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Everglades Land Acquisition Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4793
Sponsor: Rep. Clawson, Curt [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2016-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Everglades
Floods and storm protection
Florida
Land transfers
Water quality
Water storage
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: 

Everglades Land Acquisition Act of 2016

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to carry out, south of Lake Okeechobee, Florida, land acquisition projects for flood damage reduction and water storage, treatment, and conveyance purposes.
 
The bill prohibits Interior from paying more than the land's fair market value. 
 
Upon the acquisition of such land, Interior, in consultation with the Army Corps of Engineers, shall provide for: 
 
 
the restoration of the acquired land for flood damage reduction and water storage, treatment, and conveyance purposes; and 
 
the utilization of the land in conjunction with projects that implement the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. 
 
 
Interior may transfer or sell the land acquired under this Act to the Army Corps of Engineers, the state of Florida, a political subdivision of the state, or a nonprofit conservation organization. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Introduced in House
ABLE Financial Planning Act

Bill: 114-hr-4794
Sponsor: Rep. Crenshaw, Ander [R-FL-4]
Introduced: 2016-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Disability and paralysis
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: 

ABLE Financial Planning Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax-free rollovers of amounts in qualified tuition programs (529 plans) to qualified ABLE programs and from qualified ABLE programs to qualified tuition programs. (Tax-favored ABLE [Achieving a Better Life Experience] accounts are designed to enable individuals with disabilities to save for and pay for disability-related expenses.)
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Introduced in House
ABLE to Work Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4795
Sponsor: Rep. Crenshaw, Ander [R-FL-4]
Introduced: 2016-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Disability and paralysis
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: 

ABLE to Work Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to ABLE accounts (tax-exempt savings accounts for persons with a disability), to allow: (1) an ABLE account beneficiary to make contributions to an ABLE account equal to the lesser of such beneficiary's compensation or an amount equal to the federal poverty line for a one-person household, and (2) a retirement savings tax credit for contributions to an ABLE account. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Military Parental Leave Modernization Act

Bill: 114-hr-4796
Sponsor: Rep. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2016-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Employee leave
Family relationships
Military personnel and dependents
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: 

Military Parental Leave Modernization Act

 
This bill revises military parental leave requirements to state that: 
 
 
a member of the armed forces, regardless of gender or marital status, shall be authorized to take at least 84 days of parental leave in connection with the birth of a child, a qualifying adoption of a child, or the placement of a child in foster care with the service member; and 
 
in the case of a dual military family, both service members shall be authorized to take parental leave. (The Department concerned shall permit the transfer of such leave between the two service members to accommodate individual family circumstances.) 
 
 
Such parental leave shall be in addition to other leave.
 
 Convalescent or other leave taken before childbirth by a pregnant service member shall not reduce the number parental leave days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Introduced in House
GET THE LEAD OUT Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4797
Sponsor: Rep. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2016-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local finance
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: 

Grants and Education To Tackle Homeowner Exposure to Lead Ensuring America Drinks Only from Unpolluted Taps Act of 2016 or the GET THE LEAD OUT Act of 2016

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a grant program to provide assistance to eligible entities (i.e., certain water systems, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies) for reducing lead levels in water for human consumption.
 
Grant funds may be used to assist low-income homeowners in carrying out lead reduction projects, as long as the grant amount does not exceed the cost of replacing the privately owned portion of the service line. 
 
If an eligible entity uses funds for replacing lead service lines, it must: (1) notify customers of the planned replacement of any publicly owned portions of the lead service line; (2) inform each customer that it will replace the public portions of the line only if it obtains the customer's consent to simultaneously replace the privately owned portions of the line; and (3) demonstrate that it has considered multiple options for reducing lead in drinking water, including an evaluation of options for corrosion control.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Do Your Job or Don't Get Paid Act

Bill: 114-hr-4799
Sponsor: Rep. Jolly, David W. [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2016-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Congress
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: 

Do Your Job or Don't Get Paid Act 

 
This bill withholds the salaries of Members of the House of Representatives if the House has not passed all of the regular appropriations bills before the beginning of the fiscal year. 
 
The salaries are withheld until the earlier of: (1) the first day by which the House has passed all of the regular appropriations bills for the fiscal year, or (2) the last day of the Congress. 
 
For the purposes of this bill, passage of all of the regular appropriations bills includes passing each bill individually or in combination with any of the other appropriations bills. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a land exchange involving lands within the boundaries of the Cape Cod National Seashore, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-4800
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2016-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Massachusetts
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Seashores and lakeshores

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior, through the National Park Service, to convey 1.09 acres of federal land within the Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts to the owner of 1.02 acres of non-federal land within the Seashore, if the owner conveys the non-federal acres to Interior, subject to acceptable title. 
 
The land acquired by Interior shall be administered as part of the Cape Cod National Seashore. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Medical Loss Ratio Accountability Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4801
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2016-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Business records
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Insurance industry and regulation
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: 

Medical Loss Ratio Accountability Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to audit a statistically significant and representative selection of health insurers to verify that insurer reports on medical loss ratio are accurate.
 This bill amends the Social Security Act to base determinations of the medical loss ratio of a Medicare Advantage plan on information from the HHS audit of the plan, if the plan was audited.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-03-17
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: 2016-03-17
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: 2016-03-17
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: 2016-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Program Integrity Enhancement Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4802
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2016-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Health and Human Services
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: 

Medicaid Program Integrity Enhancement Act of 2016

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require a state Medicaid agency to establish a process by which a provider may appeal a decision by the agency to suspend payment to the provider on the basis of credible fraud allegations.
 
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must revise specified regulations related to such suspensions in order to comply with due process requirements established by the bill. 
 
Specifically, a state Medicaid agency may not suspend payment until the agency: (1) consults with the state's Medicaid fraud control unit or, if the state has no such unit, with the state's attorney general; (2) certifies that it has considered whether the suspension will jeopardize beneficiary access and whether there is good cause not to suspend payment; and (3) furnishes the provider with the agency's reasons for finding no such good cause. 
 
Furthermore, the agency must periodically evaluate whether there is good cause to discontinue a suspension for which an investigation is pending. With specified exceptions, such good cause shall be deemed to exist if the investigation remains unresolved after a suspension has been in effect for 18 months.
 
CMS must also revise specified regulations to provide that an allegation of fraud shall be considered credible only if the allegation has indications of reliability and the state Medicaid agency: (1) has reviewed all allegations, facts, and evidence carefully; (2) acts judiciously on a case-by-case basis; and (3) has considered the potential impact a payment suspension may have on beneficiary access to care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Women and Minorities in STEM Booster Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4803
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2016-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Minority education
Minority employment
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Women's education
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: 

Women and Minorities in STEM Booster Act of 2016

 
 This bill requires the National Science Foundation to award competitive grants to enable eligible entities to carry out the activities specified below in order to increase the participation of women and underrepresented minorities in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
 
 An eligible entity that receives a grant shall use grant funds to carry out one or more of the following activities designed to increase the participation of women or minorities underrepresented in science and engineering, or both: 
 
 
 online workshops, 
 
 mentoring programs that partner STEM professionals with students, 
 
 internships for undergraduate and graduate students in STEM fields, 
 
 outreach programs providing elementary and secondary school students with opportunities to increase their exposure to STEM fields, and
 
programs to increase the recruitment and retention of underrepresented faculty. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E337)
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Stop Swatting in Our Schools Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4804
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2016-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crimes against property
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Firearms and explosives
Fires
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Terrorism
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: 

Stop Swatting in Our Schools Act of 2016

 
This bill directs the Federal Bureau of Investigation to create a task force to combat swatting.
 
It defines swatting as an activity that uses the mail, telephone, or another instrument of interstate or foreign commerce to willfully make a threat or maliciously and knowingly convey false information with the intent to trigger an emergency law enforcement response. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Patient Access to Healthcare Records Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4805
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2016-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: 

Ensuring Patient Access to Healthcare Records Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act to allow a health care clearinghouse to use and disclose protected health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).The uses and disclosures include for:(1)research purposes, (2)public health purposes, and (3)releasing protected health information to individuals that request their information.
 
Additionally, a clearinghouse may use and disclose protected health information to prepare and distribute reports that are designed to improve healthcare, subject to certain privacy protections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-03-17
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: 2016-03-17
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: 2016-03-17
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: 2016-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Introduced in House
CLEAR Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4806
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2016-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Consumer affairs
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Immunology and vaccination
Metals
Water quality
Water use and supply
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: 

Copper and Lead Evaluation and Reporting Act of 2016 or the CLEAR Act

 
This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate new lead and copper regulations that would set a health-based, household action level for lead and copper that triggers: (1) a consumer notification of drinking water contamination; (2) a report to the appropriate public health agency; and (3) an examination by the public water system of service line material and, if applicable, the removal of lead portions of the service line.
 
 That action level must be based on the amount of lead that would result in a blood lead level greater than five micrograms per deciliter in an average, healthy infant who consumes infant formula made with water.
 
The regulations must also:
 
 
provide outreach about the health risk and protection available to consumers with known or suspected lead service lines, institutions and facilities that serve other vulnerable populations, and the caregivers and health care providers of those consumers or populations;
 
require reporting by public water systems for each monitoring period to the populations they serve on information concerning lead and copper levels;
 
require public water systems to provide a public statement of lead service line ownership where a community has such lines; 
 
 modify monitoring requirements to provide for voluntary, consumer-requested tap samples for lead; and 
 
provide for utilizing the results of those samples.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide the same level of Federal matching assistance, regardless of date of such expansion, for every State that chooses to expand Medicaid coverage to newly eligible individuals.

Bill: 114-hr-4807
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2016-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medicaid
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: 

This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide the enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) to every state that expands Medicaid coverage for individuals who are newly eligible under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, regardless of when such expansion takes place. 
 
Under current law, the enhanced FMAP is equivalent to 100% in 2014 through 2016, 95% in 2017, 94% in 2018, 93% in 2019, and 90% thereafter. The bill retains this enhanced FMAP, but bases it on a term of years rather than on specific dates.
 
The bill applies retroactively.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Introduced in House