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Lead by Example Act of 2016

To ensure that Members of Congress and Congressional staff receive health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs instead of under the Federal Health Benefits Program or health care exchanges. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Lead by Example Act of 2016 2. Health care furnished by Department of Veterans Affairs to Members of Congress and Congressional staff (a) Health care benefits Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning January 3, 2019, the only health care plan that the Federal Government may make available to Members of Congress and Congressional staff with respect to their service as a Member of Congress or Congressional staff shall be health care provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs, including at facilities of the Department and non-Department facilities pursuant to chapter 17 Public Law 113–146 (b) Implementation plan Not later than September 15, 2017, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall jointly submit to Congress a plan to carry out subsection (a), including recommendations for any legislative actions the Secretary and the Director determine necessary to carry out such subsection. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) The term Congressional staff (2) The term Member of Congress (3) The term non-Department facility

Summary: Lead by Example Act of 2016 This bill provides that, beginning January 3, 2019, the only health care plan the federal government may make available to Members of Congress and congressional staff shall be health care provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). By September 15, 2017, the VA and the Office of Personnel Management shall jointly submit to Congress a plan to carry out this bill, including recommendations for any necessary legislative actions.
Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act

To amend the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to provide an exception to the annual privacy notice requirement. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act 2. Exception to annual privacy notice requirement under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Section 503 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 6803 (f) Exception to annual notice requirement A financial institution that— (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b)(2) or (e) of section 502 or regulations prescribed under section 504(b), and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from the policies and practices that were disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers in accordance with this section, shall not be required to provide an annual disclosure under this section until such time as the financial institution fails to comply with any criteria described in paragraph (1) or (2). . April 13, 2015 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Summary: Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act (Sec. 2) Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers.
Zika Pregnancy and Infant Registry Act of 2016

To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to establish a registry of women who are diagnosed during pregnancy as having been infected with Zika virus and the children of such women, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Zika Pregnancy and Infant Registry Act of 2016 2. Zika virus patient registry Title III of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 317T of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247b–22 317U. Zika virus patient registry (a) In general The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (in this section referred to as the Director (1) women who are diagnosed during pregnancy as having been infected with Zika virus (in this section referred to as the registry (2) the children of such women. (b) Contents The registry— (1) shall include the identity of women and children described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a); and (2) may include— (A) any symptoms and other adverse events experienced by such women and children that may be associated with Zika virus; and (B) other information pertaining to— (i) the health of women described in subsection (a)(1) and monitoring and testing of such women during pregnancy; (ii) the results of evaluation and testing at birth of children described in subsection (a)(2); and (iii) the health and development of children described in subsection (a)(2) through the first five years of life or, at the Director’s discretion, longer. (c) Availability of information only for research The Director may make information in the registry available only for research. .

Summary: Zika Pregnancy and Infant Registry Act of 2016 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to establish and maintain a registry of: (1) women who are diagnosed during pregnancy as having been infected with Zika virus, and (2) the children of such women. The registry may include information on symptoms experienced by the women and children, testing of the women and children, and development of the children. Information in the registry may be made available only for research.
ACA Premium Payment Verification Act

To require that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has in place adequate verification procedures to ensure that advance payments under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are made for only enrollees under qualified health plans who have paid their premiums. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the ACA Premium Payment Verification Act 2. Requiring adequate CMS verification procedures to ensure advance payments under the Affordable Care Act are made for only enrollees under qualified health plans who have paid their premiums (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no advance payment under section 1412 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18082 (b) Adequate procedures For purposes of subsection (a), a process, with respect to the verifications described in such subsection, shall not be treated as an adequate process— (1) unless such process— (A) is an automated process under which such verifications are made on a policy basis and not on an aggregate basis; (B) has been tested by the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services and determined by the Inspector General pursuant to such test as being effective; and (C) includes the provision by the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to the Secretary of the Treasury of such payment information as needed by the Secretary for verification of eligibility of individuals for purposes of advance payments under section 1412 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18082 (2) to the extent such process includes any procedures that rely on assurances or attestations made by the issuer of the qualified health plan involved. (c) Report on cost-sharing subsidies allowed for certain individuals enrolling in qualified health plans Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to Congress a report on the extent to which adequate procedures are in place with respect to cost-sharing reductions allowed under section 1402 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18071

Summary: ACA Premium Payment Verification Act This bill conditions any advance payment of premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act upon certification that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has in place an adequate process to independently verify that an individual is enrolled under a qualified health plan (QHP) and has paid the plan premium. Such a process must satisfy specified requirements with respect to automation, effectiveness, and cooperation between CMS and the Department of the Treasury. Furthermore, such a process shall not be considered adequate to the extent that it includes any procedures that rely on assurances or attestations of the issuer of the QHP involved.
Community Broadband Act of 2016

To amend the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to preserve and protect the ability of local governments to provide broadband capability and services. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Community Broadband Act of 2016 2. Community broadband capability and services Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 ( 47 U.S.C. 1302 (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e) and inserting after subsection (c) the following: (d) Local government provision of advanced telecommunications capability and services (1) In general No State statute, regulation, or other State legal requirement may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting any public provider from providing, to any person or any public or private entity, advanced telecommunications capability or any service that utilizes the advanced telecommunications capability provided by such provider. (2) Antidiscrimination safeguards To the extent any public provider regulates competing private providers of advanced telecommunications capability or services that utilize advanced telecommunications capability, it shall apply its ordinances and rules without discrimination in favor of itself or any provider that it owns of services that utilize advanced telecommunications capability. (3) Savings clause Nothing in this subsection shall exempt a public provider from any Federal or State telecommunications law or regulation that applies to all providers of advanced telecommunications capability or services that utilize such advanced telecommunications capability. ; and (2) in subsection (e), as redesignated— (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking this subsection this section (B) by adding at the end the following: (3) Public provider The term public provider 25 U.S.C. 5304(e) .

Summary: Community Broadband Act of 2016 This bill amends the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to bar states from prohibiting their state government, a political subdivision, or an Indian tribe from providing (i.e., serving as a "public provider" of) high-speed broadband telecommunications capabilities or services to persons or public or private entities. A public provider that regulates competing private providers of such telecommunications services may not discriminate in favor of itself or a provider that it owns.
Primary Care Enhancement Act of 2016

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of certain direct primary care service arrangements and periodic provider fees. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Primary Care Enhancement Act of 2016 2. Treatment of direct primary care service arrangements (a) In general Section 223(c) (6) Treatment of direct primary care service arrangements An arrangement under which an individual is provided coverage restricted to primary care services in exchange for a fixed periodic fee or payment for such services— (A) shall not be treated as a health plan for purposes of paragraph (1)(A)(ii), and (B) shall not be treated as insurance for purposes of subsection (d)(2)(B). . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 3. Certain provider fees to be treated as medical care (a) In general Section 213(d) (12) Periodic provider fees The term medical care (A) periodic fees paid to a primary care physician for a defined set of medical services or the right to receive medical services on an as-needed basis, and (B) pre-paid primary care services designed to screen for, diagnose, cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent disease and promote wellness. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Primary Care Enhancement Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) permit an individual to pay primary care service arrangement costs from a health savings account; and (2) allow an eligible taxpayer enrolled in a high-deductible health plan to take a tax deduction for cash paid into a health savings account, even if the taxpayer is simultaneously enrolled in a primary care service arrangement. Under a "primary care service arrangement," an individual is provided coverage restricted to primary care services in exchange for a fixed periodic fee or payment for such services. For the purposes of certain tax-deductible expenses for medical care, the bill expands the definition of "medical care" to include periodic provider fees, including: (1) periodic fees paid to a primary care physician for a defined set of medical services or the right to receive medical services on an as-needed basis; and (2) pre-paid primary care services designed to screen for, diagnose, cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent disease and promote wellness.
Citizens' Right to Know Act of 2016

To require States and units of local government receiving funds under grant programs operated by the Department of Justice, which use such funds for pretrial services programs, to submit to the Attorney General a report relating to such program, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Citizens’ Right to Know Act of 2016 2. Reporting requirement for Department of Justice grant recipients using funds for pretrial services programs (a) In general For each fiscal year in which a State or unit of local government receives funds under any grant program operated by the Department of Justice, including the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance grant program under subpart I of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq. (1) The name of each defendant participating in a pretrial release program administered by the pretrial services program, and whether, as applicable, each such defendant appeared for trial and any post-release required court appearance. (2) Information relating to the previous arrest record of each defendant participating in the pretrial services program. (b) Publication requirement Subject to any applicable confidentiality requirements, the Attorney General shall, on an annual basis, make publicly available the information received under subsection (a). (c) Reduction in funding The Attorney General shall, for State or unit of local government which fails to comply with the requirement under subsection (a) for a fiscal year, reduce the amount that the State or local government would otherwise receive under each grant program described in subsection (a) in the following fiscal year— (1) in the case that the failure to comply with such requirement was the first such failure, by 25 percent; or (2) in the case that the failure to comply with such requirement was the second or subsequent such failure, by 50 percent. (d) Reallocation Amounts not allocated to a State or unit of local government under subsection (c) shall be reallocated under each such grant program to States and units of local government that comply with the requirement under subsection (a).

Summary: Citizens' Right to Know Act of 2016 This bill requires a state or local government that receives funds under a Department of Justice (DOJ) grant program and uses such funds for a pretrial services program to annually report certain information about participating defendants. DOJ must publish the information. Additionally, DOJ must reduce the grant allocation of a state or local government that fails to comply.
To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require each candidate for nomination or election to the office of President or Vice President to include in the financial disclosure reports the candidate is required to file under such Act a statement regarding whether or not the Secretary of the Treasury is in the process of auditing any of the candidate's individual Federal income tax returns.

To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require each candidate for nomination or election to the office of President or Vice President to include in the financial disclosure reports the candidate is required to file under such Act a statement regarding whether or not the Secretary of the Treasury is in the process of auditing any of the candidate’s individual Federal income tax returns. 1. Requiring candidates for President and Vice President to provide information on audit status of Federal income tax returns (a) Disclosure of audit status required Section 102 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 ( 5 U.S.C. App. 102 (j) In the case of a report filed pursuant to subsection (c) of section 101 by an individual who is a candidate for nomination or election to the office of President or Vice President, the report shall include a statement obtained by the individual from the Secretary of the Treasury regarding whether or not the Secretary is in the process of auditing any of the individual’s individual Federal income tax returns, and, if so, the taxable year of the tax return involved. . (b) Effective date (1) In general The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to individuals who first become candidates for election to the office of President or Vice President after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Special rule for 2016 Each candidate who won the nomination of a political party for election to the office of President or Vice President in 2016 shall comply with subsection (j) of section 102 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, as added by subsection (a), not later than September 26, 2016.

Summary: This bill amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require candidates for nomination or election to the office of President or Vice President to include in financial disclosure reports a statement from the Department of the Treasury indicating whether or not the Internal Revenue Service is in the process of auditing any of the candidates' individual federal income tax returns, and, if so, the year of the tax return involved. Each candidate who won the nomination of a political party for election to the office of President or Vice President in 2016 must comply with this bill by September 26, 2016.
Puerto Rico Health Insurance Fairness Act of 2016

To amend section 9010 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide health insurance fairness for Puerto Rico. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Puerto Rico Health Insurance Fairness Act of 2016 2. Health insurance tax covered entities (a) Exclusions from covered entity definition Section 9010(c)(2) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Public Law 111–148 (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting , or (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (E) notwithstanding subsection (h), beginning in 2018, any entity within a jurisdiction that is not receiving premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions under sections 1401 and 1402 of this Act. . (b) Corresponding reduction in collections Section 9010(e) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Public Law 111–148 (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and (2) by adding after paragraph (1) the following: (2) Adjustments to applicable amount Beginning in 2018, the Secretary shall reduce the applicable amount by a figure equal to the fees that otherwise would have been collected from entities within any jurisdiction that is not receiving premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions under sections 1401 and 1402 of this Act. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall take effect as if included in section 9010 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Public Law 111–148

Summary: Puerto Rico Health Insurance Fairness Act of 2016 This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to exempt health insurers in jurisdictions where premium subsidies and cost-sharing reductions are not available from the annual fee on health insurers. Currently, premium subsidies and cost-sharing reductions are not available in U.S. territories. The bill reduces the total amount to be collected annually from health insurers by the amount that would have been collected from those jurisdictions.
RESPECT Act

To repeal certain obsolete laws relating to Indians. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act RESPECT Act 2. Repeal of certain obsolete laws relating to Indians (1) Section 2080 of the Revised Statutes ( 25 U.S.C. 72 (2) Section 2100 of the Revised Statutes ( 25 U.S.C. 127 (3) Section 2 of the Act of March 3, 1875 (18 Stat. 449, chapter 132; 25 U.S.C. 128 (4) The first section of the Act of March 3, 1875 (18 Stat. 424, chapter 132; 25 U.S.C. 129 Cheyennes and Arapahoes. ; that the Secretary of the Interior be authorized to withhold, from any tribe of Indians who may hold any captives other than Indians, any moneys due them from the United States until said captives shall be surrendered to the lawful authorities of the United States (5) Section 2087 of the Revised Statutes ( 25 U.S.C. 130 (6) Section 3 of the Act of March 3, 1875 (18 Stat. 449, chapter 132; 25 U.S.C. 137 (7) Section 2101 of the Revised Statutes ( 25 U.S.C. 138 (8) Section 7 of the Act of June 23, 1879 (21 Stat. 35, chapter 35; 25 U.S.C. 273 (9) The first section of the Act of March 3, 1893 (27 Stat. 612, chapter 209), is amended— (A) under the heading Miscellaneous Supports. 25 U.S.C. 283 (B) under the heading For Support of Schools. 25 U.S.C. 283 (10) Section 18 of the Act of June 23, 1913 (38 Stat. 96, chapter 4; 25 U.S.C. 285 (11) The Act of June 21, 1906 (34 Stat. 325, chapter 3504), is amended under the heading Commissioner. I. General Provisions. 25 U.S.C. 302

Summary: Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act or the RESPECT Act This bill repeals outdated provisions regarding treatment of Native Americans, including provisions on hostile tribes, alcohol, work requirements, penalties for truancy, and placement of youth in reform school without the consent of a parent or guardian.