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A bill to make technical corrections to the computation of average pay under Public Law 110-279. [S.1436] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Retirement ] [Budget and Spending ]
Addresses retirement benefits for certain Senate Restaurants employees who were Architect of the Capitol (AOC) employees and who became employees of a contractor under a food services contract. A provision that deems their rate of basic pay the same as such rate when AOC entered into the contract no longer applies to their retirement benefits.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar Signed By President. on 06/12/2019

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Federal Employee Disclosure (FED) Transparency Act [HB-2612] [Pensions ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
To require the disclosure of pension records under the Freedom of Information Act, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jody Hice Introduced In House on 05/09/2019

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RIP MSP Act Repeal Insurance Plans of the Multi-State Program Act Repeal Insurance Plans of the Multi-State Program Act of 2019 [S.1378] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ] [Medicare and Medicaid ]
Repeals the multi-state insurance plan program. (The multi-state plan program requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to contract with insurance issuers to provide a qualified health plan through the health insurance exchanges in multiple states.) The OPM must report about the process and timeline for ending the program within 60 days.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. Reported By Senator Johnson With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 116-86. on 09/10/2019

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RIP MSP Act Repeal Insurance Plans of the Multi-State Program Act [HB-2524] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ]
Repeals the multi-state insurance plan program. (The multi-state plan program requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to contract with insurance issuers to provide a qualified health plan through the health insurance exchanges in multiple states.) The OPM must report about the process and timeline for ending the program within 60 days.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Meadows Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/06/2019

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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 [HB-2500] [Defense ] [National Security ] [Cybersecurity ] [Military ] [Human Rights ] [International ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
Authorizes FY2020 appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, including military personnel strengths. It does not provide budget authority, which is provided in subsequent appropriations legislation. The bill authorizes appropriations to DOD for Procurement, including aircraft, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, shipbuilding and conversion, missiles, and space procurement; Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation; Operation and Maintenance; Working Capital Funds; Chemical Agents and Munitions (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Smith Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 512. on 08/11/2020

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RIP MSP Act Repeal Insurance Plans of the Multi-State Program Act [S.1313] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ]
Repeals the multi-state insurance plan program. (The multi-state plan program requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to contract with insurance issuers to provide a qualified health plan through the health insurance exchanges in multiple states.) The OPM must report about the process and timeline for ending the program within 60 days.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/02/2019

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Federal Employee Paid Leave Act [S.1174] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Budget and Spending ] [Human Services ]
Provides paid family leave for certain federal employees in all instances covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act, which currently only guarantees unpaid leave for such instances. Specifically, the bill requires that the 12 weeks of administrative leave to which certain federal employees are entitled for family care be paid leave. This applies to all federal employees in the competitive service (all civilian positions in the executive branch, all positions in the legislative and judicial branches, and all positions in the government of the District (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 04/11/2019

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Federal Employee Paid Leave Act [S.1174] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Budget and Spending ] [Human Services ]
Provides paid family leave for certain federal employees in all instances covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act, which currently only guarantees unpaid leave for such instances. Specifically, the bill requires that the 12 weeks of administrative leave to which certain federal employees are entitled for family care be paid leave. This applies to all federal employees in the competitive service (all civilian positions in the executive branch, all positions in the legislative and judicial branches, and all positions in the government of the District (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 04/11/2019

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A bill to establish family and medical leave banks to provide paid leave for employees of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. [S.1131] [Defense ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Military ]
Directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish family and medical leave banks for DOD employees. It requires the forfeited annual leave (i.e., the lost "use it or lose it" annual leave) of an employee to be credited to a family and medical leave bank for use by an eligible employee who experiences a personal or family medical emergency and has exhausted his or her available paid leave.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Merkley Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 04/10/2019

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Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act [S.896] [Ethics ]
Expands the duties and authorities of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE). Among other things, the bill authorizes the OGE to issue subpoenas during investigations; and order corrective actions (e.g., divestiture) and issue administrative remedies (e.g., suspension or demotion). Additionally, the OGE shall be the central repository of all laws, rules, and regulations relating to conflicts of interest and other ethics issues, recusals, waivers, and exemptions of such laws, rules, and regulations. The OGE shall make available to the public all financial (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 03/27/2019

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Next Step Act of 2019 [HB-1893] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
To reform sentencing, prisons, re-entry of prisoners, and law enforcement practices, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Castor Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 04/08/2019

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Next Step Act of 2019 [HB-1893] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
To reform sentencing, prisons, re-entry of prisoners, and law enforcement practices, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Castor Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 04/08/2019

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To amend regulations relating to the eligibility of Federal employees, during a Government shutdown, for supplemental vision and dental coverage, and for other purposes. [HB-1719] [Insurance ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Budget and Spending ]
Requires the Office of Personnel Management to revise a rule concerning federal-employee supplemental vision and dental insurance coverage. The revision continues such coverage for up to one year in the event that a lapse in appropriations causes a federal employee to go unpaid or underpaid and the employee does not make such insurance premium payments during the period of nonpayment.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eddie Johnson Introduced In House on 03/13/2019

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Next Step Act of 2019 [S.697] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
A bill to reform sentencing, prisons, re-entry of prisoners, and law enforcement practices, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 03/07/2019

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Federal Employee Paid Leave Act [HB-1534] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Budget and Spending ] [Human Services ]
Provides paid family leave for certain federal employees in all instances covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act, which currently only guarantees unpaid leave for such instances. Specifically, the bill requires that the 12 weeks of administrative leave to which certain federal employees are entitled for family care be paid leave. This applies to all federal employees in the competitive service (all civilian positions in the executive branch, all positions in the legislative and judicial branches, and all positions in the government of the District (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Introduced In House on 03/05/2019

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Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Amendments Act of 2019 [HB-1392] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Immigration ] [Law Enforcement ] [National Security ] [Public Safety ] [Veterans ]
Revises certain elements of the compensation system for border patrol agents at U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Among other things, the bill increases the overtime compensation available for border patrol agents who handle canines, limits the amount of overtime that is credited toward retirement for certain agents, and authorizes specified alternative work schedules for certain agents.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Glenn Grothman Introduced In House on 02/27/2019

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Federal Labor-Management Partnership Act of 2019 [HB-1316] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Establishes the Federal Labor-Management Partnership Council. Among other things, the council must do the following: advise the President on matters involving labor-management relations in the executive branch, and support the creation of local labor-management partnership councils in the executive branch.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton Introduced In House on 02/22/2019

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Federal Labor-Management Partnership Act of 2019 [S.530] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Establishes the Federal Labor-Management Partnership Council. Among other things, the council must do the following: advise the President on matters involving labor-management relations in the executive branch, and support the creation of local labor-management partnership councils in the executive branch.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 02/14/2019

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Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act of 2019 [S.406] [Cybersecurity ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [National Security ]
Permits an agency to determine whether a cyber workforce position in such agency is eligible for the rotational cyber workforce program. (That program provides for certain agency employees to detail among rotational cyber workforce positions at other agencies.) Additionally, the bill requires the Office of Personnel Management to issue a Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program operation plan that shall provide policies, processes, and procedures for detailing employees among rotational cyber workforce positions at agencies. The Government Accountability (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Peters Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 07/25/2019

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Fair Chance Act Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019 [S.387] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Human Rights ]
Prohibits federal agencies and federal contractors from requesting that applicants for employment disclose criminal history record information before receiving a conditional offer of employment. Agencies may not require an individual or sole proprietor who submits a bid for a contract to disclose criminal history record information regarding that individual or sole proprietor before determining the apparent awardee. The bill (1) sets forth positions to which such prohibitions shall not apply; and (2) requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. Reported By Senator Johnson With An Amendment. With Written Report No. 116-33. on 04/10/2019

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