Labor And Employment
US Congress 115th Congress
Grandparent-Grandchild Medical Leave Act [HB-1620]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
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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HELP for Coal Miners Health Care Act of 2017 Helping Ensure Long-Term Protection for Coal Miners Health Care Act of 2017 [HB-1613]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Energy ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Mining ]
[Funding ]
HELP for Coal Miners Health Care Act of 2017 Helping Ensure Long-Term Protection for Coal Miners Health Care Act of 2017 This bill amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) to transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan to provide health benefits to retired coal miners and their families. The bill expands the group whose retiree health benefits are taken into account in determining the amount that the Department of the Treasury must transfer from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and the General
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Shimkus
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 03/27/2017
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Parental Bereavement Act of 2017 Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act [HB-1560]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
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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Innovation Corps Act of 2017 [HB-1576]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
[Science ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Innovation Corps Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Commerce to establish a competitive program to make grants to institutions of higher education to establish or enhance education programs that retrain workers displaced from their jobs by automation to provide such workers with skills needed for jobs in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) fields. Commerce shall establish an Innovation Corps whereby recent college graduates may volunteer, in an education program for which an institution of higher education receives
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Sponsored by: Rep. Doris O. Matsui
Introduced In House on 03/16/2017
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FOCA Act Fair and Open Competition Act [HB-1552]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[National Security ]
[Public Health ]
FOCA Act Fair and Open Competition Act This bill prohibits a federal executive agency that awards any construction contract after the enactment of this bill from requiring or prohibiting a contract bidder from entering into agreements with labor organizations (i.e., Project Labor Agreements [PLAs]) or otherwise discriminating against a bidder or contractor who signs, or refuses to sign, a PLA. Agencies that award grants, provide financial assistance, or enter into cooperative agreements for construction projects after the enactment of this bill
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson
Reported By The Committee On Oversight And Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-1068. on 12/10/2018
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Future Logging Careers Act [S.655]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Small Business ]
Future Logging Careers Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to make the restrictions on oppressive child labor inapplicable to employment of an employee age 16 or 17 by a parent, or a person standing in place of a parent, in a logging operation owned or operated by that parent or person.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan M. Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/15/2017
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Establish benefits and retirement security task force [HB-21]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
Establish benefits and retirement security task force
Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Keane
(h) Died In Standing Committee on 04/28/2017
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21st Century Worker Opportunity Act [HB-1534]
[Telecommunications ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
21st Century Worker Opportunity Act This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to implement a program that provides displaced workers with a subsidy or coupon for a lump sum payment of $500 that may only be applied towards: (1) broadband Internet access service, or (2) remote job training in a profession not likely to be automated in the next 20 years. A "displaced worker" is defined as an individual who, due to automation of machinery that replaces human labor, has been terminated or laid off from employment
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Sponsored by: Rep. Debbie Dingell
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 03/17/2017
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Career and Technical Education State Flexibility Act [S.653]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Career and Technical Education State Flexibility Act This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to revise maintenance of effort requirements for a state to receive fiscal year career and technical education (CTE) funding allotments. In order for a state to receive its full allotment for any applicable fiscal year, its fiscal effort per student, or its aggregate expenditures, for CTE funding for the preceding fiscal year must be at least 80% of such fiscal effort per student or aggregate expenditures for the second
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Sponsored by: Sen. Orrin G. Hatch
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/15/2017
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Healthy Families Act [S.636]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
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 P. 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]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
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 Patrick Maloney
Introduced In House on 03/13/2017
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Confirm Governor's appointees to business-related boards [SR-66]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Confirm Governor's appointees to business-related boards
Sponsored by: Rep. Edward Buttrey
(s) Filed With Secretary Of State on 04/20/2017
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Community College to Career Fund Act [S.620]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Community College to Career Fund Act This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to direct the Department of Labor to award competitive grants to eligible community colleges, four-year public institutions of higher education, tribal colleges or universities, public or private nonprofit two-year institutions of higher education in specified U.S. territories, or a consortium of any of them, in partnership with employers or an employer or industry partnership representing multiple employers, in order to develop, offer, improve, and
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/14/2017
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Fair and Open Competition Act [S.622]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
Fair and Open Competition Act This bill prohibits a federal executive agency that awards any construction contract after the enactment of this bill from requiring or prohibiting a contract bidder from entering into agreements with labor organizations (i.e., Project Labor Agreements [PLAs]) or otherwise discriminating against a bidder or contractor who signs, or refuses to sign, a PLA. Agencies that award grants, provide financial assistance, or enter into cooperative agreements for construction projects after the enactment of this bill must ensure
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 03/14/2017
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Resolution to recognize equal pay day [HR-4]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
Resolution to recognize equal pay day
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Eck
(h) Died In Standing Committee (h) Business And Labor on 04/28/2017
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Voluntary Protection Program Act [HB-1444]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Small Business ]
Voluntary Protection Program Act This bill provides statutory authority for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA's) voluntary protection program, under which management, labor, and OSHA establish cooperative relationships at workplaces that have implemented a comprehensive safety and health management system.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Introduced In House on 03/09/2017
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A resolution recognizing the contributions of AmeriCorps members and alumni to the lives of the people of the United States. [SR-86]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Public Safety ]
A resolution recognizing the contributions of AmeriCorps members and alumni to the lives of the people of the United States. Encourages the people of the United States to join in a national effort to salute AmeriCorps members and alumni and raise awareness about the importance of national and community service. Acknowledges the accomplishments of AmeriCorps members, alumni, and community partners and recognizes the important contributions made by members and alumni to the lives of the people of the United States. Encourages individuals of all ages
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment And With A Preamble By Unanimous Consent. (consideration: Cr S1751; Text As Passed Senate: Cr S1750) on 03/09/2017
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Future Logging Careers Act [HB-1454]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
Future Logging Careers Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to make the restrictions on oppressive child labor inapplicable to employment of an employee age 16 or 17 by a parent, or a person standing in place of a parent, in a logging or mechanized operation owned or operated by that parent or person.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson
Introduced In House on 03/09/2017
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Recognizing the contributions of AmeriCorps members and alumni to the lives of the people of the United States. [HR-182]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Recognizing the contributions of AmeriCorps members and alumni to the lives of the people of the United States. Encourages the people of the United States to join in a national effort to salute AmeriCorps members and alumni and raise awareness about the importance of national and community service. Acknowledges the accomplishments of AmeriCorps members, alumni, and community partners and recognizes the important contributions made by members and alumni to the lives of the people of the United States. Encourages individuals of all ages to consider
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Sponsored by: Rep. David E. Price
Introduced In House on 03/08/2017
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National Right-to-Work Act [S.545]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
National Right-to-Work Act This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to repeal those provisions that permit employers, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement that is a union security agreement, to require employees to join a union as a condition of employment (including provisions permitting railroad carriers to require, pursuant to such an agreement, payroll deduction of union dues or fees as a condition of employment).
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/07/2017