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Great Lakes Pipeline Safety Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5078
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2016-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government studies and investigations
Great Lakes
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Marine pollution
Michigan
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Seashores and lakeshores
Transportation safety and security
Water quality
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: 

Great Lakes Pipeline Safety Act of 2016

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to conduct a study to determine the economic and environmental risks of oil or hazardous liquids spills or leaks in the Straits of Mackinac that a failure of onshore, underwater pipeline facilities within the straits would pose to the Great Lakes.
 
In addition, DOT must evaluate the condition and structural integrity of the facilities.
 
DOT shall terminate operations of a facility upon a determination, based on such studies, that risk of hazard to life, property, or the environment warrants termination. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2016-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2016-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2016-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Introduced in House
California Compact Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-5079
Sponsor: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]
Introduced: 2016-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: California
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Gambling
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: 

California Compact Protection Act

 This bill amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to prohibit the Department of the Interior from allowing certain gaming on California land for which a proposed gaming compact was not ratified by the state or for which the electorate rejected a gaming compact.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5080
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2016-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Firearms and explosives
Smuggling and trafficking
U.S. Sentencing Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: 

Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 

2016

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to make trafficking in firearms a crime. Specifically, it prohibits, with respect to two or more firearms, the following: 
 
 
transfer to or receipt by a prohibited person or a person who plans a subsequent transfer that results in unlawful use, possession, or disposition of such firearms; 
 
providing false statements in connection with the purchase, receipt, or acquisition of such firearms; and 
 
directing, promoting, or facilitating such prohibited conduct. 
 
 
A person who commits or conspires to commit a gun trafficking offense is subject to a prison term of up to 20 years (or 25 years if such person also acted as an organizer). 
 
The U.S. Sentencing Commission must review and, if appropriate, amend the sentencing guidelines and policy statements that apply to persons convicted of trafficking in firearms. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E610)
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Probation Officer Protection Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5081
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2016-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: 

Probation Officer Protection Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to authorize a probation officer to arrest a person (i.e., a person other than the probationer) without a warrant if there is probable cause to believe the person forcibly assaulted or obstructed a probation officer engaged in the performance of official duties.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Investing in Opportunity Act

Bill: 114-hr-5082
Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2016-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Capital gains tax
Congressional oversight
Economic development
Financial services and investments
Income tax credits
Income tax deferral
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Securities
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: 

Investing in Opportunity Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the designation of opportunity zones in low-income communities and to provide tax incentives for investments in the zones, including deferring the recognition of capital gains that are reinvested in the zones. 
 
Governors may submit nominations for a limited number of opportunity zones to the Department of the Treasury for certification and designation. Governors must give particular consideration to areas that: 
 
 
 are currently the focus of mutually reinforcing state, local, or private economic development initiatives to attract investment and foster startup activity; 
 
 have demonstrated success in geographically targeted development programs such as promise zones, the new markets tax credit, empowerment zones, and renewal communities; and 
 
 have recently experienced significant layoffs due to business closures or relocations. 
 
 
Treasury must designate zones if a governor fails to submit nominations within a specified period of time. 
 
The bill defines opportunity funds as any investment vehicle organized as a corporation or a partnership to invest in opportunity zones that holds at least 90% of its assets in opportunity zone assets. 
 
Taxpayers may temporarily defer the recognition of capital gains that are invested in opportunity zones or opportunity funds. Investments that are held for at least five years are eligible for capital gains tax reductions or exemptions, depending on how long the investment is held. 
 
Treasury must report to Congress on the opportunity zone incentives enacted in this bill, including an assessment of opportunity fund investments at the national and state levels. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Introduced in House
VA Appeals Modernization Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5083
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2016-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Veterans Affairs
Evidence and witnesses
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: 

VA Appeals Modernization Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits appeals process to permit a claimant to request: 
 
 
a review of the Agency of Original Jurisdiction's decision by a higher-level adjudicator within the agency under which no additional evidence may be submitted; or 
 
a Board of Veterans Appeals (BVA) review under which no BVA hearing is requested and no additional evidence may be submitted or under which a BVA hearing is requested and the appellant requests an opportunity to submit additional evidence at, and within 90 days of, the hearing. 
 
 
 (&quot;Agency of Original Jurisdiction&quot; means the activity which entered the original determination with regard to a claim for veterans benefits.)
 
The BVA shall maintain two such separate dockets.
 
A finding favorable to a claimant is binding on all subsequent VA adjudicators unless clear and convincing evidence is shown to the contrary. 
 
The BVA may remand a claim to the agency to obtain a corrective advisory medical opinion. 
 
The bill revises effective dates of awards provisions.
 
The VA's duty to assist a claimant shall not apply: (1) once the claimant is provided notice of the agency's initial decision, and (2) to higher-level agency or BVA review.
 
The VA is not required to send notice for a supplemental claim or to readjudicate a claim that has been disallowed except when new and relevant evidence is presented or secured (currently such provisions applies to reopening such claim).
 
A claimants's notice of disagreement must set out specific allegations of error of fact or law. The BVA is authorized to dismiss an appeal which fails to do so.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Medal of Honor Legacy Act

Bill: 114-hr-5084
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2016-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Congressional oversight
Congressional tributes
Military personnel and dependents
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: 

Medal of Honor Legacy Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Army to reserve 100 in-ground burial plots at Arlington National Cemetery for interment of deceased Medal of Honor recipients.
 
Such requirement shall terminate when the Army submits a report on the cemetery's interment and inurnment capacity that includes: (1) the estimated date of achieving maximum capacity; and (2) recommendations to ensure that such capacity is not reached until well into the future, including actions to redefine interment eligibility and considerations for cemetery expansion. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2016-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2016-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2016-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2016-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To more accurately identify and transfer subsurface gravel sources originally intended to be made available to the Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation in exchange for its relinquishment of related property rights.

Bill: 114-hr-5086
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2016-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: 
This bill amends the Barrow Gas Field Transfer Act of 1984 with respect to the conveyance to the Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation (UIC) of all right, title, and interest held by the United States to sand and gravel underlying the surface estate owned by UIC in the Barrow gas fields and Walakpa gas discovery site.
 
This conveyance shall include all U.S. right, title, and interest to specified sand and gravel deposits underlying the surface estate owned by UIC that are contiguous to the Barrow gas fields. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To remove the Federal claim to navigational servitude for a tract of land developed due to dredging disposal from a harbor project in Valdez, Alaska, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-5087
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2016-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alaska
Navigation, waterways, harbors

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: 
This bill removes the portion of the project for navigation, Valdez, Alaska, identified as Tract G, Harbor Subdivision, from navigational servitude.
 
The federal government may enter that tract to carry out any required operation and maintenance of the general navigation features of such project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Introduced in House
PIMA of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5088
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2016-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Allied health services
Civil actions and liability
Drug therapy
Government studies and investigations
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical ethics
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: 

Promoting Integrity in Medicare Act of 2016 or PIMA of 2016

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) expand Medicare's prohibition on physician self-referrals to include, with specified exceptions, certain advanced imaging, anatomic pathology, radiation therapy, and physical therapy services; and (2) establish increased civil monetary penalties for violations of the self-referral prohibition with respect to those services.
 
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall conduct a compliance review with respect to such referrals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-04-28
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: 2016-04-28
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: 2016-04-28
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: 2016-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Introduced in House
RADAR Act

Bill: 114-hr-5089
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2016-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather
State and local government operations
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: 

Reducing America's Destructive Atmospheric Risks Act or the RADAR Act

 This bill directs the Department of Commerce to: (1) maintain and operate at least one Doppler weather radar site within 55 miles of each state's capital city in the United States, and (2) ensure that each radar is available to the office of the National Weather Service that serves that city. 
Commerce shall ensure that each radar conforms with the same standards that apply to radars operated through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including standards relating to the use of dual-polarization technology or other technologies included in Weather Surveillance Radar, 1988, Doppler (WSR-88D) radars.
 
When determining the location for construction of a radar meeting the requirements of this Act, Commerce shall consider nearby counties that have populations over 130,000 and do not otherwise have radar beam coverage below 10,00 feet from such Doppler radars.
 
Commerce shall report to Congress on the Doppler weather radar sites that need to be constructed or acquired to meet this Act's requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Introduced in House
To ensure that air transportation between the United States and the European Union complies with the intent of article 17 bis of the United States-European Union-Norway-Iceland Air Transport Agreement of June 21, 2011.

Bill: 114-hr-5090
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2016-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Europe
European Union
Iceland
Labor standards
Licensing and registrations
Norway
Trade agreements and negotiations
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: 
This bill bars the Department of Transportation (DOT) from issuing a foreign air carrier permit, or an exemption from certain economic regulations, to furnish foreign air transportation under the United States-European Union-Norway-Iceland Air Transport Agreement of June 21, 2011, unless DOT:
 
 
finds that issuing the permit or exemption would be consistent with the intent of the parties, set forth in article 17 
bis
 of the agreement, that opportunities created by the agreement do not undermine labor standards or the labor-related rights and principles contained in the parties' respective laws; and 
 
imposes conditions on the permit or exemption necessary to ensure that the foreign air transportation furnished complies with the intent of article 17 
bis
. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Appropriate Care for Disabled Veterans Act

Bill: 114-hr-5091
Sponsor: Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10]
Introduced: 2016-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: 

Appropriate Care for Disabled Veterans Act

 
This bill repeals the termination date of (thus, reinstates) the requirement for an annual report from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on the VA's compliance, by facility and by service-network, with requirements for managing the provision of hospital care and medical services furnished to veterans with service-connected disabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Introduced in House