Rep. Richard Neal
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PAST Act Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2017 [HB-1847]
[Animals ]
[Agriculture ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
PAST Act Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2017 This bill amends the Horse Protection Act to establish a new system for inspecting horses for soring, revise penalties for violations of the Act, and modify enforcement procedures. The soring of horses is any of various actions taken on a horse's limb to produce a higher gait that may cause pain, distress, inflammation, or lameness. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must establish requirements to license, train, assign, and oversee persons hired by the management of horse shows, exhibitions, sales,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/31/2017
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Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act of 2018 [HB-1872]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[Trade ]
Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act of 2018 (Sec. 4) This bill requires the Department of State to report to Congress annually regarding the level of access Chinese authorities granted U.S. diplomats, journalists, and tourists to Tibetan areas in China. Such assessment shall include: a comparison with the level of access granted to other areas of China, a comparison between the levels of access granted to Tibetan and non-Tibetan areas in relevant provinces, a comparison of the level of access in the reporting year and the previous year, and a description
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Became Public Law No: 115-330. on 12/19/2018
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Paycheck Fairness Act [HB-1869]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Small Business ]
Paycheck Fairness Act This bill amends equal pay provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to: (1) restrict the use of the bona fide factor defense to wage discrimination claims, (2) enhance nonretaliation prohibitions, (3) make it unlawful to require an employee to sign a contract or waiver prohibiting the employee from disclosing information about the employee's wages, and (4) increase civil penalties for violations of equal pay provisions. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 04/04/2017
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Retirement Security Preservation Act of 2017 [HB-1962]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Retirement Security Preservation Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the nondiscrimination requirements for certain defined benefit retirement plans that limit participation or certain features to a closed class, such as individuals who were hired before a certain date. (Under current law, the plans may not discriminate in favor of highly compensated employees and must meet minimum participation requirements.) The bill applies only to a defined benefit plan that: (1) closed before April 5, 2017; or (2) was in effect
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Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Neal
Introduced In House on 04/05/2017
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Social Security 2100 Act [HB-1902]
[Social Security ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Retirement ]
Social Security 2100 Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 04/17/2017
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Savings Enhancement by Alleviating Leakage in 401(k) Savings Act [HB-2030]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
[Unemployment ]
[Pensions ]
Savings Enhancement by Alleviating Leakage in 401(k) Savings Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to loans made from a qualified employer plan, to extend the period for repayment of loans if a plan terminates or a plan participant becomes unemployed. The bill also requires the Department of the Treasury to modify regulations governing hardship distributions from qualified employer plans to allow participants to make additional contributions to a plan during the six-month period following a hardship distribution.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vicente Gonzalez
Introduced In House on 04/06/2017
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Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2017 [HB-2092]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend to all domestic corporations, including S corporations, provisions allowing deferral of tax on gain from the sale of employer securities to an S corporation-sponsored employee stock ownership plan (ESOP); and (2) allow a tax deduction for 50% of the interest incurred on loans to S corporation-sponsored ESOPs for the purchase of employer securities. The Department of the Treasury must establish the S Corporation Employee Ownership
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Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Introduced In House on 04/12/2017
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SEAT Act of 2017 Secure Equity in Airline Transportation Act of 2017 [HB-2191]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Trade ]
SEAT Act of 2017 Secure Equity in Airline Transportation Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Vicente Gonzalez
Referred To The Subcommittee On Aviation. on 04/28/2017
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Expressing the sense of Congress that an appropriate site in the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery should be provided for a memorial marker to honor the memory of those who have been awarded or are eligible for the Korean Defense Service Medal who are missing in action, are unaccounted for, or died in-theater. [HCR-52]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
Expressing the sense of Congress that an appropriate site in the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery should be provided for a memorial marker to honor the memory of those who have been awarded or are eligible for the Korean Defense Service Medal who are missing in action, are unaccounted for, or died in-theater. Expresses the sense of Congress that an appropriate site in the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery should be provided for a memorial marker (to be paid for with private funds) to honor the memory of those
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 05/23/2017
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PARTNER Act Partnerships to Advance Revolutionary Technology and Novel Entrepreneurial Research Act [HB-2297]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Small Business ]
[Science ]
[Economic Development ]
PARTNER Act Partnerships to Advance Revolutionary Technology and Novel Entrepreneurial Research Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the definition of "passive activity," for purposes of the passive loss tax rules, any qualified research activity carried on by a high technology research small business pass-thru entity. The bill defines "high technology research small business pass-thru entity" as any domestic pass-thru entity if: (1) more than 75% of the entity's expenditures are paid or incurred in connection with qualified
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Meehan
Introduced In House on 05/02/2017