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Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2013 [S.773]
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Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2013 - Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund until 19 years after enactment of this Act. Prescribes additional periods of required presence in an affected area during atmospheric nuclear testing for individuals filing leukemia or specified disease claims. Increases the amount of compensation an individual filing a claim may receive to $150,000. Expands "affected area" to include Colorado, Idaho, Montana, and New Mexico, as well as
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Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 04/18/2013
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Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act [S.744]
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Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act - (Sec. 2) States that passage of this Act recognizes that the primary tenets of its success depend on securing U.S. sovereignty and establishing a coherent and just system for integrating those who seek to join American society. (Sec. 3) Prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary) from processing applications for registered provisional immigrant status (RPI), as established by this Act, until the Secretary has submitted to Congress the notice of commencement
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Committee On The Judiciary. Hearings Held. on 12/10/2014
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Secure Chemical Facilities Act [S.68]
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Secure Chemical Facilities Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to set forth provisions for the regulation of security practices at chemical facilities. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate: (1) any chemical substance as a substance of concern and establish and adjust the threshold quantity for each such substance after considering the potential extent of death, injury, and serious adverse effects that could result from a chemical facility terrorist incident; and (2) a chemical facility as a covered chemical facility
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Sponsored by: Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 01/23/2013
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Servicemember Mental Health Review Act [S.628]
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Servicemember Mental Health Review Act - Extends through 2014 (under current law, through 2009) the authority of the Physical Disability Board of Review (Board) to review the disability determinations of individuals who, since September 11, 2001, are separated from the Armed Forces due to unfitness for duty because of a mental condition with a disability rating of 20% or less and are found to be ineligible for retirement. Adds to those eligible for such review individuals who, before December 31, 2014, are separated due to unfitness because of a
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 03/20/2013
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Child Care Protection Act of 2013 [S.624]
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Child Care Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require states that receive funds under such Act to: (1) require and conduct criminal background checks for staff members of child care providers; (2) prohibit the employment of a child care staff member who refuses to consent to a criminal background check, makes a false statement in connection with such background check, is registered as a sex offender, or is a convicted felon involving certain crimes; and (3) provide criminal background checks
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark R. Warner
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/20/2013
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Service Members Transition Improvement Act of 2014 [S.2810]
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Service Members Transition Improvement Act of 2014 - Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to develop procedures to share with state veterans agencies information, in electronic data format, on members of the Armed Forces who are separating from service in order to facilitate the transition of such members to civilian life. Identifies that information as military service and separation data and specified contact information. Requires the member's consent before that information may be shared. Directs the Secretary to ensure that the state veterans
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Sponsored by: Sen. Pat Toomey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 09/15/2014
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Connect with Veterans Act of 2014 [S.2740]
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Connect with Veterans Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) establish a program to facilitate outreach to veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the primary agencies of states for the administration of veterans' benefits and services, political subdivisions of states, and Indian tribes; and (2) publicize such program and the benefits to such entities of participating. Requires the Secretary, to carry out such program, to: (1) establish a national directory of veterans, and (2) share information in the directory
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Sponsored by: Sen. Heidi Heitkamp
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S5224) on 07/31/2014
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Mental Health Exposure Military Official Record Act of 2014 [S.2730]
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Mental Health Exposure Military Official Record Act of 2014 - Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to establish a significant event tracker (SET) system to track and report individual exposures to traumatic events for members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components, to show evidence of possible trauma incurred during their service and to address mental health issues. Authorizes reportable events to be entered by: (1) unit commanders and subunit leaders when an event affects the entire unit or subunit, (2) a medical treatment facility
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Sponsored by: Sen. Sherrod Brown
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 07/31/2014
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Clearance and Over-Classification Reform and Reduction Act [S.2683]
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Clearance and Over-Classification Reform and Reduction Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 07/29/2014
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Security Officer Screening Improvement Act of 2014 [S.2647]
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Security Officer Screening Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to direct the Attorney General to establish policies and procedures for: (1) informing entities that employ private security officers about how to request state and national background checks on officers and applicants, and (2) completing a check of the national criminal history background check system and providing information received to the entity designated by the Attorney General to carry out the criminal history review program. Requires a
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Sponsored by: Sen. Pat Toomey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 07/23/2014
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Pathways to Prosperity Act of 2014 [S.2524]
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Pathways to Prosperity Act of 2014 - Amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act to replace specified minimum measures of student attainment in the core indicators of performance for career and technical education students at the secondary level with a measure of the median earnings of students employed during the second quarter after completing a career and technical education program of study in the state. Requires the national research center, established under the Act, to engage in evaluation and technical assistance activities
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark R. Warner
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 06/24/2014
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Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014 [S.2444]
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Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2015 and 2016 - Authorizes FY2015-FY2016 appropriations for the Coast Guard. Authorizes: (1) specified levels of end-of-year strength for active duty personnel and military training student loads; (2) leasing of submerged lands and tidelands under the control of the Coast Guard for periods longer than five years; (3) the establishment of an Interagency Arctic Maritime Domain Awareness Committee; and (4) the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) is operating to construct or lease hangar, berthing, and
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Sponsored by: Sen. Marco Rubio
Signed By President. on 12/18/2014
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Carl Levin National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 [S.2410]
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Carl Levin National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 - Authorizes FY2015 appropriations for military activities of the Department of Defense (DOD), military construction, and for national security activities of the Department of Energy (DOE). Authorizes military personnel strengths for FY2015. Authorizes FY2015 appropriations to DOD for: procurement, including aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement; research, development, test, and evaluation; operation
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Sponsored by: Sen. Carl Levin
Committee On Armed Services. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Levin. With Written Report No. 113-176. Additional Views Filed. on 06/02/2014
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Fairman Significant Event Tracker (SET) Act of 2014 [S.2368]
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Fairman Significant Event Tracker (SET) Act of 2014 - Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to establish a significant event tracker (SET) system to track and report individual exposures to traumatic events for members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components, to show evidence of possible trauma incurred during their service and to address mental health issues. Authorizes reportable events to be entered by: (1) unit commanders and subunit leaders when an event affects the entire unit or subunit, (2) a medical treatment facility when an
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Sponsored by: Sen. Sherrod Brown
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 05/21/2014
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Military Mental Health Review Board Improvement Act [S.2217]
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Military Mental Health Review Board Improvement Act - Requires any medical advisory opinion issued to a civilian board for the correction of a military record, with respect to a current or former member of the Armed Forces diagnosed while serving in the Armed Forces as experiencing a mental health disorder, to include the opinion of a clinical psychologist or psychiatrist if the request for the correction of the records concerned relates to a mental health disorder. Requires any physician on a board for review of a discharge or dismissal of certain
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 04/07/2014
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Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act [S.2178]
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Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to require that no investigative hearing take place until at least 14 days after the filing of an election petition regarding collective bargaining representation when the NLRB has reasonable cause to believe that the petition raises a question of representation affecting commerce. Requires such hearings to be non-adversarial, and the hearing officer, in collaboration with the parties, to identify any relevant and material
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lamar Alexander
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/27/2014
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Preventing Conflicts of Interest with Contractors Act [S.2061]
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Preventing Conflicts of Interest with Contractors Act - Provides that a contract may not be entered into, and an extension of or option on a contract may not be exercised, with a contractor to conduct a quality review process relating to background investigation fieldwork services or background investigation support services if the contractor is performing the services to be reviewed. Defines, for purposes of this Act: "agency" as an executive agency, a military department, an element of the intelligence community, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS),
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Sponsored by: Sen. Claire McCaskill
Message On Senate Action Sent To The House. on 09/19/2014
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Restore Honor to Service Members Act [S.1956]
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Restore Honor to Service Members Act - Requires appropriate military record correction boards or discharge review boards to review the discharge characterization of any former members of the Armed Forces requesting a review who were discharged because of their sexual orientation. Permits such boards to change a characterization to honorable if such characterization is any characterization except honorable. Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to ensure that any such changes are carried out consistently and uniformly across the military departments
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 01/16/2014
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Victims Protection Act of 2014 [S.1917]
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Victims Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (NDAA 2014) to revise the sexual assault prevention and response program activities of the Armed Forces. (Sec. 2) Amends NDAA 2014 to include the senior trial counsel detailed to a case involving sex-related charges in the process for determining whether such charges should be referred for a court-martial (currently, such determination is made solely by the staff judge advocate). (Sec. 3) Requires the Special Victims' Counsel, in cases involving
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Sponsored by: Sen. Claire McCaskill
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 06/20/2014
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Equal Employment for All Act of 2013 [S.1837]
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Equal Employment for All Act of 2013 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit a current or prospective employer from using a consumer report or an investigative consumer report, or from causing one to be procured, for either employment purposes or for making an adverse action, if the report contains information that bears upon the consumer's creditworthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity. Makes exceptions to such prohibition when: (1) the consumer applies for, or currently holds, employment that requires a national security clearance;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Edward J. Markey
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S8916) on 12/17/2013