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Preserving Public Access to Federal Buildings Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4968
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2016-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: 

Preserving Public Access to Federal Buildings Act of 2016

 
This bill requires an executive agency to provide notice and an opportunity for public comment before relocating any agency office that has regular contact with the public. Such requirement shall apply to a relocation proposed by the agency or a reassignment of agency office space by the General Services Administration.
 
Before providing notice, an agency shall determine if it expects the relocation to impact the ability of the office's clientele to access its services. If so, the agency shall develop an initial plan to address the impact.
 
If the announced relocation receives substantial public interest, the agency shall:
 
 
 conduct an in-depth evaluation of the potential impact of the relocation on the ability of the office's clientele to access services; 
 
 develop a plan to address such impact or revise the initial plan; and
 
 publish the results of the evaluation and a description of the plan on the agency's website.
 
 
The Office of Management and Budget must issue guidance for agencies on the meaning of &quot;regular contact with the public&quot; and &quot;substantial public interest.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Individual Refund Security Act

Bill: 114-hr-4970
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2016-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Computer security and identity theft
Consumer credit
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: 

Individual Refund Security Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit tax refunds from being issued to prepaid debit cards, unless: (1) the Department of the Treasury has verified the identity of the account holder, and (2) the refund is issued no earlier than 21 days after the date on which the tax return is filed. Treasury must conduct the verification required by this bill in the same manner that is used to verify the identity of account holders suspected of being victims of identity theft. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
PIPE Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4971
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2016-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Crimes against property
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: 

Prosecuting Irresponsible Pipeline Explosions Act of 2016 or the PIPE Act of 2016

 
This bill imposes criminal penalties upon persons who recklessly damage or destroy certain gas pipelines or hazardous liquid pipelines through deliberate indifference to or conscious disregard of the consequences of their conduct.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Penalty Free Withdrawal Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4972
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2016-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax deferral
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: 

Expanding Penalty Free Withdrawal Act of 2016 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the exceptions that permit penalty-free distributions to unemployed individuals from retirement plans. 
 
The 10% additional tax on early distributions from retirement plans does not apply to an individual after separation from employment if: (1) the individual has received federal or state unemployment compensation for 26 consecutive weeks or, if less, the maximum period available under state law, and (2) the distributions are made during the year or the succeeding year in which the compensation is paid. 
 
The exception is limited to the lesser of: (1) $50,000 from all plans of the individual over a one-year period, or (2) the greater of $10,000 or one-half of the fair market value of the individual's retirement plans and the nonforfeitable portion of the individual's defined contribution plans. 
 
The exception does not apply to distributions that are: (1) included in the existing exception for distributions to unemployed individuals for health insurance premiums, or (2) are made after the individual has been employed for at least 60 days after the separation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Investing in Older Americans Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4973
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2016-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Income tax credits
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: 

Investing in Older Americans Act of 2016 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) permanent and expand it to include the hiring of older long-term unemployment recipients. 
 
(The WOTC permits employers that hire individuals with certain personal characteristics to claim a tax credit equal to a portion of the wages paid to those individuals.)
 
A qualified older long-term unemployment recipient is an individual who is certified by the designated local agency as:
 
 
being at least 55 years of age on the hiring date, and 
 
qualified as a long-term unemployment recipient under current law by being unemployed for at least 27 consecutive weeks and receiving state or federal unemployment compensation during that period.
 
 
The bill limits to $14,000 the amount of the qualified first-year wages which may be taken into account under the WOTC for a qualified older long-term unemployment recipient. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-15
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5720 South 142nd Street in Omaha, Nebraska, as the "Petty Officer 1st Class Caleb A. Nelson Post Office Building".

Bill: 114-hr-4975
Sponsor: Rep. Ashford, Brad [D-NE-2]
Introduced: 2016-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Nebraska
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5720 South 142nd Street in Omaha, Nebraska, as the "Petty Officer 1st Class Caleb A. Nelson Post Office Building."
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5720 South 142nd Street in Omaha, Nebraska, as the "Petty Officer 1st Class Caleb A. Nelson Post Office Building."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: Became Public Law No: 114-212.
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: Became Public Law No: 114-212.
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2016-07-19
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2016-07-19
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2016-07-15
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5192-5193)
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5192-5193)
action_date: 2016-05-24
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2926)
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2926)
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4975.
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2926-2927)
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Mr. Walker moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 114-212
VA Scheduling Accountability Act

Bill: 114-hr-4977
Sponsor: Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2]
Introduced: 2016-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: 

VA Scheduling Accountability Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that the director of each VA medical facility annually certifies to the VA that the facility is in full compliance with all provisions of law and regulations relating to scheduling appointments for veterans hospital care and medical services, including pursuant to Veterans Health Administration Directive 2010-027 (regarding scheduling of outpatient clinic appointments and ensuring staff competency). The VA may not waive any applicable provision of such laws or regulations.
 
If unable to make such certification, a director shall provide the VA with an explanation of noncompliance and a description of compliance actions being taken. 
 
The VA shall ensure that its directives and policies apply uniformly to each VA office or facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Firearm Due Process Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-4980
Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2016-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Criminal justice information and records
Due process and equal protection
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: 

Firearm Due Process Protection Act

 
This bill amends the Brady Handgun Violence Protection Act to establish a 60-day time limit for the Department of Justice to make a final disposition of a request to correct a record in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. With respect to violations of that limit, the bill establishes a private right to action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Introduced in House
To provide information to prescribers in Federally qualified health centers and facilities of the Indian Health Service on best practices for prescribing naloxone.

Bill: 114-hr-4983
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2016-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Indian social and development programs
Minority health
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide information to prescribers in federally qualified health centers and Indian Health Service facilities on best practices for prescribing naloxone (a prescription drug used to rapidly reverse an opioid overdose) for patients a provider identifies as having an elevated risk of opioid overdose. (Opioids are drugs with effects similar to opium, such as heroin and certain pain medications.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2016-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit the Secretary of the Army to produce, treat, manage, and use natural gas located under Fort Knox, Kentucky, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-4984
Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2016-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Energy storage, supplies, demand
Kentucky
Military facilities and property
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Oil and gas
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Army to produce, treat, manage, and use natural gas located under Fort Knox, Kentucky.
 
Natural gas produced may only be used to support activities and operations at Fort Knox, and may not be sold for use elsewhere.
 
Army may also take ownership of any production and treatment equipment or facilities utilized by a contractor in accordance with the terms of an agreement for the production or use of natural gas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Sewall-Belmont House Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4986
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2016-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: District of Columbia
Historic sites and heritage areas
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Political parties and affiliation
Voting rights
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: 

Sewall-Belmont House Act of 2016

 This bill establishes the Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site (the former headquarters of the National Woman's Party of the women's suffrage movement) as a unit of the National Park System (NPS). 
The Site shall not be established as an NPS unit, however, until the Department of the Interior determines that: (1) the National Woman's Party has transferred to Interior the land and any improvements within the boundaries of the Site, and (2) Interior and the National Woman's Party have entered into a management agreement. 
 
The national historic site shall consist of the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum, located at 144 Constitution Avenue, NE, Washington, DC. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3957 2nd Avenue in Laurel Hill, Florida, as the "Sergeant First Class William 'Kelly' Lacey Post Office".

Bill: 114-hr-4987
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2016-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Florida
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3957 2nd Avenue in Laurel Hill, Florida, as the "Sergeant First Class William 'Kelly' Lacey Post Office."
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3957 2nd Avenue in Laurel Hill, Florida, as the "Sergeant First Class William 'Kelly' Lacey Post Office."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: Became Public Law No: 114-213.
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: Became Public Law No: 114-213.
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2016-07-19
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2016-07-19
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2016-07-15
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5192-5193)
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5192-5193)
action_date: 2016-05-24
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2920)
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2920)
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4987.
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2920-2921)
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Mr. Walker moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 114-213
Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act

Bill: 114-hr-4988
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18]
Introduced: 2016-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Coal
Debt collection
Disability assistance
Employee benefits and pensions
Mining
Railroads
Social security and elderly assistance
Transportation employees
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: 

Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act

 
This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the application of, and repeal authority for, administrative offsets to Social Security, railroad retirement, and black lung benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Introduced in House