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114-hr-6536 114 hr 6536 No School Bus Drivers with DUIs Act of 2016 Education 2016-12-30 2016-12-30 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] NY D M001188 0 No School Bus Drivers with DUIs Act of 2016 The bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to prohibit any state, state educational agency, or local educational agency receiving ESEA funds from employing an individual as a school bus driver who has been convicted of, or pled guilty to, drunk driving or a driving violation that is a felony under state law. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent those entities from adopting a law, regulation, or policy that provides greater or additional protections prohibiting the employment of a school employee, contractor, or agent. The Department of Education shall not have the authority to mandate, direct, or control the specific measures adopted by such entities. 2023-01-11T13:33:53Z  
114-hr-6535 114 hr 6535 Nuclear Sanity Act International Affairs 2016-12-27 2016-12-27 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] FL D G000556 0 Nuclear Sanity Act This bill requires the President to obtain the approval of the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of State prior to the use of nuclear weapons, except: (1) in the case of a foreign military attack on U.S. territory, or (2) if it is impossible for the President to communicate with DOD and the State Department for a 24-hour period. The bill requires: (1) the U.S. military to disregard all orders from the President in violation of this bill, and (2) any violation or attempted violation of this bill to be deemed a high crime or misdemeanor under the Constitution. 2023-01-11T13:33:53Z  
114-hr-6531 114 hr 6531 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Transition Authorization Act of 2016 Science, Technology, Communications 2016-12-20 2016-12-20 Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. House Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] TX R S000583 0 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Transition Authorization Act of 2016 This bill authorizes specified National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) programs for FY2017. It modifies and states policy governing certain NASA space and exploration programs, including: the International Space Station and low-Earth orbit, Mars exploration, deep space exploration, and the Asteroid Robotic Redirect Mission. To Research, Evaluate, Assess, and Treat Astronauts Act or the TREAT Astronauts Act NASA may provide for: medical monitoring and diagnosis of former U.S. astronauts and former payload specialists for conditions potentially associated with human space flight, and the treatment of those astronauts and payload specialists for conditions associated with human space flight, including scientific and medical tests for psychological and medical conditions. NASA shall conduct a space technology program for the research and development of advanced space technologies. The bill requires the development of a strategic plan to guide NASA information technology operations and an information security plan for cybersecurity. 2023-01-11T13:33:53Z  
114-hr-6532 114 hr 6532 Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 2016 Immigration 2016-12-20 2016-12-20 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] MN D E000288 2 Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to adjust to permanent resident status a qualifying Liberian national who: (1) has been continuously present in the United States between January 1, 2013, through the date of status adjustment application; or (2) is the spouse, child, or unmarried son or daughter of such an alien. Adjustment applications must be filed not later than one year after the date of enactment of this bill. 2023-01-11T13:33:53Z  
114-hr-6533 114 hr 6533 Protect American Democracy Act of 2016 International Affairs 2016-12-20 2016-12-20 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] NY D E000179 18 Protect American Democracy Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of State to submit within 120 days a list of each foreign person that: (1) was at any time since January 1, 2015, involved in actions to unlawfully access, disrupt, influence, or alter information related to U.S. political parties, federal election candidates, or the administration of federal elections; or (2) acted as an agent of, or on behalf of, such foreign person. The unclassified portion of such list shall be made available to the public and published in the Federal Register. A listed alien shall be ineligible to receive a U.S. entry visa, and any current visa shall be revoked. Such prohibitions shall also apply to an alien who is an official of, or acting on behalf of, a listed foreign entity or government if such alien knowingly furthered such prohibited actions. The President, through the Department of the Treasury, shall: (1) freeze and prohibit a listed foreign person's transactions in property and property interests that are in the United States or controlled a U.S. person, and (2) require each financial institution that is a U.S. person and has within its possession or control such property or property interests to certify that it has frozen all such assets. 2023-01-11T13:33:53Z  
114-hr-6534 114 hr 6534 MadeInAmerica.gov Act Commerce 2016-12-20 2016-12-20 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. House Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] NY D M001188 0 MadeInAmerica.gov Act This bill requires the Department of Commerce to create and maintain a MadeInAmerica.gov website within two years. The website shall: (1) publish a list of all products made in America and all companies that only make products made in America, (2) publish contact information, and (3) be searchable by product and company. Commerce shall: (1) only publish such products, companies, contact information, and order page information requested by a company; (2) create a form interested companies may complete in order to satisfy such requirement; and (3) make the form publicly available in a conspicuous location on the homepage of MadeInAmerica.gov. The bill imposes penalties against any company found to have submitted false information in order to secure product or company inclusion on the website. 2023-01-11T13:33:53Z  
114-hr-6530 114 hr 6530 No Funding for Sanctuary Campuses Act Education 2016-12-16 2016-12-16 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50] CA R H001048 2 No Funding for Sanctuary Campuses Act This bill amends title IV (Student Aid) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make an institution of higher education (IHE) that is a sanctuary campus ineligible for funds under title IV. It defines the term "sanctuary campus." The Department of Homeland Security must transmit to the Department of Education and publish in the Federal Register notice of a determination that an IHE is a sanctuary campus. The bill expresses the sense of Congress that providing in-state tuition to an alien who lacks lawful immigration status in the United States creates an incentive for illegal immigration and encourages and induces aliens to come to, enter, or reside in the United States. 2023-01-11T13:33:53Z  
114-hr-6529 114 hr 6529 Chugach Region Lands Study Act Native Americans 2016-12-13 2016-12-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs. House Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] AK R Y000033 0 Chugach Region Lands Study Act This bill requires the Department of the Interior, in coordination with the Department of Agriculture, to identify at least 500,000 acres of economically viable federal land that may be exchanged with the Chugach Alaska Corporation. Acre-for-acre exchange of identified federal land for certain Chugach Alaska Corporation land is deemed to be in the public interest. 2023-01-11T13:33:53Z  
114-hr-6526 114 hr 6526 To eliminate the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security regarding the definition of the term "official purpose" as it applies to drivers' licenses and personal identification cards, and for other purposes. Government Operations and Politics 2016-12-12 2016-12-12 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. House Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6] MN R E000294 0 This bill amends the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 to eliminate the discretionary authority of the Department of Homeland Security to determine what is considered an "official purpose" for purposes of federal agency acceptance of state-issued drivers' licenses and personal identification cards. 2023-01-11T13:33:53Z  
114-hr-6527 114 hr 6527 SADD Act of 2016 Crime and Law Enforcement 2016-12-12 2016-12-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. House Rep. Fincher, Stephen Lee [R-TN-8] TN R F000458 0 States Against Drunk Driving Act of 2016 or the SADD Act of 2016 This bill authorizes supplemental funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program for states that: (1) report at least 90% of DUI convictions, and (2) have in effect a law or policy that requires a DUI conviction to be taken into account for purposes of an enhanced criminal sentence under state law. The term "DUI conviction" means a criminal conviction for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of a drug or alcohol. 2023-01-11T13:33:53Z  
114-hr-6528 114 hr 6528 Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act Public Lands and Natural Resources 2016-12-12 2016-12-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. House Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-At Large] MT R Z000018 0 Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act This bill amends the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 to prohibit any additional consultation from being required with respect to: (1) the listing of a species as threatened or endangered, or a designation of a critical habitat, if a land management plan has been adopted by the Department of Agriculture as of the designation date; or (2) any provision of such an adopted plan. The bill amends the Federal land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to prohibit any additional consultation from being required with respect to: (1) the listing of a species as threatened or endangered, or a designation of critical habitat, if a land use plan has been adopted by the Department of the Interior as of the designation date; or (2) any provision of such an adopted plan. 2023-01-11T13:33:53Z  
114-hr-6476 114 hr 6476 DRAIN the SWAMP Act Crime and Law Enforcement 2016-12-08 2016-12-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. House Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] OR D D000191 4 Deter Revolving-door Appointments in our Nation; Stop Washington Appointees from becoming Manipulative Petitioners Act or the DRAIN the SWAMP Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to revise post-employment lobbying restrictions on senior executive branch officials and employees. Specifically, it imposes a five-year ban on communications by a former political appointee with the intent to influence officers or employees at their former executive branch agency or department. The term political appointee includes certain senior political officials compensated on the Executive Schedule; limited term, limited emergency, and noncareer appointees in the Senior Executive Service; and employees in confidential or policy-determining positions in the excepted service. Additionally, the bill amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to impose a lifetime ban on lobbying by a former political appointee on behalf of a foreign government or foreign political party. 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z  
114-hr-6477 114 hr 6477 Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act Law 2016-12-08 2016-12-16 Became Public Law No: 114-319. House Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] OH R C000266 3 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.) Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the federal judicial code with respect to denial of a foreign state's sovereign immunity from the jurisdiction of U.S. or state courts in commercial activity cases where rights in property taken in violation of international law are in issue and that property, or any property exchanged for it, is: (1) present in the United States in connection with a commercial activity carried on by the foreign state in the United States, or (2) owned by an agency or instrumentality of the foreign state and that agency or instrumentality is engaged in a commercial activity in the United States. The bill grants a foreign state or certain carriers immunity from federal or state court jurisdiction for any activity in the United States associated with a temporary exhibition or display of a work of art or other object of cultural significance if: the work of art or other object of cultural significance is imported into the United States from any foreign country pursuant to an agreement for its temporary exhibition or display between a foreign state that is its owner or custodian and the United States or U.S. cultural or educational institutions; and the President has determined that such work is culturally significant and its temporary exhibition or display is in the national interest. The bill denies immunity, however, in cases concerning rights in property taken in violation of international law in which the action is based upon a claim that the work was taken: (1) between January 30, 1933, and May 8, 1945, by the government of Germany or any government in Europe occupied, assisted, or allied by the German government; or (2) after 1900 in connection with the acts of a foreign government as part of a systematic campaign of coercive confiscation or misappropriation of works from members of a targeted and vulner… 2023-04-24T20:39:47Z  
114-hr-6478 114 hr 6478 Interstate Doxxing Prevention Act Crime and Law Enforcement 2016-12-08 2016-12-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. House Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5] MA D C001101 0 Interstate Doxxing Prevention Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to use the mail or any facility or means of interstate commerce to knowingly publish (or attempt or conspire to publish) personally identifiable information of another person with the intent to threaten, intimidate, harass, or stalk, and as a result, place that person in reasonable fear of death or seriously bodily injury to that person, or to that person's family member or intimate partner. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both—and civil liability. 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z  
114-hr-6479 114 hr 6479 Red River Gradient Boundary Survey Act Public Lands and Natural Resources 2016-12-08 2016-12-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. House Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13] TX R T000238 0 Red River Gradient Boundary Survey Act This bill directs the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to commission a survey to identify the South Bank boundary line with respect to land along a specified 116-mile stretch of the Red River in Oklahoma and Texas (the affected area). The survey shall: adhere to the gradient boundary survey method; span the length of the affected area; be conducted by surveyors who are licensed and qualified to conduct official gradient boundary surveys, and selected by and operating under the direction of the Texas General Land Office and the Oklahoma Commissioners of the Land Office (the offices); and be completed within two years of enactment of this bill. The BLM shall submit the survey to the offices for approval and, within 60 days of receiving it, they shall determine whether to approve it. Surveys of individual parcels in the affected area shall be conducted according to the requirements for the survey of the South Bank boundary line. A survey of such a parcel shall be approved or disapproved by the offices within 60 days of receipt. The survey for identifying the South Bank boundary line and any survey of an individual parcel shall not be submitted to the BLM for approval. After a survey for an individual parcel has been approved, the offices shall submit to the BLM: a notice of the approval of such survey, and a copy of such survey and any field notes related to the parcel. 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z  
114-hr-6480 114 hr 6480 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 Armed Forces and National Security 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Received in the Senate. House Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-22] CA R N000181 1 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 TITLE I--INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (Sec. 101) This bill authorizes FY2017 appropriations for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of: the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI); the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); the Department of Defense (DOD); the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA); the National Security Agency (NSA); the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; the U.S. Coast Guard; the Departments of State, the Treasury, Energy, and Justice; the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); the Drug Enforcement Administration; the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO); the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The explanatory statement regarding this bill that was printed in the Congressional Record by the chair of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives shall have the same effect as a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference. (Sec. 102) The amounts authorized, and the authorized personnel ceilings, are those in the classified Schedule of Authorizations, which shall be made available to the congressional appropriations committees and the President. (Sec. 103) The ODNI, if it provides prior notice to Congress, may authorize employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for FY2017 if necessary for: (1) the performance of important intelligence functions, or (2) the conversion of a function of an element of the intelligence community to civilian personnel. The ODNI must establish guidelines to govern the treatment under such authorized personnel levels of employment or assignment in: (1) a student or trainee program; (2) a reserve corps or as a reemployed annuitant; or (3) details, joint duty, or long-term, full-time training. For FY2017 and FY2018, p… 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z  
114-hr-6481 114 hr 6481 Urban Agriculture Production Act of 2016 Agriculture and Food 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. House Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] OH D K000009 5 Urban Agriculture Production Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish an urban agriculture outreach program to award grants to support outreach activities for: (1) infrastructure, (2) land acquisition and conversion, (3) education and training, (4) technical and financial assistance to farmers or ranchers in urban areas, and (5) other activities that support urban agriculture. USDA must give preference to grants for activities in historically underserved communities. The bill amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to expand the purpose and duties of USDA's Office of Advocacy and Outreach to include activities on behalf of urban farmers or ranchers. USDA must award grants, on a competitive basis, for scientific and community-based participatory research related to urban agriculture. The bill provides specified funds for the grants and requires USDA to give priority to outreach activities to be carried out in historically underserved communities. The bill amends the Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act of 1976 to: (1) establish a program to provide loans and loan guarantees for projects or activities to establish, expand, and promote direct producer-to-consumer marketing and assist in the development of local food business enterprises; and (2) extend and provide additional funding for the Farmers' Market Promotion Program. The bill amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend the Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program and provide additional funding. The bill amends the Census of Agriculture Act of 1997 to require additional USDA reporting on farmers' markets and agricultural production in urban areas. 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z  
114-hr-6482 114 hr 6482 Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act International Affairs 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] NJ R S000522 0 Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should seek to reverse the policy of a country that routinely denies religious worker visa applications by reviewing the bilateral relationship between such country and the United States. The Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom shall coordinate U.S. international religious freedom policies. The Annual Report on International Religious Freedom shall include information about: severe violations of religious freedom in a country where a government does not function or does not control its territory, identification of prisoners in a country, action taken by a government to censor religious activities, persecution of human rights advocates, and country-specific analysis of the impact of U.S. actions on religious freedom. Executive summaries of such report shall include information about countries in which a non-state actor is designated as an entity of particular concern for religious freedom. The George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center shall conduct training on religious freedom for all Foreign Service officers and all outgoing deputy chiefs of mission and ambassadors. The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom shall make publicly available lists of persons who are imprisoned disappeared, tortured, or subject to forced renunciations of religious faith by the government of a foreign country or by a non-state actor that the commission recommends for designation as a country or entity of particular concern for religious freedom. The President shall: (1) concurrent with the annual review of the status of religious freedom in foreign countries, identify any non-state actors operating in a reviewed country or surrounding region that have engaged in particularly severe violations of religious freedom; (2) designate each such non-state actor as an entity of particular concern for religious freedom; and (3) determine the specific offic… 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z  
114-hr-6483 114 hr 6483 SWINE Act Agriculture and Food 2016-12-08 2016-12-13 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1717) House Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] NC D P000523 0 Swine Waste Infrastructure and Natural Environment Act or the SWINE Act This bill establishes a program to certify environmentally sustainable swine waste disposal technologies and authorizes related tax credits and grants. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must certify technologies that: eliminate animal discharge into surface waters and groundwater through direct discharge, seepage, or runoff; substantially eliminate atmospheric emissions of ammonia from swine waste; substantially eliminate the emission of odor from swine waste that is detectable beyond the boundaries of the parcel or tract of land on which the swine farm is located; substantially eliminate the release of disease-transmitting vectors and airborne pathogens from swine waste; substantially eliminate nutrient and heavy metal contamination of soil and groundwater from swine waste; and are cost-effective. States may not issue permits, pursuant to any federal law, to a swine farm that is a concentrated animal feeding operation unless the farm disposes of swine waste using a certified technology. The bill amends several agricultural laws to: require USDA to make competitive grants for activities to identify, evaluate, and demonstrate environmentally superior swine waste management technologies; permit the Pork Promotion Board to use its funding for activities related to the grants; and make the installation and maintenance of a certified technology on a swine farm eligible for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits for: (1) the installation of a certified swine waste disposal technology, and (2) the disposal of swine waste using certified technology. 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z  
114-hr-6484 114 hr 6484 Commission to Study Family Reconstruction Proposals for African-Americans Unjustly Impacted by the "War on Drugs" Act of 2016 Crime and Law Enforcement 2016-12-08 2016-12-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. House Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] IL D R000515 0 Commission to Study Family Reconstruction Proposals for African-Americans Unjustly Impacted by the "War on Drugs" Act of 2016 This bill establishes a commission to examine and report on: the disparate incarceration and the institution of forced prison labor within the African-American community, government and private sector support for and profit from mass incarceration, discriminatory laws and other forms of discrimination in the public and private sectors, and the lingering negative effects of mass incarceration. The commission must make recommendations for education and remedies. 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z  
114-hr-6485 114 hr 6485 Improving Care for Vulnerable Older Citizens through Workforce Advancement Act of 2016 Social Welfare 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] PA D C001090 5 Improving Care for Vulnerable Older Citizens through Workforce Advancement Act of 2016 This bill amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to direct the Administration on Aging to carry out a program awarding grants to eligible entities to carry out six separate demonstration projects that focus on care coordination and service delivery for older individuals with chronic illness or at risk of institutional placement by: (1) designing and testing new models of care coordination and service delivery that thoughtfully and effectively deploy advanced aides to improve efficiency and quality of care for frail older individuals; and (2) giving direct-care workers opportunities for career advancement through additional training, an expanded role, and increased compensation. 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z  
114-hr-6486 114 hr 6486 Laquan McDonald Camera Act of 2016 Crime and Law Enforcement 2016-12-08 2016-12-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. House Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] IL D R000515 0 Laquan McDonald Camera Act of 2016 This bill requires state and local law enforcement agencies to require and enforce the use of body-worn and dashboard cameras, as an eligibility condition for a state to receive funds under Department of Justice (DOJ) grant programs that provide amounts for law enforcement purposes. DOJ must reduce by 10% the allocation of grant funds for a state that fails to certify the full compliance of its state and local law enforcement agencies. 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z  
114-hr-6487 114 hr 6487 Taxpayer Protections and Market Access for Mortgage Finance Act of 2016 Housing and Community Development 2016-12-08 2016-12-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. House Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39] CA R R000487 1 Taxpayer Protections and Market Access for Mortgage Finance Act of 2016 This bill amends the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 to direct the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to establish guidelines to require the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) to engage in significant and increasing credit risk transfer transactions. A "risk transfer transaction" provides for: (1) the sale, disposition, retention, or transfer within the private sector of credit risk on any single-family residential mortgage loan or a pool of such loans that back securities on which the enterprise guarantees the timely payment of principal and interest; or (2) the retention by the private sector of any such credit risk in connection with the sale of any such loan or security to an enterprise. The enterprises may set and publish guarantee fees commensurate with the reduced credit risk resulting from any new risk transfer transactions. The bill exempts certain swaps entered into for the purpose of transferring or sharing credit risk in connection with a risk transfer transaction from the Commodity Exchange Act. The FHFA must also require Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to: (1) establish a five-year pilot program under which each enterprise must annually engage in at least one front-end (before or simultaneous with the acquisition of the loan or security by the enterprise) risk sharing transaction for which both bank and non-bank mortgage originators having under $10 billion in assets are eligible participants, and (2) jointly establish a pilot program to increase the amount of risk that is transferred by the enterprises using private mortgage insurance. 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z  
114-hr-6488 114 hr 6488 Municipal Securities Disclosure Act of 2016 Finance and Financial Sector 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. House Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] WI D M001160 0 Municipal Securities Disclosure Act of 2016 This bill amends the Securities Act of 1933 to require registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of certain industrial development bonds that finance private projects through municipal securities. (Currently, the Securities Act exempts these private activity municipal bonds from SEC registration.) The bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require state and local government issuers of municipal securities, or obligated persons or borrowers with respect to these securities, to prepare annual periodic reports and disseminate financial disclosures that the SEC determines appropriate in the public interest and for the protection of investors. (Currently, SEC antifraud rules do not regulate municipal securities issuers directly but the rules prohibit securities dealers from underwriting the buying or selling of municipal securities unless they obtain the state or local government issuer's agreement to provide ongoing disclosures to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. The bill makes state or local government issuers directly responsible for providing the municipal securities disclosures by placing them under the SEC's jurisdiction.) The SEC may prescribe the accounting methods to be followed in the preparation of the financial statements or require the use of accounting methods established by a standard-setting body. An issuer or borrower of outstanding municipal securities exceeding $10 million must adopt internal controls that identify the officials responsible for preparing the required disclosures and provide checks and balances for adequate supervision. The SEC may allow these requirements to be satisfied through a statewide system of disclosure controls and disclosure education. 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z  
114-hr-6489 114 hr 6489 Social Security Reform Act of 2016 Social Welfare 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] TX R J000174 0 Social Security Reform Act of 2016 This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to: phase in (from 2023 to 2032) a new benefit formula for retired and disabled worker beneficiaries becoming eligible in 2023 and later; repeal the windfall elimination provision; raise the full retirement age; extend the maximum age for entitlement to delayed retirement credit; limit eligibility for the cost-of-living adjustment and tie increases in benefits to the Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers; cap the nonworking spouse benefit and the child's benefit; lower the age requirement in or after 2019 for school attendance by child beneficiaries; provide a new minimum benefit for workers with more than 10 years of covered earnings; repeal the retirement earnings test; provide an option to split the delayed retirement credit to offer a lump sum benefit at initial entitlement for workers attaining age 62 in 2023 and later; increase after 2022 the monthly benefit of beneficiaries who have been eligible for at least 20 years; eliminate the seven year limitation on widow's and widower's benefits for disabled surviving spouses and the requirement that such spouses attain age 50 to be eligible for benefits; and waive the two-year duration of the divorce requirement for benefit eligibility in cases of remarriage to someone other than the claimant before the two-year period has elapsed. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to phaseout and eliminate after 2053 the tax that is credited to the Old Age, Survivors, Insurance (OASI) and Disability Income (DI) Trust Funds. 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z  
114-hr-6490 114 hr 6490 American Innovation and Competitiveness Act Science, Technology, Communications 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] TX R S000583 0 American Innovation and Competitiveness Act This bill requires the National Science Foundation (NSF) to maintain the intellectual merit and broader impacts criteria as the basis for evaluating grant proposals in the merit review process. The NSF shall issue and periodically update policy guidance for both NSF staff and other NSF merit review process participants on the importance of transparency and accountability to the outcomes made through the merit review process. The bill renames the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research as the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) and revises program requirements. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shall research information systems for future cybersecurity needs. The bill renames the National High Performance Computing Program as the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program and revises program requirements. The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) shall continue to coordinate federal research in high-energy physics, radiation biology, and fusion energy sciences. NIST shall implement a comprehensive strategic plan for laboratory programs expanding interactions with academia, international researchers, and industry, and commercial and industrial applications. The NSF shall: evaluate the existing and future needs, across all NSF-supported disciplines, for mid-scale projects; strengthen oversight and accountability over the full life-cycle of major multi-user research facility projects; and continue to review its efforts to sustain scientific efforts in the face of logistical challenges for the U.S. Antarctic Program. The Department of Commerce Office of Security shall directly manage NIST's law enforcement and site security programs through an assigned Director of Security for NIST. The Office of Management and Budget shall establish an interagency working group to reduce administrative burdens of federally funded researchers while protecting the public's inte… 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6491 114 hr 6491 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to La Paz County, Arizona, and for other purposes. Public Lands and Natural Resources 2016-12-08 2016-12-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. House Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] AZ R G000565 0 This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey to La Paz County, Arizona, all right, title, and interest in and to approximately 8,000 acres of federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The county may sell any portion of the federal land conveyed to it for nonresidential development. Also, the bill permits the county to elect to retain a portion of the conveyed federal land for public recreation and public purposes. 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z  
114-hr-6492 114 hr 6492 Tax Benefit for Homeownership Clarification Act Taxation 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] MN D E000288 0 Tax Benefit for Homeownership Clarification Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the limitation on the mortgage interest deduction for the acquisition indebtedness of certain taxpayers. (Acquisition indebtedness is indebtedness that: (1) is incurred in acquiring, constructing, or substantially improving any qualified residence of the taxpayer; and (2) is secured by such residence. It also includes refinancing of the debt in certain situations.) 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6493 114 hr 6493 Service Members Financial Planning Assistance Act of 2016 Armed Forces and National Security 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. House Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] TX D V000131 0 Service Members Financial Planning Assistance Act of 2016 This bill amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, effective as of January 1, 2018, to require the department concerned (Department of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Homeland Security, or Commerce) to ensure that certain members of the uniformed services who will be eligible to make an election of lump sum payment of certain military retired pay have access to retirement planning assistance with a certified financial planner, at no cost, by December 30, 2017, to help weigh the potential benefits and drawbacks of making such election and of selecting a particular payment percentage. 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6494 114 hr 6494 Postage Free Ballot Act Government Operations and Politics 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] TX D V000131 0 Postage Free Ballot Act Any absentee ballot for any election shall be carried through the mail expeditiously and free of charge. This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to direct a state to use a requirements payment to reimburse the U.S. Postal Service for revenue it would have obtained from the mailing of absentee ballots but for the requirement that such ballots be mailed for free. 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6495 114 hr 6495 Ensure Access to DACA Act Immigration 2016-12-08 2016-12-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. House Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] TX D V000131 1 Ensure Access to DACA Act This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to provide an alien who received a grant of deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and who filed a DACA renewal request within a specified time frame with a short-term, interim grant of deferred action and employment authorization if there is a service disruption that causes a delay in reaching a final decision that lasts for at last one week. Such interim renewal shall be effective until a final decision is made. 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6496 114 hr 6496 Fairness for American Small Creators Act Commerce 2016-12-08 2016-12-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. House Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] CA D C001080 1 Fairness for American Small Creators Act This bill establishes in the U.S. Copyright Office a copyright claims board to serve as an alternative forum for parties to choose to resolve certain copyright claims if the total damages sought by a party do not exceed $30,000. The board must certify its determinations on copyright claims, counterclaims, and defenses for confirmation by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The board is authorized to: (1) conduct hearings and conferences; (2) facilitate settlements; (3) render independent determinations based on copyright laws and regulations without consultation from the Register of Copyrights regarding the facts of a case; (4) award damages; and (5) require cessation or mitigation of infringing activity, including the takedown or destruction of infringing materials, where the parties agree. The bill preserves the right of parties to instead pursue a claim or defense in court. The board may conduct proceedings through Internet-based teleconference applications. Discovery shall be limited to the production of relevant information and documents, written interrogatories, and written requests for admission. But the board may request specific information or approve a party's request for additional limited discovery. A party may request: (1) the claims board to reconsider its determinations, and (2) the Register of Copyrights to review whether the claims board abused its discretion in denying any requested reconsideration. The Register of Copyrights may issue regulations to dispose of any claim with total damages of $5,000 or less through a process that provides for: (1) one copyright claims officer to consider the claim and issue a determination, and (2) a copyright claims attorney to determine whether the case shall be heard by one officer or the board. A party may not assert before a court or tribunal any claim resolved by the board's final determination, but parties may petition the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to vacate, modify, or corr… 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6497 114 hr 6497 TSA Screening Transparency and Accountability Act Transportation and Public Works 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. House Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] GA R C001103 0 TSA Screening Transparency and Accountability Act This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), consistent with the General Accountability Office's November 2015 report on the Screening Partnership Program (SPP), to update its cost estimating methodology for federal cost estimates and cost comparisons to conform to certain minimum leading cost estimating best practices, including by: incorporating a cost estimate that reflects the total cost to the federal government, including costs incurred by federal agencies other than TSA; ensuring all TSA cost estimates are adjusted for inflation over the duration of the contract; updating all cost estimates when circumstances at a SPP airport result in a significant change to a contract's value; including an analysis that identifies which variables have the greatest effect on cost estimates; and reflecting the inherent uncertainty associated with the cost estimate and identifying the elements of the estimate that present the most risk. TSA shall make the update available to the public. TSA shall develop a streamlined method and standard protocol for documenting, tracking, and resolving customer complaints for both federal and SPP airport checkpoints. TSA shall make available to airport directors, managers, and other individuals in similar positions cleared to handle sensitive security information an assessment of each airport's security screening performance compared to the mean average performance for all equivalent airports. 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6498 114 hr 6498 Presidential Tax Disclosure Act of 2016 Government Operations and Politics 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] RI D C001084 22 Presidential Tax Disclosure Act of 2016 This bill requires any individual holding the office of President to submit federal tax returns to the Office of Government Ethics (OGE). The individual must submit: (1) each return filed with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for any year ending while the individual is President, and (2) each return filed with the IRS for the three years before the individual assumed office. After receiving the returns, the OGE must: (1) make the returns publicly available on the Internet, and (2) submit the returns to specified congressional committees. No information may be redacted from the disclosed returns except for: (1) Social Security, tax identification, and account identification numbers; and (2) the names of any dependent of the taxpayer. The bill establishes civil and criminal penalties to enforce the disclosure requirements. It also amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the IRS to disclose to the OGE any federal tax return that is required to be disclosed by this bill, but has not been submitted to the OGE within a specified deadline. 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6499 114 hr 6499 Second Chance for Ex-Offenders Act of 2016 Crime and Law Enforcement 2016-12-08 2016-12-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. House Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] IL D D000096 0 Second Chance for Ex-Offenders Act of 2016 This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish a process to expunge an individual's records related to a nonviolent criminal offense. A nonviolent criminal offense is a federal misdemeanor or felony offense that: (1) does not include, as an element, the use of a weapon or violence; and (2) does not involve violence in its commission. To be eligible for expungement, an individual must: be a first-time offender; avoid drug or alcohol dependency or abuse; obtain a high school diploma; complete one year of community service; and fulfill the requirements of a court-ordered sentence, such as complete a prison term, meet the conditions of supervised release, and pay fines. 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6500 114 hr 6500 Moving Housing Forward Act of 2016 Housing and Community Development 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6] MD D D000620 2 Moving Housing Forward Act of 2016 This bill directs the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to require the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) to establish a pilot program that shares with the private sector the credit risk on a pool of single-family residential mortgage loans that back securities on which Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac guarantee the timely payment of principal and interest. The bill expresses the sense of Congress that credit risk transfer transactions should be encouraged that: (1) reduce taxpayer exposure to credit risk assumed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and (2) do not expose Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to excessive counterparty risk that persons contractually obligated to them will fail to perform their obligations. After the pilot program is executed for three years, the FHFA must examine the economics of developing it into a continuous risk sharing program. 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6501 114 hr 6501 Prescription Drug and Medical Device Price Review Board Act of 2016 Health 2016-12-08 2016-12-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. House Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] CT D D000216 8 Prescription Drug and Medical Device Price Review Board Act of 2016 This bill establishes the Prescription Drug and Medical Device Price Review Board within the Food and Drug Administration. Each manufacturer of a prescription drug or medical device that is sold in the United States must submit to the board: each type of prescription drug and medical device that it sells in the United States, or in a country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development; the price charged by the manufacturer for the drug or device; and the costs of the manufacturer to produce them. The board must establish a formula for determining whether the average manufacturer price of a prescription drug or medical device over an annual quarter is an excessive price. Manufacturers may not charge excessive prices. Individuals may petition the board to determine whether the price for a prescription drug or medical device is excessive. The board may subject violators to reduced patent terms, civil penalties, and increased Medicaid rebates. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on the sale of prescription drugs or medical devices that have excessive prices. The board must allow individuals to import from approved counties prescription drugs and devices that are comparable to prescription drugs and devices with excessive prices. 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6502 114 hr 6502 Seat Belts Save Lives Act of 2016 Transportation and Public Works 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House Rep. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL-8] IL D D000622 1 Seat Belts Save Lives Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to prescribe a rule or amend a federal motor vehicle safety standard to require a schoolbus to be equipped with a three-point safety belt at each seat. The bill defines "three-point safety belt" to mean an occupant restraint system consisting of an integrated: lap belt or similar device intended to restrain movement of the pelvis, and shoulder belt or similar device intended to restrain movement of the chest and shoulder regions. 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6503 114 hr 6503 Care for Life Act Health 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1] NE R F000449 0 Care for Life Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop and maintain the Pregnant and Parenting Women's Care Information Service database. This database must provide pregnant women and new parents with information on public and private service providers that help such women and parents in alleviating the physical, financial, social, and emotional difficulties encountered during or after pregnancy. HHS may award grants to: (1) providers to develop best practices for communities to identify optimal ways to provide pregnancy and parenting support services, and (2) academic medical centers to provide specialized training in pregnancy and parenting support services. The Department of Labor must recognize and publicize the practices of employers who successfully meet the needs of their pregnant or parenting employees. The grant program of the Department of Education to improve postsecondary education opportunities is expanded to include funding for the development of an online information toolkit about agencies that are working within institutions of higher education to provide pregnancy and child care services for students. 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6504 114 hr 6504 To prohibit the use of United States Government funds to provide assistance to Al Qaeda, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and to countries supporting those organizations, and for other purposes. International Affairs 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2] HI D G000571 5 This bill prohibits the use of federal agency funds to provide covered assistance to: (1) Al Qaeda, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), or any individual or group that is affiliated with, associated with, cooperating with, or adherents to such groups; or (2) the government of any country that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) determines has, within the most recent 12 months, provided covered assistance to such a group or individual. "Covered assistance" is defined as: defense articles, defense services, training or logistical support, or any other military assistance provided by grant, loan, credit, transfer, or cash sales; intelligence sharing; or cash assistance. The ODNI shall: make, within 90 days after this bill's enactment, initial determinations about such countries and about whether an individual or group is, or has been within the most recent 12 months, affiliated with, associated with, cooperating with, or an adherent to Al Qaeda, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, or ISIL; review and make subsequent determinations regarding such countries, groups, or individuals every 6 months in consultation with specified congressional committees; brief such committees on each determination; and brief such committees on any other country, individual, or group that the ODNI considered but did not make a determination that the the country provided covered assistance to, or that the group or individual is affiliated with, associated with, cooperating with, or an adherent to, Al Qaeda, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, or ISIL. 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6505 114 hr 6505 Andrew Joseph III Act of 2016 Crime and Law Enforcement 2016-12-08 2016-12-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. House Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] FL D G000556 0 Andrew Joseph III Act of 2016This bill requires a jurisdiction to have in place, as a condition of eligibility for funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program, an independent civilian review board to review allegations of brutality and civil rights violations against law enforcement officers. 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6506 114 hr 6506 To provide that the President shall be financially responsible for any additional security measures imposed on property in which the President holds an ownership interest, and for other purposes. Government Operations and Politics 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. House Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] FL D G000556 0 This bill makes the President personally responsible for paying for any additional security measures, including protection from the U.S. Secret Service, with respect to property in which the President holds an ownership interest. "Property" is defined to include any property from which the President receives revenue. No amounts may be appropriated to pay for such measures. 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6507 114 hr 6507 To amend section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Freedom of Information Act), to require an agency to release the Federal income tax returns of the President upon request, and for other purposes. Government Operations and Politics 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] FL D G000556 0 This bill amends: (1) the Freedom of Information Act to require the Department of the Treasury to make available each federal income tax return filed by an individual serving as President upon request, and (2) the Internal Revenue Code to authorize Treasury to disclose such returns. 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6508 114 hr 6508 Preventing Preventable Earthquakes Act Environmental Protection 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. House Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] AZ D G000551 0 Preventing Preventable Earthquakes Act This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring regulations for state underground injection programs to include provisions designed to prevent the occurrence of seismicity induced by underground injection activities. The bill redefines "underground injection" to include the subsurface emplacement of fluids or propping agents pursuant to hydraulic fracturing operations. Hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) is a process to extract underground resources such as oil or gas from a geologic formation by injecting water, a propping agent (e.g., sand), and chemical additives into a well under enough pressure to fracture the geological formation. The Environmental Protection Agency must review approved state underground injection programs at least once every five years. 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6509 114 hr 6509 Solider's HONR Act Armed Forces and National Security 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. House Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10] WA D H001064 0 Soldier's Help Obtaining Negotiated Rates Act or the Solider's HONR Act This bill amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to permit an individual to provide to a creditor as proof of military service, in order to qualify for the active service interest rate limitation, a certified letter from a commanding officer or any other appropriate indicator of military service. A creditor may use information from the Defense Manpower Database Center indicating that the individual is on active duty. A creditor that uses center information has not failed to treat the individual's debt as required if: (1) such information indicates that such individual is not on active duty; and (2) the creditor has not received the other proof required. 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6510 114 hr 6510 Save the Children Act of 2016 Immigration 2016-12-08 2016-12-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. House Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17] CA D H001034 0 Save the Children Act of 2016 This bill directs the Departments of State, Justice, Homeland Security (DHS), and Health and Human Services to establish the Save the Children program to grant nonimmigrant visas to certain young minor children from Syria between the ages of 3 and 10 to enter and remain in the United States until there is a sustained reduction of civil war violence in Syria and a substantial reduction in the numbers of newly displaced Syria inhabitants. The bill establishes in the DHS Office of Refugee Resettlement a Coordinator of the Save the Children program. The program shall terminate six months after the State Department certifies that there is a sustained reduction of civil war violence in Syria and a substantial reduction in the numbers of newly displaced Syria inhabitants. The program provides for the admission of not more than 5,000 children in the first year and 10,000 children for each of the second and third years. The bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a nonimmigrant W-visa for an alien who: (1) is resident in or was born in Syria but is currently a displaced person or refugee living in another country, (2) is between 3 and 10 years old, and (3) has been approved by the State Department to temporarily reside in the United States. Program aliens may remain in the United States until the State Department certifies that there is a sustained reduction of civil war violence in Syria and a substantial reduction in the numbers of newly displaced Syria inhabitants, with a six-month grace period for reunification efforts. 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6511 114 hr 6511 One President at a Time Act of 2016 Crime and Law Enforcement 2016-12-08 2016-12-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. House Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] CA D H001068 0 One President at a Time Act of 2016 This bill amends the federal criminal code to specify that the President-elect, or a person acting on behalf of the President-elect, is subject to the prohibition against unauthorized correspondence with a foreign government about a dispute or controversy with the United States. 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6512 114 hr 6512 Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Accessibility Act of 2016 Health 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. House Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] WA D K000381 2 Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Accessibility Act of 2016 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to permit the Department of Health and Human Services to make loans and loan guarantees for construction or renovation of psychiatric or substance abuse treatment facilities. The bill establishes terms and conditions for these loans and loan guarantees. The bill establishes the Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment Trust Fund. Revenues from the loans and loan guarantees that exceed the cost of carrying out the program may be appropriated to the fund. Amounts in the fund are available for block grants for community mental health services. 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6513 114 hr 6513 American Future Healthcare Act of 2016 Taxation 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4] IA R K000362 0 American Future Healthcare Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to: repeal the requirement that an individual making a tax deductible contribution to an HSA be covered by a high deductible health care plan; increase the maximum HSA contribution level; allow Medicare eligible individuals to contribute to an HSA; allow HSAs to be used to purchase health insurance; provide a cost-of-living adjustment for the limits on additional contributions for individuals 55 or older (catch-up contributions); require the cost-of-living adjustments to be indexed to the CPI medical care component (the medical care component for the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Department of Labor); and allow a rollover of HSA amounts to a Medicare Advantage Medical Savings Account (MSA). 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6514 114 hr 6514 To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to redirect user fees assessed of health insurance issuers on Federal Exchanges, and for other purposes. Health 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. House Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7] NJ R L000567 0 This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to deposit monthly in the Treasury $1.50 for each individual enrolled in health insurance coverage though a federally operated health insurance exchange. The user fee charged to health insurers by federally operated health insurance exchanges may not exceed a specified percentage of a plan's premiums. 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6515 114 hr 6515 Fairness to Teaching Hospitals Act of 2016 Health 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] OK R M001190 4 Fairness to Teaching Hospitals Act of 2016 This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to specify that a certain Medicare rule for counting resident time in nonprovider settings shall not be applied in a manner that requires the reopening of any settled hospital cost reports except where there was a jurisdictionally proper appeal pending as of March 23, 2010. The bill applies retroactively. 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6516 114 hr 6516 To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to expand eligibility for the Veterans Choice Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to establish a minimum period of care or services under such program, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16] TX D O000170 1 This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to expand eligibility for the Veterans Choice Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) cover a veteran who is unable to schedule an appointment with his or her primary care physician at the same VA medical facility at which the veteran had the most recent appointment with the physician because the physician is no longer employed at such facility, and (2) establish a minimum one-year period of care or services under such program. 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6517 114 hr 6517 INFORM Act Armed Forces and National Security 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16] TX D O000170 1 Increasing New recruit Focus On Receiving Mental healthcare Act or the INFORM Act This bill urges the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that preventing veteran suicide and providing veterans access to mental health care is its top reform priority. The VA shall, every 30 days, determine and provide to the Department of Defense, with respect to the previous year: the average national wait times (in days) for veterans enrolled in the VA health care system to receive appointments for mental health care and primary health care at VA medical facilities, the average time for the VA to process a claim for disability compensation, and the average time for the VA to decide an appeal of such a claim. The VA shall place a sign displaying the most current such times in a conspicuous location at each military entrance processing station. 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6518 114 hr 6518 MACPAC Improvement Act of 2016 Health 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. House Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] PA R P000373 7 MACPAC Improvement Act of 2016 This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to modify provisions related to the duties, membership, and conflict-of-interest policies of the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) Payment and Access Commission. 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6519 114 hr 6519 Safeguarding Sanctuary Cities Act of 2016 Immigration 2016-12-08 2016-12-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. House Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] IL D Q000023 0 Safeguarding Sanctuary Cities Act of 2016 This bill prohibits reducing or withholding federal financial assistance that a state or local government would otherwise receive because such state or local government has in place any policy that limits or restricts compliance with a detainer. A "detainer" is defined as any order or request by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for a state or local official to: temporarily hold a person until such person may be taken into federal custody, transport such a person for transfer to federal custody, or notify DHS prior to releasing such person. 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z  
114-hr-6520 114 hr 6520 Younger-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Parity Act of 2016 Families 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] NY D R000602 0 Younger-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Parity Act of 2016 This bill amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize services to be provided to individuals with Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder with neurological and organic brain dysfunction who have not attained 60 years of age. 2023-01-11T13:33:53Z  
114-hr-6521 114 hr 6521 Students and Families Empowerment Act Taxation 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] NY D R000602 0 Students and Families Empowerment Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the deduction for interest on education loans, to replace the dollar limitation and the limitation based on modified adjusted gross income with a $1 million limit ($2 million in the case of a joint return) on the aggregate amount of qualified education loans that may be taken into account for the deduction. The bill excludes from gross income the discharge of any student loan debt pursuant to income contingent and income-based repayment plans under the Higher Education Act of 1965. The bill also amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend from 6 months to 12 months: (1) the grace period before payment must begin on Federal Direct Stafford Loans and Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans after the student ceases to carry at least one-half of the normal full-time academic workload, and (2) the deferment periods for parent borrowers and graduate or professional student borrowers with Federal Direct PLUS Loans. The bill prohibits interest from accruing on a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan or a Federal Direct PLUS Loan during the 12-month extension or deferral period. 2023-01-11T13:33:53Z  
114-hr-6522 114 hr 6522 Public Release and Implementation of Department of Defense Overhead Cost Savings Act Armed Forces and National Security 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5] OR D S001180 0 Public Release and Implementation of Department of Defense Overhead Cost Savings Act This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to: (1) submit to specified congressional committees the Defense Business Board study entitled "Transforming Department of Defense's Core Business Processes for Revolutionary Change" and any supporting information used by the board to conduct such study, and (2) make such study publicly available. The bill sets forth House and Senate procedures for the expedited consideration of legislation to implement at least 80% of the DOD cost savings identified in such study. 2023-01-11T13:33:53Z  
114-hr-6523 114 hr 6523 Safe Transfer Act Education 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] CA D S001175 6 Safe Transfer Act This bill amends the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 by prohibiting federal funds for any institution of postsecondary education that fails to disclose to other institutions information related to campus sexual assault on the transcript of: (1) a student who violated the institution's rules or polices with respect to sex offenses, or (2) a student who is accused of sex offenses in a pending disciplinary proceeding. The disclosure requirement terminates five years after a disciplinary proceeding is completed, or one year after the initiation of a proceeding if it is still pending. The student who is subject to the disciplinary proceeding must be notified of the disclosure and be allowed to inspect and copy the disciplinary proceeding, which does not include the name of any other student, such as a victim or witness. The student must also be given the opportunity to write a statement to accompany the disclosure. 2023-01-11T13:33:53Z  
114-hr-6524 114 hr 6524 Hudson-Mohawk River Basin Act Water Resources Development 2016-12-08 2016-12-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. House Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] NY D T000469 0 Hudson-Mohawk River Basin Act This bill requires the Department of the Interior to establish a nonregulatory Hudson-Mohawk River Basin Restoration Program, under which it shall: draw on management plans for the Hudson-Mohawk River Basin and work with applicable management entities, including the federal government, state and local governments, and regional and nonprofit organizations, to identify, prioritize, and implement water resources activities within the basin; adopt a basin-wide strategy that coordinates activities being undertaken by the basin states (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont), advisory committees, local governments, institutions of higher education, and nongovernmental organizations to address environmental, economic, and cultural issues associated with the management and use of water resources in the basin and that supports implementation of science-based restoration and protection activities; and establish the Hudson-Mohawk River Basin grant program to provide competitive matching grants and technical assistance to state and local governments, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, and other eligible entities to carry out specified restoration and protection activities. Program purposes are listed, including: addressing the management, development, conservation, and use of water resources throughout the basin; coordinating restoration and protection activities; carrying out coordinated restoration and protection activities and providing technical assistance throughout the basin states; maintaining an inventory of historic and cultural resources of the basin and identifying projects to provide for cultural enrichment, preservation of cultural resources, public education about local heritage and historical significance of properties, canals, and historic sites within the basin; and providing a mechanism to promote communication, coordination, and collaborative working relationships among entities working in the basin. Interior shall develop… 2023-01-11T13:33:53Z  
114-hr-6525 114 hr 6525 Lead-free Students Act Education 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] NJ D W000822 0 Lead-free Students Act This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to require a local education agency, as a condition of receiving ESEA funds, to require a student to undergo blood lead-level testing prior to enrolling in an elementary school for the first time. 2023-01-11T13:33:53Z  
114-hr-6447 114 hr 6447 Protecting Our Democracy Act Government Operations and Politics 2016-12-07 2016-12-07 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. House Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15] CA D S001193 1 Protecting Our Democracy Act This bill establishes in the legislative branch the National Commission on Foreign Interference in the 2016 Election to investigate activities of the Russian government and others to use electronic means to influence, interfere with, or sow distrust in the elections for public office held in the United States in 2016. 2023-01-11T13:33:56Z  
114-hr-6448 114 hr 6448 Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act of 2016 Environmental Protection 2016-12-07 2016-12-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. House Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8] VA D B001292 0 Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act of 2016 This bill establishes a National Wildlife Corridors System for: conserving and restoring habitats that support native fish, wildlife, and plant species that have experienced or may experience habitat loss, degradation, fragmentation, or obstructions of connectivity; providing long-term habitat connectivity for the native species for migration, dispersal, adaptation to environmental change, and genetic exchange; and facilitating coordinated landscape- and seascape-scale connectivity planning and management across departmental jurisdictions. The Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, the Interior, and Transportation must: (1) each create a process for designating lands and waters under their respective administration and control as national wildlife corridors; and (2) manage corridors in a manner that contributes to the long-term connectivity, persistence, resilience, and adaptability of native species. The bill establishes safety and mitigation requirements for corridors that intersect, adjoin, or cross local, state, or federal roads or highways. The departments may acquire land to establish and enhance corridors and the land may be purchased with amounts from the Land and Water Conservation Fund or the Wildlife Corridors Stewardship and Protection Fund. The U.S. Geological Survey must establish and make available to the public a comprehensive National Native Species Habitats and Corridors Geographic Information System Database. The bill establishes a Wildlife Corridors Stewardship and Protection Fund, which may be used by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for enhancing the management and the protection of corridors and other lands and waters identified as important to further the purposes of the corridor. 2023-01-11T13:33:56Z  
114-hr-6449 114 hr 6449 Clean Money Act of 2016 Government Operations and Politics 2016-12-07 2016-12-07 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-13] PA D B001296 0 Clean Money Act of 2016 This bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to entitle a candidate in a congressional general election who is certified as a participating candidate under FECA to political advertising vouchers disbursed by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) as well as funds to defray the costs of postage. Participating candidates shall return to the FEC any political advertising vouchers provided to the authorized committees of the candidate which remain unused. The Clean Money Fund is established in the Treasury to be available to redeem vouchers that are accepted by broadcasting stations as payment for the purchase of broadcasting time for political advertisements. The bill imposes civil penalties for violation of contribution and expenditure requirements and requires repayment for improper use of payments made to defray costs of postage. The bill amends the FECA with respect to: (1) contributions and expenditures by multicandidate and political party political committees on behalf of participating candidates, and (2) restrictions on permitted uses of funds by candidates receiving small dollar financing. This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to set a station's lowest unit price for preemptible use as the charge for a broadcast by the national committee of a political party for an affiliated candidate. The FEC is authorized to revoke a broadcast station license or construction permit only for at least three willful failures to allow reasonable access to, or to permit purchase of reasonable amounts of time for the use of, a broadcasting station or cable system by a legally qualified candidate for federal office. 2023-01-11T13:33:56Z  
114-hr-6450 114 hr 6450 Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2016 Government Operations and Politics 2016-12-07 2016-12-16 Became Public Law No: 114-317. House Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3] UT R C001076 2 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.) Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to exempt inspectors general (when they are conducting an authorized audit, investigation, inspection, evaluation, or review) from: (1) information privacy protections that require agreements between agencies for computerized comparisons of automated federal records systems under the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, and (2) procedural requirements for information collections under the Paperwork Reduction Act. (Sec. 3) The Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) must submit to Congress an annual report that it currently submits only to the President. CIGIE must mediate disputes regarding an audit, investigation, inspection, evaluation, or project that involves the jurisdiction of more than one office of inspector general, except for matters coordinated by intelligence community inspectors general. The membership structure of CIGIE's Integrity Committee is modified to eliminate: (1) the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation as chairperson of the committee, and (2) the Special Counsel of the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) as a committee member. The committee must elect one of the inspectors general on the committee as chairperson to serve for a term of two years. Within seven days after the committee receives an allegation of wrongdoing against an inspector general or a staff member of an inspector general's office, the committee must refer such allegation to: (1) the Department of Justice (DOJ) or the OSC for investigation, or (2) the committee for review. If an allegation of wrongdoing is referred to the committee, the committee must decide within 30 days whether to refer the allegation to the chairperson to initiate an investigation. The 30-day period may be extended if the committee notifies Congress. The bill revises proc… 2023-04-24T20:39:47Z  
114-hr-6451 114 hr 6451 Federal Property Management Reform Act of 2016 Government Operations and Politics 2016-12-07 2016-12-16 Became Public Law No: 114-318. House Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10] CA R D000612 1 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.) Federal Property Management Reform Act of 2016 (Sec. 3) This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to identify annually a list of postal properties with space available for use by executive agencies and submit such list to specified congressional committees by September 30. This list shall also be provided to each federal agency for review and for making recommendations for collocations. The bill establishes a Federal Real Property Council, to be chaired by the Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to: (1) develop guidance and ensure implementation of an efficient and effective real property management strategy, (2) identify opportunities for the federal government to better manage its property and assets, and (3) reduce the costs of managing federal properties. The council must update annually a real property management plan template with government-wide performance measures to reduce surplus property or achieve better utilization of underutilized property. The evaluation criteria must: (1) enable Congress and federal agencies to track their progress on a government-wide basis, and (2) allow for comparison of the performance of federal agencies against industry and other public sector agencies. The council must: (1) develop utilization rates consistent throughout each category of space and consistent with nongovernmental space use rates, (2) develop a strategy to reduce the reliance of federal agencies on leased space for long-term needs if ownership would be less costly, (3) provide guidance on eliminating inefficiencies in the federal leasing process, (4) compile a list of field offices suitable for collocation, and (5) develop guidelines for the use of public-private partnerships in the management of federal property. For five years, the council must report annually to the OMB on: (1) a list of the remaining excess property that is real… 2023-04-24T20:39:47Z  
114-hr-6452 114 hr 6452 Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act Public Lands and Natural Resources 2016-12-07 2016-12-16 Became Public Law No: 114-327. House Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large] AS R R000600 2 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act TITLE I--NORTH PACIFIC FISHERIES Subtitle A--North Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation (Sec.102)This bill authorizes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to promulgate regulations to implement U.S. participation in the North Pacific Fisheries Convention. The convention is designed to ensure the long-term conservation and sustainable use of fishery resources and marine ecosystems in the North Pacific Ocean. The United Statesmust be represented by five commissioners on the North Pacific Fisheries Commission. Additionally, a permanent advisory committee is established, which shall be comprised of 11 members. Advisory committee members shall represent groups concerned with fishery resources covered by the North Pacific Fisheries Convention. (Sec. 103)The Department of State has the authority to receive and transmit various communications concerning the North Pacific commission, and can approve or disapprove bylaws and rules adopted by the commission. (Sec. 104) The bill details NOAA's authority in implementing this bill and measures adopted by the commission. (Sec. 105)NOAA and the U.S. Coast Guard are required to administer and enforce this bill. (Sec. 106)This bill lists 15 fishing and shipping activities that are prohibited in the North Pacific Ocean. (Sec. 107)NOAA may cooperate with public and private institutions in the United Statesand abroad to carry out this bill. Federal agencies are authorized to cooperate with NOAA in conducting research and providing facilities and personnel to assist the commission. (Sec. 108)The State Department must ensure that American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands participate with the commission in the same manner as territories of other nations. (Sec. 109)Operators of commercial fishing vessels that do not carry vessel monitoring systems capab… 2023-04-24T20:39:47Z  
114-hr-6453 114 hr 6453 To clarify the effect of a Memorandum Opinion for the Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, dated September 20, 2011, and pertaining to the lawfulness of proposals by Illinois and New York to use the Internet and out-of-state transaction processors to sell lottery tickets to in-state adults, and for other purposes. Crime and Law Enforcement 2016-12-07 2016-12-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. House Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8] PA R F000451 2 This bill declares that the Memorandum Opinion for the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice (dated September 20, 2011) shall have no force or effect for purposes of interpreting the definition of "unlawful Internet gambling" under current federal law. (The memorandum opinion concluded that state proposals to use the Internet and out-of-state vendors to sell lottery tickets to in-state adults did not constitute unlawful Internet gambling.) 2023-01-11T13:33:56Z  
114-hr-6454 114 hr 6454 Energizing American Shipbuilding and Maritime Act Energy 2016-12-07 2016-12-07 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3] CA D G000559 0 Energizing American Shipbuilding and Maritime Act This bill amends: (1) the Natural Gas Act to direct the Department of Energy to require specified percentages of liquefied natural gas exports to be transported on vessels built in the United States and documented under its laws, and (2) the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 to direct the President to require specified percentages of crude oil exports to be transported on vessels built in the United States and documented under its laws. 2023-01-11T13:33:56Z  
114-hr-6455 114 hr 6455 Energizing American Maritime Act Energy 2016-12-07 2016-12-07 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3] CA D G000559 1 Energizing American Maritime Act This bill amends: (1) the Natural Gas Act to direct the Department of Energy to require specified percentages of liquefied natural gas exports to be transported on vessels documented under U.S. law, and (2) the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 to direct the President to require specified percentages of crude oil exports to be transported on vessels documented under U.S. law. 2023-01-11T13:33:56Z  
114-hr-6456 114 hr 6456 End the Backlog Act Immigration 2016-12-07 2016-12-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security. House Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] TX D V000131 0 End the Backlog Act This bill requires that if the total amount appropriated for the Executive Office for Immigration Review does not exceed $485.3 million for FY2017, the total amount authorized to be appropriated for FY2018 and each of the three succeeding fiscal years for: (1) U.S. Customs and Border Protection is $13,219,051; and (2) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is $6,151,579. 2023-01-11T13:33:56Z  
114-hr-6457 114 hr 6457 Preventive Services Medicare Parity Act of 2016 Health 2016-12-07 2016-12-07 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] TX D V000131 0 Preventive Services Medicare Parity Act of 2016 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide for Medicare coverage of certain preventive services for which coverage is required by group and individual health insurance plans, and (2) revise the authority of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to use the process for making national coverage determinations with respect to determining coverage of additional preventive services. 2023-01-11T13:33:56Z  
114-hr-6458 114 hr 6458 Help our Neediest Families Act of 2016 Social Welfare 2016-12-07 2016-12-07 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] TX D V000131 0 Help Our Neediest Families Act of 2016 This bill amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to prohibit a state to which a TANF grant is made from using any part of such grant for drug testing of TANF applicants or recipients. If the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) determines that a state has violated such prohibition, it shall reduce the family assistance grant amount payable to the state for the immediately succeeding fiscal year by not more than 1%. This bill amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to prohibit drug testing of aid recipients under the housing choice voucher program. 2023-01-11T13:33:56Z  
114-hr-6459 114 hr 6459 Supporting Youth Opportunity and Preventing Delinquency Act of 2016 Crime and Law Enforcement 2016-12-07 2016-12-07 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Rep. Curbelo, Carlos [R-FL-26] FL R C001107 1 Supporting Youth Opportunity and Preventing Delinquency Act of 2016 This bill amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (JJDPA) to modify and reauthorize juvenile justice programs and activities. Specifically, it: revises and reauthorizes through FY2022 programs and activities under title II of the JJDPA, including the State Formula Grant Program and the activities of the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP); revises and expands the purpose areas of the JJDPA; expands membership on the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to include the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Secretary of the Interior; expands requirements for the OJJDP's annual report on juveniles in custody; modifies the required components of a state's juvenile justice and prevention plan; modifies the four core requirements with which a state must comply to receive a full allocation of funds under the State Formula Grant Program; and repeals the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Block Grant program. The bill revises, restructures, and reauthorizes through FY2022 programs under title V of the JJDPA, including the Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Program. The Government Accountability Office must evaluate the OJJDP's performance and audit selected grant recipients. The bill subjects juvenile justice grants to accountability provisions. 2023-01-11T13:33:56Z  
114-hr-6460 114 hr 6460 Buy America for Drinking Water Extension Act of 2016 Environmental Protection 2016-12-07 2016-12-07 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. House Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17] IL D B001286 13 Buy America for Drinking Water Extension Act of 2016 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring projects funded by the drinking water state revolving fund to only use iron and steel produced in the United States, unless: (1) it would be inconsistent with the public interest, (2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality, or (3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25%. The requirement does not apply with respect to a project if a state approves the plans and specifications for the project prior to October 1, 2018. 2023-01-11T13:33:56Z  
114-hr-6461 114 hr 6461 Bring Enhanced Liability in Transportation for Students Act Transportation and Public Works 2016-12-07 2016-12-07 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] TN D C001068 0 Bring Enhanced Liability in Transportation for Students Act This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to award grants to states to develop a school bus seat belt demonstration program to purchase type 1 school buses (weighing more than 10,000 pounds) equipped with lap/shoulder seat belts or equip existing type 1 buses with such belts. DOT shall withhold 10% of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway funds if the state has not enacted a law that requires the employer to conduct background checks before hiring school bus drivers. DOT shall also withhold 10% of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway funds if the state has not enacted and is not enforcing a law that imposes specified first offense and second offense civil and criminal penalties for motorists found guilty of illegally passing a stopped school bus. The bill authorizes DOT to provide grants to states to equip school buses with motion-activated detection systems. 2023-01-11T13:33:56Z  
114-hr-6462 114 hr 6462 Prioritizing the Most Vulnerable Americans Act Health 2016-12-07 2016-12-07 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. House Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27] NY R C001092 5 Prioritizing the Most Vulnerable Medicaid Patients This bill amend title XI (General Provisions) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in approving Medicaid demonstration projects, to: prioritize projects that have been proven effective in improving care and outcomes with respect to uninsured, Medicaid-eligible, or low-income individuals; require participating states to make publicly available data regarding the health outcomes for individuals to be served; ensure that projects are not duplicative of any federal program or funding opportunity; and require participating states to make publicly available an analysis of the degree to which such projects preclude private and charitable sector efforts to improve care and outcomes with respect to uninsured, Medicaid-eligible, or low-income individuals.  2023-01-11T13:33:56Z  
114-hr-6463 114 hr 6463 Patient Safety and Toxicology Modernization Act of 2016 Health 2016-12-07 2016-12-07 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. House Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27] NY R C001092 1 Patient Safety and Toxicology Modernization Act of 2016 This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to issue and periodically update guidance on: (1) novel tools for testing the toxicology and efficacy of medications, and (2) three-dimensional human tissue models. 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z  
114-hr-6464 114 hr 6464 Teach to Lead Act of 2016 Education 2016-12-07 2016-12-07 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53] CA D D000598 0 Teach to Lead Act of 2016 This bill authorizes the Department of Education to award competitive grants to nonprofit organizations for the development and implementation of teacher-led projects to improve outcomes in elementary and secondary schools. Grantee organizations shall use grant funds to make competitive subgrants to teachers and school leaders in partnership with the organization or a local educational agency. 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z  
114-hr-6465 114 hr 6465 To authorize the incorporation of water quality improvement partnership programs into Federal Water Pollution Control Act NPDES permit programs, and for other purposes. Environmental Protection 2016-12-07 2016-12-07 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] TN R D000533 0 This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) by allowing a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program to incorporate a water quality improvement partnership program that encourages investment by publicly owned treatment works and municipal separate storm sewer systems in watershed-based projects for improving water quality. Those partnerships may be used by publicly owned treatment works and municipal separate storm sewer systems to attain and maintain water quality standards. 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z  
114-hr-6466 114 hr 6466 Advancing and Promoting Programming Government Operations and Politics 2016-12-07 2016-12-07 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. House Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6] MN R E000294 1 Advancing and Promoting Programming or the APP Act This bill requires the General Services Administration (GSA) to establish a publicly available website that includes a database of federal funding opportunities for the creation of apps (software applications that enable the performance of specific tasks that may be run on a computer, a mobile device, the Internet, or any other electronic device) and allows the public to download a federal government app that includes: a list of each funding source for the creation and maintenance of government apps and instructions on how an applicant may apply for such funding; the ability for the public to rate and review any such app; a page that prominently displays apps that have been recently updated or that receive a high user review average; a page that features government projects that provide application developers with tools to improve private apps; resources for education and training related to the creation of apps; and a page that features outstanding, educational, computer science programs and resources to replicate such programs. The GSA shall review any app for which an update has not been released in more than two years and shall remove any app from the website that is no longer functional or compatible. 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z  
114-hr-6467 114 hr 6467 Use It or Choose It Act of 2016 Labor and Employment 2016-12-07 2016-12-07 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] FL D G000556 0 Use It or Choose It Act of 2016 This bill allows an individual, when moving from one position (i.e., any form of compensated employment, including part-time employment and independent contracting) within the workforce to another, to elect to retain any benefits (i.e., health care-related benefits, workers compensation, life insurance, family and medical leave, and annual, sick, paternity, or maternity leave) earned when occupying such position. The bill requires contractual providers of such benefits to extend them on the same terms and conditions as those provided to employees in the former position, or those similarly situated. Employers accruing funds or reserves corresponding to leave or other benefits shall transfer such funds or reserves to new employers upon request. 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z  
114-hr-6468 114 hr 6468 FILCA of 2016 Immigration 2016-12-07 2016-12-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. House Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1] MD R H001052 34 Federal Immigration Law Compliance Act of 2016 or the FILCA of 2016 This bill prohibits an entity (including a university, a state political subdivision, or other person) that receives federal funds in a fiscal year from receiving additional federal funds in that fiscal year or the succeeding fiscal year if it fails to comply with a lawful request for information or detainment of an alien made by any federal immigration officer or employee. Unobligated federal funds made available to a non-compliant entity are rescinded. A state or political subdivision that complies with a detainer is deemed to be an agent of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has authority available to DHS to take actions to comply with the detainer, and shall not be liable for such actions. DHS may issue a detainer for an alien who is in federal, state, or local custody requesting: (1) all relevant information collected pertaining to such alien and notification of his or her future release, or (2) continued detention until DHS assumes custody. DHS may request from any entity that receives federal funds other immigration-related information pertaining to an alien that is not otherwise precluded from disclosure. 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z  
114-hr-6469 114 hr 6469 Yurok Lands Act Native Americans 2016-12-07 2016-12-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs. House Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] CA D H001068 0 Yurok Lands Act This bill gives the Yurok Tribe the option to expand its role in the environmental review process under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) with respect to major federal actions within: (1) the Revised Yurok Reservation, and (2) specified areas within the Klamath and Redwood Creek Watersheds. The Department of the Interior must enter into a cooperative agreement with the tribe for protecting the natural resources of Redwood National Park. The bill confirms the 2006 "Cooperative Agreement between the Department of the Interior and the Yurok Tribe for the Cooperative Management of Tribal and Federal Lands and Resources in the Klamath River Basin of California." Interior may take actions to effectuate the agreement. The Forest Service must transfer approximately 1,229 acres in the Yurok Experimental Forest to Interior. That land must be held in trust for the benefit of the tribe and be managed by the tribe for conservation and research purposes. The trust land may not be: (1) used for gaming activity, and (2) subject to old growth logging. Interior must revise the boundary of the reservation as depicted on the map entitled, "Revised Yurok Reservation Boundary" and dated December 7, 2016. National Forest System land and National Park System land within the revised reservation must be administered by the Forest Service and the National Park Service, respectively. The bill designates the Bald Hills Road, which runs from U.S. Highway 101 to the Klamath River, as the "Yurok Scenic Byway." The bill ratifies and confirms the tribe's governing documents. 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z  
114-hr-6470 114 hr 6470 Graduate Student Savings Act of 2016 Taxation 2016-12-07 2016-12-07 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] MA D K000379 1 Graduate Student Savings Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow funds paid to an individual to aid in the pursuit of graduate or postdoctoral study or research to be saved in an Individual Retirement Account (IRA). The bill permits the funds to be considered compensation for purposes of current law provisions that limit annual deductible IRA contributions to the lesser of: (1) the deductible amount permitted under current law, or (2) the compensation includible in the individual's gross income for the year. 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z  
114-hr-6471 114 hr 6471 Army Combat Action Badge Eligibility Act Armed Forces and National Security 2016-12-07 2016-12-07 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. House Rep. Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2] WV R M001195 0 Army Combat Action Badge Eligibility Act This bill authorizes the Department of the Army to award the Army Combat Action Badge to a person who: (1) participated as a member of the Army between December 7, 1941, and September 18, 2001, in combat during which the person was personally engaged with the enemy; and (2) has not been recognized previously for such participation. The Army may make arrangements with suppliers of the badge so that eligible persons may procure it directly from suppliers, thereby substantially reducing or eliminating administrative costs for carrying out this bill. 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z  
114-hr-6472 114 hr 6472 Teachers and Parents at the Table Act Education 2016-12-07 2016-12-07 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] NY D R000602 1 Teachers and Parents at the Table Act This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to establish: (1) a Volunteer Teacher Advisory Committee to monitor the effects of the ESEA in classrooms, and (2) a Volunteer Parents and Families Advisory Committee to monitor the effects of the ESEA on children and families and to review and analyze the implementation of various family engagement activities. 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z  
114-hr-6473 114 hr 6473 To express the sense of Congress that information security is critical to the economic security of the United States and to direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to submit to Congress a report on the costs of information security. Science, Technology, Communications 2016-12-07 2016-12-07 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. House Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] MI R U000031 0 This bill expresses the sense of Congress that information security is critical to U.S. economic security and should be protected to promote economic growth. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration must report on the costs to the U.S. economy of protecting information and systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction to provide information integrity, confidentiality, timely and reliable access, and authentication through digital credentials. The report must estimate the cost of: (1) security for computers, networks, software, storage systems, data transmission, equipment, and support services; (2) measures to mitigate and hedge against compromises of information systems; and (3) economic loss or harm caused by such compromises. 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z  
114-hr-6474 114 hr 6474 To eliminate the daily newspaper cross-ownership rule of the Federal Communications Commission. Science, Technology, Communications 2016-12-07 2016-12-07 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. House Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] OR R W000791 7 This bill eliminates the Federal Communications Commission's broadcast/newspaper cross-ownership ban, which prohibits a single entity, or parties under common control, from owning a daily newspaper and a full-power commercial broadcast station (AM, FM, or television) in the same market. 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z  
114-hr-6475 114 hr 6475 To remove reversionary clauses on property owned by the municipality of Anchorage, Alaska. Public Lands and Natural Resources 2016-12-07 2016-12-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. House Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] AK R Y000033 0 This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey, without consideration, to the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, the reversionary interests of the United States in and to specified nonfederal land in Anchorage for the purpose of unencumbering its title and enabling its economic development. 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z  
114-hr-6439 114 hr 6439 Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2016 Taxation 2016-12-06 2016-12-06 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8] TX R B000755 1 Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2016 This bill makes technical and clerical amendments to: the Protecting Americans From Tax Hikes Act of 2015; the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016; the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act; the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015; the Stephen Beck, Jr., ABLE Act of 2014; the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012; the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act; the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU); the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004; provisions of the Internal Revenue Code related to partnership audit rules; the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015; the Energy Policy Act of 2005; and other specified provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. The bill also amends various provisions in the Internal Revenue Code that are not used in computing current tax liabilities (referred to as deadwood provisions). 2023-01-11T13:33:56Z  
114-hr-6440 114 hr 6440 Justice for Child Victims Act of 2016 Crime and Law Enforcement 2016-12-06 2016-12-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. House Rep. Gowdy, Trey [R-SC-4] SC R G000566 2 Justice for Child Victims Act of 2016 This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify procedures for the payment of restitution and monetary assessments by defendants in certain child pornography cases. The bill also establishes a Child Pornography Victim's Fund. 2023-01-11T13:33:56Z  
114-hr-6441 114 hr 6441 Video Visitation in Prisons Act of 2016 Science, Technology, Communications 2016-12-06 2016-12-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. House Rep. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL-8] IL D D000622 0 Video Visitation in Prisons Act of 2016 This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to promulgate regulations for video visitation services that allow inmates to make video calls to individuals outside a correctional facility, and amend its regulations on inmate calling services as necessary, to ensure that all charges and practices are just and reasonable. The regulations must include: caps on rates charged by service providers, a prohibition against charging flat rates, a prohibition against a provider requiring a correctional facility to restrict in-person visitation as a condition to providing a calling or video visitation service, a prohibition against the provider offering bundled services that include non-communications services, and video quality standards. The federal criminal code is amended to require the Bureau of Prisons to ensure that: video visitation does not supplant in-person visitation; privacy is maximized in the video areas and equipment; no persons other than corrections officers have authority over the terms of a prisoner's imprisonment, including visitation schedules or the ability to move within a correctional facility; and service providers provide a list of each video visitation and each fee charged to visitors and prisoners, offer free visits based on good behavior if authorized by the correctional facility, and submit quarterly compliance reports. 2023-01-11T13:33:56Z  
114-hr-6442 114 hr 6442 To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Chief Standing Bear National Historic Trail, and for other purposes. Public Lands and Natural Resources 2016-12-06 2016-12-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. House Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1] NE R F000449 0 This bill amends the National Trails System Act to direct the Department of the Interior to conduct a study on feasibility of designating as a national historic trail the Chief Standing Bear Trail extending approximately 550 miles from Niobrara, Nebraska, to Ponca City, Oklahoma, which follows the route taken by Chief Standing Bear and the Ponca people during federal Indian removal, and approximately 550 miles from Ponca City through Omaha to Niobrara, Nebraska, which follows the return route taken by Chief Standing Bear and the Ponca people. Interior shall consider input from owners of private land within or adjacent to such study area and shall not consider acquiring any land outside the exterior boundaries of any federally administered area. 2023-01-11T13:33:56Z  
114-hr-6443 114 hr 6443 Heroin and Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2016 Taxation 2016-12-06 2016-12-06 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1] NM D L000580 4 Heroin and Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require manufacturers, producers, and importers of active opioids to pay an excise tax of one cent per milligram of opioid. The bill also amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide grants to states for: (1) research on opioids (including heroin), and (2) opioid abuse prevention and treatment. The Department of the Treasury must transfer an amount equal to the revenue collected from the tax to HHS to carry out this bill. The bill makes the funds available without further appropriation and designates the funding as an emergency requirement under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO). 2023-01-11T13:33:56Z  
114-hr-6444 114 hr 6444 Perkins Loan Program Inflation Adjustment Act of 2016 Education 2016-12-06 2016-12-06 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] NY D M001188 0 Perkins Loan Program Inflation Adjustment Act of 2016 This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to adjust the maximum annual and aggregate amount that a student may borrow under the Federal Perkins Loan program to account for inflation. 2023-01-11T13:33:56Z  
114-hr-6445 114 hr 6445 Veterans Health Care Trust Fund Act Armed Forces and National Security 2016-12-06 2016-12-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16] TX D O000170 3 Veterans Health Care Trust Fund Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), upon the commencement of any war, to establish a trust fund to be named for that war. Amounts collected pursuant to a war tax (required by this bill) shall be deposited into such fund and may be used by the VA to provide for veterans who serve on active duty during that war programs and benefits directly related to their health care. For any fiscal year during which the VA makes a withdrawal from such a fund, the Government Accountability Office shall conduct an audit of the consolidated financial statements relating to the fund. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the imposition upon individuals who have not served on active duty in the Armed Forces of a graduated income tax with respect to each war occurring at any time during the taxable year. 2023-01-11T13:33:56Z  
114-hr-6446 114 hr 6446 Student Borrower HELP Act of 2016 Finance and Financial Sector 2016-12-06 2016-12-06 Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] NJ D P000034 5 Student Borrower Higher Education Lending Protection Act of 2016 or the Student Borrower HELP Act of 2016 This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to provide to student borrowers of private education loans: (1) loan payment deferments without interest accruing during any period in which the student borrower is temporarily disabled, and (2) loan discharges if a student borrower dies or becomes totally or permanently disabled. If a student borrower dies or becomes totally or permanently disabled, the student borrower, any cosigner on the loan, or the estate of either the student borrower or the cosigner shall not be obligated to make any additional loan payments. The Internal Revenue Code is amended to exclude from an individual's gross income (which would otherwise include cancellation of debt as income) amounts based on the discharge of a student loan under this bill. An individual is therefore not subject to tax liability for the discharge of student loan debt under this bill. Private educational lenders must disclose to borrowers the number of private education loans they offer and the number and rate of defaults on such loans. 2023-01-11T13:33:56Z  
114-hr-6434 114 hr 6434 FIRST Cap Profits Act of 2016 Finance and Financial Sector 2016-12-05 2016-12-05 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. House Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] NJ D P000034 4 Flood Insurance Reimbursement Standards Transparency Cap Profits Act of 2016 or the FIRST Cap Profits Act of 2016 This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the property and casualty insurance companies participating in the "Write Your Own" (WYO) flood insurance program under the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Biggert-Waters Act) to implement and comply with the program's oversight and expense reimbursement requirements within one year after enactment of this bill. (The WYO program is a cooperative undertaking between the insurance industry and the Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration that allows participating property and casualty insurance companies to write and service standard flood insurance policies.) The Biggert-Waters Act is amended to require FEMA to prohibit reimbursements to WYO insurers from exceeding 110% of the aggregate amount of the insurer's actual expenses for selling, writing, and servicing flood insurance policies and adjusting flood claims on behalf of the National Flood Insurance Program. The National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 is amended to require courts to award litigation costs to plaintiffs who prevail in civil actions for fraud or misrepresentation by an insurance company participating in the WYO program. 2023-01-11T13:33:56Z  
114-hr-6435 114 hr 6435 To authorize the Directors of Veterans Integrated Service Networks of the Department of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts with appropriate civilian accreditation entities or appropriate health care evaluation entities to investigate medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Armed Forces and National Security 2016-12-05 2016-12-08 Received in the Senate. House Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] OK R M001190 0 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) (Sec. 1) This bill authorizes the Director of a Veterans Integrated Service Network of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to contract with an entity specializing in civilian accreditation or health care evaluation to investigate any medical center within the network to assess deficiencies of the facilities at such medical center. Before entering into any contract, the director shall notify the VA, the VA Inspector General, and the Government Accountability Office in order to coordinate any investigation pursuant to a contract with any ongoing investigations or accreditations. 2023-01-11T13:33:56Z  

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