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Also tagged in: Accounting, Administrative procedure, Alaska, Alcohol as fuel, Alien labor, Alternative energy sources, Authorization, Biodegradation, Budgets, Buy American, Canada, Capital budgets, Capital investments, China, Commemorations, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Connecticut, Corporate finance, Corporation directors, Debt, Delaware, Department of Transportation, District of Columbia, Early retirement, East Asia, Economic development, Economic policy, Employee rights, Environmental assessment, Environmental protection, Europe, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to transportation, Federal-state relations, Finance, Financial planning, Florida, France, Germany, Government corporations, Government information, Government paperwork, Government procurement, Highspeed ground transportation, Historic sites, History, Illegal aliens, Immigration, Indiana, Industrial arbitration, Infrastructure, Inspectors general, Intermodal transportation, Labor, Labor contracts, Law, Leases, Louisiana, Lubrication and lubricants, Maintenance and repair, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mediation, Methanol, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), Natural resources, New Jersey, New York City, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Performance measurement, Planning-programming-budgeting, Politics and government, Public contracts, Public lands, Railroad commuting traffic, Railroad employees, Railroad engineering, Railroad equipment, Railroad finance, Railroad freight operations, Railroad passenger traffic, Railroad safety, Railroads, Right-of-way, Science policy, Spain, Standards, State and local government, Surface Transportation Board, Technology, Technology transfer, Telecommunication, Tennessee, Texas, Trade, Traffic congestion, Transportation, Transportation research, Tunnels, United Kingdom, Wireless communication
Latest Action: 06/12/2008 - Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 779. Bill TextTo reauthorize Amtrak, and for other purposes. 6/11/2008--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 - Title I: Authorizations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2013 for: (1) Amtrak capital and operating grants, including capital grants to states, to the Amtrak Office of the Inspector General, and for accessibility improvements and barrier removal for individuals with disabilities; (2) Amtrak repayment of long-term debt and capital leases; and (3) the rail cooperative research program. Authorizes appropriations for FY2009 for grants to Amtrak and states participating in the Next Generation Corridor Train Equipment Pool Committee. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to withhold up to one-half of 1% of certain funds for the costs of project management oversight of capital projects carried out by Amtrak.(Sec. 102) Authorizes appropriations for costs [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/15/2008 - S.AMDT.4751 Cloture motion on amendment SA 4751 withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate. Bill TextTo provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions. 7/17/2007--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on July 13, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007 - Provides collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by states or local governments. Directs the Federal Labor Relations Authority (Authority) to determine whether state law provides specified rights and responsibilities for public safety officers, including: (1) granting public safety employees the right to form and join a labor organization which excludes management and supervisory employees, and which is, or seeks to be, recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent for such employees; and (2) requiring public safety employers to recognize [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Breast cancer, Civil rights, Conflict of interests, Consumer education, Consumers, Discrimination in insurance, Discrimination in medical care, Employee health benefits, Finance, Health insurance, Health policy, Hospital care, Labor, Labor contracts, Mastectomy, Medical care, Medical ethics, Medical fees, Medicine, Patients' rights, Physicians, Radiotherapy, Surgery, Women, Women's health, Women's health services
Latest Action: 05/21/2008 - Subcommittee Hearings Held. Bill TextTo require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations. 1/31/2007--Introduced. Breast Cancer Patient Protect Action of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan or a health issuer offering group health insurance coverage that provides medical and surgical benefits to ensure that inpatient (and in the case of a lumpectomy, outpatient) coverage and radiation therapy are provided for breast cancer treatment. Prohibits such a plan or issuer from: (1) restricting benefits for any hospital length of stay to less than 48 hours in connection with a mastectomy or breast conserving surgery or 24 hours in connection with a lymph node dissection; or (2) requiring that a provider obtain authorization from the plan [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextA bill to authorize resources for a grant program for local educational agencies to create innovation districts. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Innovation Districts for School Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to 10 urban and 10 non-urban local educational agencies (LEAs) for the creation of innovation districts. Requires the LEAs to: (1) establish tests and longitudinal data systems to track the academic progress of each elementary and secondary school student and use such performance measures in evaluating and awarding school personnel and programs; (2) work with teacher representatives and other community partners to attain the administrative flexibility to staff more equitably all agency schools with effective personnel; (3) evaluate and award effective teachers on the basis of student progress and observations of teacher performance; (4) provide grants to recent college graduates and mid-career professionals to attend LEA-established [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Bill TextProposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States respecting the right to full employment and balanced growth. 2/13/2007--Introduced. Constitutional Amendment - Provides that every person has the right to: (1) work; (2) free choice of employment; (3) just and favorable conditions of work; (4) protection against unemployment; and (5) equal pay for equal work, without any discrimination. Provides that all persons who work have the right to: (1) just and favorable remuneration ensuring for themselves and their family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection; and (2) form and join trade unions for the protection of their interests.
Also tagged in: Breast cancer, Civil rights, Conflict of interests, Consumer education, Consumers, Discrimination in insurance, Discrimination in medical care, Employee health benefits, Finance, Health insurance, Health policy, Hospital care, Labor, Labor contracts, Mastectomy, Medical care, Medical ethics, Medical fees, Medicine, Patients' rights, Physicians, Radiotherapy, Surgery, Women, Women's health, Women's health services
Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Breast Cancer Patient Protect Action of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan or a health issuer offering group health insurance coverage that provides medical and surgical benefits to ensure that inpatient (and in the case of a lumpectomy, outpatient) coverage and radiation therapy are provided for breast cancer treatment. Prohibits such a plan or issuer from: (1) restricting benefits for any hospital length of stay to less than 48 hours in connection with a mastectomy or breast conserving surgery or 24 hours in connection with a lymph node dissection; or (2) requiring that a provider obtain authorization from the plan [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo amend the National Labor Relations Act to require the arbitration of initial contract negotiation disputes, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Labor Relations First Contract Negotiations Act of 2005 [sic]- Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require mediation and, if necessary, binding arbitration of initial contract negotiation disputes.
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Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses with respect to medical care for their employees. 1/5/2007--Introduced. Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for establishment and governance of association health plans (AHPs), which are group health plans whose sponsors are trade, industry, professional, chamber of commerce, or similar business associations, and which meet certain ERISA certification requirements. Sets forth rules governing AHPs, including requirements relating to certification, sponsors and boards of trustees, participation and coverage, nondiscrimination, contribution rates, notice of voluntary termination, correction actions, and mandatory termination. Establishes the Association Health Plan Fund to be used by the Secretary of Labor to make payments to an insurer [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Admission of nonimmigrants, Agricultural labor, Agriculture, Alien labor, Budgets, Children, Civil liberties, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Department of Homeland Security, Department of State, Deportation, Dismissal of employees, Executive departments, Families, Fines (Penalties), Fraud, Identification devices, Immigration, Judicial review, Labor, Law, Married people, Mediation, Prosecution, Recruiting of employees, Right to travel, Seasonal labor, Social security, Social security numbers, Temporary employment, User charges, Visas
Latest Action: 01/10/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S361-363) Bill TextA bill to improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the United States and for other purposes. 1/10/2007--Introduced. Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security Act of 2007 or the AgJOBS Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to confer "blue card status" upon an alien who: (1) has performed agricultural employment in the United States for at least 863 hours or 150 work days during the 24-month period ending on December 31, 2006; (2) applied for such status during the 18-month application period beginning on the first day of the seventh month that begins after the date of enactment of this Act; (3) is otherwise admissible to the United States; and (4) has not been convicted of any felony or a misdemeanor, an element of which involves bodily injury, threat of serious bodily injury, or harm to property in excess of $500. Directs the Secretary to adjust a blue card alien (and spouse and minor children) to permanent [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 11/01/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. Bill TextA bill to reauthorize Amtrak, and for other purposes. 10/30/2007--Passed Senate amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007 - Title I: Authorizations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2007-FY2012 for: (1) Amtrak capital and operating grants, including capital grants to states; (2) the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA); (3) Amtrak repayment of long-term debt and capital leases; (4) payment into the Railroad Retirement Account that portion of Amtrak's Railroad Retirement Tier II Tax which exceeds the Tier II annuities paid to Amtrak retirees; and (5) the rail cooperative research program. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008 for: (1) grants to Amtrak and states participating in the Next Generation Corridor Train Equipment Pool Committee; and (2) Amtrak to evaluate improvements necessary to make all existing intercity rail stations readily accessible to and usable by individuals with [...] show full description
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Also tagged in: Accounting, Administrative procedure, Alaska, Alcohol as fuel, Alien labor, Alternative energy sources, Authorization, Biodegradation, Budgets, Buy American, Canada, Capital budgets, Capital investments, China, Commemorations, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Connecticut, Corporate finance, Corporation directors, Debt, Delaware, Department of Transportation, District of Columbia, Early retirement, East Asia, Economic development, Economic policy, Employee rights, Environmental assessment, Environmental protection, Europe, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to transportation, Federal-state relations, Finance, Financial planning, Florida, France, Germany, Government corporations, Government information, Government paperwork, Government procurement, Highspeed ground transportation, Historic sites, History, Illegal aliens, Immigration, Indiana, Industrial arbitration, Infrastructure, Inspectors general, Intermodal transportation, Labor, Labor contracts, Law, Leases, Louisiana, Lubrication and lubricants, Maintenance and repair, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mediation, Methanol, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), Natural resources, New Jersey, New York City, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Performance measurement, Planning-programming-budgeting, Politics and government, Public contracts, Public lands, Railroad commuting traffic, Railroad employees, Railroad engineering, Railroad equipment, Railroad finance, Railroad freight operations, Railroad passenger traffic, Railroad safety, Railroads, Right-of-way, Science policy, Spain, Standards, State and local government, Surface Transportation Board, Technology, Technology transfer, Telecommunication, Tennessee, Texas, Trade, Traffic congestion, Transportation, Transportation research, Tunnels, United Kingdom, Wireless communication
Latest Action: 06/12/2008 - Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 779. Bill TextTo reauthorize Amtrak, and for other purposes. 6/11/2008--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 - Title I: Authorizations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2013 for: (1) Amtrak capital and operating grants, including capital grants to states, to the Amtrak Office of the Inspector General, and for accessibility improvements and barrier removal for individuals with disabilities; (2) Amtrak repayment of long-term debt and capital leases; and (3) the rail cooperative research program. Authorizes appropriations for FY2009 for grants to Amtrak and states participating in the Next Generation Corridor Train Equipment Pool Committee. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to withhold up to one-half of 1% of certain funds for the costs of project management oversight of capital projects carried out by Amtrak.(Sec. 102) Authorizes appropriations for costs [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/07/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2638) Bill TextA bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 4/7/2008--Introduced. Repeals specified exceptions to rights of certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees to engage in collective bargaining. Requires a final decision of the VA with respect to the review of an adverse personnel action against a VA employee to be issued not later than 60 days after such action has been appealed. Subjects such decision to judicial review in the appropriate U.S. District Court or, if the decision is made by a labor arbitrator, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Latest Action: 01/16/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia. Bill TextTo provide for the protection and the integrity of the United States mail. 11/15/2007--Introduced. Mail Network Protection Act of 2007 - Requires the U.S. Postal Service to bargain with unions representing career Postal Service employees before entering into a contract for mail processing, mail handling, or surface transportation of mail if the contract, in a 12 month period, would involve work that would otherwise be performed by those employees and either: (1) involve more than a specified amount of work time; or (2) cost over $5 million.
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Latest Action: 11/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 11/6/2007--Introduced. Repeals specified exceptions to rights of certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees to engage in collective bargaining. Requires a final decision of the VA with respect to the review of an adverse personnel action against a VA employee to be issued not later than 60 days after such action has been appealed. Subjects such decision to judicial review in the appropriate U.S. District Court or, if the decision is made by a labor arbitrator, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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Latest Action: 10/31/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Bill TextTo amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 10/31/2007--Introduced. Repeals specified exceptions to rights of certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees to engage in collective bargaining. Requires a final decision of the (VA) with respect to the review of an adverse personnel action against a (VA) employee to be issued not later than 60 days after such action has been appealed. Subjects such decision to judicial review in the appropriate U.S. District Court or, if the decision is made by a labor arbitrator, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Appellate courts, Criminal justice, Elections, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Employee rights, Employee-management relations in government, Executive departments, Federal Labor Relations Authority, Federal preemption, Fire fighters, Government employee unions, Government employees, Industrial arbitration, Injunctions, Judicial review, Jurisdiction, Labor, Labor contracts, Law, Law enforcement officers, Local employees, Local laws, Lockouts, Mediation, Medical care, Medical personnel, Medicine, Paramedical personnel, Police, Public sector strikes, State and local government, State courts, State employees, State laws, State-local relations, Unfair labor practices
Latest Action: 10/01/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextA bill to provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions. 10/1/2007--Introduced. Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007 - Provides collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by states or local governments. Directs the Federal Labor Relations Authority (Authority) to determine whether state law provides specified rights and responsibilities for public safety officers, including: (1) granting public safety employees the right to form and join a labor organization which excludes management and supervisory employees, and which is, or seeks to be, recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent for such employees; and (2) requiring public safety employers to recognize and agree to bargain with the employees' labor organization. Requires the Authority to issue in accordance with the public safety employee rights and responsibilities regulations establishing collective [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Bankruptcy, Business, Corporate reorganizations, Defined benefit pension plans, Defined contribution plans, Employee benefit plans, Executive compensation, Finance, Fraud, Health policy, Labor, Law, Layoffs, Medical care, Pension funds, Pensions, Retiree health benefits, Securities, Severance pay, Trusts and trustees
Latest Action: 09/25/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12063) Bill TextA bill to amend title 11, United States Code, to improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies. 9/25/2007--Introduced. Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act of 2007 - Amends federal bankruptcy law to increase the maximum amount per individual or corporation of unsecured claims ranked in the fourth (wages, salaries, or commissions) and fifth (employee benefit plan contributions) order of priority. Includes within the scope of a claim in bankruptcy certain equity securities held in a defined contribution plan for the benefit of certain individuals. Ranks in sixth order of priority the diminished value of debtor's equity securities held in a defined contribution plan if the employer or plan sponsor committed fraud regarding the plan. Permits within administrative expenses certain severance pay for termination or layoffs. Prohibits certain senior executive compensation from being disproportionate in [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Bankruptcy, Business, Corporate reorganizations, Defined benefit pension plans, Defined contribution plans, Employee benefit plans, Executive compensation, Finance, Fraud, Health policy, Labor, Law, Layoffs, Medical care, Pension funds, Pensions, Retiree health benefits, Securities, Severance pay, Trusts and trustees
Latest Action: 10/12/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. Bill TextTo amend title 11, United States Code, to improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies. 9/25/2007--Introduced. Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act of 2007 - Amends federal bankruptcy law to increase the maximum amount per individual or corporationof unsecured claims ranked in the fourth (wages, salaries, or commissions) and fifth (employee benefit plan contributions) order of priority. Includes within the scope of a claim in bankruptcy certain equity securities held in a defined contribution plan for the benefit of certain individuals.Ranks in sixth order of priority the diminished value of debtor's equity securities held in a defined contribution plan if the employer or plan sponsor committed fraud regarding the plan.Permits within administrative expenses certain severance pay for termination or layoffs.Prohibits certain senior executive compensation from being disproportionate in light of economic [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, Employee benefit plans, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to health facilities, Higher education, Labor, Medical care, Medicine, Nurses, Nursing education, Wages
Latest Action: 09/18/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11665) Bill TextA bill to fund comprehensive programs to ensure an adequate supply of nurses. 9/18/2007--Introduced. Nurse Training and Retention Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a partnership grant program to award grants to eligible entities to carry out comprehensive programs to provide education to nurses and create a pipeline to nursing for incumbent ancillary healthcare workers who wish to advance their careers.Includes as eligible to receive a grant: (1) a healthcare entity that is jointly administered by a healthcare employer and a labor union representing its employees and that carries out activities using labor management training funds; (2) an entity that operates a training program that is jointly administered by one or more healthcare providers or facilities, or a trade association of healthcare providers, and one or more organizations that represent the interests of direct care healthcare workers or staff nurses who have direct input as to the [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Arrest, Civil liberties, Commemorations, Congressional tributes, Criminal justice, Employee rights, Foreign policy, Human rights, International affairs, International agencies, Iran, Labor, Labor unions, Middle East and North Africa, Political prisoners
Latest Action: 10/03/2007 - Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Bill TextCondemning the persecution of labor rights advocates in Iran. 10/2/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Condemns the government of Iran for the arrest and imprisonment of Iranian union leaders Mahmoud Salehi and Mansour Osanloo and demands their immediate release. Expresses solidarity with the workers of Iran and stands with them, and with all Iranians, in their effort to bring political freedom and individual liberty to Iran. Calls on the Iranian regime to respect the right of Iranian workers to form independent associations and unions, as required by its membership in the International Labor Organization.
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