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Energy and American Security Act

Bill: 114-hr-4826
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2016-03-22 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Energy revenues and royalties
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Foreign and international banking
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Oil and gas
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: 

Energy and American Security Act

 
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the United States should take appropriate actions to prohibit energy production by the Islamic State and its ability to profit from energy production revenues, and (2) U.S. national energy policy should include consideration of national security. 
 
The Department of Energy may provide technical assistance to the Armed Forces regarding Armed Forces activities to address Islamic State energy resources. 
 
Such assistance may include identifying: (1) energy resources and related revenue streams; and (2) methods to hinder, destroy, or discourage the development, transportation, and sale of such energy resources. 
 
"Islamic State" means the Islamic State, any affiliate, or any immediate successor organization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Introduced in House
Coal Ash Landfill Safety Act

Bill: 114-hr-4827
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2016-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Coal
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Minority health
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: 

Coal Ash Landfill Safety Act

 
This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)to review regulations related to the disposal of coal combustion residuals (coal ash) in municipal solid wastelandfills to determine if such regulations provide public health and environmental protection that is at least equivalent to the protection provided by the coal combustion residuals rule for certain other landfills and surface impoundments.The review must be completed within six months. 
 
To the extent the EPA determines that the regulations fails to provide at least equivalent protection, it must revise the regulations to provide equivalent or greater protection. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1498)
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Introduced in House
Conscience Protection Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4828
Sponsor: Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2016-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Disability and health-based discrimination
Government liability
Government studies and investigations
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: 

Conscience Protection Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to codify the prohibition against the federal government and state and local governments that receive federal financial assistance for health-related activities penalizing or discriminating against a health care provider based on the provider's refusal to be involved in, or provide coverage for, abortion. Health care providers include health care professionals, health care facilities, social services providers, health care professional training programs, and health insurers.
 
The Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services, in coordination with the Department of Justice (DOJ), must investigate complaints alleging discrimination based on an individual's religious belief, moral conviction, or refusal to be involved in an abortion.
 DOJ or any entity adversely affected by such discrimination may obtain equitable or legal relief in a civil action. Administrative remedies do not need to be sought or exhausted prior to commencing an action or granting relief. Such an action may be brought against a governmental entity.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to obtain membership status for India in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-4830
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2016-03-22 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Free trade and trade barriers
India
International organizations and cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: 
This bill directs the Department of State to: (1) develop a strategy to obtain membership status for India in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, including participation in related meetings, working groups, activities, and mechanisms; and (2) urge APEC member states to support India's membership.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make an exception to the 100 shareholder S corporation limitation in the case of shareholders whose shares were acquired through certain crowd-funding or small public offerings.

Bill: 114-hr-4831
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2016-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Securities
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the taxation of S corporations, to exclude from the 100 shareholder limitation for such corporations individuals who acquired shares in an S corporation through: (1) a small issues public offering, or (2) one or more crowdfunding offerings. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Introduced in House
Health Savings Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-4832
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2016-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Sales and excise taxes
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: 

Health Savings Protection Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the excise tax on excess benefit employer-sponsored health care plans any amounts contributed to an Archer medical savings plan, a tax-exempt health savings account, or a health flexible spending arrangement by an employee or an employer through salary reduction contributions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Introduced in House
Food Deserts Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4833
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2016-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employee hiring
Food assistance and relief
Fruit and vegetables
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health promotion and preventive care
Inflation and prices
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Retail and wholesale trades
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: 

Food Deserts Act of 2016
 
 
This bill establishes a Department of Agriculture program to provide grants to states for revolving funds to support the establishment and operation of grocery stores in underserved communities. 
 
An underserved community is a community that has: (1) limited access to affordable, healthy foods, including fresh fruits and vegetables, in grocery retail stores or farmer-to-consumer direct markets; and (2) a high rate of hunger or food insecurity or a high poverty rate. 
 
States must use the funds to make loans to support grocery stores in underserved communities, including for: 
 
 
 opening a store (excluding new construction), 
 
 supporting an existing store, 
 
 purchasing an existing store, or 
 
 supporting a store located in a community that would be underserved without the store. 
 
 
States may only make loans for qualified grocery stores that: 
 
 
 emphasize unprocessed, healthful foods; 
 
provide staple foods and a variety of raw fruits and vegetables; 
 
 have a plan to keep the foods in stock; and 
 
charge prices at or below municipal averages. 
 
 
States must prioritize loan applications from entities that meet criteria, including: 
 
 
 hiring workers from the underserved community, 
 
 providing classes or educational information about a healthful diet, 
 
sourcing food from local urban farms and gardens,
 
 not selling alcohol or tobacco products, or
 
demonstrating existing supply chain relationships or expertise in the grocery industry. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Introduced in House
North American Development Bank General Capital Increase Authorization Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4834
Sponsor: Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2016-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Foreign loans and debt
Latin America
Mexico
Multilateral development programs
North America

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: 

North American Development Bank General Capital Increase Authorization Act of 2016

 
This bill: (1) authorizes the Department of the Treasury to subscribe on behalf of the United States to 150,000 additional shares of the capital stock of the North American Development Bank, and (2) authorizes appropriations for such shares.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Introduced in House
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Act

Bill: 114-hr-4835
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2016-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Poverty and welfare assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: 

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Act 

 
This bill directs the Internal Revenue Service to establish a Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Matching Grant Program (VITA grant program) for the development, expansion, or continuation of volunteer tax preparation programs to assist low-income taxpayers and members of underserved populations. 
 
The bill establishes the National Center to Promote Quality, Excellence, and Evaluation in Volunteer Income Tax Assistance. The Center shall: (1) promote the adoption of a universally accessible volunteer training platform for the preparation of federal income tax returns, (2) provide technical assistance to tax return preparation program managers, (3) identify and disseminate best practices related to tax site management, (4) support outreach and marketing efforts, and (5) provide evaluation of programs and activities funded under this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Introduced in House
To require the United States to oppose the provision by the International Monetary Fund of a loan to a country whose public debt is not likely to be sustainable in the medium term, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-4836
Sponsor: Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2016-03-22 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Foreign loans and debt
International monetary system and foreign exchange
Multilateral development programs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: 
This bill amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to direct the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to oppose any proposed IMF loan to a country about which an IMF staff analytical report finds no high probability that the country's public debt is sustainable in the medium term (currently, only if the proposed loan is not likely to be repaid in full).
 
The President may waive this requirement for purposes of U.S. national security interests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Introduced in House
S.O.S. Veterans Caregivers Act

Bill: 114-hr-4837
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2016-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Family services
Government studies and investigations
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: 

Support our Services to Veterans Caregivers Act or the S.O.S. Veterans Caregivers Act

 
 This bill includes a veteran who has a serious illness or injury (currently, a serious injury) incurred or aggravated in the line of active duty on or after September 11, 2001, as an &quot;eligible veteran&quot; for purposes of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of eligible veterans. 
 
As part of such program, the VA shall give each caregiver designated as the primary provider of personal care services for an eligible veteran, not less than annually, a multidimensional assessment to measure the burden and strain the caregiver has felt. 
 
The VA's annual report on such program shall include a description of the satisfaction experienced by caregivers and veterans with such program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Introduced in House
No Tax Subsidies for Stadiums Act

Bill: 114-hr-4838
Sponsor: Rep. Russell, Steve [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2016-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax exclusion
Securities
Sports and recreation facilities
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: 

No Tax Subsidies for Stadiums Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit the use of tax-exempt state and local financing bonds for a professional entertainment facility. A professional entertainment facility is a facility that is used during any five days in a calendar year as: (1) a stadium or arena for professional sports exhibitions, games, or training; or (2) a venue for any entertainment event which has a live audience exceeding 100 individuals and the net earnings from which benefit an individual or entity other than a governmental entity or a tax-exempt organization. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Introduced in House
Protect Our Devices Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4839
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2016-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: 

Protect Our Devices Act of 2016

 
This bill prohibits the federal government from requiring a person to assist in devising a method for breaking the encryption of a wire or oral communication.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2016-03-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2016-03-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2016-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Introduced in House
Hire For a Second Chance Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4840
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2016-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Employee hiring
Income tax credits
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: 

Hire For a Second Chance Act of 2016
 
 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the work opportunity tax credit, to: (1) make such credit permanent; (2) increase to $14,000, for ex-felons, the amount of wages that may be taken into account for purposes of computing the credit; and (3) increase from one to three years the period after the conviction or release of an ex-felon during which an employer may hire an ex-felon and claim a work opportunity tax credit for such hiring. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Introduced in House
American Dream Employment Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4842
Sponsor: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2016-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional officers and employees
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: 

American Dream Employment Act of 2016 

 
This bill amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 to permit the compensation of congressional employees who have been issued employment authorization documents under the Department of Homeland Security's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program. 
 
The program enables many unlawfully present aliens who came to the United States as children to be granted deferred action (a type of relief from removal which does not confer immigration status) and work authorization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Introduced in House
REST Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4844
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2016-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Labor standards
Motor carriers
Oil and gas
Transportation employees
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: 

Requiring Equal Sleep for Truckers Act of 2016 or the REST Act of 2016

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to revise federal regulations regarding hours of service of drivers to require that: (1) in the case of specially trained drivers of commercial motor vehicles that are specially constructed to service oil wells, on-duty time shall include waiting time at a natural gas or oil well site; and (2) the requirements relating to rest breaks and maximum driving time for commercial motor vehicles are applied, without exception, to such drivers and to drivers of commercial motor vehicles used exclusively in the transportation of oil field equipment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Disabled Veterans Student Loan Protection Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4845
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2016-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Government information and archives
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Student records
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: 

Disabled Veterans Student Loan Protection Act of 2016

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the federal student loan discharge process for a veteran who has a total and permanent disability.
 
Specifically, it directs the Department of Education (ED) to establish a system to automatically transmit, from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or the Department of Defense (DOD), an applicable determination of unemployability or assignment of a service-connected disability rating of 100%.
 
ED must accept, as sufficient documentation of a borrower's total and permanent disability, a determination of unemployability by the VA or an assignment of a service-connected disability rating of 100% by the VA or DOD that is transmitted in accordance with such system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Introduced in House