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Train the Future Act

Bill: 114-hr-5761
Sponsor: Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Employment and training programs
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Train the Future Act

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an early distribution, without penalty, from a qualified retirement plan to an employee who is serving as a mentor. The bill defines &quot;mentor&quot; as a working individual who: (1) has attained age 55; (2) works reduced hours and engages in mentoring activities for at least 20% of such hours; and (3) is responsible for the training and education of employees or students in an area of expertise for which such individual has a professional credential, certificate, or degree. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Prostate Cancer Misdiagnosis Elimination Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5763
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Prostate Cancer Misdiagnosis Elimination Act of 2016

 
This bill specifies that, unless the physician ordering a DNA Specimen Provenance Assay (DSPA) test recommends otherwise, a DSPA test furnished with respect to a positive prostate cancer biopsy shall be deemed to be medically necessary for purposes of Medicare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Pell Grant Flexibility Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5764
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Pell Grant Flexibility Act of 2016

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any amount received as a Federal Pell Grant awarded under the Higher Education Act of 1965. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5765
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Great Lakes
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Water quality
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2016

 
This bill reauthorizes for FY2016-FY2021 the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990 and revises requirements for: (1) funding requests to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for proposals and regional projects that restore the fish and wildlife resources and habitat of the Great Lakes Basin, and (2) cost-share requirements for the proposals and projects.
 
The bill renames: (1) the Lower Great Lakes Fishery Resources Office as the Lower Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, and (2) the Upper Great Lakes Fishery Resources Office as the Upper Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Amerasian Paternity Recognition Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5766
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Asia
Cambodia
Citizenship and naturalization
Conflicts and wars
Family relationships
Immigration status and procedures
Laos
North Korea
South Korea
Thailand
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Amerasian Paternity Recognition Act of 2016 

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to confer automatic citizenship on aliens residing in the United States in lawful permanent resident status: 
 
 
pursuant to an approved classification petition that gives preferential treatment to persons born in Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Kampuchea, or Thailand after 1950 and before October 22, 1982, and fathered by a U.S. citizen; or 
 
who were born in Vietnam after January 1, 1962, and before January 1, 1976, and fathered by a U.S. citizen.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Fairness for Our Hospitals Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5767
Sponsor: Rep. MacArthur, Thomas [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Hospital care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Fairness for Our Hospitals Act of 2016

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow a hospital that meets specified criteria and is located in a state with no rural areas to be considered a Medicare-dependent hospital. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall establish and implement a process for reimbursing impacted hospitals for any underpayments resulting from this bill's implementation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
PFOS and PFOA Right to Know Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5768
Sponsor: Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Environmental health
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Intergovernmental relations
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Military facilities and property
State and local government operations
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

PFOS and PFOA Right to Know Act of 2016

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Defense (DOD) to enter into intergovernmental agreements to provide health screenings for conditions relating to perfluorooctanesuflonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) exposure in communities near formerly used defense sites that have been identified by DOD as sources of PFOS and PFOA. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Protect Our Schools from Tax Delinquents Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5769
Sponsor: Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Property tax
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Protect Our Schools from Tax Delinquents Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require that each housing assistance payments contract entered into under the Section 8 rental assistance voucher program by a public housing agency (PHA) and the owner of a dwelling unit provide that such owner pay, on a timely basis, all covered taxes validly assessed against the property in which the unit is located. 
 
A "covered tax" is any tax under state or local law assessed upon real property or the revenue of which is dedicated for use only for schools or for costs of education.
 
The bill allows a contract to provide that, upon notification and identification of a tax delinquency by a taxing authority, the PHA shall abate all of the rental assistance amounts for the property, transferring them monthly to the taxing authority, until the delinquency is eliminated.
 
The bill does not authorize or establish any cause or grounds for the termination of the tenancy of any tenant from any dwelling unit assisted under the rental assistance voucher program.
 
The Department of Housing and Urban Development must maintain a database of information regarding owners of dwelling units: (1) assisted under the program whose housing assistance payments contracts have been terminated for noncompliance with the requirements of this bill, and (2) with respect to whom assistance amounts have been abated and transferred to a taxing authority.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Department of Veterans Affairs Dental Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5770
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Dental care
Health care costs and insurance
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Department of Veterans Affairs Dental Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2016

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and administer a dental insurance plan for veterans enrolled in the system of annual patient enrollment under federal veterans' benefits provisions and for veterans' survivors and dependents who are eligible for medical care under such provisions. 
 
The VA shall contract with a dental insurer to administer the plan. Benefits shall include diagnostic services, preventative services, endodontics and other restorative services, surgical services, and emergency services.
 
Enrollment shall be voluntary. The VA shall: (1) prescribe the minimum enrollment period, and (2) prescribe and annually adjust the premiums necessary to cover costs associated with carrying out the plan. Each individual covered by the plan shall pay the entire premium and the full cost of any copayments.
 
The VA shall permit voluntary disenrollment within 30 days after initial enrollment and under other specified circumstances the VA shall prescribe to the extent that such disenrollment does not jeopardize the fiscal integrity of the plan.
 
This bill's provisions terminate on December 31, 2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
BENES Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5772
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Government information and archives
Medicare
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Beneficiary Enrollment Notification and Eligibility Simplification Act of 2016 or the BENES Act of 2016

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code to:
 
 
establish requirements for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to notify individuals of their potential eligibility for Medicare;
 
require the Internal Revenue Service to disclose to CMS specified taxpayer information for the purpose of establishing individuals' potential Medicare eligibility;
 
restructure Medicare enrollment periods; and 
 
expand Medicare beneficiaries' rights to appeal certain enrollment errors.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Stop Tobacco Smuggling in the Insular Areas Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5773
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: American Samoa
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Smuggling and trafficking
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Stop Tobacco Smuggling in the Insular Areas Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit in American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam trafficking in contraband cigarettes and contraband smokeless tobacco. &quot;Contraband&quot; means items for which the applicable taxes have not been paid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act

Bill: 114-hr-5775
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Food industry and services
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marketing and advertising
Research administration and funding
Seafood

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act

 
This bill amends the Saltonstall-Kennedy Act to direct the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)to establish the American Fisheries Advisory Committee.
 
NOAA must establish five regions within the committee.The committee must consist of members chosen regionally and across all sectors of the fishing industry.Additionally, the committee must: (1)identify the needs of the fishing industry, (2)develop grant proposals to fund projects that address the industry needs, (3)review grant applications, and (4)provide NOAA with grant applicants for approval.
 
NOAA must not approve a grant application unless the application is selected for funding by the committee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Marine Mammal Research and Response Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5776
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Animal and plant health
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Arctic and polar regions
Congressional oversight
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Government liability
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Health information and medical records
Intergovernmental relations
Mammals
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Marine Mammal Research and Response Act of 2016

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2022 and revises the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, including by expanding the Act and the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Program to include assistance for marine mammals that are entangled in material (e.g. fishing gear) and are on U.S. beaches or shores, or in U.S. navigable waters. 
 
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) must develop a program to make publicly available certain data collected under this bill.
 
The bill requires sums received for marine mammal conservation (e.g. fines for violations) and sums received from emergency declaration grants for marine mammal conservation to be deposited into the Marine Mammal Unusual Mortality Event Fund.
 
The bill establishes the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Rapid Response Fund for providing emergency financial assistance for certain stranded or entangled marine mammals.
 
NOAA must: (1) establish a national marine mammal health and stranding observing system (Marine Mammal Health Map), (2) analyze gaps in data about marine mammal rescue and response, and (3) report on the response capabilities for sick and injured marine mammals in U.S. Arctic regions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
King Cove Road Land Exchange Act

Bill: 114-hr-5777
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Land transfers
Roads and highways
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

King Cove Road Land Exchange Act

 
This bill declares that, if the state of Alaska offers to convey to the Department of the Interior 43,093 acres of state-owned land, Interior shall convey to Alaska, in exchange, 206 acres of federal land within the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and 131 acres of federal land within the Izembek Wilderness, for purposes of: (1) designating a road corridor through the refuge, and (2) constructing a single-lane gravel road along the road corridor. 
 
The values of the federal and nonfederal lands to be exchanged shall be equal. 
 
Interior and Alaska shall select an appraiser to conduct appraisals of the federal and nonfederal lands in accordance with nationally recognized appraisal standards. 
 
The bill requires the route of the road corridor to follow a specified southern road alignment.
 
The bill states that the exchange of the federal and nonfederal lands and the road to be constructed under this bill shall not constitute a major federal action requiring environmental impact review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Alex Diekmann Peak Designation Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5778
Sponsor: Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Montana
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Alex Diekmann Peak Designation Act of 2016

 
This bill designates as the Alex Diekmann Peak the 9,765-foot peak located 2.2 miles west-northwest of Finger Mountain on the western boundary of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness in Montana. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Utah Public Lands Initiative Partner Act

Bill: 114-hr-5781
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Utah Public Lands Initiative Partner Act

 
This bill declares that a national monument designation, or a boundary adjustment that increases the size of an existing monument, within or on any portion of federal land in Summit, Uintah, Duchesne, Carbon, Grand, Emery, and San Juan Counties in Utah shall be made only pursuant to an Act of Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House