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SMART Guns Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5863
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

SMART Guns Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to modify requirements under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program. Specifically, a firearm purchased with JAG funds must, to the extent practicable, be a SMART gun.
 
The term &quot;SMART gun&quot; means a firearm that includes a safety feature to prevent an unauthorized person from using such firearm.
 


Legislative actions:
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 House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Mental Health Training Enhancement for First Responders Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5864
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Crime prevention
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency communications systems
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Mental Health Training Enhancement for First Responders Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the allowable use of grant funds under the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program to include specialized mental health training for law enforcement officers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
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 the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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 the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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 the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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
Duty to Report Sexual Assault Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5865
Sponsor: Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Duty to Report Sexual Assault Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to impose criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to six months, or both&#8212;on an owner or employee of a massage establishment who fails to report known or suspected sexual assault by an employee to an appropriate law enforcement agency. 
 
Additionally, the bill imposes a fine on an owner of a massage establishment who fails to publicly display policies and procedures to prevent and respond to sexual assault. 


Legislative actions:
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 House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Expanded Stalking Protections Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5866
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Expanded Stalking Protections Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to broaden the definition of stalking to include conduct that causes a person's friend or co-worker to experience a reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
National Strategy for School Security Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5867
Sponsor: Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency planning and evacuation
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

National Strategy for School Security Act of 2016

 
This bill requires the Department Homeland Security, in order to assist in the domestic preparedness for and response to acts of terrorism and other emergencies and to coordinate federal efforts to secure elementary and secondary schools, to develop and submit to Congress a national school security strategy and updates to such strategy.
 
The strategy shall:
 
 
 describe all federal programs, projects, and activities to secure elementary and secondary schools from acts of terrorism and other emergencies; 
 
 identify specific school security vulnerabilities to acts of terrorism or other emergencies within the United States and delineate goals for closing such vulnerabilities; 
 
 describe actions to be taken and means needed to achieve such goals, including steps to reform, improve, and streamline existing efforts to align the current threat environment to schools; and 
 
 identify new authorities or changes in existing authorities required to address school security. 
 
 
 The requirement to transmit updated national strategies shall terminate seven years after this bill's enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.
action_date: 2016-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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 Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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 Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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
Stop Obamacare Spam Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5868
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health programs administration and funding
Marketing and advertising
State and local government operations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Stop Obamacare Spam Act of 2016

 This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from using collected fees to advertise health insurance exchanges.

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 amend the Federal Credit Union Act to require the National Credit Union Administration Board to provide a rationale for any amounts the Board proposes to use from the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-5869
Sponsor: Rep. Mulvaney, Mick [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Government trust funds
National Credit Union Administration
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 
This bill amends the Federal Credit Union Act to require the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board to submit annually with its detailed business-type budget a report that contains: (1) an analysis of the NCUA's operating expenses and the extent to which those expenses are funded by assessment fees collected from federal credit unions or amounts transferred from the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF), and (2) a supporting rationale for proposals to use amounts in the NCUSIF for operating expenses.


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 Partnership for Clean Water Land Acquisition Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5870
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Land transfers
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
State and local finance
Water quality
Water storage
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Federal Partnership for Clean Water Land Acquisition Act of 2016

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program that assists states in acquiring private lands, if the acquisition of the land will substantially improve water quality for an area (including by means of water storage, water treatment, estuary restoration, or ecosystem restoration).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Spearfish Canyon and Bismarck Lake Land Exchange Act

Bill: 114-hr-5871
Sponsor: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation
South Dakota

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Spearfish Canyon and Bismarck Lake Land Exchange Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA), if South Dakota conveys to it four parcels of specified nonfederal lands, comprising 1,954 acres, to convey to South Dakota in exchange 1,468 acres known as the &quot;Spearfish Canyon Area&quot; and 524 acres known as the &quot;Bismarck Lake Area&quot; in the Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota. 
 
The values of the federal and nonfederal lands to be exchanged shall be equal.
 
USDA shall complete any environmental analyses required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 regarding the land exchange carried out under this bill. 
 
The nonfederal lands acquired by USDA shall be added to and administered as part of the forest.
 
The federal lands acquired by South Dakota shall be managed by it for public recreation uses and the conservation of natural resources. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
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
Low Alcohol Wine Act

Bill: 114-hr-5872
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-22]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages
Fruit and vegetables
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Low Alcohol Wine Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require mead and low alcohol by volume wine to be taxed at the same rate as still wines containing not more than 14% of alcohol by volume. 
 
Mead is a wine that: (1) contains not more than 0.64 grams of carbon dioxide per hundred milliliters of wine with an exception for a limit that is reasonably necessary in good commercial practice, (2) is derived solely from honey and water, (3) contains no fruit product or fruit flavoring, and (4) contains less than 8.5% alcohol by volume. 
 
A low alcohol by volume wine is a wine that: (1) contains not more than 0.64 grams of carbon dioxide per hundred milliliters of wine with an exception for a limit that is reasonably necessary in good commercial practice, (2) is derived primarily from grapes or from grape juice concentrate and water, (3) contains no fruit product or fruit flavoring other than grape, and (4) contains less than 8.5% alcohol by volume. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Guardians of America's Freedom Medal Act

Bill: 114-hr-5874
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Mammals
Military personnel and dependents
Service animals

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Guardians of America's Freedom Medal Act

 
This bill requires each military department to carry out a program to award medals or other commendations to military working dogs and their handlers to recognize valor or meritorious achievement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To establish requirements for committees of the Senate and the Senate to consider and hold votes on nominations of individuals for appointments by the President, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-5875
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committees
Federal officials
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 
This bill prescribes requirements and deadlines for Senate consideration and votes on nominations submitted by the President, including referrals of such nominations to a single Senate committee and jointly to more than one committee.
 
If each committee to which the nomination has been referred reports it favorably to the Senate or discharges it without recommendation, the Senate shall hold a vote on the nomination within 60 days after the last such committee reports or discharges it.
 
 If the President submits to the Senate the nomination of an individual for appointment to an office and it is not referred to any Senate committee, the Senate shall hold a vote on the nomination within 150 days.
 
 In the case of the nomination of an individual for appointment to the Supreme Court of the United States, a vote in the Senate on a motion to invoke cloture on a motion to proceed to consideration of the nomination shall be treated as a vote on the nomination for purposes of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act

Bill: 114-hr-5876
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Freedom of information
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act

 
 This bill requires the Government Publishing Office (GPO) to establish and maintain a website that provides the public free electronic access to all congressionally mandated reports within 30 calendar days after submission to Congress. 
 
Each federal agency shall publish congressionally mandated reports on such website. A report submitted for publication may only be changed or removed, with the exception of technical changes, by the agency concerned with the express, written consent of the chairman of each congressional committee to which the report is submitted. Each agency: (1) must redact from such a report any information that may not be publicly released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), (2) may withhold information otherwise required to be disclosed pursuant to this bill only if the agency reasonably foresees that disclosure would harm an interest protected by FOIA exemptions or if disclosure is prohibited by law, and (3) shall consider whether partial disclosure of information is possible whenever full disclosure is not and take reasonable steps necessary to segregate and release nonexempt information. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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 Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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 Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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
PAVE Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5878
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Providing Accountability for Veterans Affairs Executives Act of 2016 or the PAVE Act of 2016

 
This bill requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and other specified officials of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), as a condition of office and employment and for the duration of their terms, to receive hospital care or medical services (other than emergency medical services) solely from the VA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit inclusion of Social Security account numbers on Medicare cards, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-5880
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computer security and identity theft
Crime prevention
Department of Health and Human Services
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 
This bill amends title II (Old Age,Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to establish cost-effective procedures to ensure that a Social Security account number (or a derivative) is not displayed, coded, or embedded on a Medicare card issued to an individual entitled to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) or part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of that Act, and that any other identifier displayed on the card is not identifiable as such an account number.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Unaccompanied Alien Children Placement Transparency Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5881
Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Health information and medical records
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Unaccompanied Alien Children Placement Transparency Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to require the Department of Health and Human Services or the Department of Homeland Security to provide the following information to the governor and each appropriate agency of a state within 60 days after the custodial placement in such state of an unaccompanied alien child who is in federal custody by reason of the child's immigration status: 
 
 
 the child's medical records if the child will be attending state public schools,
 
the custodian's address and immigration status, 
 
any federal public benefit that the child will receive, and 
 
any federal public benefit that the custodian will receive as a result of such custody.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House