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Creating Opportunities for America's Laid-off (COAL) Miners Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5669
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Evan H. [R-WV-3]
Introduced: 2016-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alabama
Coal
Employment and training programs
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Illinois
Indiana
Intergovernmental relations
Kentucky
Mining
Ohio
Pennsylvania
State and local government operations
Tennessee
Unemployment
Virginia
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: 

Creating Opportunities for America's Laid-off (COAL) Miners Act of 2016

 
This bill allows certain states in which the coal mining and related industries have been adversely impacted by regulations promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the Department of the Interior to enter into and participate in a specified agreement with the Department of Labor.
 
These states shall include:
 
 
Alabama;
 
Illinois;
 
Indiana;
 
Kentucky;
 
Ohio;
 
Pennsylvania;
 
Tennessee;
 
Virginia;
 
Wyoming; and
 
any other state that has traditionally relied on coal mining for a substantial portion of its economy, and has experienced a significant reduction in coal mining-related activity over five years.
 
 
The agreement shall require that the state's agency make payments of coal mining emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) to individuals, other than illegal aliens, who:
 
 
 have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under the state or federal law for a benefit year (excluding any benefit year that ended before enactment of this bill);
 
 have no rights to regular compensation for a week under such law or any other state unemployment compensation law or to compensation under any other federal law; 
 
 are not receiving compensation for such week under the unemployment compensation law of Canada; and
 
 are able to work, available to work, and actively seeking work. 
 
 
A state which enters such an agreement must deliver specified reemployment services and reemployment and eligibility assessment activities to each coal mining EUC recipient while the individual continues to receive such EUC.
 
The bill requires that, subject to specified conditions, 100% of the coal mining EUC paid to individuals by the state be reimbursed to each such state that enters into the agreement.
 
Funds in the extended unemployment compensation account of the Unemployment Trust Fund shall be used for making payments to these states.
 
This bill prescribes penalties for an individual who commits fraud resulting in overpayment of coal mining EUC.
 
No compensation under this bill shall be payable following 24 months after its enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Guarantee Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5670
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2016-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Inflation and prices
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: 

Social Security Guarantee Act of 2016 

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to issue a benefit guarantee certificate to each individual entitled to benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act.
 
Any such certificate constitutes budget authority in advance of appropriations Acts, and represents the obligation of the federal government to provide for payment of OASDI benefits named on the certificate, as adjusted (for inflation or otherwise), to the individual to whom it is issued. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Introduced in House
Drinking Water Disaster Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5673
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2016-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief and insurance
Environmental health
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: 

Drinking Water Disaster Act of 2016

 
This bill authorizes the President, upon request of a governor of a state, to declare that a major disaster exists as a result of contamination of drinking water from a public water system. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must promulgate regulations to carry out such authority within 60 days of this bill's enactment.
 
In the case of such a declared major disaster, the federal coordinating officer appointed under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act shall ensure that the coordination of administration of relief required under such Act includes coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency, and any other relevant agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Introduced in House
Guardians of America's Freedom Medal Act

Bill: 114-hr-5674
Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2016-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Mammals
Military personnel and dependents
Service animals

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: 

Guardians of America's Freedom Medal Act

 
This bill requires each military department to carry out a program to award medals or other commendations to military working dogs and their handlers to recognize valor or meritorious achievement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Introduced in House
Temporary Judgeship Conversion Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5675
Sponsor: Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2016-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Alabama
Arizona
California
Federal district courts
Florida
Judges
Kansas
Missouri
New Mexico
North Carolina
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: 

Temporary Judgeship Conversion Act of
 
2016

 
This bill converts certain temporary U.S. district court judgeships to permanent judgeships in specified U.S. judicial districts in Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Texas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Introduced in House
U.S.-Israel Partnership to Hold Iran Accountable Act

Bill: 114-hr-5677
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2016-07-07 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
International law and treaties
Iran
Israel
Middle East
Nuclear weapons

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: 

U.S.-Israel Partnership to Hold Iran Accountable Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of State to establish a joint commission with Israel to address Iranian compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
 
The commission should: 
 
 
support professional dialogues to detect and respond to JCPOA violations by Iran; 
 
coordinate subcabinet level political discussions on contingency responses to such violations and responses to Iran's destabilizing, non-nuclear activities, including missile launches, support for terrorism, and human rights violations; and 
 
coordinate technical discussions among the State Department, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Energy, and counterpart Israeli ministries on technical aspects of JCPOA implementation.
 
 
The bill expresses the sense of Congress that: 
 
 
Israeli officials who are counterparts to specified U.S. officials should be appointed as commission members; 
 
the President should ensure commission participation by senior officials in the Executive Office of the President and counterparts in the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel; and 
 
the Department of Defense should conduct joint military planning with Israel based on commission-identified contingency scenarios, such as responding to the detection of a covert Iranian enrichment facility, new Iranian weaponization efforts, or other clear indicators that Iran has begun a nuclear weapon breakout.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Introduced in House
Stop Iran From Smuggling Weapons to Terrorists Act

Bill: 114-hr-5678
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2016-07-07 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Bahrain
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Executive agency funding and structure
Human rights
Iran
Israel
Kuwait
Marine and inland water transportation
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military education and training
Military operations and strategy
Oman
Persian Gulf States
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Smuggling and trafficking
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Terrorism
United Arab Emirates

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: 

Stop Iran From Smuggling Weapons to Terrorists Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide training to: (1) the national military or other security forces of Israel, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, and Qatar that have among their functional responsibilities maritime security missions; and (2) ministry, agency, and headquarters level organizations for such forces. 
 
Such assistance and training may be referred to as the Counter Iran Maritime Initiative.
 
Such training: (1) may include the provision of de minimis equipment, supplies, and small-scale military construction; and (2) shall include the promotion of human rights and respect for legitimate civilian authority.
 
It is the sense of Congress that DOD should seek payments from such countries to offset training costs. DOD shall negotiate a training cost-sharing agreement with a recipient country that covers at least 50% of related costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2016-07-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2016-07-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2016-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Introduced in House
Pre-College Engineering Education Act

Bill: 114-hr-5679
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2016-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Minority education
Public-private cooperation
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: 

Pre-College Engineering Education Act

 
This bill establishes a grant program to encourage, through public-private partnerships, the development and implementation by states and local educational agencies of sustainable engineering education programs in elementary and secondary schools. The National Science Foundation (NSF) shall administer the program.
 
Grantees may use funds to:
 
 
research, review, and analyze the effectiveness of existing research-based instructional materials;
 
select or develop new research-based instructional materials;
 
teach students the overall analytical approached used in engineering;
 
prepare students who may pursue engineering studies in college or enter careers related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics;
 
increase participation of underrepresented student groups in the engineering pipeline; and 
 
provide professional development for teachers to teach pre-college engineering.

 
The NSF shall study and report on program activities and results.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2016-07-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2016-07-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2016-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Introduced in House
Increasing Local Autonomy for Shore Protection Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5680
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2016-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Seashores and lakeshores
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: 

Increasing Local Autonomy for Shore Protection Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to increase the non-federal share of the cost of the periodic nourishment of any water resources development project or any measure for shore protection or beach erosion control for such project to 65% (current law sets such non-federal share at lower levels of up to 50% based on the dates after which the projects are carried out).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Introduced in House
Alzheimer's Beneficiary and Caregiver Support Act

Bill: 114-hr-5681
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2016-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Medicaid
Medicare
Mental health
Neurological disorders
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: 

Alzheimer's Beneficiary and Caregiver Support Act

 
This bill amends title XI (General Provisions) of the Social Security Act to require the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test the efficacy of coverage and payment for Alzheimer's Disease caregiver support services in delaying or reducing the use of institutionalized care for Medicare beneficiaries. 
 
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall establish payment amounts for such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-07-07
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: 2016-07-07
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: 2016-07-07
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: 2016-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Introduced in House
Lift the Relocation Burden from Military Spouses Act

Bill: 114-hr-5683
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2016-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Military personnel and dependents
State and local government operations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: 

Lift the Relocation Burden from Military Spouses Act

 
This bill authorizes the military department concerned to reimburse a member of the Armed Forces who is reassigned for a permanent change of station or assignment from one state to another for qualified relicensing costs of the member's spouse.
 
Reimbursement may not exceed $500 for each change of station or assignment. 
 
The Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security (with respect to the Coast Guard) shall work with states to improve license portability. 
 
&quot;Qualified relicensing costs&quot; are the costs, including exam and registration fees, needed to secure a license or certification to engage in the same profession in the new state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Introduced in House
Second Division Memorial Modification Act

Bill: 114-hr-5684
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2016-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Conflicts and wars
District of Columbia
Iraq
Middle East
Military history
Monuments and memorials
North Korea
South Korea
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-08
text: 

Second Division Memorial Modification Act

 
This bill authorizes the Second Indianhead Division Association, Inc. Scholarship and Memorials Foundation to place three benches honoring the members of the Second Infantry Division killed in the Cold War in Korea, the War in Iraq, and the War in Afghanistan on the Second Division Memorial located in President's Park in the District of Columbia. 
 
No federal funds may be used for these modifications or augmentations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-08
text: Introduced in House
Farm Regulatory Certainty Act

Bill: 114-hr-5685
Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2016-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Civil actions and liability
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Licensing and registrations
Livestock
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-08
text: 

Farm Regulatory Certainty Act

 
This bill amends the Resources Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 to specify that animal waste, manure, and fertilizer are excluded from the Act's requirements.
 
Citizen suits may not be brought under the Act if federal or state legal and enforcement actions are already underway.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-07-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1071)
action_date: 2016-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-08
text: Introduced in House
Pink Tax Repeal Act

Bill: 114-hr-5686
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2016-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Federal preemption
Inflation and prices
Marketing and advertising
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-08
text: 

Pink Tax Repeal Act

 
This bill prohibits the sale of substantially similar services or consumer products from the same manufacturer if they are priced differently based on the gender of the individuals to whom the products are marketed or intended or for whom the services are marketed, performed, or offered. 
 
A difference in coloring among consumer products shall not be construed as a substantial difference.
 
Violations shall be treated as unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act.
 
The Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general are authorized to enforce against such violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a temporary exception to the application of the Medicare long-term care hospital site neutral provisions for certain spinal cord specialty hospitals.

Bill: 114-hr-5688
Sponsor: Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6]
Introduced: 2016-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Hospital care
Licensing and registrations
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Neurological disorders
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-08
text: 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish, with respect to certain spinal cord specialty hospitals, a temporary exemption from specified Medicare payment limits applicable to long-term care hospital (LTCH) inpatient services. Current law generally applies payment limits to inpatient services for LTCHs that do not meet certain discharge requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-08
text: Introduced in House