Also tagged in: Armed forces, Budgets, Congress, Congress and military policy, Congressional reporting requirements, Day care, Defense policy, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Families, Federal aid to education, Governmental investigations, Higher education, Home offices, Income tax, Job training, Labor, Married people, Medical care, Medical personnel, Medicine, Military dependents, Preschool education, Recruiting and enlistment, Tax credits, Teacher education, Telecommunication, Veterans, Veterans' education, Veterans' employment, Wages
Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to provide enhanced education and employment opportunities for military spouses. 2/6/2008--Introduced. Military Spouse Education and Employment Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include spouses of members of the Armed Forces on extended active duty (more than 90 days or for an indefinite period) and eligible teleworking military spouses (teleworking spouses whose wages are expected to equal or exceed 150% of U.S. median annual earnings) as members of a targeted group for purposes of the work opportunity tax credit. Includes the wife or husband of a member serving on extended active duty within the federal veterans' employment preference. Allows members who have completed two terms of service and have reenlisted for a third term to transfer a portion of their entitlement to basic educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill. (Current law allows such transfer for members with critical military skills.) Requires studies on: (1) [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, Business, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Disabled, Employment of the disabled, Grants-in-aid, Labor, Small business, Telecommunication, Veterans, Veterans' employment
Latest Action: 01/29/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E94-95) Bill TextTo direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to conduct a demonstration program to raise awareness about telework among small business employers, and to encourage such employers to offer telework options to employees, and for other purposes. 1/29/2008--Introduced. Small Business Telework Promotion Act -Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to carry out a competitive grant program to raise awareness about telework among small business employers and to encourage such employers to offer telework options to employees. Requires the Administrator to make special efforts to conduct outreach to businesses owned by or employing individuals with disabilities, particularly service-disabled veterans, as well as agencies, groups, or organizations that aid such individuals. Terminates such program at the end of FY2009.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Computer security measures, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Electronic government information, Emergency management, Employee training, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal employees, Federal officials, General Services Administration, Government employees, Government information, Job training, Law, Productivity in government, Rating of employees, Technology, Telecommunication
Latest Action: 06/19/2008 - Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia. Bill TextTo improve teleworking in executive agencies by developing a telework program that allows employees to telework at least 20 percent of the hours worked in every 2 administrative workweeks, and for other purposes. 6/3/2008--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Telework Improvements Act of 2008 - (Sec. 2) Requires: (1) the head of each executive agency to establish a policy under which employees may be authorized to telework; (2) such policies to conform to telework regulations prescribed by the Administrator of General Services; and (3) such policies to ensure that all employees are authorized to telework to the maximum extent possible and without diminishing employee performance or agency operations.Declares that nothing in this Act shall: (1) require agency heads to authorize teleworking in the case of employees whose duties and responsibilities require daily access to classified information, daily face-to-face contact with the public [...] show full description
Latest Action: 10/23/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Bill TextExpressing support for a National Telework Week to be established. 10/2/2007--Introduced. Supports: (1) the establishment of a National Telework Week; and (2) such week being observed by employers allowing their employees, to the extent possible, to telework one day during National Telework Week.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Alternative energy sources, Biomass energy, Budgets, Business, Business education, Disabled, Employment of the disabled, Energy, Energy efficiency, Energy research, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federally-guaranteed loans, Finance, Geothermal resources, Grants-in-aid, Hydrogen, Labor, Law, Research and development, Science policy, Small business, Small Business Administration, Solar energy, Technological innovations, Technology, Technology transfer, Telecommunication, Wind power
Latest Action: 06/19/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7897-7898) Bill TextA bill to establish a small business energy efficiency program, and for other purposes. 6/19/2007--Introduced. Small Business Energy Efficiency Act of 2007 - Sets a deadline for final rules establishing a small business education and assistance program regarding energy efficiency. Creates in the Small Business Administration (SBA) the position of Assistant Administrator for Small Business Energy Policy. Establishes a Small Business Energy Efficiency Pilot Program to provide energy efficiency assistance to small businesses through small business development centers. Makes centers selected for the program eligible for grants. Creates a pilot program to provide information regarding telecommuting to small businesses and to encourage the businesses to offer telecommuting options to employees, including outreach regarding individuals with disabilities. Amends the Small Business Act to require the SBA Administrator, in carrying out duties related to Small Business [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Accreditation (Education), Administrative procedure, Adoption, Aged, Agriculture, Armed forces, Auditing, Authorization, Block grants, Budgets, Building construction, Business, Caregivers, Child care workers, Child development, Child health, Child nutrition, Children, Class size, Communications, Community and school, Community development, Community organization, Compensatory education, Competition, Congressional reporting requirements, Construction industries, Construction workers, Continuing education, Contractors, Curricula, Day care, Defense policy, Department of Agriculture, Department of Health and Human Services, Diet, Disability insurance, Disabled, Education, Educational accountability, Educational planning, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Employee benefit plans, Employee health benefits, Employee training, Employee vacations, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy conservation in buildings, Equipment and supplies, Evaluation research (Social action programs), Executive departments, Exercise, Families, Family day care, Family leave, Federal aid to child health services, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to Indians, Federal employees, Federally-guaranteed loans, Finance, Fire prevention, Food, Food service, Fringe benefits, Fruit, Geriatrics, Government contractors, Government employees, Government employees' health insurance, Government information, Government lending, Government ownership, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Grandparents, Grants-in-aid, Health insurance, Health policy, Higher education, Housing, Indian children, Indians, Infants, Infrastructure, Insurance premiums, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Job training, Labor, Law, Licenses, Literacy programs, Maintenance and repair, Married people, Medicaid, Medical care, Medical economics, Medical screening, Medical tests, Medically uninsured, Medicine, Military dependents, Minimum wages, Minorities, Mortgage banks, Mortgage guaranty insurance, Mortgages, Mothers, Nonprofit organizations, Obesity, Parent and child, Parent-school relationships, Parents, Part-time employment, Pension funds, Pensions, Poor children, Pregnant women, Preschool education, Public contracts, Revolving funds, Safety appliances, Salaries, Scholarships, School lunch program, School-age child care, Secondary education, Secondary mortgage market, Sick leave, Social security, Social services, Solar energy, Sports, State and local government, Stocks, Student activities, Tax-exempt organizations, Taxation, Teacher education, Teacher salaries, Teacher supply and demand, Teaching materials, Temporary employment, Transportation, Unemployment insurance, Vegetables, Wages, Welfare, Women, Youth services
Latest Action: 07/17/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Bill TextTo improve the lives of working families by providing family and medical need assistance, child care assistance, in-school and afterschool assistance, family care assistance, and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces. 5/17/2007--Introduced. Family and Workplace Balancing Act of 2007, or Balancing Act of 2007 - Family Income to Respond to Significant Transitions Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to make five-year grants to a state or local government to pay for the federal share of projects that assist families by providing wage replacement for eligible individuals responding to family caregiving needs, especially those related to the birth or adoption of a child. Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act of 2007 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) and federal civil service law to allow employees covered by FMLA and civil servants to take specified additional leave for: (1) parental involvement in their children's or grandchildren's [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional officers, Congressional reorganization, Congressional reporting requirements, Employee training, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal employees, Federal officials, Government employees, Government information, Government publicity, Job training, Performance measurement, Rating of employees, Telecommunication
Latest Action: 11/14/2007 - Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-342. 10:00 a.m. Bill TextA bill to enhance the Federal Telework Program. 3/27/2007--Introduced. Telework Enhancement Act of 2007 - Requires the head of each executive agency, the Chief Justice, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Majority Leader of the Senate to: (1) establish a policy under which federal employees shall participate in telework to the maximum extent possible without diminishing employee performance or organizational operations; and (2) appoint a Telework Managing Officer. Exempts from the policy executive branch employees: (1) whose duties involve the daily handling of secure materials, necessary contact with special equipment, or a daily physical presence; (2) who are assigned to national security or intelligence functions; or (3) whose functions are otherwise inappropriate for teleworking and which are designated as functions to which the policy does not apply. Provides for the Speaker, the Majority Leader, and Chief Justice to designate ineligible legislative [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, Business, Children, Computers, Cost of living adjustments, Day care, Economic policy, Education, Families, Finance, Fringe benefits, Government trust funds, Higher education, Home offices, Income tax, Indexing (Economic policy), Interest, Job training, Labor, Married people, Old age, survivors and disability insurance, Parents, Pensions, Social security, Student loan funds, Survivors' benefits, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Tax exclusion, Tax exemption, Tax rates, Taxation, Technology, Telecommunication, Wages
Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase tax benefits for parents with children, and for other purposes. 3/8/2007--Introduced. Parents' Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide for a minimum tax credit for household and dependent care services for dependents under the age of seven and to phase out such credit based on the amount by which the taxpayer's adjusted gross income exceeds a threshold amount; (2) increase to $5,000 the amount of the personal tax exemption; (3) eliminate the marriage penalty in all income tax brackets and in the tax deduction for student loan interest; (4) establish a standard tax deduction for expenses related to business usage of a home; (5) make permanent increases in the child tax credit and adjust the amount of such credit for inflation on an annual basis after 2007; (6) allow employers a tax credit for employees who telecommute; and (7) allow an exclusion from employee gross income for employer-provided [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, Business, Children, Computers, Cost of living adjustments, Day care, Economic policy, Education, Families, Finance, Fringe benefits, Government trust funds, Higher education, Home offices, Income tax, Indexing (Economic policy), Interest, Job training, Labor, Married people, Old age, survivors and disability insurance, Parents, Pensions, Social security, Student loan funds, Survivors' benefits, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Tax exclusion, Tax exemption, Tax rates, Taxation, Technology, Telecommunication, Wages
Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E499-500) Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase tax benefits for parents with children, and for other purposes. 3/8/2007--Introduced. Parents' Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide for a minimum tax credit for household and dependent care services for dependents under the age of seven and to phase out such credit based on the amount by which the taxpayer's adjusted gross income exceeds a threshold amount; (2) increase to $5,000 the amount of the personal tax exemption; (3) eliminate the marriage penalty in all income tax brackets and in the tax deduction for student loan interest; (4) establish a standard tax deduction for expenses related to business usage of a home; (5) make permanent increases in the child tax credit and adjust the amount of such credit for inflation on an annual basis after 2007; (6) allow employers a tax credit for employees who telecommute; and (7) allow an exclusion from employee gross income for employer-provided [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Commuter tax, Home labor, Income tax, Labor, Residence requirements, State and local government, State taxation, Tax exemption, Taxation, Telecommunication, Transportation
Latest Action: 03/06/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2720-2721) Bill TextA bill to amend title 4 of the United States Code to limit the extent to which States may tax the compensation earned by nonresident telecommuters. 3/6/2007--Introduced. Telecommuters Tax Fairness Act of 2007 - Prohibits a state from imposing an income tax on the compensation of a nonresident individual for any period in which such individual is not physically present in or working in such state or from deeming such nonresident individual to be present in or working in such state on the grounds that: (1) such individual is present at or working at home for convenience; or (2) such individual's work at home fails any convenience of the employer test or any similar test.
Also tagged in: Commuter tax, Home labor, Income tax, Labor, Residence requirements, State and local government, State taxation, Tax exemption, Taxation, Telecommunication, Transportation
Latest Action: 03/30/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. Bill TextTo amend title 4 of the United States Code to limit the extent to which States may tax the compensation earned by nonresident telecommuters. 3/6/2007--Introduced. Telecommuters Tax Fairness Act of 2007 - Prohibits a state from imposing an income tax on the compensation of a nonresident individual for any period in which such individual is not physically present in or working in such state or from deeming such nonresident individual to be present in or working in such state on the grounds that: (1) such individual is present at or working at home for convenience; or (2) such individual's work at home fails any convenience of the employer test or any similar test.
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Automobile tires, Automobiles, Budgets, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Economic impact statements, Economic policy, Electric batteries, Electric vehicles, Energy, Federal aid to transportation, Fuel consumption, Geothermal resources, Governmental investigations, Grants-in-aid, Income tax, Irrigation, Marine resources, Ocean energy resources, Standards, Tax credits, Taxation, Technological innovations, Tidal power, Traffic congestion, Transportation, Trucks, Water resources
Latest Action: 01/16/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S596-598) Bill TextA bill to provide incentives for renewable energy production, to increase fuel economy standards for automobiles, and to provide tax incentives for renewable energy production. 1/16/2007--Introduced. Renewable Energy, Fuel Reduction, and Economic Stabilization and Enhancement Act of 2007 or REFRESH Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to make grants to: (1) promote geothermal power development; (2) develop all forms of ocean energy; and (3) assist in the development of new technology for the production of plug-in hybrid electric-combustion engine vehicles. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in calculating average fuel economy, to use the procedures described in the final rule relating to fuel economy labeling published in the Federal Register on December 27, 2006. Requires the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to study anticipated economic impacts and fuel savings from a requirement [...] show full description
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