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See UNdisclosed Legal Interpretations and Get Honest Transparency Act of 2021 Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act Lobbyist Disclosure Enhancement Act SUNLIGHT Act of 2021 [HB-2055] [Ethics ] [Funding ] [Elections ]
To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, the Financial Stability Act of 2010, and the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to improve access to information in the legislative and executive branches of the Government, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 10/19/2021

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Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2021 Redistricting Reform Act of 2021 Democracy Restoration Act of 2021 Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2021 Voter Registration Efficiency Act Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2021 Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act SWAMP FLYERS Act Stop Waste And Misuse by Presidential Flyers Landing Yet Evading Rules and Standards Act Empower Act of 2021 Fair Elections Now Act of 2021 Honest Ads Act DISCLOSE Act of 2021 [S.1] [Elections ] [Voting Rights ] [Ethics ]
A bill to expand Americans' access to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money in politics, strengthen ethics rules for public servants, and implement other anti-corruption measures for the purpose of fortifying our democracy, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Senate Committee On Rules And Administration Discharged By Yea-nay Vote. 50 - 49. Record Vote Number: 358 (pursuant To S. Res. 27, 117th Congress). on 08/11/2021

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No Fencing at the United States Capitol Complex Act [HB-1017] [Budget and Spending ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to install permanent fencing around the United States Capitol, any of the Capitol Buildings, or any portion of the Capitol Grounds.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings, And Emergency Management. on 02/12/2021

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Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act [HB-564] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Healthcare ] [Human Services ]
To provide paid family and medical leave to Federal employees, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 07/20/2021

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Voter Registration Modernization Act of 2021 Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2021 Democracy Restoration Act of 2021 Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2021 Redistricting Reform Act of 2021 Stop Automatically Voiding Eligible Voters Off Their Enlisted Rolls in States Act SAVE VOTERS Act Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2021 DISCLOSE Act of 2021 Honest Ads Act Stand By Every Ad Act Government By the People Act of 2021 Empower Act of 2021 Stop Super PAC-Candidate Coordination Act Executive Branch Conflict of Interest Act White House Ethics Transparency Act of 2021 Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act of 2021 Conflicts from Political Fundraising Act of 2021 Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act Ethics in Public Service Act Stop Waste And Misuse by Presidential Flyers Landing Yet Evading Rules and Standards SWAMP FLYERS Connecting Lobbyists and Electeds for Accountability and Reform Act CLEAR Act Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act Voter Registration Efficiency Act [HB-1] [Voting Rights ] [Elections ] [Ethics ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
To expand Americans’ access to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money in politics, strengthen ethics rules for public servants, and implement other anti-corruption measures for the purpose of fortifying our democracy, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Received In The Senate. on 03/11/2021

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American Royalties Too Act of 2015 [S.977] [Arts and Culture ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Consumer Protection ]
American Royalties Too Act of 2015 Expands copyright owners' exclusive rights, in the case of a work of visual art, to include the right to collect or authorize the collection of a royalty if the work is sold by a person other than the author for at least $5,000 in an auction. Defines "auction" as a public sale of visual art to the highest bidder run by an entity that sold at least $1 million of works of visual art during the previous year. Revises the term "work of visual art" to make requirements for photographs consistent with requirements for (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 04/16/2015

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Flexibility for Working Families Act [S.777] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Small Business ]
Flexibility for Working Families Act Authorizes an employee to request from an employer a temporary or permanent change in the terms or conditions of the employee's employment if the request relates to: (1) the number of hours the employee is required to work, (2) the times when the employee is required to work or be on call for work, (3) where the employee is required to work, or (4) the amount of notification the employee receives of work schedule assignments. Sets forth certain employer duties with respect to such requests. Makes it unlawful (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/18/2015

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Healthy Families Act [S.497] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Healthcare ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Small Business ] [Human Services ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Human Rights ] [Disaster Relief ]
Healthy Families Act 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. Authorizes small employers with fewer than 15 employees to provide the same paid sick time, but allows them to opt out. Requires any small employer that opts out to provide at least 56 hours of unpaid sick time to each employee per calendar year. Declares that an employer shall not be required to permit an employee to (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 02/12/2015

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A bill to authorize the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped to provide playback equipment in all formats. [S.3207] [Libraries ] [Disabilities ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Arts and Culture ] [Human Services ]
A bill to authorize the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped to provide playback equipment in all formats. (Sec. 1) This bill authorizes the Library of Congress to purchase, maintain, or replace reproducers for books published either in raised characters, on sound-reproduction recordings, or in any other form (currently limited to reproducers of sound-reproduction recordings) for the use of the blind and for other physically disabled U.S. residents.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Roy Blunt Signed By President. on 07/29/2016

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Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017 [S.2955] [Budget and Spending ] [Arts and Culture ] [Construction ] [Funding ] [Libraries ] [Public Safety ] [Unemployment ]
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017 TITLE I--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH Provides appropriations to the Senate for: Expense Allowances; Representational Allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders; Salaries, Officers, and Employees; the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate; the Office of Senate Legal Counsel; Expense Allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, and Secretaries for the Majority and Minority of the Senate; and Contingent Expenses of the Senate. (Sec. 1) Requires that amounts (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Capito Committee On Appropriations. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Capito. With Written Report No. 114-258. on 05/19/2016

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Library of Congress Sound Recording and Film Preservation Programs Reauthorization Act of 2016 [S.2893] [Arts and Culture ] [Libraries ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Film Production ]
Library of Congress Sound Recording and Film Preservation Programs Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 to reauthorize through FY2026 the national sound recording preservation program of the Library of Congress and the National Recording Preservation Foundation in an amount not to exceed the lesser of $1 million or (as under current law) the amount of private contributions whether in currency, services, or property made to the Foundation by private persons and state and local governments. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Signed By President. on 07/29/2016

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Congressional Whistleblower Protection Act of 2016 [S.2723] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Congressional Whistleblower Protection Act of 2016 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 03/17/2016

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Equal Access to Congressional Research Service Reports Act of 2016 [S.2639] [Technology and Innovation ] [Libraries ] [Science ]
Equal Access to Congressional Research Service Reports Act of 2016 This bill directs the Government Publishing Office (GPO) to establish and maintain a public website containing Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports, and an index, that are searchable, sortable, and downloadable (including in bulk), for which no fee may be charged. The CRS Reports on the website shall include CRS Authorization of Appropriations Products, Appropriations Products, and any other written CRS product containing CRS research or analysis available for general congressional (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John McCain Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Rules And Administration. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S1279-1281) on 03/03/2016

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Security and Financial Empowerment Act of 2015 [S.2208] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Human Services ] [Insurance ] [Unemployment ] [Social Security ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Human Rights ] [Poverty ] [Public Health ]
Security and Financial Empowerment Act of 2015 This bill amends the Violence Against Women Act to require the National Resource Center on Workplace Response provide information and assistance through domestic violence or sexual assault coalitions and survivor service organizations. These organizations and coalitions shall provide resource materials and assistance to employees, employers, and labor organizations to aid in efforts to develop adequate workplace responses to domestic and sexual violence. In addition, the bill requires employers to provide (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 10/27/2015

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Librarian of Congress Succession Modernization Act of 2015 [S.2162] [Libraries ]
Librarian of Congress Succession Modernization Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill limits the term of the Librarian of Congress to 10 years. The individual appointed to the position may be reappointed in accordance with this requirement.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Capito Signed By President. on 11/05/2015

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Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2015 [S.2033] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Human Services ] [Children and Youth ]
Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2015 This bill allows a federal employee, including an employee of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), to substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay available for either the: (1) birth of a child, or (2) placement of a child with the employee for either adoption or foster care. The bill makes available (subject to specified requirements) for any of the 12 weeks of leave an employee is entitled to for such purposes: (1) six administrative workweeks of paid parental leave (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Schatz Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 09/15/2015

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Raising a question of the privileges of the House. [HR-355] [Arts and Culture ] [Race and Civil Rights ]
Raising a question of the privileges of the House. Requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives to: (1) remove any state flag containing any portion of the Confederate battle flag, other than a flag displayed by the office of a Member of the House, from any area within the House wing of the Capitol or any House office building; and (2) donate any such flag to the Library of Congress.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nancy Pelosi Introduced In House on 07/09/2015

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Raising a question of the privileges of the House. [HR-341] [Arts and Culture ] [Race and Civil Rights ]
Raising a question of the privileges of the House. Requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives to: (1) remove any state flag containing any portion of the Confederate battle flag, other than a flag displayed by the office of a Member of the House, from any area within the House wing of the Capitol or any House office building; and (2) donate any such flag to the Library of Congress.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Bennie Thompson Introduced In House on 06/25/2015

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Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to provide members of the public with Internet access to certain Congressional Research Service publications, and for other purposes. [HR-34] [Technology and Innovation ] [Cybersecurity ] [Libraries ] [Science ] [Media and Advertising ]
Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to provide members of the public with Internet access to certain Congressional Research Service publications, and for other purposes. Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in consultation with the Director of the Congressional Research Service (CRS), to establish and maintain a centralized, searchable, bulk downloadable, electronic database consisting of: (1) CRS Issue Briefs, Reports, Authorization of Appropriations Products and Appropriations Products, and other materials intended (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley Introduced In House on 01/14/2015

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Healthy Families Act [HB-932] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Healthcare ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Small Business ] [Human Services ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Human Rights ] [Disaster Relief ]
Healthy Families Act 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. Authorizes small employers with fewer than 15 employees to provide the same paid sick time, but allows them to opt out. Requires any small employer that opts out to provide at least 56 hours of unpaid sick time to each employee per calendar year. Declares that an employer shall not be required to permit an employee to (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 04/29/2015

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