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To allow certain property in the town of Louisa, Virginia, to be used for purposes related to compliance with water quality standards, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-5032
Sponsor: Rep. Brat, Dave [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2016-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Virginia
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: 
This bill exempts from land use restrictions under the Land Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) land known as the Community Park in Louisa, Virginia, thus allowing the land to be used for activities designed to improve compliance with water quality standards. Currently, land acquired or developed with assistance from the LWCF must be used for public outdoor recreation use and may not be converted to other uses without the approval of the Department of the Interior.

action_date: 2016-11-16
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
This bill exempts from land use restrictions under the Land Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) land known as the Community Park in Louisa, Virginia, thus allowing the land to be used for activities designed to improve compliance with water quality standards. Currently, land acquired or developed with assistance from the LWCF must be used for public outdoor recreation use and may not be converted to other uses without the approval of the Department of the Interior.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-16
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 650.
action_date: 2016-11-16
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-829.
action_date: 2016-11-16
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-829.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 12.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Discharged.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2016-06-23
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2016-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2016-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
To nullify any generalized, routine or ongoing reporting requirement imposed on a person licensed under section 923 of title 18, United States Code, that is based on the geographic location in which the licensee is located or on the sale of multiple rifles or shotguns, or any specific type of rifle or shotgun, to the same person.

Bill: 114-hr-5034
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Introduced: 2016-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: 
This bill prohibits subjecting a licensed gun dealer to a reporting requirement based on the geographic location of the gun dealer's business or the sale of multiple rifles or shotguns to the same person.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
To reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-5035
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2016-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Detention of persons
Immigration status and procedures
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) through FY2020. SCAAP provides payments to state, local, and tribal governments to offset the costs of incarcerating certain undocumented criminal aliens.
 
It expands the definition of &ldquo;undocumented criminal alien&rdquo; to include an alien who has been charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors.
 
Additionally, the bill directs the Department of Justice to reimburse a state, local, or tribal government for costs to incarcerate a criminal alien whose immigration status cannot be verified by the Department of Homeland Security. (Currently, a criminal alien with lawful immigration status does not meet the criteria for SCAAP reimbursement.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Families with Disabilities Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5036
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2016-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Home and outpatient care
Marriage and family status
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: 

Protecting Families with Disabilities Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act with respect to how a state that had an approved home- and community-based Medicaid waiver as of January 1, 2014, may treat spousal income and assets for purposes of determining an individual's financial eligibility for services under the waiver. 
 
With respect to such a state that disregarded an individual's spousal income and assets for those purposes, specified provisions of current law shall not prohibit the state from continuing to do so.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Territorial Tax Equity and Economic Growth Act

Bill: 114-hr-5038
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2016-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: American Samoa
Caribbean area
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: 

Territorial Tax Equity and Economic Growth Act

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the residence and income source rules involving U.S. possessions, including Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. 
 
The bill specifies that a bona fide resident of a possession is a person who has a substantial presence in the possession for at least 122 days during the calendar year. (Under current law, the person must be present for at least 183 days during the year.) 
 
(Under current law, income is not considered to be possession source income if it is treated as: (1) income from sources within the United States, or (2) as effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States.)
 
The bill amends this rule to specify that it applies to the extent that the income is attributable to an office or fixed place of business within the United States. Income from activities within the United States which are of a preparatory or auxiliary character may not be treated as income from sources within the United States or as effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States. 
 
The bill specifies principles that must be used to determine whether income from sources without a possession is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the possession.
 
The Internal Revenue Service may limit the application in the Virgin Islands of requirements for U.S. citizens and resident aliens to pay a tax to a foreign country to be considered a nonresident of the United States for certain personal property sales. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Territorial Tax Parity Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5039
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2016-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: American Samoa
Caribbean area
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: 

Territorial Tax Parity Act of 2016 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the income source rules involving U.S. possessions, including Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. 
 
Under current law, income is not considered to be possession source income if it is treated as income: (1) from sources within the United States, or (2) effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States. The bill amends this rule to specify that it applies to the extent that the income is attributable to an office or fixed place of business within the United States. 
 
The bill also revises the source rules for personal property sales. The Internal Revenue Service may limit the application in the Virgin Islands of requirements for U.S. citizens and resident aliens to pay a tax to a foreign country to be considered a nonresident of the United States for certain personal property sales. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Solar EDGE Act

Bill: 114-hr-5040
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2016-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: 

Solar Expansion of Distributed Generation Exponentially Act or the Solar EDGE Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase for two years tax credits that apply to solar property with a nameplate capacity of less than 20 kilowatts. The increases apply to the investment tax credit and the tax credit for residential energy efficient property expenditures. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the National Science Foundation from conducting a study to determine which facets of social interaction about politics are most stress inducing, for which kinds of people, and in which contexts.

Bill: 114-hr-5041
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2016-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Mental health
National Science Foundation
Policy sciences

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: 
This bill prohibits the National Science Foundation from using or providing funds to others to conduct a study to determine which facets of social interaction about politics are most stress-inducing, for which kinds of people, and in which contexts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5042
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2016-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Department of Justice
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: 

Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2016
 
 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Currently, the Director is appointed by the Attorney General.
 
It also limits the BOP Director to a single term of 10 years. 
 
 The incumbent Director may continue to serve for three months after the date of enactment. The President may appoint that individual to be the Director in accordance with the requirements of this Act. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Protecting School Meals from Fines Act

Bill: 114-hr-5043
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2016-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Department of Agriculture
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Nutrition and diet
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: 

Protecting School Meals from Fines Act 

 
This bill prohibits the implementation of proposed Department of Agriculture regulations to establish criteria for imposing fines on school funding authorities, schools, and state agencies that are administering federal child nutrition programs and have: (1) failed to correct severe mismanagement of any program, (2) failed to correct repeated violations of program requirements, or (3) disregarded a requirement of which they have been informed. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Access to Modern Prosthetic Limbs Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5045
Sponsor: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2016-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Disability and paralysis
Government information and archives
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-25
text: 

Preserving Access to Modern Prosthetic Limbs Act of 2016

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to postpone implementation and enforcement of a local coverage determination (LCD) proposed by a Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) on lower limb prostheses. (An LCD is a decision by a MAC, which is a private insurer that processes Medicare claims within a specified geographic jurisdiction, as to whether to cover a service on a MAC-wide basis.) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid shall provide guidance and oversight related to LCDs, as specified by the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-04-25
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: 2016-04-25
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: 2016-04-25
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: 2016-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Safe Prescribing for Veterans Act

Bill: 114-hr-5057
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2016-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Medical education
Prescription drugs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-26
text: 

Safe Prescribing for Veterans Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to require a VA employee (including a temporary full-time, part-time, or without-compensation employee) who is authorized to prescribe any controlled substance to complete at least one accredited continuing education course on pain management every two years. 
 
Such requirement shall: 
 
 
apply to an employee who is employed by the VA for at least 180 days during any 24-month period; and 
 
not apply to an employee licensed or certified by a state licensure or specialty board that requires the completion of pain management or substance use disorder management continuing education. 
 
 
Continuing education courses shall include information on safe prescribing practices, controlled substance disposal, pain management principles, and identification of potential substance use disorders and addiction treatment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Free Credit Score Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5058
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2016-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-26
text: 

Free Credit Score Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require nationwide consumer reporting agencies to include the consumer's credit score when furnishing a consumer with a free annual report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
action_date: 2016-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E631)
action_date: 2016-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Love Lives On Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5059
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5]
Introduced: 2016-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Marriage and family status
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-26
text: 

Love Lives On Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the definition of a veteran's &quot;surviving spouse,&quot; for the purpose of veterans benefits provisions, to eliminate the requirement that such person: (1) has not remarried; or (2) has not, since the death of the veteran and after September 19, 1962, lived with another person and held himself or herself out to be the other person's spouse.
 
The effective date of an award of specified veterans benefits to a surviving spouse based upon termination of a remarriage by death or divorce occurring before the date of enactment of this bill shall be the date of death, or the date the judicial decree or divorce becomes final, if an application therefor is received within one year of the remarriage's termination.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2016-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Harry Lew Military Hazing Accountability and Prevention Act

Bill: 114-hr-5060
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2016-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-26
text: 

Harry Lew Military Hazing Accountability and Prevention Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to: (1) establish a data-collection system for reports, including anonymous reports, of hazing incidents involving a member of the Armed Forces; and (2) issue DOD-wide guidance regarding database availability and use, including information on protected classes such as race and religion. 
 
Each military department shall: (1) improve service member training to better recognize, prevent, and respond to hazing at all command levels; and (2) conduct an annual hazing survey, which shall include the extent to which service members report hazing and the effectiveness of anti-hazing training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2016-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Empowering Educators to Prevent Trafficking Act

Bill: 114-hr-5061
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2016-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime victims
Crimes against children
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Human trafficking
Sex offenses
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-26
text: 

Empowering Educators to Prevent Trafficking Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to award grants to local educational agencies to train school staff to recognize and respond to signs of labor and sex trafficking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2016-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-26
text: Introduced in House