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Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4677
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2016-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Higher education
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: 

Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the definition of public safety officer for purposes of the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program to include a campus police officer who is employed by an institution of higher education and authorized to enforce criminal laws.
 
Specifically, the bill extends death, disability, or education benefits to a campus police officer or survivors of a campus police officer who dies or becomes disabled as a result of an injury sustained in the line of duty on or after April 15, 2013. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
People Before Party Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4679
Sponsor: Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2016-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Political parties and affiliation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: 

People Before Party Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a state from providing a voter, in a federal election, with the opportunity to indicate the selection of a political party as a representation of the selection of an individual candidate. (Thus prohibits voting for a party instead of an individual or "straight-party voting.")


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Child Care Access Means Parents in School Reauthorization Act

Bill: 114-hr-4681
Sponsor: Rep. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2016-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child care and development
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Higher education

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: 

Child Care Access Means Parents in School Reauthorization Act or the CCAMPIS Reauthorization Act

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise and permanently reauthorize the Child Care Access Means Parents in School grant program.
 
The Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education must report to Congress on plans to better serve postsecondary students with dependents. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
HANGUP Act

Bill: 114-hr-4682
Sponsor: Rep. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2016-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Debt collection
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: 

Help Americans Never Get Unwanted Phone Calls Act of 2016 or the HANGUP Act 

 
This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 and the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 to repeal provisions that authorize the use of automated telephone equipment to call cellular telephones for the purpose of collecting debts owed to the U.S. government. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Fairness for Veterans Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4683
Sponsor: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2016-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health information and medical records
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Neurological disorders
Sex offenses
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: 

Fairness for Veterans Act of 2016

 
This bill addresses medical evidence reviews in the case of: (1) a former member of the Armed Forces who was deployed in a contingency operation and subsequently diagnosed as suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury as a consequence of such deployment, or (2) a former member whose application for relief from the terms of his or her military discharge is based in whole or in part on matters relating to post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury related to combat or military sexual trauma.
 
Any board of review shall: 
 
 
review medical evidence of the Department of Veterans Affairs or a civilian health care provider presented by the former member, and 
 
review the case with a rebuttable presumption in favor of the former member that post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury materially contributed to the circumstances resulting in the discharge of a lesser characterization.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Prior to Introduction and Referral.
Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act

Bill: 114-hr-4684
Sponsor: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2016-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: 

Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a program to provide former members of the Armed Forces with: (1) an initial mental health assessment; and (2) health care services required to treat the former member's urgent mental health care needs, including risk of suicide or harming others. 
 
 A former member of the Armed Forces is an individual who meets either of the following criteria: 
 
 
the individual is a former member of the Armed Forces, including the reserve components, who served in the active military, naval, or air service, and was discharged or released under a condition less than honorable (except a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge by reason of a general court martial), has applied for a character of service determination that has not yet been made, and is not otherwise eligible to enroll in the VA health care system by reason of such discharge or release; or 
 
the individual is a veteran not otherwise eligible for VA health care.
 
 
The VA may provide such mental health care services pursuant to a contract with a qualified mental health professional if: (1) the receipt of mental health care services by an individual in VA facilities would be clinically inadvisable, or (2) VA facilities are not capable of furnishing such mental health care services to that individual economically because of geographical inaccessibility. 
 
The VA shall seek to enter into a contract with an independent nongovernmental entity to study the effect combat service has had on suicide rates and serious mental health issues among veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
DOD Workforce Flexibility Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4687
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2016-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Defense
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Temporary and part-time employment

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: 

DOD Workforce Flexibility Act of 2016

 
This bill permits employees of the Department of Defense (DOD) who are serving in a temporary position in the competitive service to compete for vacant permanent positions in the competitive service under DOD's merit promotion procedures. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Timely Payment for Veterans' Emergency Care Act

Bill: 114-hr-4689
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2016-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Hospital care
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: 

Timely Payment for Veterans' Emergency Care Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into contracts with an eligible entity to serve as an administrative contractor with respect to the performance of any or all of the following functions relating to providing medical care and hospital services in non-VA facilities: 
 
 
determining and making the payments required to be made to a non-VA facility;
 
providing education and outreach to individuals enrolled in the patient enrollment system; 
 
providing consultative services to institutions, agencies, and other persons to enable them to maintain necessary fiscal records; 
 
communicating to non-VA facilities any information or instructions furnished to the administrative contractor by the VA; and 
 
performing functions relating to non-VA facility education, training, and technical assistance.
 
 
An administrative contractor that performs such payment-related functions shall implement a contractor-wide information security program.
 
The VA shall use claims payment error rates or similar methodology of administrative contractors in the processing or reviewing of claims in order to give such contractors an incentive to implement effective education and outreach programs for non-VA facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Army Arsenal Revitalization Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4690
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2016-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing
Military facilities and property
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: 

Army Arsenal Revitalization Act of 2016

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to report to Congress regarding DOD legacy items with a contract value equal to $5 million or more. 
 
DOD shall use Army arsenals for the production of these legacy items.
 
DOD shall: (1) report to Congress listing all sole source contracts for the procurement of manufactured items the lack of which would constitute a critical national security issue, and (2) establish Army arsenals as a second source for production of any such manufactured item.
 
DOD shall report to Congress regarding: 
 
 
 DOD contracts awarded during FY2011-FY2015 using other than competitive procedures for the procurement of equipment, weapons, weapons systems, and components with a contract value of $3 million or more; 
 
 plans to update practices on Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS), including through the use of the organic industrial base as a resource in the implementation of a DMSMS management plan; and 
 
 critical capabilities and minimum workloads of the Army arsenals, and fundamental elements for implementing the United States Army Organic Industrial Base Strategic Plan 2012-2022. 
 
 
DOD shall establish a three-year pilot program to permit Army arsenals to adjust their labor rates periodically throughout the year based upon changes in workload and other factors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Alerting Local Leaders and Ensuring Responsible Guidelines for Youth Act

Bill: 114-hr-4691
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2016-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Allergies
Assault and harassment offenses
Disability and health-based discrimination
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: 

Alerting Local Leaders and Ensuring Responsible Guidelines for Youth Act or the ALLERGY Act

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to require a local educational agency (LEA), as a condition of receiving funds under the ESEA, to establish and implement a policy on allergy bullying that requires schools to:
 
 
educate students, school personnel, and parents about allergy bullying; 
 
clearly define what the punishment or response may be for violating rules against allergy bullying; 
 
encourage each victim of allergy bullying to report the bullying to school personnel; and 
 
comply with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 in carrying out these requirements. 

 
An LEA shall certify annually that it has established and implemented such a policy.
 
"Allergy bullying" is an unwanted, aggressive behavior by a student toward another student who has an allergy, including: (1) a real or perceived imbalance of power due to the student's allergy; and (2) actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, making physical or verbal attacks, and purposefully excluding the student from a group.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Aidan's Law

Bill: 114-hr-4692
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2016-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child health
Health promotion and preventive care
Hereditary and development disorders
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: 

Aidan's Law

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require hospitals, child care centers, clinics, and similar institutions caring for infants who are 28 days or less of age to administer to such infants a test for adrenoleukodystrophy, a progressive genetic disease that can cause behavioral changes, seizures, and other neurological symptoms.
 To be eligible for funds under the Heritable Disorders Program, a state must establish adrenoleukodystrophy testing standards and procedures. These standards and procedures are subject to review and approval by the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children. The committee must establish standards and procedures for states without approved standards and procedures.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Young Child Tax Credit Act

Bill: 114-hr-4693
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2016-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: 

Young Child Tax Credit Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a new refundable tax credit based on the number of their qualifying children under the age of three and the taxpayer's adjusted gross income. Advance payments of credit amounts shall be made to taxpayers each month. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act

Bill: 114-hr-4695
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2016-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Performance measurement
State and local government operations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: 

Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act

 
This bill amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to:
 
 
identify and publish a recommended core set of maternal and infant quality measures for women and children, as specified by the bill; 
 
publish an initial core set of any such measures applicable to mothers and infants eligible under Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); 
 
establish a Maternal and Infant Quality Measurement Program; and 
 
establish an online clearinghouse of resources for entities working to improve maternity and infant care quality.

 
HHS may make grants to eligible entities for:
 
 
the development of new state and regional maternity and infant care quality collaboratives; 
 
expanded activities of existing collaboratives; and 
 
maternity and infant care initiatives within established state and regional quality collaboratives that are not focused exclusively on maternity care. 

 
Under current law, HHS must contract with a consensus-based entity to carry out specified duties regarding performance measurement. The bill requires such an entity to facilitate increased coordination and alignment between the public and private sector with respect to quality and efficiency measures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-03-03
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: 2016-03-03
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: 2016-03-03
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: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
HOME Act

Bill: 114-hr-4696
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2016-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: 

Helping Our Middle-Income Earners Act or the HOME Act
 
 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers an income-based tax deduction, up to $5,000, for qualified homeowners association assessments paid during the taxable year. The bill defines "qualified homeowners association assessments" as regularly occurring, mandatory financial assessments: (1) that are paid by a taxpayer to a homeowners association for the taxpayer's principal residence, (2) that directly benefit such residence, and (3) that arise from the taxpayer's mandatory and automatic membership in such association. The bill requires homeowners associations to file an informational return that sets forth the name, address, and taxpayer identification number of a taxpayer from whom the association receives assessments and the amount of such assessments. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Working Parents Flexibility Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4699
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2016-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Child care and development
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee leave
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Self-employed

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: 

Working Parents Flexibility Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a tax-exempt parental leave savings account for the care of a child, to which an individual taxpayer who has earned income from employment during the past 12 months may make tax deductible cash contributions of up to $6,750 in a taxable year and not more than an aggregate of $24,000 for all taxable years. Taxpayers whose adjusted gross income exceeds $250,000 in a taxable year are ineligible for such a tax deduction. 
 
The bill excludes from gross income: (1) distributions from a parental leave savings account that are made not later than one year after the birth or adoption of a child of an account holder, and (2) contributions made by an employer to the parental leave savings account of an employee.


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