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To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the eligibility for monthly stipends paid under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program for certain members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the eligibility for monthly stipends paid under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program for certain members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces. 1. Monthly stipend for certain members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces (a) In general Section 3313 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (j) Determination of monthly stipends during certain active duty service (1) Pro rata basis In any month in which an individual described in paragraph (2) is performing active duty service described in section 3301(1)(B) of this title, the Secretary shall determine the amount of monthly stipends payable under this section for such month on a pro rata basis for the period of such month in which the covered individual is not performing such active duty service. (2) Individual described An individual described in this paragraph is an individual who is— (A) a member of the reserve components of the Armed Forces; and (B) pursuing a program of education using educational assistance under this chapter. . (b) Application The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a quarter, semester, or term, as applicable, commencing on or after August 1, 2016.

Summary: This bill provides that the monthly stipend under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance program for a member of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who is pursuing a program of education using assistance under such program and performing certain active duty service shall be payable on a pro rata basis for the period of such month in which the individual is not performing active duty service.
DELIVER Act of 2016

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the standard charitable mileage rate for delivery of meals to elderly, disabled, frail and at risk individuals. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Delivering Elderly Lunches and Increasing Volunteer Engagement and Reimbursements Act of 2016 DELIVER Act of 2016 2. Increase in standard mileage rate for delivery of meals to elderly, disabled, frail and at risk individuals (a) In general Subsection (i) of section 170 (standard business mileage rate per mile in the case of the delivery of meals to homebound individuals who are elderly, disabled, frail or at risk) (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to miles driven on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Delivering Elderly Lunches and Increasing Volunteer Engagement and Reimbursements Act of 2016 or the DELIVER Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the standard mileage rate for the tax deduction for the charitable use of a passenger automobile to deliver meals to homebound individuals who are elderly, disabled, frail, or at risk. The bill increases the rate from the standard charitable rate of 14 cents per mile to the standard business mileage rate, which is 54 cents per mile for 2016.
Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2016

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2016 2. Exclusion from gross income of AmeriCorps educational awards (a) In general Section 117 (e) AmeriCorps educational awards Gross income shall not include any national service educational award described in subtitle D of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any AmeriCorps educational awards provided under the National and Community Service Act of 1990.
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to allow the importation of certain foreign-manufactured firearms components.

To amend chapter 44 1. Imported barrels, muzzle attachments, trigger groups, and triggers allowed to be used in assembling a long gun or a shotgun identical to those manufactured and allowed under the sporting purposes test Section 922(r) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding after and below the end the following: A barrel, a muzzle attachment, a trigger group, and a trigger shall not be considered an imported part for purposes of this subsection. . 2. Barrel and receiver importation (a) In general Section 925(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking , and (2) by adding at the end the following: (3) All frames or receivers of rifles, or barrels for firearms other than handguns, if the importation is for repair or replacement purposes. . (b) Governmental imports Section 925(a)(1) of such title is amended by inserting , barrel, or importation of any firearm

Summary: This bill amends the federal criminal code to permit the assembly of a semiautomatic rifle or shotgun that is identical to guns prohibited from importation using imported barrels, muzzle attachments, trigger groups, and triggers. Additionally, the Department of Justice shall permit the importation of frames, receivers, or barrels for firearms, excluding handguns, if the importation is for repair or replacement purposes. This bill exempts federal, state, and local governments from prohibitions on the importation of barrels for firearms.
Fair Federal Firearms Licensing Act

To impose a deadline by which a person whose Federal firearms license has expired, or is surrendered, or revoked, must liquidate the firearms inventory of any business subject to the license, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fair Federal Firearms Licensing Act 2. Deadline for liquidation of firearms business inventory after expiration, surrender, or revocation of Federal firearms license Section 923 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (m) (1) (A) A person whose license issued under this chapter has expired, or is surrendered or revoked, shall liquidate the firearms inventory of any business subject to the license, by the end of the period described in subparagraph (B). During that period, the license shall continue to be considered valid. (B) The period described in this subparagraph is the 60-day period beginning with the effective date of the expiration, surrender, or revocation, plus such additional period as the Attorney General may allow on a showing of reasonable cause. (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to a person if a United States district court for the judicial district in which the person resides or in which the principal place of business of the person subject to the license is located finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that the continued operation by the person of the business poses an immediate and grave threat to public safety. . 3. Definition of willfully Section 923(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (5) For purposes of this subsection, the term willfully .

Summary: Fair Federal Firearms Licensing Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to require a licensed gun dealer to liquidate the firearms inventory of a business by the end of the 60-day period following the expiration, surrender, or revocation of a federal firearms license. It defines the term "willfully" with respect to violations of certain federal firearms laws, regulations, or requirements.
No Work, No Pay Act of 2016

To amend title 5, United States Code, to limit the length of administrative leave for Federal employees to 30 days, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Work, No Pay Act of 2016 2. Limitation on administrative leave (a) In general Subchapter II of chapter 63 6330. Limitation on administrative leave (a) In general Except as provided in subsection (b), an employee may not be placed on administrative leave, or any other paid non-duty status without charge to leave, for more than 30 consecutive days for reasons relating to misconduct or performance. (b) Extension for investigation In the case of an employee placed on administrative leave pending an investigation, the head of an agency may grant an extension of administrative leave for additional periods of not more than 30 consecutive days each only if the office investigating the employee submits a report to Congress and the head of the applicable agency containing a certification that additional time is needed to complete such investigation, including the reasons for the need for additional time. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections for subchapter II of chapter 63 6330. Limitation on administrative leave. .

Summary: No Work, No Pay Act of 2016 This bill prohibits placing a federal employee on administrative leave, or any other paid non-duty status without charge to leave, for more than 30 consecutive days for reasons relating to misconduct or performance. In the case of an employee placed on administrative leave pending an investigation, an agency may grant an extension of administrative leave for additional periods of up to 30 consecutive days each if the office investigating the employee submits a report to Congress and the agency certifying that additional time is needed.
Pension and Budget Integrity Act of 2016

To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to exclude the receipts and disbursements of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation from the Federal budget. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pension and Budget Integrity Act of 2016 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (in this section referred to as the PBGC (A) is an independent government agency that insures the benefits of most private-sector pension plans through an insurance model; (B) becomes the trustee for the assets of failed pension plans; (C) is responsible for the investment and disbursement of premiums and pension plan assets through the PBGC revolving funds and the PBGC trust fund; and (D) may only use premiums paid by private-sector pension plans to the PBGC to pay pension beneficiaries and related PBGC operating expenses. (2) The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 did not include the receipts and disbursements of the PBGC in the Federal budget. (3) Section 406 of the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980 ( Public Law 96–364 (4) The revenues from PBGC premiums— (A) are deposited into the revolving funds of the PBGC and are credited to the operating budget of the PBGC; (B) cannot be used for any purpose other than PBGC expenses; and (C) are counted as revenue to the United States Treasury and used to offset unrelated Federal spending. (5) Sound budget policy dictates that— (A) crediting PBGC premium revenues to the revolving funds of the PBGC and as receipts to the United States Treasury constitutes double-counting; (B) double-counting revenue is inconsistent with sound budgetary policy and good governance; and (C) excluding the receipts and disbursements of the PBGC from the Federal budget will eliminate double-counting premium revenue. 3. Exclusion of the receipts and disbursements of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation from the Federal budget (a) In general Paragraph (2) of Section 4002(g) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ( 29 U.S.C. 1302(g) shall be included shall not be included (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2016.

Summary: Pension and Budget Integrity Act of 2016 This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to exclude the receipts and disbursements of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) from the federal budget. (The PBGC is a federal agency that insures the benefits of private sector, defined benefit pension plans. The PBGC receives no federal funds and is financed by insurance premiums paid by sponsors of the plans, investment income, assets from pension plans taken over by the PBGC, and recoveries from the companies formerly responsible for the plans.)
End Executive Overreach Act

To provide that no Federal funds, fees, or resources may be used to implement certain Executive orders, to suspend rule making authority, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the End Executive Overreach Act 2. Restriction on the use of Federal funds to implement Executive orders Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, and ending on January 21, 2017, no Federal funds, fees, or resources may be used to implement an Executive order which is issued on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 3. Suspension of rule making authority Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, and ending on January 21, 2017, no agency may engage in rule making relating to, or finalize a rule that is— (1) a major rule; (2) a rule that may raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal mandates, the President’s priorities, or the principles set forth in Executive Order 12866 (58 Fed. Reg. 190); or (3) a rule that may create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an action taken or planned by another agency. 4. Definitions In this Act: (1) The term agency (2) The term major rule (3) The term rule making

Summary: End Executive Overreach Act This bill prohibits, until January 21, 2017, the use of federal funds, fees, or resources to implement an executive order issued on or after the enactment of this bill. The bill prohibits any agency, until such date, from making or finalizing: a major rule (a rule that is likely to result in an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more); a rule that may raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal mandates, the President's priorities, or the principles set forth in Executive Order 12866 (which requires that significant regulatory actions be submitted for review by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget); or a rule that may create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an action taken or planned by another agency.
To designate the Federal building located at 99 New York Avenue, N.E., in the District of Columbia as the "Ariel Rios Federal Building".

To designate the Federal building located at 99 New York Avenue, N.E., in the District of Columbia as the Ariel Rios Federal Building 1. Designation The Federal building located at 99 New York Avenue, N.E., in the District of Columbia shall be known and designated as the Ariel Rios Federal Building 2. References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal building referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the Ariel Rios Federal Building May 3, 2016 Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

Summary: This bill designates the federal building located at 99 New York Avenue, N.E., in the District of Columbia as the "Ariel Rios Federal Building."
To direct the Secretary of Energy to review and update a report on the energy and environmental benefits of the re-refining of used lubricating oil.

To direct the Secretary of Energy to review and update a report on the energy and environmental benefits of the re-refining of used lubricating oil. 1. Energy savings from lubricating oil Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, in cooperation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Director of Management and Budget, shall— (1) review and update the report prepared pursuant to section 1838 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; (2) after consultation with relevant Federal, State, and local agencies and affected industry and stakeholder groups, update data that was used in preparing that report; and (3) prepare and submit to Congress a coordinated Federal strategy to increase the beneficial reuse of used lubricating oil, that— (A) is consistent with national policy as established pursuant to section 2 of the Used Oil Recycling Act of 1980 ( Public Law 96–463 (B) addresses measures needed to— (i) increase the responsible collection of used oil; (ii) disseminate public information concerning sustainable reuse options for used oil; and (iii) promote sustainable reuse of used oil by Federal agencies, recipients of Federal grant funds, entities contracting with the Federal Government, and the general public.

Summary: This bill directs the Department of Energy to update its report on the energy and environmental benefits of re-refining used lubricating oil and submit to Congress a strategic plan to increase the beneficial reuse of lubricating oil.
To establish requirements for reusable medical devices relating to cleaning instructions and validation data, and for other purposes.

To establish requirements for reusable medical devices relating to cleaning instructions and validation data, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing Superbugs and Protecting Patients Act 2. Cleaning instructions and validation data requirement Section 510 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 360 (q) Reusable medical devices (1) Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall identify and publish a list of reusable device types for which reports under subsection (k) must include instructions for use, which have been validated in a manner specified by the Secretary, and validation data, the types of which shall be specified by the Secretary, regarding cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization, and for which a substantial equivalence determination may be based. (2) The Secretary shall revise such list as necessary with notice in the Federal Register. (3) Reports under subsection (k) that are submitted after the publication of the list described in paragraph (1), for devices or types of devices included on such list, are required to include such instructions for use and validation data. . 3. Device modifications The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, shall issue final guidance regarding when a premarket notification under section 510(k) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 360(k)

Summary: Preventing Superbugs and Protecting Patients Act This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to identify types of medical devices for which premarket notification must include proposed labeling, including validated instructions regarding cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization. The FDA must issue final guidance regarding when a premarket notification is required for a modification to a medical device.
Food Bank Assistance Act of 2016

To amend the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 relating to the distribution of food; and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Food Bank Assistance Act of 2016 2. Food Distribution Under the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (a) Amendment The 1st sentence of section 204(a)(1) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 ( 7 U.S.C. 7508(a)(1) and donated wild game , donated wild game, and any other donated foods (b) Appropriation There is hereby appropriated $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years that begins on or after the effective date of this Act, to carry out section 204(a)(1) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 ( 7 U.S.C. 7508(a)(1) 3. Availability of commodities for the emergency food assistance program Section 27(a)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2036(a)(2) (1) in subparagraph (C) by striking 2018 2016 (2) in subparagraph (D)— (A) by striking through 2018 and 2016 (B) in clause (i) by adding and (C) in clause (ii) by adding and (D) by striking clauses (iii) and (iv), and (3) by amending subparagraph (E) to read as follows: (E) (i) for fiscal year 2017, $500,000,000; and (ii) for each subsequent fiscal year, the amount specified in clause (i) adjusted by the percentage by which the thrifty food plan has been adjusted under section 3(u)(4) to reflect changes between June 30, 2015, and June 30 of the immediately preceding fiscal year. . 4. Effective date This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the 1st day of the 1st fiscal year that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Food Bank Assistance Act of 2016 This bill amends the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 and the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide additional funding to the Department of Agriculture for carrying out the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP). (TEFAP helps supplement the diets of low-income Americans, including the elderly, by providing them with emergency food and nutrition assistance. The program provides food and administrative funds to states to supplement the diets of these groups.)
Individual Refund Security Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restrict the use of prepaid debit cards in the issuance of tax refunds. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Individual Refund Security Act 2. Restriction on use of prepaid debit cards in issuing tax refunds (a) In general Section 6402 (n) In general In the case of a refund of overpayment for any taxable year, such refund may be made to a prepaid debit card only if— (1) the identity of the account holder has been verified by an officer or employee of the Department of the Treasury, and (2) such refund is made not earlier than the date which is 21 days after the date on which the return of tax for such taxable year is filed. The verification under paragraph (1) shall be conducted in the same manner as, prior to the date of the enactment of this subsection, employees of the Department of the Treasury verified the identity of account holders who there was reason to suspect had been the victim of identity theft. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to refunds of overpayments with respect to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.

Summary: Individual Refund Security Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit tax refunds from being issued to prepaid debit cards, unless: (1) the Department of the Treasury has verified the identity of the account holder, and (2) the refund is issued no earlier than 21 days after the date on which the tax return is filed. Treasury must conduct the verification required by this bill in the same manner that is used to verify the identity of account holders suspected of being victims of identity theft.
PIPE Act of 2016

To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a criminal penalty for recklessly damaging or destroying certain pipeline facilities, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Prosecuting Irresponsible Pipeline Explosions Act of 2016 PIPE Act of 2016 2. Criminal penalty for damaging or destroying certain pipeline facilities Section 60123 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (b) by inserting or recklessly knowingly and willfully (2) by adding at the end the following: (e) Reckless violations For purposes of this section, a person acts recklessly when the person displays a deliberate indifference or conscious disregard to the consequences of that person’s conduct. .

Summary: Prosecuting Irresponsible Pipeline Explosions Act of 2016 or the PIPE Act of 2016 This bill imposes criminal penalties upon persons who recklessly damage or destroy certain gas pipelines or hazardous liquid pipelines through deliberate indifference to or conscious disregard of the consequences of their conduct.