Marriage And Family Status
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Social Security and Marriage Equality Act [S.753]
[Social Security ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Social Security and Marriage Equality Act Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to the determination of a valid marriage to account for marriages in jurisdictions other than a state. Authorizes the courts of any state to find that an OASDI benefit applicant and an insured individual were validly married in a jurisdiction other than a state at the time the applicant files a benefit application or, if the insured individual is dead, at the time the individual died.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward J. Markey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/17/2015
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International Violence Against Women Act of 2015 [S.713]
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[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
International Violence Against Women Act of 2015 Directs the Secretary of State to establish an Office of Global Women's Issues which shall be headed by an Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues. Establishes in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) a Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment who shall direct USAID activities, policies, programs, and funding relating to gender equality and women's empowerment. Directs the Ambassador-at-Large to: (1) develop or update annually for five years (after the 2012
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 03/11/2015
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a limitation on certain aliens from claiming the earned income tax credit. [S.686]
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[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a limitation on certain aliens from claiming the earned income tax credit. This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny the earned income tax credit to an alien who has been granted deferred action from removal in any taxable year in which such alien was not lawfully present in the United States or not authorized to work. The bill requires the Commissioner of Social Security to provide the Internal Revenue Service with information on social security account numbers granted to aliens
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S1386-1387) on 03/10/2015
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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 ]
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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. 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
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 02/12/2015
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SONG Act Saving Our Next Generation Act [S.473]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Finance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
SONG Act Saving Our Next Generation Act Expresses the sense of the Senate that the federal programs most critical to improving child well-being should be fully funded. Establishes the President's Commission on Children. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to contract with the Institute of Medicine to study evidence-based best practices and innovations for fostering safe and stable families, including implementing mentoring programs. Requires the Secretary to award grants to eligible entities to implement best practices and innovations
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Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/12/2015
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State Marriage Defense Act of 2015 [S.435]
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State Marriage Defense Act of 2015 Prohibits, for purposes of determining the meaning of any Act of Congress or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of U.S. administrative bureaus and agencies as applied with respect to individuals domiciled in a state or in any other territory or possession of the United States: (1) the term "marriage" from including any relationship that the state, territory, or possession does not recognize as a marriage; and (2) the term "spouse" from including an individual who is a party to a relationship that is not
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 02/10/2015
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A bill to provide that members of the Armed Forces performing services in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt shall be entitled to tax benefits in the same manner as if such services were performed in a combat zone. [S.3272]
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[Veterans ]
A bill to provide that members of the Armed Forces performing services in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt shall be entitled to tax benefits in the same manner as if such services were performed in a combat zone. This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require a qualified hazardous duty area to be treated in the same manner as a combat zone for certain tax provisions. A "qualified hazardous duty area" is the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt if a member of the Armed Forces performs services in such location that qualify for special pay for duty subject
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Cornyn
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/14/2016
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EMPOWER Act of 2016 Enhancing and Modernizing Pathways to Opportunity through Work, Education, and Responsibility Act of 2016 [S.3091]
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[Education ]
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EMPOWER Act of 2016 Enhancing and Modernizing Pathways to Opportunity through Work, Education, and Responsibility Act of 2016 This bill amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to reauthorize through FY2021: (1) state family assistance grants, (2) tribal family assistance grants, and (3) child care entitlement grants. The purposes of the TANF program are amended to include: (1) reduction of child poverty, including the incidence of children living in families with incomes of less
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Sponsored by: Sen. Angus S. King
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/23/2016
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Respect for Marriage Act [S.29]
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[Human Rights ]
Respect for Marriage Act Amends the Defense of Marriage Act to repeal a provision that prohibited a state, territory, possession, or Indian tribe from being required to recognize any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other state, territory, possession, or tribe respecting a same sex marriage. Amends the federal rules of construction added by such Act concerning the definitions of "marriage" and "spouse" to provide that, for purposes of any federal law in which marital status is a factor, an individual shall be considered married
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S16-17) on 01/06/2015
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Protecting Families with Disabilities Act of 2016 [S.2836]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Disabilities ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
Protecting Families with Disabilities Act of 2016 This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act with respect to how a state that had an approved home- and community-based Medicaid waiver as of January 1, 2014, may treat spousal income and assets for purposes of determining an individual's financial eligibility for services under the waiver. With respect to such a state that disregarded an individual's spousal income and assets for those purposes, specified provisions of current law shall not prohibit the state from continuing to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/21/2016
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Charlie Morgan Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act of 2015 [S.270]
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[Military ]
[Human Rights ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Charlie Morgan Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act of 2015 Revises the definition of "surviving spouse" for purposes of veterans benefits provisions to eliminate the requirement that the person who was the spouse of a veteran at the time of the veteran's death be a person of the opposite sex. Considers an individual to be a "spouse" if the marriage of the individual is considered valid under the laws of any state.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward J. Markey
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 05/13/2015
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Foster EITC Act of 2015 [S.2327]
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[Poverty ]
Foster EITC Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the earned income tax credit by: (1) making permanent the increase in the rate of such credit for taxpayers with three or more children, (2) increasing the credit for taxpayers with no qualifying children, (3) reducing the qualifying age for such credit for certain childless individuals (from age 25 to age 21) and for youth formerly in foster care (from age 25 to age 18), (4) imposing new reporting requirements for youth in foster care who have attained age 16, and (5)
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 11/19/2015
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Copyright and Marriage Equality Act [S.23]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Human Rights ]
Copyright and Marriage Equality Act Amends federal copyright law to revise the definition of "widow" or "widower" for purposes of provisions concerning the transfer of a copyright to an author's spouse or other next of kin following the author's death. Declares that an individual is the widow or widower of an author if the courts of the state in which the individual and the author were married (or, if the individual and the author were not married in any state but were validly married in another jurisdiction, the courts of any state) would find
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Sponsored by: Sen. Edward J. Markey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S12-13; Text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S13) on 01/06/2015
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TRAFFIC Relief Act Tax Relief And #FixTheTrustFund For Infrastructure Certainty Act of 2015 [S.1994]
[Taxes ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
TRAFFIC Relief Act Tax Relief And #FixTheTrustFund For Infrastructure Certainty Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to phase in: (1) an increase of the excise tax rate on gasoline beginning in 2016 until such rate is 34.3 cents per gallon in calendar years beginning after 2018, and (2) a similar increase to 40.3 cents per gallon for diesel fuel and kerosene. The rates are to be adjusted for inflation for calendar years after 2019. The bill phases in increases in allocations of fuel excise tax amounts to the Mass Transit Account
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Durbin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 08/05/2015
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Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act of 2015 [S.1740]
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Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to change provisions that refer to married couples to make such provisions equally applicable to legally married same sex couples.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S4957) on 07/09/2015
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Protecting Adoption and Promoting Responsible Fatherhood Act of 2015 [S.1637]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Protecting Adoption and Promoting Responsible Fatherhood Act of 2015 Amends part B (Child and Family Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and maintain an automated National Responsible Father Registry. Requires the Registry to: (1) contain specified kinds of information sufficient to identify a possible father, and (2) provide a mechanism for men to register such identifying information directly with the Registry. Limits access to Registry information to eligible parties,
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Sponsored by: Sen. James M. Inhofe
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/18/2015
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First Amendment Defense Act [S.1598]
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[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
First Amendment Defense Act Prohibits the federal government from taking discriminatory action against a person on the basis that such person believes or acts in accordance with a religious belief or moral conviction that: (1) marriage is or should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman, or (2) sexual relations are properly reserved to such a marriage. Defines "discriminatory action" as any federal government action to discriminate against a person with such beliefs or convictions, including a federal government action to: alter the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 06/17/2015
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Every Child Deserves a Family Act [S.1382]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Social Security ]
[Human Services ]
Every Child Deserves a Family Act Prohibits adoption or foster care placement service entities that receive federal assistance (or that contract with entities receiving such assistance) from using the sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status of a prospective adoptive or foster parent, or from using the sexual orientation or gender identity of the child, to: (1) deny a person the opportunity to become an adoptive or foster parent; (2) delay or deny the placement of a child for adoption or into foster care; or (3) require different or
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/19/2015
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Gold Star Fathers Act of 2015 [S.136]
[Veterans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Military ]
[Human Services ]
Gold Star Fathers Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Includes as a preference eligible for federal employment purposes a parent (currently, the mother only) of either an individual who lost his or her life under honorable conditions while serving in the Armed Forces during a war, in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized, or during the period beginning April 28, 1952, and ending July 1, 1955, or a service-connected permanently and totally disabled veteran, if: (1) the spouse of such parent is totally and permanently disabled;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan M. Collins
Signed By President. on 10/07/2015
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Protect Marriage from the Courts Act of 2015 [S.1080]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Rights ]
Protect Marriage from the Courts Act of 2015 Prohibits federal courts from having jurisdiction to adjudicate or enforce any claim pertaining to the validity, under the U.S. Constitution, of a state law or a state administrative or judicial decision that: (1) defines marriage as limited to the union of one man and one woman, or (2) refuses state recognition of, or allows the state to refuse recognition of, same-sex marriages performed and licensed in other states. Allows final judgments entered by federal courts before the enactment of this Act to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ted Cruz
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 04/23/2015