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Workforce Training Enhancement Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2556
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2016-02-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Trade adjustment assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: 

Workforce Training Enhancement Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Trade Act of 1974, with respect to trade adjustment assistance (TAA) for training to adversely affected workers, to authorize a state to use certain funds distributed by the Department of Labor to reimburse the costs of providing training to an adversely affected worker before the worker is approved for training under the Act if those costs have been paid by:
 
 
the state from state funds,
 
the state or local workforce development areas within the state from funds available for workforce investment activities and providers under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, or
 
another entity eligible in the state under the national dislocated worker grants program from funds available for that program.
 
 
The use of funds under this Act shall be conditioned, however, on the worker's coverage by a certification for TAA eligibility for training meeting approval requirements which commenced after the date on which the total or partial separations of the group of workers covered by the certification for eligibility began or threatened to begin.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Introduced in Senate
SUCCESS Act

Bill: 114-s-2557
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2016-02-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: 

Stopping Unfair Collateral Consequences from Ending Student Success Act or the SUCCESS Act 

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify federal student aid eligibility criteria.
 
Specifically, the legislation repeals a provision that suspends a student's federal student aid eligibility for a one-year, two-year, or indefinite period following that student's first, second, or third drug offense.
 
Additionally, it prohibits the Department of Education from including on any federal financial aid form (e.g., the Free Application for Federal Student Aid) a question about an applicant's prior drug offense convictions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Spoofing Prevention Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2558
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2016-02-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-22
text: 

Spoofing Prevention Act of 2016

 This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to expand the prohibition against knowingly transmitting misleading or inaccurate caller identification information to apply to: (1) persons outside the United States if the recipient of the call is within the United States, and (2) text messages. 
Existing caller identification requirements that apply to calls made using a telecommunications service or IP-enabled voice service are revised to apply to voice communications using resources from the North American Numbering Plan.
 
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must publish on its website a report that identifies existing technologies that consumers can use to protect against misleading or inaccurate caller identification information.
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on: (1) actions taken, or actions that could be taken, by the FCC or the Federal Trade Commission to combat the fraudulent provision of misleading or inaccurate caller identification information; and (2) any recommendations to combat the fraudulent provision of such information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S912; text of measure as introduced: CR S912-913)
action_date: 2016-02-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Protection Act

Bill: 114-s-2559
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2016-02-22 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Cuba
Latin America
Military facilities and property

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-22
text: 

Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Protection Act

 
This bill prohibits the President from modifying, terminating, abandoning, or transferring the lease with the government of Cuba by which the United States acquired 45 square miles of land and waters that currently contain Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, unless: (1) the President notifies Congress of the proposed lease change, and (2) afterwards Congress enacts a law authorizing the change.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-02-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Making College Affordable and Accessible Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2560
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2016-02-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Rural conditions and development
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-22
text: 

Making College Affordable and Accessible Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to: (1) extend the authorization of appropriations for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education through FY2022, and (2) authorize the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to institutions of higher education to carry out credit-based academic transition programs established through partnerships between high schools and such institutions that utilize dual or concurrent enrollment programs or early college high school programs that enable students to earn college credits while in high school.
 
ED shall give priority in awarding grants to institutions that serve students from low-income families, students from rural communities, or students who are the first in their family to receive postsecondary education.
 
Institutions shall use grant funds to: 
 
 
provide teachers, principals, and other school leaders with professional development activities that enhance or enable the provision of the appropriate coursework through such programs; and 
 
support activities including curriculum design, establishment of a course articulation process, outreach programs to provide elementary school and secondary school students information about and academic preparation for the transition programs, helping students meet eligibility criteria for the postsecondary courses, and coordinating secondary and postsecondary support services and academic calendars. 

 
Institutions may use grant funds for costs associated with carrying out such transition programs, including the costs of: (1) tuition and fees, books, and required instructional materials; and (2) transportation to and from such programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2016-02-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Protection of Children Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2561
Sponsor: Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL]
Introduced: 2016-02-22 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Adoption and foster care
Border security and unlawful immigration
Canada
Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Government information and archives
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
International law and treaties
Latin America
Lawyers and legal services
Mexico
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-22
text: 

Protection of Children Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to eliminate the special repatriation requirements for unaccompanied alien children (UAC) who are nationals or residents of a country contiguous to the United States. (Applies the same removal requirements to all UACs who are not victims of a severe form of trafficking in persons and who do not have a fear of returning to their country of nationality or last habitual residence.)
 
An immigration officer who finds an inadmissible UAC at a land border or port of entry shall return the child to his or her country of nationality or of last habitual residence. (Such authority is now only discretionary.)
 
The Department of State shall negotiate agreements between the United States and other countries for the repatriation of children. (Under current law the Secretary is required to negotiate agreements between the United States and countries contiguous to the United States for the repatriation of children.)
 
An unaccompanied child who is not a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons, and does not have a fear of returning to his or her country of nationality or last habitual residence, but who is: 
 
 
in removal proceedings shall have a hearing before an immigration judge within 14 days, 
 
in federal custody shall be transferred to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) custody within 30 days, and 
 
in HHS or Department of Homeland Security (DHS) custody shall have access to legal counsel at no cost to the government.
 
 
HHS, before placing a child with an individual, shall provide DHS with the individual's name, Social Security number, date of birth, residence location, and immigration status, if known.
 
DHS shall investigate the immigration status of the individual with whom the child is placed, and initiate removal proceedings if that individual is unlawfully present in the United States.
 
 Such requirements shall apply to any unauthorized child apprehended on or after June 15, 2012.
 
The Immigration and Nationality Act is amended with respect to: (1) special immigrant juvenile status, and (2) jurisdiction of asylum applications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-02-22
text: Introduced in Senate
POSTURE Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2563
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2016-02-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Military readiness
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-22
text: 

Protecting Our Security Through Utilizing Right-Sized End-Strengths Act of 2016 or the POSTURE Act of 2016

 
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that given the uncertain world and the need for trained and ready U.S. land forces, the planned drawdown of land forces should cease.
 
The bill sets forth:
 
 
 Army, Marine Corps, and Selected Reserve strength levels as of September 30, 2016; and
 
Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force permanent active duty end strength minimum levels.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-02-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Dine College Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2564
Sponsor: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2016-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Arizona
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-23
text: 

Dine College Act of 2016

 
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to conduct a survey and study of all capital projects and facility needs of Dine College, a tribal community college in the Navajo Nation in Arizona. Interior must report the results and include views or recommendations submitted by the college or the Navajo Nation and Interior's recommendations.
 
Prior to the survey and study, Dine College must identify for Interior renovations and repairs necessary to meet health and safety standards and other requirements.
 
Interior must make grants to Dine College for construction, operation, and maintenance activities.
 Amounts made available to Dine College under this bill are treated as non-federal, private funds for the purposes of any federal law that requires the use of non-federal or private funds.
action_date: 2016-11-15
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Dine College Act of 2016

 
(Sec. 5) This bill requires the Department of the Interior to conduct a survey and study of all capital projects and facility needs of Dine College, a tribal community college in the Navajo Nation in Arizona. Interior must report the results and include views or recommendations submitted by the college or the Navajo Nation and Interior's recommendations.
 
Prior to the survey and study, Dine College must identify for Interior renovations and repairs necessary to meet health and safety standards and other requirements.
 
(Sec. 6) Interior must make grants to Dine College for activities including construction, operation and maintenance, education, summer programs, student services, and college expansion.
 (Sec. 7) Amounts made available to Dine College under this bill are treated as non-federal, private funds for the purposes of any federal law that requires the use of non-federal or private funds.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 666.
action_date: 2016-11-15
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Barrasso without amendment. With written report No. 114-373.
action_date: 2016-11-15
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Barrasso without amendment. With written report No. 114-373.
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-326.
action_date: 2016-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2016-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Families Affected by Substance Abuse Act

Bill: 114-s-2565
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2016-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Family services
Government information and archives
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-23
text: 

Protecting Families Affected by Substance Abuse Act

 
This bill amends part B (Child and Family Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act to reauthorize for FY2017-FY2021 grants to assist children affected by methamphetamine, opioid, or other substance abuse under the promoting safe and stable families program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2016-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act

Bill: 114-s-2566
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2016-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Evidence and witnesses
Genetics
Law enforcement administration and funding
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-23
text: 

Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish statutory rights for sexual assault survivors, including the right to: (1) receive a forensic medical examination at no cost, (2) have a sexual assault evidence collection kit (i.e., rape kit) preserved for the maximum applicable statute of limitations, (3) receive written notification prior to destruction or disposal of a rape kit, and (4) be informed of the rights and policies under this section.
 
Additionally, it makes statutory crime victims' rights applicable to sexual assault survivors.
 
The bill amends the Victims' Rights and Restitution Act of 1990 to include information about sexual assault services, programs, and providers in the description of services provided to victims.
 
The bill amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to authorize the Department of Justice's (DOJ's) Office of Justice Programs to make grants to states to develop sexual assault survivors' rights and policies and to disseminate written notice of such rights and policies to medical centers, hospitals, forensic examiners, sexual assault service providers, law enforcement agencies, and other state entities.
 
DOJ and the Department of Health and Human Services must establish a joint working group to develop, coordinate, and disseminate best practices regarding the care and treatment of sexual assault survivors and the preservation of forensic evidence.
 
It expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) DOJ should discourage prosecutions of sexual assault survivors for minor offenses (e.g., underage alcohol consumption), particularly if the evidence of such offense is discovered through a medical forensic examination, and (2) survivors should be informed that they will not be prosecuted for minor offenses discovered through a medical forensic examination.
 
For purposes of this bill, the term &quot;sexual assault survivor&quot; includes a deceased victim of sexual assault.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Preventing Overprescribing for Pain Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2567
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2016-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-23
text: 

Preventing Overprescribing for Pain Act of 2016

 This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue guidelines for the safe prescribing of opioids for the treatment of acute pain. (Opioids are drugs with effects similar to opium, such as certain pain medications.)

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2016-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Great Lakes Fishery Research Authorization Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2569
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2016-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Canada
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fishes
Government studies and investigations
Great Lakes
International organizations and cooperation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-23
text: 

Great Lakes Fishery Research Authorization Act of 2016

 
This bill authorizes the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to conduct critical monitoring, scientific assessments, and research in support of fisheries within the Great Lakes Basin between the United States and Canada. 
 
In support of the fisheries within the Great Lakes Basin, the USGS Great Lakes Science Center shall: (1) execute a comprehensive, multi-lake, freshwater fisheries science program; (2) work cooperatively with regional, state, tribal, and local governments; and (3) consult with interested groups, including academia and Canadian agencies.
 
To protect and improve the Great Lakes, the USGS Great Lakes Science Center may provide:
 
 
deep-water ecosystem research,
 
fish behavior and habitat reports,
 
fish population assessments,
 
invasive species research,
 
use of biological equipment and laboratory capabilities necessary to support fishery management decisions, and
 
studies that assess impacts on Great Lakes Fishery resources.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2016-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2570
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2016-02-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Economic performance and conditions
Federal Reserve System
Government information and archives
Judicial review and appeals
Monetary policy
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: 

Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act of 2016

 
This bill revises rulemaking requirements under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) to: (1) require federal agencies to prepare and publish in the Federal Register an initial and final regulatory impact analysis prior to promulgating any proposed or final rule that may have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more (adjusted for inflation); (2) make consideration of the least burdensome alternative to a rule mandatory and require the selection of the least costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome alternative; (3) extend UMRA requirements to independent regulatory agencies; and (4) expand judicial review of agency rulemaking. The bill exempts from UMRA requirements rules that concern monetary policy proposed or implemented by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Open Market Committee. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Remotely Piloted Aircraft Mission Protection Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2571
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2016-02-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Military facilities and property
National Guard and reserves
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: 

Remotely Piloted Aircraft Mission Protection Act of 2016

 
This bill bars the Department of Transportation from disapproving an airport development project grant application just because the airport enters into or renews a lease for the use, at a nominal rate, of airport property by a regular or reserve component of the Armed Forces, including the National Guard, without regard to whether that component operates aircraft at the airport. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: Introduced in Senate