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CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4632
Sponsor: Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care coverage and access
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act of 2016
 
 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide Medicare coverage for screening computed tomography colonography (CTC) as a colorectal cancer screening test, and (2) exclude screening CTC from a special Medicare payment rule applicable to certain imaging services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-02-25
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: 2016-02-25
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: 2016-02-25
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: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Sanctioned Iranian Entities Oversight Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4633
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2016-02-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
International organizations and cooperation
Iran
Marine and inland water transportation
Middle East
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Sanctions
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: 

Sanctioned Iranian Entities Oversight Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 to extend through 2019 the annual report the President must submit to Congress regarding the use of certain Iranian seaports by foreign vessels and the use of foreign airports by sanctioned Iranian air carriers.
 
Such report shall also include a description of Department of State efforts to encourage other countries to prohibit the use of air space and airports by sanctioned Iranian air carriers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Introduced in House
To direct the United States Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP Code for Eastvale, California.

Bill: 114-hr-4634
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2016-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: California
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: 
This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP Code applicable to the area encompassing only Eastvale, California.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Introduced in House
POWERS Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4636
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2016-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: 

Preventing Overreach Within the Executive Rulemaking System Act of 2016 or the POWERS Act of 2016

 
This bill prohibits publication or service of a rule for 60 days following the date of the publication of the notice of proposed rulemaking for such rule. 
 
If, during such period, a House or Senate committee that has jurisdiction over the provision of law authorizing the rule submits written data, views, or arguments to the agency, it shall, within 10 days, publish a response in the Federal Register. (The period beginning on the date of such submission and ending on the date of such publication shall not count as part of the 60-day period during which publication or service of the rule is prohibited.)
 
The 10-day response requirement shall not apply to a subsequent committee submission if the agency: (1) determines that such subsequent submission fails to address the content of such response or raises issues that were not raised in the initial submission or the response, and (2) notifies the committee of such determination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Puerto Rico Minimum Wage Improvement Act

Bill: 114-hr-4637
Sponsor: Rep. Sanford, Mark [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2016-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Caribbean area
Labor standards
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: 

Puerto Rico Minimum Wage Improvement Act

 
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize the government of Puerto Rico to enact law nullifying the application of the federal minimum wage in effect as it pertains to Puerto Rico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Veteran Suicide Prevention Act

Bill: 114-hr-4640
Sponsor: Rep. Jolly, David W. [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2016-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Mental health
Prescription drugs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: 

Veteran Suicide Prevention Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to complete a publicly available review of the deaths of all covered veterans who died by suicide during the preceding five-year period.
 
 Such review shall include: 
 
 
the total number of veterans who died by suicide during the five-year period; 
 
a summary that includes age, gender, and race; 
 
a list of the medications prescribed to, and found in the systems of, such veterans at the time of their deaths, and a summary of medical diagnoses by VA physicians which led to the prescribing of such medications; 
 
the number of instances in which the veteran was concurrently on multiple medications prescribed by VA physicians; 
 
the percentage of veterans who were not taking any medication prescribed by a VA physician; 
 
the percentage of veterans with combat experience or trauma; 
 
Veterans Health Administration facilities with markedly high prescription and patient suicide rates; 
 
a description of VA policies governing the prescribing of medications; and 
 
 recommendations to improve the safety and well-being of veterans.
 
 
"Covered veteran" means any veteran who received VA hospital care or medical services during the five-year period preceding the veteran's death. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Diabetic Eye Disease Prevention Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4642
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2016-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health promotion and preventive care
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: 

Diabetic Eye Disease Prevention Act of 2016

 
This bill amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act (Medicare) to establish a demonstration project through which primary care practices may receive incentives for referring diabetic Medicare beneficiaries to local eye doctors for comprehensive dilated eye exams. The project must test the extent to which these incentives: (1) improve early detection and treatment of diabetes-related vision problems, (2) reduce the cost of Medicare services, and (3) achieve beneficiary satisfaction.
 
The project shall identify for participation at least 100 primary care practices in at least 10 states that have high per capita costs of diabetes care for Medicare beneficiaries.
 
Project costs shall be paid from the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-02-26
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: 2016-02-26
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: 2016-02-26
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: 2016-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Families Learning and Understanding English Together Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4643
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2016-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Language arts
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: 

Families Learning and Understanding English Together Act of 2016

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Education (ED) to make grants to providers of family literacy services in order to improve the literacy and English skills of limited English proficient individuals who are parents or children in families where each parent is at least age 16 and at least one child is under age 8. 
 
ED shall reserve certain funds to: (1) provide grantees with technical assistance and training, and (2) evaluate and improve the family literacy grant program. 
 
Grantees must meet specified outcome measures. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Introduced in House
PRIDE Act

Bill: 114-hr-4644
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2016-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Language arts
Preschool education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: 

Providing Resources to Improve Dual Language Education Act of 2016 or the PRIDE Act
 
 
This bill authorizes the Department of Education (ED) to award up to five grants to partnerships of local educational agencies, early childhood education programs, and technical assistance providers for the implementation of dual language demonstration programs designed to enhance and assess the biliteracy and bilingualism skills of low-income minority and limited English proficient children from preschool through grade five.
 
ED shall: (1) contract with an entity that has dual language program experience to provide technical assistance and program evaluation, and (2) disseminate information on best practices implemented under model programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Environmental Justice Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4645
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2016-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Land use and conservation
Lawyers and legal services
Poverty and welfare assistance
Racial and ethnic relations
Tax-exempt organizations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: 

Environmental Justice Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a credit against the employment taxes of a tax-exempt organization equal to 40% of amounts paid or incurred by such organization to support environmental justice communities or projects. The limit on the amount of such credit for a calendar year is $10,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E240)
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4646
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2016-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Disability and paralysis
Elementary and secondary education
Immigration status and procedures
Judicial procedure and administration
Lawyers and legal services
Mental health
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: 

Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) authorize the Department of Justice (DOJ) to appoint or provide counsel at government expense to aliens in removal proceedings.
 
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall provide an alien in removal proceedings with all relevant documents in its possession, unless the alien has knowingly waived the right to such documents. In the absence of a waiver a removal proceeding may not proceed until the alien has received, and had time to review, the documents. 
 
DOJ may appoint or provide counsel to aliens in any INA proceeding.
 
DHS shall ensure that aliens have access to counsel inside all immigration detention and border facilities.
 
DOJ shall appoint counsel, at government expense if necessary, for an unaccompanied alien child or a particularly vulnerable individual. If DOJ has consolidated any such alien's case with that of any other alien, and that other alien does not have counsel, then the appointed counsel shall be appointed to represent the other alien as well.
 
DHS shall: (1) facilitate access to counsel for all aliens detained in facilities under the supervision of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP); and (2) establish procedures to ensure that legal orientation programs are available for all detained aliens, including aliens held in CBP facilities.
 
DOJ shall develop and administer a two-year pilot program at not fewer than two immigration courts to grant access to legal information to non-detained aliens with pending asylum claims.
 
DHS shall establish a pilot program to increase the court appearance rates of unaccompanied alien children and particularly vulnerable individuals by contracting with nongovernmental, community-based organizations to provide such aliens with case management services. The pilot program shall not be used to monitor individuals designated as unaccompanied alien children under the Homeland Security Act.
 
 If DOJ fails to appoint counsel for an unaccompanied alien child or vulnerable person: (1) no limitation pertaining to the filing of any motion to reopen the removal proceeding shall apply, and (2) the filing of such a motion shall stay the removal of the alien.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Traditional Banking Regulatory Relief Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4647
Sponsor: Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2016-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Department of the Treasury
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: 

Traditional Banking Regulatory Relief Act of 2015 

 
This bill amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) to prescribe capital requirements for traditional banking organizations (TBOs) at a minimum simple leverage ratio of no less than 10%.
 
A TBO is any bank holding company, savings and loan holding company, bank, or savings association that individually (and when including its parent, subsidiaries, and affiliates) meets the following criteria:
 
 
has zero trading assets and zero trading liabilities,
 
does not engage in swaps or security-based swaps other than those referencing interest rates or foreign exchange swaps, and 
 
 has a total gross notional exposure of swaps and security-based swaps of not more than $3 billion.
 
 
&quot;Simple leverage ratio&quot; means:
 
 
total equity less goodwill and deferred tax assets, divided by 
 
 total assets less goodwill and deferred tax assets, as measured by generally accepted accounting principles. 
 
 
A TBO meeting this minimum simple leverage ratio may notify the federal banking agencies to maintain it as the sole measure of its capital adequacy. The risk-based capital requirement shall not apply to it.
 
If the TBO fails to maintain the minimum simple leverage ratio, it shall remain exempt from the risk-based capital requirement for an 18-month grace period.
 
The bill grants a TBO with a simple leverage ratio of 8% or more a phase-in period of 18 months after enactment of this bill within which to elect to meet the minimum simple leverage ratio as its sole measure of capital adequacy. 
 
 The federal banking agencies, with respect to reports of condition, shall permit a reduced reporting requirement for a TBO electing to maintain a simple leverage ratio as its sole measure of capital adequacy. 
 
The 18-month on-site examination cycle shall apply to TBOs (and, as under current law, to insured depository institutions whose assets total less than $1 billion) if the appropriate federal banking agency believes this is consistent with the TBO's safety and soundness. 
 
The bill repeals the authority of federal banking agencies, at their discretion, to increase the maximum asset amount of insured depository institutions for certain purposes. 
 
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is amended to exempt TBOs from mandatory annual stress tests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Green Stormwater Infrastructure Investment Act

Bill: 114-hr-4648
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2016-02-29 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Hydrology and hydrography
Lakes and rivers
Licensing and registrations
Public transit
Transportation programs funding
Water quality
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-29
text: 

Green Stormwater Infrastructure Investment Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to assist state, tribal, and local governments toinvest in green stormwater infrastructure.Green stormwater infrastructure is a stormwater management technique that uses natural or engineered systems designed to promote the uptake and filtration of stormwater at its source to protect habitats and reduce flood risks.
 
The bill establishes a 20% reserve within each state's Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund for installation, operation, and maintenance of green stormwater infrastructure.
 
The Department of Transportation must prioritize projects that include green stormwater infrastructure for competitive federal transportation infrastructure grants.
 
The bill also authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to extend National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits for green stormwater infrastructure systems for up to 10 years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2016-02-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-02-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-29
text: Introduced in House