Employee Benefits And Pensions
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Protecting Life in Crisis Act [HB-28]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
To prohibit the expenditure for an abortion of Federal funds authorized or appropriated for preventing, preparing for, or responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.
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Expanding Penalty Free Withdrawal Act [HB-175]
[Retirement ]
[Unemployment ]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the availability of penalty-free distributions to unemployed individuals from retirement plans.
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Jobs and Childcare for Military Families Act of 2021 [HB-148]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Taxes ]
[Military ]
[Children and Youth ]
To provide a work opportunity tax credit for military spouses and to provide for flexible spending arrangements for childcare services for military families.
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Emergency Economic and Workforce System Resiliency Act [S.5068]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Unemployment ]
A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to award formula and competitive grants for layoff aversion activities, and for other purposes.
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Seasonal Worker Solidarity Act of 2020 [HB-8954]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
To reform the process by which temporary nonagricultural workers' visas are allocated, and for other purposes.
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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to health care rights. [SR-273]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Human Rights ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
This resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that everyone in the United States has certain rights with respect to health care, including affordable coverage, access to care, transparency and privacy, protection from discrimination, and culturally appropriate care.
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A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Retirement Security Week, including raising public awareness of the various tax-preferred retirement vehicles, increasing personal financial literacy, and engaging the people of the United States on the keys to success in achieving and maintaining retirement security throughout their lifetimes. [SR-575]
[Retirement ]
[Finance ]
[Senior Citizens ]
A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Retirement Security Week, including raising public awareness of the various tax-preferred retirement vehicles, increasing personal financial literacy, and engaging the people of the United States on the keys to success in achieving and maintaining retirement security throughout their lifetimes. Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Retirement Security Week, including raising public awareness of the importance of saving adequately for retirement. Acknowledges the need to raise
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A resolution supporting women's reproductive health care decisions. [SR-37]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Insurance ]
A resolution supporting women's reproductive health care decisions. Expresses support for efforts to: ensure that women have access to the best available health care and information, including comprehensive, affordable insurance coverage and health care that fosters safe childbearing; ensure that women can make their own health care decisions; prohibit employers or government entities from interfering with reproductive health care services guaranteed by law; and guarantee the constitutionally protected right to safe, legal abortions.
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A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Retirement Security Week, including raising public awareness of the various tax-preferred retirement vehicles, increasing personal financial literacy, and engaging the people of the United States on the keys to success in achieving and maintaining retirement security throughout their lifetimes. [SR-263]
[Retirement ]
[Finance ]
[Senior Citizens ]
A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Retirement Security Week, including raising public awareness of the various tax-preferred retirement vehicles, increasing personal financial literacy, and engaging the people of the United States on the keys to success in achieving and maintaining retirement security throughout their lifetimes. Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Retirement Security Week. Acknowledges the need to raise public awareness of a variety of tax-preferred retirement vehicles.
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Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2015 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill: Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2015 Official Titles: Official Titles - Senate Official Titles as Introduced: An original resolution expressing the sense of the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate relating to easing the burden of Federal tax compliance on small businesses. [SR-252]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2015 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill: Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2015 Official Titles: Official Titles - Senate Official Titles as Introduced: An original resolution expressing the sense of the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate relating to easing the burden of Federal tax compliance on small businesses. This bill amends provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to the taxation of small
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A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the definition of the term "fiduciary" and the conflict of interest rule with respect to retirement investment advice. [SJR-33]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
[Investments ]
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the definition of the term "fiduciary" and the conflict of interest rule with respect to retirement investment advice. This joint resolution disapproves and nullifies a Department of Labor rule published on April 8, 2016, relating to the definition of the term "fiduciary" and the conflict of interest rule with respect to retirement investment advice. (The rule defines who is a fiduciary
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Federal Public Safety Retirement Fairness Act of 2015 [S.969]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
[Public Safety ]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Veterans ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
Federal Public Safety Retirement Fairness Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the 10% additional tax on early distributions from tax-exempt retirement plans distributions from a thrift savings fund to a qualified law enforcement officer who has reached age 50 or has completed 25 years of credible service, whichever is earlier. The bill defines "qualified law enforcement officer" as an individual who is employed by the federal government as a law enforcement officer or as a firefighter and has completed 20 years
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Equity in Law Enforcement Act of 2015 [S.962]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Equity in Law Enforcement Act of 2015 Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) expand the definition of "public service officer," for purposes of provisions concerning public safety officer death benefits, to include a law enforcement officer serving a private institution of higher education in an official capacity, or a rail police officer employed by a rail carrier, who is sworn, licensed, or certified under the laws of a state for the purposes of law enforcement (applicable to a personal injury sustained in the line
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Apprenticeship and Jobs Training Act of 2015 [S.959]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
[Retirement ]
[Small Business ]
Apprenticeship and Jobs Training Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business-related tax credit for up to $5,000 for the training of a qualified individual in a qualified apprenticeship program. Defines a "qualified individual" as an individual who: (1) is an apprentice participating in a qualified apprenticeship program, (2) has been employed in such a program for a period of at least seven months that ends within the taxable year, and (3) is not a highly compensated employee or a seasonal worker. Defines a "qualified
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America Star Act [S.938]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
[Trade ]
America Star Act This bill directs the Secretary of Labor to establish within the Department of Labor a voluntary America Star program under which the Secretary annually shall designate certain companies, based on specified performance categories, as America Star companies for their support for the U.S. workforce. Companies are ineligible to participate in the program if they commit serious, repeated, or willful violations of specified federal labor law. The Secretary shall: (1) market the America Star program annually to the public through the
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SMART Act Simplified, Manageable, And Responsible Tax Act [S.929]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
SMART Act Simplified, Manageable, And Responsible Tax Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the marginal income tax rates with a single rate of 17% on individual taxable income. Redefines "taxable income" to mean the amount by which wages, retirement distributions, and unemployment compensation exceed the standard deduction. Increases the basic standard deduction and includes an additional standard deduction for dependents. Includes in taxable income the taxable income of each dependent child under the age of 14. Replaces the current tax
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James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act [S.928]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program Fund indefinitely and index appropriations to the medical care component of the consumer price index for urban consumers. Makes funding available for: a quality assurance program for services delivered by health care providers, the WTC Program annual report, WTC Health Program Steering Committees, and contracts with Clinical Centers of Excellence. Amends the Air Transportation Safety and System
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Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act [S.916]
[Taxes ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Veterans ]
Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act (Sec. 2) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, federal public safety officer death benefits or amounts paid under a state program to surviving dependents of a public safety officer who died as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty.
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An original bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the special rules for accident and health plans of certain governmental entities, and for other purposes. [S.910]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
An original bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the special rules for accident and health plans of certain governmental entities, and for other purposes. (Sec. 1) Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the exclusion from gross income of payments from an accident or health plan, to: (1) make the exclusion for payments to a beneficiary other than a spouse or dependent child applicable to plans established by or on behalf of a state or political subdivision thereof; and (2) define a "qualified taxpayer," for purposes
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Family Health Care Flexibility Act [S.836]
[Healthcare ]
[Taxes ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Family Health Care Flexibility Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal provisions added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that: (1) restrict payments from health savings accounts, Archer medical savings accounts, and health flexible spending and reimbursement arrangements for medications to prescription drugs and insulin only (thus allowing payments for over-the-counter medications); and (2) impose a $2,500 limitation on salary reduction contributions to a health flexible spending arrangement under a cafeteria plan.