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To suspend, and subsequently terminate, the admission of certain refugees, to examine the impact on the national security of the United States of admitting refugees, to examine the costs of providing benefits to such individuals, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-5816
Sponsor: Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Afghanistan
Africa
Asia
Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Employment taxes
Food assistance and relief
Government studies and investigations
Housing and community development funding
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Iraq
Libya
Low- and moderate-income housing
Medicaid
Medicare
Middle East
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Somalia
Syria
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Yemen

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Resettlement Accountability National Security Prioritization Act of 2016

 
This bill prohibits the admission of covered aliens into the United States for four years unless Congress passes a joint resolution giving the Department of Homeland Security authority to admit them. No covered alien may be admitted into the United States after such four-year period.
 
 "Covered alien" means an alien applying for refugee admission to the United States who: (1) is a national of Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria, or Yemen; or (2) has no nationality and whose last habitual residence was in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria, or Yemen. 
 
The Government Accountability Office shall report on: (1) the national security impact of refugee admissions; and (2) specified costs of providing refugees with benefits under Medicare, Medicaid, disability insurance under title II of the Social Security Act, the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program), and section 8 rental assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-11
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
Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-5817
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean
Earth sciences
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Florida
Mammals
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act

 
This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit conducting geological or geophysical activities in support of oil or gas exploration and development on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf.
 
The geological and geophysical activities are described in a final programmatic environmental impact statement by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management entitled &quot;Atlantic OCS Proposed Geological and Geophysical Activities, Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic Planning Areas.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
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
Mandated Expenses Tax Relief Act

Bill: 114-hr-5818
Sponsor: Rep. Blum, Rod [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business expenses
Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Mandated Expenses Tax Relief Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a taxpayer to elect to expense the cost of federal compliance property and deduct the cost for the taxable year in which the property is placed in service. &quot;Federal compliance property&quot; is any property that: (1) is of a character with respect to which depreciation (or amortization in lieu of depreciation) is allowable, and (2) is used by the taxpayer to comply with any federal law or regulation. 


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
Vote By Mail Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5819
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Licensing and registrations
Motor vehicles
Postal service
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Vote by Mail Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require states to allow voting in federal elections to be by mail without additional conditions or requirements, except a deadline for returning the ballot.
 
States must mail ballots to individuals registered to vote in a federal election not later than two weeks before the election. The U.S. Postal Service must carry ballots mailed by a state expeditiously and free of postage.
 
The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 is amended to authorize automatic voter registration of individuals through state motor vehicle authorities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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 House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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 House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1129)
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Modernizing Travel to the Marianas Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5820
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Government information and archives
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Travel and tourism
User charges and fees
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Modernizing Travel to the Marianas Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop and implement a fully automated electronic travel authorization system to collect biographical and other information in order to determine, before travel, the eligibility of, and any law enforcement or security risk of permitting, an alien to travel to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
 
DHS shall establish and collect a fee for the use of such system. 
 
Such system shall be similar to the electronic system for travel authorization to the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2016-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 the Judiciary, 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 the Judiciary, 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: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1123)
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Improving Standards in VA Contracting Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5822
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Building construction
Department of Veterans Affairs
Health facilities and institutions
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Improving Standards in VA Contracting Act of 2016

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop uniform policy guidelines for officials, including contracting officers, of the VA's Real Property Service of the Office of Construction and Facilities Management for evaluating potential lessors of property on which to build medical facilities.
 
Such guidelines shall include evaluating the potential lessor's: (1) past performance on federal contracts, (2) ability to control the property, and (3) conduct of proper due diligence prior to submitting an offer to enter a lease with the VA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
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
Naming the Enemy Within Homeland Security Act

Bill: 114-hr-5823
Sponsor: Rep. Brat, Dave [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Naming the Enemy Within Homeland Security Act

 
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to prohibit the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from providing any financial or other assistance or advice to, or otherwise engaging with, organizations associated with the Muslim Brotherhood or any individual or other person determined by DHS to be associated with it.
 
DHS shall treat each person or entity named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the case 
U.S. v. Holy Land Foundation
, any other organization that is a successor to such person, and any individual determined to be associated with such organizations as a person associated with the Muslim Brotherhood.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
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
Religious FIRE Act

Bill: 114-hr-5824
Sponsor: Rep. Brat, Dave [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Foreign property
Human rights
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Religious Freedom International Reciprocity Enhancement Act or the Religious FIRE Act

 
This bill prohibits a foreign national of a country that limits the free exercise of religion in that country from making any expenditure in the United States promoting a religion.
 
An asset consisting of such an expenditure or the proceeds of such an expenditure is subject to U.S. forfeiture.


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
Illegal Alien Capture Notification Act

Bill: 114-hr-5825
Sponsor: Rep. Brat, Dave [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Illegal Alien Capture Notification Act

 
This bill amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to provide that a person or agency shall (currently, may) not prohibit or restrict a federal, state, or local government entity from undertaking any of the following law enforcement activities (current law refers to information activities) regarding an individual's immigration status: 
 
 
notifying the federal government regarding the presence of inadmissible and deportable aliens who are encountered by state or local law enforcement personnel, or 
 
complying with federal law enforcement information requests. 
 
 
A federal, state, or local government entity or official shall not issue ordinances, administrative actions, general or special orders, or departmental policies that violate federal law or restrict a state or political subdivision from complying with federal law or coordinating with federal law enforcement. 
 
A state or political subdivision that has in effect a statute, policy, or practice that prohibits state or local law enforcement officers from assisting or cooperating with federal immigration law enforcement in the course of carrying out the officers' routine law enforcement duties shall not be eligible to receive: (1) funds for the incarceration of undocumented criminal aliens or for the Cops on the Beat program, or (2) any other law enforcement or Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grant. 
 
States or political subdivisions not in compliance shall: (1) be ineligible to receive such assistance for at least one year, and (2) become eligible for such assistance only after DHS certifies that the jurisdiction is in compliance. Withheld funds shall be reallocated to complying states or political subdivisions. 
 
States and political subdivisions shall provide DHS with identifying information regarding each incarcerated alien who is believed to be inadmissible or deportable. 
 
Nothing in this bill shall require state or local law enforcement officials to: (1) provide DHS with information related to a victim of a crime or witness to a criminal offense, or (2) otherwise report or arrest such a victim or witness. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-11
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
Detain and Deport Act

Bill: 114-hr-5826
Sponsor: Rep. Brat, Dave [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Civil actions and liability
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Detention of persons
Government liability
Immigration status and procedures
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Detain and Deport Act

 
This bill provides that a state or political subdivision that has in effect a statute, policy, or practice providing that it not comply with any Department of Homeland Security (DHS) detainer ordering it to temporarily hold an alien in its custody so that the alien may be taken into federal custody or to transport the alien for transfer to federal custody shall not be eligible to receive any law enforcement or DHS grant.
 
A state or political subdivision acting in compliance with such a DHS detainer shall be considered to be acting under color of federal authority for purposes of determining its liability and immunity from suit in civil actions brought by the aliens. 
 
It is the sense of Congress that DHS has probable cause to believe that an alien is inadmissible or deportable when it issues a detainer regarding the alien under the standards in place on the date of introduction of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-11
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
21st Century Child Care Investment Act

Bill: 114-hr-5828
Sponsor: Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child care and development
Government studies and investigations
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

21st Century Child Care Investment Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for employment-related expenses for services provided by a high quality child care center.
 
The credit applies to taxpayers with adjusted gross incomes below specified levels and is limited to: (1) $14,000 for each qualifying child who is under the age of three by the end of the year; and (2) $5,000 for each qualifying child who has attained the age of three by the end of the year, with adjustments for inflation after 2017. A &quot;qualifying child&quot; is a dependent who is under the age of five.
 
The care must be provided by a facility that: (1) receives a fee, payment, or grant for providing care for children (other than just children who reside at the facility and regardless of whether such facility is operated for profit); and (2) meets state licensing requirements. 
 
For taxable years beginning more than five years after enactment of this bill, the facility must also: (1) meet high quality rating requirements under the quality rating and improvement system of the state in which the care is provided, and (2) be certified by the Department of Health and Human Services. 
 
A portion of the high quality child care tax credit is refundable, depending on the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer. The Department of the Treasury must establish a program to, at the election of the taxpayer, make monthly advance payments of the credit directly to a high quality child care center. 
 
The bill also makes a portion of the dependent care tax credit refundable. 


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
ADVISE Now Act

Bill: 114-hr-5829
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Department of Agriculture
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Agriculture Delivering Vastly Improved Science at the EPA Now Act or the ADVISE Now Act

 
This bill amends the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to require the Environmental Protection Agency and its Science Advisory Board to establish a standing agriculture-related committee (as the Act currently requires without a deadline) within 30 days of enactment of this bill. 
 
If an agriculture committee is not established by this deadline, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) shall establish and appoint members to such a committee within 15 days.
 
If such a contingent establishment occurs, USDA shall have the continuing authority to appoint members to it. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-21
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2016-09-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-08-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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 Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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 Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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
No Loopholes in Social Security Taxes Act

Bill: 114-hr-5830
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Self-employed
Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

No Loopholes in Social Security Taxes Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to apply payroll and self-employment taxes to remuneration up to the Social Security contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of $250,000.


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