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To prohibit any appropriation of funds to the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-5609
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2016-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Marine and inland water transportation
Saint Lawrence Seaway
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-28
text: 
This bill specifies that no funds are authorized to be appropriated for the programs, activities, or expenses of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC). 
 
(The SLSDC is a government corporation within the Department of Transportation responsible for the operation, maintenance, and development of the U.S. portion of the Saint Lawrence Seaway between Montreal and Lake Erie. The SLSDC is also responsible for regional trade and economic development. ) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Earthquake Mitigation Tax Incentive Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5610
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2016-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Income tax exclusion
Natural disasters
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-28
text: 

Earthquake Mitigation Tax Incentive Act of 2016 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any amount received as a qualified earthquake mitigation payment. A qualified earthquake mitigation payment is any amount received by a residential property owner or occupant under an earthquake loss mitigation program established by a state (including an agency, instrumentality, or political subdivision of the state) or by a state with a tax-exempt organization or public instrumentality of the state. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a change in Medicare classification for certain hospitals.

Bill: 114-hr-5614
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2016-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-01
text: 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove certain hospitals specializing in neoplastic disease from their classification as long-term care hospitals for purposes of Medicare payment. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall make payments to these hospitals under reasonable cost-based reimbursement rules rather than under the prospective payment system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Freedom From Fear Act

Bill: 114-hr-5615
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-01
text: 

Freedom From Fear Act

 
 This bill reinstates repealed provisions of the federal criminal code that ban the manufacture, transfer, or possession of specified semiautomatic assault weapons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Tulare Youth Recreation and Women's History Enhancement Act

Bill: 114-hr-5616
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-22]
Introduced: 2016-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Railroads

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-01
text: 

Tulare Youth Recreation and Women's History Enhancement Act

 
This bill declares that, in order to promote recreational opportunities for youth and commemorate women's history in the city of Tulare, California, the United States authorizes the conveyance of, and relinquishes its reversionary interest in, specified Tulare Railroad Proposed Parcels that were retained as a right-of-way for the construction of a railroad and telegraph to the Pacific coast in 1866. 
 
The relinquishment of the U.S. reversionary interest shall be effective when Union Pacific Railroad conveys the parcels to the city of Tulare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Underwater Student Borrowers Act

Bill: 114-hr-5617
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2016-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-01
text: 

Underwater Student Borrowers Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the exclusion from gross income of income attributable to the discharge of student loan indebtedness, to: (1) include indebtedness discharged due to income-contingent and income-based repayment plans, the death or disability of the borrower, or the closing of an educational institution; and (2) revise the definition of "student loan" to mean a loan made by any lender, including a loan for the refinancing of an existing loan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Enhancing United States Trustee Oversight Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5618
Sponsor: Rep. Trott, David A. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2016-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Bankruptcy
Civil actions and liability
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-01
text: 

Enhancing United States Trustee Oversight Act of 2016

 
This bill authorizes U.S. trustees (who are appointed by the Attorney General to oversee certain bankruptcy cases and private trustees) to perform investigations, and to contract with auditors to perform audits, of trusts established as part of a reorganization plan confirmed under chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code, including a trust with respect to which an injunction is issued to carry out a discharge and enjoin entities from taking legal action to collect payment on a claim or demand to be paid by the trust.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2016-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Sarah's Law

Bill: 114-hr-5619
Sponsor: Rep. Young, David [R-IA-3]
Introduced: 2016-07-05 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Crime victims
Criminal justice information and records
Detention of persons
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: 

Sarah's Law

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the detention of an alien: (1) who was not inspected and admitted into the United States, who held a revoked nonimmigrant visa (or other nonimmigrant admission document), or who is deportable for failing to maintain nonimmigrant status; and (2) who has been charged in the United States with a crime that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury of another person.
 
 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall make reasonable efforts to: 
 
 
obtain information about the identity of any victims of the crimes for which such alien was charged or convicted; and 
 
 provide the victim, or a parent, guardian, spouse, or closest living relative of a deceased victim, with information about such alien, including name, date of birth, nationality, immigration status, criminal history, and a description of any related removal efforts.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: Introduced in House
To posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Lawrence Eugene "Larry" Doby in recognition of his achievements and contributions to American major league athletics, civil rights, and the Armed Forces during WWII.

Bill: 114-hr-5621
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2016-07-05 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Military history
Professional sports
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: 
This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal to Larry Doby in recognition of his achievements and contributions to American major league athletics, civil rights, and the Armed Forces during World War II.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: Introduced in House
GPA Act

Bill: 114-hr-5622
Sponsor: Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2016-07-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: 

Grace Period Alleviation Act or the GPA Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow a borrower of a Federal Direct Stafford Loan (whether subsidized or unsubsidized) to elect a one-year grace period before beginning repayment on the loan.
 
The Department of Education, through a loan modification process, must pay to each borrower who received a Federal Direct Stafford Loan for which the first disbursement was made between July 1, 2012, and July 1, 2014, an amount equal to the amount of interest that accrued on the loan prior to the beginning of the repayment period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the award of the Distinguished Service Cross to Chaplain (First Lieutenant) Joseph Verbis LaFleur for acts of valor during World War II.

Bill: 114-hr-5623
Sponsor: Rep. Abraham, Ralph Lee [R-LA-5]
Introduced: 2016-07-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Japan
Military history
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Army to award the Distinguished Service Cross to Chaplain (First Lieutenant) Joseph Verbis LaFleur for acts of valor during World War II.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: Introduced in House
U.S. Wants to Compete for a World Expo Act

Bill: 114-hr-5624
Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2016-07-05 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
International organizations and cooperation
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: 

U.S. Wants to Compete for a World Expo Act

 
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should rejoin the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE) to promote public diplomacy, global branding, and tourism to the United States.
 
 The Department of State shall take necessary action within 90 days for the United States to rejoin the BIE.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to eliminate the requirement for 3 months of retroactive coverage under the Medicaid program.

Bill: 114-hr-5626
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2016-07-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the requirement for up to three months of retroactive coverage under Medicaid. 
 
Under current law, a state Medicaid program must provide coverage for up to three months prior to an individual's application for benefits if the individual would have been eligible for benefits during that period. The bill eliminates this requirement and instead specifies that coverage begins in the month during which the individual applies for benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: Introduced in House
To adopt the monarch butterfly as the national butterfly of the United States.

Bill: 114-hr-5627
Sponsor: Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2016-07-05 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Insects
National symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: 
This bill adopts the monarch butterfly as the national butterfly of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-05
text: Introduced in House
California New River Restoration Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5629
Sponsor: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2016-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
California
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Floods and storm protection
International organizations and cooperation
Lakes and rivers
Latin America
Mexico
Outdoor recreation
Water quality
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: 

California New River Restoration Act of 2016

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a California New River restoration program for the river that starts in Mexicali, Mexico, flows north into the United States through Calexico, passes through the Imperial Valley, and drains into the Salton Sea.
 
In carrying out the program, the EPA must: (1) adopt a New River-wide strategy, and (2) provide grants and technical assistance for coordinating restoration and protection activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2016-07-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2016-07-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House
Safe and Accountable Federal Energy Review for Pipelines Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5630
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2016-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas
Pipelines

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: 

Safe and Accountable Federal Energy Review for Pipelines Act of 2016 or the Safer Pipelines Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Natural Gas Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), before granting a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a proposed pipeline expansion project, to:
 
 
conduct a full evidentiary hearing on the need for the expansion or a cumulative review of planned energy infrastructure projects in the region of the proposed expansion; and 
 
consider matters that include existing capacity, renewable energy goals, and the ability to otherwise meet energy needs.
 
 
Additionally, FERC must: (1) consider, in the case of interstate pipeline projects, the cumulative environmental impacts of other interstate or regional projects; and (2) monitor approved pipeline projects for five years to ensure that environmental mitigation steps have been implemented.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House
Stranded Nuclear Waste Accountability Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5632
Sponsor: Rep. Dold, Robert J. [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2016-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Nuclear power
Radioactive wastes and releases
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: 

Stranded Nuclear Waste Accountability Act of 2016

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a program to provide compensation to communities in which a nuclear waste storage facility is located.
 
DOE must provide payments equal to $15 per kilogram of spent nuclear fuel stored at the nuclear waste facility.
 
Each local government within the jurisdictional boundaries of a nuclear waste facility must submit an annual application to DOE for compensation. DOE may make only one payment per fiscal year to eligible local governments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House
Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act

Bill: 114-hr-5633
Sponsor: Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2016-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Forests, forestry, trees
Government liability
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Lakes and rivers
Montana
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Water storage
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: 

Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act

 
This bill authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the water rights compact between the Blackfeet Tribe and Montana dated April 15, 2009, as modified to be consistent with this bill.
 
The tribe and the Fort Belknap Indian Community must agree on their Milk River water rights.
 
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) must: (1) enter into at least one water delivery contract with the Blackfeet Tribe for water from the St. Mary River water right, (2) review the final project design of the Swiftcurrent Creek Bank Stabilization Project and work with the tribe to carry out the project, and (3) carry out specified maintenance projects.
 
The tribe must grant the United States certain easements and rights-of-way.
 
The USBR is granted exclusive jurisdiction to authorize the development of St. Mary Unit hydroelectric power. The tribe is granted the exclusive right to develop and market such power.
 
Interior must allocate water stored in Lake Elwell for the tribe.
 
Ownership of Birch Creek water delivery facilities is transferred to the tribe.
 
The tribe must establish a tribal water code, subject to Interior approval.
 
The water rights of the tribe within the Lewis and Clark National Forest and Glacier National Park are confirmed.
 
The tribe and the United States must waive certain claims to water rights.
 
The tribe must: (1) waive claims against the United States regarding specified land and facilities, and (2) withdraw objections to U.S. water rights claims for the benefit of the Milk River Project.
 The provisions of this bill expire and related actions and agreements are void if Interior does not publish specified findings or appropriations are not made.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-16
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2016-11-16
text: Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Discharged.
action_date: 2016-11-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-11-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House