Foreign Language And Bilingual Programs
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Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2019 [HB-5285]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Grants ]
[Education ]
To provide competitive grants for training court reporters and closed captioners to meet requirements for realtime writers under the Communications Act of 1934, and for other purposes.
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Refugee Protection Act of 2019 [S.2936]
[Immigration ]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
A bill to provide for the admission and protection of refugees, asylum seekers, and other vulnerable individuals, to provide for the processing of refugees and asylum seekers in the Western Hemisphere, and to modify certain special immigrant visa programs, and for other purposes.
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Refugee Protection Act of 2019 [HB-5210]
[Immigration ]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[National Security ]
To provide for the admission and protection of refugees, asylum seekers, and other vulnerable individuals, to provide for the processing of refugees and asylum seekers in the Western Hemisphere, and to modify certain special immigrant visa programs, and for other purposes.
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Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents Act of 2019 [S.2943]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Human Services ]
Establishes several requirements for Medicare skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid nursing facilities with respect to minimum staffing levels, training for nurses, and protections for whistleblowers and residents. The bill also requires specific consent procedures in relation to the administration of certain psychotropic drugs and prohibits the use of pre-dispute arbitration agreements in such facilities.
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Condemning the decision of Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark A. Calabria to remove the borrower's preferred language question and the housing counseling question from the Universal Residential Loan Application. [HR-728]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
This resolution condemns the decision of Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark A. Calabria to remove the preferred language question from the Universal Residential Loan Application and urges the restoration of that question and the question regarding housing counseling on the application.
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To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study and submit a report on the Federal Government's ability to hire and retain Chinese-language-capable employees, and for other purposes. [HB-5228]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[National Security ]
[Trade ]
Directs the Government Accountability Office to study and report on the federal government's ability to hire Chinese-language-capable employees.
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Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents Act of 2019 [HB-5216]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Human Services ]
Establishes several requirements for Medicare skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid nursing facilities with respect to minimum staffing levels, training for nurses, and protections for whistleblowers and residents. The bill also requires specific consent procedures in relation to the administration of certain psychotropic drugs and prohibits the use of pre-dispute arbitration agreements in such facilities.
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Protecting Social Workers and Health Professionals from Workplace Violence Act of 2019 [HB-5138]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Crime ]
Directs the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to states, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations for providing safety measures to social workers, health workers, and human services professionals performing services placing such individuals in high-risk and potentially dangerous situations.
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Protecting Social Workers and Health Professionals from Workplace Violence Act of 2019 [HB-5138]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Crime ]
Directs the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to states, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations for providing safety measures to social workers, health workers, and human services professionals performing services placing such individuals in high-risk and potentially dangerous situations.
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Classrooms Reflecting Communities Act of 2019 [S.2887]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to address and take action to combat rural teacher shortages across the United States.
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Protecting Social Workers and Health Professionals from Workplace Violence Act of 2019 [S.2880]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Crime ]
Directs the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to states, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations for providing safety measures to social workers, health workers, and human services professionals performing services placing such individuals in high-risk and potentially dangerous situations.
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Recognizing that the United States has a moral obligation to meet its foundational promise of guaranteed justice for all. [HR-702]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the federal government should begin a large-scale effort to reduce incarceration rates and reshape the American legal system by consulting with communities and individuals directly impacted by the justice system; decriminalizing certain behaviors, increasing diversion opportunities, revising sentencing laws, and reducing practices that contribute to recidivism; ending practices that advantage the wealthy and prohibiting private companies from profiting from the criminal justice
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Restricting Solitary Confinement in Immigration Detention Act of 2019 [S.2870]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
A bill to limit the use of solitary confinement and other forms of restrictive housing in immigration detention, and for other purposes.
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ELEVATE Act Ensuring Linguistic Excellence and Vocational Aptitude by Teaching English Act [HB-4943]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide that children who have relocated from Puerto Rico to the States are fully considered for purposes of State allotments under the English Language Acquisition grants.
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A resolution celebrating the 25th anniversary of the passage of the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Act creating the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program. [SR-397]
[International ]
This resolution celebrates the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program. The resolution also expresses remembrance of the contributions of Senator Mike Mansfield and his wife Maureen to the Senate and to the U.S.-Japan alliance.
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ELEVATE Act Ensuring Linguistic Excellence and Vocational Aptitude by Teaching English Act [S.2761]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
Makes changes in the treatment of Puerto Rico with respect to allotments for English Language Acquisition grants, to allow students who have migrated from Puerto Rico to the states to be fully counted in the annual grant allocation that states receive under such program.
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New Deal for New Americans Act of 2019 [HB-4928]
[Immigration ]
[Human Services ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Human Rights ]
To establish the National Office of New Americans, to reduce obstacles to United States citizenship, to support the integration of immigrants and refugees into the social, cultural, economic and civic life of our shared Nation, and for other purposes.
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To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform asylum procedures, and for other purposes. [HB-3855]
[Immigration ]
Requires an alien's "credible fear of persecution" to be more probable than not in order to be eligible for asylum. It also directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that the questions asked in expedited removal proceedings are done so in a uniform manner, and to record interviews in expedited removal and asylum proceedings. If an asylum seeker needs an interpreter, DHS shall ensure that a competent interpreter is used who is not affiliated with the government of the country the alien is seeking asylum frrom.
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Syrian Partner Protection Act [HB-4873]
[Immigration ]
[International ]
[National Security ]
[Human Rights ]
To provide for special immigrant status for Syrian Kurds and other Syrians who partnered with the United States Government in Syria, and for other purposes.
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Healing Communities through Health Care Act [S.2721]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
[Poverty ]
[Housing ]
[Student Loans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Education ]
Establishes and revises programs to support health care and related services in communities that exhibit indicators that lead to adverse health outcomes. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct innovative demonstration projects through the Medicaid program in six states to provide housing services to individuals with behavioral health needs who are experiencing housing insecurity, including referrals to housing services from within a health care setting. The bill reauthorizes the HHS health-care
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