WAGE Act Workplace Action for a Growing Economy Act [HB-3514]
WAGE Act Workplace Action for a Growing Economy Act This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to award back pay and additional liquidated damages equal to double the back pay, without any reduction, to any employee against whom an employer has discriminated with regard to hiring or because the employee has filed charges or given testimony or if the employer has committed an unfair labor practice resulting in the employee's discharge or other serious economic loss. Civil penalties are established
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HB-3514: WAGE Act Workplace Action for a Growing Economy Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/23/2016
National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act [HB-358]
National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins emblematic of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor. Limits the minting of such coins to the one-year period beginning on January 1, 2017. Prescribes surcharges for coin sales, which shall be paid to the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, Inc., to help finance the construction of a new building and renovation of existing National Purple Heart Hall of Honor facilities.
HB-358: National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Introduced In House on 01/14/2015
Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act [HB-3635]
Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act This bill requires federal employees furloughed due to a lapse in appropriations that begins on or about October 1, 2015, to be compensated at their standard rate of compensation for the period of such lapse as soon as practicable after such lapse ends.
HB-3635: Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 09/29/2015
21st Century Women's Health Act of 2015 [HB-3652]
21st Century Women's Health Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to allow the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants for family planning service projects, expansion of family planning preventive health services, and training of nurse practitioners specializing in women's health care. This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require state Medicaid programs to offer free preventive care, including contraceptives. A hospital cannot receive federal funds unless it promptly
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HB-3652: 21st Century Women's Health Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 10/02/2015
Scleroderma and Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act of 2015 [HB-3666]
Scleroderma and Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act of 2015 This bill requires the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) to establish the National Commission on Scleroderma and Fibrosis Research. (Scleroderma and fibrosis are connective tissue conditions that cause hardening or scarring of skin and organs.) The commission must develop a long-term, comprehensive plan for scleroderma and fibrosis research. The plan must: (1) prioritize research that has cross-cutting value and requires coordination across NIH,
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HB-3666: Scleroderma and Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 10/02/2015
Labor Statistics Improvement Act [HB-3674]
Labor Statistics Improvement Act Establishes an independent Commission to Improve Labor Statistics. Directs the Commission to: examine and assess the process by which the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates statistical data relating to unemployment rates, including the methods used for determining that an individual is considered to be looking for work; recommend any improvement to the process and methods, including proposals for any alternative measures of labor force participation,
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HB-3674: Labor Statistics Improvement Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/23/2016
Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2015 [HB-3706]
Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2015 This bill directs the President to: establish a five-year strategy to achieve, with target countries and donors, the goal of ending preventable maternal, newborn, and child deaths globally and ensure healthy and productive lives within a generation; and provide assistance to implement the strategy. The President shall designate a current U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employee serving in the Senior Executive Service or at the level of a Deputy Assistant Administrator or higher to serve
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HB-3706: Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 10/07/2015
Sentencing Reform Act of 2015 [HB-3713]
Sentencing Reform Act of 2015 This bill permits a court to reduce the mandatory minimum prison term imposed on certain non-violent defendants convicted of a high-level first-time or low-level repeat drug offense (including unlawful import, export, manufacture, or distribution of, or possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance). The legislation expands safety valve eligibility to permit a court to impose a sentence below the mandatory minimum for certain non-violent, cooperative drug defendants with a limited criminal history. It
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HB-3713: Sentencing Reform Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Judiciary. H. Rept. 114-888, Part I. on 12/23/2016
Housing Fairness Act of 2015 Veterans, Women, Families with Children, Race, and Persons with Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2015 [HB-372]
Housing Fairness Act of 2015 Veterans, Women, Families with Children, Race, and Persons with Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2015 Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to conduct a nationwide testing program to: (1) detect and document differences in the treatment of persons seeking to rent or purchase housing or obtain or refinance a home mortgage loan; (2) measure patterns of adverse treatment because of the race, color, religion, sex, familial status, disability status, or national origin of a renter, home buyer, or borrower;
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HB-372: Housing Fairness Act of 2015 Veterans, Women, Families with Children, Race, and Persons with Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 01/14/2015
You have voted HB-372: Housing Fairness Act of 2015 Veterans, Women, Families with Children, Race, and Persons with Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2015.
Access to Marketplace Insurance Act [HB-3742]
Access to Marketplace Insurance Act This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require health insurers to accept, on behalf of individuals enrolled in qualified health plans, payments made by certain third parties, including state and federal government programs, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations, and certain tax exempt organizations. (Qualified health plans are eligible for subsidies and fulfill an individual's requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage.)
HB-3742: Access to Marketplace Insurance Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 10/16/2015