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Interstate Teaching Mobility Act

Bill: 114-hr-5357
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2016-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Employee performance
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: 

Interstate Teaching Mobility Act

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a voluntary interstate teaching application program for participating states. To participate in the program, a state must require sufficiently rigorous assessments in awarding a teaching license or certification.
 
In carrying out the program, the Department of Education shall:
 
 
create an electronic application process for eligible teachers who are licensed or certified in a participating state to apply for teaching positions in another participating state; 
 
require a participating state to recognize the teaching licensure or certification of each such teacher without the teacher having to complete additional licensure or certification requirements; 
 
ensure that a participating state maintains specified eligibility requirements; and 
 
provide technical assistance.

 
A teacher seeking to participate in the program must submit an application containing: (1) proof of active licensure or certification in a participating state, and (2) the teacher's results on specified assessments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Penn School - Reconstruction Era National Monument Act

Bill: 114-hr-5358
Sponsor: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6]
Introduced: 2016-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Land transfers
Minority education
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations
South Carolina
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: 

Penn School - Reconstruction Era National Monument Act

 
This bill establishes the Penn School - Reconstruction Era National Monument in South Carolina, which shall become a unit of the National Park System (NPS) when the Department of the Interior has: 
 
 
acquired sufficient land or an interest in land within the monument's boundary to constitute a manageable unit, and 
 
entered into a written agreement with Penn Community Services, Inc. (known as Penn Center) pursuant to this bill. 
 
 
The bill declares that the monument's boundaries shall be the same as those of the Penn Center National Historic Landmark District.
 
Interior may enter into an agreement with Penn Center:
 
 
regarding the transfer of land or interests in land; and 
 
delineating the respective roles and responsibilities of the National Park Service and Penn Center in the operation, maintenance, and interpretation of the monument. 
 
 
Interior may acquire by donation, purchase from a willing seller, or exchange lands or interests in land within the monument's boundary and within its vicinity. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Introduced in House
To revise Federal flammability standards for motor vehicle child restraint systems.

Bill: 114-hr-5359
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2016-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Department of Transportation
Fires
Motor vehicles
Product safety and quality
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: 
This bill requires the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to revise its regulations establishing flammability standards for child restraint systems to measure the smolder ignition resistance, rather than the open flame flammability, of such systems. In revising such regulations, NHTSA must: (1) consider the standard and testing methodologies contained in the California Technical Bulletin entitled "Requirements, Test Procedure and Apparatus for Testing the Smolder Resistance of Materials Used in Upholstered Furniture"; and (2) consult the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the health effects and exposure risks associated with materials used in such restraint systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax-exempt financing of certain government-owned buildings.

Bill: 114-hr-5361
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2016-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health facilities and institutions
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Law enforcement administration and funding
Libraries and archives
Research administration and funding
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the tax-exempt financing of certain government-owned buildings by expanding the definition of &quot;exempt facility bond&quot; to include bonds used for qualified government buildings. 
 
A qualified government building is a government-owned building or facility that consists of one or more of the following: 
 
 
an elementary or secondary school;
 
facilities of a state college or university used for educational purposes;
 
a public library;
 
a court;
 
hospital, health care, laboratory, or research facilities; 
 
public safety facilities; or
 
offices for government employees.
 
 
The bill excludes buildings or facilities that include specified recreational equipment or are used for the primary purpose of providing retail food and beverage services, recreation, or entertainment.
 
The bill establishes: (1) a $5 billion limit on the amount of tax-exempt financing which may be provided for government buildings, and (2) procedures for allocating and applying for the financing. 
 
The bill exempts the bonds for government buildings from the volume cap on private activity bonds. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Mental and Behavioral Health Care Bump Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5362
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2016-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
Mental health
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: 

Mental and Behavioral Health Care Bump Act of 2016

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to increase the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) to 90% with respect to increased state Medicaid program expenditures for mental and behavioral health services. In general, a state's FMAP may range from 50% to 83% under current law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Corporal David Dunnels White of the United States Army for his capture of Confederate Major General George Washington Custis Lee at the Battle of Sailor's Creek, Virginia, during the Civil War.

Bill: 114-hr-5363
Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2016-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: 
This bill authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Corporal David Dunnels White of the 37th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, for his capture of Confederate Major General George Washington Custis Lee at the Battle of Sailor's Creek, Virginia, on April 6, 1865.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Introduced in House
All Kids Matter Act

Bill: 114-hr-5364
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2016-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Family relationships
Family services
Housing and community development funding
Medicaid
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: 

All Kids Matter Act

 
This bill amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to revise state plan requirements to require:
 
 
the state to identify and provide appropriate prevention, intervention, and support services before placing a child in foster care as part of its reasonable efforts to preserve and reunify families;
 
that all at-risk children, children in foster care, and children who have left foster care to return home through reunification or reinstatement of parental rights, or for kinship guardianship or adoption, be provided with a standard array of child welfare services;
 
the state to submit, update, and revise as necessary a description of its activities and delivery mechanisms for achieving increased permanency for all infants, children, and youth.
 
 
Payments to states shall incorporate: (1) an amount equal to the federal medical assistance percentage for the state under SSAct title XIX (Medicaid), and (2) a performance achievement payment.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall establish criteria for assessing state performance in order to award performance achievement payments to the states.
 
States may elect an alternative allotment for specified administrative costs.
 
Aid to Families with Dependent Children eligibility under SSAct title IV part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) is removed from eligibility requirements under the Foster Care Maintenance Program.
 
States may provide services to an individual age 18-21 who is pursing legal permanency through family reunification, permanent placement with a planned permanent living arrangement, or such other pathways to permanency as the state, in consultation with HHS, may specify. 
 
Eligibility for John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program services and education and training vouchers shall extend to youth who return home after attaining age 16.
 
HHS, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Department of Education shall jointly develop and disseminate to states permanency-supportive housing options.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3285)
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Muhammad Ali Expansion Act

Bill: 114-hr-5365
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2016-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes
Business ethics
Contracts and agency
Professional sports
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: 

Muhammad Ali Expansion Act

 
This bill amends the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to: (1) establish definitions for "fighter," "combat sport competition," and "mixed martial arts"; and (2) include individuals who fight in a professional mixed martial arts competition or other professional combat sport competition, such competitions, and the professional combat sports industry within the scope of such Act.
 
The bill requires the Association of Boxing Commissions, within two years after enactment of this bill, to establish: (1) guidelines for minimum contractual provisions that should be included in bout agreements and mixed martial arts and other combat sport contracts, and (2) guidelines for objective and consistent written criteria for the ratings of mixed martial arts and other combat sports. 
 
The bill applies conflict of interest provisions that prohibit a promoter from having a financial interest in the management of a boxer, or a manager from having a financial interest in the promotion of a boxer, to fighters participating in a mixed martial arts or other combat sport competition scheduled for 11 minutes or more.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2016-05-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2016-05-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2016-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Alzheimer's Breakthrough Sunshine Act

Bill: 114-hr-5366
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18]
Introduced: 2016-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aging
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Income tax exclusion
Neurological disorders
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: 

Alzheimer's Breakthrough Sunshine Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income for seven years amounts received from the sale of certain drugs for treating Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. 
 
The exclusion applies to the sale of a drug approved or licensed as a disease-modifying treatment for Alzheimer's disease and that has been designated as a breakthrough therapy under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The drug must be sold through an arm's length transaction by a holder of the approved application for the drug. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Save Our Communities from Risky Trains Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5368
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2016-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Department of Transportation
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Radioactive wastes and releases
Railroads
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: 

Save Our Communities from Risky Trains Act of 2016

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue regulations to require enhanced security measures for shipments of security sensitive material.
 
DOT shall designate a material, or a group or class of material, as security sensitive if it determines that transporting such material in commerce poses a significant risk to national security due to its potential use in an act of terrorism.
 
Each railroad carrier transporting security sensitive material shall:
 
 
 compile material route and storage pattern information, and
 
submit to DOT a written rail transportation route and storage pattern security risk analysis and an alternative route and storage pattern analysis.
 
 
Railroad carriers shall use the route and storage pattern that, based on the analyses, best reduces the risk, including consequences, of a terrorist attack on, or derailment of, a shipment of security sensitive material transported through or near an area of concern (i.e., urban areas).
 
Each railroad carrier shall review once every five years any changes affecting the security movements of such material.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E807)
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5369
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2016-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health programs administration and funding
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: 

Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2016

 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Healthy Start for Infants program for FY2017-FY2022. (The purpose of this program is to reduce infant mortality and improve perinatal outcomes.)

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Lowell National Historical Park Creative Partnerships Act

Bill: 114-hr-5371
Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2016-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Historic sites and heritage areas
Massachusetts
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: 

Lowell National Historical Park Creative Partnerships Act

 
This bill requires any loan made in 1984 by the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission to the Lowell Development and Financial Corporation to enable it to furnish low-interest loans for the preservation, restoration, or development of certain properties in the Lowell National Historical Park or the Lowell Historic Preservation District in Massachusetts to have a maturity of 42 years.
 
(Under current law, all such loans, regardless of the year in which they were made, must have a maturity of 35 years.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Introduced in House
United States Digital Service Act

Bill: 114-hr-5372
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2016-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Computers and information technology
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: 

United States Digital Service Act

 
This bill directs the President to continue to operate, for FY2017-FY2026, the United States Digital Service as such program operated using funds made available under the Information Technology Oversight and Reform account in division E of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: Introduced in House
LGBT Data Inclusion Act

Bill: 114-hr-5373
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2016-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Government information and archives
Right of privacy
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: 

LGBT Data Inclusion Act

 
This bill requires federal agencies that collect information through a survey that includes demographic data (where subjects self-report information or a proxy provides information about the subject or responds for all persons in a household) to establish data standards that require: 
 
 
a determination of which existing data sets exclude information about sexual orientation and gender identity;
 
an identification, and a use, of appropriate methods to include questions on sexual orientation and gender identity in surveys that facilitate categorization and voluntary participation and that preserve privacy and confidentiality; and
 
a routine assessment of needed changes in survey methods related to asking such questions.
 
 
Agencies that publish reports relying on survey demographic data must include information on sexual orientation and gender identity.
 
Individuals shall not be: (1) required by this bill to disclose their sexual orientation or gender identity to an agency; or (2) subjected to fines or penalties for refusing to answer, or providing a false answer to, any survey question regarding gender identity or sexual orientation.
 
Nothing in this bill shall be construed to permit the use of such collected information in a manner that would adversely affect an individual. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: Introduced in House