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Taxpayer Protection Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4912
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2016-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Appropriations
Computer security and identity theft
Crime victims
Department of the Treasury
Disability and paralysis
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Income tax credits
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: 

Taxpayer Protection Act of 2016 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish additional requirements and procedures for collecting taxes, regulating tax preparers, responding to identity theft, and assisting low-income taxpayers. 
 
The bill repeals the authority of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to contract with private companies to collect federal tax debts. It also excludes from the gross income of an individual up to $10,000 of income from the discharge of a debt over the individual's lifetime. 
 
The bill requires the statute of limitations for a taxpayer's case to continue to run during a pending application for assistance from the National Taxpayer Advocate.
 
The bill also:
 
 
establishes limitations on IRS levies of retirement accounts, 
 
suspends the time limit for returning wrongfully levied property if a taxpayer is financially disabled,
 
increases the grace period for withdrawing a frivolous return, and
 
repeals the requirement to submit a partial payment with an offer-in-compromise to settle a tax liability.
 
 
The IRS must notify victims of identity theft regarding an unauthorized use of the taxpayer's identity or the filing of criminal charges regarding the use of the identity. 
 
The IRS must also: (1) permit its employees to refer taxpayers to low-income taxpayer clinics, and (2) notify taxpayers who are eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit. 
 
The IRS may regulate paid tax return preparers and disclose returns or return information necessary to publish decisions related to tax return preparer misconduct. 
 
The bill provides additional funding to the IRS for Taxpayer Services and increases the funding that the IRS may allocate to low-income taxpayer clinics. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Housing Finance Restructuring Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4913
Sponsor: Rep. Mulvaney, Mick [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2016-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government trust funds
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: 

Housing Finance Restructuring Act of 2016

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to modify the Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement for each of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (enterprises) to:
 
 
reduce to zero (deem as repaid in full) the liquidation preference on the Variable Liquidation Preference Senior Preferred Stocks of each enterprise;
 
require redemption of the Variable Liquidation Preference Senior Preferred Stock of each enterprise upon a specified date, deeming it no longer outstanding and terminating all rights of the stockholders.
 
 
Treasury shall exercise the warrants for the purchase of common stock of the enterprises under the Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreements.
 
At any time an enterprise is not fully capitalized, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) shall require that the net income (after deduction of all associated expenses) of each enterprise for the fiscal year be retained as capital reserves, and not be allocated to fund the Housing Trust Fund or the Capital Magnet Fund for affordable housing.
 
The FHFA shall:
 
 
report a capital restoration plan for each enterprise, and 
 
terminate the conservatorship of an enterprise when it attains an amount of capital equal to or exceeding 5% of its risk-weighted assets.
 
 
Any individual or entity adversely affected or aggrieved by action or inaction on the part of the FHFA or Treasury in violation of this bill or the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 may commence a civil action in a U.S. district court for prospective injunctive relief against the FHFA or Treasury, as appropriate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Keep Kids Safe Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4914
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2016-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against children
Firearms and explosives
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: 

Keep Kids Safe Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the possession of a firearm by, or the sale or transfer of a firearm to, a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor sex offense against a minor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Civil War Defenses of Washington National Historical Park Act

Bill: 114-hr-4915
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2016-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
District of Columbia
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Maryland
Military history
Parks, recreation areas, trails
U.S. history
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: 

Civil War Defenses of Washington National Historical Park Act

 
 This bill designates as the Civil War Defenses of Washington National Historical Park the defenses constructed at the beginning of the Civil War in 1861 as a ring of fortifications in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and northern Virginia to protect the nation's capital. 
 
 The park shall include all areas associated with the Civil War defenses of Washington currently owned by the federal government and under the administration of the National Park Service, including Battleground National Cemetery. 
 
 Certain eligible sites and certain additional sites associated with the Civil War defenses of Washington may become affiliated with the park pursuant to a cooperative agreement under this bill. 
 
 The Department of the Interior shall study and consider creative and cost-effective ways to facilitate how the storied history of the Civil War for both the North and the South, including the history of the defenses of Washington and the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864, can be assembled, arrayed, and conveyed for the benefit of the public.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E416-417)
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
To reauthorize the program of the Department of Veterans Affairs under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs provides health services to veterans through qualifying non-Department health care providers.

Bill: 114-hr-4916
Sponsor: Rep. Poliquin, Bruce [R-ME-2]
Introduced: 2016-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Public contracts and procurement
Rural conditions and development
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: 
This bill amends the Veterans' Mental Health and Other Care Improvements Act of 2008 to extend through August 7, 2021, the pilot program under which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides covered health services in highly rural areas to covered veterans through qualifying non-VA health care providers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Free Market Flights Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4917
Sponsor: Rep. Russell, Steve [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2016-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Budget deficits and national debt
Rural conditions and development
Small towns
Transportation programs funding
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: 

Free Market Flights Act of 2016

 
This bill terminates on October 1, 2016, Department of Transportation authority to carry out the essential air service program.
 
The bill requires deposit in the Treasury for deficit reduction of any overflight fees collected by the Federal Aviation Administration for air traffic control and related services that would otherwise be made available for the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance for the safe prescribing of opioids for the treatment of acute pain.

Bill: 114-hr-4918
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2016-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue guidance for the safe prescribing of opioids for the treatment of acute pain. (Opioids are drugs with effects similar to opium, such as certain pain medications.)

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Malachy McAllister, Nicola McAllister, and Sean Ryan McAllister.

Bill: 114-hr-4920
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2016-04-12 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Provides for the relief of Malachy McAllister, Nicola McAllister, and Sean Ryan McAllister.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Ditto Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4921
Sponsor: Rep. Walker, Mark [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2016-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Department of the Treasury
Government information and archives
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: 

Ditto Act of 2016 

 
This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to maintain preserved records for at least three years after obtaining the record. A preserved record is any record maintained by a person other than the federal government pursuant to a rule, guidance, or other directive from the IRS recommending or requiring that the person maintain records for a particular period of time on a particular matter. 

action_date: 2016-06-21
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Ditto Act of 2016 

 
(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to maintain preserved records for at least three years after obtaining the record. A preserved record is any record maintained by a person other than the federal government pursuant to a rule, guidance, or other directive from the IRS recommending or requiring that the person maintain records for a particular period of time on a particular matter. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 494.
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Reported by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-636.
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Reported by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-636.
action_date: 2016-04-14
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2016-04-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Introduced in House
Transparency in National Security Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4922
Sponsor: Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2]
Introduced: 2016-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Executive Office of the President
Freedom of information
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Military command and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: 

Transparency in National Security Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Freedom of Information Act to include the National Security Council (NSC) within the definition of &quot;agency&quot; (thus applying that Act's requirements to the NSC). Such amendment shall apply with respect to any record created by the NSC before, on, or after this bill's enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 229 West Main Cross Street, in Findlay, Ohio, as the "Michael Garver Oxley Memorial Post Office Building".

Bill: 114-hr-4925
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2016-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Ohio
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 229 West Main Cross Street, in Findlay, Ohio, as the "Michael Garver Oxley Memorial Post Office Building."
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 229 West Main Cross Street, in Findlay, Ohio, as the "Michael Garver Oxley Memorial Post Office Building."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: Became Public Law No: 114-211.
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: Became Public Law No: 114-211.
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2016-07-19
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2016-07-19
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2016-07-15
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5192-5193)
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5192-5193)
action_date: 2016-06-22
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3996)
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3996)
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4925.
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3996-3997)
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Mr. Blum moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 114-211
Stopping Partisan Policy at the Library of Congress Act

Bill: 114-hr-4926
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2016-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Government information and archives
Libraries and archives
Library of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: 

Stopping Partisan Policy at the Library of Congress Act

 
This bill directs the Library of Congress to retain the headings &quot;Aliens&quot; and &quot;Illegal aliens,&quot; as well as related headings, in the Library of Congress Subject Headings in the same manner as they were in effect during 2015.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Introduced in House
China Market Economy Status Congressional Review Act

Bill: 114-hr-4927
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2016-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Asia
China
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: 

China Market Economy Status Congressional Review Act

 
This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to bar revocation of a determination by the administering authority (the Secretary of Commerce or any other U.S. officer) that the People's Republic of China is a nonmarket economy country unless: 
 
 
the administering authority determines and reports to Congress that China no longer meets the requirements of a nonmarket economy country; and 
 
Congress, within 45 days after the receipt of such a report, enacts a joint resolution of approval. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Introduced in House
Firearms Transfer Improvement Act

Bill: 114-hr-4928
Sponsor: Rep. Guinta, Frank C. [R-NH-1]
Introduced: 2016-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Retail and wholesale trades
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: 

Firearms Transfer Improvement Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to broaden the scope of permissible transfers between a licensed gun dealer and an out-of-state resident. 
 
Current law permits a licensed gun dealer to sell or transfer a rifle or shotgun to an out-of-state resident if the transaction occurs in person and complies with applicable laws of both states. This bill permits a licensed gun dealer to sell or transfer a firearm to an out-of-state resident if the transaction occurs in person and complies with applicable laws of the state in which the gun dealer's place of business is located.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1782)
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Introduced in House
Biennial Commission on Energy Policy Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4929
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2016-04-13 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Alternative and renewable resources
Coal
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Executive agency funding and structure
General energy matters
Nuclear power
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: 

Biennial Commission on Energy Policy Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to establish the Biennial Commission on Energy Policy.
 
The commission must be composed of 15 members from a diverse group of industries and political party affiliations with no federal, state, or local officers or employees. The commission must:
 
 
carry out specific analytical and research tasks related to a broad range of energy issues; and
 
report to Congress on its findings, conclusions, and recommendations for legislative and administrative actions to create an integrated and comprehensive national energy policy for the United States.
 
 
This bill replaces provisions requiring the President to submit a biennial National Energy Policy Plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Introduced in House