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Menstrual Products for Employees Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5915
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2016-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Health technology, devices, supplies
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-18
text: 

Menstrual Products for Employees Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 by requiring the Department of Labor to issue a rule that requires private employers to provide free menstrual hygiene products for employees in their bathrooms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2016-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Accurate Labeling of Menstrual Products Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5916
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2016-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Health technology, devices, supplies
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-18
text: 

Accurate Labeling of Menstrual Products Act of 2016

 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require menstrual cups, menstrual pads, tampons, and therapeutic vaginal douche apparatuses to include a list of ingredients on the label.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Menstrual Products Tax Credit Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5917
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2016-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health technology, devices, supplies
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-18
text: 

Menstrual Products Tax Credit Act of 2016 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide taxpayers with a refundable tax credit of $120 for each individual: (1) for whom a taxpayer is allowed a deduction for a personal exemption, and (2) who uses menstrual products. The credit must be adjusted for inflation after 2017 and is limited to taxpayers with modified adjusted gross incomes below specified amounts. 
 
The Department of Health and Human Services must determine and provide the Internal Revenue Service with a definition for &quot;menstrual products,&quot; which must include tampons, pads, liners, cups, and similar products used by women with respect to menstruation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-18
text: Introduced in House
To establish requirements for participants in the peer-to-peer economy to be considered independent contractors and not employees for purposes of several employment-related statutes.

Bill: 114-hr-5918
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2016-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee leave
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Service industries
Telephone and wireless communication
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-18
text: 
This bill prohibits individuals operating in the peer-to-peer economy from being considered employees subject to the requirements and restrictions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, and the National Labor Relations Act if they:
 
 
are permitted to determine the hours during which they offer services to users, 
 
are subject to a quality-of-service evaluation of the services they furnish through a user-based rating system,
 
furnish any service user with an electronic description of the transaction and the amount paid for it, and 
 
use their own tools or assets to furnish those services. 
 
 
The bill defines "peer-to-peer economy" as the business of facilitating transactions between a user seeking a service and an individual furnishing the service using an online platform or software application running on a mobile device.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2016-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-18
text: Introduced in House
State Age Rating Flexibility Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5921
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2016-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Age discrimination
Aging
Health care costs and insurance
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-21
text: 

State Age Rating Flexibility Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to increase the permissible variation based on age for health insurance premiums for coverage offered in the individual or small group market from a factor of three to a factor of five, or to a factor determined by the state. This applies to plan years starting on or after January 1, 2018.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Saving Federal Dollars Through Better Use of Government Purchase and Travel Cards Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5922
Sponsor: Rep. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2016-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Public contracts and procurement
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-21
text: 

Saving Federal Dollars Through Better Use of Government Purchase and Travel Cards Act of 2016

 
This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to develop a strategy to expand the use of data analytics in managing government purchase and travel charge card programs for the purpose of:
 
 
 identifying questionable transactions and developing enhanced tools and methods for agency use in identifying questionable transactions and recovering improper payments; 
 
 identifying potential opportunities for agencies to further leverage administrative process streamlining and cost reduction from purchase and travel card use; 
 
 developing a set of purchase and travel card metrics and benchmarks for high risk activities to assist agency purchase and travel card management and oversight activities; and 
 
 developing a plan to create a library of analytics tools and data sources for use by agencies. 
 
The OMB must issue guidance on improving information sharing by government agencies, including by: (1) requiring relevant officials to identify and communicate information about high-risk activities; (2) requiring appropriate agency officials to review the reports issued by charge card-issuing banks on questionable transaction activity and suspicious timing or amounts of cash withdrawals or advances; and (3) providing for the appropriate sharing of information related to potential questionable transactions, fraud schemes, and high risk activities with GSA's Office of Charge Card Management and appropriate federal officials. 
 
The GSA and the OMB must establish a purchase and travel charge card data management group to develop and share best practices.
 
The GSA shall report on further potential savings opportunities for government agencies under the federal charge card programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2016-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-21
text: Introduced in House
School Protection Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5923
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2016-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Chemical and biological weapons
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Evidence and witnesses
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical education
Nursing
School administration
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-21
text: 

School Protection Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants and enter contracts to train elementary and secondary school nurses to serve as first responders and crisis managers in the event of a biological or chemical attack at a school or an outbreak of pandemic illness among individuals under their care.
 
The training must prepare school nurses to: (1) protect and preserve life; (2) notify public health authorities to help contain or mitigate the effects of an attack or outbreak; and (3) take other appropriate and feasible actions, such as preserve evidence of an attack.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-21
text: Introduced in House
To provide that members of the Armed Forces performing services in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt shall be entitled to tax benefits in the same manner as if such services were performed in a combat zone.

Bill: 114-hr-5924
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2016-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Egypt
Employment taxes
Income tax exclusion
Marriage and family status
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Sales and excise taxes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Telephone and wireless communication
Transfer and inheritance taxes
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-21
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require a qualified hazardous duty area to be treated in the same manner as a combat zone for certain tax provisions. 
 
A &quot;qualified hazardous duty area&quot; is the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt if a member of the Armed Forces performs services in such location that qualify for special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger. 
 
The requirement applies to specified tax provisions relating to: 
 
 
 the special rule where a deceased spouse was in missing status;
 
 the exclusion from gross income of certain combat pay of members of the Armed Forces; 
 
 income taxes of members of the Armed Forces on death; 
 
 combat zone-related deaths of members of the Armed Forces;
 
 the definition of wages relating to combat pay for members of the Armed Forces; 
 
 the taxation of phone service originating from a combat zone from members of the Armed Forces;
 
 joint tax returns where an individual is in missing status; and 
 
 additional time for individuals serving in combat zones to file returns, pay taxes, and perform other specified acts. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Food Stamp Integrity Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5925
Sponsor: Rep. Poliquin, Bruce [R-ME-2]
Introduced: 2016-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-21
text: 

Food Stamp Integrity Act of 2016 

 
This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to revise the rules for disqualifying individuals from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program). 
 
The bill permanently disqualifies individuals who have been found guilty of offenses or misconduct, including: 
 
 
 fraud or misrepresentation with respect to SNAP; 
 
the trading of a controlled substance, firearms, ammunition, or explosives for benefits; 
 
 terrorism; 
 
 defrauding the federal government, a state, or a unit of local government; 
 
 obtaining cash by destroying food purchased with benefits and collecting deposits for containers; or 
 
 selling food purchased with benefits. 
 
 
An individual who is delinquent in paying child support may not receive benefits unless a court allowed a payment delay or the individual is complying with a payment plan. 
 
If a household requests a third replacement Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card in a one-year period, a state may: (1) require the head of the household to appear in person for an interview before issuing an additional card, and (2) terminate participation of the household for one year if a fifth card is requested in a one-year period. 
 
The bill modifies the work requirements and eliminates certain exemptions and waivers from the requirements. If an able-bodied adult without dependents fails to meet the work requirements for three months in a 48-month period (36 months under current law), they are ineligible for SNAP for the remainder of the 48-month period, or until they comply. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
action_date: 2016-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2016-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5927
Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2016-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-25
text: 

Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016

 
This bill delays the date upon which the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may make Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings for hospitals publicly available. 
 
With respect to such ratings, HHS shall: (1) make publicly available detailed information on the methodology used, (2) have the validity and accuracy of such methodology independently confirmed, and (3) provide a public comment period of specified duration.
 
HHS may not make the ratings publicly available until the later of July 31, 2017, or the date upon which the bill's requirements are satisfied.
 
In the event that such ratings have already been published on a specified website, HHS shall remove them and not republish them until the bill's requirements have been satisfied.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Rent-to-Own Protections Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5928
Sponsor: Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2016-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Contracts and agency
Lease and rental services

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-25
text: 

Expanding Rent-to-Own Protections Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to revise and expand the definition of the term &quot;consumer financial product or service&quot; to include terminable lease or bailment of personal property contracts (rent-to-own transactions) (other than a lease or bailment of a motor vehicle) for use by the consumer primarily for personal, family, or household purposes under which:
 
 
a consumer has the right of possession and use of the property, as well as the option to periodically renew the contract by making payments; and
 
a seller agrees to transfer property ownership to the consumer upon the fulfillment of all contract obligations of the consumer.
 
 
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau shall:
 
 
 prevent unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices in connection with such contracts; and
 
issue regulations identifying methods to protect consumers from entering into them.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Menstrual Products for Employees Act

Bill: 114-hr-5929
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2016-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Health technology, devices, supplies
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-25
text: 

Menstrual Products for Employees Act

 
This bill amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 by requiring the Department of Labor to issue a rule that requires each private employer with at least 100 employees to provide free menstrual hygiene products for their employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2016-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act

Bill: 114-hr-5930
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2016-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child health
Commission on Civil Rights
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Elementary and secondary education
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Higher education
Minority health
Poverty and welfare assistance
Racial and ethnic relations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-25
text: 
 
Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act

 
This bill establishes within the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Office of the Staff Director the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys to make a systemic study of the conditions affecting Black men and boys in America.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2016-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Preventive Health Coverage Fairness Act

Bill: 114-hr-5932
Sponsor: Rep. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2016-09-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Drug therapy
Health promotion and preventive care
Hospital care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-06
text: 

Veterans Preventive Health Coverage Fairness Act

 
This bill exempts veterans from Department of Veteran Affairs medical copayments for medication or hospital care and medical services related to preventive health services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-09-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-09-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-06
text: Introduced in House
REFUND Act

Bill: 114-hr-5933
Sponsor: Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3]
Introduced: 2016-09-06 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-06
text: 

Returned Exclusively For Unpaid National Debt Act or the REFUND Act 

 
This bill rescinds federal funds identified by a state as unwanted and requires the funds to be used for debt reduction. The bill applies to federal funds required to be allocated by formula among all states that agree to use the funds for a specified purpose. To identify the funds as unwanted, a state legislature must pass a concurrent resolution, and the state must then notify the head of the federal agency responsible for allocating the funds. The Department of the Treasury must deposit the rescinded funds in the Gifts to the United States for Reduction of the Public Debt account, use the funds to reduce the debt, and submit an annual report to Congress identifying funds received. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2016-09-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-06
text: Introduced in House
Dangerous Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5934
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2016-09-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-06
text: 

Dangerous Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to add certain synthetic opioids, hallucinogens, and cannabinoids to schedule I. (A schedule I controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that: has a high potential for abuse; has no currently accepted medical value; and is subject to regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-09-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2016-09-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2016-09-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2016-09-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-06
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the violation of sovereign nations' laws and privacy matters.

Bill: 114-hr-5935
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2016-09-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-06
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to tax administration requirements for foreign-source income and assets, to repeal: (1) withholding requirements for payments to foreign financial institutions and other foreign entities, (2) information reporting for foreign financial assets, (3) penalties for underpayments of tax attributable to undisclosed foreign financial assets, (4) reporting requirements for shareholders of a passive foreign investment company and U.S. owners of foreign trusts, and (5) the additional penalty for failure to file required notices and information returns for certain foreign trusts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-09-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-06
text: Introduced in House