Subject Wages and earnings | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | SB479 | Small Business Efficiency Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat professional employer organizations (PEOs), certified by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), as employers for employment tax purposes (thus allowing such PEOs to pay wages and ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-06 |
| US | HR105 | Recognizes the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Department of Labor. Congratulates and commends all those who served as employees of the Department to improve the lives of working people. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-06 |
| US | SB468 | Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act of 2013 or CARE Act - Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to transfer specified excess funds derived from coal mine operator-paid reclamation fees to the trustees of the 1974 Unit... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-06 |
| US | SB460 | Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to: (1) $8.20 an hour on the first day of the third month after the enactment of this Act; (2) $9.15 an hour after o... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 |
| US | HB814 | Rewriting to Improve and Secure an Exit Out of Poverty Act or RISE Out of Poverty Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Act) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require state TANF plans to address whether and how s... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-04 |
| US | HR94 | Expresses support for efforts to make improving women's health a priority in the 113th Congress. Expresses support for efforts to ensure that women have: (1) access to the best available scientifically based health care, safe childbearing, and afford... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-01 |
| US | SB399 | American Job Protection Act - Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, as added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, that: (1) impose fines on large employers (employers with more than 50 full-time employees) who fail to offer t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-28 |
| US | HB929 | Patriot Corporations of America Act of 2013 - Grants after 2013 a preference to Patriot corporations in the evaluation of bids or proposals for federal contracts. Defines "Patriot corporation" as a corporation which: (1) produces at least 9... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-28 |
| US | SB20 | Financial Takeover Repeal Act of 2013 - Repeals the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Revives or restores the provisions of law amended by such Act as if it had not been enacted. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-27 |
| US | SB387 | American Infrastructure Investment Fund Act - Establishes the American Infrastructure Investment Fund in the Department of Transportation (DOT) to: (1) invest in infrastructure projects that increase or otherwise improve U.S. economic output, product... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-26 |
| US | SB11 | Fiscal Sustainability Act of 2013 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to authorize a five-year renewable comprehensive Medicaid waiver to allow a state to elect to provide medical assistance under SSA title XIX (Medicaid), directly or ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-26 |
| US | HB815 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income increased-wage exempt-dividends distributed to an individual by a corporation or a partnership which is a small business concern (as defined by the Small Business Act). Defines "incre... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-25 |
| US | SB308 | Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish for each calendar month a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPIEC) that indicates changes over ti... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| US | SB303 | STEM Jobs Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make up to 55,000 visas available in FY2014 and subsequent fiscal years to qualified immigrants who: (1) have a doctorate degree in a field of science, technology, engineering, or ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| US | SB277 | Job Preservation and Economic Certainty Act of 2013 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to revise discretionary spending limits for FY2012-FY2021. Repeals the requirement that the President order a sequestration for... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-11 |
| US | SB268 | Cut Unjustified Tax Loopholes Act or the CUT Loopholes Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to impose restrictions on foreign jurisdictions or financial institutions operating in the United States that are of primary money laundering concer... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-11 |
| US | HB387 | Social Security Earnings Test Repeal Act of 2013 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which a beneficiary may earn (earnings test) ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-08 |
| US | HB46 | Repeals the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Revives or restores the provisions of law amended by such Act as if it had not been enacted. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-04 |
| US | SB183 | Hospital Payment Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to sunset on October 1, 2013, the application of budget neutrality on a national basis in the calculation of the Medicare hospital wage index floor.... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-30 |
| US | SB171 | Military Pay Continuation Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, during a government-wide shutdown, to transfer to the Secretary of Defense (DOD), and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) in the case of the Coast Guard, amounts nec... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-29 |
| US | HB219 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistan... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-29 For Further Action See H.R.152. |
| US | SB168 | Fair Pay Act of 2013 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages on account of sex, race, or national origin. (Allows payment of different wages under seniority systems, merit systems, systems that... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-29 |
| US | HB174 | Social Security Earnings Test Repeal Act of 2013 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which a beneficiary may earn (earnings test) ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-28 |
| US | HB215 | Baseball Diplomacy Act - Waives certain foreign assistance and trade and travel prohibitions against Cuba under specified federal law regarding Cuban nationals who: (1) enter the United States on a visa to play organized professional baseball, and (2... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-25 |
| US | HB100 | Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act of 2013 - Amends federal bankruptcy law governing expenses and claims to increase to $20,000: (1) allowed unsecured claims in the fourth order of priority (wages, salaries, or commissions... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-25 |
| US | SB140 | Veteran Employment Transition Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the definition of "qualified veteran" for purposes of the work opportunity tax credit to include recently discharged veterans. Requires the Department of Defense (... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-24 |
| US | SB115 | Small Business Job Creation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an employer a credit against payroll tax liability equal to 10% of the increase of such employer's payroll in a calendar quarter over a corresponding quarter in the previous ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-23 |
| US | HB386 | Homes for Heroes Act of 2013 - Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to establish in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) a Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs to: (1) ensure veteran access to HUD housing and ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-23 |
| US | SB84 | Paycheck Fairness Act - Amends the portion of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) known as the Equal Pay Act to revise remedies for, enforcement of, and exceptions to prohibitions against sex discrimination in the payment of wages. Revises th... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-23 |
| US | SB1 | Immigration Reform that Works for America's Future Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: create a roadmap for immigrants who are here without legal status to earn citizenship, provided they pay taxes, complete a background ch... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-22 |
| US | HB51 | Hire Just One Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow states, for a 120-day period beginning on the enactment date of this Act, to implement an employment assistance voucher program, in lieu of paying unemployment compensation directl... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-15 |
| US | HB234 | Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Investigative Commission Act - Establishes the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Investigative Commission to investigate and make recommendations to Congress regarding certain decisions of the Federal National Mortgage Association... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-14 |
| US | HB199 | Income Equity Act of 2013- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) deny employers a tax deduction for payments of excessive compensation to any full-time employee (i.e., compensation for services exceeding the greater of 25 times the lowest compensa... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-04 |
| US | HR8 | Names individuals to fill six specified minority party employee positions authorized by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929. Authorizes the minority leader to appoint and set the annual rate of pay for up to three further minority employees. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-03 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
