Teach Our Teachers Act [HB-3366]
Teach Our Teachers Act This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify provisions of the teacher loan forgiveness program. Specifically, the legislation reduces from five to three years the period of service a full-time teacher must complete consecutively to be eligible for forgiveness under the Federal Family Education Loan or Direct Loan program. It also increases from $5,000 to $17,500 the amount of available loan forgiveness for an elementary or secondary school teacher in any subject. (Currently,
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HB-3366: Teach Our Teachers Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 11/16/2015
Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2015 [HB-3377]
Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2015 This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to determining entitlement to and the amount of any monthly benefit, including any lump-sum death payment, payable under OASDI on the basis of the wages and self-employment income of any individual. Wages shall be deemed to have been paid (according to a specified formula) during each month in which the individual was engaged for at least 80 hours in providing care to a dependent relative
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HB-3377: Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 08/12/2015
Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2016 [HB-3381]
Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2016 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to permit the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide support to collect the medical specimens and information of children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer to improve the understanding of these cancers and of the effects of treatment. The national childhood cancer registry is reauthorized through FY2020 and revised to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to award grants
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HB-3381: Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Received In The Senate. on 12/07/2016
Fix Gun Checks Act of 2015 [HB-3411]
Fix Gun Checks Act of 2015 This bill amends the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to revise an eligibility condition for a state to receive a grant under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program and a waiver of the grant match requirement under the National Criminal History Improvement Program. Specifically, it directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish a four-year state implementation plan, including benchmarks, to maximize the automation and submission of mental health and criminal history records to the National Instant Criminal
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HB-3411: Fix Gun Checks Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 09/28/2015
Federal Protective Service Improvement and Accountability Act of 2015 [HB-3418]
Federal Protective Service Improvement and Accountability Act of 2015 Directs the Federal Protective Service (FPS) to maintain not fewer than 1,870 full-time equivalent positions, with at least 1,350 of such positions designated for fully trained federal law enforcement officers. Authorizes positions in the FPS inspector force to be designated as: (1) Federal Facility Security Officers responsible for performing security assessments at facilities protected by FPS, making security countermeasure recommendations for such facilities, participating
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HB-3418: Federal Protective Service Improvement and Accountability Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Donald Payne
Referred To The Subcommittee On Oversight And Management Efficiency. on 08/11/2015
Payroll Fraud Prevention Act of 2015 [HB-3427]
Payroll Fraud Prevention Act of 2015 Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to require every person (including every employer and enterprise) that employs an employee or non-employee who performs labor or services, including through an entity such as a trust, estate, partnership, association, company, or corporation, to: (1) classify such individuals accurately as employees or non-employees; and (2) notify each new employee and new non-employee of his or her classification as an employee or non-employee, together with information concerning
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HB-3427: Payroll Fraud Prevention Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 11/16/2015
Manufacturing Jobs for Veterans Act [HB-344]
Manufacturing Jobs for Veterans Act Directs the Secretary of Labor, as part of the Veteran's Workforce Investment Program, to carry out a five-year pilot program (to be known as the Veterans Manufacturing Employment Program) to award competitive grants to three states for the establishment and administration of a State Manufacturing Employment Program to make grants to manufacturing employers and labor-management organizations that provide training, on-job training, apprenticeships, and certification classes to eligible veterans.
HB-344: Manufacturing Jobs for Veterans Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 04/29/2015
Fair Chance Act Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2015 [HB-3470]
Fair Chance Act Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2015 This bill prohibits federal agencies and federal contractors from requesting that applicants for employment disclose criminal history record information before receiving a conditional offer (an offer of employment conditioned upon the results of a criminal history inquiry). The bill sets forth positions to which such prohibition shall not apply, such as positions for which prior consideration of criminal history record information is otherwise required by law, positions with law enforcement
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HB-3470: Fair Chance Act Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 03/23/2016
Christopher Bryski Student Loan Protection Act Christopher's Law [HB-3474]
Christopher Bryski Student Loan Protection Act Christopher's Law This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to require a private student loan lender to disclose clearly and conspicuously in writing a cosigner's obligations regarding a private student loan. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) must publish a model form for such disclosure. The bill prohibits a private student loan lender from taking an adverse action against a borrower (e.g., placing a loan in default or accelerating a loan balance) upon a cosigner's death, disability,
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HB-3474: Christopher Bryski Student Loan Protection Act Christopher's Law
Sponsored by: Rep. Donald Payne
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 03/23/2016
Grandparents Tax Credit Act of 2015 [HB-3475]
Grandparents Tax Credit Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow grandparents of a minor child whose family adjusted gross income does not exceed 300% of the federal poverty level a refundable tax credit for up to $500 of the cost of household items (i.e., food, clothing, and other items typically used by or for the benefit of the child) paid for the benefit of such child in a taxable year.
HB-3475: Grandparents Tax Credit Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 09/10/2015