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Checkpoint Optimization and Efficiency Act of 2016 [HB-5338]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[National Security ]
Checkpoint Optimization and Efficiency Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill expresses the sense of Congress that airport checkpoint wait times should not take priority over the security of the nation's aviation system. (Sec. 3) The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the Department of Homeland Security shall begin and complete, within 30 days after enactment of this bill, an assessment of its staffing allocation model to determine the necessary staffing positions, including use of canine explosives detection teams and technology, at all U.S.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 06/08/2016
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Do No Harm Act [HB-5272]
[Human Rights ]
[Healthcare ]
[Disabilities ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Religion ]
[Children and Youth ]
Do No Harm Act This bill makes the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) inapplicable to federal laws (or implementations of laws) that: protect against discrimination or the promotion of equal opportunity, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, Executive Order 11246 (concerning equal employment opportunity), the Violence Against Women Act, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) rules entitled "Equal Access to Housing in HUD Programs Regardless
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 05/23/2016
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Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015 [HB-511]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that any Indian tribe or any enterprise or institution owned and operated by an Indian tribe and located on its lands is not considered an employer (thus excluding Indian tribes and such enterprises or institutions from coverage by the Act).
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Received In The Senate. on 11/18/2015
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Veterans and Servicemembers Employment Rights and Housing Act of 2015 [HB-501]
[Veterans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Housing ]
[Military ]
[Real Estate ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Veterans and Servicemembers Employment Rights and Housing Act of 2015 Prohibits employment practices that discriminate based on an individual's military service and amends the Fair Housing Act and the Civil Rights Act of 1968 to prohibit housing discrimination against members of the uniformed services. Declares that it shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to fail to hire, to discharge, or to otherwise discriminate against individuals because of their military service. Prohibits employers, employment agencies, labor organizations,
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Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 04/29/2015
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Employee Free Choice Act of 2016 [HB-5000]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Employee Free Choice Act of 2016 This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board to certify, without an election, an individual or labor organization to be the exclusive representative of the employees in a unit appropriate for bargaining if a majority of the employees has signed valid authorizations designating the individual or labor organization specified in a properly filed petition as their bargaining representative, and no other individual or labor organization is currently certified or recognized
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alan Grayson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/19/2016
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PROMESA Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act [HB-4900]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
[Finance ]
[Funding ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Community Development ]
PROMESA Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act This bill addresses Puerto Rico's debt by establishing an oversight board, a process for restructuring debt, and expedited procedures for approving critical infrastructure projects. The bill establishes the Financial Oversight and Management Board to oversee the development of budgets and fiscal plans for Puerto Rico's instrumentalities and government. The board may issue subpoenas, certify voluntary agreements between creditors and debtors, seek judicial enforcement of its authority,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Duffy
Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 04/28/2016
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Cesar Chavez National Historical Park Act [HB-4882]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Agriculture ]
Cesar Chavez National Historical Park Act This bill establishes as a unit of the National Park System the Cesar Chavez National Historical Park in California and Arizona, replacing the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument and incorporating the Monument lands and interests within, and as part of, the Historical Park. The Department of the Interior may provide staff and technical assistance for the interpretation of historic sites, museums, and resources on lands not administered by Interior related to the life of Cesar Chavez and the history of the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 03/29/2016
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Emergency Financial Manager Reform Act of 2016 [HB-4754]
[Voting Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Elections ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Emergency Financial Manager Reform Act of 2016 This bill requires a state with a state-appointed emergency financial manager to certify that the appointment: (1) does not have the purpose or effect of limiting the right to vote on account of race or color, and (2) followed a notice and comment period. If a state with a state-appointed emergency financial manager fails to submit such certification, then the Department of Justice may reduce by 5% that state's allocation of funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 03/16/2016
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Working Families Flexibility Act of 2015 [HB-465]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Working Families Flexibility Act of 2015 Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize private employers to provide compensatory time off to private employees at a rate of 1 1/2 hours per hour of employment for which overtime compensation is required. Authorizes an employer to provide compensatory time only if it is in accordance with an applicable collective bargaining agreement or, in the absence of such an agreement, an agreement between the employer and employee. Prohibits an employee from accruing more than 160 hours of compensatory
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 04/29/2015
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American Jobs First Act of 2016 [HB-4598]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Trade ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
American Jobs First Act of 2016 This bill amends the the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the H-1B nonimmigrant visa (specialty occupation) program, including by declaring that a petitioner employer: must offer an annual wage to the H-1B nonimmigrant that is the greater of the annual wage paid to the U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident employee who did identical or similar work during the previous 2 years, or $110,000, if offered not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act (with an annual inflation adjustment); will
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 02/29/2016
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Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2016 [HB-4488]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2016 This bill repeals: (1) provisions authorizing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a human resources management system for some or all of its organizational units, and (2) the authority granted to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to establish or modify a personnel management system for TSA employees engaged in airport security screening. Within 60 days after the enactment date of this bill: (1) any such human resources management system and all TSA personnel
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Transportation Security. on 02/16/2016
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Federal Employee Rights Act [HB-4461]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Elections ]
Federal Employee Rights Act This bill repeals current authority allowing the deduction of labor organization dues from employee pay and prohibits federal agencies, including executive, legislative, and judicial agencies, the U.S. Postal Service, the Postal Regulatory Commission, and the government of the District of Columbia, from deducting any amount from the pay of an employee for the dues of a labor organization. The bill prohibits employee dues collected by a labor organization from being used for any purpose not directly related to the organization's
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dave Brat
Introduced In House on 02/04/2016
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To amend title 5, United States Code, to require that the Office of Personnel Management submit an annual report to Congress relating to the use of official time by Federal employees. [HB-4392]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
To amend title 5, United States Code, to require that the Office of Personnel Management submit an annual report to Congress relating to the use of official time by Federal employees. (Sec. 1) This bill requires the Office of Personnel Management to submit an annual report to Congress on the use of official time by federal employees. The bill defines "official time" as any period of time granted to a federal employee to perform representational or consultative functions and during which the employee would otherwise be in a duty status. Each such
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jody Hice
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Oversight And Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-484. on 04/12/2016
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Article I Consolidated Appropriations Amendments, 2016 [HB-4371]
[Air Quality ]
[Environmental ]
[Finance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Immigration ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Water ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Funding ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Retirement ]
Article I Consolidated Appropriations Amendments, 2016 This bill amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 to restrict federal agencies from using appropriations for certain activities. The bill includes restrictions that affect policy and regulations in areas, including: tobacco products, greenhouse gas emissions, fisheries, exports to Cuba, endangered species, water and air quality, hydraulic fracturing, limits on truck size, housing discrimination, fiduciary standards for providing investment advice for pension and retirement plans, determinations
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 01/19/2016
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Government Reform and Improvement Act of 2016 [HB-4361]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[National Security ]
[Small Business ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Government Reform and Improvement Act of 2016 TITLE I--FEDERAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS SAFEGUARDS (Sec. 101) This title exempts from federal employee labor-management relations requirements the actions of an executive agency that are necessary to restrict or prohibit access to a website presenting a security weakness or risk to the agency's information technology or information systems under the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2014. An agency employee may not establish, operate, maintain, or permit the use of information technology that
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Sponsored by: Rep. Bruce Westerman
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 07/07/2016
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DISCLOSE 2015 Act Disclosure of Information on Spending on Campaigns Leads to Open and Secure Elections Act of 2015 [HB-430]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Finance ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Ethics ]
[Funding ]
DISCLOSE 2015 Act Disclosure of Information on Spending on Campaigns Leads to Open and Secure Elections Act of 2015 Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to redefine the term "independent expenditure" as an expenditure by a person that, when taken as a whole, expressly advocates the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate, or is the functional equivalent of express advocacy because it can be interpreted by a reasonable person only as advocating the election or defeat of a candidate, taking into account whether the communication
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 02/05/2015
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Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2015 [HB-4266]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Public Safety ]
Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2015 This bill requires the Department of Labor to establish a standard on safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention to prevent musculoskeletal disorders for health care workers. The standard must require the use of engineering and safety controls to handle patients. The standard must require health care employers to: (1) develop and implement a safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention program; (2) train their workers on safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 03/23/2016
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Freedom for Workers to Seek Opportunity Act [HB-4254]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
[Food ]
Freedom for Workers to Seek Opportunity Act This bill: (1) prohibits employers from entering into not-to-compete covenants with any grocery store employees engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, and (2) requires an employer of such employees to post a notice of this prohibition in a conspicuous place on the employer's premises. No employers who own or operate at least one grocery store may, in conjunction with the purchase of one or more grocery stores owned or operated by another employer, include in any agreement between
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derek Kilmer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 03/23/2016
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PURSE Act Preventing Unionization of Revenue Service Employees Act [HB-4083]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
PURSE Act Preventing Unionization of Revenue Service Employees Act This bill excludes employees of the Internal Revenue Service from provisions of federal personnel law allowing federal employees to organize, bargain collectively, and participate in labor organizations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dave Brat
Introduced In House on 11/19/2015
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National Labor Relations Board Reform Act [HB-4022]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
National Labor Relations Board Reform Act Amends the National Labor Relations Act to revise requirements with respect to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), and the process for appellate review. Increases NLRB membership from five to six. Requires three members to represent each of the two major political parties and, beginning January 1, 2020, each of the two members whose terms expire on the same date to represent a different major political party. Requires: (1) four NLRB members to constitute a
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Sponsored by: Rep. Pete Olson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/23/2016