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EGO Act Eliminating Government-funded Oil-painting Act [HB-1701]
EGO Act Eliminating Government-funded Oil-painting Act (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the federal government to pay for an official portrait of an officer or employee of the federal government, including the President, the Vice President, a Member of Congress, the head of an executive agency, or the head of an office of the legislative branch.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Oversight And Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-511, Part I. on 01/11/2018
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INTERDICT Act International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology Act [S.708]
INTERDICT Act International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology Act This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) increase the number of chemical screening devices available to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to interdict fentanyl, other synthetic opioids, and other narcotics and psychoactive substances that are illegally imported into the United States, including such substances imported through the mail or by an express consignment operator or carrier; and
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. (sponsor Introductory Remarks: Cr S1975-1977) on 03/23/2017
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Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act [S.696]
Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act This bill prohibits a federal agency from awarding a bonus to any employee for five years after the end of a fiscal year in which the agency makes an adverse finding relating to the employee. An "adverse finding" is a determination that an employee's conduct violated: (1) a policy of the agency for which the employee may be removed or suspended for at least 14 days, or (2) a law for which the employee may be imprisoned for more than one year. The bill requires an agency to issue
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Sponsored by: Sen. Claire McCaskill
Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. Reported By Senator Johnson With Amendments. With Written Report No. 115-127. on 07/11/2017
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Department of Veterans Affairs Bonus Transparency Act [HB-1690]
Department of Veterans Affairs Bonus Transparency Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, to submit a report to specified congressional committees on the performance awards and bonuses presented to Regional Office Directors of the VA, Directors of Medical Centers of the VA, Directors of Veterans Integrated Service Networks, and any other individual employed in a senior executive position. Each report shall include: the amount of each award or bonus, the job title
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Sponsored by: Rep. Luis Correa
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 07/25/2017
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TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking [HB-1625]
TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking (Sec. 2) This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of State's rewards program is a powerful tool in combating sophisticated international crime and that the State Department and federal law enforcement should work in concert to offer rewards that target human traffickers who prey on the most vulnerable people around the world. (Sec. 3) The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended to include severe forms of trafficking in persons involving
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Became Public Law No: 115-141. on 03/23/2018
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FEAA Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2017 [HB-1643]
FEAA Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2017 This bill allows federal agencies, under Office of Personnel Management regulations, to remove certain employees from civil service or to reduce their grade or pay. An employee may appeal within 7 days to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), which must refer the case to an administrative judge to expedite a final decision not later than 45 days after the MSPB receives the appeal. If the administrative judge cannot issue a decision within 45 days, the removal or reduction becomes final. The MSPB
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Yoho
Introduced In House on 03/20/2017
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EAT for Health Act of 2017 Education and Training for Health Act of 2017 [HB-1634]
EAT for Health Act of 2017 Education and Training for Health Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to issue guidelines to federal agencies to ensure that federal, full time primary care health professionals have continuing education relating to nutrition. Agencies must annually report information including the extent to which they have adopted and encouraged the guidelines. The continuing education must: (1) include content on the role of nutrition in the prevention, management, and reversal of obesity, cardiovascular
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/24/2017
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Grandparent-Grandchild Medical Leave Act [HB-1620]
Grandparent-Grandchild Medical Leave Act This bill amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and federal civil service law to entitle to leave an eligible employee, including a federal employee, to care for an adult child, grandparent, or grandchild (as well as for a spouse, child, or parent), if that person has a serious health condition.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Ruiz
Introduced In House on 03/17/2017
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ICE and CBP Body Camera Accountability Act [HB-1608]
ICE and CBP Body Camera Accountability Act This bill directs U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to ensure that ICE and CBP agents and officers wear body cameras when engaged in official operations. ICE and CBP must establish: (1) policies for the use of such cameras, and (2) procedures for carrying out adverse actions for noncompliance with such policies. Such cameras must be on for an agent's or officer's entire shift. Footage collected by such a body camera shall be made available to each party
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 03/31/2017
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No Bonuses for Tax Delinquent IRS Employees Act of 2017 [HB-1599]
No Bonuses for Tax Delinquent IRS Employees Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the payment of any performance award (including, but not limited to, bonuses, step increases, and time off) to an employee of the Internal Revenue Service who owes an outstanding federal tax debt.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dave Brat
Introduced In House on 03/17/2017
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Department of Defense Cyber Scholarship Program Act of 2017 [HB-1609]
Department of Defense Cyber Scholarship Program Act of 2017 This bill designates the existing Department of Defense (DOD) information assurance scholarship and grant program as the Department of Defense Cyber Scholarship Program to provide financial assistance (with consideration given to whether the recipient is, or the pursuit of the degree is at, a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education designated by the National Security Agency) to: (1) persons pursuing information assurance degrees or certifications at institutions
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 04/05/2017
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To ensure that the percentage increase in rates of basic pay for prevailing wage employees shall be equal to the percentage increase received by other Federal employees in the same pay locality, and for other purposes. [HB-1594]
To ensure that the percentage increase in rates of basic pay for prevailing wage employees shall be equal to the percentage increase received by other Federal employees in the same pay locality, and for other purposes. This bill prohibits: (1) any prevailing rate employee in a federal agency, between January 1 and September 30, 2017, from being paid an amount exceeding specified limits resulting from an applicable wage survey adjustment; and (2) the percentage increase in wages paid to a prevailing wage employee in FY2017 from being less than the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Introduced In House on 03/17/2017
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Parental Bereavement Act of 2017 Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act [HB-1560]
Parental Bereavement Act of 2017 Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act This bill amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to entitle an eligible employee to up to 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period because of the death of a son or daughter. Such an employee may substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay. The bill applies the same leave entitlement to federal employees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock
Introduced In House on 03/16/2017
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To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control. [HB-1561]
To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control. This bill exempts the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from any action by the President to prevent federal agencies from creating or filling civilian employee positions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Introduced In House on 03/16/2017
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Congressional Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017 [S.633]
Congressional Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to extend specified whistle-blower protections to employees of congressional offices and committees, the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services, the Capitol Police, the Congressional Budget Office, the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, the Office of the Attending Physician, the Office of Compliance, the Government Accountability Office, and the Library of Congress.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 03/15/2017
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SHIELD Act of 2017 Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence, and Essential Law Enforcement Departments Act of 2017 [HB-1536]
SHIELD Act of 2017 Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence, and Essential Law Enforcement Departments Act of 2017 This bill requires, in the event that the U.S. public debt limit is reached, priority payment of the pay and allowances of: (1) members of the Armed Forces, including reserves, who perform active service; and (2) critical law enforcement officers employed by federal agencies. This bill requires the Department of the Treasury, during a period of lapsed appropriations for the Armed Forces or federal agencies employing critical law
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 04/05/2017
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Debt Limit Control and Accountability Act of 2017 [HB-1529]
Debt Limit Control and Accountability Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the Department of the Treasury from using extraordinary measures either to prevent the United States from reaching the statutory debt limit or once the debt limit has been reached. Under the bill, extraordinary measures are: suspending investments of the Thrift Savings Plan G Fund or the Exchange Stabilization Fund, suspending the issuance of new securities to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund and Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund, redeeming early securities
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Yoho
Introduced In House on 03/15/2017
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Healthy Families Act [S.636]
Healthy Families Act This bill requires certain employers, who employ 15 or more employees for each working day during 20 or more workweeks a year, to permit each employee to earn at least 1 hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked. The bill authorizes small employers with fewer than 15 employees to provide the same paid sick time, but allows them to opt out. Any small employer that opts out shall provide at least 56 hours of unpaid sick time to each employee per calendar year. The bill declares that an employer shall not be required to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/15/2017
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Healthy Families Act [HB-1516]
Healthy Families Act This bill requires certain employers, who employ 15 or more employees for each working day during 20 or more workweeks a year, to permit each employee to earn at least 1 hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked. The bill authorizes small employers with fewer than 15 employees to provide the same paid sick time, but allows them to opt out. Any small employer that opts out shall provide at least 56 hours of unpaid sick time to each employee per calendar year. The bill declares that an employer shall not be required to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 03/13/2017
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VA Provider Pay Modernization Act of 2017 [HB-1505]
VA Provider Pay Modernization Act of 2017 This bill provides that market pay (one of the three salary components of Veterans Health Administration [VHA] physicians and dentists) shall be the same for each physician or dentist with the same specialty or assignment in the same Integrated Service Network (VISN). The market pay of a physician or dentist may exceed the market pay generally available to a physician or dentist with the same specialty or assignment in the same VISN by up to 5%. Such amount shall take into account the pay in the relevant
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Sponsored by: Rep. Beto O'Rourke
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/27/2017