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Latest Action: 06/16/2008 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-390. Bill TextTo authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct special resources studies of certain lands and structures to determine the appropriate means for preservation, use, and management of the resources associated with such lands and structures. 6/16/2008--Reported to Senate amended. (There are 2 other summaries) America's Historical and Natural Legacy Study Act - (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site in Lamar, Missouri, to determine: (1) the suitability and feasibility of adding the birthplace site to the Harry S Truman National Historic Site or designating the site as a separate unit of the National Park System; and (2) the methods and means for the protection and interpretation of the Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site by the National Park Service (NPS), other federal, state, or local government entities, or private or nonprofit organizations.[...] show full description
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Latest Action: 09/11/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Bill TextTo establish a United States Health Service to provide high quality comprehensive health care for all Americans and to overcome the deficiencies in the present system of health care delivery. 7/11/2007--Introduced. Josephine Butler United States Health Service Act - Establishes the United States Health Service as an independent executive branch entity to provide health care and supplemental health services to all individuals within the United States. Requires the President to appoint members to a National Health Board to exercise the authority of the Service. Establishes an Office of the Inspector General for Health Services. Requires the Service to ensure that every individual is given certain basic health rights, including the right to receive high quality care and supplemental services from any facility within the Service capable of providing such services without charge and without discrimination. Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Administrative remedies, Admission of nonimmigrants, Alien labor, Aliens, Budgets, Business, Civil rights, Colleges, Congressional reporting requirements, Corporate management, Corporate reorganizations, Department of Labor, Directories, Disciplining of employees, Discrimination in employment, Dismissal of employees, Education, Employee benefit plans, Employee leasing, Employee rights, Executive departments, Executives, Fees, Fines (Penalties), Fraud, Government information, Government paperwork, Governmental investigations, Grievance procedures, Higher education, Immigration, Industrial relations, International corporations, Labor, Labor disputes, Law, Layoffs, Lockouts, Minimum wages, Nonprofit organizations, Research centers, Science policy, Skilled labor, Social security, Surveys, Trade, Transfer of employees, Visas, Wage restitution, Wages, Whistle blowing
Latest Action: 06/25/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. Bill TextTo amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the admission of L-1 intra-company transferee nonimmigrants. 5/24/2007--Introduced. L-1 Nonimmigrant Reform Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise L-1 (intracompany transfers) nonimmigrant visa provisions. Prohibits entry of an L-1 worker unless the employer has filed a labor condition application with the Secretary of Labor which shall attest that: (1) wage and working condition comparability exists; (2) no strike or lockout exists in the occupational classification at the employment site; (3) the employer has notified the bargaining representative or the employees about the prospective L-1 hiring; (4) the L-1 application contains occupational classification and wage and working condition information; and (5) there has not been nor will there be any lay-off of U.S. workers 180 days before or after the L-1 hiring. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Homeland Security to: [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Age discrimination, Aged, Alien labor, Business, Civil liberties, Civil rights, Contractors, Criminal justice, Directories, Disabled, Disciplining of employees, Discrimination in employment, Dismissal of employees, Employee benefit plans, Employee rights, Employee training, Employers' liability, Employment of the disabled, Fees, Fines (Penalties), Fraud, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Housing, Immigration, Industrial relations, Injunctions, Job training, Labor, Labor disputes, Law, Lockouts, Minorities, Minority employment, Racial discrimination, Recidivists, Recruiting of employees, Religion, Religious liberty, Sex discrimination, Transportation, Travel costs, Wages, Whistle blowing, Witnesses, Women, Workers' compensation
Latest Action: 06/27/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Bill TextTo provide for labor recruiter accountability, and for other purposes. 3/29/2007--Introduced. Indentured Servitude Abolition Act of 2007 - Requires foreign labor contractors (recruiters) and employers to inform foreign workers accurately of specified terms and conditions of their employment at the time they are recruited. Requires such information to be provided in written form in English or, as necessary and reasonable, in the language of the worker being recruited. Prohibits charging fees to workers for recruitment. Requires employers to pay such a worker's transportation costs, including subsistence costs during the period of travel: (1) from the place of recruitment to the place of employment; and (2) from the place of employment to the worker's place of permanent residence. Prohibits discrimination in employment by an employer or a recruiter against an individual because of race, color, creed, sex, national origin, religion, age, or disability. [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/05/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Bill TextTo establish a living wage, jobs for all policy for all peoples in the United States and its territories, and for other purposes. 2/14/2007--Introduced. A Living Wage, Jobs for All Act - Declares that Congress affirms the basic economic rights and responsibilities under the 1944 "Economic Bill of Rights," while updating and extending it to include: (1) certain rights to decent jobs, income security for individuals unable to work for pay, a decent living for farm families, freedom from monopolies, decent housing, adequate health services, Social Security in old age, sickness, accidental injury, and unemployment, and education and work training; and (2) certain other rights relating to collective bargaining, a safe working environment, information on trends in pollution sources and products and processes that affect the well-being of workers throughout the world, voting and campaigning, and personal security. Requires corporations registered with the Securities and Exchange [...] show full description
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