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Retirement Security for American Workers Act

Bill: 114-hr-6396
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2016-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business records
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Income tax deferral

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-29
text: 

Retirement Security for American Workers Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to modify the qualification requirements for certain multiple employer retirement plans. 
 
A multiple employer plan that meets certain criteria may not be disqualified or otherwise lose its tax-favored status because one or more participating employers fail to take actions required with respect to the plan. 
 
The bill applies to a multiple employer defined contribution plan or a plan that consists of Individual Retirement Accounts that either: (1) is sponsored by employers that both have a common interest other than having adopted the plan and control the plan, or (2) have a pooled plan provider. 
 
The bill does not apply unless the terms of the plan require a noncompliant employer to, subject to the discretion of the Internal Revenue Service, (1) transfer assets of the plan attributable to the employees of the noncompliant employer to other specified retirement plans, and (2) be liable for plan liabilities attributable to employees of the noncompliant employer. 
 
For the purposes of this bill, a defined contribution plan that is established or maintained for the purpose of providing benefits to the employees of two or more employers and that meets certain requirements (a pooled employer plan) is treated for the purposes of ERISA as a single plan that is a multiple employer plan. 
 
The bill modifies reporting requirements under ERISA that apply to pooled employer and multiple employer plans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2016-11-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2016-11-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2016-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-29
text: Introduced in House
Protection of Military Airfields from Wind Turbine Encroachment Act

Bill: 114-hr-6397
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2016-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Aviation and airports
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits
Military facilities and property

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-29
text: 

Protection of Military Airfields from Wind Turbine Encroachment Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make new wind facilities located near certain military installations ineligible for the tax credits for: (1) electricity produced from renewable resources, and (2) investments in qualified small wind energy property. 
 
The bill applies to facilities that are originally placed in service after the date of enactment of this bill and are located within a 40-mile radius of: (1) an airfield or airbase that is under the jurisdiction of a military department and in active use; or (2) an air traffic control radar site, weather radar site, or aircraft navigation aid that is owned or operated by the Department of Defense and is a permanent land-based structure at a fixed location. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Small Business Act to provide for the inclusion of unmarried women in the criteria for awarding a grant to a women's business center.

Bill: 114-hr-6398
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2016-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-29
text: 
This bill amends the Small Business Act to revise the Small Business Administration's criteria for awarding a grant to a women's business center to include the ability of the applicant to provide training and services to a representative number of unmarried women who are both socially and economically disadvantaged.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2016-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-29
text: Introduced in House
Fixing Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6399
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2016-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-29
text: 

Fixing Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2016

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish, with respect to calculating payment for inpatient hospital services under Medicare's prospective payment system, a minimum area wage index for hospitals located in metropolitan areas. (Under a prospective payment system, payment is made according to a predetermined, fixed amount.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to avoid duplicative annual reporting, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-6402
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2016-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax deferral
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-29
text: 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Labor to cooperate to modify specified returns required for deferred compensation plans and other employee benefit plans to permit all members of a group of plans to file a single aggregated annual return or report satisfying the requirements of both the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). 
 
The requirement applies to a group in which all of the plans: 
 
 
 are individual account plans or defined contribution plans; 
 
 have the same trustee, the same one or more named fiduciaries, the same administrator, and plan years beginning on the same date; and 
 
 provide the same investments or investment options to participants and beneficiaries. 
 
 
The bill also specifies that, for the purposes of applying the numerical limitations related to the electronic filing of returns for deferred compensation plans, each plan for which information is provided on the return must be treated as a separate return. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2016-11-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2016-11-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2016-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-29
text: Introduced in House
CORE Act

Bill: 114-hr-6403
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Evan H. [R-WV-3]
Introduced: 2016-11-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Coal
Economic development
Housing and community development funding
Income tax credits
Mining
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: 

Creating Opportunities for Rural Economies Act or the CORE Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require at least 5% of the new markets tax credit limitation to be allocated to community development entities in connection with certain investments, financial counseling, and other services in distressed coal communities. 
 
A &quot;distressed coal community&quot; is any low-income community located in a county that: (1) was one of the 30 counties with the biggest employment decrease among coal operators over a specified time period; or (2) is contiguous to a county that has the required decrease in employment, is located in the same state, and contains at least one low-income community. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6370)
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6404
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2016-11-30 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: 

Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2016

 
This bill establishes circumstances under which an occupational therapist may conduct the initial assessment visit for an individual who is eligible for home health services under Medicare. Specifically, an occupational therapist may conduct the assessment if the physician's referral order does not include skilled nursing care but does include: (1) occupational therapy, and (2) physical therapy or speech language pathology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2016-11-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2016-11-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2016-11-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the exclusion from gross income of discharge of qualified principal residence indebtedness.

Bill: 114-hr-6405
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend until January 1, 2018, the exclusion from gross income of the discharge of qualified principal residence indebtedness. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for two years the exclusion from gross income of discharge of qualified principal residence indebtedness.

Bill: 114-hr-6406
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend until January 1, 2019, the exclusion from gross income of the discharge of qualified principal residence indebtedness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Introduced in House
VA Management Alignment Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6407
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2016-11-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: 

VA Management Alignment Act of 2016

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report (including recommendations for appropriate legislation) regarding the roles, responsibility, and accountability of elements and individuals of the VA.
 
In creating such report, the VA shall utilize the results of:
 
 
 the Independent Assessment of the Health Care Delivery Systems and Management Process of the VA established by the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014;
 
 any study or report by the Commission on Care established by such Act; and 
 
 other studies or reports, including a report titled &quot;Task Force on Improving Effectiveness of VHA Governance: Report to the VHA Under Secretary for Health,&quot; dated February 28, 2015.
 
 
The VA shall also specify clearly delineated roles and responsibilities to optimize the organizational effectiveness and accountability of each:
 
 
 Administration, staff office, or staff organization and each subordinate organization thereof; and 
 
 key leader of the VA in relation to any Administration, staff office, or staff organization, Veteran Integrated Service Network, or medical facility. 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Introduced in House
Building Efficiently Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6408
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2016-11-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Lease and rental services
Low- and moderate-income housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: 

Building Efficiently Act of 2016 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the new energy efficient home tax credit to allow, in lieu of the existing credit, a credit for 3.3% of the cost of constructing a new energy efficient home that is a qualified energy efficient residential rental property. 
 
An energy efficient residential rental property must be certified as being constructed, reconstructed, or retrofitted under a plan designed to reduce energy and power consumption of the building by at least 40% compared to: (1) the baseline annual energy and power consumption of the building in the case of a retrofit made to an existing building, or (2) a reference building which meets the minimum requirements of the International Energy Conservation Code 2004 in any other case. 
 
The bill also eliminates the basis reduction requirements for low-income housing properties receiving: (1) the new energy efficient home credit, (2) the energy efficient commercial buildings deduction, or (3) the credit for investments in energy property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Introduced in House
SuperPAC Elimination Act of 2017

Bill: 114-hr-6409
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2016-11-30 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: 

SuperPAC Elimination Act of 2017 

 
 This bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to: (1) eliminate the limitations on direct contributions from individuals and political committees to candidates in federal elections; and (2) require 24-hour notification to the Secretary of the Senate or the Federal Election Commission, and the Secretary of State, as appropriate, for all direct contributions to candidates in excess of $200.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the commercial harvesting of Atlantic striped bass in the coastal waters and the exclusive economic zone.

Bill: 114-hr-6410
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2016-11-30 in the House
Policy area: Animals

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: 
This bill makes it unlawful to engage in the commercial harvesting of Atlantic striped bass in the coastal waters or in the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The EEZ is a zone contiguous to the territorial sea, including zones contiguous to the territorial sea of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and United States overseas territories and possessions.
 
Violators are subject to civil penalties and forfeitures.
 
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission must amend its Interstate Fisheries Management Plan for Atlantic striped bass to take in to account this prohibition.Similarly, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must adjust the scope of its Albemarle Sound-Roanoke River Basin Striped Bass Study.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Introduced in House
Clean Water Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-6411
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2016-11-30 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: 

Clean Water Protection Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to define &quot;fill material&quot; to mean any pollutant that replaces portions of waters of the United States with dry land or that changes the bottom elevation of a water body for any purpose and to exclude from its meaning pollutants discharged into the water primarily to dispose of waste (e.g., mining waste). Thus, permits issued under the Clean Water Act that allow for the discharge of fill material into navigable waters and wetlands may not include those waste pollutants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Introduced in House
Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6412
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2016-11-30 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Accidents
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: 

Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to revise requirements governing the liability of parties that are responsible for oil discharges from offshore facilities into navigable waters or adjoining shorelines. Currently, responsible parties are liable for the total of all removal costs plus $75 million. The bill: (1) removes the cap of $75 million on liability, and (2) makes the responsible parties liable for all covered damages. Covered damages includes damages for: (1) loss of natural resources, property, revenue, or profits; or (2) costs of providing increased public services during or after removal activities, such as fire protection. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Introduced in House
Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6413
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2016-11-30 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Budget process
Government trust funds
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
State and local finance
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: 

Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate: (1) the $1 billion per incident limitation on expenditures from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for cleanup of oil spills, (2) the $500 million per incident limitation on expenditures from the trust fund for natural resource damage assessments and claims in connection with oil spills, and (3) the limitation on the borrowing authority of the trust fund.
 
The bill also amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to direct the President to promulgate regulations to allow advance payments from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to states and localities to prepare for and mitigate substantial threats from the discharge of oil.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Ways and Means, 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: 2016-11-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Ways and Means, 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: 2016-11-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Ways and Means, 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: 2016-11-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Ways and Means, 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: 2016-11-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Introduced in House