WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Department of Labor

H.R. 5522, The Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $1.70

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5522 would require the Secretary of Labor to issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust....

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S. 2526, The Worker Infection Protection Act

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2526 would protect health care workers and first responders, including police, fire-fighters, emergency medical personnel, and other workers at risk of workplace exposure to infectious agents and drug resistant infections, such as MRSA and pandemic influenza....

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H.R. 4652, The Environmental Justice Access and Implementation Act of 2007

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4652 would direct each Federal agency to establish an Environmental Justice Office....

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H.R. 4047, The Private Sector Whistleblower Protection Streamlining Act of 2007

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 4047 would streamline the administration of whistleblower protections for private sector employees....

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H.R. 3943, The Trade Adjustment Assistance and Training Improvements Act of 2007

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3943 would amend the Trade Act of 1974 to reauthorize the trade adjustment assistance for workers program....

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H.R. 3920, The Trade and Globalization Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $241.92

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3920 would amend the Trade Act of 1974 to reauthorize trade adjustment assistance, and it would extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers and firms....

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H.R. 3887, The William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $7.94

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3887 would authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and it would enhance measures to combat forced labor....

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H.R. 3801, The Trade Adjustment Assistance Improvement Act

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3801 would amend the Trade Act of 1974 to address the impact of globalization, it would reauthorize trade adjustment assistance, and it would extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers, communities, firms, and farmers....

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S. 2094, The Increasing American Wages and Benefits Act of 2007

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2094 would increase the wages and benefits of blue collar workers by strengthening labor provisions in the H-2B program, to provide for labor recruiter accountability....

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H.R. 3185, The 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.02

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3185 would amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide special reporting and disclosure rules for individual account plans and to establish in the Department of Labor an Advisory Council on Improving Employer-Employee Retirement Practices....

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S. 1848, The Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2007

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1848 would amend the Trade Act of 1974 to address the impact of globalization, it would reauthorize trade adjustment assistance, and it would extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers, communities, firms, and farmers....

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S. 1840, The Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2007

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1840 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers....

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H.R. 3043, The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $4794.57

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3043 would make appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008....

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S. 1783, The Ten Steps to Transform Health Care in America Act

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1783 would provide 10 steps to transform health care in America....

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S. 1725, The Restoring Pension Promises to Workers Act

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1725 would amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and title 5, United States Code, to improve the protection of pension benefits....

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S. 1710, The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $4818.18

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008....

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H.R. 2769, The Miner Health Enhancement Act of 2007

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2769 would establish improved mandatory standards to protect and enhance the health of miners....

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H.R. 2768, The S-MINER Act - Cost per Average Family: $1.67

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2768 would establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies....

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S. 1639, A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1639 would provide for comprehensive immigration reform....

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P.L. 110-161, The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $9401.44

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008....

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H.R. 2693, To direct the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue a standard regulating worker exposure to diacetyl - Cost per Average Family: $0.01

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2693 would direct the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue a standard regulating worker exposure to diacetyl....

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H.R. 2504, The L-1 Nonimmigrant Reform Act

Thu, 24 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2504 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the admission of L-1 intra-company transferee nonimmigrants....

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H.R. 2255, The EEOICPA Ombudsman Extension and Enhancement Act of 2007

Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2255 would amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to extend and increase the authority for the ombudsman under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program....

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S. 1348, The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $955.78

Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1348 would provide for comprehensive immigration reform....

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H.R. 2160, The Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2007

Thu, 03 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2160 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers....

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