Family Farm Relief Act of 2012 [HB-6373]
[Agriculture ]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Family Farm Relief Act of 2012 - 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 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. Revises H-2A certification provisions.
HB-6373: Family Farm Relief Act of 2012
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Reed
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration Policy And Enforcement. on 09/19/2012
Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act [HB-6306]
[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
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HB-6306: Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The House Committee On Oversight And Government Reform. on 08/02/2012
HB-6231: 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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Duffy
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation, Energy, And Forestry. on 08/13/2012
You have voted HB-6231: 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..
Retirement Plan Simplification and Enhancement Act of 2012 [HB-4050]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
Retirement Plan Simplification and Enhancement Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code 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. Authorizes regulations to increase the qualified percentage. Revises the period of service requirements for a qualified cash or deferred arrangement to cover long-term part-time employees working at
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HB-4050: Retirement Plan Simplification and Enhancement Act of 2012
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Neal
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/29/2012
Port Opportunity Reinvestment and Training Act [HB-3838]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Unemployment ]
[Children and Youth ]
Port Opportunity Reinvestment and Training Act - 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 than 15%
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HB-3838: Port Opportunity Reinvestment and Training Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Maxine Waters
Referred To The Subcommittee On Coast Guard And Maritime Transportation. on 01/30/2012
Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2011 [HB-3718]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt certain returning H-2B aliens (temporary nonagricultural worker) from annual numerical limitations.
HB-3718: Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. William Keating
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration Policy And Enforcement. on 01/06/2012
Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2011 [HB-3686]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt certain returning H-2B aliens (temporary nonagricultural workers) from annual numerical limitations.
HB-3686: Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. William Keating
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration Policy And Enforcement. on 01/06/2012
BARN Act [HB-3443]
[Agriculture ]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Housing ]
Better Agriculture Resources Now Act or the BARN Act - Revises the H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural worker visa program, including provisions regarding: (1) agricultural labor and services, (2) application requirements, (3) wages, (4) period of authorized nonimmigrant status, (5) housing, (6) legal assistance, and (7) violations.
HB-3443: BARN Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Coffman
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration Policy And Enforcement. on 12/02/2011
HB-3162: To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from implementing certain rules relating to employment of aliens described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration Policy And Enforcement. on 10/24/2011
You have voted HB-3162: To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from implementing certain rules relating to employment of aliens described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes..
National Youth Summer Jobs Act of 2011 [HB-2539]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Economic Development ]
National Youth Summer Jobs Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to award 5-year competitive grants to eligible local government units to provide summer employment, including job readiness activities, work experiences, and job placement, for out-of-school youths age 14 to 21 who are enrolled in a public or private secondary school or have received a secondary school diploma or its equivalent but are basic-skills deficient, unemployed, or underemployed. Allows eligible entities that operate existing youth summer jobs programs to use grants
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HB-2539: National Youth Summer Jobs Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 09/08/2011
Balancing Act of 2011 [HB-2346]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Finance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Pensions ]
Balancing Act of 2011 - Family Leave Insurance Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to direct the Secretary of Labor to establish a Family and Medical Insurance Program, which may involve contracts with state programs, under which, for specified reasons, an eligible employee of a covered employer shall be entitled to family and medical leave insurance benefits for a total of 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month program. Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to establish a similar Civil Service Family and
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HB-2346: Balancing Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 09/08/2011
IDEA Act of 2011 [HB-2161]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Immigration Driving Entrepreneurship in America Act of 2011 or the IDEA 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
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HB-2161: IDEA Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 09/08/2011
Students Helping Young Students Act of 2020 [HB-8550]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Expands the federal work-study programs at institutions of higher education to include work-study programs that compensate students employed in the educational after-school, before-school, or out-of-school community service activities of public elementary or secondary schools.
HB-8550: Students Helping Young Students Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 10/09/2020
Part-Time Reemployment of Annuitants Act of 2009 [S.629]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Part-Time Reemployment of Annuitants Act of 2009 - Allows a federal agency head (other than for the Government Accountability Office [GAO]) to waive the application of civil service retirement system and federal employee retirement system provisions restricting annuities and pay upon reemployment with respect to an annuitant employed as a limited time appointee (an annuitant appointed under a temporary appointment limited to one year or less) if the annuitant's employment is necessary to: (1) fulfill functions critical to the mission of the agency
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S.629: Part-Time Reemployment of Annuitants Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. Reported By Senator Lieberman With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. Without Written Report. on 04/12/2010
S.469: A bill to amend chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, to modify the computation for part-time service under the Civil Service Retirement System.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. Reported By Senator Lieberman Without Amendment. Without Written Report. on 04/12/2010
You have voted S.469: A bill to amend chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, to modify the computation for part-time service under the Civil Service Retirement System..
Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 [S.3455]
[Defense ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Healthcare ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Aerospace ]
[Science ]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Construction ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Air Quality ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Water ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2011 for procurement for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and Department of Defense (DOD) for aircraft, missiles, weapons and combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, communications systems, equipment, and other procurement. Subtitle B: Army Programs - (Sec. 111) Prohibits Army aircraft funds from
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S.3455: Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011
Sponsored by: Sen. Carl Levin
Committee On Armed Services. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Levin Under Authority Of The Order Of The Senate Of 05/28/2010. Without Written Report. on 06/04/2010
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 [S.3454]
[Defense ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Healthcare ]
[International ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Science ]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Aerospace ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Public Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2011 for procurement for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and Department of Defense (DOD) for aircraft, missiles, weapons and combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, communications systems, equipment, and other procurement. Subtitle B: Army Programs - (Sec. 111) Prohibits Army aircraft funds from being
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S.3454: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011
Sponsored by: Sen. Carl Levin
Senate Committee On Armed Services. Hearings Held Prior To Introduction And/or Referral. Hearings Printed: S.hrg. 111-701, Pt. 1. on 12/14/2010
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 [S.3280]
[Defense ]
[Environmental ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Energy ]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Construction ]
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY2011. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for: (1) procurement, including aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement; (2) the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund; (3) Defense Production Act purchases; (4) research, development, test, and evaluation; (5) operation and maintenance; (6) active and reserve military personnel; (7) the Afghanistan
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S.3280: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011
Sponsored by: Sen. Carl Levin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 04/29/2010
Increasing American Wages and Benefits Act of 2010 [S.2910]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Increasing American Wages and Benefits Act of 2010 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize: (1) the Secretary of Labor to take such actions as may be necessary to enforce federal labor laws with respect to employers of H-2B nonagricultural temporary workers; and (2) a private right of action against such employers. Specifies employer actions to be taken to recruit U.S. workers prior to filing for admission of H-2B workers. Prohibits H-2B worker entry until the Secretary certifies that prevailing wages will be paid to such workers
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S.2910: Increasing American Wages and Benefits Act of 2010
Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 12/18/2009
Helping Unemployed Workers Act [S.2831]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
Helping Unemployed Workers Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA), as amended by the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 and the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act. Extends the final date for entering a federal-state agreement under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through December 1, 2010. Postpones the termination of the program until May 31, 2011. Amends the Assistance
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S.2831: Helping Unemployed Workers Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S12325-12327) on 12/03/2009