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Classified Information Protection Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6034
Sponsor: Rep. Ratcliffe, John [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2016-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-14
text: 

Classified Information Protection Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to specify that the government need not prove intent to harm the United States when prosecuting a: (1) person entrusted with national defense information who permits the loss or removal of such information through gross negligence; or (2) government employee, contractor, or consultant who commits unauthorized removal and retention of classified material.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Community Integration Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6035
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2016-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Home and outpatient care
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Housing supply and affordability
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: 

Community Integration Act of 2016

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require a state Medicaid program to, with respect to an individual who requires a level of care provided in a nursing facility, intermediate care facility for the developmentally disabled, institution for mental disease, or other similar setting: (1) provide the individual with the choice and equal opportunity to receive such care in a home- and community-based setting; and (2) meet specified requirements relating to the provision and availability of care in such a setting, including a requirement to develop a statewide plan to increase affordable and accessible housing for individuals with disabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Extending Justice for Sex Crime Victims Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6036
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2016-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: 

Extending Justice for Sex Crime Victims Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to revise the statute of limitations for a victim of a human trafficking offense or federal sexual offense to file a civil action to recover damages. 
 
Under current law, the statute of limitations is 10 years from the date the cause of action arose. This bill sets a 10-year statute of limitations from the date the victim discovers the offense or injury.
 
Additionally, it extends the statute of limitations for a minor victim of a federal sex offense to file a civil action to 10 years (currently 3 years) from the date such individual reaches age 18.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
National Veterans Memorial and Museum Act

Bill: 114-hr-6038
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2016-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Ohio
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: 

National Veterans Memorial and Museum Act

 
This bill designates the Veterans Memorial and Museum currently being constructed in Columbus, Ohio, as the National Veterans Memorial and Museum.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2016-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2016-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Graduate Opportunities in Medical Education Distribution Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6039
Sponsor: Rep. Hardy, Cresent [R-NV-4]
Introduced: 2016-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Medical education
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: 

Graduate Opportunities in Medical Education Distribution Act of 2016

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to redistribute unused residency positions for which graduate medical education costs are paid under Medicare. Specifically, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must: (1) reduce a hospital's resident limit by a specified amount if the hospital has unused residency positions and is not a rural hospital with fewer than 250 acute care inpatient beds, and (2) increase the resident limit for each qualifying hospital that applies for an increase. In aggregate, the number of increased positions shall equal the number of reduced positions. The bill establishes specified priorities and capacity considerations with respect to redistribution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5504)
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2016-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2016-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Zero Impacted Kids in America (ZIKA) Act

Bill: 114-hr-6040
Sponsor: Rep. Rokita, Todd [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2016-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: 

Zero Impacted Kids in America (ZIKA) Act

 
This bill provides FY2016 emergency supplemental appropriations to the Departments of State and Health and Human Services (HHS) to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the Zika virus and other infectious diseases.
 
The bill specifies permissible uses for the funds and designates the funds as an emergency requirement, which exempts the funds from discretionary spending limits. The emergency funding is only available if the President also designates the amounts as an emergency requirement. 
 
The bill provides appropriations to HHS for: 
 
 
 the Food and Drug Administration, 
 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
 
 the National Institutes of Health, and
 
 the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund.
 
 
The bill amends the Public Health Service Act to permit Project BioShield to be used to support the advanced development and procurement of medical countermeasures to diagnose, mitigate, prevent, or treat harm from any infectious disease that may pose a threat to the public health. (Under current law, Project BioShield supports only countermeasures against specific chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear terrorist threats.) 
 
The bill provides funds for HHS to award grants to U.S. territories (Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands) for the purpose of combating the Zika virus. 
 
The bill provides appropriations to the Department of State for: 
 
 
 the Administration of Foreign Affairs,
 
 the U.S. Agency for International Development,
 
Bilateral Economic Assistance,
 
 International Security Assistance, and
 
Multilateral Assistance. 
 
 
This bill amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act to adjust the FY2017-FY2025 funding levels for the Social Services Block Grant Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2016-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2016-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
HOT CARS Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6041
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2016-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: 

Helping Overcome Trauma for Children Alone in Rear Seats Act or the HOT CARS Act of 2016

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue a final rule to require all new passenger motor vehicles be equipped with technology to alert (auditory or visual signal [or both]) that a child or unattended passenger remains in a rear seating position after the vehicle motor is deactivated.
 
DOT shall issue a report to Congress on the feasibility of retrofitting existing passenger motor vehicles with such technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To nullify certain proposed regulations relating to restrictions on liquidation of an interest with respect to estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes.

Bill: 114-hr-6042
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2016-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: 
This bill prohibits proposed Internal Revenue Service regulations published on August 4, 2016, relating to restrictions on liquidation of an interest with respect to estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and any substantially similar regulations, from taking effect. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Fair Accountability and Innovative Research Drug Pricing Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6043
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2016-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Corporate finance and management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Inflation and prices
Medical research
Prescription drugs
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: 

Fair Accountability and Innovative Research Drug Pricing Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require manufacturers of certain drugs and biological products to report to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) price increases that result in a 10% or more increase in the price of a drug over a 12-month period. Reports are required for prescription drugs and drugs commonly administered in hospitals, except vaccines, drugs for rare conditions, and drugs with annual sales for Medicare and Medicaid enrollees of less than $1.
 
Manufacturers that do not submit a required report are subject to a civil penalty. The Inspector General of HHS must review drug price information to determine compliance. Collected penalty funds must be used to carry out activities related to this reporting requirement and to improve consumer and provider information about drug value and drug price transparency.
 HHS must publish manufacturer reports, a summary of those reports, and supporting analyses.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To limit the amount authorized to be appropriated to carry out chapter 2 of title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, relating to refugee resettlement.

Bill: 114-hr-6044
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2016-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize a specified amount of appropriations for FY2017 and each subsequent fiscal year for refugee resettlement activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
STOP Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6045
Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2016-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: 

Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2016 or the STOP Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to make the Postmaster General or Postmaster General designee, including a person holding a valid customs broker's license, the importer of record for non-letter class mail imported into the United States.
 
The term &quot;non-letter class mail&quot; means any product of the U.S. Postal Service or a Universal Postal Union designated operator that is provided pursuant to:
 
 
the Universal Postal Union's Parcel Post Regulations and Final Protocol; or
 
the Universal Postal Union's Letter Post Regulations and Final Protocol, except small letters, as in effect upon enactment of this bill.
 
 
The bill amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to impose a duty of $1 on each item of non-letter class mail imported into the United States.
 
The bill amends the Trade Act of 2002 to direct the Department of the Treasury to require the Postmaster General to provide for the advanced electronic transmission to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection of certain information on non-letter class mail imported into the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2016-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2016-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Homeless Veterans Legal Services Act

Bill: 114-hr-6046
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2016-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing finance and home ownership
Lawyers and legal services
Public-private cooperation
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: 

Homeless Veterans Legal Services Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to enter into partnerships with public or private entities to fund a portion of the legal services such entities provide to homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness related to housing, family law, income support, and criminal defense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Taiwan Travel Act

Bill: 114-hr-6047
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2016-09-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Taiwan
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: 

Taiwan Travel Act

 
This bill states that it should be U.S. policy to permit: (1) high-level Taiwanese officials to enter the United States under respectful conditions and to meet with U.S. officials, including officials from the Department of State and the Department of Defense; and (2) the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office, and any other instrumentality established by Taiwan, to conduct official business in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
HBCU Investment Expansion Act

Bill: 114-hr-6048
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2016-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Minority education
Securities
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: 

HBCU Investment Expansion Act 

 
This bill amends the Securities Act of 1933 to exempt qualified 501(c)(3) bonds issued after the enactment of this bill on behalf of a historically black college or university from state and local taxes. 
 
The bill also amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for jurisdictions that forgo taxes with respect to the interest payments under such a bond. The credit is equal to the total amount of interest paid on such a bond during the taxable year. The Department of the Treasury must pay the credit to the qualifying jurisdiction as soon as practicable after the recipient of the interest payments files a tax return with the jurisdiction. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-15
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: 2016-09-15
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: 2016-09-15
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: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Protection from Insurance Exchange Monopolies Act

Bill: 114-hr-6049
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2016-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: 

Protection from Insurance Exchange Monopolies Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the requirement to maintain minimum essential health coverage any individual residing in a county with fewer than two health insurance issuers offering qualified health plans on an exchange. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
National Debt and Taxation Transparency Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6050
Sponsor: Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2016-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: 

National Debt and Taxation Transparency Act of 
 
2016

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to provide each individual who has a valid Social Security number, who received a Form W-2 in the previous taxable year, and who has filed a tax return in any previous taxable year (eligible individual) with a taxpayer account statement. 
 
Beginning on October 1, 2017, Treasury must provide the statement to eligible individuals upon request. For individual income tax returns after 2019, Treasury must include the statement in the instructions for the returns. 
 
The taxpayer account statement shall include: (1) a summary of the most recent Financial Report of the U.S. government, including the Statement of Long Term Fiscal Projections; (2) a calculation by Treasury of the eligible individual's share of the total obligations of the federal government; and (3) a 30-year calculation of the proportional increase in the federal income tax rates necessary to entirely finance the current fiscal path of the federal government, assuming there are no changes in current fiscal policy and no budget deficit. 
 
Within five years of enactment of this bill, Treasury must also provide an estimate of the marginal tax rate and the income and payroll tax liability of the individual under the assumptions stated above. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Introduced in House