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Solar EDGE Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase for 2 years the residential energy credit and the investment tax credit with respect to solar property with a nameplate capacity of less than 20 kilowatts. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Solar Expansion of Distributed Generation Exponentially Act Solar EDGE Act 2. Two-year increase for certain solar property expenditures (a) In general Subsection (e) of section 25D (9) Two-year increase for certain solar property expenditures In the case of qualified solar electric property expenditures for taxable years beginning during 2017 or 2018 with respect to property which has a nameplate capacity of less than 20 kilowatts (or thermal energy equivalent), subsection (a)(1) shall be applied by substituting 50 percent the applicable percentage . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016. 3. Two-year increase for certain solar property (a) In general Subsection (c) of section 48 (5) Two-year increase for certain solar property In the case of property— (A) described in subsection (a)(3)(A)(i), (B) the construction of which begins during 2017 or 2018, and (C) which has a nameplate capacity of less than 20 kilowatts (or thermal energy equivalent), the energy percentage shall be 50 percent. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to property construction of which begins after December 31, 2016.

Summary: Solar Expansion of Distributed Generation Exponentially Act or the Solar EDGE Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase for two years tax credits that apply to solar property with a nameplate capacity of less than 20 kilowatts. The increases apply to the investment tax credit and the tax credit for residential energy efficient property expenditures.
To prohibit the National Science Foundation from conducting a study to determine which facets of social interaction about politics are most stress inducing, for which kinds of people, and in which contexts.

To prohibit the National Science Foundation from conducting a study to determine which facets of social interaction about politics are most stress inducing, for which kinds of people, and in which contexts. 1. Prohibition The National Science Foundation shall not use or provide to others funds for conducting a study to determine which facets of social interaction about politics are most stress inducing, for which kinds of people, and in which contexts.

Summary: This bill prohibits the National Science Foundation from using or providing funds to others to conduct a study to determine which facets of social interaction about politics are most stress-inducing, for which kinds of people, and in which contexts.
Protecting School Meals from Fines Act

To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from implementing certain proposed rules on establishing criteria for imposition of fines under child nutrition programs, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting School Meals from Fines Act 2. Prohibition on certain rules The Secretary of Education shall not implement, administer, or enforce sections 210.18(q), 210.26(b), 215.15(b), 220.18(b), 225.13(a), 225.18(k), 226.6(k)(2)(xii), 226.25(i), and 235.11(c) and (g) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, (relating to the imposition of fines under section 22(e) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act), as proposed to be added or amended by the proposed regulations published by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on March 29, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 17564 et seq.).

Summary: Protecting School Meals from Fines Act This bill prohibits the implementation of proposed Department of Agriculture regulations to establish criteria for imposing fines on school funding authorities, schools, and state agencies that are administering federal child nutrition programs and have: (1) failed to correct severe mismanagement of any program, (2) failed to correct repeated violations of program requirements, or (3) disregarded a requirement of which they have been informed.
Protecting Veterans' Educational Choice Act of 2016

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Labor to provide information to veterans and members of the Armed Forces about articulation agreements between institutions of higher learning, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Veterans’ Educational Choice Act of 2016 2. Department of Veterans Affairs provision of information on articulation agreements between institutions of higher learning (a) Information Department of Veterans Affairs counselors who provide educational or vocational counseling services pursuant to section 3697A of title 38, United States Code, shall provide to any eligible individual who requests such counseling services information about the articulation agreements of each institution of higher learning in which the veteran is interested. (b) Certification of eligibility When the Secretary of Veterans Affairs provides to a veteran a certification of eligibility for educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary shall also include detailed information on such educational assistance, including information on requesting education counseling services and on articulation agreements. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) The term institution of higher learning (2) The term articulation agreement Public Law 89–329 20 U.S.C. 1093a (d) Deadline for implementation The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall implement this section not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. November 14, 2016 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Summary: Protecting Veterans' Educational Choice Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill requires Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) counselors who provide specified educational or vocational counseling services to provide a requesting veteran or member of the Armed Forces with information about the articulation agreements (agreements governing the transferability of credits toward meeting specific degree or program requirements) of each institution of higher learning in which the individual is interested. The VA shall: (1) provide a veteran who is certified as eligible for VA educational assistance with information on education counseling services and articulation agreements, and (2) implement this bill within 90 days after its enactment.
Good Samaritan Assessment Act of 2016

To require a study by the Comptroller General of the United States on Good Samaritan laws that pertain to treatment of opioid overdoses, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Good Samaritan Assessment Act of 2016 2. Finding The Congress finds that the executive branch, including the Office of National Drug Control Policy, has a policy focus on preventing and addressing prescription drug misuse and heroin use, and has worked with States and municipalities to enact Good Samaritan laws that would protect caregivers, law enforcement personnel, and first responders who administer opioid overdose reversal drugs or devices. 3. GAO Study on Good Samaritan laws pertaining to treatment of opioid overdoses The Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives, the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on— (1) the extent to which the Director of National Drug Control Policy has reviewed Good Samaritan laws, and any findings from such a review, including findings related to the potential effects of such laws, if available; (2) efforts by the Director to encourage the enactment of Good Samaritan laws; and (3) a compilation of Good Samaritan laws in effect in the States, the territories, and the District of Columbia. 4. Definitions In this Act— (1) the term Good Samaritan law (2) the term opioid May 6, 2016 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Summary: Good Samaritan Assessment Act of 2016 (Sec. 3) This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to submit a report about the Office of National Drug Control Policy's (ONDCP's) review of state and local Good Samaritan laws that exempt from criminal or civil liability any individual who administers an opioid overdose reversal drug or device or who contacts emergency services providers in response to an overdose. The report must: (1) address the extent to which the ONDCP has reviewed such Good Samaritan laws, including any findings related to the potential effects of such laws; (2) describe the ONDCP's efforts to encourage enactment of such laws; and (3) provide a compilation of such Good Samaritan laws in effect in states. (Sec. 4) For purposes of the report, "opioid" means any drug, including heroin, having an addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine or being capable of conversion into a drug having such addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability.
Safe Prescribing for Veterans Act

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a continuing education requirement for employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs authorized to prescribe medication. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safe Prescribing for Veterans Act 2. Continuing education requirement for employees of Department of Veterans Affairs authorized to prescribe medication (a) In general Subchapter I of chapter 74 7413. Continuing education requirement for employees authorized to prescribe medication (a) Requirement (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall require each covered employee of the Department to complete not less than one accredited course of continuing education on pain management once every two years. Such course shall include information on safe prescribing practices and disposal of controlled substances, principles of pain management, identification of potential substance use disorders and addiction treatment. (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a covered employee if the covered employee is licensed or certified by a State licensure or specialty board that requires the completion of continuing education relative to pain management or substance use disorder management. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) The term covered employee (2) The term controlled substance 21 U.S.C. 802 (c) Applicability The requirement under subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a covered employee for any 24-month period during which the covered employee is employed by the Department for at least 180 days. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subchapter I of such chapter the following new item: 7413. Continuing education requirement for employees authorized to prescribe medication. . (c) Applicability Section 7413 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a 12-month period that begins on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Safe Prescribing for Veterans Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to require a VA employee (including a temporary full-time, part-time, or without-compensation employee) who is authorized to prescribe any controlled substance to complete at least one accredited continuing education course on pain management every two years. Such requirement shall: apply to an employee who is employed by the VA for at least 180 days during any 24-month period; and not apply to an employee licensed or certified by a state licensure or specialty board that requires the completion of pain management or substance use disorder management continuing education. Continuing education courses shall include information on safe prescribing practices, controlled substance disposal, pain management principles, and identification of potential substance use disorders and addiction treatment.
Free Credit Score Act of 2016

To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require certain consumer reporting agencies to include a credit score when providing consumers with a free annual consumer report. 1. Short tile This Act may be cited as the Free Credit Score Act of 2016 2. Inclusion of credit score with free annual report The Fair Credit Reporting Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq. (1) in section 609(a)(1)(B), by inserting before the period the following: , except as required under section 612(a)(1)(D) (2) in section 612(a)(1), by adding at the end the following: (D) Inclusion of credit score A consumer reporting agency that provides a consumer report to a consumer pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall also provide such consumer with a credit score (as defined under section 609(f)). .

Summary: Free Credit Score Act of 2016 This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require nationwide consumer reporting agencies to include the consumer's credit score when furnishing a consumer with a free annual report.
Love Lives On Act of 2016

To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the definition of surviving spouse 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Love Lives On Act of 2016 2. Modification of definition of surviving spouse (a) In general Section 101(3) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking and who has not remarried such other person (b) Conforming amendments Such title is further amended as follows: (1) In section 103— (A) by striking subsection (d); and (B) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d). (2) In section 1922(b)(2)(A), by striking and while unremarried (3) In section 2306(b)(4), by striking subsection: subsection, the term veteran (4) In section 2402(a)(5), by striking (which for purposes of this chapter includes a surviving spouse who had a subsequent remarriage) (5) In section 5110(l), by inserting after remarriage by death or divorce occurring before the date of the enactment of the Love Lives on Act of 2016 (6) In section 5120— (A) in subsection (b), by striking or in the case of a surviving spouse, if the postal employee believes that the surviving spouse has remarried (unless the mail is addressed to the surviving spouse in the name the surviving spouse has acquired by the remarriage) (B) in subsection (c), by striking or remarriage (7) In section 5121(3), by striking or remarried surviving spouse (8) In section 7297(f)(2), by striking terminated upon the surviving spouse’s death. (c) Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to benefits payable for months beginning on or after such date.

Summary: Love Lives On Act of 2016 This bill amends the definition of a veteran's "surviving spouse," for the purpose of veterans benefits provisions, to eliminate the requirement that such person: (1) has not remarried; or (2) has not, since the death of the veteran and after September 19, 1962, lived with another person and held himself or herself out to be the other person's spouse. The effective date of an award of specified veterans benefits to a surviving spouse based upon termination of a remarriage by death or divorce occurring before the date of enactment of this bill shall be the date of death, or the date the judicial decree or divorce becomes final, if an application therefor is received within one year of the remarriage's termination.
Empowering Educators to Prevent Trafficking Act

To authorize the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the Department of Justice to award grants to local educational agencies to establish, expand, and support programs to train school staff to recognize and respond to signs of labor and sex trafficking. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Empowering Educators to Prevent Trafficking Act 2. Grants for training school staff to recognize and respond to signs of labor and sex trafficking (a) In general The Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the Department of Justice may award grants to local educational agencies to establish, expand, and support programs to train school staff to recognize and respond to signs of labor trafficking and sex trafficking. (b) Program requirements A program funded through a grant under this section shall include— (1) training on— (A) indicators that an individual is a victim or potential victim of labor trafficking or sex trafficking; (B) options and procedures for referring such an individual, as appropriate, to— (i) information on such trafficking; and (ii) legal, social, and health services for victims of such trafficking; and (C) reporting requirements and procedures in accordance with applicable Federal and State law; and (2) a plan, developed and implemented in consultation with local law enforcement authorities, to ensure the safety of school staff reporting such trafficking. (c) Priority In awarding grants under this section, the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the Department of Justice shall give priority to local educational agencies serving a high-intensity child sex trafficking area. (d) Definitions In this Act: (1) ESEA terms The terms elementary school local educational agency other staff secondary school 20 U.S.C. 7801 (2) High-intensity child sex trafficking area The term high-intensity child sex trafficking area (3) Labor trafficking The term labor trafficking 22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(B) (4) School staff The term school staff (5) Sex trafficking The term sex trafficking 22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(A)

Summary: Empowering Educators to Prevent Trafficking Act This bill authorizes the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to award grants to local educational agencies to train school staff to recognize and respond to signs of labor and sex trafficking.
Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2016

To limit donations made pursuant to settlement agreements to which the United States is a party, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2016 2. Limitation on donations made pursuant to settlement agreements to which the united states is a party (a) Limitation on required donations An official or agent of the Government may not enter into or enforce any settlement agreement on behalf of the United States, directing or providing for a payment to any person or entity other than the United States, other than a payment that provides restitution for or otherwise directly remedies actual harm (including to the environment) directly and proximately caused by the party making the payment, or constitutes payment for services rendered in connection with the case. (b) Penalty Any official or agent of the Government who violates subsection (a), shall be subject to the same penalties that would apply in the case of a violation of section 3302 of title 31, United States Code. (c) Effective date Subsections (a) and (b) apply only in the case of a settlement agreement concluded on or after the date of enactment of this Act. (d) Definition The term settlement agreement July 18, 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: Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits government officials from entering into or enforcing a settlement agreement resolving a civil action on behalf of the United States that provides for a payment to any person or entity other than the United States. The bill provides exceptions to allow payments that remedy actual harm (including to the environment) caused by the party making the payment or that constitute payment for services rendered in connection with the case. Government officials or agents who violate this prohibition may be removed from office or required to forfeit to the government any money they hold for such purposes to which they may otherwise be entitled. Federal agencies must report annually for seven years to the Congressional Budget Office about the parties, funding sources, and distribution of funds for their settlement agreements permitted by the exceptions in this bill. Agency inspectors general must report annually to Congress about any of their agency's settlement agreements that violate this bill.
Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Act

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to notify air carriers and security screening personnel of the Transportation Security Administration of such Administration’s guidelines regarding permitting baby formula, breast milk, and juice on airplanes, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bottles and Breast­feeding Equipment Screening Act 2. TSA security screening guidelines for baby formula, breast milk, purified deionized water for infants, and juice on airplanes; training on special procedures Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall— (1) notify air carriers and security screening personnel of the Transportation Security Administration and personnel of private security companies providing security screening pursuant to section 44920 of title 49, United States Code, of such Administration’s guidelines regarding permitting baby formula, breast milk, purified deionized water for infants, and juice on airplanes under the Administration’s guidelines known as the 3–1–1 Liquids Rule Exemption; and (2) in training procedures for security screening personnel of the Administration and private security companies providing security screening pursuant to section 44920 of title 49, United States Code, include training on special screening procedures. Amend the title so as to read: A bill to direct the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration to notify air carriers and security screening personnel of the Transportation Security Administration of such Administration’s guidelines regarding permitting baby formula, breast milk, and juice on airplanes, and for other purposes. September 20, 2016 Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

Summary: Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to: notify air carriers, TSA security screening personnel, and private security screening personnel of TSA's 3-1-1 Liquids Rule Exemption guidelines allowing baby formula, breast milk, purified deionized water for infants, and juice on airlines; and include training on all special screening procedures for TSA security screening personnel and private security screening personnel.