Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act of 2013 [HB-831]
Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to discontinue issuing to any new profit or non-profit or governmental entity special wage certificates (which permit individuals with disabilities, including individuals employed in agriculture, to be paid at lower than minimum wages). Prescribes requirements for a three-year phase-out of all certificates. Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to repeal authority and requirements for the issuance of such certificates three years after enactment of this Act.
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HB-831: Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 04/23/2013
Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013 [HB-850]
Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013 - (Sec. 2) States that it shall be U.S. policy to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability. Title I: Human Rights and Terrorism Sanctions - (Sec. 101) Amends the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 to subject to mandatory sanctions a foreign financial institution that facilitates a significant transaction or provides significant financial services for a person that: (1) is subject to human rights-related sanctions, or (2) exports sensitive technology to Iran
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HB-850: Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 08/01/2013
United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 [HB-938]
United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 - (Sec. 3) Declares that Israel is a major strategic partner of the United States. Title I: United States-Israel Strategic Alliance - (Sec. 101) Amends the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012 to change language regarding certain actions to assist in the defense of Israel and to protect U.S. interests from a "sense of Congress" to actions the "President should take." Requires the President to report to Congress regarding such actions. Amends the Department of Defense
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HB-938: United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 03/06/2014
Women Veterans and Other Health Care Improvements Act of 2013 [HB-958]
Women Veterans and Other Health Care Improvements Act of 2013 - Includes fertility counseling and treatment within authorized Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical services. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish such counseling and treatment, including the use of assisted reproductive technology, to a spouse or surrogate of a severely wounded, ill, or injured veteran who has an infertility condition incurred or aggravated in the line of duty and who is enrolled in the VA health care system, as long as the spouse and veteran
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HB-958: Women Veterans and Other Health Care Improvements Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 03/14/2013
United States Postal Service Stabilization Act of 2013 [HB-961]
United States Postal Service Stabilization Act of 2013 - Amends provisions concerning the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS), with respect to employees of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), to: (1) provide a new formula for calculating employee pension contributions using the normal-cost percentage method multiplied by the aggregate amount of basic pay payable to employees of USPS and the Postal Regulatory Commission, and (2) provide for the use of excess FERS contributions to pay USPS debt obligations and make pension contributions.
HB-961: United States Postal Service Stabilization Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The House Committee On Oversight And Government Reform. on 03/05/2013
HCR-34: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Chained Consumer Price Index should not be used to calculate cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security benefits.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 04/18/2013
You have voted HCR-34: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Chained Consumer Price Index should not be used to calculate cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security benefits..
Stop Harming Our Kids Resolution of 2013 [HCR-69]
Stop Harming Our Kids Resolution of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that sexual orientation change efforts directed at minors are discredited and ineffective, have no legitimate therapeutic purpose, and are dangerous and harmful. Encourages states to protect minors from efforts that promote or promise to change sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, based on the premise that being lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or gender nonconforming is a mental illness or developmental disorder that can or should be cured. Defines
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HCR-69: Stop Harming Our Kids Resolution of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 12/06/2013
HR-174: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Speaker should immediately request a conference and appoint conferees to complete work on a fiscal year 2014 budget resolution with the Senate.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Motion To Discharge Committee Filed By Mr. Van Hollen. Petition No: 113-3. ( ">discharge Petition Text With Signatures.) on 06/20/2013
You have voted HR-174: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Speaker should immediately request a conference and appoint conferees to complete work on a fiscal year 2014 budget resolution with the Senate..
HR-281: Expressing concern over persistent and credible reports of systematic, state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience, in the People's Republic of China, including from large numbers of Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned for their religious beliefs, and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 07/30/2014
You have voted HR-281: Expressing concern over persistent and credible reports of systematic, state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience, in the People's Republic of China, including from large numbers of Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned for their religious beliefs, and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups..