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Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act [HB-3068]
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Authorizes the Department of the Interior to award offshore wind career training grants to institutions of higher education or labor organizations to develop, offer, or improve educational or career training programs that provide skills necessary for employment in the offshore wind industry.
Sponsored by: Rep. James R. Langevin
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-659, Part I. on 12/16/2020
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United States Employee Ownership Bank Act [HB-2983]
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[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Requires the Department of the Treasury to establish the U.S. Employee Ownership Bank, which must provide, in accordance with specified terms, conditions, and other requirements, financial assistance to increase employee ownership of a company. The bill specifies that, in general, if an employer orders the closing of a plant or facility, the employer must offer its employees an opportunity to purchase the plant or facility through an employee stock-ownership plan or an eligible worker-owned cooperative.
Sponsored by: Rep. Peter A. DeFazio
Introduced In House on 05/23/2019
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United States Employee Ownership Bank Act [S.1661]
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[Small Business ]
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Requires the Department of the Treasury to establish the U.S. Employee Ownership Bank, which must provide, in accordance with specified terms, conditions, and other requirements, financial assistance to increase employee ownership of a company. The bill specifies that, in general, if an employer orders the closing of a plant or facility, the employer must offer its employees an opportunity to purchase the plant or facility through an employee stock-ownership plan or an eligible worker-owned cooperative.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 05/23/2019
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Helping to Encourage Real Opportunities (HERO) for At-Risk Youth Act of 2019 [S.1550]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Economic Development ]
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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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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Durbin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/20/2019
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Creating Pathways for Youth Employment Act [HB-2844]
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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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Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Kelly
Introduced In House on 05/20/2019
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Helping to Encourage Real Opportunities (HERO) for At-Risk Youth Act [HB-2845]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
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[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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Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Kelly
Introduced In House on 05/20/2019
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Creating Pathways for Youth Employment Act [S.1551]
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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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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Durbin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. (text: Cr S2967-2971) on 05/20/2019
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BUILDS Act Building U.S. Infrastructure by Leveraging Demands for Skills [HB-2831]
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[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
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[Telecommunications ]
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Requires the Department of Labor to award implementation or renewal grants to eligible industry or sector partnerships to achieve certain strategic objectives with respect to targeted infrastructure industries (e.g., transportation, construction, energy, information technology, or utilities industries). Such strategic objectives must include recruiting key stakeholders in the targeted infrastructure industries; identifying the training needs of multiple businesses in such industries; facilitating actions that lead to economies of scale by aggregating
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Sponsored by: Rep. James R. Langevin
Introduced In House on 05/17/2019
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Rebuild America Now Act [S.1518]
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[Infrastructure ]
[Energy ]
[Construction ]
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Generally expedites the environmental review and permitting process of certain infrastructure projects and projects undertaken or funded by the federal government that could have significant environmental consequences.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Moore Capito
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 05/16/2019
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BUILDS Act Building U.S. Infrastructure by Leveraging Demands for Skills [S.1517]
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[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
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[Construction ]
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Requires the Department of Labor to award implementation or renewal grants to eligible industry or sector partnerships to achieve certain strategic objectives with respect to targeted infrastructure industries (e.g., transportation, construction, energy, information technology, or utilities industries). Such strategic objectives must include recruiting key stakeholders in the targeted infrastructure industries; supporting the training needs of multiple businesses in such industries; facilitating actions that lead to economies of scale by aggregating
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Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S2927-2928) on 05/16/2019
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Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrow’s America Act [HB-2741]
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[Telecommunications ]
[Energy ]
[Healthcare ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Climate Change ]
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Reauthorizes a variety of programs and creates new programs for infrastructure development, including communication, drinking water, energy, or health care infrastructure. The bill provides support for communication infrastructure, such as funding to expand broadband internet access, or implement next generation 9-1-1 systems. In addition, the bill reauthorizes the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund through FY2024 and provides support for drinking water infrastructure, including support to: (1) remove and replace sources of lead in drinking water;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 06/04/2019
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UNDERSTAND Act Utilizing National Data, Effectively Reforming Standards and Tools, to Address Negative Determinates of Health Act [S.1323]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Housing ]
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Requires the collection and reporting of social determinants of health that may affect Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) beneficiaries and individuals who receive services at federally qualified health centers. Social determinants of health include educational, employment, housing, and family circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/06/2019
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American Cars, American Jobs Act of 2019 [HB-2510]
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[Energy ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Trade ]
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Establishes in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration the American Cars, American Jobs Program. Under the program, the Department of Transportation must issue vouchers of $3,500 to offset the purchase or lease price of a new automobile made in the United States if at least 45% of the automobile's parts come from the United States or Canada and assembly of the automobile occurs in the United States. The amount of the voucher for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles is $4,500. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky
Referred To The Subcommittee On Consumer Protection And Commerce. on 05/03/2019
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21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps Act [HB-2358]
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[Veterans ]
[Construction ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Disaster Relief ]
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[Water ]
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Authorizes the President, until the end of FY2022, to establish and operate a Civilian Conservation Corps to employ unemployed or underemployed U.S. citizens in the construction, maintenance, and carrying on of public works, such as forestation of U.S. and state lands, prevention of forest fires, floods, and soil erosion, and construction and repair of National Park System paths and trails. If there are insufficient funds to employ all U.S. citizens in the corps, the President must give preference in the hiring process to (1) unemployed veterans,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 04/25/2019
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Retain Act [HB-2342]
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Requires an executive agency to give a contracting preference to an offeror that certifies it will retain jobs performed in the United States and use products substantially manufactured in, and services provided in, the United States for the contract. To be eligible, an offeror shall certify that it has not relocated jobs from the United States to foreign countries in the preceding five years, has not established foreign facilities to perform the same function that could have been performed in the United States with the intention of manufacturing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Ryan
Introduced In House on 04/18/2019
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Retain Act [HB-2342]
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[Manufacturing ]
[Small Business ]
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Requires an executive agency to give a contracting preference to an offeror that certifies it will retain jobs performed in the United States and use products substantially manufactured in, and services provided in, the United States for the contract. To be eligible, an offeror shall certify that it has not relocated jobs from the United States to foreign countries in the preceding five years, has not established foreign facilities to perform the same function that could have been performed in the United States with the intention of manufacturing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Ryan
Introduced In House on 04/18/2019
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Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. [HJR-55]
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This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year unless Congress authorizes the excess by a three-fifths roll call vote of each chamber. The prohibition excludes outlays for repayment of debt principal, receipts derived from borrowing, and receipts or outlays of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds. The amendment requires the President to annually submit to Congress a budget in which total outlays do not exceed total receipts. The amendment
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Sponsored by: Rep. Luis Correa
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 05/03/2019
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A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. [SJR-18]
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This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year unless Congress authorizes the excess by a three-fifths roll call vote of each chamber. The prohibition excludes outlays for repayment of debt principal, receipts derived from borrowing, receipts or outlays of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds, and outlays relating to a natural disaster if the law providing the funds explicitly exempts the funds from the requirement and is agreed to by
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Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Manchin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 04/04/2019
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Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act [S.870]
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[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
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Revises rulemaking requirements with respect to unfunded mandates. Specifically, the bill (1) requires federal agencies to prepare and publish in the Federal Register an initial and final regulatory impact analysis prior to promulgating any proposed or final rule that may have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more (adjusted for inflation); (2) requires consideration of regulatory alternatives to the rule and requires the selection of the least costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome alternative; (3) exempts from such requirements
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Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 03/26/2019
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BRIDGE for Workers Act Building on Reemployment Improvements to Deliver Good Employment for Workers Act [HB-1759]
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[Unemployment ]
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Extends eligibility for reemployment services to all individuals claiming unemployment compensation. Currently, only unemployment claimants that are identified as likely to exhaust their regular unemployment compensation are eligible for such reemployment services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 391. on 12/19/2019