Urban Progress Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5671
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2016-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adult education and literacy
Advisory bodies
Assault and harassment offenses
Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal district courts
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Income tax credits
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Licensing and registrations
Mental health
National Guard and reserves
Performance measurement
Personnel records
Poverty and welfare assistance
Preschool education
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Retail and wholesale trades
Smuggling and trafficking
Teenage pregnancy
Temporary and part-time employment
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Violent crime
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: 

Urban Progress Act of 2016

 
This bill provides support (e.g. grant programs or tax credits) for:
 
 
the Rental Assistance Demonstration program that improves public housing,
 
qualified ex-felons and employers who hire them,
 
economically disadvantaged communities,
 
a training program for workers,
 
a program for providing eligible youth with summer employment opportunities, 
 
a plan to reduce the number of children living in poverty, 
 
benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for children who attend summer school, 
 
families that have children and are under 150% of the poverty line, 
 
a process to expunge and seal certain youth criminal records,
 
an effort in preventing juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity, and 
 
a program for increasing the racial diversity of law enforcement agencies.
 
 
The bill also addresses gun violence, including by: (1) making trafficking in firearms a crime, (2) establishing firearm prohibitions for certain high-risk individuals, (3) establishing background check requirements, and (4) requiring gun owners to report a lost or stolen firearm to Department of Justice and local law enforcement authorities within 48 hours of discovery.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
action_date: 2016-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Small Business, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Rules, 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: 2016-07-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Small Business, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Rules, 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: 2016-07-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Small Business, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Rules, 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: 2016-07-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Small Business, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Rules, 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: 2016-07-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Small Business, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Rules, 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: 2016-07-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Small Business, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Rules, 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: 2016-07-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Small Business, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Rules, 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: 2016-07-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Small Business, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Rules, 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: 2016-07-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Small Business, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Rules, 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: 2016-07-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Small Business, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Rules, 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: 2016-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Introduced in House