Healthy Families Act [HB-1516]
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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HB-1516: Healthy Families Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 03/13/2017
Expressing support for designation of March 14, 2017, as "National Pi Day". [HR-196]
Expressing support for designation of March 14, 2017, as "National Pi Day". Supports the designation of a Pi Day and its celebration around the world. Recognizes the continuing importance of the math and science education programs of the National Science Foundation. Encourages schools and educators to observe the day with appropriate activities that teach students about Pi and engage them in the study of mathematics.
HR-196: Expressing support for designation of March 14, 2017, as "National Pi Day".
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Research And Technology. on 05/22/2018
American Patriots of WWII through Service with the Canadian and British Armed Forces Gold Medal Act of 2017 [HB-1553]
American Patriots of WWII through Service with the Canadian and British Armed Forces Gold Medal Act of 2017 This bill directs the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to arrange for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to all U.S. nationals who voluntarily joined the Canadian and British armed forces and their supporting entities during World War II, in recognition of their dedicated service.
HB-1553: American Patriots of WWII through Service with the Canadian and British Armed Forces Gold Medal Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Introduced In House on 03/15/2017
Donald Payne Sr. Colorectal Cancer Detection Act of 2017 [HB-1578]
Donald Payne Sr. Colorectal Cancer Detection Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage and payment, subject to specified frequency limits, of certain colorectal cancer screening blood-based tests.
HB-1578: Donald Payne Sr. Colorectal Cancer Detection Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/24/2017
African Descent Affairs Act of 2017 [HB-1570]
African Descent Affairs Act of 2017 This bill amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to direct the Department of State to establish within an Office of Global African Descent Affairs, to be headed by the Director and Special Advisor to the Secretary on Global African Descent Affairs. Office functions shall include: advising the Secretary of State and directing policies, programs, and funding relating to the human rights and the advancement of people of African descent internationally; developing and managing the Fund for African
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HB-1570: African Descent Affairs Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 03/16/2017
Reaffirming the commitment of the United States to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). [HR-202]
Reaffirming the commitment of the United States to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the United States reaffirms its commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as the foundation of transatlantic security and defense, (2) NATO serves as a critical coalition in preserving transatlantic peace and stability, and (3) NATO's continuing development of new capabilities and technologies to combat terrorism and a changing international security environment are crucial
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HR-202: Reaffirming the commitment of the United States to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Introduced In House on 03/16/2017
Servicemember Intimate Privacy Protection Act [HB-1588]
Servicemember Intimate Privacy Protection Act This bill amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to prohibit the nonconsensual distribution of private sexual images. To be guilty of such offense, a person must have: knowingly broadcast or distributed a visual image of another person who is at least 18 years of age, who is identifiable from the image itself or from information displayed in connection with the image, and who is engaged in a sexual act or exposes a private area; obtained the image under circumstances in which a reasonable person
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Student Loan Refinancing Act [HB-1614]
Student Loan Refinancing Act This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow a borrower of a Federal Direct Loan program loan to modify the interest rate on such a loan to the current applicable rate. That interest rate is fixed for the life of the loan, unless the borrower elects to modify it again.
HB-1614: Student Loan Refinancing Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 03/17/2017
ICE and CBP Body Camera Accountability Act [HB-1608]
ICE and CBP Body Camera Accountability Act This bill directs U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to ensure that ICE and CBP agents and officers wear body cameras when engaged in official operations. ICE and CBP must establish: (1) policies for the use of such cameras, and (2) procedures for carrying out adverse actions for noncompliance with such policies. Such cameras must be on for an agent's or officer's entire shift. Footage collected by such a body camera shall be made available to each party
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HB-1608: ICE and CBP Body Camera Accountability Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 03/31/2017