H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2016 [HB-5657]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Trade ]
[Science ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Rights ]
[National Security ]
H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2016 This bill amends the the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise employer and government requirements regarding visas for nonimmigrant aliens rated H-1B (specialty occupation) and L-1 (intracompany transfer to the United States from abroad). H-1B employer application requirements are revised. The bill establishes an H-1B visa allocation system, with first priority reserved for aliens who have earned an advanced degree in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) from a U.S. institution
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HB-5657: H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Bill Pascrell
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 08/11/2016
LEARNS Act Leveraging Effective Apprenticeships to Rebuild National Skills Act [HB-5635]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
LEARNS Act Leveraging 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
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HB-5635: LEARNS Act Leveraging Effective Apprenticeships to Rebuild National Skills Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 09/19/2016
American Savings Account Act of 2016 [HB-5450]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Investments ]
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
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HB-5450: American Savings Account Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Suzanne Bonamici
Introduced In House on 06/10/2016
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017 [HB-5325]
[Defense ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
[Construction ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Economic Development ]
[Public Health ]
[National Security ]
[Funding ]
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017 (Sec. 3) Specifies that references to "this Act" included in any division refer only to the provisions of the division unless the bill expressly provides otherwise. (Sec. 4) Specifies that the sums in this bill are appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for FY2017. (Sec. 5) Specifies that each amount in this bill designated by Congress as an emergency requirement is contingent on the President also designating all of the emergency amounts and transmitting the designations
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Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 [HB-5293]
[Defense ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[International ]
[Trade ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Small Business ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Rights ]
[Economic Development ]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
[Science ]
[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Human Services ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Crime ]
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 TITLE I--MILITARY PERSONNEL Provides appropriations for active-duty and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force (the military departments), and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force. TITLE II--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE Provides appropriations for Operation and Maintenance (O&M) for the military departments, other agencies of DOD, the Reserve Components, and the Army and Air National Guard. Provides appropriations for: the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed
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HB-5293: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen
Second Cloture On The Motion To Proceed To The Measure Not Invoked In Senate By Yea-nay Vote. 55 - 43. Record Vote Number: 136. (consideration: Cr S5239-5240) on 09/06/2016
PROMESA Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act [HB-5278]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
[Small Business ]
[Taxes ]
[Trade ]
[Law Enforcement ]
PROMESA Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act This bill addresses Puerto Rico's debt by establishing an oversight board, a process for restructuring debt, and expedited procedures for approving critical infrastructure projects. (Sec. 2) The effective date of this bill is the date of enactment. Title III (Adjustments of Debts) only applies to cases commenced under it on or after the date of enactment. Titles III and VI (Creditor Collective Action) apply to all debts, claims, and liens, regardless of the creation date. (Sec.
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HB-5278: PROMESA Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act
Sponsored by: Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 06/13/2016
Automatic IRA Act of 2015 [HB-506]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
[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
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HB-506: Automatic IRA Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Neal
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 10/29/2015
Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act [HB-4773]
[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
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HB-4773: Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Introduced In House on 03/17/2016
Working Families Flexibility Act of 2015 [HB-465]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Working Families Flexibility Act of 2015 Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize private employers to provide compensatory time off to private employees at a rate of 1 1/2 hours per hour of employment for which overtime compensation is required. Authorizes an employer to provide compensatory time only if it is in accordance with an applicable collective bargaining agreement or, in the absence of such an agreement, an agreement between the employer and employee. Prohibits an employee from accruing more than 160 hours of compensatory
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HB-465: Working Families Flexibility Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 04/29/2015
American Jobs First Act of 2016 [HB-4598]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Trade ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
American Jobs First Act of 2016 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
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HB-4598: American Jobs First Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 02/29/2016
Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act [HB-4406]
[Human Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act This bill directs the Department of Labor to implement a program to: train and periodically retrain relevant Labor personnel to detect and assist law enforcement in preventing human trafficking during the course of their primary roles and responsibilities, and ensure that such personnel regularly receive current information on matters related to the detection of human trafficking.
HB-4406: Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Ann Wagner
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr H436) on 02/02/2016
Article I Consolidated Appropriations Amendments, 2016 [HB-4371]
[Air Quality ]
[Environmental ]
[Finance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Immigration ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Water ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Funding ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Retirement ]
Article I Consolidated Appropriations Amendments, 2016 This bill amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 to restrict federal agencies from using appropriations for certain activities. The bill includes restrictions that affect policy and regulations in areas, including: tobacco products, greenhouse gas emissions, fisheries, exports to Cuba, endangered species, water and air quality, hydraulic fracturing, limits on truck size, housing discrimination, fiduciary standards for providing investment advice for pension and retirement plans, determinations
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HB-4371: Article I Consolidated Appropriations Amendments, 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 01/19/2016
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Clarification Act of 2015 [HB-436]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Clarification Act of 2015 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,
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HB-436: Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Clarification Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Theodore Deutch
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 04/29/2015
SAVERS Act of 2015 Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support Act of 2015 [HB-4294]
[Finance ]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Investments ]
[Pensions ]
SAVERS Act of 2015 Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to modify the requirements for fiduciaries that provide investment advice to tax-favored savings plans, including employer-sponsored retirement plans, individual retirement accounts, health savings accounts, and education savings accounts. (Sec. 2) The bill specifies that its purpose is to provide that advisors are subject to liability under the IRC if they: (1) provide advice that is impermissible under
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HB-4294: SAVERS Act of 2015 Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. David Scott
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Ways And Means. H. Rept. 114-512, Part I. on 04/20/2016
Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act [HB-4293]
[Finance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to modify requirements related to fiduciaries and the provision of investment advice for employer-sponsored retirement plans. It also prohibits the Department of Labor from implementing regulations changing the definition of "fiduciary" unless Congress affirmatively approves the rule. (Under current law, a person who provides investment advice has a fiduciary obligation that requires the person to provide advice in the sole interest
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Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2015 [HB-4276]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act, Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and Internal Revenue Code to direct the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and the Treasury to require group health plans and health insurers to disclose the analyses performed to ensure compliance of plans or coverage with the law and regulations. Disclosures must include findings and conclusions regarding whether nonquantitative treatment limitations (e.g., tiered benefits,
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HB-4276: Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/23/2016