 | Topic | Supporters | Opponents | Bill number | Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthy Families Act | 19 | 6 | H.R. 1542 (110th) | DeLauro | |
| To provide for paid sick leave to ensure that Americans can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families. | |||||
| Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008 | 5 | 1 | H.R. 5749 (110th) | McDermott | |
| To provide for a program of emergency unemployment compensation. | |||||
| Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act | 2 | 0 | H.R. 1073 (110th) | Filner | |
| To amend the definition of a law enforcement officer under subchapter III of chapter 83 and chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, respectively, to ensure the inclusion of certain positions. | |||||
| Fairness for State and Local Workers Act | 1 | 0 | H.R. 1517 (110th) | Andrews | |
| To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for coverage under that Act of employees of State and local governments. | |||||
| Tax Equity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2007 | 8 | 0 | H.R. 1820 (110th) | McDermott | |
| To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage for employees' spouses and dependent children to coverage provided to other eligible designated beneficiaries of employees. | |||||
| Housing America's Workforce Act | 2 | 0 | H.R. 1850 (110th) | Velázquez | |
| To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for employer-provided employee housing assistance, and for other purposes. | |||||
| Balancing Act of 2007 | 3 | 0 | H.R. 2392 (110th) | Woolsey | |
| To improve the lives of working families by providing family and medical need assistance, child care assistance, in-school and afterschool assistance, family care assistance, and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces. | |||||
| Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 | 0 | 1 | H.R. 6867 (110th) | McDermott | |
| To provide for additional emergency unemployment compensation. | |||||
| Trade Adjustment Assistance Improvement Act of 2007 | S. 122 (110th) | Baucus | |||
| A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend benefits to service sector workers and firms, enhance certain trade adjustment assistance authorities, and for other purposes. | |||||
| Public Trust and Accountability Act | H.R. 232 (110th) | Terry | |||
| To amend title 5, United States Code, to deny Federal retirement benefits to individuals convicted of certain offenses, and for other purposes. | |||||
| For the relief of Vicente Beltran Luna. | H.R. 1005 (110th) | Gonzalez | |||
| For the relief of Vicente Beltran Luna. | |||||
| Disaster Assistance Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 2007 | H.R. 1099 (110th) | Schwartz | |||
| To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to protect disaster assistance employee reservists when activated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for work at a specific disaster site from termination or demotion in their places of employment. | |||||
| Nuclear weapons program workers as a part of the energy employees occupational illness compensation program. | H.R. 1345 (110th) | Higgins | |||
| To amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include certain former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort under the energy employees occupational illness compensation program. | |||||
| Proportionate Final Benefit Act of 2007 | H.R. 1668 (110th) | Davis | |||
| To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that an individual's entitlement to any benefit thereunder shall continue through the month of his or her death (without affecting any other person's entitlement to benefits for that month) and that such individual's benefit shall be payable for such month only to the extent proportionate to the number of days in such month preceding the date of such individual's death. | |||||
| Joseph E. Keane Federal Employees Freedom Act | H.R. 1948 (110th) | Capuano | |||
| To amend title 5, United States Code, to increase the amount of additional compensation payable to an employee who is disabled and requires the services of an attendant, and for other purposes. | |||||
| Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2007 | H.R. 2032 (110th) | DeFazio | |||
| To require the establishment of a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits under titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act. | |||||
| Worker Empowerment Act | H.R. 2202 (110th) | McDermott | |||
| To amend the Social Security Act to provide for wage insurance for dislocated workers. | |||||
| EEOICPA Ombudsman Extension and Enhancement Act of 2007 | H.R. 2255 (110th) | Udall | |||
| To 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. | |||||
| To extend the trade adjustment assistance program under the Trade Act of 1974 for 3 months. | H.R. 3375 (110th) | Herger | |||
| To extend the trade adjustment assistance program under the Trade Act of 1974 for 3 months. | |||||
| Employee Verification Amendment Act of 2008 | H.R. 6633 (110th) | Giffords | |||
| To evaluate and extend the basic pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation and to ensure the protection of Social Security beneficiaries. | |||||
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