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Flexibility for Working Families Act [HB-1450]
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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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Cartwright
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 12/15/2015
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Transparency in Government Act of 2015 [HB-1381]
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Transparency in Government Act of 2015 Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 and the Rules of the House of Representatives to expand disclosure requirements for the personal financial information of Members of Congress and for foreign travel, gifts, earmarks, and representational allowances. Requires the Comptroller General to study the effect of written requests by Members of Congress to executive agencies to carry out and provide funding for projects and activities. Requires each congressional committee to: (1) post on its website the schedule
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. on 04/21/2015
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A resolution commemorating the centennial anniversary of the establishment of the Congressional Research Service. [SR-508]
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Recognizes the centennial anniversary of the establishment of the Congressional Research Service (CRS). Commends the CRS employees for their service to Congress and the people of the United States.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Cardin
Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment And With A Preamble By Unanimous Consent. (consideration: Cr S4626-4627; Text As Passed Senate: Cr S4623-4624) on 07/17/2014
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Government Contractor Accountability Act of 2013 [S.664]
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Government Contractor Accountability Act of 2013 - Requires specified federal agencies (defined as establishments by the Inspector General Act of 1978) to report to Congress on their response, or lack of response, to covered final audit reports submitted to such agencies by an Inspector General or by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction or the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. Defines "covered final audit report" as a final report issued by an Inspector General that includes a recommendation for implementing
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Boozman
Star Print Ordered On The Bill. on 04/25/2013
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Healthy Families Act [S.631]
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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. Declares that an employer shall not be required to permit an employee to earn more than 56 hours of paid sick time in a calendar year, unless the employer chooses to set a higher limit. Allows employees to use such time to: (1) meet their own medical needs; (2) care for the medical needs of certain family members (including
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S2029-2030) on 03/20/2013
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Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act [S.517]
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Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act - Repeals a Library of Congress (LOC) rulemaking determination, made upon the recommendation of the Register of Copyrights, regarding the circumvention of technological measures controlling access to copyrighted software on wireless telephone handsets (mobile telephones) for the purpose of connecting to different wireless telecommunications networks (a practice commonly referred to as "unlocking" such devices). Reestablishes, as an exemption to provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Became Public Law No: 113-144. on 08/01/2014
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Schedules That Work Act [S.2642]
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Schedules That Work Act - Grants an employee the right to request that his or her employer change the terms and conditions of employment relating to: the number of hours or times the employee is required to work or be on call; the location; the amount of notification he or she receives of work schedule assignments; and minimizing fluctuations in the number of hours the employee is scheduled to work on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Requires the employer, if the request is made, to engage in a timely, good faith interactive process with
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Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S4708-4709) on 07/22/2014
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American Royalties Too Act of 2014 [S.2045]
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American Royalties Too Act of 2014 - 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
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Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 02/26/2014
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Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2014 [S.1972]
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Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2014 - Declares it an unlawful practice for certain employers with at least 15 employees for each working day in each of at least 20 calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year to: (1) fail or refuse to consider for employment or to hire an individual as an employee based on present or past unemployment regardless of the length of time such individual was unemployed; (2) publish an advertisement or announcement for any job with provisions indicating that such an unemployed status disqualifies an individual
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Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/29/2014
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Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2014 [S.1283]
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Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2014 - Title I: Legislative Branch Appropriations - Makes appropriations to the Senate for FY2014 for: (1) a payment to Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg, widow of Frank R. Lautenberg, late a Senator from New Jersey; (2) expense allowances; (3) representation allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders; (4) salaries of specified officers, employees, and committees (including the Committee on Appropriations); (5) agency contributions for employee benefits; (6) inquiries and investigations; (7) the U.S. Senate
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
Committee On Appropriations. Ordered To Be Reported Without Amendment Favorably. on 07/11/2013
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Flexibility for Working Families Act [S.1248]
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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
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 06/27/2013
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Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 [HB-933]
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Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 - Division A: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 - Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates FY2013 funds for the following Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs and services: Office of the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary); Office of the Chief Economist; National Appeals Division; Office of Budget and Program Analysis; Office of the Chief Information Officer; Office of the Chief Financial Officer; Office
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Sponsored by: Rep. Harold Rogers
Became Public Law No: 113-6. on 03/26/2013
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Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [HB-83]
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Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish within the Empowering Insular Communities activity a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to: (1) develop an energy action plan addressing the energy needs of each of the insular areas (American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands) and Freely Associated States (the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau); and (2) assist each of the insular areas and Freely Associated States in implementing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan
Became Public Law No: 113-235. on 12/16/2014
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Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2013 [HB-517]
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Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2013 - Allows federal employees 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. Makes available (subject to specified requirements) for any of the 12 weeks of leave an employee is entitled to for such purposes: (1) four administrative weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth or placement involved, and (2) any accumulated annual or sick leave.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E99) on 02/05/2013
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Schedules That Work Act [HB-5159]
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Schedules That Work Act - Grants an employee the right to request that his or her employer change the terms and conditions of employment relating to: the number of hours or times the employee is required to work or be on call; the location; the amount of notification he or she receives of work schedule assignments; and minimizing fluctuations in the number of hours the employee is scheduled to work on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Requires the employer, if the request is made, to engage in a timely, good faith interactive process with
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 11/17/2014
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Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015 [HB-4487]
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Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015 - Title I: Legislative Branch - Makes appropriations to the Senate for FY2015 for: (1) expense allowances; (2) representation allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders; (3) salaries of specified officers, employees, and committees (including the Committee on Appropriations); (4) agency contributions for employee benefits; (5) inquiries and investigations; (6) the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control; (7) the Offices of the Secretary and of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Cole
Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 436. on 06/19/2014
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Transparency in Government Act of 2014 [HB-4245]
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Transparency in Government Act of 2014 - Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 and the Rules of the House of Representatives to expand disclosure requirements for the personal financial information of Members of Congress and for foreign travel, gifts, earmarks, and representational allowances. Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to study the effect of written requests by Members of Congress to executive agencies to carry out and provide funding for projects and activities. Requires each congressional committee to: (1) post on its website
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. on 04/16/2014
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To direct the Librarian of Congress to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install the panel among the stained glass panels depicting the seals of States which overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building. [HB-4116]
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Directs the Librarian of Congress to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install it among the panels that depict the seals of states which overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings And Emergency Management. on 02/28/2014
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American Royalties Too Act of 2014 [HB-4103]
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American Royalties Too Act of 2014 - 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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. on 03/20/2014
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 [HB-3547]
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 - (Sec. 5) Makes appropriations for FY2014. (Sec. 6) Declares that each amount designated in this Act for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) shall be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits the designations to Congress. (Sec. 7) Declares that if, for FY2014, new budget authority provided in appropriation Acts
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Sponsored by: Rep. Eddie Johnson
Became Public Law No: 113-76. on 01/17/2014