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Lead Free Schools Act of 2017 [HB-2094] [Environmental ] [Water ] [Public Health ] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Lead Free Schools Act of 2017 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper within nine months. The revised regulations must ensure that: corrosion controls are reevaluated anytime source water or treatment is changed; test results are valid by prohibiting techniques that artificially lower lead levels; monitoring includes school sites for all public water systems serving schools; notification of lead problems is clear and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Gottheimer Introduced In House on 04/14/2017

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A resolution expressing support for the designation of the week of April 10 through April 14, 2017 as "National Assistant Principals Week". [SR-126] [Education ]
A resolution expressing support for the designation of the week of April 10 through April 14, 2017 as "National Assistant Principals Week". Supports the designation of April 10-April 14, 2017, as National Assistant Principals Week. Honors the contributions of assistant principals to students' success.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S2458) on 04/07/2017

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Energy Workforce for the 21st Century Act of 2017 [S.895] [Energy ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Manufacturing ] [Education ] [Economic Development ]
Energy Workforce for the 21st Century Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a comprehensive program to improve education and training for energy- and manufacturing-related jobs, with emphasis on increasing the number of skilled individuals from underrepresented groups trained to work in those jobs.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 04/07/2017

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A resolution designating April 2017 as "National 9-1-1 Education Month". [SR-122] [Telecommunications ] [Public Safety ] [Education ]
A resolution designating April 2017 as "National 9-1-1 Education Month". Designates April 2017 as National 9-1-1 Education Month.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar Senate Committee On The Judiciary Discharged By Unanimous Consent. (consideration: Cr S2535-2536) on 04/25/2017

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A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work Day. [SR-127] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Children and Youth ]
A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work Day. Recognizes the goals of introducing our daughters and sons to the workplace. Commends participants in Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Burr Senate Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Discharged By Unanimous Consent. (consideration: Cr S2630) on 04/27/2017

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Supporting the goals and ideals of GLSEN's 2017 Day of Silence in bringing attention to anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer name-calling, bullying, and harassment faced by individuals in schools. [HCR-49] [Education ] [Human Rights ] [Children and Youth ] [Race and Civil Rights ]
Supporting the goals and ideals of GLSEN's 2017 Day of Silence in bringing attention to anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer name-calling, bullying, and harassment faced by individuals in schools. Supports the goals and ideals of the National Day of Silence (during which students vow to remain silent to bring attention to the harassment and discrimination faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gay people in schools). Requests the President to issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 04/06/2017

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Expressing support for the designation of the week of April 24, 2017, through April 28, 2017, as National Specialized Instructional Support Personnel Awareness Week. [HR-265] [Education ] [Public Safety ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Expressing support for the designation of the week of April 24, 2017, through April 28, 2017, as National Specialized Instructional Support Personnel Awareness Week. Expresses support for the designation of National Specialized Instructional Support Personnel Awareness Week. Recognizes that such personnel implement evidence-based practices to improve student outcomes. Commends the National Alliance of Specialized Instructional Support Personnel for its efforts to promote and improve the availability of specialized instructional support services. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/07/2017

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Cyber Security Education and Federal Workforce Enhancement Act [HB-1981] [Cybersecurity ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Education ] [Science ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Cyber Security Education and Federal Workforce Enhancement Act This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) an Office of Cybersecurity Education and Awareness Branch to make recommendations to DHS regarding: (1) recruitment of information assurance, cybersecurity, and computer security professionals; (2) grants, training programs, and other support for kindergarten through grade 12, secondary, and post-secondary computer security education programs; (3) guest lecturer programs in (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Research And Technology. on 04/25/2017

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Protecting Student Privacy Act of 2017 [S.877] [Education ] [Data Privacy ] [Cybersecurity ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Children and Youth ]
Protecting Student Privacy Act of 2017 This bill amends the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 to prohibit programs administered by the Department of Education from making funds available to any educational agency or institution that has not implemented information security policies that: (1) protect personally identifiable information (PII) from education records, and (2) require each outside party to whom PII from education records is disclosed to have a comprehensive security program to protect such information. An "outside party" (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/06/2017

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Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2017 [HB-2043] [Immigration ] [Law Enforcement ] [Children and Youth ] [Human Rights ] [Human Services ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Criminal Justice ]
Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2017 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) authorize the Department of Justice (DOJ) to appoint or provide counsel at government expense to aliens in removal proceedings. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall provide an alien in removal proceedings with all relevant documents in its possession, unless the alien has knowingly waived the right to such documents. In the absence of a waiver, a removal proceeding may not proceed until the alien has received and had time to review the documents. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 05/01/2017

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Expressing support for designation of the weeks of April 9, 2017, through April 22, 2017, as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Weeks. [HR-251] [Arts and Culture ] [Education ] [Nonprofit ] [Children and Youth ]
Expressing support for designation of the weeks of April 9, 2017, through April 22, 2017, as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Weeks. Expresses support for the designation of National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Weeks. (Young Audiences Arts for Learning is a nonprofit organization that presents arts-in-education programs to students and teachers.) Honors the contributions that Young Audiences Arts for Learning programs have made in enriching the lives of students, teachers, volunteers, families, and communities.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Suzanne Bonamici Introduced In House on 04/05/2017

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Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2017 [HB-1957] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ]
Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states to direct their local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish policies that prevent and prohibit conduct, including bullying and harassment, that is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive to: (1) limit students' ability to participate in, or benefit from, school programs; or (2) create a hostile or abusive educational environment that adversely affects students' education. LEAs shall also provide: (1) students, parents, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 04/05/2017

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Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act of 2017 [S.808] [Insurance ] [Healthcare ] [Sports ]
Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act of 2017 This bill extends the liability insurance coverage of a state-licensed medical professional to another state when the professional provides medical services to an athlete, athletic team, or team staff member pursuant to a written agreement. Prior to providing such services, the medical professional must disclose to the insurer the nature and extent of the services. This extension of coverage does not apply at a health care facility or while a medical professional licensed in the state is transporting (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. Reported By Senator Alexander With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. Without Written Report. on 07/09/2018

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Honoring Hometown Heroes Act [HB-1892] [Defense ] [Environmental ] [Finance ] [Agriculture ] [Infrastructure ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Taxes ] [Trade ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ] [Insurance ] [Disaster Relief ] [Economic Development ] [Energy ] [Food ] [Healthcare ] [Housing ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Military ] [Public Health ] [Education ] [Veterans ] [Children and Youth ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Human Services ] [Pensions ] [Senior Citizens ] [Unemployment ]
Honoring Hometown Heroes Act DIVISION A--HONORING HOMETOWN HEROES ACT Honoring Hometown Heroes Act (Sec. 10102) This division authorizes the governor of a state, territory, or possession of the United States or the Mayor of the District of Columbia to proclaim that the U.S. flag shall be flown at half-staff in the event of the death of a first responder (public safety officer) working in such jurisdiction who dies while serving in the line of duty. DIVISION B--SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS, TAX RELIEF, AND MEDICAID CHANGES RELATING TO CERTAIN DISASTERS (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Became Public Law No: 115-123. (txt | Pdf) on 02/09/2018

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Chronic Absenteeism Reduction Act [HB-1864] [Education ] [Children and Youth ]
Chronic Absenteeism Reduction Act This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow local educational agencies to use specified federal funds for mentoring programs and other activities that address chronically absent students (i.e., students who miss 10% or more of school days).

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks Introduced In House on 04/03/2017

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Improving Support for Missing and Exploited Children Act of 2017 [HB-1808] [Children and Youth ] [Crime ] [Human Services ] [Public Safety ]
Improving Support for Missing and Exploited Children Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to revise the findings to, among other things, specify that the growing numbers of children who are victims of child sexual exploitation include victims of child sex trafficking and sextortion. (Sec. 3) The bill revises the definition of "missing child" to mean an individual under 18 years of age whose whereabouts are unknown to the individual's parent (currently, legal custodian). It specifies that a parent includes a (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 05/24/2017

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Workforce Advance Act [S.795] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Community Development ] [Economic Development ]
Workforce Advance Act This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to include dual or concurrent enrollment and early college high school options as part of the Act's supported career technical education (CTE) programs. (Dual and concurrent enrollment programs and early college courses allow students to earn college credit while still in high school.) The bill allows: (1) schools to use a portion of funding received under the Act for tuition and fees for CTE college courses, and (2) school districts to use such (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Bennet Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/30/2017

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Trauma-Informed Care for Children and Families Act of 2017 [S.774] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Mental Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Health ] [Law Enforcement ] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ]
Trauma-Informed Care for Children and Families Act of 2017 This bill establishes: (1) the Interagency Task Force on Trauma-Informed Care; (2) the National Law Enforcement Child and Youth Trauma Coordinating Center; (3) the Native American Technical Assistance Resource Center to provide trauma-informed technical assistance; and (4) Medicaid demonstration projects to test innovative, trauma-informed approaches for delivering early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services to eligible children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/29/2017

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Save Our Seas Act of 2018 [S.756] [Environmental ] [Trade ] [International ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Water ] [Science ] [Funding ]
Save Our Seas Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Marine Debris Act to revise the Marine Debris Program to require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to work with: (1) other agencies to address both land- and sea-based sources of marine debris, and (2) the Department of State and other agencies to promote international action to reduce the incidence of marine debris. (Sec. 3) The bill also revises the program by allowing NOAA to make sums available for assisting in the cleanup and response required by severe marine (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Signed By President. on 12/21/2018

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Cyber Scholarship Opportunities Act of 2017 [S.754] [Cybersecurity ] [Veterans ] [Education ] [Science ] [Technology and Innovation ] [National Security ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Cyber Scholarship Opportunities Act of 2017 This bill requires the National Science Foundation, in coordination with the Office of Personnel Management, to develop and implement a pilot program at community colleges to provide scholarships to students who are pursuing associate degrees or specialized program certifications in cybersecurity and either have bachelor's degrees or are veterans. The bill amends the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 to require that the federal cyber scholarship-for-service program: (1) place at least 80% of recipients (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Tim Kaine Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. Reported By Senator Thune With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 115-263. on 06/05/2018

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