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Veterans Health Administration Spending Transparency and Oversight Act of 2016

To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for an evaluation and report on the costs of health care furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Health Administration Spending Transparency and Oversight Act of 2016 2. Evaluation and report on costs of health care furnished by Department of Veterans Affairs (a) In general Subchapter II of chapter 73 7330B. Evaluation and report on costs of health care furnished by Department (a) Evaluation The Secretary shall provide for an ongoing evaluation of the costs of hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care furnished to veterans eligible for such care or services as compared to the costs of the same care or services furnished in the private sector. (b) Entity To conduct evaluation The Secretary may enter into a contract with a federally funded research and development center to conduct the evaluation under subsection (a). (c) Report Not later than March 1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on the results of the evaluation conducted under subsection (a) during the year preceding the submittal of the report. (d) Definitions In this section, the terms hospital care medical services nursing home care . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 73 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 7330A the following new item: 7330B. Evaluation and report on costs of health care furnished by Department. .

Summary: Veterans Health Administration Spending Transparency and Oversight Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to make an ongoing evaluation, including under contract with a federally funded research and development center, of the costs of VA hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care as compared to the costs of the same care or services furnished in the private sector.
ACES Act of 2016

To clarify the period of eligibility during which certain spouses are entitled to assistance under the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Military Spouses Achieving College Education for Survivors Act of 2016 ACES Act of 2016 2. Clarification of Eligibility for Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship (a) In General Section 701(d) of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 ( Public Law 113–146 38 U.S.C. 3311 (d) Applicability (1) In general The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to a quarter, semester, or term, as applicable, commencing on or after January 1, 2015. (2) Deaths that occurred between September 11, 2001, and December 31, 2005 For purposes of section 3311(f)(2) of title 38, United States Code, any member of the Armed Forces who died during the period beginning on September 11, 2001, and ending on December 31, 2005, is deemed to have died on January 1, 2006. . (b) Election on receipt of certain benefits Section 3311(f) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by striking A surviving spouse Except as provided in paragraph (4), a surviving spouse (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph (4): (4) Exception for certain elections (A) In general An election made under paragraph (3) by a spouse described in subparagraph (B) may not be treated as irrevocable if such election occurred before the date of the enactment of this paragraph. (B) Eligible surviving spouse A spouse described in this subparagraph is an individual— (i) who is entitled to assistance under subsection (a) pursuant to paragraph (9) of subsection (b); and (ii) who was the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who died during the period beginning on September 11, 2001, and ending on December 31, 2005. .

Summary: Military Spouses Achieving College Education for Survivors Act of 2016 or ACES Act of 2016 This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to deem any member of the Armed Forces who died between September 11, 2001, and December 31, 2005, to have died on January 1, 2006, in order to make that member's surviving spouse eligible for the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship. (Surviving spouses of service members who die in the line of duty after September 11, 2001, are eligible for such assistance until the earlier of the date they remarry or the date that is 15 years after the military spouse's death.) A surviving spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who died between September 11, 2001, and December 31, 2005, who elected before enactment of this Act to receive educational benefits under the Survivors and Dependents Educational Assistance program or the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Frye program may revoke such choice. (Such an election is currently irrevocable.)
Pay What You Owe Before You Go Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code to include in income the unrepatriated earnings of groups that include an inverted corporation. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pay What You Owe Before You Go Act 2. Recapture of unrepatriated earnings of groups including an inverted corporation (a) In general Section 7874 (g) Recapture of tax on unrepatriated earnings (1) In general The subpart F income of any applicable controlled foreign corporation for its last taxable year ending before the acquisition date shall be increased by the accumulated deferred foreign income of the corporation. (2) Applicable controlled foreign corporation For purposes of this subsection— (A) In general The term applicable controlled foreign corporation (i) a covered entity was a United States shareholder at any time during the 5-year period ending on the acquisition date, or (ii) a member of the same expanded affiliated group as a covered entity was a United States shareholder at any time during the 5-year period ending on the acquisition date. (B) Covered entity The term covered entity (i) is treated as a surrogate foreign corporation under subsection (a)(2)(B), determined— (I) by substituting March 9, 2016 March 4, 2003 (II) by substituting more than 50 percent at least 60 percent (III) by disregarding clause (iii) thereof, and (ii) is not treated as a domestic corporation by reason of subsection (b). (3) Accumulated deferred foreign income For purposes of this section— (A) In general The term accumulated deferred foreign income (i) the undistributed earnings of the controlled foreign corporation, over (ii) the undistributed U.S. earnings of such controlled foreign corporation. (B) Undistributed earnings The term undistributed earnings (i) as of the close of the taxable year described in paragraph (1), (ii) without diminution by reason of distributions made during such taxable year, and (iii) without regard to this subsection. For purposes of this chapter, any determination with respect to the treatment of distributions described in clause (ii) shall be made after the application of this subsection to the earnings and profits described in the matter preceding clause (i). (C) Undistributed U.S. earnings The term undistributed U.S. earnings post-1986 undistributed U.S. earnings (i) as of the close of the taxable year described in paragraph (1), and (ii) without regard to post-1986 (4) Acquisition date For purposes of this section, the term acquisition date . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to taxable years ending after March 9, 2016.

Summary: Pay What You Owe Before You Go Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the recapture in subpart F income (i.e., income of a controlled foreign corporation earned outside the United States which is not tax deferred) of the accumulated deferred foreign income of such corporation (i.e., the undistributed earnings of the controlled foreign corporation over its undistributed U.S. earnings) for its last taxable year.
Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act

To nullify certain guidance of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection and to provide requirements for guidance issued by the Bureau with respect to indirect auto lending. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act 2. Nullification of auto lending guidance Bulletin 2013–02 of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (published March 21, 2013) shall have no force or effect. 3. Guidance requirements Section 1022(b) of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 ( 12 U.S.C. 5512(b) (5) Guidance on indirect auto financing In proposing and issuing guidance primarily related to indirect auto financing, the Bureau shall— (A) provide for a public notice and comment period before issuing the guidance in final form; (B) make available to the public, including on the website of the Bureau, all studies, data, methodologies, analyses, and other information relied on by the Bureau in preparing such guidance; (C) redact any information that is exempt from disclosure under paragraph (3), (4), (6), (7), or (8) of section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code; (D) consult with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Department of Justice; and (E) conduct a study on the costs and impacts of such guidance to consumers and women-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small businesses, including consumers and small businesses in rural areas. . 4. Rule of construction Nothing in this Act shall be construed to apply to guidance issued by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection that is not primarily related to indirect auto financing.

Summary: Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act This bill declares without force or effect Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Bulletin 2013-02 (Indirect Auto Lending and Compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act), published March 21, 2013. The Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 is amended to direct the CFPB, when proposing and issuing guidance primarily related to indirect auto financing, to: provide for a public notice and comment period before issuing the guidance in final form; make publicly available all information relied on by the CFPB; redact any information exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act; consult with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Department of Justice; and study the costs and impacts of the guidance to consumers and women-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small businesses, including consumers and small businesses in rural areas.
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4910 Brighton Boulevard in Denver, Colorado, as the "George Sakato Post Office".

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4910 Brighton Boulevard in Denver, Colorado, as the George Sakato Post Office 1. George Sakato Post Office (a) Designation The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4910 Brighton Boulevard in Denver, Colorado, shall be known and designated as the George Sakato Post Office (b) References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the George Sakato Post Office

Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4910 Brighton Boulevard in Denver, Colorado, as the "George Sakato Post Office."
A bill to reauthorize the program of the Department of Veterans Affairs under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs provides health services to veterans through qualifying non-Department health care providers.

To reauthorize the program of the Department of Veterans Affairs under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs provides health services to veterans through qualifying non-Department health care providers. 1. Reauthorization of program of enhanced contract care authority for health care needs of veterans Paragraph (3) of section 403(a) of the Veterans' Mental Health and Other Care Improvements Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–387 38 U.S.C. 1703 (3) Duration A veteran may receive health services under this section during the period beginning on the date specified in paragraph (2) and ending on August 7, 2021. .

Summary: This bill amends the Veterans' Mental Health and Other Care Improvements Act of 2008 to extend through August 7, 2021, the pilot program under which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides covered health services in highly rural areas to covered veterans through qualifying non-VA health care providers.
STOP Pain Act

To direct the NIH to intensify and coordinate fundamental, translational, and clinical research with respect to the understanding of pain, the discovery and development of therapies for chronic pain, and the development of alternatives to opioids for effective pain treatments. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safe Treatments and Opportunities to Prevent Pain Act STOP Pain Act 2. Enhancing basic and applied research on pain to discover therapies, including alternatives to opioids, for effective pain management (a) In general The Director of the National Institutes of Health (referred to in this section as the NIH (1) the understanding of pain; (2) the discovery and development of therapies for chronic pain; and (3) the development of alternatives to opioids for effective pain treatments. (b) Priority and direction The prioritization and direction of the federally funded portfolio of pain research studies shall consider recommendations made by the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee in concert with the Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force, and in accordance with the National Pain Strategy, the Federal Pain Research Strategy, and the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2016–2020, the latter which calls for the relative burdens of individual diseases and medical disorders to be regarded as crucial considerations in balancing the priorities of the Federal research portfolio.

Summary: Safe Treatments and Opportunities to Prevent Pain Act or the STOP Pain Act This bill authorizes the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to intensify and coordinate NIH research into the understanding of pain, therapies for chronic pain, and alternatives to opioids (drugs with effects similar to opium) for pain treatments. The prioritization and direction of federally funded pain research must consider recommendations made by the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee.
Territories Relief Act

To provide territories of the United States with bankruptcy protection. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Territories Relief Act 2. Adjustments of debts of a territory or a municipality of a territory (a) Definitions In this Act— (1) the term municipality (2) the term territory (b) Adjustments of debts A territory or a municipality of a territory may file a petition with bankruptcy court for the judicial district in which the territory or municipality is located to effect a plan to adjust the debts of the territory or the municipality. (c) Designation of bankruptcy judge The chief judge of the court of appeals for the circuit embracing the district in which the case is commenced shall designate the bankruptcy judge to conduct the case. (d) Regulations Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall, in consultation with the Governors of the territories, promulgate regulations carrying out this Act.

Summary: Territories Relief Act This bill allows a territory (the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the U.S. Virgin Islands), or a municipality of a territory, to petition the bankruptcy court for the judicial district in which it is located to effect a plan to adjust its debts. The chief judge of the court of appeals for the circuit of the district in which the case is commenced shall designate the bankruptcy judge to conduct the case.
Federal Aviation Administration Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 2016

To include disabled veteran leave in the personnel management system of the Federal Aviation Administration. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Aviation Administration Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 2016 2. Inclusion of disabled veteran leave in Federal Aviation Administration per­son­nel management system (a) In general Section 40122(g)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ; and (2) in subparagraph (I)(iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (J) subject to paragraph (4), section 6329, relating to disabled veteran leave. . (b) Certification of leave Section 40122(g) of such title is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: (4) Certification of disabled veteran leave In order to verify that leave credited to an employee pursuant to paragraph (2)(J) is used for treating a service-connected disability, that employee shall, notwithstanding section 6329(c) of title 5, submit to the Assistant Administrator for Human Resource Management of the Federal Aviation Administration certification, in such form and manner as the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may prescribe, that the employee used that leave for purposes of being furnished treatment for that disability by a health care provider. . (c) Application The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to any employee of the Federal Aviation Administration hired on or after the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. (d) Policies and procedures Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall prescribe policies and procedures to carry out the amendments made by this section that are comparable, to the maximum extent practicable, to the regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management under section 6329 of title 5, United States Code.

Summary: Federal Aviation Administration Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill applies federal civil service requirements to leave used by disabled armed forces veterans in the personnel management system of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). To verify that leave credited to such an employee is used for treating a service-connected disability, the employee shall certify to FAA Human Resource Management that the employee used that leave for purposes of being furnished treatment for that disability by a health care provider.
Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act

To clarify the treatment of two or more employers as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act 2. Treatment of joint employers Section 2(2) of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 152(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, two or more employers may be considered joint employers for purposes of this Act only if each shares and exercises control over essential terms and conditions of employment and such control over these matters is actual, direct, and immediate. March 16, 2016 Read the second time and placed on the calendar

Summary: Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to allow two or more employers to be considered joint employers for purposes of the Act only if each shares and exercises control over essential terms and conditions of employment and such control over these matters is actual, direct, and immediate.
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 615 6th Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as the "Sergeant First Class Terryl L. Pasker Post Office Building".

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 615 6th Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as the Sergeant First Class Terryl L. Pasker Post Office Building 1. Sergeant First Class Terryl L. Pasker Post Office Building (a) Designation The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 615 6th Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, shall be known and designated as the Sergeant First Class Terryl L. Pasker Post Office Building (b) References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Sergeant First Class Terryl L. Pasker Post Office Building

Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 615 6th Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as the "Sergeant First Class Terryl L. Pasker Post Office Building."
Lifesaving Gear for Police Act

To ensure America's law enforcement officers have access to lifesaving equipment needed to defend themselves and civilians from attacks by terrorists and violent criminals. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Lifesaving Gear for Police Act 2. State and local law enforcement access to lifesaving Federal equipment (a) Unenforceability of certain regulations unless enacted into law (1) In general No regulation, rule, guidance, policy, or recommendations issued on or after May 15, 2015, that limits the sale or donation of property of the Federal Government, including excess property of the Department of Defense, to State and local agencies for law enforcement activities (whether pursuant to section 2576a of title 10, United States Code, or any other provision of law, or as a condition on the use of Federal funds) shall have any force or effect after the date of the enactment of this Act unless enacted into law by Congress. (2) Prohibition on use of funds To enforce regulations No agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government may use any Federal funds, fees, or resources to implement or carry out a regulation, rule, guidance, policy, or recommendation issued as described in subsection (a) that is not enacted into law by Congress. (b) Return or reissue of equipment recalled or seized pursuant to regulations Any property recalled or seized on or after May 15, 2015, pursuant to a regulation, rule, guidance, policy, or recommendation issued as described in subsection (a) shall be returned, replaced, or re-issued to the agency from which recalled or seized, at no cost to such agency, as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Lifesaving Gear for Police Act This bill invalidates any regulation, rule, guidance, recommendation, or policy issued after May 15, 2015, that limits the sale or donation of excess federal property to state and local law enforcement agencies unless enacted by Congress. Additionally, it prohibits the use of federal funds to implement such regulation, rule, guidance, recommendation, or policy. Property that was recalled or seized on or after May 15, 2015, must be returned, replaced, or reissued to the state or local law enforcement agency.
Anti-Trust Freedom Act of 2016

To permit voluntary economic activity. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Anti-Trust Freedom Act of 2016 2. Voluntary economic coordination by individuals The Sherman Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1 et seq. 15 U.S.C. 12 et seq. 15 U.S.C. 45

Summary: Anti-Trust Freedom Act of 2016 This bill prohibits the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, and section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act from being construed as prohibiting, banning, or otherwise extending to any voluntary economic coordination, cooperation, agreement, or other association, compact, contract, or covenant entered into by or between any individual or group of individuals.