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NURSE Act

Bill: 114-s-2572
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2016-02-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: 

Nurses for Under-Resourced Schools Everywhere Act or the NURSE Act

 
This bill establishes a competitive demonstration grant program through which the Department of Education (ED) shall award matching funds to increase the number of school nurses in public elementary and secondary schools served by an eligible entity. An eligible entity is a state educational agency or local educational agency (LEA) in which at least 20% of students are eligible to participate in the school lunch program. 
 
In awarding grant funds, ED shall give priority to high-need LEAs that demonstrate the greatest need for new or additional nursing services. A high-need LEA is one in which at least 40% and no fewer than 15,000 students are eligible to participate in the school lunch program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Home Lead Safety Tax Credit Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2573
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2016-02-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: 

Home Lead Safety Tax Credit Act of 2016

 
This bill allows owners of eligible dwelling units a new tax credit for up to 50% of the lead hazard reduction activity costs for each such unit in a taxable year. An &quot;eligible dwelling unit&quot; is any unit located in the United States that was placed in service before 1978 and the residents of which during the preceding taxable year have a cumulative adjusted gross income of less than $110,000. 
 
The bill: (1) specifies the types of lead hazard reduction activity costs eligible for the credit, including risk assessment and abatement costs; and (2) limits the amount of the credit in any taxable year to $3,000 for specified abatement measures and $1,000 for interim lead control measures. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Modernizing the Interstate Placement of Children in Foster Care Act

Bill: 114-s-2574
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2016-02-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Family services
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: 

Modernizing the Interstate Placement of Children in Foster Care Act

 
This bill amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require the procedures a state must have in effect for the orderly and timely interstate placement of children to include a centralized electronic case processing system.
 
Grants are authorized for development of a centralized electronic system to expedite the interstate placement of children in foster care, guardianship, or adoptive homes.
 
Discretionary funding shall be continued through FY2017 to promote safe and stable families.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services shall reserve $5 million of the amount made available for such grants for FY2017, which reserved amount shall remain available through FY2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Healthy Homes Tax Credit Act

Bill: 114-s-2575
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2016-02-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: 

Healthy Homes Tax Credit Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow new tax credits for 50% of: (1) lead hazard reduction activity costs, (2) radon hazard reduction activity costs, and (3) asbestos hazard reduction activity costs. These costs must be incurred with respect to an eligible dwelling and the credit for such costs is generally limited to $5,000 for any eligible dwelling in any taxable year, reduced by costs taken into account in previous taxable years. 
 
The bill defines an "eligible dwelling" generally as a dwelling unit that is: (1) placed in service before 1950; (2) located in the United States; and (3) a house, apartment, condominium, mobile home, boat, or similar property, but not a unit used exclusively as a hotel, motel, inn, or similar establishment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Support Our Brave Law Enforcement Act

Bill: 114-s-2576
Sponsor: Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH]
Introduced: 2016-02-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Justice
Executive agency funding and structure
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: 

Support Our Brave Law Enforcement Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ) to temporarily transfer funds between its accounts to restore equitable sharing payments to law enforcement agencies under the DOJ Asset Forfeiture Program. 
 
DOJ must report to Congress on such transfers. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Reducing Unused Medications Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2578
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2016-02-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Health information and medical records
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: 

Reducing Unused Medications Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow a pharmacist to partially fill a prescription for a schedule II controlled substance (such as a prescription opioid painkiller) at the request of a prescribing practitioner or patient.
 
A pharmacist must record the partial filling in the same manner as a full filling, update the record with each partially filled prescription, and notify the prescribing practitioner. The total quantity dispensed in partial fillings must not exceed the total quantity prescribed.
 
The remaining portion of a partially filled prescription may be filled and must be exhausted prior to, or on the same date that such prescription, if fully filled, would have been exhausted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Drinking Water Safety and Infrastructure Act

Bill: 114-s-2579
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2016-02-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child health
Congressional oversight
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Housing and community development funding
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Michigan
Poverty and welfare assistance
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
State and local finance
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Water quality
Water use and supply
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: 

Drinking Water Safety and Infrastructure Act

 
This bill provides additional assistance for a public health emergency related to a contaminated public drinking water supply system. Assistance may be provided through grants under the drinking water state revolving fund and loans under the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program. 
 
Upon the request of a state or local health official, the National Center for Environmental Health's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry must conduct voluntary surveillance activities to evaluate any adverse health effects on individuals exposed to lead from drinking water in affected communities.
 
The bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring public water systems to notify their customers of lead concentration levels in drinking water that exceed lead limits. The Environmental Protection Agency must notify the public within 15 days of the lead levels exceeding those limits if the public water system or the state does not notify the public. The EPA may notify the public or the local or state health department of the result of lead monitoring conducted by a public water system.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services must establish a lead exposure registry to collect data on the lead exposure of residents of a city on a voluntary basis.
 
The Treasury must transfer funds to: (1) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funds for the childhood lead poisoning prevention program, (2) the Department of Housing and Urban Development for its Healthy Homes Initiative, and (3) the Health Resources and Services Administration for the Healthy Start Initiative.
 
The bill prohibits further spending by the Department of Energy on or after October 1, 2020, for the subsidy costs of loans issued through the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Loan Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-02-24
text: Introduced in Senate
RAISE Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2580
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Department of the Interior
Elementary and secondary education
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Reforming American Indian Standards of Education Act of 2016 or the RAISE Act of 2016

 
This bill replaces the Bureau of Indian Education with the Indian Education Agency. Functions, authorities, and personnel of the Department of the Interior related to Indian education are transferred to the agency.
 
Regulations promulgated by the agency are not subject to review or approval by Interior.
 
The agency must give preference in hiring to members of Indian tribes.
 The agency must annually report on its activities, the effectiveness of this bill, and recommendations for legislation to improve the agency.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 

Reforming American Indian Standards of Education Act of 2016 or the RAISE Act of 2016

 
(Sec. 3) This bill establishes the Indian Education Agency to replace the Bureau of Indian Education.
 
(Sec. 4) Functions, authorities, and personnel of the Department of the Interior related to Indian education are transferred to the agency.
 
(Sec. 5) The President's budget must include a separate request for funds for construction of schools by the agency. In making such funds available, the agency must prioritize schools with the most serious deficiencies in capacity or facility conditions.
 
(Sec. 7) The agency must give preference in hiring to members of Indian tribes.
 
(Sec. 8) The agency must annually report on its activities, the effectiveness of this bill, and recommendations for legislation to improve the agency.
 
(Sec. 9) Regulations promulgated by the agency are not subject to review or approval by Interior.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 684.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Barrasso with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-380.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Barrasso with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-380.
action_date: 2016-05-11
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2016-04-06
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-287.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1059; text of measure as introduced: CR S1059-1060)
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Biased IRS Audit Systems Prevention Act

Bill: 114-s-2581
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Department of the Treasury
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Biased IRS Audit Systems Prevention Act 

 
This bill directs the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to: (1) provide a taxpayer who is selected for an audit sufficient information regarding the reason the taxpayer's return was selected for an audit and to preserve such information for review; (2) document and record how many returns are selected for audit based on randomized selection, scoring under the Discriminant Index Function System, a determination by an IRS examiner, and other methodologies; and (3) repurpose resources for the National Research Program (taxpayer data collection program) to combat tax refund fraud and identity theft. 
 
The bill prohibits the IRS from conducting any audit, investigation, or examination of a taxpayer that is primarily for research purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2582
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Competition and antitrust
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Economic performance and conditions
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Inflation and prices
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Small business
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2016

 
This bill prohibits a federal agency (excluding the Federal Election Commission, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or the U.S. Postal Service) from proposing or finalizing any midnight rule unless the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of the Office of Management and Budget finds that such a rule will not result in: (1) an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; (2) a major increase in costs or prices; (3) significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or the ability of U.S.-based enterprises to compete internationally; or (4) a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. 
 
The bill defines "midnight rule" as an agency statement of general applicability and future effect that is issued during the moratorium period, that is intended to have the force and effect of law, and that is designed to: (1) implement, interpret, or prescribe law or policy; or (2) describe the procedure or practice requirements of an agency. The "moratorium period" begins on the day after the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in every fourth year succeeding a presidential election and extends through January 20 of the following year in which a President is not serving a consecutive term. 
 
The bill exempts any midnight rule that the President determines is necessary: (1) because of an imminent threat to health or safety or other emergency, (2) to enforce criminal laws, (3) to protect U.S. national security, or (4) to implement an international trade agreement. The moratorium does not apply to a midnight rule if the OIRA finds that such rule is limited to repealing an existing rule and publishes a certification of that finding in the Federal Register. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
FUND Water Act

Bill: 114-s-2583
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
State and local finance
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Firm, Unwavering National Dedication to Water Act or the FUND Water Act

 
This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize through FY2021 the drinking water state revolving fund program.
 
The bill also amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to reauthorize through FY2021 the state revolving fund program for water pollution control.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Living Donor Protection Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2584
Sponsor: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disability and health-based discrimination
Disability assistance
Employee leave
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Life, casualty, property insurance
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Living Donor Protection Act of 2016

 
This bill prohibits discrimination based on an individual's status as a living organ donor in the offering, issuance, cancellation, coverage, price, or any other condition of a life insurance policy, disability insurance policy, or long-term care insurance policy.
 
The bill amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to specifically include living organ donation as a serious health condition that entitles a covered employee to leave under that Act.
 The Department of Health and Human Services must update public service announcements, websites, and other media regarding live organ donation to educate the public on the benefits of live organ donation and access to insurance for living organ donors.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Airspace Management Advisory Committee Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2585
Sponsor: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Airspace Management Advisory Committee Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to direct the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish an advisory committee to review and comment on any proposed change in FAA regulations, policies, or guidance relating to airspace that affects airport operations, airport capacity, the environment, or communities in the vicinity of airports before any such proposal is made available for public comment and before it is implemented. 
 
The advisory committee shall review FAA:
 
 
practices and procedures for developing such proposals, assessing the consultation, or lack of it, among affected FAA elements and between the FAA and affected entities; and 
 
management of database systems used to evaluate data relating to obstructions to air navigation or navigational facilities. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
TEST KIDS Act

Bill: 114-s-2586
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Environmental health
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health information and medical records
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Thorough Evaluation of State Testing to Kick-start Investigations before Damage is Suffered Act or the TEST KIDS Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to direct states to report the number of residents under two years old who have elevated blood lead levels.
 The CDC must identify areas where children with high blood lead levels are concentrated and investigate the sources of lead in those areas.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
CLEAR Act

Bill: 114-s-2587
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Consumer affairs
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Immunology and vaccination
Metals
Water quality
Water use and supply
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Copper and Lead Evaluation and Reporting Act of 2016 or the CLEAR Act

 
This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate new lead and copper regulations that would set a health-based, household action level for lead and copper that triggers: (1) a consumer notification of drinking water contamination; (2) a report to the appropriate public health agency; and (3) an examination by the public water system of service line material and, if applicable, the removal of lead portions of the service line.
 
 That action level must be based on the amount of lead that would result in a blood lead level greater than five micrograms per deciliter in an average, healthy infant who consumes infant formula made with water.
 
The regulations must also:
 
 
provide outreach about the health risk and protection available to consumers with known or suspected lead service lines, institutions and facilities that serve other vulnerable populations, and the caregivers and health care providers of those consumers or populations;
 
require reporting by public water systems for each monitoring period to the populations they serve on information concerning lead and copper levels;
 
require public water systems to provide a public statement of lead service line ownership where a community has such lines; 
 
 modify monitoring requirements to provide for voluntary, consumer-requested tap samples for lead; and 
 
provide for utilizing the results of those samples.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate