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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 [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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DHS MORALE Act Department of Homeland Security Morale, Recognition, Learning and Engagement Act of 2019 [HB-1433]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
[National Security ]
Addresses workforce morale at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The bill expands the duties of the Chief Human Capital Officer to address morale, including through leader development and employee engagement, maintaining a catalogue of available employee development opportunities, and issuing a DHS-wide employee engagement action plan. DHS (1) must establish an employee engagement steering committee, and (2) may establish an annual employee award program. DHS shall report to the congressional homeland security committees regarding the impacts
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Federal Contract Deadline Fairness Act [HB-1212]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Funding ]
Provides that if a contractor failed to deliver goods or complete work on schedule due to a lapse in federal appropriations, information relating to such failure may not be (1) included in any past performance database used by executive agencies for making source selection decisions, or (2) evaluated unfavorably by an agency considering the contractor's past contract performance.
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Fair Chance Act Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019 [S.387]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Rights ]
Prohibits federal agencies and federal contractors from requesting that applicants for employment disclose criminal history record information before receiving a conditional offer of employment. Agencies may not require an individual or sole proprietor who submits a bid for a contract to disclose criminal history record information regarding that individual or sole proprietor before determining the apparent awardee. The bill (1) sets forth positions to which such prohibitions shall not apply; and (2) requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM),
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Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2019 [S.374]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Military ]
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand health care and benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs for military sexual trauma, and for other purposes.
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Department of Veterans Affairs Provider Accountability Act [S.221]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
The bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to transmit specified information to the National Practitioner Data Bank and the applicable state licensing board when the VA brings a major adverse action against certain appointed VA medical employees. Specifically, the VA must transmit the employee's name and the description of and reason for the major adverse action. The VA may not enter into a settlement agreement regarding a claim by a VA employee under which it would be required to conceal a serious medical error or purge a negative
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Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2019 [HB-1092]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Military ]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand health care and benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs for military sexual trauma, and for other purposes.
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Fair Chance Act Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019 [HB-1076]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Services ]
Prohibits federal agencies and federal contractors from requesting that applicants for employment disclose criminal history record information before receiving a conditional offer of employment. Agencies may not require an individual or sole proprietor who submits a bid for a contract to disclose criminal history record information regarding that individual or sole proprietor before determining the apparent awardee. The bill (1) sets forth positions to which such prohibitions shall not apply; and (2) requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM),
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ICE and CBP Body Camera Accountability Act [HB-1013]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Rights ]
Requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents and officers to wear body cameras when engaged in official operations. Such agents and officers shall turn on their cameras for the duration of each shift. The footage shall be available to each party in any administrative proceeding, civil action, or criminal proceeding where such footage is pertinent. An agent or officer whose camera does not record footage during a shift shall be subject to furlough, reduction in pay or grade, or suspension.
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FEAA Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2019 [HB-354]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Provides additional statutory authority for federal agencies to discipline employees.Specifically, agencies may remove or demote (i.e., reduce the grade or pay of) employees for performance or misconduct without proving that the adverse action promotes the efficiency of the service. The bill provides a statutory definition of the term "misconduct." An adverse action may be appealed to the Merit Systems Protection Board. The bill sets forth requirements and procedures for such appeals.
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Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2019 [HB-135]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Health ]
Requires each federal agency to establish a model Equal Employment Opportunity Program that is independent of the agency's Human Capital or General Counsel office, and it establishes requirements related to complaints of discrimination and retaliation in the workplace. An agency must publish a notice of any final agency action or Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) appellate decision involving a finding of prohibited discrimination or retaliation, and it must report certain data with respect to specified equal opportunity complaints.
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IRS Accountability Act of 2018 [S.3199]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
IRS Accountability Act of 2018 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 to allow the removal or transfer of an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) senior executive employee based on performance or misconduct. The IRS must submit written notice to certain congressional committees of the removal or transfer of an employee and the reason for such removal or transfer. The bill provides for an expedited appeal of a removal or transfer to the Merit Systems Protection Board.
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VA MISSION Act of 2018 VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 [S.2906]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Senior Citizens ]
VA MISSION Act of 2018 VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 This bill consolidates Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) community care programs, revises other VA health care programs and facilities provisions, and makes appropriations for veterans care. The bill establishes the Veterans Community Care Program to furnish hospital care, medical services, and extended care services through certain non-VA providers to veterans who are enrolled in the VA health care system or otherwise entitled to VA
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Fix NICS Act of 2017 [HB-4434]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Fix NICS Act of 2017 This bill amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to require each federal agency and department, including a federal court, to: certify whether it has provided to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) disqualifying records of persons prohibited from receiving or possessing a firearm, and establish and substantially comply with an implementation plan to maximize record submissions and verify their accuracy. The bill amends the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to: direct the Department of
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Department of Veterans Affairs Bonus Transparency Act [S.2807]
[Veterans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Military ]
Department of Veterans Affairs Bonus Transparency Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to report to Congress annually on the performance awards and bonuses presented to Regional Office Directors of the VA, Directors of Medical Centers of the VA, and Directors of Veterans Integrated Service Networks. Each report shall include: the amount of each award or bonus, the job title of each recipient, and the location where each recipient individual works.
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Caring for our Veterans Act of 2017 [S.2193]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Human Services ]
Caring for our Veterans Act of 2017 This bill establishes a Veterans Community Care Program to furnish hospital care, medical services, and extended care services to covered veterans through non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care providers under specified circumstances. This program replaces the Veterans Choice Program. The VA shall develop: (1) an education program for veterans about their VA health care options, (2) processes to ensure safe opioid prescribing practices by non-VA health care providers; and (3) criteria to designate
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VA MISSION Act of 2018 VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 [HB-5674]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
VA MISSION Act of 2018 VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 This bill consolidates Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) community care programs, revises other VA health care programs and facilities provisions, and makes appropriations for veterans care. The bill establishes the Veterans Community Care Program to furnish hospital care, medical services, and extended care services through certain non-VA providers to veterans who are enrolled in the VA health care system or otherwise entitled to VA
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Nick Castle Peace Corps Reform Act of 2018 [S.2286]
[International ]
[Human Rights ]
Nick Castle Peace Corps Reform Act of 2018
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John S. McCain III, Daniel K. Akaka, and Samuel R. Johnson VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 VA MISSION Act of 2018 [S.2372]
[Veterans ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[National Security ]
John S. McCain III, Daniel K. Akaka, and Samuel R. Johnson VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 VA MISSION Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of the Interior to provide outer burial receptacles for veterans' remains buried in a national cemetery administered by the National Park Service. (An outer burial receptacle is a container, such as a grave liner or a burial vault, that protects a casket in the ground and prevents the grave from sinking.) Interior may provide reimbursement
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