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Seller Finance Enhancement Act

Bill: 114-hr-5301
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25]
Introduced: 2016-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Credit and credit markets
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership
Licensing and registrations
Real estate business

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: 

Seller Finance Enhancement Act

 
 This bill amends the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 to exempt from certain licensing and registration requirements any person (other than a depository institution) who: (1) originates not more than 24 residential mortgage loans in a 12-month period, and (2) only originates residential mortgage loans for property owned by that person.
 
For determining whether a residential mortgage loan meets minimum standards, the Truth in Lending Act is amended to prohibit the application to loans originated by such a person certain Consumer Financial Protection Bureau guidelines and regulations relating to ratios of total monthly debt to monthly income.
 
 The Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of the Treasury shall study:
 
 
the number of homes bought for under $150,000 or 60% of the median home value in a given community, whichever is lower, in the United States by utilizing seller financing;
 
the number of such homes sold by licensed mortgage brokers; 
 
the potential number of such homes which could be sold but are not, because seller financiers are unwilling, or from a practical standpoint unable, to comply with mortgage broker rules; and
 
the potential benefit to home values and wealth creation if more homes are able to be sold utilizing seller finance.
 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue an order continuing a stay of a hydroelectric license for the Mahoney Lake hydroelectric project in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-5302
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2016-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alaska
Alternative and renewable resources
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Lakes and rivers
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: 
This bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), upon request of the City of Saxman, Alaska, to issue a stay of the statutory deadline by which the city must commence construction on the Mahoney Lake Hydroelectric Project located in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska.
 
In addition, upon request, FERC must reinstate the construction license and make it effective as of the date the stay is lifted.
 
Subject to certain conditions, FERC is required to extend for up to six years the statutory deadline by which the city must commence construction on the project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
HELP Veterans Act

Bill: 114-hr-5304
Sponsor: Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
Introduced: 2016-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Dental care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: 

Health Expansion Loss Prevention Veterans Act or the HELP Veterans Act

 
This bill extends transitional assistance management program (TAMP) health care and dental coverage from six months to one year for service members released from active duty. 
 
 An individual who is employed at any time during the final 180 days of such transition period and is eligible for an employer-sponsored health plan shall not be eligible for TAMP coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Ste. Genevieve National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5305
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2016-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Missouri
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: 

Ste. Genevieve National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2016

 
This bill establishes the Ste. Genevieve National Historic Site in Missouri as a unit of the National Park System.
 
Interior may acquire, by donation, purchase, or exchange, any land or interest in land located within the boundary of the Historic Site or any nationally significant property identified in the special resource study that is within the Ste. Genevieve Historic District National Historic Landmark. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Title IX Clarification Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5307
Sponsor: Rep. Abraham, Ralph Lee [R-LA-5]
Introduced: 2016-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Education programs funding
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: 

Title IX Clarification Act of 2016

 
This bill amends title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 to define &quot;sex&quot; as the biological sex of an individual for purposes of enforcing the prohibition against discrimination on the basis of sex under education programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Creating Higher Education Affordability Necessary to Compete Economically Act

Bill: 114-hr-5310
Sponsor: Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-46]
Introduced: 2016-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: 

Creating Higher Education Affordability Necessary to Compete Economically Act or the Middle Class CHANCE Act
 
 
 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify provisions related to the Federal Pell Grant program. 
 
Specifically, it increases the maximum Federal Pell Grant award for academic year 2017-2018 and adjusts it in subsequent award years to account for changes in the Consumer Price Index. 
 
Additionally, the bill increases from one to two the number of Pell Grants an eligible student may receive in a single award year (i.e., it restores year-round Pell Grants). An eligible student is a student who: (1) has already received one Pell Grant for an award year, (2) is enrolled in an eligible program for an additional payment period (e.g., a summer term) during the same award year, (3) is enrolled on at least a part-time basis, and (4) has completed a full-time course load prior to receiving an additional Pell Grant. 
 
A student's total amount of Pell Grants must not exceed 150% of the maximum Pell Grant for that award year. Also, any period during which a student receives an additional Pell Grant counts toward that student's lifetime Pell Grant eligibility period. 
 
Finally, the bill increases from 12 to 15 semesters a student's lifetime Federal Pell Grant eligibility period. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Empowering Pharmacists in the Fight Against Opioid Abuse Act

Bill: 114-hr-5314
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2016-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-24
text: 

Empowering Pharmacists in the Fight Against Opioid Abuse Act

 
This bill requires the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to develop and disseminate training programs and materials on: (1) the circumstances under which a pharmacist may refuse to fill a controlled substance prescription suspected to be fraudulent, forged, or indicative of abuse or diversion; and (2) federal requirements related to such refusal.
 
The DEA must seek input from relevant stakeholders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-24
text: Introduced in House
CLEAR Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5315
Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2016-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-24
text: 

Clarifying Legality and Enforcement Action Reasoning Act of 2016 or the CLEAR Act
 
of 2016

 
This bill amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to require the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to submit an annual report to Congress about its investigations concerning unfair or deceptive acts or practices, or unfair methods of competition, in or affecting commerce. The reports must detail:
 
 
the number of such investigations the FTC has commenced and the disposition of investigations that concluded with official agency action; and 
 
the number of investigations the FTC has closed with no official agency action, along with a description that indicates the legal analysis supporting the FTC's decision not to continue such investigations, and the industry sectors of the entities subject to each such investigation.
 
 
The bill prohibits the FTC from identifying a person who is the subject of an investigation in its description of an investigation that closed with no official agency action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2016-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2016-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2016-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Soils and Rangelands Solutions Act

Bill: 114-hr-5316
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2016-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Soil pollution
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-24
text: 

Healthy Soils and Rangelands Solutions Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management, to establish a Carbon Sequestration Pilot Program to make grants to owners or operators of qualified public lands, universities, nongovernmental organizations, or Indian tribes for projects for sequestering carbon through:
 
 
grazing practices,
 
restoring degraded qualified public lands,
 
application of compost on qualified public lands, or
 
using biochar (carbonized biomass) as an amendment on qualified public lands. 
 
 
Interior shall establish a science advisory board to furnish analysis and recommendations regarding: 
 
 
 the selection of such eligible entities and activities to receive grants based on the best available science, and 
 
appropriate monitoring requirements to quantify project performance and communicate results. 
 
 
Interior shall make grants, through a challenge competition, to eligible entities for projects to carry out innovative approaches to eligible activities. 
 
Interior: 
 
 
may furnish technical assistance for eligible activities, and 
 
shall expand outreach and education respecting carbon sequestration and best practices related to those activities. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-24
text: Introduced in House
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs health care center in Center Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, as the "Abie Abraham VA Clinic".

Bill: 114-hr-5317
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2016-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Department of Veterans Affairs
Health facilities and institutions
Military personnel and dependents
Pennsylvania
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-24
text: 
This bill designates the Department of Veterans Affairs health care center in Center Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, as the &quot;Abie Abraham VA Clinic.&quot;

action_date: 2016-06-21
text: 
(Sec. 2) This bill designates the Department of Veterans Affairs health care center in Center Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, as the &quot;Abie Abraham VA Clinic.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-22
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' 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, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4008)
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4008)
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5317.
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4008-4010)
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Mr. Roe (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2016-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-24
text: Introduced in House
SHIELD Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5318
Sponsor: Rep. Pompeo, Mike [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2016-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Consumer affairs
Evidence and witnesses
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-24
text: 

Solidifying Habitual and Institutional Explanations of Liability and Defenses Act of 2016 or the SHIELD Act
 
of 2016

 
This bill amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to prohibit the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines or general statements of policy related either to unfair methods of competition, or to unfair or deceptive acts or practices, in or affecting commerce from: (1) conferring rights upon any person, state, or locality; or (2) binding the FTC or any person, state, or locality to a recommended approach.
 
In enforcement actions, the FTC must prove a violation of a law enforced by the FTC. The FTC's enforcement actions or consent orders may not be based solely on allegations that acts or practices are inconsistent with guidelines or general policy statements unless the acts or practices violate FTC-enforced law.
 
Compliance with guidelines or general statements of policy may be used as evidence of compliance with a law under which the guidelines or statements were issued.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2016-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2016-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2016-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Stopping Mass Hacking Act

Bill: 114-hr-5321
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2016-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-25
text: 

Stopping Mass Hacking Act

 
This bill rejects an amendment to rule 41 (Search and Seizure) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure adopted by the U.S. Supreme Court and transmitted to Congress for review on April 28, 2016. (The amendment allows a federal magistrate judge to issue a warrant to use remote access to search computers and seize electronically stored information located inside or outside that judge's district in specific circumstances.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-25
text: Introduced in House
U.S. Territories Investor Protection Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5322
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2016-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Caribbean area
Financial services and investments
Puerto Rico
Securities
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-25
text: 

U.S. Territories Investor Protection Act of 2016 

 
 This bill amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to repeal the exemption from its coverage of investment companies created under the laws of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or any other U.S. possession.

action_date: 2016-07-11
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 

U.S. Territories Investor Protection Act of 2016 

 
 This bill amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to repeal the exemption from its coverage of investment companies created under the laws of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or any other U.S. possession.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4581)
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4581)
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5322.
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4581-4582)
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Mr. Hurt (VA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 521.
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 114-673.
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 114-673.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 59 - 0.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-06-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-25
text: Introduced in House
International Communications Privacy Act

Bill: 114-hr-5323
Sponsor: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2016-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Evidence and witnesses
Government information and archives
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-25
text: 

International Communications Privacy Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code by allowing a governmental entity to require providers of electronic communication services or remote computing services to disclose the contents of communications in electronic storage (e.g., the cloud), regardless of where those communications are located. Thus, a governmental entity may obtain warrants for electronic communications stored outside of the United States if certain conditions for obtaining the warrant are met.
 
The bill allows a governmental entity to obtain those communications only if a court finds that the governmental entity has taken all reasonable steps to establish the nationality and location of the subscriber or customer whose communications are sought and that there are reasonable grounds to believe that such subscriber or customer is a U.S. person, a person physically located within the United States, or a national of a foreign country that has a law enforcement cooperation agreement with the United States.
 
The Department of Justice must: (1) establish a process for foreign governments to file mutual legal assistance treaty requests for obtaining access to electronic communications, and (2) publish annually information concerning those requests.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-25
text: Introduced in House