2013-05-12T20:00:00Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/8386 tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-12:/action/358605 2013-05-12T20:00:00Z To direct the Secretary of Education to convene the Advisory Committee on Improving Postsecondary Education Data to conduct a study on improvements to postsecondary education transparency at the Federal level.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-08:/action/358257 2013-05-08T20:00:00Z A bill to require the Secretary of Labor to carry out a pilot program on providing wage subsidies to employers who employ certain veterans and members of the Armed Forces and require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on providing career transition services to young veterans, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-08:/action/358329 2013-05-08T20:00:00Z To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to update reporting requirements for institutions of higher education and provide for more accurate and complete data on student retention, graduation, and earnings outcomes at all levels of postsecondary enrollment.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-08:/action/358333 2013-05-08T20:00:00Z To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish interest rates for new loans made on or after July 1, 2013.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-08:/action/358343 2013-05-08T20:00:00Z A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to update reporting requirements for institutions of higher education and provide for more accurate and complete data on student retention, graduation, and earnings outcomes at all levels of postsecondary enrollment.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-06:/action/357890 2013-05-06T20:00:00Z To increase the recruitment and retention of school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, and other psychologists qualified to work in schools by low-income local educational agencies.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-25:/action/357183 2013-04-25T20:00:00Z To create a nonimmigrant H-2C work visa program for agricultural workers, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356974 2013-04-24T20:00:00Z A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to strengthen the earned income tax credit and make permanent certain tax provisions under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/357014 2013-04-24T20:00:00Z A bill to improve student academic achievement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics subjects.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-23:/action/356522 2013-04-23T20:00:00Z A bill to improve compliance with mine and occupational safety and health laws, and empower workers to raise safety concerns, prevent future mine and other workplace tragedies, and establish rights of families of victims of workplace accidents, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-23:/action/356774 2013-04-23T20:00:00Z A bill to streamline and address overlap in the Federal workforce investment system, steer Federal training dollars toward skills needed by industry, establish incentives for accountability through a Pay for Performance pilot program, and provide new access to the National Directory of New Hires, to measure performance and better connect the unemployed to jobs, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-21:/action/356198 2013-04-21T20:00:00Z A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-17:/action/355836 2013-04-17T20:00:00Z To amend the provisions of title 40, United States Code, commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act, to raise the threshold dollar amount of contracts subject to the prevailing wage requirements of such provisions.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-15:/action/355538 2013-04-15T20:00:00Z A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-14:/action/355438 2013-04-14T20:00:00Z To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to authorize the Internal Revenue Service to permit truncated social security numbers on wage reporting provided to employees.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-11:/action/355232 2013-04-11T20:00:00Z To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage a law enforcement presence in our schools by allowing full-time, off-duty law enforcement officials an exclusion from income for wages received for performing services in an elementary or secondary school as a substitute teacher.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-11:/action/355245 2013-04-11T20:00:00Z To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to comprehensively reform immigration law, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-09:/action/354997 2013-04-09T20:00:00Z To establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on policy issues associated with recruitment, retention, research, and reinvestment in the profession of social work, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-08:/action/354674 2013-04-08T20:00:00Z To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide compensatory time for employees in the private sector.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-08:/action/354816 2013-04-08T20:00:00Z Recognizing the significance of Equal Pay Day to illustrate the disparity between wages paid to men and women.<br /><br />