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Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act of 2016 [HB-5518] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Healthcare ] [Senior Citizens ] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ] [Public Health ]
Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act of 2016 This bill amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to cover employees at worksites that employ fewer than 50 employees, but not fewer than 15 employees. The bill continues to exempt from FMLA coverage employees at worksites that employ fewer than 15 employees (currently 50), if the total number of employees employed by that employer within 75 miles of that worksite is fewer than 15 (currently 50). An employee covered by FMLA may take up to 4 hours during any 30-day period, and up to (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 09/19/2016

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Family and Medical Leave Act Protections for Part-time Workers Act of 2016 [HB-5496] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Family-Related Legislation ]
Family and Medical Leave Act Protections for Part-time Workers Act of 2016 This bill amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to make an employee eligible for coverage if that employee has been employed for at least 12 months by a covered employer from whom the leave is requested. The bill repeals the current requirement that the employee have served at least 1,250 hours during the 12-month period before the leave request.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 09/19/2016

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Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2015 [HB-532] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Human Services ] [Children and Youth ] [Military ] [Veterans ]
Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2015 Allows federal employees to substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay available for either the: (1) birth of a child, or (2) placement of a child with the employee for either adoption or foster care. Makes available (subject to specified requirements) for any of the 12 weeks of leave an employee is entitled to for such purposes: (1) six administrative weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth or placement involved, and (2) any accumulated annual or sick leave. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E174-175) on 02/05/2015

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Do No Harm Act [HB-5272] [Human Rights ] [Healthcare ] [Disabilities ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Religion ] [Children and Youth ]
Do No Harm Act This bill makes the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) inapplicable to federal laws (or implementations of laws) that: protect against discrimination or the promotion of equal opportunity, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, Executive Order 11246 (concerning equal employment opportunity), the Violence Against Women Act, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) rules entitled "Equal Access to Housing in HUD Programs Regardless (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 05/23/2016

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Medical Leave for Disabled Veterans Act [HB-5165] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Veterans ] [Healthcare ] [Military ] [Disabilities ] [Family-Related Legislation ]
Medical Leave for Disabled Veterans Act This bill amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to provide eligibility for specified medical/hospital care for an employee who: (1) has a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability rating of between 30% and 50% and at least 833 hours of service with the employer (from whom leave is requested) during the previous eight-month period, or (2) has a VA disability rating of 60% or higher and at least 625 hours of service with such employer during the previous 6-month period. Medical/hospital (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 09/19/2016

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No Work, No Pay Act of 2016 [HB-4953] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Budget and Spending ]
No Work, No Pay Act of 2016 This bill prohibits placing a federal employee on administrative leave, or any other paid non-duty status without charge to leave, for more than 30 consecutive days for reasons relating to misconduct or performance. In the case of an employee placed on administrative leave pending an investigation, an agency may grant an extension of administrative leave for additional periods of up to 30 consecutive days each if the office investigating the employee submits a report to Congress and the agency certifying that additional (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Matt Salmon Introduced In House on 04/14/2016

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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 [HB-4909] [Defense ] [National Security ] [Military ] [Cybersecurity ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Aerospace ] [Science ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Veterans ] [Public Safety ] [Healthcare ] [Manufacturing ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Energy ] [Construction ] [Small Business ] [Education ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Mental Health ] [Data Privacy ] [Consumer Protection ] [Human Rights ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Sec. 3) Defines "congressional defense committees" as the House and Senate Armed Services and Appropriations Committees. DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE I--PROCUREMENT Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for Procurement at the levels identified in section 4101 of this bill. Subtitle B--Army Programs (Sec. 111) Authorizes the Army to enter into one or more multiyear contracts for AH-64E Apache (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Smith Received In The Senate. Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 502. on 05/26/2016

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Military Parental Leave Modernization Act [HB-4796] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Military ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Veterans ] [Children and Youth ]
Military Parental Leave Modernization Act This bill revises military parental leave requirements to state that: a member of the armed forces, regardless of gender or marital status, shall be authorized to take at least 84 days of parental leave in connection with the birth of a child, a qualifying adoption of a child, or the placement of a child in foster care with the service member; and in the case of a dual military family, both service members shall be authorized to take parental leave. (The Department concerned shall permit the transfer of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 03/23/2016

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Recreation Not Red-Tape Act [HB-4790] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Recreation ] [Veterans ] [Senior Citizens ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Tourism ]
Recreation Not Red-Tape Act This bill amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to require the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service to adopt a consistent and uniform special recreation permitting process with respect to outfitters and guides. The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) shall sell National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Passes entrance and recreation fees through federal websites. Interior and USDA should: work with the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 09/19/2016

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Adoption Leave for Military Families Act [HB-4750] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Military ] [Veterans ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Adoption Leave for Military Families Act This bill revises adoptive leave requirements for dual military couples to permit one service member to take up to 21 days of leave and the other service member to take up to 14 days of leave. (Current law permits up to 21 days of leave for only one service member.)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 03/23/2016

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Increasing the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability to Veterans Act of 2015 [HB-473] [Veterans ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Law Enforcement ] [Pensions ] [Public Safety ]
Increasing the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability to Veterans Act of 2015 Requires the reduction of the federal annuities of individuals removed from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Senior Executive Service (SES) if they are convicted of a felony that influenced their performance while employed in such position. Authorizes the VA Secretary to order the reduction of the federal annuities of individuals who were convicted of such a felony and were subject to removal or transfer from the VA SES, but who left the VA before final action (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Keith Rothfus Subcommittee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 04/16/2015

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Working Parents Flexibility Act of 2016 [HB-4699] [Taxes ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ]
Working Parents Flexibility Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a tax-exempt parental leave savings account for the care of a child, to which an individual taxpayer who has earned income from employment during the past 12 months may make tax deductible cash contributions of up to $6,750 in a taxable year and not more than an aggregate of $24,000 for all taxable years. Taxpayers whose adjusted gross income exceeds $250,000 in a taxable year are ineligible for such a tax deduction. The bill excludes from gross income: (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Katko Introduced In House on 03/03/2016

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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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 04/29/2015

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Living Donor Protection Act of 2016 [HB-4616] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Human Services ] [Public Health ]
Living Donor Protection Act of 2016 This bill prohibits discrimination based on an individual's status as a living organ donor in the offering, issuance, cancellation, coverage, price, or any other condition of a life insurance policy, disability insurance policy, or long-term care insurance policy. The bill amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to specifically include living organ donation as a serious health condition that entitles a covered employee to leave under that Act. The Department of Health and Human Services must update public (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/26/2016

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To amend title 5, United States Code, to require that the Office of Personnel Management submit an annual report to Congress relating to the use of official time by Federal employees. [HB-4392] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Budget and Spending ]
To amend title 5, United States Code, to require that the Office of Personnel Management submit an annual report to Congress relating to the use of official time by Federal employees. (Sec. 1) This bill requires the Office of Personnel Management to submit an annual report to Congress on the use of official time by federal employees. The bill defines "official time" as any period of time granted to a federal employee to perform representational or consultative functions and during which the employee would otherwise be in a duty status. Each such (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jody Hice Reported (amended) By The Committee On Oversight And Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-484. on 04/12/2016

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Government Reform and Improvement Act of 2016 [HB-4361] [Cybersecurity ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [National Security ] [Small Business ] [Data Privacy ] [Law Enforcement ] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ]
Government Reform and Improvement Act of 2016 TITLE I--FEDERAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS SAFEGUARDS (Sec. 101) This title exempts from federal employee labor-management relations requirements the actions of an executive agency that are necessary to restrict or prohibit access to a website presenting a security weakness or risk to the agency's information technology or information systems under the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2014. An agency employee may not establish, operate, maintain, or permit the use of information technology that (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Bruce Westerman Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 07/07/2016

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Administrative Leave Reform Act [HB-4359] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Safety ]
Administrative Leave Reform Act (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits placing a federal employee on administrative leave, or any other paid non-duty status without charge to leave, for more than 14 total days for reasons relating to misconduct or performance. After an employee has been placed on administrative leave for 14 days, the employing agency: (1) shall return the employee to duty status, utilizing telework if available, and assign the employee to duties if such employee is not a threat to safety, the agency mission, or government property; or (2) (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Chaffetz Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 04/27/2016

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Senior Executive Service Accountability Act [HB-4358] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Safety ]
Senior Executive Service Accountability Act (Sec. 2) This bill revises personnel requirements for employees in the Senior Executive Service (SES) to: require each federal agency to include in its biennial report to the Office of Personnel Management a justification for certain SES positions and the specific result expected from each position, including the impact of such result on the agency mission; extend the probationary period for SES employees from one year to two years; eliminate the authority for allowing an SES employee removed for a less (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Walberg Reported By The Committee On Oversight And Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-485. on 04/12/2016

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Veterans Health and Accountability Act [HB-3909] [Veterans ] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Budget and Spending ] [Public Health ]
Veterans Health and Accountability Act This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to revise the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Choice Program eligibility requirements. The VA may: (1) remove or demote a VA employee based on performance or misconduct, and (2) also remove an individual from the civil service or demote the individual through a reduction in grade or annual pay rate. An employee may appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board within seven days of removal or demotion. Between the date on which an (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Guinta Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 12/03/2015

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Security and Financial Empowerment Act of 2015 [HB-3841] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Human Services ] [Insurance ] [Unemployment ] [Social Security ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Human Rights ] [Poverty ] [Public Health ]
Security and Financial Empowerment Act of 2015 This bill amends the Violence Against Women Act to require the National Resource Center on Workplace Response provide information and assistance through domestic violence or sexual assault coalitions and survivor service organizations. These organizations and coalitions shall provide resource materials and assistance to employees, employers, and labor organizations to aid in efforts to develop adequate workplace responses to domestic and sexual violence. In addition, the bill requires employers to provide (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 03/23/2016

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