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Know Your Repayment Options Act

Bill: 114-hr-5898
Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Educational guidance
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Know Your Repayment Options Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Department of Education (ED) to annually give federal student loan borrowers who have graduated or departed from school detailed information, including monthly amount and lifetime payment amount, for each repayment option available to the borrower. To provide this individualized information to borrowers, ED must establish a process for annual verification of the borrower's annual income and the outstanding balance of principal and interest due on federal loans. Borrowers may opt out of being provided this information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening Forgiveness for Public Servants Act

Bill: 114-hr-5899
Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Health personnel
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Law enforcement officers
Military personnel and dependents
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Strengthening Forgiveness for Public Servants Act

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Department of Education (ED) to cancel 15%, 15%, 20%, 20%, and 30% of the amount a borrower owes after 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 years of public service employment, respectively, on a William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan made after this bill's enactment. (Currently, the balance of a borrower's Direct Loan is canceled if the borrower is not in default and has made 120 monthly payments on such loan while employed as a public service employee.)
 
The bill: (1) requires borrowers availing themselves of such loan cancellation to submit an employment certification form that includes self-certification of employment and employer certification of employment dates, and (2) places the borrower's loan in deferment during the period in which the borrower is employed in an eligible public service job if the borrower submits such form to ED.
 
If a portion of a loan is canceled for any year, the interest on such loan for such year shall be canceled.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Portable Fuel Container Safety Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5900
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Fires
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Portable Fuel Container Safety Act of 2016

 
This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a final rule relating to flame mitigation devices in portable fuel containers for flammable liquid fuels that sufficiently reduces the risk of injuries associated with the tendency of vapors igniting when the container is near an open flame or other ignition source. A &quot;portable fuel container&quot; is defined as a receptacle for flammable liquids (including any spout, retrofit spout, cap, and other closure mechanism and component of such receptacle) that foreseeably will be used by consumers and is manufactured or imported for use in the United States.
 
The rule must be treated as a consumer product safety rule promulgated under the Consumer Product Safety Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Pueblo, Colorado, as the "PFC James Dunn VA Clinic".

Bill: 114-hr-5901
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Colorado
Congressional tributes
Department of Veterans Affairs
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 
This bill designates the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Pueblo, Colorado, as the &quot;PFC James Dunn VA Clinic.&quot; 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Disability Community Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5902
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Disability and paralysis
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Home and outpatient care
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Disability Community Act of 2016

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to temporarily establish a higher federal matching rate with respect to Medicaid expenditures for certain services furnished to individuals with developmental disabilities if such expenditures are attributable to compliance with specified regulations.
 
In the case of a state Medicaid program that does not require the use of an electronic visit verification system for personal care services and home health services, the federal matching rate for medical assistance expended on such services shall be incrementally reduced. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Transition to Independence Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5903
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adult day care
Disability and paralysis
Employment and training programs
Home and outpatient care
Medicaid
Performance measurement
Social Welfare
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Transition to Independence Act
 
of 2016

 
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration program over five fiscal years, beginning with FY2018, under which a Medicaid Buy-In State meeting certain criteria may receive bonus payments for:
 
 
meeting specific measurable benchmarks in expanding individual integrated employment and reducing subminimum wage work, congregate setting work, or facility-based day habilitation placements for working-age individuals with a disability receiving Medicaid-funded home or community-based services; and
 
taking other actions conducive to expanding employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities within the state.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayers Before Insurers Act

Bill: 114-hr-5904
Sponsor: Rep. Walker, Mark [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Taxpayers Before Insurers Act 

 
This bill rescinds specified departmental management funds from the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) unless HHS deposits into the Treasury specified funds derived from contributions collected under the Transitional Reinsurance Program. 
 
The rescission is required unless HHS deposits into the Treasury: (1) $2 billion for each of calendar years 2014 and 2015 within 45 days of enactment of this bill, and (2) $1 billion for 2016 by March 1, 2017. 
 
(The Transitional Reinsurance Program was created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [PPACA] to stabilize premiums in the individual health insurance market by partially reimbursing insurers for high-cost enrollees. Health insurance issuers and certain group health plans make contributions to the program, and reinsurance payments are made to issuers for enrollees in certain individual market plans with claim costs within a specified level. Portions of the reinsurance contributions are allocated for the reinsurance payment pool, administrative expenses, and the Treasury.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
POSSE Act

Bill: 114-hr-5905
Sponsor: Rep. Weber, Randy K., Sr. [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Latin America
Law enforcement officers
Mexico
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Protect Our Southwestern States Enforcement Act or the POSSE Act

 
This bill requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to: (1) ensure that specified Border Patrol sectors in Texas, California, and Arizona are fully staffed, including by hiring additional CBP and Border Patrol personnel as needed; and (2) maintain the number of Border Patrol stations in each such sector at current levels. 
 
The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 is amended to direct the Department of Homeland Security to construct double-layered fencing along the entire southwest border by December 31, 2019. (Current law provides for reinforced fencing along at least 700 miles of such border.)
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
WiFi Capable Mobile Devices Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5906
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Educational facilities and institutions
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Libraries and archives
Telecommunication rates and fees
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

WiFi Capable Mobile Devices Act of 2016

 
This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to issue rules to ensure that providers of mobile broadband Internet access service supported through the Lifeline Assistance Program offer mobile devices that are capable of: (1) receiving WiFi or other wireless broadband signals using unlicensed spectrum, and (2) sharing a mobile service connection (commonly referred to as &quot;tethering&quot;) with other compatible hardware or devices. (The Lifeline program provides discounts on telephone service to qualifying low-income consumers.)
 
The FCC must also provide incentives to such providers to work with schools and libraries to conduct outreach to those eligible for Lifeline assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Community Mortgage Lender Regulatory Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5907
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Community Mortgage Lender Regulatory Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to prohibit the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from auditing, investigating, or taking an enforcement action against a responsible community mortgage lender unless requested to do so by one of several specified regulators or agencies. A "responsible community mortgage lender" is one that: (1) meets certain restrictions with respect to number and volume of mortgage loan originations and amount of either assets or net worth; and (2) has not, with respect to its mortgage loan originations and within a specified time frame, been subject to a cease and desist order or found by a court to have violated the law.
 
Furthermore, the CFPB and other federal banking agencies are prohibited from requiring such a lender to audit one of its vendors or third-party contractors unless the CFPB or other agency has reasonable cause to believe that the vendor or contractor is causing the lender to violate the law.
 
The bill also revises the methodology for calculating mortgage loan originations with respect to the qualified mortgage requirement in 2016.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5908
Sponsor: Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Employee performance
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Merit Systems Protection Board

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2016 or FEAA

 
This bill allows federal agencies, under Office of Personnel Management regulations, to remove certain employees from civil service or to reduce their grade or pay.
 
An employee may appeal within 7 days to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), which must refer the case to an administrative judge to expedite a final decision within 45 days after the MSPB receives the appeal. 
 
If the administrative judge cannot reach a decision within 45 days, the removal or reduction becomes final. But the MSPB must explain to Congress why a decision was not issued. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
SALE Act

Bill: 114-hr-5909
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Government trust funds
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Shee Atika Land Entitlement Act or the SALE Act

 
This bill declares that consideration received by the urban Native corporation of Shee Atika under the agreement between Shee Atika and the United States must be treated as the receipt of land or interest in land pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act or as cash to equalize the values of properties exchanged pursuant to that Act. (Under the Act, these considerations are not taxed.)
 
Shee Atika may elect to accept payment from the Department of Agriculture for Cube Cove lands into an account that may be used to purchase property sold at public sale by a federal agency. Purchases made through that account must be considered to be conveyances under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Improving Economic Sanctions Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5910
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Todd [R-IN-9]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Sanctions
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Improving Economic Sanctions Act of 2016

 
This bill establishes within the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence of the Department of the Treasury an Economic Sanctions Strategy, Coordination, and Planning Group. The group shall conduct contingency planning to enable the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to impose, monitor, and enforce a program of economic sanctions against a foreign country or entity pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
 
The group shall: (1) review OFAC economic sanctions programs to identify specific problems with such programs and general problems with U.S. economic sanctions policy, and (2) create a strategy to improve such programs and policy.
 
The Office of Terrorism and Financial Crimes shall coordinate the development of U.S. economic sanctions policy with the Departments of State, Defense, Justice, and Commerce; the National Security Council; and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Countering Violent Extremism Task Force Oversight Act

Bill: 114-hr-5911
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Todd [R-IN-9]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Alliances
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Political movements and philosophies
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Countering Violent Extremism Task Force Oversight Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice to jointly submit to Congress an annual report on the Countering Violent Extremism Task Force.
 
Each report shall include an examination of how the task force:
 
 
plans and coordinates countering violent extremism programs of the federal government;
 
evaluates the effectiveness of such programs;
 
plans and coordinates such programs that specifically address and counter the threat of radicalization of U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents by foreign terrorists or foreign terrorist organizations through the Internet, social media, or other platforms; and
 
plans and coordinates such programs that specifically address and counter the threat of lone wolf acts of terrorism conducted by U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents who have been radicalized. 
 
 
Each such report also shall examine:
 
 
the levels of funding, personnel, and agency resources that are devoted to the task force;
 
problems and difficulties associated with the development, implementation, and coordination of such programs;
 
a comparison of the task force with similar organizations and programs employed by U.S. allies and partners; and 
 
proposed policy recommendations for developing coordinated, coherent, cohesive whole-government countering violent extremism programs.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
action_date: 2016-08-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5913
Sponsor: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2016-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Government lending and loan guarantees
Motor carriers
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-18
text: 

Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2016 

 
This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize through FY2021 a diesel emissions reduction program. The program authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants, rebates, or loans for reducing diesel emissions from certain diesel vehicles or fleets by retrofitting or replacing their engines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-18
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the Act entitled "An Act to confer jurisdiction on the State of Iowa over offenses committed by or against Indians on the Sac and Fox Indian Reservation".

Bill: 114-hr-5914
Sponsor: Rep. Blum, Rod [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2016-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Federal-Indian relations
Iowa
Jurisdiction and venue
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-18
text: 
This bill repeals the act entitled &quot;An Act to confer jurisdiction on the State of Iowa over offenses committed by or against Indians on the Sac and Fox Indian Reservation.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2016-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-18
text: Introduced in House