Healthy Families Act [S.636]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
Healthy Families Act This bill requires certain employers, who employ 15 or more employees for each working day during 20 or more workweeks a year, to permit each employee to earn at least 1 hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked. The bill authorizes small employers with fewer than 15 employees to provide the same paid sick time, but allows them to opt out. Any small employer that opts out shall provide at least 56 hours of unpaid sick time to each employee per calendar year. The bill declares that an employer shall not be required to
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S.636: Healthy Families Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/15/2017
FAIR Act Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act of 2017 [S.642]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Property Tax ]
FAIR Act Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act of 2017 This bill modifies general rules governing civil forfeiture proceedings to: (1) ensure that a person contesting a civil forfeiture has legal representation without regard to whether the property subject to forfeiture is being used by such person as a primary residence; (2) increase the federal government's burden of proof in civil forfeiture proceedings to clear and convincing evidence; (3) require the government, in addition to showing a substantial connection between the seized property
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S.642: FAIR Act Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 03/15/2017
SCR-10: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should name the next nuclear powered submarine of the United States Navy the "USS Los Alamos".
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S1896) on 03/21/2017
You have voted SCR-10: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should name the next nuclear powered submarine of the United States Navy the "USS Los Alamos"..
Tax Relief for Guard and Reserve Training Act [S.697]
[Taxes ]
[Military ]
[Veterans ]
Tax Relief for Guard and Reserve Training Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax deductions for expenses in connection with the performance of services as a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces, to: (1) reduce from 100 miles to 50 miles (without regard to whether such period includes an overnight stay) the distance from home requirement for the above-the-line deduction; and (2) exempt from the 2% floor on miscellaneous itemized deductions the deductions allowed that consist of expenses paid or incurred
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S.697: Tax Relief for Guard and Reserve Training Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks: Cr S1933-1934; Text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S1934) on 03/22/2017
Department of Veterans Affairs Appeals Modernization Act of 2017 [S.712]
[Veterans ]
Department of Veterans Affairs Appeals Modernization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits appeals process to permit a claimant to request: a review of the agency of original jurisdiction's decision by a higher-level adjudicator within the agency based on the original evidence; or a Board of Veterans Appeals (BVA) review under which no BVA hearing is requested and no additional evidence may be submitted or under which a BVA hearing is requested and the appellant requests an opportunity to submit additional
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S.712: Department of Veterans Affairs Appeals Modernization Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 03/23/2017
MAR-A-LAGO Act Making Access Records Available to Lead American Government Openness Act [S.721]
[Data Privacy ]
[Ethics ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
MAR-A-LAGO Act Making Access Records Available to Lead American Government Openness Act This bill directs the President to establish and update, every 90 days, a publicly available database that contains records of: the name of each visitor at the White House, residence of the Vice-President, or any other location at which the President or Vice President regularly conducts official business (covered location); the name of each individual with whom the visitor met at the covered location; and the purpose of the visit. The President shall not include
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S.721: MAR-A-LAGO Act Making Access Records Available to Lead American Government Openness Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 03/23/2017
Private Corrado Piccoli Purple Heart Preservation Act [S.765]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Private Corrado Piccoli Purple Heart Preservation Act This bill provides that regulations restricting the purchase, production, sale, or exchange of military medals or decorations may not authorize the sale of a Purple Heart awarded to a member of the Armed Forces, unless the sale is conducted by the member to whom the Purple Heart was awarded.
Save Our Seas Act of 2018 [S.756]
[Environmental ]
[Trade ]
[International ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Water ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
Save Our Seas Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Marine Debris Act to revise the Marine Debris Program to require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to work with: (1) other agencies to address both land- and sea-based sources of marine debris, and (2) the Department of State and other agencies to promote international action to reduce the incidence of marine debris. (Sec. 3) The bill also revises the program by allowing NOAA to make sums available for assisting in the cleanup and response required by severe marine
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S.756: Save Our Seas Act of 2018
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Signed By President. on 12/21/2018