar work during the previous 2 years, or $110,000, if offered not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act (with an annual inflation adjustment); will (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ted Cruz Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 12/10/2015

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