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To provide installation reutilization authority for arsenals, depots, and plants.

Bill: 114-hr-6153
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2016-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Industrial facilities
Manufacturing
Military command and structure
Military facilities and property
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: 
This bill authorizes the military department concerned, in the case of a military manufacturing arsenal, depot, or plant (a government-owned, government-operated defense plant of the Department of the Army that manufactures weapons, weapon components, or both), to authorize leases of and contracts for non-excess military property for a term of up to 25 years if it determines that such a lease or contract will promote the national defense or be in the public interest for the purpose of:
 
 
 helping to maintain the viability of such arsenal, depot, or plant and any military installations on which it is located; 
 
 eliminating, or at least reducing, the cost of government ownership of the arsenal, depot, or plant; and 
 
 leveraging private investment at the arsenal, depot, or plant through long-term facility use contracts, property management contracts, leases, or other agreements that support and advance the preceding purposes.
 
 
The department concerned may delegate such authority to the commander of the major subordinate command of the Army responsible for the arsenal, depot, plant, or installation. The commander may approve such a lease or contract on a case-by-case or class basis. Any lease or contract approved utilizing such authority is subject to a 90-day hold period so that the Army real property manager may review it. If such manager disapproves of it, the agreement shall be null and void upon transmittal to the delegating authority of a written disapproval, including a justification, within the hold period. If no such disapproval is transmitted within such period, the agreement shall be deemed approved. 
 
 If, by 60 days after receiving a disapproval, the delegating authority submits a new contract or lease that addresses the manager's concerns, it shall be deemed approved unless the manager transmits a disapproval within 30 days of submission. 
 
 The authority under this bill shall terminate at the close of September 30, 2019. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Reducing Lead in Drinking Water Act

Bill: 114-hr-6154
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2016-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public utilities and utility rates
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: 

Reducing Lead in Drinking Water Act

 
This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program to remove lead service lines from public water systems.
 
Grant recipients may use grant funds to assist low-income homeowners with replacing privately owned lead service lines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Safety of Federal Wilderness Areas Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6155
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2016-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: 

Ensuring Safety of Federal Wilderness Areas Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Wilderness Act to prohibit the Department of Agriculture (for wilderness areas under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service) and the Department of the Interior (for wilderness areas under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management) from adopting, amending, or enforcing, any regulations, policies, or guidance that would delay federal, state, or local emergency response personnel from entering into a wilderness area or wilderness study area to respond to an emergency. 
 
Any entrance by federal, state, or local emergency response personnel into a wilderness area or wilderness study area in response to an emergency shall be reported to the appropriate Department within 24 hours of the time at which such personnel first entered such area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2016-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2016-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2016-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2016-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Local Wilderness Management Act

Bill: 114-hr-6156
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2016-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: 

Local Wilderness Management Act

 
This bill amends the Wilderness Act to require certain National Forest System lands, including those which have been designated, officially or defacto, by the Forest Service as wilderness study areas, to be managed by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) for multiple use purposes, including mining, grazing, conservation, recreation, and other uses until Congress enacts a law that designates such an area as wilderness or specifies an alternative management approach for it.
 
The bill amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to require certain public lands, including those which have been designated, officially or defacto, as wilderness study areas by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to be managed by the Department of the Interior to promote multiple use purposes, including the continuation of existing mining and grazing uses and mineral leasing, until Congress enacts a law that designates such an area as wilderness or specifies an alternative management approach for it.
 
USDA (with respect to National Forest System land) and Interior (for public lands managed by the BLM) may not designate, officially or defacto, land as a wilderness study area without first obtaining the written consent of the governing body of the county in which such land is located. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2016-10-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2016-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2016-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2016-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6157
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2016-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: 

Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act to require contact lens sellers to provide a toll-free telephone number and email address that prescribers can use to ask questions about a seller's prescription verification request.
 
Under current law, a prescription is considered verified if the prescriber fails to communicate with the seller within eight business hours after receiving the seller-provided verification information. The bill requires the prescription to be considered unverified until the seller obtains affirmative confirmation of the accuracy of the prescription from the prescriber in cases where a prescriber communicates a question or concern about the accuracy or verification of the prescription to a seller through the toll-free telephone service or email address before the end of that eight-hour period. 
 
The bill removes the Federal Trade Commission's authority to adjust the eight-hour period. 
 
If a prescriber communicates a question or concern about the accuracy of a prescription before the deadline: (1) the seller shall not fill the prescription, and (2) the prescriber shall provide the seller with an accurate prescription.
 
Sellers must offer prescribers different communication methods that the prescribers may select as their preferred method for verification requests.
 
The bill allows a seller to alter a prescription only if: (1) a private label contact lens is included on the prescription and the same contact lens is manufactured by the same company and sold under multiple labels to individual providers; and (2) the seller fills the prescription with a contact lens of exactly the same material, design, and power as manufactured by that company under another label.
 
Sellers must maintain a database of the issuance and expiration dates of each prescription they receive. The bill prohibits advertisements representing that a contact lens prescription may be filled after the prescription expires.
 
Sellers violating certain prescriber verification requirements are subject to increased penalties of up to $40,000 per violation. Such requirements apply to all contact lens sales in the United States, notwithstanding where the seller is located. 
 
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must examine the potentially adverse effects of seller violations on consumers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Introduced in House
HELP Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6158
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2016-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: 

Help Ensure Lives are Protected Act of 2016 or the HELP Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to impose a criminal penalty of life imprisonment or death on a person who commits a drug offense involving a specified quantity of heroin that contains a detectable amount of fentanyl or fentanyl that is represented to be or sold as heroin, if death or serious bodily injury results from the use of such substance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-10-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2016-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2016-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2016-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt premiums paid on non-cash-value property and casualty insurance from the taxes to enforce reporting on certain foreign accounts.

Bill: 114-hr-6159
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39]
Introduced: 2016-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Foreign and international banking
Life, casualty, property insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt premiums paid on non-cash-value property and casualty insurance policies from taxes to enforce reporting on certain foreign accounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Chief Manufacturing Officer Act

Bill: 114-hr-6160
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2016-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: 

Chief Manufacturing Officer Act

 
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that a well-designed national manufacturing strategy would benefit the U.S. economy.
 
The President shall appoint a United States Chief Manufacturing Officer whose primary duty is to develop the national manufacturing strategy using the criteria set forth in this bill.
 
The bill amends the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 to designate the United States Chief Manufacturing Officer as the chair of the Committee on Technology under the National Science and Technology Council.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Federal Funding Accountability for Sexual Harassers Act

Bill: 114-hr-6161
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2016-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Science and engineering education
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: 

Federal Funding Accountability for Sexual Harassers Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to address sexual discrimination in institutions of higher education. 
 
Institutions must report a finding that an individual who is responsible for the scientific or technical direction of one of the institution's research and development grants awarded by the federal government was engaged in sexual discrimination to each department and agency that has awarded the institution those grants in the past 10 years.
 
Institutions must also report on formal complaints alleging sexual discrimination that were filed, but are incomplete because the institution has not carried out a grievance procedure.
 
Agencies must: (1) consider these reports when deciding if they should fund a grant, and (2) keep the reports for 10 years.
 
The National Academy of Sciences must study, and report on, the prevalence and impact of sexual harassment in higher education in science, engineering, and medical departments and programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and 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: 2016-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and 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: 2016-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and 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: 2016-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and 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: 2016-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Protect Prepaid Accounts Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6162
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2016-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: 

Protect Prepaid Accounts Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to state that prepaid funds deposited by an agent or nominee in an insured depository institution shall satisfy the requirements of the primary exclusion from the definition of deposit broker, unless that agent or nominee controls the deposits and has the contractual right to cause the transfer of those deposits to another insured depository institution selected by the agent or nominee. (Generally, an insured depository institution that is not well capitalized may not accept funds obtained by or through any deposit broker for deposit into one or more deposit accounts.) 
 
The bill defines &quot;prepaid funds&quot; as funds deposited through a prepaid program or made available from a card, code, or other device that is not otherwise an account established primarily for personal, household, or family purposes, where the device is: 
 
 
issued on a prepaid basis to a consumer in a specified amount, or is not issued on a prepaid basis but capable of being loaded with funds; and
 
redeemable at multiple unaffiliated merchants for goods or services or usable at automated teller machines or for person-to-person transfers. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Federal Benefits Fairness and Restoration Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6163
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2016-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: 

Federal Benefits Fairness and Restoration Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to repeal the denial of assistance and benefits for certain drug-related convictions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
action_date: 2016-10-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2016-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2016-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2016-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Inclusive Campuses Act

Bill: 114-hr-6164
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2016-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: 

Inclusive Campuses Act

 
This bill amends title III (Institutional Aid) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow historically black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions of higher education to use title III funds to establish resource centers on campus that provide support to and education about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Improving Broadband Access for Veterans Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6165
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2016-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: 

Improving Broadband Access for Veterans Act of 2016

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to release a notice of inquiry that seeks public comment on the development of rules to promote broadband Internet access service for veterans, in particular those with low-incomes or who reside in rural areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Introduced in House