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S. 5172 — To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to ensure that businesses and organizations that work with vulnerable populations are able to request background checks for their contractors who work with those populations, as well as for individuals that the businesses or organizations license or certify to provide care for those populations.
September 25, 2024
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:359
S. 5172 seeks to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993. The bill allows businesses and organizations that work with vulnerable populations to request background checks for their contractors and for individuals that they license or certify to provide care. It...
Simple Explanation
The bill aims to make sure that places like schools and care centers can check the backgrounds of people they hire, such as workers and helpers, to keep everyone safe, especially kids and those who need special care.
H. R. 9963 — To amend the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to require employers who are ordering a plant closing or mass layoff to cover the cost of an economic impact study in each impacted unit of local government, and for other purposes.
October 11, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:1,766
H.R. 9963, named the "Justice for Local Communities and Workers Act," aims to amend the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to make employers pay for economic impact studies if they plan to close a plant or have mass layoffs. This requirement is intended to...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 9963 wants to make sure that when a company closes or lets a lot of workers go, they have to pay for a study to see how it might hurt the local area and also pay some money to help people who lose their jobs.
H. R. 7364 — To prohibit a person from advertising for sale a product produced or manufactured using the forced labor of individuals in the People’s Republic of China, and for other purposes.
February 15, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:469
The bill titled “No Forced Labor on TV Act” aims to prevent individuals or companies from advertising products made using forced labor from China. It empowers the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to treat violations as unfair or deceptive practices under existing U.S. law,...
Simple Explanation
The “No Forced Labor on TV Act” is a new rule that says people can't show ads for things made by people who are forced to work in bad conditions in China. If someone breaks this rule, a group called the Federal Trade Commission can make them stop and give them a penalty.

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