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No Work, No Pay Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4953
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2016-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employee leave
Employee performance
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-14
text: 

No Work, No Pay Act of 2016

 
 This bill prohibits placing a federal employee on administrative leave, or any other paid non-duty status without charge to leave, for more than 30 consecutive days for reasons relating to misconduct or performance.
 
In the case of an employee placed on administrative leave pending an investigation, an agency may grant an extension of administrative leave for additional periods of up to 30 consecutive days each if the office investigating the employee submits a report to Congress and the agency certifying that additional time is needed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2016-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4954
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2016-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Rural conditions and development
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
Water quality
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: 

Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2016

 
The bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to reauthorize through FY2021 and revise specified wastewater infrastructure programs and water pollution control programs, including the clean water state revolving fund program and a grant program for protecting groundwater quality.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Pension and Budget Integrity Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4955
Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2016-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Budget process
Employee benefits and pensions
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: 

Pension and Budget Integrity Act of 2016 

 
This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to exclude the receipts and disbursements of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) from the federal budget. 
 
(The PBGC is a federal agency that insures the benefits of private sector, defined benefit pension plans. The PBGC receives no federal funds and is financed by insurance premiums paid by sponsors of the plans, investment income, assets from pension plans taken over by the PBGC, and recoveries from the companies formerly responsible for the plans.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2016-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2016-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
End Executive Overreach Act

Bill: 114-hr-4956
Sponsor: Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6]
Introduced: 2016-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Economic performance and conditions
Executive agency funding and structure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: 

End Executive Overreach Act

 
This bill prohibits, until January 21, 2017, the use of federal funds, fees, or resources to implement an executive order issued on or after the enactment of this bill.
 
The bill prohibits any agency, until such date, from making or finalizing:
 
 
a major rule (a rule that is likely to result in an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more); 
 
a rule that may raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal mandates, the President's priorities, or the principles set forth in Executive Order 12866 (which requires that significant regulatory actions be submitted for review by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget); or 
 
a rule that may create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an action taken or planned by another agency. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2016-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2016-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Energy to review and update a report on the energy and environmental benefits of the re-refining of used lubricating oil.

Bill: 114-hr-4958
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2016-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government information and archives
Oil and gas
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Energy to update its report on the energy and environmental benefits of re-refining used lubricating oil and submit to Congress a strategic plan to increase the beneficial reuse of lubricating oil. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4959
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2016-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: 

Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2016

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to study access by underserved populations to general surgeons, including whether the health professional shortage area designation under the National Health Service Corps program accurately assesses adequacy of access or whether another measure or designation would be more appropriate.
 
HHS must consider potential methodologies for designating surgical health professional shortage areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 525 N Broadway in Aurora, Illinois, as the "Kenneth M. Christy Post Office Building".

Bill: 114-hr-4960
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2016-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Illinois
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 525 N Broadway in Aurora, Illinois, as the "Kenneth M. Christy Post Office Building."
action_date: 2016-07-15
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 525 N Broadway in Aurora, Illinois, as the "Kenneth M. Christy Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-15
text: Became Public Law No: 114-193.
action_date: 2016-07-15
text: Became Public Law No: 114-193.
action_date: 2016-07-15
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2016-07-15
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2016-07-08
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4922)
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4922)
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 H3997)
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 H3997)
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4960.
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3997-3998)
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: 2016-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 114-193
Federal Disaster Notification and Payment Protection Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4961
Sponsor: Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2016-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Debt collection
Disaster relief and insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: 

Federal Disaster Notification and Payment Protection Act of 2016

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to recoup a debt owed to the United States related to assistance provided to an individual or household under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act with respect to a major disaster declared by the President on or after January 1, 2011, if:
 
 
the assistance was distributed based on an error by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),
 
the collection of the debt would be against equity and good conscience, and 
 
the debt is not the result of fraud or other fault of the debtor or any party having an interest in the assistance distributed. 

 
The Stafford Act is amended to require the President to establish a process to ensure that each individual and business that applies for a category of federal disaster assistance is provided written notice that describes:
 
 
the various categories of federal disaster assistance that may be available, 
 
the impact that receiving or declining such assistance will have on eligibility for other categories of assistance, and 
 
repayment requirements or penalties that may apply if multiple categories of assistance are accepted. 

 
An individual or business that is not provided such notice may not be held responsible for any repayment requirement or penalty that would otherwise result from the receipt of such assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4962
Sponsor: Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
Introduced: 2016-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commuting
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: 

Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act of 2016

 
This bill prohibits a state from imposing an income tax on the compensation of a nonresident individual for any period in which such individual is not physically present in or working in such state or from deeming such nonresident individual to be present in or working in such state on the grounds that: (1) such individual is present at or working at home for convenience, or (2) such individual's work at home fails any convenience of the employer test or any similar test.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4963
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2016-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aging
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Executive agency funding and structure
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: 

Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2016

 
This bill establishes within the Department of Justice (DOJ) an Office of Elder Justice to provide information, training, and technical assistance for state and local governments to investigate, prosecute, prevent, and mitigate the impact of elder abuse, exploitation, and neglect. The office must be headed by a director who is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
 
It authorizes the Office of Elder Justice to award grants to states to develop, establish, and operate programs to improve the response to, investigation of, and prosecution of elder abuse cases. An eligible state must have a compensation program for crime victims and a multidisciplinary task force on elder justice.
 
DOJ must identify, collect, and publish data related to the incidence of elder abuse. It must also develop recommendations for collecting additional data related to elder abuse.
 
Finally, the bill amends the Social Security Act to include the director of the Office of Elder Justice as the alternate for the Attorney General on the Elder Justice Coordinating Council.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Directed Energy Weapon Systems Acquisition Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4964
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2016-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Military operations and strategy
Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: 

Directed Energy Weapon Systems Acquisition Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 to state that, if supplies or support services are urgently needed to eliminate a deficiency in directed energy weapon systems, the Department of Defense (DOD) may use specified rapid acquisition procedures to acquire and deploy needed offensive or defensive directed energy weapon systems capabilities, supplies, and associated support services. 
 
&quot;Directed energy weapon system&quot; means military action using highly focused sound, electromagnetic, or particle-beam energy to incapacitate, damage, or destroy enemy equipment, facilities, or personnel.
 
The bill redesignates DOD's High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office as the Joint Directed Energy Program Office.
 
The Office shall: (1) develop a strategic plan for development and transition of directed energy weapons capabilities, and (2) use new and revised DOD policies to accelerate the development and transition of directed energy capabilities toward fielding.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Disclosure; and Encouragement of Verification, Innovation, Cleaning, and Efficiency Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4965
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2016-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business records
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Health technology, devices, supplies

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: 

Disclosure; and Encouragement of Verification, Innovation, Cleaning, and Efficiency Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act by requiring a manufacturer of a medical device to give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) premarket notification of changes to the design or reprocessing instructions of its device. 
 
Medical device manufacturers must also notify the FDA within five days of widely disseminating to health care providers in a foreign country communications relating to a change to the recommended reprocessing protocols, if any, for their device, or a safety concern about the device.
 
The bill bans the devices if the manufacturers violate the notification requirements concerning those design or reprocessing changes or communications to foreign health care providers.
 
The FDA must publish a list of the types of rapid assessment tests of reusable devices for which premarket notification must include proposed labeling, including validated instructions regarding sanitizing reusable devices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Superbugs and Protecting Patients Act

Bill: 114-hr-4966
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2016-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government information and archives
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: 

Preventing Superbugs and Protecting Patients Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to identify types of medical devices for which premarket notification must include proposed labeling, including validated instructions regarding cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization.
 The FDA must issue final guidance regarding when a premarket notification is required for a modification to a medical device.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Food Bank Assistance Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4967
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2016-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of Agriculture
Executive agency funding and structure
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: 

Food Bank Assistance Act of 2016 

 
This bill amends the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 and the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide additional funding to the Department of Agriculture for carrying out the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP). 
 
(TEFAP helps supplement the diets of low-income Americans, including the elderly, by providing them with emergency food and nutrition assistance. The program provides food and administrative funds to states to supplement the diets of these groups.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House