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PSLF Technical Corrections Act of 2019 [S.1175]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Revises the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program under the Federal Direct Loan program. Under current law, the PSLF program forgives the balance of a borrower's student debt after the borrower makes 120 qualifying loan payments under specified repayment plans while employed in a public service job. The bill expands the program to include payments under graduated or extended plans as payments that qualify a borrower for loan forgiveness under the PSLF program. The bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to provide each borrower who
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Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2019 [S.972]
[Retirement ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Pensions ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Modifies requirements for tax-favored retirement savings accounts, employer-provided retirement plans, and retirement benefits for federal judges. With respect to employer-provided plans, the bill modifies requirements regarding multiple employer plans, automatic enrollment and nonelective contributions, loans, terminating or transferring plans, reporting and disclosure rules, nondiscrimination rules, selecting lifetime income providers, and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation premiums. The bill also increases the tax credit for small employer
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Protect Our Heroes Act of 2019 [S.1135]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
A bill to protect Federal, State, and local public safety officers.
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First Responders Passport Act of 2019 [HB-2229]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[International ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizes the Department of State to waive passport fees for an individual operating under a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with the U.S. government, including a volunteer, to travel abroad within the first seven days after a natural disaster to aid a foreign country suffering from the natural disaster. The Department of State shall report to Congress on the number of fee waivers for the issuance of passports to first responders.
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Veterans Conservation Corps Act of 2019 [HB-2274]
[Veterans ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Environmental ]
[Construction ]
Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a veterans conservation corps to assist unemployed veterans in the transition from military service to civilian life. Specifically, the VA and other specified federal agencies must employ such veterans (1) in conservation, resource management, firefighting, law enforcement, and historic preservation projects on public lands; (2) in maintenance and improvement projects for the National Cemetery Administration; and (3) as firefighters, law enforcement officers, and disaster relief personnel.
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Cabin Air Safety Act of 2019 [HB-2208]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Air Quality ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
[Aerospace ]
Directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to implement regulations regarding smoke or fume incidents on commercial aircraft (excluding helicopters). Specifically, the bill requires flight attendants, pilots, aircraft maintenance technicians, airport first responders, and emergency response teams to receive annual training on how to respond to incidents involving smoke or fumes on board commercial aircraft; the FAA to develop a standardized form for reporting incidents involving smoke or fumes; the FAA to conduct an investigation after a
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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1715 Linnerud Drive in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, as the "Fire Captain Cory Barr Post Office Building". [HB-2277]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1715 Linnerud Drive in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, as the "Fire Captain Cory Barr Post Office Building."
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Cabin Air Safety Act of 2019 [S.1112]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Air Quality ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to implement regulations regarding smoke or fume incidents on commercial aircraft (excluding helicopters). Specifically, the bill requires flight attendants, pilots, aircraft maintenance technicians, airport first responders, and emergency response teams to receive annual training on how to respond to incidents involving smoke or fumes on board commercial aircraft; the FAA to develop a standardized form for reporting incidents involving smoke or fumes; the FAA to conduct an investigation after a
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Supporting the goals and ideals of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. [HCR-33]
[Public Safety ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Law Enforcement ]
This concurrent resolution expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week and also recognizes the importance and contributions of the nation's public safety communications professionals.
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Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 [HB-1994]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
[Small Business ]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Pensions ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
TITLE I--EXPANDING AND PRESERVING RETIREMENT SAVINGS (Sec. 101) The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise requirements for multiple employer pension plans and pooled employer plans. It provides that failure of one employer in a multiple employer retirement plan to meet plan requirements will not cause all plans to fail and that assets in the failed plan will be transferred to another plan. It also establishes pooled employer plans that do not require a common characteristic. (Sec. 102) The bill increases the cap for automatic contributions
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Mine Rescue Team Training Credit [HB-1974]
[Taxes ]
[Mining ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Permanently extends the tax credit for mine rescue team training. (Under current law, the tax credit expired at the end of 2017.)
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Recognizing linemen, the profession of linemen, the contributions of these brave men and women who protect public safety, and expressing support for the designation of April 18, 2019, as National Lineman Appreciation Day. [HR-262]
[Public Safety ]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
This resolution recognizes the efforts of linemen in keeping the electrical power on and protecting public safety. This resolution also expresses support for the designation of National Lineman Appreciation Day and recognizes linemen as first responders.
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To require the Secretary of Defense to provide blood testing for firefighters of the Department of Defense to determine potential exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and for other purposes. [HB-1863]
[Defense ]
[Public Health ]
[Environmental ]
[Healthcare ]
[Military ]
Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide blood testing, during annual physical examinations of DOD firefighters, to determine and document exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
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National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Act [HB-1865]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Agriculture ]
[Energy ]
[Veterans ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Housing ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Military ]
Provides FY2020 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 8 of the 12 regular FY2020 appropriations bills: the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; the Legislative
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Protecting Military Firefighters from PFAS Act [S.858]
[Defense ]
[Public Health ]
[Military ]
[Healthcare ]
[Environmental ]
Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide blood testing, during annual physical examinations of DOD firefighters, to determine and document exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
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HEROES Act of 2019 Help Ensure Responders Overdosing Emerge Safely Act of 2019 [HB-1823]
[Crime ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Allows naloxone and similar substances to be made available for personal use to (1) first responders under the firefighters grants program, and (2) law enforcement officers under the public safety and community policing (COPS on the Beat) grants program.
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Insurance Fairness for First Responders Act of 2019 [HB-1832]
[Insurance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibits an issuer of life insurance from discriminatory treatment of a first responder or a health care professional on the basis of their lawful possession of naloxone, which is an opioid overdose reversal drug.
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Preserving Safe Communities by Ending Swatting Act of 2019 [HB-1772]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Makes it a crime to intentionally convey false or misleading information in circumstances where the information may reasonably be expected to cause an emergency response and the information indicates the occurrence of criminal conduct or a threat to health or safety.
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HERO Act Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act [HB-1646]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Establishes a series of programs relating to the behavioral health of public-safety officers (e.g., law enforcement officers, firefighters, ambulance crew members, and 9-1-1 operators) and health care providers. For example, the bill establishes (1) a public-safety officer suicide-reporting system at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (2) a grant program for peer-support behavioral health and wellness programs within fire departments and emergency medical services agencies, and (3) a grant program for behavioral health and wellness
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First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act [HB-1594]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[National Security ]
Directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to implement a uniform process for reviewing applications for certain anti-terrorism grants to urban areas and state, local, and tribal governments. Specifically, the uniform review must be done for grant applications requesting to purchase first responder equipment or systems that do not meet or exceed any applicable national voluntary consensus standards.