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No Money Bail Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4611
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2016-02-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: 

No Money Bail Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to make ineligible for funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program a state with a bail system that uses payment of money as a condition of pretrial release in criminal cases. 
 
The Department of Justice must reallocate such state's JAG funding among eligible states. 
 
Additionally, the bill prohibits payment of money as a condition of pretrial release in any federal criminal case. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: Introduced in House
HEART Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4613
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Civil actions and liability
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Gambling
Law enforcement administration and funding
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Help Extract Animals from Red Tape Act of 2016 or the HEART Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify the general rules that govern civil forfeiture proceedings. Specifically, it adds requirements with respect to the seizure of an animal involved in animal fighting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4614
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Radiation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2016

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise physician supervision requirements under the Medicare program for radiology services performed by advanced level radiographers. Specifically, with respect to a state that has established such requirements for those services, the bill aligns Medicare's requirements with state requirements.
 
An "advanced level radiographer" is a radiographer who has obtained specified certification from either the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists or the Certification Board for Radiology Practitioner Assistants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-02-25
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: 2016-02-25
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: 2016-02-25
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: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Water Conservation Rebate Tax Parity Act

Bill: 114-hr-4615
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax exclusion
Public utilities and utility rates
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Water Conservation Rebate Tax Parity Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an exclusion from gross income of the value of any water conservation and efficiency measure or water runoff management improvement (or any subsidy, rebate, or other amount for such a measure or improvement) received from a water department. A "water department" means any entity (including a public or private utility, the federal government, or a state or local government) engaged in the provision of water to the public through pipes or other conveyances or in the collection, treatment, management, or disposal of storm water or waste water generated by the public. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require that the Buy American purchase requirement for the school lunch program include fish harvested within United States waters, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-4617
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Seafood

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 
This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require a school food authority that purchases fish or fish products for a school lunch or breakfast program to purchase, to the maximum extent practicable, fish harvested within U.S. waters or tuna harvested by a U.S.-flag vessel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Hallways to Health Act

Bill: 114-hr-4621
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Hallways to Health Act

 
This bill amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP]) of the Social Security Act to:
 
 
establish a grant program for school-based health centers to, with respect to children who are eligible for Medicaid and CHIP, facilitate access to services and encourage the adoption of healthy behaviors; 
 
establish a demonstration program for the provision or expansion of telehealth services in school-based health centers; and 
 
require state Medicaid and CHIP programs to cover services furnished by school-based health centers.

 
In addition, the bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize through FY2021 and revise school-based health center programs. 
 
The bill also amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to specify that school-based health centers are essential community providers for purposes of inclusion in a qualified health plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Carbon Capture Act

Bill: 114-hr-4622
Sponsor: Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Income tax credits
Industrial facilities
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Carbon Capture Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for carbon dioxide sequestration, to: (1) make such credit permanent after 2015; (2) increase such credit after 2024 for a qualified facility originally placed in service after December 31, 2015; (3) allow such credit to a person who disposes of, or uses as a tertiary injectant, the carbon dioxide; and (4) modify the definition of &quot;qualified facility&quot; for purposes of eligibility for such credit to require not less than 150,000 metric tons (currently, 500,000 metric tons) to be captured at such a facility during the taxable year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H895)
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Right to Rent Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4623
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government information and archives
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Right to Rent Act of 2016

 
This bill grants eligible mortgagors subject to foreclosure proceedings the right to continue to occupy foreclosed properties subject to the payment of fair market rent for a period of five years that begins upon the commencement of occupancy of such property. 
 
The Department of Housing and Urban Development shall: (1) monitor compliance with this Act, (2) provide assistance to eligible mortgagors in exercising their rights under this Act, and (3) conduct outreach activities to inform eligible mortgagors of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Pipeline Inspection Enforcement Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4624
Sponsor: Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Pipeline Inspection Enforcement Act of 2016

 
 This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to require the person purchasing or operating a gas or hazardous liquid pipeline facility to inspect it to confirm the pipeline's status as active or abandoned.
 
The DOT shall require also, by regulation, that the regulatory authority responsible for inspections of the facility ensure that such an inspection is conducted. The inspection requirement shall apply with respect to newly listed abandoned pipelines as well.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2016-02-25
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: 2016-02-25
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: 2016-02-25
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: 2016-02-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E226)
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4625
Sponsor: Rep. Hanna, Richard L. [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Health information and medical records
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Minority employment
Minority health
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Women's employment
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2016

 
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop and maintain a voluntary patient registry to monitor, collect, and make available epidemiological information related to cancer incidence and trends among firefighters. The CDC should seek to include specified information in the registry, including the number and type of fire incidents attended by an individual.
 
To collect information for the registry, the CDC may incorporate questions into existing public health surveys, questionnaires, and other databases.
 
The CDC must: (1) encourage the inclusion in the registry of data on minority, female, and volunteer firefighters; and (2) seek feedback on the registry from nonfederal experts.
 The CDC must develop an approval process for making registry data available for research without a fee if findings or publications derived from the research are made public or available to stakeholders.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
BRACE Act

Bill: 114-hr-4626
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Railroads

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act or the BRACE Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax credit for railroad track maintenance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Expansion Parity Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4627
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Medicaid Expansion Parity Act of 2016

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide the enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) to every state that expands Medicaid coverage for individuals who are newly eligible under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, regardless of when such expansion takes place. 
 
Under current law, the enhanced FMAP is equivalent to 100% in 2014 through 2016, 95% in 2017, 94% in 2018, 93% in 2019, and 90% thereafter. The bill retains this enhanced FMAP, but bases it on a term of years rather than on specific dates.
 
The bill applies retroactively.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Requiring Reporting of Online Terrorist Activity Act

Bill: 114-hr-4628
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Chemical and biological weapons
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Nuclear weapons
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Requiring Reporting of Online Terrorist Activity Act

 
This bill requires an electronic communication or remote computing service company that obtains actual knowledge of terrorist activity to report relevant facts and circumstances to appropriate authorities, including information related to unlawful distribution of explosives, destructive devices, and weapons of mass destruction.
 
It directs the Department of Justice to determine the appropriate authorities.
 
The bill does not require an electronic communication or a remote computing service company to monitor any user, subscriber, or customer, or the content of such person's communication. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Muscogee Nation of Florida Federal Recognition Act

Bill: 114-hr-4629
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Florida
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Muscogee Nation of Florida Federal Recognition Act

 
This bill extends federal recognition to the Muscogee Nation of Florida, which makes its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to members of federally recognized Indian tribes.
 
 The service area of the tribe, for the purpose of delivering federal services to members, is the community of Bruce in Walton County, Florida, and an area in Florida in which members reside that is bordered on the west by the Escambia River and on the east by the St. Marks River. 
 
The constitution and bylaws of the tribe must be the constitution and bylaws of the tribe's Tribal Council dated January 21, 2001, including amendments. The Department of the Interior, upon receipt of a written request of the Tribal Council, must hold a referendum for members to adopt a new constitution and bylaws.
 
The role and duties of the Tribal Council are specified. 
 
The membership roll of the tribe must be determined in accordance with the membership criteria established by the ordinance of the tribe numbered 04-01-100 and dated February 7, 2004. 
 
Interior may take land into trust on behalf of the tribe.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
CLEANUP Act

Bill: 114-hr-4630
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental health
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government trust funds
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Motor vehicles
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Compensating Losses to the Environment from Automobiles with Noxious Undisclosed Pollution Act of 2016 or the
 
CLEANUP Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to deny Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE)credits to any automobile manufacturer that circumvents emission control requirements to obtain CAFE credits unlawfully. Manufacturers earn CAFE credits when the average fuel economy for a given annualfleet of vehicles exceeds the minimalrequiredCAFE standards.
 
Additionally, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(NHTSA)is authorized to collect additional penalties from manufacturers that obtain CAFE credits unlawfully.
 
The bill also establishes an Air Quality RestorationTrust Fund funded with deposits from penalties NHTSA collects from manufacturers under this bill. The fund must be used solely forproviding grants to support specific programs that restore and improve air quality.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2016-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2016-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Stop Taxpayer-Funded Alcohol Marketing Act

Bill: 114-hr-4631
Sponsor: Rep. Russell, Steve [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Alcoholic beverages
Appropriations
Department of Agriculture
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Stop Taxpayer-Funded Alcohol Marketing Act 

 
This bill amends the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to prohibit the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from awarding value-added agricultural product market development grants to support the marketing of beer, wine, distilled spirits, hard cider, or other alcohol products. The bill also rescinds $8 million of the unobligated funds that were previously provided to USDA for the grants. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in House