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Mary Jo Lawyer Spano Mesothelioma Patient Registry Act of 2019 [HB-1824]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
Requires the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services, to establish a mesothelioma patient registry. (Mesothelioma is a cancer of the tissue lining the lung, chest, and abdomen areas and is generally associated with asbestos exposure.) The registry must include information relating to the incidence and prevalence of mesothelioma in the United States, including treatment outcomes and demographics.
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Future Logging Careers Act [S.818]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
Allows individuals who are 16 or 17 years old to work at certain logging operations that are owned or operated by at least one parent or a person standing in place of a parent. Thus, the bill exempts such employees from child labor laws.
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Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act [S.851]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Requires the Department of Labor to address workplace violence in the health care and social service sectors. Specifically, Labor must promulgate an occupational safety and health standard that requires certain employers in the health care and social service sectors, as well as employers in sectors that conduct activities similar to the activities in the health care and social service sectors, to develop and implement a comprehensive plan for protecting health care workers, social service workers, and other personnel from workplace violence. In
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Future in Logging Careers Act [HB-1785]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
Exempts from child labor laws an employee between the ages of 16 and 18 years who is employed in an occupation that the Department of Labor finds to be particularly hazardous for the employment of children between such ages by a person who is a parent, or standing in the place of a parent of such employee, or by a timber harvesting employer or a mechanized timber harvesting employer owned or operated by such person.
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Safe Skies Act of 2019 [S.826]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Aerospace ]
[Public Safety ]
Directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to modify a specified DOT final rule relating to flight crew member duty and rest requirements so that the requirements under that rule apply to all-cargo flight crew members to the same extent they apply to air passenger flight crew members.
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Small Carrier Electronic Logging Device Exemption Act of 2019 [HB-1697]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Small Business ]
Small Carrier Electronic Logging Device Exemption Act of 2019 creates an exemption from electronic logging device requirements for motor carriers that own or operate 10 or fewer commercial vehicles.
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Agricultural Business Electronic Logging Device Exemption Act of 2019 [HB-1698]
[Agriculture ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Small Business ]
Agricultural Business Electronic Logging Device Exemption Act of 2019 creates an exception to the electronic logging device requirements for certain motor carriers engaged in agricultural business.
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Agricultural Trucking Relief Act of 2019 [HB-1673]
[Agriculture ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Food ]
Revises regulations related to the transportation of agricultural commodities. Specifically, the bill expands the definition of agricultural commodity to include (1) aquaculture, horticultural, and floricultural commodities; (2) fruits; (3) vegetables; (4) any non-human living animal and the products thereof; and (5) other agricultural products that are sensitive to temperature or climate and at risk of perishing in transit. Under current law, an agricultural commodity means any agricultural commodity, non-processed food, feed, fiber, or livestock.
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HERO Act Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act [HB-1646]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Establishes a series of programs relating to the behavioral health of public-safety officers (e.g., law enforcement officers, firefighters, ambulance crew members, and 9-1-1 operators) and health care providers. For example, the bill establishes (1) a public-safety officer suicide-reporting system at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (2) a grant program for peer-support behavioral health and wellness programs within fire departments and emergency medical services agencies, and (3) a grant program for behavioral health and wellness
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HERO Act Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act [HB-1646]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Establishes a series of programs relating to the behavioral health of public-safety officers (e.g., law enforcement officers, firefighters, ambulance crew members, and 9-1-1 operators) and health care providers. For example, the bill establishes (1) a public-safety officer suicide-reporting system at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (2) a grant program for peer-support behavioral health and wellness programs within fire departments and emergency medical services agencies, and (3) a grant program for behavioral health and wellness
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Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019 [HB-1585]
[Crime ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Modifies and reauthorizes through FY2024 programs and activities under the Violence Against Women Act that seek to prevent and respond to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. Among other things, the bill also authorizes new programs, makes changes to federal firearms laws, and establishes new protections to promote housing stability and economic security for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.
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Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019 [HB-1585]
[Crime ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Modifies and reauthorizes through FY2024 programs and activities under the Violence Against Women Act that seek to prevent and respond to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. Among other things, the bill also authorizes new programs, makes changes to federal firearms laws, and establishes new protections to promote housing stability and economic security for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.
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Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr., Social Work Reinvestment Act [HB-1532]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
Directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to (1) establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to advise on social work policy issues, (2) award specified grants to support social work activities, and (3) develop public service announcements to promote the social work profession. HHS shall award grants to (1) certain entities that employ social workers to carry out workplace improvement programs to address concerns related to the social work profession; (2) institutions of higher education to support social work students and
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SAFE Act of 2019 Security And Financial Empowerment Act of 2019 [HB-1468]
[Crime ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Economic Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To promote the economic security and safety of survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and for other purposes.
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Recognizing Chinese railroad workers who worked on the Transcontinental Railroad from 1865 to 1869, and their important contribution to the growth of the United States. [HR-165]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
[Immigration ]
This resolution (1) recognizes the Chinese railroad workers for their contributions to the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad and the growth of the United States; (2) honors the Chinese railroad workers who lost their lives working in the Sierra Nevada Mountains; and (3) acknowledges the Chinese railroad workers for all the risks they faced, while enduring discrimination and unequal pay and treatment, to complete the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad.
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SAFE Act of 2019 Security And Financial Empowerment Act of 2019 [S.627]
[Crime ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
A bill to promote the economic security and safety of survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and for other purposes.
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Tax Extender and Disaster Relief Act of 2019 [S.617]
[Taxes ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Retirement ]
Extends certain tax credits and deductions expiring in 2018 and 2019, and provides disaster tax relief, including penalty-free withdrawal of retirement funds for disaster expenses.
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Modernizing Agricultural Transportation Act [S.600]
[Agriculture ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Animals ]
[Trade ]
Directs the Department of Transportation to establish a working group to (1) identify obstacles to safe, humane, and market-efficient transport of livestock, insects, and agricultural commodities; and (2) develop guidelines and recommended regulatory or legislative actions to improve the safe, humane, and efficient transport of livestock, insects, and agricultural commodities.
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Smaller Class Sizes for Students and Educators Act of 2019 [S.579]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
[Children and Youth ]
Directs the Department of Education to award grants for local educational agencies in high-poverty school districts to reduce class sizes in the early elementary grades (kindergarten through third grade) by recruiting, training, and hiring qualified teachers.
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Medicare for All Act of 2019 [HB-1384]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Establishes a national health insurance program that is administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Among other requirements, the program must (1) cover all U.S. residents; (2) provide for automatic enrollment of individuals upon birth or residency in the United States; and (3) cover items and services that are medically necessary or appropriate to maintain health or to diagnose, treat, or rehabilitate a health condition, including hospital services, prescription drugs, mental health and substance abuse treatment, dental and
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