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Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act

Bill: 114-hr-4447
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2016-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Justice
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Executive agency funding and structure
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Law enforcement administration and funding
Medical research
Mental health
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: 

Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act

 
This bill provides FY2016 supplemental appropriations for the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to address heroin and opioid drug abuse. The funds are designated as an emergency requirement, which exempts the funds from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules. 
 
For DOJ, the bill provides funds for State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance and Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) programs. 
 
For HHS, the bill provides funds for: 
 
 
 the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 
 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
 
the National Institutes of Health, and 
 
the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2016-02-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2016-02-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2016-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Introduced in House
State Sanctions Against Iranian Terrorism Act

Bill: 114-hr-4448
Sponsor: Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2016-02-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
Iran
Middle East
Sanctions
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Trade restrictions
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: 

State Sanctions Against Iranian Terrorism Act

 
This bill amends the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 to specify that a state may, in addition to limiting investment in Iran's energy sector, prohibit or limit any person from engaging in specified investment activities in Iran. A state may also enter into interstate compacts to prohibit or limit such financial activities.
 
Enforcement of such measures may include the imposition of disclosure and transparency requirements.
 
 The description of &quot;investment activities&quot; is revised to: (1) reduce the threshold for financial involvement from $20 million to $10 million; and (2) include, in addition to the energy sector, involvement in a business enterprise in Iran, including an entity owned or controlled by the Iranian government.
 
The bill declares that a state or local government measure authorized pursuant to the Act is: (1) authorized and not preempted by any federal law or regulation, or any policy, agreement, or exercise of waiver authority of the executive branch; and (2) is consistent with U.S. federal policy, including U.S. foreign policy.
 
A state or local government may enforce a measure adopted before the enactment of this Act that: (1) provides for the divestment of state or local assets from, or prohibits the investment of those assets in, any person that engages in investment activities in Iran or other business activities in Iran identified in the measure; or (2) prohibits or limits any person from engaging in investment activities in Iran.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a remote air traffic control tower pilot program.

Bill: 114-hr-4449
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2016-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Technology assessment
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT), by six months after completion of a safety risk management panel conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration for the Leesburg, Virginia, project, to establish a pilot program under which DOT shall install, operate, and assess the benefits of the technology of up to six remote air traffic control towers.
 
DOT must complete a safety risk management process for a participating airport before air traffic is actively controlled by a remote air traffic control tower at such airport.
 
An operator of a public-use airport may apply to participate in the pilot program. DOT: (1) shall establish a list of benefits of remote tower technology to the National Airspace System and criteria that facilities should meet in order to best achieve those benefits; and (2) may select for the pilot program, based on such criteria, one nonhub primary airport, two reliever airports without existing air traffic control towers, one primary airport for the purpose of augmenting the capabilities of an existing air traffic control tower, and two airports classified as local or basic in the national plan of integrated airport systems. 
 
 A selected airport shall be eligible for participation in, and funding from, the control tower contract program.
 
A remote air traffic control tower and ancillary equipment installed with federal funds under this bill shall be considered an air navigation facility.
 
The pilot program shall terminate five years after this bill's enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Border Security Health Initiative Act

Bill: 114-hr-4451
Sponsor: Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2016-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Health personnel
Latin America
Law enforcement officers
Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: 

Border Security Health Initiative Act

 
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to establish a program to decrease the number of Border Patrol agents who are removed from border security operations for the purpose of accompanying to medical treatment facilities ill or injured individuals interdicted by the Border Patrol.
 
Such program shall place appropriate medical personnel from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at Border Patrol stations along the southwest border to ensure that Border Patrol agents are able to prioritize securing the international borders of the United States.
 
The CBP, in coordination with the Chief Medical Officer of DHS, shall submit a report on implementation of such program, including a list of Border Patrol stations within which the program is operational, statistics on Border Patrol agent hours spent on border security operations that would have otherwise been spent accompanying ill or injured detainees to medical treatment facilities, and an estimation of efficiencies and cost savings from such program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Introduced in House
To designate the area between the intersections of International Drive Northwest and Van Ness Street Northwest and International Drive Northwest and International Place Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as "Liu Xiaobo Plaza", and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-4452
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2016-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Asia
China
Congressional tributes
Detention of persons
District of Columbia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Human rights
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: 
This bill designates as &quot;Liu Xiaobo Plaza&quot; the area between the intersections of International Drive Northwest and Van Ness Street Northwest and International Drive Northwest and International Place Northwest in Washington, DC. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to review the number of contracts for new disadvantaged small business concerns at certain airports with Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-4453
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2016-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: 
This bill amends the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to extend through FY2016 and periodically thereafter the requirement that the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation report annually to Congress on the number of new small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, including those owned by veterans, that participated in the programs and activities of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). 
 
The list of the top 25 and bottom 25 large and medium hub airports giving disadvantaged small business concerns opportunities to participate in FAA programs and activities, which each such report must contain, shall be drawn only from large and medium hub airports with a disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) program.
 
Beginning in FY2016, the FAA shall require airports to report annually on the number of new DBEs that were awarded a contract or concession. 
 
The FAA shall update annually DBE-connect (or any other successor online reporting system) to include information on the number of new DBE and Airport Concession DBEs awarded a contract or concession for the first time at large and medium hub airports with a DBE program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Chris Kotch VA Education Access Act

Bill: 114-hr-4454
Sponsor: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2016-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: 

Chris Kotch VA Education Access Act

 
 This bill makes eligible under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program an individual who is: (1) discharged or released from the Armed Forces (under current law, from active duty in the Armed Forces) due to a service-connected disability; or (2) transferred to the temporary disability retirement list.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Introduced in House
To improve air service capabilities in American Samoa, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-4455
Sponsor: Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2016-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: American Samoa
Aviation and airports

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: 
This bill permits foreign aircraft to provide and sustain air commerce in American Samoa between the islands of Tutuila and Manu'a.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Introduced in House
RECLAIM Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4456
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5]
Introduced: 2016-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Coal
Economic development
Economic performance and conditions
Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Housing and community development funding
Indian lands and resources rights
Land use and conservation
Mining
State and local finance
User charges and fees
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: 

Revitalizing the Economy of Coal Communities by Leveraging Local Activities and Investing More Act of 2016 or the RECLAIM Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to make specified funds available to the Department of the Interior for each of FY2017-FY2021 for distribution to states and Indian tribes to promote economic revitalization, diversification, and development in economically distressed communities through the reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by coal mining carried out before August 3, 1977.
 
The bill prescribes general requirements for projects to reclaim abandoned mine lands and waters that are likely to create favorable conditions for the economic development of the project site or promote the general welfare through economic and community development of the area in which the project is conducted. Any such project shall be located in a community affected by a recent decline in mining.

A state or Indian tribe that receives funds under this bill may retain a portion of them as necessary to supplement its acid mine drainage abatement and treatment fund for future operation and maintenance costs for the treatment of acid mine drainage associated with individual projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Judicial Administration and Improvement Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4457
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2016-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Alaska
Arizona
California
Federal appellate courts
Guam
Hawaii
Idaho
Judges
Judicial procedure and administration
Montana
Nevada
Northern Mariana Islands
Oregon
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: 

Judicial Administration and Improvement Act of 2016

 
This bill divides the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit into: (1) a new Ninth Circuit, to be composed of California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands; and (2) a newly established Twelfth Circuit, to be composed of Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, and Nevada.
 
The bill designates locations where the new circuits are to hold regular sessions. 
 
The bill distributes active circuit judges of the former Ninth Circuit to the new circuits. Circuit judges and senior circuit judges currently stationed in Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, or Nevada may elect their circuit assignment. For each circuit judge in regular service who elects to be assigned to the new Ninth Circuit, the President shall appoint one additional circuit judge for the Twelfth Circuit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Introduced in House
To correct the boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit M13.

Bill: 114-hr-4458
Sponsor: Rep. Sanford, Mark [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2016-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Seashores and lakeshores
South Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: 
This bill revises the boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit M13 in Daufuskie Island, South Carolina.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Identity Theft Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-4459
Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2016-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: 

Taxpayer Identity Theft Protection Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to issue an identity protection personal identification number to an individual taxpayer, after the taxpayer's true identity has been established and verified, to prevent the misuse of the taxpayer's social security account number on fraudulent income tax returns. IRS must then publicize the availability of such identification numbers, including through electronic means. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Youth Sports Concussion Act

Bill: 114-hr-4460
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2016-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Athletes
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Marketing and advertising
Medical research
Product safety and quality
State and local government operations
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-04
text: 

Youth Sports Concussion Act

 
 This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) should review the National Academies' report on sports-related concussions and future research in such area for any matter that may impact products under the CPSC's jurisdiction or inform the FTC's efforts to protect consumers.
 
The bill makes it unlawful to sell or offer for sale in interstate commerce, or import into the United States for such purposes, athletic sporting equipment for which the seller or importer makes any deceptive claim with respect to the safety benefits of such item. 
 
Violations shall be treated as unfair or deceptive acts or practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act. The bill sets forth the enforcement authority of the FTC. 
 
States may bring civil actions in federal court to obtain injunctive relief on behalf of state residents unless a civil or administrative action has already been instituted by the FTC. The FTC may intervene and appeal in state actions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2016-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Federal Employee Rights Act

Bill: 114-hr-4461
Sponsor: Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6]
Introduced: 2016-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: District of Columbia
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor-management relations
State and local government operations
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-04
text: 

Federal Employee Rights Act 

 
This bill repeals current authority allowing the deduction of labor organization dues from employee pay and prohibits federal agencies, including executive, legislative, and judicial agencies, the U.S. Postal Service, the Postal Regulatory Commission, and the government of the District of Columbia, from deducting any amount from the pay of an employee for the dues of a labor organization. 
 
The bill prohibits employee dues collected by a labor organization from being used for any purpose not directly related to the organization's collective bargaining activities without employee authorization. 
 
The bill requires a vote of more than 50% of all employees (not just employees who cast ballots) to approve union representation and extends this requirement to postal service employees. 
 
An employee may elect, in writing, to withhold personal information from a labor organization during organizing activity.
 
The bill requires that all elections relating to labor representation, including elections involving postal service employees, have secret paper ballots. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2016-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Truth in Tuition Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4462
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2016-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-04
text: 

Truth in Tuition Act of 2016

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify eligibility requirements for an institution of higher education (IHE) to participate in federal student aid programs.
 
Specifically, the bill requires an IHE to provide to an admitted graduate or undergraduate student: (1) a multi-year tuition and fee schedule; or (2) a single-year tuition and fee schedule, and a nonbinding, multi-year estimate of net costs after financial aid is awarded. 
 
An IHE that provides a single-year tuition and fee schedule must include, in its multi-year estimate of net costs, the average difference between previous year estimates and actual net costs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2016-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-04
text: Introduced in House