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Protect and Grow American Jobs Act

Bill: 114-hr-5801
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Employee hiring
Foreign labor
Inflation and prices
Visas and passports
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Protect and Grow American Jobs Act

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the definition of &quot;exempt H-1B nonimmigrant&quot; to eliminate the masters or higher degree requirement and raise the annual salary threshold requirement from $60,000 to $100,000. 
 
(An exempt H-1B nonimmigrant is a nonimmigrant H-1B [specialty occupation] worker meeting certain criteria whom an H-1B dependent employer may hire without having to satisfy certain otherwise applicable H-1B hiring criteria. An H-1B dependent employer is generally one whose H-1B workers comprise 15% or more of the employer's total workforce, with different thresholds applying to smaller employers.)
 
The bill requires an inflation adjustment to the salary threshold every third fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the issuance of Green Bonds and to establish the United States Green Bank, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-5802
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Corporate finance and management
Credit and credit markets
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign and international corporations
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government lending and loan guarantees
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Motor fuels
Securities
State and local finance
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 
This bill establishes a U.S. Green Bank that provides financial support to assist regional, state, and local institutions finance: (1) clean energy (e.g. solar or wind energy) projects, or (2) energy efficiency projects that reduce energy use or substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 
 
The Department of the Treasury must issue Green Bonds to provide the bank with: (1) an initial capitalization of $10 billion; and (2) additional capitalization, upon the bank's request, of no more than $50 billion in aggregate at any one time.
 
Treasury must also establish a revolving Green Bank Establishment Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-14
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: 2016-07-14
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: 2016-07-14
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: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Extra Credit for Working Students Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5803
Sponsor: Rep. Hardy, Cresent [R-NV-4]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Income tax credits
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Extra Credit for Working Students Act of 2016 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer to accelerate the American Opportunity Tax Credit for qualified tuition and related expenses. A taxpayer may elect to receive the full amount of the credit over the first two years of postsecondary education rather than the four-year period required under current law. Such an election is irrevocable, applies for all subsequent tax years, and may not be made for any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2022. 
 
The Department of the Treasury must submit to Congress reports that include: the election rate, the demographics of the students making the elections, and an assessment of the effectiveness of the elections and the tax credit in improving college completion times. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
No Resettlement Without Consent Act

Bill: 114-hr-5804
Sponsor: Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

No Resettlement Without Consent Act

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that: (1) the Office of Refugee Resettlement shall not place or resettle a refugee within a state without the governor's approval; and (2) notwithstanding such approval, the office shall not place or resettle a refugee in any locality within a state if the locality has in effect a law, or a policy with the effect of law, disapproving of refugee resettlement in that locality.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Do Your Job Act

Bill: 114-hr-5806
Sponsor: Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Congressional operations and organization
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Do Your Job Act 

 
This bill amends the rules of the Senate and the House of Representatives to prohibit a recess or adjournment longer than 24 hours until Congress agrees to a budget resolution that establishes a balanced budget no later than FY2026. 
 
The bill also amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to create points of order against resolutions providing for: (1) the adjournment of the House for more than three days during August until the House has approved all of the annual appropriation bills, or (2) the adjournment of either the House or the Senate for more than three days between October 1 and the duration of the session of Congress until all of the annual appropriation bills have been presented to the President. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Bank Service Company Examination Coordination Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5807
Sponsor: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Bank Service Company Examination Coordination Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Bank Service Company Act to allow the appropriate federal banking agency with respect to the principal shareholder or principal member of a bank service company to authorize a state banking agency (in addition to any other federal banking agency, as under current law) that supervises any other shareholder or member to make an examination of the bank service company.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5808
Sponsor: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 to require the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council and each of the federal financial regulators to conduct, at least once every five years, a comprehensive review of all regulations prescribed by the council or the regulator, including all regulations issued after December 31, 2006, in order to identify outdated or otherwise unnecessary regulatory requirements imposed on covered persons. &quot;Covered persons&quot; are those that engage in offering or providing a consumer financial product or service and affiliates who provide services to them.
 
Under the process for conducting such a review, the council and the appropriate regulator shall also:
 
 
consider the impact of the regulations on the financial safety and soundness, as well as on the risk profile and business models, of the covered persons; and
 
determine the necessity, appropriateness, and impact of continuing to apply the regulatory action. 
 
 
The bill requires the council and the appropriate regulator to ensure that the notice and comment period with respect to the regulations reviewed is conducted at least once every 5 years (rather than, as currently, 10 years). 
 
The council and the appropriate regulator shall eliminate or tailor unnecessary regulations so as to limit the regulatory compliance burdens. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Back the Blue Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5809
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Firearms and explosives
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Judges
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Legal fees and court costs
Violent crime
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Back the Blue Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code by establishing mandatory minimum sentences of 10 years in prison for offenders who kill, or attempt or conspire to kill, current or former U.S. judges and federal law enforcement officers. Offenders are subject to 30 years in prison or the death penalty if death results. 
 
Additionally, the bill makes it illegal to kill, or attempt or conspire to kill, current or former public safety officers or judicial officers who work for state or local governments that are federally funded if the officers were engaged in official duties or targeted on account of their duties. The penalties for crimes against federal officials are also applied for crimes against federally funded public safety officers.
 
The bill: (1) makes it a crime to assault an individual involved in crime and juvenile delinquency control or reduction, or enforcement of the laws of states; and (2) increases penalties based on the degree of bodily injury caused by the assault and the type of weapon used.
 
A new federal crime is established for fleeing authorities to avoid prosecution, custody, or confinement after conviction for a killing, attempting to kill, or conspiring to kill, a federal judge or law enforcement officer, or a federally funded public safety officer.
 
The bill expands the authority of federal law enforcement officers to carry firearms in federal facilities.
 
The Department of Justice must award grants to state, local, or tribal enforcement agencies for improving their relationships with the communities they serve.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2016-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
National Adoption and Foster Care Home Study Act

Bill: 114-hr-5810
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Domestic violence and child abuse
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

National Adoption and Foster Care Home Study Act

 
This bill amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to direct a state receiving from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a community-based formula grant for the prevention of child abuse and neglect to establish a demonstration program through which the state:
 
 
adopts a specific evidence-based, uniform, national home study program for the evaluation of prospective foster parents and adoptive parents; and 
 
furnishes HHS with data gathered through operation of the program.
 
 
HHS shall establish a national registry of home study reports filed by home study practitioners using an HHS-developed methodology meeting specified criteria. This registry must be accessible to state foster care and adoption agencies, or a designated entity as determined by the lead agency in the state, to assist with the selection of prospective foster parents and adoptive parents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act

Bill: 114-hr-5811
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government studies and investigations
Hunting and fishing
Indian lands and resources rights
Oregon
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act

 
This bill authorizes the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to assess sanitation and safety conditions on BIA land set aside to provide Columbia River Treaty tribes access to traditional fishing grounds. No other federal agency may carry out this assessment.
 The BIA may enter into contracts with tribes or tribal organizations to improve sanitation, safety conditions, and access to electricity, sewer, and water infrastructure on this land.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
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
Civil Rights Uniformity Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5812
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Civil Rights Uniformity Act of 2016

 
This bill prohibits the word &quot;sex&quot; or &quot;gender&quot; from being interpreted to mean &quot;gender identity,&quot; and requires &quot;man&quot; or &quot;woman&quot; to be interpreted to refer exclusively to a person's sex, for purposes determining the meaning of federal civil rights laws or related federal administrative agency regulations or guidance. 
 
No federal civil rights law shall be interpreted to treat gender identity or transgender status as a protected class, unless it expressly designates &quot;gender identity&quot; or &quot;transgender status&quot; as a protected class.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Overtime Reform and Enhancement Act

Bill: 114-hr-5813
Sponsor: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Labor standards
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Overtime Reform and Enhancement Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Labor, by December 1, 2016, to revise the rule published in the Federal Register on May 23, 2016, relating to exemptions (from the minimum wage and overtime pay requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act) regarding the rates of pay for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees. 
 
Labor shall revise specified regulations to increase the defining rates of pay of exempted employees from $455 per week to: 
 
 
$692 per week for executive employees effective December 1, 2016;
 
$765 per week for administrative employees effective December 1, 2017;
 
$839 per week for professional employees effective December 1, 2018; and
 
$913 per week for computer employees effective December 1, 2019; and 
 
 
Such revisions shall also nullify the automatic updates to the amounts of salary and compensation required for such exemptions.
 
Labor may only update any rate of pay related to these exemptions in accordance with federal rulemaking requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Match Veterans to Student Loan Protections Act

Bill: 114-hr-5814
Sponsor: Rep. Costello, Ryan A. [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Government information and archives
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Match Veterans to Student Loan Protections Act

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the federal student loan discharge process for a veteran who has a total and permanent disability.
 
Specifically, it directs the Department of Education (ED) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement a computer matching program for ED to identify the borrowers who have been assigned a service-connected disability rating of 100% by the VA.
 
ED must notify such borrowers of their eligibility for federal student loan discharge and provide simple instructions for applying. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Resource Management Practices Protection Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5815
Sponsor: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against property
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Firearms and explosives
Fires
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Resource Management Practices Protection Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to bar prosecution in cases involving damage to or destruction of federal property by fire if:
 
 
the fire is set by a person to the person's own property, either to prevent an imminent threat of damage to the property or as part of any generally accepted practice for managing vegetation on timber, grazing, or farm land;
 
the fire neither results in death or serious bodily injury nor poses a serious threat of bodily injury or damage to any building, dwelling, or vehicle of the United States; and
 
no individual under 16 years of age is used in setting the fire.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House