HR-341: Recognizing the contributions of Defense laboratories to national security and supporting the designation of May 18, 2017, as the "Department of Defense Laboratory Day 2017".
Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Emerging Threats And Capabilities. on 06/16/2017
You have voted HR-341: Recognizing the contributions of Defense laboratories to national security and supporting the designation of May 18, 2017, as the "Department of Defense Laboratory Day 2017"..
South Carolina Peanut Parity Act of 2017 [HB-2521]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
South Carolina Peanut Parity Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to add South Carolina to the Virginia/Carolina peanut producing region for the purpose of appointing members of the Peanut Standards Board. (Under current law, the region includes Virginia and North Carolina. The board advises the Department of Agriculture regarding the establishment of quality and handling standards for domestically produced and imported peanuts.)
HB-2521: South Carolina Peanut Parity Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Rice
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 11/01/2017
Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act [HB-2353]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Sec. 4) The effective date for this bill is July 1, 2018. (Sec. 7) This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to revise and introduce definitions, including common definitions for terms already defined in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. The bill divides career and technical education (CTE) students into CTE concentrators and CTE participants. The term "CTE concentrators" means: at the secondary school level, a student served
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HB-2353: Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Became Public Law No: 115-224. on 07/31/2018
PRIVATE Act Protecting the Rights of IndiViduals Against Technological Exploitation Act [HB-2052]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
PRIVATE Act Protecting the Rights of IndiViduals Against Technological Exploitation Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to prohibit a person from knowingly and wrongfully broadcasting or distributing an intimate visual image of a private area of another individual who is at least 18 years old, who is identifiable from the image or from information displayed in connection with the image, and who does not explicitly consent, if the person knows or reasonably should have known that: the image was made under circumstances
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HB-2052: PRIVATE Act Protecting the Rights of IndiViduals Against Technological Exploitation Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 05/25/2017
Veterans Back to Work Act of 2017 [HB-1600]
[Veterans ]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Social Security ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Veterans Back to Work Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the work opportunity tax credit for hiring qualified veterans (veterans receiving compensation for a service-connected disability and other federal assistance), and (2) allow employers who hire qualified veterans to elect to claim the tax credit as an exemption from employment and railroad retirement taxes for such veterans' first-year wages, subject to specified limitations. The bill appropriates amounts to the Social Security trust funds and the
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HB-1600: Veterans Back to Work Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Introduced In House on 03/17/2017
Verify First Act [HB-2581]
[Healthcare ]
[Immigration ]
[Taxes ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Verify First Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit advance payments of the premium assistance tax credit from being made to an individual unless the Department of the Treasury has received confirmation from the Department of Health and Human Services that the Social Security Administration or the Department of Homeland Security has verified the individual's status as a citizen or national of the United States or an alien lawfully present in the United States. The verification process must include the appropriate use
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HB-2581: Verify First Act
Sponsored by: Rep. David McKinley
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/14/2017
Military Child Educational Freedom Act [HB-2624]
[Education ]
[Military ]
[Taxes ]
[Veterans ]
[Children and Youth ]
Military Child Educational Freedom Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to tax-exempt Coverdell education savings accounts, to permit members of the Armed Forces serving on extended active duty to use the accounts for certain education expenses incurred in connection with a home school that provides elementary or secondary education and is treated under state law as a home school or a private school.
HB-2624: Military Child Educational Freedom Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Wilson
Introduced In House on 05/24/2017
You have voted HR-353: Supporting a democratic Hungary and reaffirming the long-standing and mutually-beneficial relationship between the United States and Hungary..
Justice for Servicemembers Act of 2017 [HB-2631]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Justice for Servicemembers Act of 2017 This bill amends the Uniformed Services Employment Rights Act of 1994 to: (1) consider procedural protections or provisions under such Act concerning employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services to be a right or benefit subject to the protection of such Act, and (2) make any agreement to arbitrate a claim under such provisions unenforceable unless all parties consent to arbitration after a complaint on the specific claim has been filed in court or with the Merit Systems Protection
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HB-2631: Justice for Servicemembers Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 06/29/2017