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Save Our Seasons Act of 2013 [HB-2765] [Immigration ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Save Our Seasons Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that wages paid to H-2B visa temporary nonagricultural workers shall be the greater of: (1) the actual wage level paid by the employer to other employees with similar experience and qualifications for such position, or (2) the prevailing wage level for the occupational classification of the position in the geographic area of the employment.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wittman Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 09/13/2013

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Youth Jobs Act [HB-2381] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Poverty ] [Education ] [Children and Youth ]
Youth Jobs Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Youth Jobs Fund, with an initial appropriation of $3 billion for FY2014. Requires the Secretary of Labor to make certain Fund allocations to each state with an approved workforce investment system plan modification, other specified requests for funds, and Native American program grantees to provide summer and year-round employment opportunities to low-income youth. Requires the Secretary to award allocations and competitive grants to local entities for work-based training and other work-related and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Conyers Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 07/08/2013

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Port Opportunity Reinvestment and Training Act of 2013 [HB-2163] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ] [Unemployment ] [Children and Youth ]
Port Opportunity Reinvestment and Training Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to award renewable one-year grants to ports to provide summer jobs to high school students who live within each port's Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Requires the Secretary, when considering grant applications and amounts, to favor ports located in cities with high unemployment rates and also consider each port's cargo volume and the size of its MSA. Allows ports to use the grants to provide job training to such students, provided no more (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Castor Referred To The Subcommittee On Coast Guard And Maritime Transportation. on 05/24/2013

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SKILLS Visa Act [HB-2131] [Immigration ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Science ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Education ]
Supplying Knowledge-based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas Act or SKILLS Visa Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to set worldwide employment-based immigration levels at: (1) 140,000 through FY2013, and (2) 235,000 beginning in FY 2014 reduced by the number of returned visas resulting from the elimination of the diversity immigrant program. Makes up to 55,000 (EB-6) visas, reduced by the number of returned visas resulting from the elimination of the diversity immigrant lottery, available in FY2014 and subsequent fiscal years (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Reported (amended) By The Committee On Judiciary. H. Rept. 113-676, Part I. on 12/15/2014

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Retirement Plan Simplification and Enhancement Act of 2013 [HB-2117] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Pensions ] [Retirement ] [Social Security ] [Taxes ] [Small Business ] [Insurance ] [Healthcare ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Veterans ]
Retirement Plan Simplification and Enhancement Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to repeal the 10% cap on the qualified percentage of an employee's compensation as the standard for an employer's contribution to an automatic cash or deferred contribution arrangement under the alternative method for meeting nondiscrimination requirements. Prescribes criteria for an alternative method for qualified secure deferral arrangements (under a qualified profit-sharing or stock bonus plan, a rural cooperative plan, or a "pre-ERISA" money (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Neal Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 08/29/2013

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AG Act [HB-1773] [Agriculture ] [Immigration ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Taxes ] [Healthcare ] [Trade ] [Funding ] [Human Services ]
Agricultural Guestworker Act or the AG Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish an H-2C nonimmigrant visa for an alien having a residence in a foreign country which he or she has no intention of abandoning and who is coming temporarily to the United States to perform agricultural labor or services, including those related to fish or shellfish industries. (Sec. 3) Requires an employer, or an association acting as an agent or joint employer for its members, to file an H-2C petition with the Department of Agriculture which (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Reported (amended) By The Committee On Judiciary. H. Rept. 113-674, Part I. on 12/12/2014

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Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act [HB-1617] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Education ] [Infrastructure ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Law Enforcement ] [Healthcare ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Construction ] [Energy ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ] [Community Development ] [Economic Development ] [Veterans ]
Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act - Requires the Secretary of Education to make grants to states for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public schools, including early learning facilities and charter schools, to make them safe, healthy, high-performing, and technologically up-to-date. Allocates grant funds among states on the basis of the relative portion of school improvement funds provided to local educational agencies (LEAs) in each state under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Reserves 2% of the grant (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 07/08/2013

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To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds derived from conservation-related programs executed on National Forest System lands to utilize the Agriculture Conservation Experienced Services Program. [HB-1611] [Agriculture ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Environmental ] [Funding ]
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), through the Forest Service, to use funds derived from conservation-related programs executed on National Forest System lands to utilize the Agriculture Conservation Experienced Services Program to provide technical services for conservation-related programs and authorities carried out by the Secretary on such lands.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Reid Ribble Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation, Energy, And Forestry. on 05/03/2013

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American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2013 [HB-1596] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Immigration ] [Small Business ]
American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Labor, as a component of the H-2B (temporary nonagricultural workers) labor certification process, to take specified actions to recruit U.S. workers before petitioning to hire H-2B workers. Requires a prospective H-2B employer to submit a separate petition for each state in which the employer plans to employ H-2B non-immigrants for a period of at least seven days. Prohibits the Secretary from granting a temporary labor certification to a prospective H-2B employer until the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Peter DeFazio Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 04/30/2013

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Family Farm Relief Act of 2013 [HB-1562] [Agriculture ] [Immigration ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Animals ] [Small Business ]
Family Farm Relief Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a process for receiving H-2A nonimmigrant visas (temporary agricultural workers) which shall ensure that that petitioners may file such petitions over the Internet or in paper form. (Transfers administration of the H-2A program from the Department of Labor to USDA.) Includes year-round livestock workers, including dairy workers, in the H-2A category with a maximum 12-month period of admissions which may be renewed three months after the end of each such period. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 04/30/2013

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Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act [HB-15] [Immigration ] [Finance ] [National Security ] [Trade ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ] [Agriculture ] [Law Enforcement ] [Human Rights ] [Human Services ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Education ] [Veterans ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Economic Development ] [Construction ] [Housing ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Data Privacy ] [Disaster Relief ] [Elections ] [Ethics ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [International ] [Military ] [Poverty ] [Public Safety ] [Real Estate ] [Cybersecurity ]
Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act - 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. States that the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) border security goal is to gain situational awareness and operational control of high traffic areas and operational control along the Southwest border of the United States. Establishes a Southern Border (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Motion To Discharge Committee Filed By Mr. Garcia. Petition No: 113-9. ( ">discharge Petition Text With Signatures.) on 03/26/2014

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Heroes Small Business Lifeline Act [S.4818] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Budget and Spending ] [Disaster Relief ]
Provides economic support to small business affected by COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) by extending and expanding existing initiatives such as the Paycheck Protection Program, establishing a new lifeline grant program, and providing dedicated assistance for industries such as restaurants and live entertainment.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. Hearings Held. on 12/10/2020

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Corporate Responsibility and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2020 [HB-8669] [Taxes ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Healthcare ] [Budget and Spending ] [Food ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Poverty ] [Human Services ]
Imposes an excise tax on large employers (at least 500 full-time employees in the preceding calendar year) for qualified federal benefits received by their employees. The bill defines qualified federal benefits to include food stamps, school lunches, section 8 housing subsidies, and Medicaid benefits. The bill exempts employers that pay their employees $15 per hour and have less than $100 million in assets.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ro Khanna Introduced In House on 10/23/2020

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The Heroes Act [S.4800] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ] [Disaster Relief ]
A bill to provide Coronavirus relief.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Schumer Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 581. on 11/09/2020

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Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act [S.3585] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Lands and National Parks ]
Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act - Makes an employee of a land management agency who served under a time-limited appointment in the competitive service eligible to compete for a permanent appointment in the agency if the original appointment was competitive, totaled a period of at least 24 months, and the employee's performance was satisfactory. Requires such an employee's appointment to a full-time position, if such a position is offered and the employee agrees to such employment, if the original position stated that there was the potential (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jon Tester Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 09/20/2012

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Veterans Conservation Corps Authorization Act [S.2130] [Veterans ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Water ] [Environmental ] [Education ]
Veterans Conservation Corps Authorization Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a veteran conservation corps (corps) to: (1) provide training and employment to unemployed veterans not enrolled in any other federal training program, (2) assist veterans in their transition from military service to civilian life, and (3) assist the government in maintaining federal land and water. Directs the Secretary to employ such veterans for a one-year period, with an option for employment for an additional one-year period. Allows the Secretary (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Nelson Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 06/13/2012

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Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Visa Act of 2011 [S.1986] [Science ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Education ] [Immigration ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ]
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Visa Act of 2011 or STEM Visa Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a priority worker immigrant visa for an alien who has a qualifying: (1) master's or higher degree in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM degree) from a U.S. institution of higher education; and (2) employment offer from a U.S. employer. Eliminates the foreign residency requirement for certain foreign students. Allows extensions of stay based upon a lengthy labor certification (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Bennet Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 12/13/2011

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American Jobs Act of 2011 [S.1660] [Infrastructure ] [Finance ] [Taxes ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ] [Community Development ] [Education ] [Veterans ] [Cybersecurity ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Telecommunications ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ] [Construction ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Crime ]
American Jobs Act of 2011 - Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public building or public work unless all of the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in such project are produced in the United States (Buy American). Waives such prohibition in cases where: (1) the prohibition would be inconsistent with the public interest; (2) iron, steel, and the relevant manufactured goods are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Harry Reid Cloture On The Motion To Proceed Not Invoked In Senate By Yea-nay Vote. 50 - 49. Record Vote Number: 160. (consideration: Cr S6382-6384; Text: Cr S6383) on 10/11/2011

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American Jobs Act of 2011 [S.1549] [Infrastructure ] [Finance ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Taxes ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ] [Construction ] [Community Development ] [Education ] [Veterans ] [Cybersecurity ] [Public Safety ] [Telecommunications ] [Unemployment ] [Energy ] [Housing ] [Law Enforcement ] [Grants ] [Funding ] [Economic Development ] [Crime ]
American Jobs Act of 2011 - Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public building or public work unless all of the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in such project are produced in the United States (Buy American). Waives such prohibition in cases where: (1) the prohibition would be inconsistent with the public interest; (2) iron, steel, and the relevant manufactured goods are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Harry Reid Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 165. on 09/14/2011

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Disapproving a rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to Temporary Non-agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States. [HJR-104] [Immigration ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Disapproves the Department of Labor rule relating to temporary non-agricultural employment of H-2B aliens in the United States (published in the Federal Register on February 21, 2012) and states that such rule shall have no force or effect.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration Policy And Enforcement. on 02/28/2012

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