Subject Wages and earnings | Current
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| US | HB175 | Employee Paycheck Protection Act - Requires a labor organization, before imposing, collecting, or increasing member or other covered employee dues or fees, to provide all employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement with written notice expl... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| 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 | 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. |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | HB448 | Responsibility in Federal Contracting Act - Requires that the locally prevailing wage paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of publi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | HB505 | Balancing Act - Title I: Repeal Sequester - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Controlled Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011, to repeal certain sequestration requirements for enforcemen... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| 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 | HB650 | Working for Adequate Gains for Employment in Services Act or WAGES Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees of at least: (1) $3.75 an hour beginning 90 days after the enactment of ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB711 | Highway Trust Fund Reform Act of 2013 - Repeals the Davis-Bacon Act (which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be paid to laborers and mechanics working on federal-aid highway construction projects and public transportation construction pr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | HB229 | Original Living American Wage (LAW) Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the federal minimum wage should, as a minimum, be adjusted every four years so that a person working for it may earn an annual income at least 15% higher than the fed... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| 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 | SCR8 | Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2013, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2015-FY2023. Title I: Recommended Levels and Amounts - (Sec. 101) Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts for FY2013-FY... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-23 |
| 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 | HB1029 | No Loopholes in Social Security Taxes Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to apply employment and self-employment taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of $250,000. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-07 |
| US | SB500 | Keeping Our Social Security Promises Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to apply employment and self-employment taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of $250,000. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-07 |
| 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 | 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 | HB438 | 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] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB831 | Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to discontinue issuing to any new profit or non-profit or governmental entity special wage certificates (which permit individuals with disabilities, including indiv... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| 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 | HB1135 | Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal the requirement that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) amend certain federal regulations about executive compensation to... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 |
| US | HB1324 | Workforce Development Tax Credit Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business-related tax credit for: (1) 50% of wages (up to $2,000) paid to an apprenticeship employee during an apprenticeship period, and (2) 40% of wages (up t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 |
| US | HB377 | 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] | 2013-04-23 |
| 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 | SB744 | Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act - States that passage of this Act recognizes that the primary tenets of its success depend on securing U.S. sovereignty and establishing a coherent and just system for integrati... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-22 Hearings Held Prior to Referral. |
| US | HB1387 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt certain perishable agricultural commodities (fresh fruits and vegetables, including cherries in brine, whether or not frozen or packed in ice) from the prohibition against the transporting or sell... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HCR28 | Recognizes the significance of Equal Pay Day to illustrate the disparity between wages paid to men and women. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 |
| US | HB1546 | Better Protecting Children in Schools Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, wages received by a full-time, off-duty state or local law enforcement official for providing services as a su... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-12 |
| 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 | 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 | HB1560 | SAFE ID Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the use of a taxpayer identification number, in lieu of a social security number, in reporting wages of employees. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-15 |
| US | SB805 | Robert C. Byrd Mine and Workplace Safety and Health Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to require the Secretary of Labor (Secretary), in conducting health and safety related accident investigations in coal or other mi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-24 |
| US | HB1637 | Adjusting Davis-Bacon for Inflation Act - Increases from $2,000 to $50,000 the contract threshold requiring the locally prevailing wage rate to be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assiste... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-18 |
| US | SB836 | Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SB915 | Student Right to Know Before You Go Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 |
| US | HB1773 | AG Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-26 |
| US | HB1937 | Student Right to Know Before You Go Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 |
| 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 |


