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Elder Protection and Abuse Prevention Act

Bill: 114-hr-5018
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2016-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adult day care
Aging
Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Home and outpatient care
Law enforcement administration and funding
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: 

Elder Protection and Abuse Prevention Act 

 
This bill amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to direct the Administration on Aging of the Department of Health and Human Services to: (1) ensure that all programs funded under such Act include appropriate training in elder abuse prevention and services addressing elder justice and exploitation; and (2) update periodically the need for such training related to prevention of abuse, neglect, and exploitation (including financial exploitation) of older adults.
 
The Administration has a duty and function to: (1) establish priority information and assistance services for older individuals; and (2) develop a National Eldercare Locator Service, with a nationwide toll free number.
 
The Administration shall establish a National Adult Protective Services Resources Center.
 
Each area plan shall provide that the area agency on aging: (1) increases public awareness of elder abuse and financial exploitation, and removes barriers to elder abuse education, prevention, investigation, and treatment; and (2) reports instances of elder abuse.
 
The Administration shall make grants to states with approved plans for elder abuse and neglect screening.
 
A state operating a nutrition project shall encourage distributors of nutrition services to distribute information on diabetes, elder abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, and the annual Medicare wellness exam.
 
A state, an area agency on aging, a nonprofit organization, or a tribal organization shall use a grant for an older individuals' protection from violence project to replicate successful prevention and training models.
 
The Administration shall award grants to and contract with eligible organizations for projects to engage volunteers over age 50 in supporting older adults (and their families or caretakers) who have experienced or are at risk of elder abuse.
 
A state may use funds under the National Family Caregiver Support Program to support the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Synthetic Drug Awareness Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5020
Sponsor: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2016-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: 

Synthetic Drug Awareness Act of 2016

 This bill requires the Surgeon General to report to Congress on the public health effects of the increased use since January 2010 by individuals who are 12 to 18 years old of drugs developed and manufactured to avoid control under the Controlled Substances Act (e.g., synthetic marijuana, also known as &quot;spice,&quot; and synthetic amphetamines, also known as &quot;bath salts&quot;).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Better Accounting for Medicaid Costs Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5021
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2016-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Health programs administration and funding
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: 

Better Accounting for Medicaid Costs Act of 2016

 
This bill amends title XI (General Provisions) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to follow rulemaking procedures with respect to certain Medicaid subregulatory policies. 
 
Before issuing a Medicaid subregulatory policy, CMS must determine the extent to which the policy is projected, with respect to each year in a 10-year period, to increase state or federal expenditures under the Medicaid program. If the policy is projected to increase expenditures by an amount exceeding a specified threshold, CMS may implement the policy only through notice and comment rulemaking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
HIRED Act

Bill: 114-hr-5022
Sponsor: Rep. Ashford, Brad [D-NE-2]
Introduced: 2016-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Business education
Employment and training programs
Small business
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: 

Helping Individuals with Reemployment and Entrepreneurial Development Act or the HIRED Act

 
This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to include assistance to dislocated workers through increased outreach about small business opportunities and consultation about starting a small business among the rapid response activities to assist such workers in obtaining reemployment which a state, or state-designated entity, provides in the event of a permanent closure or mass layoff at a plant, facility, or enterprise, or a natural or other disaster, resulting in mass job dislocation.
 
A state may in such an event allocate up to 10% of funds reserved by the state governor for statewide rapid response activities to provide outreach about small business opportunities and consultation about starting a small business. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
SAFE Lending Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5023
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2016-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Economic development
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Indian social and development programs
Licensing and registrations
Minority and disadvantaged businesses

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: 

Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic Lending Act of 2016 or the SAFE Lending Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA) to declare that a remotely created check may only be issued by a person specifically designated in writing by the consumer to the insured depository institution at which the consumer maintains the account from which the check is drawn.
 
 A remotely created check is a paper or electronic check that:
 
 
is not created by the financial institution that holds the customer account from which the check is to be paid; and
 
does not bear a signature applied, or purported to be applied, by the account holder.
 
 
A consumer may revoke authorization for remotely created checks at any time. 
 
The bill prohibits issuance of any payment order in response to a consumer's exercise of federal consumer financial rights.
 
Any voluntary electronic fund transfer to repay a small-dollar consumer credit transaction shall be treated as preauthorized under the Truth in Lending Act (TILA).
 
The TILA is amended to require registration with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) by any small-dollar lender that facilitates, brokers, arranges, or gathers applications for small-dollar consumer credit (of up to $5,000, adjusted for inflation) extended pursuant to an open-end, non-open-end, or other CFPB-determined credit plan meeting specified criteria.
 
Small-dollar consumer credit transactions must comply with state law where the consumer resides.
 
The EFTA is amended to:
 
 
declare unlawful overdraft fees charged on a general-use prepaid card, and
 
authorize the CFPB to prohibit fees for declined transactions involving such a card. 
 
 
The TILA is further amended to prohibit a person from certain activities, including distributing sensitive personal financial information, in connection with a small-dollar consumer credit transaction, if that person ("lead generator") does not itself grant the credit directly to the consumer.
 
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) shall study: (1) the availability of capital on Indian reservations, and (2) the impact on tribal economic opportunity and wealth of small-dollar consumer credit extensions to tribal members through Internet and non-Internet means.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Clean Air and Vehicle Technology Accountability Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5024
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2016-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Environmental technology
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: 

Clean Air and Vehicle Technology Accountability Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to establish criminal penalties for any person who:
 
 
prior to the sale, or knowingly after sale, removes or renders inoperative an air pollution control device installed on or in a motor vehicle or engine; or 
 
manufactures, sells, or installs, parts or components that bypass, defeat, or render inoperative air pollution control devices installed on or in a motor vehicle or engine if the person knows or should know that the part or component is being offered for sale or installed for that use. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
2016 Tax Day Floods Supplemental Funding Act

Bill: 114-hr-5025
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2016-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Appropriations
Army Corps of Engineers
Department of Defense
Disaster relief and insurance
Executive agency funding and structure
Floods and storm protection
Texas
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: 

2016 Tax Day Floods Supplemental Funding Act

 
This bill makes supplemental appropriations for FY2016 for the Army Corps of Engineers for construction for flood control and storm damage reduction projects in areas affected by flooding in Houston, Texas, that have received a major disaster declaration pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.
 
Appropriated funds shall remain available through FY2026 and shall be designated as being for disaster relief under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2709)
To direct the President to develop and submit to Congress a comprehensive strategy to combat cybercrime, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-5026
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2016-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Intergovernmental relations
International organizations and cooperation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: 
This bill directs the President to submit to Congress a comprehensive strategy to combat cybercrime, including recommendations for a definition of cybercrime and a federal agency to lead cybercrime investigations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Reserve Act to adjust the circumstances under which Federal reserve bank stock is callable, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-5027
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2016-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Economic performance and conditions
Federal Reserve System
Inflation and prices
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: 
This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to revise the formula for subscription of national banking associations to the stock of their regional Federal Reserve Bank.
 
Instead of one-sixth of an association's subscription to be payable on call by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, a member bank shall pay one-twelfth of its subscription when the Federal Reserve Board directs, and the remainder subject to the call of the Board.
 
If a member bank has total consolidated assets of $10 billion or less, however, it may elect to pay one-half of its subscription instead of one-twelfth, but only once, and only within the first year after it becomes a member bank.
 
The bill makes similar revisions to the formula for an increase in a member bank's capital stock or surplus.
 
The Board may only call the subscription of a member bank if the aggregate amount of surplus funds of the Federal Reserve Banks is exhausted.
 
A member bank may elect to have called amounts returned to it if the aggregate amount of surplus funds of the Federal Reserve Banks is $1 billion or more.
 
The Board shall make annually inflation adjustments to the dollar amounts of total consolidated assets specified in the Act and in this bill to reflect the change in the Gross Domestic Product Price Index, published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Lending Assistance Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5029
Sponsor: Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2016-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Small business
Unemployment
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: 

Small Business Lending Assistance Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Small Business Act with respect to guarantee fees for small business loans.
 
The Small Business Administration (SBA) shall have discretion not to collect a guarantee fee for a loan repayable in one year or less.
 
The SBA may not, however, collect a guarantee fee in connection with a loan repayable in one year or less if it is made to a borrower that resides in a county with an annual unemployment rate for the preceding calendar year of at least one percentage point greater than the national annual unemployment rate for that year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
To authorize, direct, facilitate, and expedite the transfer of administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal land, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-5030
Sponsor: Rep. Comstock, Barbara [R-VA-10]
Introduced: 2016-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Roads and highways
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: 
This bill transfers administrative jurisdiction over:
 
 
0.342 acres of federal land within the boundary of the George Washington Memorial Parkway from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Transportation (DOT), and
 
 from DOT to Interior 0.479 acres of federal land within the boundary of the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center of the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) adjacent to the Parkway. 
 
 
Interior shall prohibit the storage, construction, or installation of any items that may interfere with access by the Research Center to certain restricted land within the Parkway boundary for security and maintenance purposes. 
 
The transfers of administrative jurisdiction under this bill shall not be subject to reimbursement or consideration. 
 
The National Park Service and the FHA shall comply with the agreement they entered into on September 11, 2002, regarding the transfer of administrative jurisdiction, management, and maintenance of the land specified in it. 
 
Subject to the terms of such agreement, Interior shall allow the Research Center to access specified acreage of the federal land transferred to Interior for purposes of transportation to and from the Research Center and for maintenance of its visual appearance. 
 
The Research Center shall maintain the restricted land. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Zika Eradication and Good Government Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5031
Sponsor: Rep. Curbelo, Carlos [R-FL-26]
Introduced: 2016-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Emergency planning and evacuation
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Insects

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: 

Zika Eradication and Good Government Act of 2016

 
This bill authorizes amounts made available to any department or agency for Ebola response and preparedness under the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 to be used for Zika virus response and preparedness. No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for Zika virus response and preparedness until such amounts have been fully obligated.
 
The President shall: (1) require all federal officials and employees responsible for insect-bourne infectious disease response and preparedness, including efforts to eradicate such disease, to cooperate by sharing best practices; and (2) report to Congress at specified intervals on the programs and activities of the federal government for Zika virus response and preparedness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2016-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Introduced in House