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To clarify the effect of a Memorandum Opinion for the Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, dated September 20, 2011, and pertaining to the lawfulness of proposals by Illinois and New York to use the Internet and out-of-state transaction processors to sell lottery tickets to in-state adults, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-6453
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2016-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Gambling
Illinois
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
New York State

Summary:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: 
This bill declares that the Memorandum Opinion for the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice (dated September 20, 2011) shall have no force or effect for purposes of interpreting the definition of &quot;unlawful Internet gambling&quot; under current federal law. (The memorandum opinion concluded that state proposals to use the Internet and out-of-state vendors to sell lottery tickets to in-state adults did not constitute unlawful Internet gambling.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Energizing American Shipbuilding and Maritime Act

Bill: 114-hr-6454
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
Introduced: 2016-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: 

Energizing American Shipbuilding and Maritime Act

 
This bill amends: (1) the Natural Gas Act to direct the Department of Energy to require specified percentages of liquefied natural gas exports to be transported on vessels built in the United States and documented under its laws, and (2) the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 to direct the President to require specified percentages of crude oil exports to be transported on vessels built in the United States and documented under its laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Energizing American Maritime Act

Bill: 114-hr-6455
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
Introduced: 2016-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Licensing and registrations
Marine and inland water transportation
Oil and gas
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: 

Energizing American Maritime Act

 
This bill amends: (1) the Natural Gas Act to direct the Department of Energy to require specified percentages of liquefied natural gas exports to be transported on vessels documented under U.S. law, and (2) the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 to direct the President to require specified percentages of crude oil exports to be transported on vessels documented under U.S. law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House
End the Backlog Act

Bill: 114-hr-6456
Sponsor: Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
Introduced: 2016-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: 

End the Backlog Act

 
This bill requires that if the total amount appropriated for the Executive Office for Immigration Review does not exceed $485.3 million for FY2017, the total amount authorized to be appropriated for FY2018 and each of the three succeeding fiscal years for: (1) U.S. Customs and Border Protection is $13,219,051; and (2) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is $6,151,579.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Preventive Services Medicare Parity Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6457
Sponsor: Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
Introduced: 2016-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: 

Preventive Services Medicare Parity Act of 2016

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide for Medicare coverage of certain preventive services for which coverage is required by group and individual health insurance plans, and (2) revise the authority of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to use the process for making national coverage determinations with respect to determining coverage of additional preventive services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Help our Neediest Families Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6458
Sponsor: Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
Introduced: 2016-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: 

Help Our Neediest Families Act of 2016

 
This bill amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to prohibit a state to which a TANF grant is made from using any part of such grant for drug testing of TANF applicants or recipients.
 
If the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) determines that a state has violated such prohibition, it shall reduce the family assistance grant amount payable to the state for the immediately succeeding fiscal year by not more than 1%.
 
This bill amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to prohibit drug testing of aid recipients under the housing choice voucher program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Youth Opportunity and Preventing Delinquency Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6459
Sponsor: Rep. Curbelo, Carlos [R-FL-26]
Introduced: 2016-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: 

Supporting Youth Opportunity and Preventing Delinquency Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (JJDPA) to modify and reauthorize juvenile justice programs and activities. 
 
Specifically, it: 
 
 
 revises and reauthorizes through FY2022 programs and activities under title II of the JJDPA, including the State Formula Grant Program and the activities of the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP); 
 
revises and expands the purpose areas of the JJDPA; 
 
expands membership on the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to include the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Secretary of the Interior; 
 
expands requirements for the OJJDP's annual report on juveniles in custody; 
 
modifies the required components of a state's juvenile justice and prevention plan; 
 
modifies the four core requirements with which a state must comply to receive a full allocation of funds under the State Formula Grant Program; and 
 
repeals the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Block Grant program. 
 
 

 
The bill revises, restructures, and reauthorizes through FY2022 programs under title V of the JJDPA, including the Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Program. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must evaluate the OJJDP's performance and audit selected grant recipients.
 
The bill subjects juvenile justice grants to accountability provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Buy America for Drinking Water Extension Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6460
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2016-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Government lending and loan guarantees
Metals
Public contracts and procurement
State and local finance
Water quality
Water storage
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: 

Buy America for Drinking Water Extension Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring projects funded by the drinking water state revolving fund to only use iron and steel produced in the United States, unless: (1) it would be inconsistent with the public interest, (2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality, or (3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25%.
 
The requirement does not apply with respect to a project if a state approves the plans and specifications for the project prior to October 1, 2018.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Bring Enhanced Liability in Transportation for Students Act

Bill: 114-hr-6461
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2016-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: 

Bring Enhanced Liability in Transportation for Students Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to award grants to states to develop a school bus seat belt demonstration program to purchase type 1 school buses (weighing more than 10,000 pounds) equipped with lap/shoulder seat belts or equip existing type 1 buses with such belts. 
 
 DOT shall withhold 10% of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway funds if the state has not enacted a law that requires the employer to conduct background checks before hiring school bus drivers. 
 
DOT shall also withhold 10% of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway funds if the state has not enacted and is not enforcing a law that imposes specified first offense and second offense civil and criminal penalties for motorists found guilty of illegally passing a stopped school bus. 
 
The bill authorizes DOT to provide grants to states to equip school buses with motion-activated detection systems. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Prioritizing the Most Vulnerable Americans Act

Bill: 114-hr-6462
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2016-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Medicaid
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: 

Prioritizing the Most Vulnerable Medicaid Patients

 
This bill amend title XI (General Provisions) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in approving Medicaid demonstration projects, to:
 
 
prioritize projects that have been proven effective in improving care and outcomes with respect to uninsured, Medicaid-eligible, or low-income individuals;
 
require participating states to make publicly available data regarding the health outcomes for individuals to be served;
 
ensure that projects are not duplicative of any federal program or funding opportunity; and
 
require participating states to make publicly available an analysis of the degree to which such projects preclude private and charitable sector efforts to improve care and outcomes with respect to uninsured, Medicaid-eligible, or low-income individuals. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Patient Safety and Toxicology Modernization Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6463
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2016-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: 

Patient Safety and Toxicology Modernization Act of 2016

 This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to issue and periodically update guidance on: (1) novel tools for testing the toxicology and efficacy of medications, and (2) three-dimensional human tissue models.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Teach to Lead Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6464
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2016-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: 

Teach to Lead Act of 2016

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Education to award competitive grants to nonprofit organizations for the development and implementation of teacher-led projects to improve outcomes in elementary and secondary schools. Grantee organizations shall use grant funds to make competitive subgrants to teachers and school leaders in partnership with the organization or a local educational agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the incorporation of water quality improvement partnership programs into Federal Water Pollution Control Act NPDES permit programs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-6465
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2016-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: 
This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) by allowing a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program to incorporate a water quality improvement partnership program that encourages investment by publicly owned treatment works and municipal separate storm sewer systems in watershed-based projects for improving water quality. Those partnerships may be used by publicly owned treatment works and municipal separate storm sewer systems to attain and maintain water quality standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Advancing and Promoting Programming

Bill: 114-hr-6466
Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2016-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computers and information technology
General Services Administration
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Science and engineering education
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: 

Advancing and Promoting Programming or the APP Act

 
This bill requires the General Services Administration (GSA) to establish a publicly available website that includes a database of federal funding opportunities for the creation of apps (software applications that enable the performance of specific tasks that may be run on a computer, a mobile device, the Internet, or any other electronic device) and allows the public to download a federal government app that includes:
 
 
a list of each funding source for the creation and maintenance of government apps and instructions on how an applicant may apply for such funding;
 
the ability for the public to rate and review any such app;
 
a page that prominently displays apps that have been recently updated or that receive a high user review average;
 
a page that features government projects that provide application developers with tools to improve private apps;
 
resources for education and training related to the creation of apps; and 
 
a page that features outstanding, educational, computer science programs and resources to replicate such programs. 
 
 
 The GSA shall review any app for which an update has not been released in more than two years and shall remove any app from the website that is no longer functional or compatible. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House