legislation

Congressional bills and resolutions from Congress.gov, filtered to policy areas relevant to environmental, health, agriculture, and wildlife regulation.

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3 rows where bill_type = "hconres", congress = 110 and policy_area = "Labor and Employment" sorted by introduced_date descending

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  • hconres · 3 ✖
bill_id congress bill_type bill_number title policy_area introduced_date ▲ latest_action_date latest_action_text origin_chamber sponsor_name sponsor_state sponsor_party sponsor_bioguide_id cosponsor_count summary_text update_date url
110-hconres-420 110 hconres 420 Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the need to re-weave America's social safety net to respond to the needs of the 21st century economy and labor market. Labor and Employment 2008-09-18 2008-09-18 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] WA D M000404 0 Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) stagnant wages, declining access to employer-sponsored health care and pensions, and the rising cost of living all contribute to greater financial insecurity for the average American worker; (2) the Social Security Act provides the essential basic social safety net for American workers and their families, and it should be improved and expanded upon to meet the needs of the 21st century American workforce; and (3) in addition to responding to the needs of American workers and their families when they experience unemployment and face hardship, the federal government should pursue enactment of policies that proactively enable workers to improve their skills throughout their careers to ensure these workers, and the businesses that rely upon them, are as globally competititve as possible. 2020-07-23T15:27:04Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/420
110-hconres-333 110 hconres 333 Expressing continued support for employee stock ownership plans. Labor and Employment 2008-04-24 2008-04-24 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] NY D H000627 10 Expresses Congress's continued support for employee stock ownership plans. 2020-07-23T15:27:00Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/333
110-hconres-277 110 hconres 277 Rejecting and condemning the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's position that English-only employment rules violate title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as unjustified and unsupported by law, and for other purposes. Labor and Employment 2007-12-19 2007-12-19 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10] GA R B001262 6 Declares that the Congress rejects and condemns as unjustified and unsupported by law the position of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that English-only employment rules violate title VII (Equal Employment Opportunity) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Calls on the EEOC to suspend enforcement of that position. 2023-01-11T20:07:47Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/277

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CREATE TABLE legislation (
    bill_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
    congress INTEGER,
    bill_type TEXT,
    bill_number INTEGER,
    title TEXT,
    policy_area TEXT,
    introduced_date TEXT,
    latest_action_date TEXT,
    latest_action_text TEXT,
    origin_chamber TEXT,
    sponsor_name TEXT,
    sponsor_state TEXT,
    sponsor_party TEXT,
    sponsor_bioguide_id TEXT,
    cosponsor_count INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
    summary_text TEXT,
    update_date TEXT,
    url TEXT
);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_congress ON legislation(congress);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_type ON legislation(bill_type);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_policy ON legislation(policy_area);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_date ON legislation(introduced_date);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor ON legislation(sponsor_name);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor_bioguide ON legislation(sponsor_bioguide_id);