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Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2765
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2016-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Child health
Crime victims
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Family planning and birth control
Family relationships
HIV/AIDS
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Minority education
Performance measurement
Sex and reproductive health
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Sexually transmitted diseases
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Teenage pregnancy
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-07
text: 

Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2016

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award competitive grants for: (1) comprehensive sex education for adolescents, (2) comprehensive sex education provided by institutions of higher education, and (3) training faculty and staff to teach comprehensive sex education to elementary and secondary school students.
 
Grants cannot be used for health education programs that:
 
 
deliberately withhold health-promoting or lifesaving information about sexuality-related topics, including HIV;
 
are medically inaccurate or have been scientifically shown to be ineffective;
 
promote gender stereotypes;
 
are insensitive and unresponsive to the needs of survivors of sexual abuse or assault, sexually active youth, or lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth; or
 
are inconsistent with the ethical imperatives of medicine and public health.
 
 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to remove limitations on using AIDS prevention program funding for education or information that promotes certain sexual activity or intravenous substance abuse.
 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow funding to be used for contraceptive distribution in schools.
 
This bill amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act to repeal the program for abstinence education. Unobligated funds for abstinence education for FY2016 and FY2017 are transferred and made available to carry out this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2016-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Tax Return Identity Theft Protection Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2766
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2016-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aging
Computer security and identity theft
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Military personnel and dependents
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
U.S. Sentencing Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-07
text: 

Tax Return Identity Theft Protection Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish enhanced penalties for tax return identity theft crimes and other related fraud, including those committed against members of certain vulnerable and targeted groups.
 
Additionally, the bill modifies the state of mind requirement in identity theft prosecutions to eliminate the need to prove that a defendant knew that the means of identification belonged to another person.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2767
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2016-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health personnel
Military medicine
Nursing
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-07
text: 

United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act
 
of 2016
 
This bill deems as active military service for Department of Veterans Affairs purposes any service as a member of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps between July 1, 1943, and December 15, 1945 (qualified service). 
 The Department of Defense shall issue an honorable discharge within one year to each person whose qualified service warrants one. 
 Retroactive benefits shall not be paid to persons as a result of enactment of this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Water Affordability Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2768
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2016-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infrastructure development
Licensing and registrations
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-07
text: 

Clean Water Affordability Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to revise and reauthorize through FY2021 a grant program for intercepting, transporting, controlling, or treating combined sewer overflows or sanitary sewer overflows. The bill: (1) expands the grant program to include support for measures that manage, reduce, treat, or recapture stormwater or subsurface drainage water; (2) allows local or regional authorities to receive grant funds; and (3) increases the federal cost-sharing requirement by requiring the federal share of the costs of a project carried out using grant funds to be at least 75% of the total costs of the project.
 
The bill also revises the Clean Water Act by establishing requirements concerning managing water pollution during periods of heavy precipitation, including by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a green infrastructure portfolio standard, which contains voluntary goals for increasing the percentage of annual water managed by eligible entities that use green infrastructure. (Green infrastructure is an approach used to manage stormwater by capturing stormwater in vegetation or porous surfaces.)
 
The EPA must update the guidance entitled "Combined Sewer Overflows - Guidance for Financial Capability Assessment and Schedule Development" to ensure that the evaluations of community financial capability and schedule development meet specified criteria.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2016-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Federal Aviation Administration to establish minimum standards for space for passengers on passenger aircraft.

Bill: 114-s-2769
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2016-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Consumer affairs
Department of Transportation
Marketing and advertising
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-07
text: 
This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to prohibit any air carrier that transports passengers by aircraft as a common carrier for compensation from reducing the size, width, padding, or pitch of seats; the amount of leg room per seat; or the width of aisles on such aircraft.
 
The FAA must prescribe regulations: (1) establishing minimum standards for space for the safety, health, and comfort of aircraft passengers; and (2) requiring each air carrier to prominently display on its website the amount of space available for each passenger on aircraft it operates. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2016-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Kelsey Smith Act

Bill: 114-s-2770
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2016-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Emergency communications systems
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: 

Kelsey Smith Act

 
This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require a mobile or Internet voice service provider to disclose, at the request of an investigative or law enforcement officer, the call location information of a device that is: (1) used to place a 911 call, or (2) reasonably believed to be in the possession of an individual who is in an emergency situation that involves a risk of death or serious physical harm.
 
Additionally, the bill prohibits a civil action or administrative proceeding against a telecommunications carrier who discloses call location information in good faith in accordance with this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the qualifications for licensed mental health counselors of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 114-s-2771
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2016-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: 
This bill provides that persons with a degree that is equivalent to a master's degree in mental health counseling shall be eligible for appointment to a Department of Veterans Affairs licensed professional mental health counselor position. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to eliminate the requirement that veterans pay a copayment to the Department of Veterans Affairs to receive opioid antagonists or education on the use of opioid antagonists.

Bill: 114-s-2772
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2016-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Health promotion and preventive care
Home and outpatient care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: 
This bill exempts from the requirement that veterans pay a Department of Veterans Affairs copayment for:
 
 
any opioid antagonists furnished to a veteran at high risk for overdose of a specific medication or substance in order to reverse the effect of such an overdose, and
 
education on their use.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
GAP Act

Bill: 114-s-2773
Sponsor: Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH]
Introduced: 2016-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government studies and investigations
Labor standards
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Wages and earnings
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: 

Gender Advancement in Pay Act or the GAP Act

 
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to expand exceptions to the prohibition against sex discrimination to include payments pursuant to a differential based on expertise, shift, or a business-related factor other than sex, including but not limited to education, training, or experience.
 
The statute of limitations under the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 for a charge of prohibited sex discrimination, or an action by or on behalf of an employee for such discrimination, shall be tolled until the earlier of: (1) the date on which the Equal Employment Commission or the Department of Justice brings an action or notifies the employee concerned with respect to the charge under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, or (2) 270 days after the charge is filed.
 
Nonretaliation prohibitions are extended to cover inquiring about, discussing, or disclosing the wages of an employee or of another employee, or declining to discuss or disclose the employee's wages, with specified exceptions. An employer shall be considered to have committed an unlawful act if the employer requires an employee to sign a contract or waiver that would prohibit the employee from disclosing information about the employee's wages.
 
Civil penalties are established for violation of prohibitions against sex discrimination.
 
The Department of Labor, together with the Department of Education, shall conduct a multistate study, through a grant to a nonprofit research institution, that includes strategies to increase the participation of women in high-wage, high-demand occupations and industries in which women are underrepresented.
 
The Government Accountability Office shall also conduct a multistate study to develop such strategies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Agriculture Students Encourage, Acknowledge, Reward, Nurture Act

Bill: 114-s-2774
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2016-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural education
Income tax exclusion
Livestock

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: 

Agriculture Students EARN Act or the Agriculture Students Encourage, Acknowledge, Reward, Nurture Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of a student farmer up to $5,000 of the gain from the sale or exchange of personal property (including livestock, crops, and agricultural mechanics or shop products) produced or raised by the student farmer. 
 
A student farmer is an individual who is under 19 years of age and is enrolled in: (1) a program established by the National FFA Organization; (2) a 4-H Club or other program established by 4-H; or (3) a student agriculture program that is under the direction or guidance of an agricultural educator, advisor, or club leader. 
 
To qualify for the exclusion, the production and sale or exchange of the property must be supervised by one of the specified agriculture programs. The sale or exchange must also occur during qualified public entertainment or convention and trade show activities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Technical Corrections Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2775
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2016-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: General taxation matters
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: 

Technical Corrections Act of 2016 

 
This bill makes technical and clerical amendments to: 
 
 
 the Protecting Americans From Tax Hikes Act of 2015; 
 
 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016; 
 
 the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act; 
 
 the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015; 
 
 the Stephen Beck, Jr., ABLE Act of 2014; 
 
 the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012; 
 
 the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act; and 
 
 other specified provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. 
 
 
The bill also amends various provisions in the Internal Revenue Code that are not used in computing current tax liabilities (referred to as deadwood provisions). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1855)
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
TEST for Lead Act

Bill: 114-s-2776
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2016-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Child health
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Government lending and loan guarantees
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: 

Transparent Environment in School Testing for Lead Act or the
 
TEST for Lead Act 

 
This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to: (1) allow funds from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to be used to train school personnel on issues relating to lead contamination in drinking water and to assist in lead remediation efforts, and (2) condition a state's receipt of funding from such Fund on the state establishing a program to test for lead in school drinking water.
 
Program requirements include testing water from: (1) faucets used for food preparation, (2)sinks in bathrooms, and (3)drinking water coolers.Testing must be conducted at least biannually at schools built prior to 1996 and at least annually at schools built in 1996 or after.
 
Additionally, local education agencies must notify parents or guardians, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the state in which they are located, the local municipal government, and local health agencies within 48 hours if a level of lead exceeds the EPA's lead action level.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2777
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2016-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Marketing and advertising
Medical research
Product safety and quality
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: 

Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act to require contact lens sellers to provide a toll-free telephone number and email address that prescribers can use to ask questions about a seller's prescription verification request.
 
Under current law, a prescription is considered verified if the prescriber fails to communicate with the seller within eight business hours after receiving the seller-provided verification information. The bill requires the prescription to be considered unverified until the seller obtains affirmative confirmation of the accuracy of the prescription from the prescriber in cases where a prescriber communicates a question or concern about the accuracy or verification of the prescription to a seller through the toll-free telephone service or email address before the end of that eight-hour period. 
 
The bill removes the Federal Trade Commission's authority to adjust the eight-hour period. 
 
If a prescriber communicates a question or concern about the accuracy of a prescription before the deadline: (1) the seller shall not fill the prescription, and (2) the prescriber shall provide the seller with an accurate prescription.
 
Sellers must offer prescribers different communication methods that the prescribers may select as their preferred method for verification requests.
 
The bill allows a seller to alter a prescription only if: (1) a private label contact lens is included on the prescription and the same contact lens is manufactured by the same company and sold under multiple labels to individual providers; and (2) the seller fills the prescription with a contact lens of exactly the same material, design, and power as manufactured by that company under another label.
 
Sellers must maintain a database of the issuance and expiration dates of each prescription they receive. The bill prohibits advertisements representing that a contact lens prescription may be filled after the prescription expires.
 
Sellers violating certain prescriber verification requirements are subject to increased penalties of up to $40,000 per violation. Such requirements apply to all contact lens sales in the United States, notwithstanding where the seller is located. 
 
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must examine the potentially adverse effects of seller violations on consumers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Directed Energy Weapon Systems Acquisition Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2778
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2016-04-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Military operations and strategy
Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: 

Directed Energy Weapon Systems Acquisition Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 to state that, if supplies or support services are urgently needed to eliminate a deficiency in directed energy weapon systems, the Department of Defense (DOD) may use specified rapid acquisition procedures to acquire and deploy needed offensive or defensive directed energy weapon systems capabilities, supplies, and associated support services. 
 
&quot;Directed energy weapon system&quot; means military action using highly focused sound, electromagnetic, or particle-beam energy to incapacitate, damage, or destroy enemy equipment, facilities, or personnel.
 
The bill redesignates DOD's High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office as the Joint Directed Energy Program Office.
 
The Office shall: (1) develop a strategic plan for development and transition of directed energy weapons capabilities, and (2) use new and revised DOD policies to accelerate the development and transition of directed energy capabilities toward fielding.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in Senate