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Medicaid Coverage for Addiction Recovery Expansion Act

Bill: 114-hr-5287
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2016-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Rural conditions and development
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: 

Medicaid Coverage for Addiction Recovery Expansion Act

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow states to provide medical assistance to adults for residential addiction treatment facility services under the Medicaid program. "Residential addiction treatment facility services" are medically necessary inpatient services provided in an accredited, size-limited facility for the purpose of treating a substance use disorder within a specified time period.
 
The provision of medical assistance for such services to an individual shall not prohibit federal financial participation for medical assistance with respect to other services provided to the individual within the same time period.
 
Subject to specified conditions, a woman who is eligible for medical assistance on the basis of being pregnant may remain eligible for residential addiction treatment facility services for specified time periods without regard to eligibility limits that would otherwise apply as a result of her pregnancy ending.
 
In addition, the bill establishes a grant program for states to expand infrastructure and treatment capabilities of existing youth addiction treatment facilities that: (1) provide addiction treatment services to youths under Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and (2) are located in communities with high numbers of medically underserved populations of at-risk youths. At least 15% of grant funds awarded to a state must be used for making payments to rural facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Consortia-Led Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Networks Act

Bill: 114-hr-5288
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2016-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Computers and information technology
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental technology
Higher education
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Industrial policy and productivity
Manufacturing
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Small business
Technology transfer and commercialization
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: 

Consortia-Led Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Networks Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to carry out a grant program for establishing consortia to enhance U.S. economic, environmental, and energy security by promoting domestic research, development, manufacture, and deployment of clean technologies and advanced manufacturing processes. Clean technology means technologies, production processes, or methodologies that: 
 
 
produce energy from renewable energy sources; 
 
 transmit, distribute, or store energy more efficiently;
 
enhance energy efficiency for buildings and industry; 
 
enable the development of a Smart Grid (an evolving electric power network that utilizes new information technology systems, including those that enable customers to reduce or shift their power use during peak demand periods);
 
 produce an advanced or sustainable material with energy or energy efficiency applications; 
 
 improve energy efficiency for transportation; or
 
 enhance water security through improved water management, conservation, distribution, or end use applications. 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2016-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2016-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2016-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Energy Tax Fairness Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5289
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2016-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: 

Energy Tax Fairness Act of 2016 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax credit for investment in energy property to include qualified high-efficiency linear generator property. 
 
A stationary linear generator power plant is an integrated system consisting of translators, cylinders, electricity generating equipment, and associated balance of plant components which converts a fuel or waste heat into electricity for stationary applications. Qualified high-efficiency linear generator property is a stationary linear generator power plant which has: (1) a nameplate capacity of less than 2,000 kilowatts, and (2) an electricity-only generation efficiency of greater than 30%. 
 
For high-efficiency linear generator property that is placed in service during the taxable year, the credit for the year may not exceed $1,500 for each 0.5 kilowatt of capacity of the property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Housing for Homeless Students Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-5290
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2016-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Income tax credits
Low- and moderate-income housing
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: 

Housing for Homeless Students Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to qualify low-income building units that provide housing for homeless students and veterans who are full-time students for the low-income housing tax credit. To qualify for the credit, the student must have been a homeless child or youth during any portion of the seven-year period prior to occupying the housing unit and the veteran must have been homeless for a similar five-year period. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Airline Consumer Protection Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5291
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2016-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Aviation and airports
Child safety and welfare
Competition and antitrust
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Department of Transportation
Disability and paralysis
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising
Transportation costs
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: 

Airline Consumer Protection Act of 2016

 
This bill prescribes certain consumer protection requirements for air passengers with respect to:
 
 
airline delays or cancellations,
 
whether changes to passenger itineraries are unfair or deceptive practices,
 
refunds for delayed checked baggage,
 
disclosure of checked baggage fees,
 
seat assignments,
 
filing of consumer complaints with the Aviation Consumer Protection Division of the Department of Transportation (DOT), and
 
online and mobile access to aviation consumer protection information.
 
 
The FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 is amended to extend through FY2017 DOT's Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protection.
 
DOT shall establish an advisory committee for the air travel needs of passengers with disabilities.
 
The Federal Aviation Administration shall prohibit air carriers from reducing the seat size on its aircraft.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Air Traffic Controller Hiring Improvement Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5292
Sponsor: Rep. Curbelo, Carlos [R-FL-26]
Introduced: 2016-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Minority employment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: 

Air Traffic Controller Hiring Improvement Act of 2016

 
This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in appointing air traffic controllers, to give preferential consideration to qualified individuals maintaining 52 consecutive weeks of experience involving the active separation of air traffic after receipt of an air traffic certification or facility rating within 5 years of application while serving at an FAA air traffic control facility, a civilian or military air traffic control facility of the Department of Defense, or a tower operating under contract with the FAA.
 
The FAA shall consider additional applicants by referring an approximately equal number of employees for appointment among two applicant pools. The number referred from each group shall not differ by more than 10%.
 
Pool one shall consist of applicants who:
 
 
 have successfully completed air traffic controller training and graduated from an institution participating in the Collegiate Training Initiative program and have received an appropriate recommendation or endorsement from such institution, 
 
 are eligible for a veterans recruitment appointment and provide a Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty within 120 days of the announcement closing,
 
 are veterans eligible for veterans' benefits who maintain aviation experience obtained in the course of the individual's military experience, or
 
 are preference eligible veterans.
 
 
Pool two shall consist of applicants who apply under a vacancy announcement recruiting from all U.S. citizens.
 
The FAA: (1) may not use a biographical assessment when hiring, (2) must provide an individual who applied in response to a specified 2014 vacancy announcement and was disqualified as the result of a biographical assessment an opportunity to reapply under the revised hiring practices, and (3) must waive any maximum age limit for such reapplying applicants who met such requirement when they applied under such announcement.
 
Otherwise, the maximum age limit for an original appointment as an air traffic controller under this bill shall be 35 years of age.
 
The FAA shall consider directly notifying secondary schools and institutes of higher learning of a vacancy announcement for pool one applicants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Student Privacy Protection and Safety Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5294
Sponsor: Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2016-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Education
Department of Justice
Education programs funding
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: 

Student Privacy Protection and Safety Act of 2016

 
This bill invalidates the Dear Colleague Letter on Transgender Students, dated May 13, 2016, that was issued by the Department of Justice and the Department of Education to provide guidance to schools receiving federal financial assistance about the treatment of transgender students under the prohibitions against sex discrimination in title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
 
The invalidation applies until superseded by an Act of Congress that directs federal departments to issue guidance on transgender issues.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Safeguarding Economic Needs Important to Our Retirees through Creating an Ongoing Living Adjustment Guarantee (SENIOR COLA Guarantee) Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5295
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2016-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Inflation and prices
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: 

Safeguarding Economic Needs Important to Our Retirees through Creating an Ongoing Living Adjustment Guarantee (SENIOR COLA Guarantee) Act of 2016

 
This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to revise cost-of-living computation requirements.
 
Annual minimum and maximum cost-of-living increases for Social Security beneficiaries shall range between:
 
 
3% and 4% for individuals whose adjusted gross income (AGI) for the preceding calendar year did not exceed $18,000 ($20,000 in a joint return),
 
1.5% and 3% for individuals whose AGI ranged from $18,000 to $48,000 ($20,000 to $50,000 in a joint return), or 
 
1% and 2% for individuals whose AGI exceeded $48,000 ($50,000 in a joint return).
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
CI Realignment Act

Bill: 114-hr-5296
Sponsor: Rep. Holding, George [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2016-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: 

CI Realignment Act 

 
This bill establishes a Bureau of Criminal Investigation within the Department of the Treasury and transfers the functions, personnel, assets, and obligations of the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS's) Criminal Investigation Division to the new bureau. 
 
Treasury must provide a semi-annual report to Congress on: (1) the cases the IRS referred to the bureau, and (2) the cases the bureau referred to the Department of Justice. 
 
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the disclosure of returns and return information to employees and officers of the bureau for tax administration purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3765)
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Credits for Kids Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5297
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2016-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: 

Credits for Kids Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require taxpayers who are claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit to include their Social Security number on their tax return. 
 
The bill includes an exception if the return includes a certification from the state in which the taxpayer resides that one or more qualifying children resided in the taxpayer's household for at least six months during the year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Food Date Labeling Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5298
Sponsor: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2016-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Charitable contributions
Consumer affairs
Department of Agriculture
Federal preemption
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Meat
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: 

Food Date Labeling Act of 2016

 
This bill establishes requirements that: (1) address food waste that occurs when people throw out fresh food because of their confusion over the meaning of expiration dates on food labels and whether or not the food is still safe to eat, and (2) standardize quality date and safety date food labels. Producers, manufacturers, distributors, or retailers that place a date label on food packaging of a product (food labelers) must use the phrases &quot;best if used by&quot; to indicate food quality and the phrase &quot;expires on&quot; to warn of food that may be unsafe to eat after a specified date. 
 
While labelers may voluntarily choose to include a quality date on packaging, they must include a safety date on ready-to-eat products.
 
The Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) must establish guidance for food labelers on how to determine quality dates and safety dates for food products.
 
No one may prohibit the sale, donation, or use of a product after the quality date for the product has passed.
 
USDA and the Department of Health and Human Services must educate consumers on the meaning of quality date and safety date food labels.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2016-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2016-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Dust Off Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 114-hr-5299
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2016-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Aviation and airports
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health personnel
Military history
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Smithsonian Institution
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: 

Dust Off Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the presentation of a single gold medal in honor of the Dust Off crews (helicopter air ambulance crews) of the Vietnam War in recognition of their heroic military service. 
 
It is the sense of Congress that the Smithsonian Institution should also make such medal available for display elsewhere, particularly at appropriate locations associated with the Vietnam War, and that preference should be given to locations affiliated with the Smithsonian.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2016-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2016-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit any appropriation of funds to the National Park Service for the study of how artificial light affects the movements and behavior of insects, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-5300
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2016-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Insects
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: 
This bill prohibits any authorization of appropriations for the National Park Service to:
 
 
study how artificial light affects the movements and behavior of insects, or
 
develop or test remote sensing technology that measures distance by illuminating a target with a laser and analyzing the reflected light to determine how artificial light affects insect movements and behavior. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-19
text: Introduced in House