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A resolution urging the Governments of Burma and Bangladesh to ensure the safe, dignified, voluntary, and sustainable return of the Rohingya refugees who have been displaced by the campaign of ethnic cleansing conducted by the Burmese military. [SR-376]
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[International ]
[National Security ]
A resolution urging the Governments of Burma and Bangladesh to ensure the safe, dignified, voluntary, and sustainable return of the Rohingya refugees who have been displaced by the campaign of ethnic cleansing conducted by the Burmese military. Condemns: (1) the violence and displacement inflicted on Burma's (Myanmar's) Rohingya and other ethnic minorities, and (2) the attacks by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army militant group. Calls for an immediate halt to all hostilities by Burmese authorities. Calls on: the government of Burma to allow full
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Pay Our Military Act of 2018 [S.2328]
[Defense ]
[Military ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[National Security ]
[Veterans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Pay Our Military Act of 2018 This bill provides FY2018 appropriations for military pay and death benefits during any period in which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2018 are not in effect. In the event of a government shutdown, the bill provides continuing appropriations for: pay and allowances to members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components, who perform active service (including drill) during the period; payments of death benefits for individuals who die during the period; and pay and allowances to civilian personnel or contractors
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No Government No Pay Act of 2018 [S.2327]
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[Ethics ]
No Government No Pay Act of 2018
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Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2018 [S.2301]
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[Mental Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2018 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to require the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and the Treasury to: (1) cooperatively issue regulations to require group health plans and health insurance issuers to annually disclose the analyses performed to ensure compliance with mental health parity laws, and (2) conduct annual random audits of group health plans and health insurance issuers
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Community Connect Grant Program Act of 2018 [S.2654]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Community Development ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
Community Connect Grant Program Act of 2018 This bill amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to provide statutory authority for the existing Community Connect Grant Program, which is a Department of Agriculture program that provides grants to finance broadband transmission in rural areas where broadband service does not currently exist.
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CREATES Act of 2018 Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act of 2018 [S.974]
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CREATES Act of 2018 Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act of 2018
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Social Security Fairness Act of 2017 [S.915]
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[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
Social Security Fairness Act of 2017 This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal the "government pension offset" and the "windfall elimination provision." Under current law, those provisions reduce OASDI benefits for individuals who receive a pension based on earnings in government employment that was not covered under the Social Security program.
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CONSENT Act Customer Online Notification for Stopping Edge-provider Network Transgressions [S.2639]
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[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
CONSENT Act Customer Online Notification for Stopping Edge-provider Network Transgressions
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2020 Census IDEA Act 2020 Census Improving Data and Enhanced Accuracy Act [S.2578]
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[Data Privacy ]
[Elections ]
2020 Census IDEA Act 2020 Census Improving Data and Enhanced Accuracy Act This bill prohibits the Department of Commerce, in the 2020 decennial census of population and each decennial census thereafter, from: (1) implementing any major operational design that has not been researched, studied, and tested for a period of not less than three years before the date on which the applicable census occurs; or (2) including on the questionnaire for the census any subject, type of information, or question that was not submitted to Congress. The Government
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Museum and Library Services Act of 2017 [S.2271]
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[Arts and Culture ]
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[Education ]
Museum and Library Services Act of 2017 This bill amends and reauthorizes through FY2023 the Museum and Library Services Act and provides funding for library services and technology through FY2023. The bill expands the definition of "library" and "museum" to include a tribal library or museum and expands the services museums are authorized to provide. The Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the 21st Century Museum Professional Program established by this bill, may enter into arrangements with museum, museum consortia and associations,
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