Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act of 2017 [S.1715]
[Taxes ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to change provisions that refer to married couples to make such provisions equally applicable to legally married same sex couples.
S.1715: Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 08/02/2017
NATS Act Naturalization At Training Sites Act of 2017 [S.1727]
[Defense ]
[Immigration ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Veterans ]
NATS Act Naturalization At Training Sites Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Defense, and the Department of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard, to establish a naturalization office with trained personnel at each initial military training site of the Armed Forces. Each military department concerned shall: (1) identify members of the Armed Forces who are not U.S. citizens and inform them of the availability of naturalization services at such offices, and (2) assign new non-citizen members of the Armed Forces to an initial
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S.1727: NATS Act Naturalization At Training Sites Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 08/02/2017
I-VETS Act Immigrant Veterans Eligibility Tracking System Act [S.1725]
[Immigration ]
[Veterans ]
[National Security ]
[Military ]
I-VETS Act Immigrant Veterans Eligibility Tracking System Act This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), upon an alien's application for an immigration benefit or the placement of such alien in an immigration enforcement proceeding, to: determine if the alien is serving, or has served, as a member of a regular or reserve component of the Armed Forces on active duty or as a member of a reserve component in an active status; and annotate every DHS immigration and naturalization record relating to such an alien to reflect such membership
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S.1725: I-VETS Act Immigrant Veterans Eligibility Tracking System Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 08/02/2017
Bob Dole Congressional Gold Medal Act [S.1616]
[Military ]
[Veterans ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Bob Dole Congressional Gold Medal Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Bob Dole in recognition for his service to the nation as a soldier, legislator, and statesman.
S.1616: Bob Dole Congressional Gold Medal Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Presented To President. on 09/11/2017
SJR-49: A joint resolution condemning the violence and domestic terrorist attack that took place during events between August 11 and August 12, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia, recognizing the first responders who lost their lives while monitoring the events, offering deepest condolences to the families and friends of those individuals who were killed and deepest sympathies and support to those individuals who were injured by the violence, expressing support for the Charlottesville community, rejecting White nationalists, White supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and other hate groups, and urging the President and the President's Cabinet to use all available resources to address the threats posed by those groups.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Received In The House. on 09/12/2017
You have voted SJR-49: A joint resolution condemning the violence and domestic terrorist attack that took place during events between August 11 and August 12, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia, recognizing the first responders who lost their lives while monitoring the events, offering deepest condolences to the families and friends of those individuals who were killed and deepest sympathies and support to those individuals who were injured by the violence, expressing support for the Charlottesville community, rejecting White nationalists, White supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and other hate groups, and urging the President and the President's Cabinet to use all available resources to address the threats posed by those groups..
Deborah Sampson Act [S.681]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Military ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Health ]
Deborah Sampson Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a three-year pilot program to assess the feasibility of peer-to-peer assistance for women veterans (including those who are separating or newly separated from the Armed Forces), with emphasis placed on women who suffered service-related sexual trauma or who are at risk of becoming homeless. Additionally, the VA shall: expand the women veterans call center to include a text messaging capability; establish a partnership with at least one nongovernmental organization
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S.681: Deborah Sampson Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 05/17/2017
SR-448: A resolution designating March 2018 as "National Women's History Month".
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment And With A Preamble By Unanimous Consent. (consideration: Cr S1978, S1954-1955; Text: Cr S1954) on 03/22/2018
Arbitration Fairness Act of 2018 [S.2591]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Arbitration Fairness Act of 2018 This bill prohibits a predispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment dispute, consumer dispute, antitrust dispute, or civil rights dispute.
S.2591: Arbitration Fairness Act of 2018
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 03/22/2018
S.2129: Military Domestic Violence Reporting Enhancement Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
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