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To provide that rates of pay for Members of Congress shall not be adjusted under section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 in the year following any fiscal year in which outlays of the United States exceeded receipts of the United States.

To provide that rates of pay for Members of Congress shall not be adjusted under section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 in the year following any fiscal year in which outlays of the United States exceeded receipts of the United States. 1. Amendments to the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (a) In general Section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 ( 2 U.S.C. 4501(2) (C) An adjustment in rates of pay may be made under this paragraph in a year only if the aggregate outlays of the United States during the last completed fiscal year did not exceed the aggregate receipts of the United States during such fiscal year, as determined by the Congressional Budget Office. . (b) Technical amendment Section 601(a)(2)(A) of such Act ( 2 U.S.C. 4501(2)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C),

Summary: Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to provide that pay for Members of Congress may not be increased by any adjustment scheduled to take effect in a calendar year if the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) determines that the federal aggregate outlays during the last completed fiscal year exceeded the federal aggregate receipts during such fiscal year.
Responsibility in Federal Contracting Act

To require that the prevailing wage utilized for purposes of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Davis-Bacon Act), be determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Responsibility in Federal Contracting Act 2. Bureau of Labor Statistics determination of prevailing wage Section 3142(b) of title 40, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting (acting through the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor) Secretary of Labor (2) by inserting before the period at the end the following: , using surveys carried out by the Bureau of Labor Statistics that use proper random statistical sampling techniques

Summary: Responsibility in Federal Contracting Act Requires that the locally prevailing wage paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works (Davis-Bacon Act) be determined by the Secretary of Labor (as under current law), but acting through the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), using surveys carried out by BLS that use proper random statistical sampling techniques.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of guide dogs to veterans blinded by a service-connected injury.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of guide dogs to veterans blinded by a service-connected injury. 1. Provision of guide dogs to certain blind veterans (a) In general Subsection (b) of section 1714 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) (1) The Secretary shall provide guide dogs trained for the aid of the blind to a veteran who— (A) is blind by reason of a service-connected injury; (B) is enrolled under section 1705 of this title; and (C) elects to receive such a dog. (2) The Secretary may provide guide dogs trained for the aid of the blind to a veteran who is— (A) enrolled under section 1705 of this title; and (B) not otherwise described under paragraph (1)(A). (3) The Secretary may also provide a veteran described in paragraph (1) or (2) with mechanical or electronic equipment for aiding them in overcoming the disability of blindness. . (b) Conforming amendment Section 1714(d) of such title is amended by striking subsection (b) or (c) paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) or subsection (c) (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide trained guide dogs to veterans who are blind by reason of a service-connected disability, are enrolled for VA hospital care and medical services, and elect to receive such a dog.
To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 1. Repeal of annual fee on health insurance providers The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is amended by striking section 9010.

Summary: This bill repeals a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that imposes an annual fee on a health insurance provider based on its net premium income.
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit former Members of Congress from engaging in lobbying contacts.

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit former Members of Congress from engaging in lobbying contacts. 1. Prohibition on lobbying contacts by former Members of Congress (a) In general Section 207(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Paragraph (1) is amended to read as follows: (1) Members of Congress (A) In general Any person who is a Senator or a Member of the House of Representatives and who, after that person leaves office, knowingly makes any lobbying contact to a covered executive branch official, or to any Member, officer, or employee of either House of Congress, shall be punished as provided in section 216 of this title. (B) Definitions In this paragraph, the terms lobbying contact covered executive branch official 2 U.S.C. 1602 . (2) Paragraph (2) is amended— (A) by striking (2) Any person (2) Officers and certain staff (A) Officers and staff of the Senate Any person ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (B) Officers of the House of Representatives (i) Any person who is an elected officer of the House of Representatives and who, within 1 year after that person leaves office, knowingly makes, with the intent to influence, any communication to or appearance before any of the persons described in clause (ii), on behalf of any other person (except the United States) in connection with any matter on which such elected officer seeks action by a Member, officer, or employee of either House of Congress, in his or her official capacity, shall be punished as provided in section 216 of this title. (ii) The persons referred to in clause (i) with respect to appearances or communications by a former elected officer are any Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives. . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to individuals who leave office or employment to which such amendments apply on or after the date of adjournment of the first session of the 114th Congress sine die or December 31, 2015, whichever date is earlier.

Summary: Amends the federal criminal code to replace the current two-year ban on lobbying contacts by former Senators and one-year ban on lobbying contacts by former Members of the House of Representatives with any Member, officer, or employee of either chamber with an outright ban at any time on such contacts, subject to fines and/or imprisonment. Specifies a one-year ban on lobbying contacts by former elected officers of the House with any House Member, officer, or employee.
Crimea Annexation Non-recognition Act

To prohibit United States Government recognition of Russia’s annexation of Crimea. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Crimea Annexation Non-recognition Act 2. Prohibition against United States recognition of Russia’s annexation of Crimea (a) Statement of policy It is the policy of the United States not to recognize the de jure or de facto sovereignty of the Russian Federation over Crimea, its airspace, or its territorial waters. (b) Prohibition In accordance with subsection (a), no Federal department or agency may take any action or extend any assistance that recognizes or implies recognition of the de jure or de facto sovereignty of the Russian Federation over Crimea, its airspace, or its territorial waters. (c) Waiver The President may waive subsection (a) or (b) if the President determines that it is vital to the national security interests of the United States to do so.

Summary: Crimea Annexation Non-recognition Act States that is U.S. policy to not recognize the de jure or de facto sovereignty of the Russian Federation over Crimea, its airspace, or its territorial waters. Prohibits any federal department or agency from taking any action or extending any assistance that recognizes or implies recognition of the de jure or de facto sovereignty of the Russian Federation over Crimea, its airspace, or its territorial waters. Authorizes the President to waive such prohibitions if vital to U.S. national security interests.
Pell Grant Funding Act

To require the Secretary of Education to use the excess revenue generated from the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program to carry out the Federal Pell Grant Program. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pell Grant Funding Act 2. Applying excess revenue to Federal Pell Grants The Secretary of Education shall— (1) as soon as practicable after the end of a fiscal year, determine whether during such fiscal year the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program under part D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq. (2) if such excess revenue was generated, use such excess revenue to carry out the Federal Pell Grant Program under subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070a

Summary: Pell Grant Funding Act Directs the Secretary of Education to use any excess revenue generated by the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program during a fiscal year to carry out the Federal Pell Grant program in the next fiscal year.
Cameras in the Courtroom Act

To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cameras in the Courtroom Act 2. Amendment to title 28 (a) In general Chapter 45 678. Televising Supreme Court proceedings The Supreme Court shall permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless the Court decides, by a vote of the majority of justices, that allowing such coverage in a particular case would constitute a violation of the due process rights of one or more of the parties before the Court. . (b) Clerical amendment The chapter analysis for chapter 45 678. Televising Supreme Court proceedings. .

Summary: Cameras in the Courtroom Act Requires the Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless it decides by majority vote that allowing such coverage in a particular case would violate the due process rights of any of the parties involved.
To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to extend the requirement of the Secretary to furnish hospital care and medical services through non-Department of Veterans Affairs entities to veterans residing in certain locations.

To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to extend the requirement of the Secretary to furnish hospital care and medical services through non-Department of Veterans Affairs entities to veterans residing in certain locations. 1. Extension of requirement to provide non-Department of Veterans Affairs care to veterans residing in certain locations (a) In general Subsection (p)(1) of section 101 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 ( Public Law 113–146 38 U.S.C. 1701 care and services care or services to an eligible veteran described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (D) of subsection (b)(2) (b) Conforming amendments Such section is further amended— (1) in subsection (p), in the subsection heading, by inserting to certain veterans services (2) in subsection (q)(2)(F), by striking termination

Summary: Amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to extend indefinitely the requirement that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) furnish hospital care and medical services through non-VA facilities to veterans who reside: (1) in a state without a VA medical facility that provides hospital care, emergency medical services, and surgical care; and (2) more than 20 miles from such a facility.
Medicare Employer Relief Act of 2015

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the requirement for employer disclosure of information on health care coverage of employees who are Medicare beneficiaries, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicare Employer Relief Act of 2015 2. Repealing section 1862 (b) (a) In general Section 1862(b) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395y(b) (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to information required to be provided on or after January 1, 2016.

Summary: Medicare Employer Relief Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to Medicare as secondary payer to repeal requirements for identification of secondary payer situations.
Commuter Rail Passenger Safety Act

To make loans and loan guarantees under section 502 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 available for implementing positive train control systems, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Commuter Rail Passenger Safety Act 2. Positive train control systems Section 502(b)(1) of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 ( 45 U.S.C. 822(b)(1) (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking or (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking facilities. facilities; or (3) by adding at the end the following: (D) implement a positive train control system, as required by section 20157 of title 49, United States Code. . 3. Extension of railroad safety technology grants Section 20158(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking $50,000,000 $100,000,000 (2) by striking 2009 through 2013 2016 through 2020

Summary: Commuter Rail Passenger Safety Act Amends the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to make the installing of positive train control systems eligible for railroad rehabilitation and improvement direct loans and loan guarantees. Extends the railroad safety technology grants program for FY2016-FY2020.
Prohibiting Automated Traffic Enforcement Act of 2015

To amend title 23, United States Code, to prohibit automated traffic enforcement, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Prohibiting Automated Traffic Enforcement Act of 2015 2. Automated traffic enforcement prohibition (a) In general Chapter 3 330. Automated traffic enforcement prohibition (a) Prohibition Except as provided in subsection (b), a covered entity may not utilize an automated traffic enforcement system for purposes of law enforcement. (b) Exceptions The prohibition under subsection (a) does not apply to the following: (1) A school zone. (2) A construction zone. (c) Definitions In this section, the following definitions apply: (1) Automated traffic enforcement system The term automated traffic enforcement system (2) Construction zone The term construction zone (3) Covered entity The term covered entity (A) A State. (B) A local governmental authority. (4) Local governmental authority The term local governmental authority (5) School zone The term school zone (6) State The term State . (b) Conforming amendment The analysis for such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following: 330. Automated traffic enforcement prohibition. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

Summary: Prohibiting Automated Traffic Enforcement Act of 2015 This bill prohibits a state or local government authority from using an automated traffic enforcement system for law enforcement purposes, except in a school zone or construction zone.
State Sovereignty in Voting Act

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to permit a State to require an applicant for voter registration in the State who uses the Federal mail voter registration application form developed by the Election Assistance Commission under such Act to provide documentary evidence of citizenship as a condition of the State’s acceptance of the form. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the State Sovereignty in Voting Act 2. Permitting States to require voter registration applicants using Federal mail form to submit documentary evidence of citizenship as condition of acceptance of application (a) In General Section 6(a)(1) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 ( 52 U.S.C. 20505(a)(1) , except that a State may require an applicant who submits such form to provide documentary evidence of the applicant’s citizenship as a condition of the State’s acceptance of the form. (b) Effective Date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to elections for Federal office held after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: State Sovereignty in Voting Act Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to permit a state to require an applicant for voter registration who uses the federal mail voter registration application form developed by the Election Assistance Commission to provide documentary evidence of citizenship as a condition of the state's acceptance of the form.
Put a Registered Nurse in the Nursing Home Act of 2015

To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to establish a minimum direct care registered nurse staffing requirement at nursing facilities and skilled nursing facilities under Medicare and Medicaid and for other purposes. 1. Short Title This Act may be cited as the Put a Registered Nurse in the Nursing Home Act of 2015 2. Establishment of minimum direct care registered nurse staffing requirement at nursing facilities and skilled nursing facilities under Medicare and Medicaid (a) Medicare Skilled Nursing Facilities Section 1819(b)(4)(C) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395i–3(b)(4)(C) (1) in clause (i)— (A) by striking Except as provided in clause (ii), a A (B) by striking all that follows residents (2) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following: (ii) Use of Direct Care Registered Nurse A skilled nursing facility must use the services of at least 1 registered professional nurse to provide assessment, surveillance, and direct care to residents 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In the preceding sentence, the term surveillance . (b) Medicaid Nursing Facilities Section 1919(b)(4)(C) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396r(b)(4)(C) (1) in the heading, by striking ; facility waivers (2) in clause (i)— (A) by striking With respect to clause (ii), must provide A nursing facility must provide (B) by striking all that follows residents (3) by striking clauses (ii) and (iii) and inserting the following: (ii) Use of Direct Care Registered Nurse A nursing facility must use the services of at least 1 registered professional nurse to provide assessment, surveillance, and direct care to residents 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In the preceding sentence, the term surveillance . (c) Effective Date The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to payments made for items and services furnished on or after the first day of the first calendar quarter beginning on or after the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Put a Registered Nurse in the Nursing Home Act of 2015 Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act with respect to coverage of nursing care services in skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities, respectively, to revise the standards for 24-hour licensed nursing service care which a professional registered nurse is required to provide at least eight consecutive hours a day, seven days a week. Requires such facilities, instead, to use the services of at least one registered professional nurse to provide assessment, surveillance, and direct care to residents 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
CO-OP Consumer Protection Act of 2016

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt from the individual mandate certain individuals who had coverage under a terminated qualified health plan funded through the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO–OP) program. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the CO-OP Consumer Protection Act of 2016 2. Exemption from individual mandate for certain individuals who had coverage under a terminated health plan funded through the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO–OP) program (a) In general Section 5000A(e) (6) Certain individuals previously enrolled in health plans funded through the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO–OP) program Any applicable individual for any month if— (A) such individual was enrolled in minimum essential coverage offered by a qualified nonprofit health insurance issuer (as defined in subsection (c) of section 1322 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18042 (B) during the calendar year which includes such month, such issuer terminated such coverage in the area in which the individual resides, and (C) such month ends after the date on which such coverage was so terminated. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to months beginning after December 31, 2013. September 22, 2016 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

Summary: CO-OP Consumer Protection Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to temporarily exempt from penalties for failing to purchase and maintain minimum essential health care coverage individuals whose coverage under a plan offered by a qualified nonprofit health insurance issuer receiving funds through the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan program was terminated. The exemption applies as of the first month for which the coverage was terminated and continues for the remaining months of the calendar year.
Permanent Active Financing Exception Act of 2015

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Permanent Active Financing Exception Act of 2015 2. Permanent subpart F exemption for active financing income (a) Banking, financing, or similar businesses Section 954(h) (b) Insurance businesses Section 953(e) of such Code (relating to exempt insurance income) is amended by striking paragraph (10) and by redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (10). (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years of a foreign corporation beginning after December 31, 2014, and to taxable years of United States shareholders with or within which such taxable years of such foreign corporation end. October 23, 2015 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

Summary: Permanent Active Financing Exception Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the subpart F foreign personal holding company income exemption for income that is derived in the active conduct of a banking, financing, or similar business, as a securities dealer, or in the conduct of an insurance business.