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Child Welfare Workforce Support Act [S.1070]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to fund demonstration projects to improve recruitment and retention of child welfare workers.
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Taxpayer First Act of 2019 [S.928]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
Modifies requirements for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding its organizational structure, customer service, enforcement procedures, management of information technology, and use of electronic systems. The bill includes provisions that establish the IRS Independent Office of Appeals to resolve federal tax controversies without litigation; require the IRS to develop a comprehensive customer service strategy; continue the IRS Free File Program; exempt certain low-income taxpayers from payments required to submit an offer-in-compromise; modify
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Taxpayer First Act of 2019 [HB-1957]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishes the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund to support deferred maintenance projects on federal lands. For FY2021-FY2025, there shall be deposited into the fund an amount equal to 50% of energy development revenues credited, covered, or deposited as miscellaneous receipts from oil, gas, coal, or alternative or renewable energy development on federal lands and waters. Deposited amounts must not exceed $1.9 billion for any fiscal year. The fund must be used for priority deferred maintenance projects in specified systems
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Wage Equity Act of 2019 [HB-1935]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Addresses pay discrimination in the workplace between men and women. Specifically, the bill allows an employer to base a wage differential determination on an employee's participation in a flexible work arrangement; protects employers who conduct a pay analysis audit to identify and correct pay discrimination from liability for damages relating to such discrimination; makes it an unlawful practice for an employer to rely on the wage history of a prospective employee for hiring and wage determination purposes unless the wage history is voluntarily
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Next Step Act of 2019 [HB-1893]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
To reform sentencing, prisons, re-entry of prisoners, and law enforcement practices, and for other purposes.
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Next Step Act of 2019 [HB-1893]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
To reform sentencing, prisons, re-entry of prisoners, and law enforcement practices, and for other purposes.
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Pay Equity for All Act of 2019 [HB-1864]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Makes it unlawful for an employer to rely on the wage history of a prospective employee in considering the employee for employment; rely on the wage history of a prospective employee in determining the employee's wages (with an exception); seek from a prospective employee or any current or former employer the wage history of the employee (with an exception); or discharge or retaliate against any employee or prospective employee because that employee is opposed to any act or practice made unlawful by this bill, or has taken an action for which discrimination
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Pay Equity for All Act of 2019 [HB-1864]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Makes it unlawful for an employer to rely on the wage history of a prospective employee in considering the employee for employment; rely on the wage history of a prospective employee in determining the employee's wages (with an exception); seek from a prospective employee or any current or former employer the wage history of the employee (with an exception); or discharge or retaliate against any employee or prospective employee because that employee is opposed to any act or practice made unlawful by this bill, or has taken an action for which discrimination
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Workforce for an Expanding Economy Act [HB-1740]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for an H-2C nonimmigrant classification, and for other purposes.
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Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 [S.785]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Makes updates related to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) transition assistance, mental health care, care for women veterans, and telehealth care. TITLE I--IMPROVEMENT OF TRANSITION OF INDIVIDUALS TO SERVICES FROM DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (Sec. 101) This section requires the VA to submit a plan for the provision of VA health care to any veteran during the one-year period following the discharge or release from active military, naval, or air service. (Sec. 102) The Department of Defense (DOD) and the VA must jointly review and report on
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Veterans Improved Access and Care Act of 2019 [HB-1674]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a pilot program at a minimum of 10 medical facilities to assess the feasibility and advisability of expediting the VA's process for onboarding new medical providers. Priority shall be given to facilities facing hiring shortages of licensed and independent medical providers. The VA is also required to submit to Congress a strategy to reduce the duration of its hiring process for licensed medical providers.
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Veterans Armed for Success Act [HB-1599]
[Veterans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Military ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to make grants to organizations for the provision of transition assistance services, such as interview training, to members of the Armed Forces who are recently retired, separated, or discharged from the Armed Forces and the spouses of such members.
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Anti-Border Corruption Improvement Act [S.731]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
Revises the waiver authority of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for polygraph examinations of applicants for law enforcement positions in the CBP. Such waiver authority terminates five years after the enactment of this bill. Any individual who receives such waiver and holds a current background investigation may be subject to further background investigation. The CBP may administer a polygraph examination to an applicant for employment or an employee who is eligible for a waiver if information is discovered prior to the completion of
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Anti-Border Corruption Improvement Act [HB-1609]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
Revises the waiver authority of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for polygraph examinations of applicants for law enforcement positions in the CBP. Such waiver authority terminates five years after the enactment of this bill. Any individual who receives such waiver and holds a current background investigation may be subject to further background investigation. The CBP may administer a polygraph examination to an applicant for employment or an employee who is eligible for a waiver if information is discovered prior to the completion of
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Next Step Act of 2019 [S.697]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
A bill to reform sentencing, prisons, re-entry of prisoners, and law enforcement practices, and for other purposes.
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Personal Care Products Safety Act [S.726]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure the safety of cosmetics.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection Rural and Remote Hiring and Retention Strategy Act of 2019 [HB-1598]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[National Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requires the Chief Human Capital Officer of the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to issue a strategy and implementation plan to improve the hiring and retention of individuals by the CBP in rural or remote areas.
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340B Protection and Accountability Act of 2019 [HB-1559]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Poverty ]
To amend the Public Health Service Act to strengthen program integrity and enhance low-income patient benefits for safety net providers.
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HUBS for Veterans Act of 2019 Helping Unleash Benefits and Services for Veterans Act of 2019 [S.666]
[Veterans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Grants ]
[Military ]
[Human Services ]
Establishes a grant program to assist the transition of military personnel to civilian life. It directs the Department of Labor to carry out a five-year program of grants to nonprofit organizations that assist the transition of the following persons from Armed Forces service to civilian life: members eligible for preseparation counseling, former members who are transitioning to civilian life, and spouses of such members or former members. Funds must be used for a broad range of supportive programs.
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SAFE Act of 2019 Security And Financial Empowerment Act of 2019 [HB-1468]
[Crime ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Economic Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To promote the economic security and safety of survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and for other purposes.