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Fair Lending for All Act [HB-166]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Housing ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Finance ]
Modifies provisions related to prohibited credit discrimination. The bill adds sexual orientation, gender identity, and an applicant's location based on zip code or census tract as classes protected against discrimination with respect to credit transactions. (Currently, discrimination is prohibited on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age, or because an applicant receives public assistance.) The bill establishes criminal penalties for violations of prohibited credit discrimination. The Consumer Financial Protection
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Housing Fairness Act of 2020 [HB-149]
[Housing ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Veterans ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Community Development ]
Provides for testing to detect housing discrimination and awards grants to study the causes and effects of such discrimination. Specifically, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) must conduct a nationwide testing program to (1) detect and document differences in the treatment of prospective renters, homebuyers, or mortgage borrowers; (2) measure patterns of adverse treatment because of the race, color, religion, sex, familial status, disability status, or national origin of a renter, homebuyer, or borrower; and (3) measure the prevalence
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Springfield Race Riot Study Act [HB-139]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Community Development ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the archeological site near Madison Street and the 10th Street Rail Corridor and other sites in Springfield, Illinois, associated with the 1908 Springfield Race Riot. Interior shall (1) evaluate the national significance of the sites, and (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating them as a unit of the National Park System.
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Federal Intern Protection Act of 2019 [HB-136]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Human Rights ]
Makes certain protections against discrimination for federal employees applicable to federal interns (and applicants for internships). An intern is an individual who performs uncompensated voluntary service to earn educational credit or to learn a trade or occupation.
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Unpaid Intern Protection Act of 2019 [HB-134]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Rights ]
Prohibits employers from discriminating against unpaid interns on the basis of (1) race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or age; or (2) disability, if such intern can perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation. The bill applies procedures from the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to claims of employer discrimination of an unpaid intern. Federal courts may grant legal and equitable relief. The bill prohibits
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Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2019 [HB-125]
[Crime ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Authorizes the Department of Justice to award grants to states that do the following: (1) require law enforcement officers to be trained on diversity and sensitivity, and (2) require an independent prosecutor to be appointed to investigate and prosecute an alleged offense involving the use of deadly force by a law enforcement officer that results in a death or injury.
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National Statistics on Deadly Force Transparency Act of 2019 [HB-119]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requires federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to collect, compile, and submit data to the Department of Justice's (DOJ's) Bureau of Justice Statistics on the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers. DOJ must reduce by 10% the allocation of funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program for a state or local government that fails to substantially comply.
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Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act [HB-40]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishes the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans. The commission shall examine slavery and discrimination in the colonies and the United States from 1619 to the present and recommend appropriate remedies. Among other requirements, the commission shall identify (1) the role of the federal and state governments in supporting the institution of slavery, (2) forms of discrimination in the public and private sectors against freed slaves and their descendants, and (3) lingering negative effects of slavery on living
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Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act of 2019 [HB-36]
[Science ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Human Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Addresses sexual harassment and gender harassment in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields by supporting research regarding such harassment and efforts to prevent and respond to such harassment. directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to award grants to institutions of higher education or nonprofit organizations (or their consortia) to expand research into sexual harassment and gender harassment in the STEM workforce, including students and trainees; and examine interventions for reducing the incidence and negative
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Emmett Till Antilynching Act [HB-35]
[Crime ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishes a new criminal civil rights violation for lynching. Specifically, a person who conspires to commit certain civil rights offenses (e.g., a hate crime act) is subject to criminal penalties.
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 [HB-21]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Finance ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[International ]
[Science ]
[Food ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Insurance ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Aerospace ]
Provides FY2019 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 6 of the 12 regular FY2019 appropriations bills: the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019; the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related
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Paycheck Fairness Act [HB-7]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Small Business ]
Addresses wage discrimination on the basis of sex. It amends equal pay provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to (1) restrict the use of the bona fide factor defense to wage discrimination claims, (2) enhance nonretaliation prohibitions, (3) make it unlawful to require an employee to sign a contract or waiver prohibiting the employee from disclosing information about the employee's wages, and (4) increase civil penalties for violations of equal pay provisions. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal
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International Violence Against Women Act of 2017 [S.2120]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[Human Services ]
International Violence Against Women Act of 2017 This bill establishes in the Department of State an Office of Global Women's Issues which shall be headed by an Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues. The Ambassador-at-Large shall: (1) coordinate U.S. government efforts regarding gender equality and the advancement of women and girls in foreign policy, and (2) develop or update periodically a U.S. global strategy to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls. The bill establishes in the U.S. Agency for International Development
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A resolution honoring the life and achievements of Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook. [SR-285]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
A resolution honoring the life and achievements of Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook. Honors the life and achievements of Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook.
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UIGHUR Act of 2018 Uighur Intervention and Global Humanitarian Unified Response Act of 2018 [HB-7384]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
UIGHUR Act of 2018 Uighur Intervention and Global Humanitarian Unified Response Act of 2018
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Reaffirming the commitment of the United States to promote free, fair, transparent and credible elections in Bangladesh. [HR-1169]
[Elections ]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
Reaffirming the commitment of the United States to promote free, fair, transparent and credible elections in Bangladesh.
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PARIS Climate Act Produce All Relevant Information to Safeguard Climate Act [HB-7220]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
PARIS Climate Act Produce All Relevant Information to Safeguard Climate Act
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Condemning the Assad regime and its backers for their continued support of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Syria. [HR-1165]
[International ]
[Human Rights ]
[National Security ]
Condemning the Assad regime and its backers for their continued support of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Syria.
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Native American Voting Rights Act of 2018 [HB-7127]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Native American Voting Rights Act of 2018
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Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2018 [HB-7123]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[National Security ]
Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2018 This bill directs various U.S. government bodies to prepare reports on China's treatment of the Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim Turkic ethnic group. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence shall report to Congress on issues including the security threats caused by the Chinese government's reported crackdown on the Uyghur population in Xinjiang province. The Federal Bureau of Investigation shall report on topics such as its efforts to protect ethnic Uyghurs and Chinese nationals in the United States
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