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To require the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to establish an Office of Minority and Women Inclusion, and for other purposes. [HB-4257]
[Finance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishes at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission an Office of Minority and Women Inclusion and an internship program.
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To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include child development and early learning as community services under the Federal work-study program. [HB-4196]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Student Loans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
Adds child development and early learning to the list of community services in which undergraduate, graduate, and professional students may participate under a federal work-study program.
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Teach CS Act Teacher Education for Computer Science Act [HB-3808]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Science ]
Authorizes the Department of Education to award grants to institutions of higher education for establishing and maintaining teacher education programs for computer science. It also includes computer science as an eligible education category with respect to receiving various teacher preparation grants and graduate fellowships.
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Independent Labor Secretariat for Fair Trade Deals Act [HB-3807]
[Trade ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[International ]
To require that any trade agreement eligible for expedited consideration by Congress include enforceable labor standards and protections, and for other purposes.
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Teacher Tax Deduction Enhancement Act of 2019 [HB-4180]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
Revises the deduction from gross income (i.e., the above-the-line deduction) for the unreimbursed expenses of school teachers (e.g., supplies and materials). It increases the deduction from $250 to $500 for full-time teachers and allows part-time teachers a $250 deduction. It also allows the deduction for teachers in accredited preschool programs.
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Northern Triangle and Border Stabilization Act [HB-3524]
[Immigration ]
[International ]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Poverty ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[National Security ]
Authorizes assistance to the Northern Triangle countries (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras) to address the causes of migration to the United States and contains provisions related to the handling of such migrants. The Department of State shall create and implement a Northern Triangle strategy to (1) address crime and violence, (2) improve democratic governance, and (3) promote economic development and tackle extreme poverty. The State Department shall (1) help strengthen the capacity of Western Hemisphere countries to accept and care for refugees,
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Youth Summer Jobs and Public Service Act of 2019 [S.2036]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Education ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Human Services ]
Directs the Department of Labor to award grants to states to help local areas with high concentrations of eligible youth to carry out summer employment programs to provide those youth with summer employment opportunities directly linked to academic and occupational learning.
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Long-Term Unemployment Elimination Act of 2019 [S.1920]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Economic Development ]
A bill to establish jobs programs for long-term unemployed workers, and for other purposes.
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HIGHER ED Act Helping Individuals Get a Higher Education while Reducing Education Debt Act [HB-3102]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve loans, and for other purposes.
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HIGHER ED Act Helping Individuals Get a Higher Education while Reducing Education Debt Act [HB-3102]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve loans, and for other purposes.
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AID Act Achieving Independence through Degrees Act [HB-3101]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the maximum Federal Pell Grant amount, and for other purposes.
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Classroom to Careers Act of 2019 [HB-3035]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Student Loans ]
[Funding ]
Permits institutions of higher education to enter into private-sector employment agreements with the Department of Education in order to receive certain federal work-study grants for full-time employment of students, with restrictions. Currently, such agreements are limited to part-time employment.
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Wildland Firefighter Fairness Act [S.1683]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Agriculture ]
[Energy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Veterans ]
Requires the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture to work with states and the Workforce Development Committee of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group to merge the Incident Qualification System and the Incident Qualification and Certification System into a single system by September 30, 2027. The Office of Personnel Management shall establish a pilot program to expand, when necessary, a service year limitation for seasonal or temporary federal employees whose duties primarily involve being a firefighter. The bill allows wildland firefighters
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TALENT Act Training Acquisition Leaders and Elevating New Talent Act of 2019 [HB-2944]
[Defense ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Veterans ]
Authorizes the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish a program to temporarily assign a member of the acquisition workforce to a private-sector organization or an employee of such an organization to DOD. Such an arrangement would require the consent of the individual who is assigned, extend for a period no more than two years, and be renewable to a total of four years. A member of the acquisition workforce who is assigned to a private-sector organization shall be considered to be on detail to a regular assignment in DOD. The agreement will address
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Helping to Encourage Real Opportunities (HERO) for At-Risk Youth Act of 2019 [S.1550]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Economic Development ]
[Human Services ]
Modifies the work opportunity tax credit to change the credit for summer youth employees to a credit for youth employees who will be employed for not more than 20 hours per week during any period between September 16 and April 30 in which the individual is regularly attending any secondary school, increase the amount of the credit for youth employees, and expand the credit to include at-risk youth. An "at-risk youth" is any individual who is certified by the designated local agency as having attained age 16 but not age 25 on the hiring date, having
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Creating Pathways for Youth Employment Act [HB-2844]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizes the Department of Labor to make available the following amounts for youth employment programs: up to $1.5 billion to provide youth ages 14-24 with subsidized summer employment opportunities, and up to $2 billion to provide them with subsidized year-round employment opportunities. Labor must award one-year planning and three-year implementation grants out of the subsidized summer employment opportunities funding, and similar grants out of the subsidized year-round employment opportunities funding. To be eligible to receive these grants,
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Prohibiting Incentives for Corporations that Kickout Employees Tax (PICKET) Act [S.1548]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
Increases the corporate income tax rate from 21% to 35% for corporations participating in a labor lockout during the taxable year. A "labor lockout" is a dispute involving a work stoppage, wherein an employer withholds work from its employees in order to gain a concession from them. The bill also denies certain tax deductions and credits for remuneration (including wages or other benefits) paid by the taxpayer to a temporary replacement worker during a labor lockout.
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Helping to Encourage Real Opportunities (HERO) for At-Risk Youth Act [HB-2845]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Economic Development ]
[Human Services ]
Modifies the work opportunity tax credit to change the credit for summer youth employees to a credit for youth employees who will be employed for not more than 20 hours per week during any period between September 16 and April 30 in which the individual is regularly attending any secondary school, increase the amount of the credit for youth employees, and expand the credit to include at-risk youth. An "at-risk youth" is any individual who is certified by the designated local agency as having attained age 16 but not age 25 on the hiring date, having
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Creating Pathways for Youth Employment Act [S.1551]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizes the Department of Labor to make available the following amounts for youth employment programs: up to $1.5 billion to provide youth ages 14-24 with subsidized summer employment opportunities, and up to $2 billion to provide them with subsidized year-round employment opportunities. Labor must award one-year planning and three-year implementation grants out of the subsidized summer employment opportunities funding, and similar grants out of the subsidized year-round employment opportunities funding. To be eligible to receive these grants,
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HELP Farms Act Helping Labor Personnel on Farms Act [HB-2801]
[Agriculture ]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
To provide temporary resident status and employment authorization for certain non-seasonal agricultural workers, and for other purposes.