Employ Young Americans Now Act [S.2832]
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[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Native American Affairs ]
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[Human Services ]
Employ Young Americans Now Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Employ Young Americans Fund, with an initial appropriation of $5.5 billion for FY2015. 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
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S.2832: Employ Young Americans Now Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S5634) on 09/16/2014
Pay for Performance Act [S.2691]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Poverty ]
[Social Security ]
[Taxes ]
[Unemployment ]
Pay for Performance Act - Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services and Elder Justice) of the Social Security Act to add a new part C (Social Impact Pay for Performance Contracts). Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to publish in the Federal Register a request for proposals from states or local governments for social impact pay for performance contract projects which produce measurable, clearly defined outcomes that result in social benefit, such as employment for the unemployed, high school graduation, and reduction of teen
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S.2691: Pay for Performance Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Bennet
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/30/2014
S.2525: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude payments received under the Work Colleges Program from gross income, including payments made from institutional funds.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roy Blunt
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/25/2014
You have voted S.2525: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude payments received under the Work Colleges Program from gross income, including payments made from institutional funds..
Future Logging Careers Act [S.2335]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Small Business ]
Future Logging Careers Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to make the restrictions on oppressive child labor inapplicable to employment of an employee age 16 or 17 by a parent, or a person standing in place of a parent, in a logging or mechanized operation owned or operated by that parent or person.
S.2335: Future Logging Careers Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S3030) on 05/14/2014
Solutions to Long-Term Unemployment Act [S.2038]
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[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Unemployment ]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Immigration ]
Solutions to Long-Term Unemployment Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the definition of full-time employee, for purposes of the employer mandate to provide minimum essential health care coverage, any individual who is a long-term unemployed individual. Defines "long-term unemployed individual" as an individual who: (1) begins employment after enactment of this Act, and (2) has been unemployed for 27 weeks or longer. Exempts from the payment of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance (OASDI), hospital insurance, and railroad
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S.2038: Solutions to Long-Term Unemployment Act
Sponsored by: Sen. John Thune
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/25/2014
SKILLS Act [S.1911]
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[Education ]
[Food ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Poverty ]
[Veterans ]
[Unemployment ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Social Security ]
[Disabilities ]
SKILLS Act or Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for: (1) WIA title I, workforce investment systems for job training and employment services; and (2) WIA title II, adult education and family literacy education programs. Revises requirements to: (1) eliminate representatives of labor organizations from state workforce investment boards, and (2) specify that representatives of business on a board represent large and small
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S.1911: SKILLS Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Burr
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/09/2014
Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014 [S.1900]
[Agriculture ]
[Small Business ]
[Trade ]
[International ]
Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014 - States the overall trade negotiating objectives of the United States with respect to any agreement with a foreign country to reduce or eliminate existing tariffs or nontariff barriers of that country or the United States that are unduly burdening and restricting U.S. trade. Includes among such objectives obtaining: (1) more open, equitable, and reciprocal market access; and (2) the reduction or elimination of trade barriers and distortions that are directly related to trade and investment and
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S.1900: Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Sen. Orrin Hatch
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S224-225, S226) on 01/09/2014
Securing Job Corps Centers Act [S.1825]
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[Education ]
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[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Securing Job Corps Centers Act - Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to the Job Corps program. Establishes the Jobs Corps Program Advisory Board in the Department of Labor. Directs the Board to conduct a study and develop recommendations for improving the administration and management structure of the Job Corps program. Directs the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, to take actions to improve the administration and management structure of the Jobs Corps program, including reducing to
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S.1825: Securing Job Corps Centers Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S8809-8811) on 12/13/2013
Adult Education and Economic Growth Act [S.1400]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Small Business ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Adult Education and Economic Growth Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1988 to revise requirements for statewide and local workforce investment systems to include adult education activities. Replaces statewide and local workforce investment systems with adult education and workforce investment systems. Revises member composition of: (1) state workforce investment boards to include the lead state agency officials with particular responsibility for implementing adult education and literacy activities; and (2) youth councils established by
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S.1400: Adult Education and Economic Growth Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S6077-6078) on 07/30/2013
Pathways Back to Work Act of 2013 [S.1383]
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[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Unemployment ]
[Human Services ]
Pathways Back to Work Act of 2013 - Establishes in the Treasury the Pathways Back to Work Fund, with an initial appropriation of $12.5 billion. Requires the Secretary of Labor to make certain Fund allocations to states with approved plans, qualifying outlying areas (U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of Palau), and Native American program grantees to provide: (1) subsidized employment to unemployed, low-income adults; and (2) summer and year-round employment opportunities
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S.1383: Pathways Back to Work Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 07/29/2013
Workforce Investment Act of 2013 [S.1356]
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[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Disabilities ]
[Economic Development ]
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[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Small Business ]
[Community Development ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Workforce Investment Act of 2013 - Title I: System Alignment and Innovation - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for: (1) WIA title I (title II under this Act), workforce investment systems for job training and employment services; and (2) WIA title II (title III under this Act), adult education and family literacy education programs. Establishes a new WIA title I, system alignment and innovation. (Sec. 101) Defines "core programs" to mean: (1) youth workforce investment activities
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S.1356: Workforce Investment Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Lamar Alexander
Motion To Proceed To Consideration Of Measure Made In Senate. (consideration: Cr S9086) on 12/19/2013
Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education Act [S.1307]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education Act or the Youth PROMISE Act - Provides that not more than 50% of the amount available for the Edward Byrne Memorial Criminal Justice Innovation Program shall be made available to carry out this Act. Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to establish a PROMISE Advisory Panel to assist the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in: (1) assessing and developing standards and evidence-based practices to prevent juvenile
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S.1307: Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Tim Kaine
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 07/16/2013
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 [S.1284]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
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[Education ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
[Social Security ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 - Makes appropriations for the Departments of Labor, of Health and Human Services (HHS), and of Education, and related agencies for FY2014. Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2014 - Makes appropriations for FY2014 to the Department of Labor for: (1) the Employment and Training Administration, including training and employment services; (2) the Office of the Job Corps; (3) community service employment for
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S.1284: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Harkin
Committee On Appropriations. Ordered To Be Reported Without Amendment Favorably. on 07/11/2013
AGE-IN Act [S.1259]
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[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
Assistance in Gaining Experience, Independence, and Navigation Act of 2013 or the AGE-IN Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make a grant to a research organization to: (1) conduct a comprehensive analysis of research on the topic of youth and young adults with an autism spectrum disorder or other developmental disability as such individuals age out of the school-based support system (transitioning youth), (2) conduct research on the existing infrastructure for transitioning youth,
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S.1259: AGE-IN Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Menendez
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 06/27/2013
Youth Jobs Act [S.1170]
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[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
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S.1170: Youth Jobs Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 06/13/2013
HR-763: Expressing support for designation of November 20 through November 26, 2014, as "End Child Slavery Week" to raise awareness of human rights abuses against children and to acknowledge the global fight against child slavery and child labor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rosa DeLauro
Referred To The House Committee On Foreign Affairs. on 11/20/2014
You have voted HR-763: Expressing support for designation of November 20 through November 26, 2014, as "End Child Slavery Week" to raise awareness of human rights abuses against children and to acknowledge the global fight against child slavery and child labor..
Congratulating and honoring Kailash Satyarthi, recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. [HR-749]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[International ]
Congratulates and honors Kailash Satyarthi on receiving the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize for his contributions to the protection of children's rights and the promotion of peace. Condemns child labor as a form of modern slavery. States that in honoring Kailash Satyarthi the House of Representatives honors all those who have worked to end child labor. Emphasizes that violations of human rights in general, and the abuse of children specifically, are matters of legitimate concern to all nations.
HR-749: Congratulating and honoring Kailash Satyarthi, recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E1518) on 11/12/2014
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should work with the Government of Haiti to address gender-based violence against women and children. [HR-61]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Sympathizes with the families of women and children victimized by sexual and other forms of gender-based violence in Haiti. Urges treatment of the issue of violence against women and children as a priority for U.S. humanitarian and reconstruction efforts in Haiti. Calls on the government of Haiti to: (1) address the needs of vulnerable children who are in situations of sexual exploitation or forced labor, and (2) implement the recommendations of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights issued in response to increased levels of sexual violence
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HR-61: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should work with the Government of Haiti to address gender-based violence against women and children.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights And International Organizations. on 02/25/2013
You have voted HR-61: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should work with the Government of Haiti to address gender-based violence against women and children..
Concerning the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the need for international efforts toward long-term peace, stability, and observance of human rights. [HR-131]
[International ]
[Human Rights ]
[National Security ]
[Military ]
Asserts that the region's leaders and the international community should break the cycle of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and surrounding region. Calls on: (1) the signatories of the February 24, 2013, Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region to abide by the Framework's provisions; and (2) governments of the Great Lakes region of Africa to respect the national security and territorial integrity of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Recognizes efforts by the Democratic
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HR-131: Concerning the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the need for international efforts toward long-term peace, stability, and observance of human rights.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 06/27/2013
You have voted HR-131: Concerning the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the need for international efforts toward long-term peace, stability, and observance of human rights..
Supporting the establishment of a Presidential Youth Council. [HJR-68]
[Children and Youth ]
Supports the establishment with private funds of a Presidential Youth Council to: (1) advise the President and the administration on the perspectives of young people, (2) make public policy-related youth programs more efficient and effective, and (3) address issues that will affect the long-term future of the United States.
HJR-68: Supporting the establishment of a Presidential Youth Council.
Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern
Referred To The House Committee On Education And The Workforce. on 09/30/2013