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Birth Control Privacy Act

Bill: 114-hr-5746
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Family planning and birth control
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Birth Control Privacy Act

 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit wellness programs from sharing with an employer information related to an individual's use of contraceptives.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
To establish the Adams Memorial Commission to carry out the provisions of Public Law 107-62, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-5748
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: District of Columbia
Monuments and memorials
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 
This bill amends the Act that authorized the Adams Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in Washington, D.C., to honor John Adams and his legacy to, instead, establish the Adams Memorial Commission to establish a permanent memorial in Washington, D.C., for such purpose.
 
The commission shall: (1) consider, formulate, and report plans for such memorial; and (2) terminate seven years after this bill's enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Interstate Sextortion Prevention Act

Bill: 114-hr-5749
Sponsor: Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Assault and harassment offenses
Civil actions and liability
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Pornography
Sex offenses
U.S. Sentencing Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Interstate Sextortion Prevention Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish separate criminal offenses with respect to: (1) interstate coercion of sexual acts, of sexual contact, or of the production of sexually explicit visual depictions; and (2) interstate coercion or extortion involving threats to publish sexually explicit visual depictions.
 
The bill establishes increased penalties for such offenses that: (1) involve minors, (2) are committed by repeat offenders, or (2) result in death or serious bodily injury.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Common Sense Postal Delivery Restoration Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5750
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Common Sense Postal Delivery Restoration Act of 2016

 
This bill prohibits the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from requiring centralized delivery (whereby mail receptacles of a number of delivery points are grouped or clustered at a single location) for certain residential housing units that: (1) were approved, before April 5, 2012, for construction; (2) would have been eligible for curbside delivery had they been constructed before such date; and (3) were not approved to receive such curbside delivery as of such date.
 
The USPS must establish curbside delivery (whereby a mail receptacle is situated at the edge of a sidewalk abutting a road or curb, or at a road or curb, and can be served by a letter carrier from a motorized vehicle) for such units.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Shiras Moose Protection and Recovery Act

Bill: 114-hr-5751
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Colorado
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Forests, forestry, trees
Hunting and fishing
Mammals
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Utah
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Shiras Moose Protection and Recovery Act

 
This bill allows a state to take management actions on covered federal lands within its boundaries to stem the population decline of the Shiras Moose if a portion of the state is within the range of the moose, including by formulating a recovery plan that mitigates the population decline. 
 
Upon request, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) must provide funding for state implementation of a plan from funds appropriated to the USFWS for implementing its Northern Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf Recovery Plan and any of its other gray wolf recovery or monitoring plans.
 
Utah and Colorado may manage Shiras Moose and their predators on federal, state, and private lands to prevent declines in moose populations within their respective state. They must collect, analyze, and disseminate data on the results of such management.
 
The Department of the Interior must issue as a final rule the draft rule entitled, &quot;Removing the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Maintaining Protections for the Mexican Wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) by Listing It as Endangered,&quot; as published on June 13, 2013.
 
The bill exempts the requirements and implementation of this bill from judicial review.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act

Bill: 114-hr-5752
Sponsor: Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Birds
Cemeteries and funerals
Ecology
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Government studies and investigations
Historical and cultural resources
Hunting and fishing
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Nevada
Outdoor recreation
Water use and supply
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct sales or exchanges of eligible lands in Pershing County, Nevada, identified as the &quot;Checkerboard Lands Resolution Area.&quot;
 
Interior and the county shall jointly select which parcels of eligible land to offer for sale or acre-for-acre exchange. 
 
For purposes of acre-for-acre exchanges, Interior shall identify management priority areas within the Checkerboard Lands Resolution Area, including those considered to be:
 
 
 greater sage-grouse habitat;
 
 part of an identified wildlife corridor or designated critical habitat;
 
of value for outdoor recreation or public access for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes;
 
of significant cultural, historic, ecological, or scenic value; or
 
of value for improving federal land management. 
 
 
The bill prescribes requirements for the disposition of proceeds from the sales of lands. 
 
Interior shall offer for sale and convey to specified qualified entities, for fair market value, the remaining U.S. right, title, and interest in certain lands and interests in the county. 
 
Interior shall convey to the county, without consideration, Unionville Cemetery. 
 
The bill designates specified federal land in Nevada as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 
 
The bill releases specified wilderness study areas from further review for designation as wilderness. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to State and local law enforcement agencies for research, training, and acquiring non-lethal force methods.

Bill: 114-hr-5753
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Garret [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Department of Justice
Executive agency funding and structure
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish the Office of Non-Lethal Technologies and Techniques to coordinate, develop, and refine non-lethal technologies and techniques.
 
 It authorizes the office to award matching grants to state and local law enforcement agencies to purchase non-lethal force technologies and to promote and train officers in the use of non-lethal technologies, strategies, and techniques.
 
The General Services Administration must identify savings to offset the cost of the grant program.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
S Corporation Modernization Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5754
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Charitable contributions
Corporate finance and management
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Sales and excise taxes
Securities
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

S Corporation Modernization Act of 2016 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax treatment of S corporations, to: 
 
 
 allow a nonresident alien to be a qualifying beneficiary of an electing small business trust (ESBT), which is a type of trust that is permitted to hold shares in an S corporation; 
 
allow S corporations to increase passive investment income from 25% to 60% without incurring additional taxes; 
 
 eliminate a provision terminating the S corporation status of corporations with excessive passive income for three consecutive years; 
 
 allow any S corporation bank to have individual retirement account shareholders; 
 
allow ESBTs to claim expanded tax deductions for charitable contributions; and 
 
allow an adjustment to the basis of an S corporation's assets upon the death of a shareholder, in the form of a 15-year amortization deduction. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
LEADS Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5755
Sponsor: Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government information and archives
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs
Student records

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Letter of Estimated Annual Debt for Students Act of 2016 or the LEADS Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 by requiring institutions of higher education to provide to each student with education loans for attending the institution an estimate of student loan borrowing costs, including: (1) the cumulative balance of education loans owed by the student, (2) the amount of new education loans expected to be disbursed during the year, (3) the projected cumulative balance of education loans that will be owed by the student after the student graduates, and (4) projected monthly payments to repay the loans. The estimates must be given to students before each academic year succeeding the one for which a loan was first received. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Degrees Not Debt Act

Bill: 114-hr-5756
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Higher education
Inflation and prices
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Degrees Not Debt Act

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a federal-state partnership to promote state investment in public higher education. 
 
It directs the Department of Education to award matching block grants to states to reduce tuition costs and support the enrollment, retention, and degree completion of low-income students at public institutions of higher education. A state that receives a grant must waive any unmet financial need for certain low-income students, maintain or increase per-student operating support, maintain state-based financial aid levels, and limit tuition increases at public institutions of higher education.
 
The bill prohibits the use of grant funds to increase an institution's endowment or to modernize, renovate, or repair athletic facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
CASE Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5757
Sponsor: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional agencies
Evidence and witnesses
Intellectual property
Judicial review and appeals
Library of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2016 or the CASE Act of 2016

 
This bill establishes in the U.S. Copyright Office a small claims board to serve as an alternative forum for parties to voluntarily seek to resolve certain copyright claims if the total monetary recovery sought by a party does not exceed $30,000.
 
The board is authorized to: (1) conduct hearings and conferences to facilitate parties' settlement of claims and counterclaims; (2) render independent determinations based on copyright laws and regulations; (3) award monetary relief; and (4) require cessation or mitigation of infringing activity, including the takedown or destruction of infringing materials, where the parties agree. 
 
The bill preserves the right of parties to instead pursue a claim or defense in court.
 
Board proceedings shall not require in-person appearances by parties. Proceedings may take place through Internet-based teleconference applications.
 
Discovery shall be limited to the production of relevant information and documents, written interrogatories, and written requests for admission. But the board may consider a party's request for additional limited discovery.
 
A party may request: (1) the claims board to reconsider its determinations, and (2) the Register of Copyrights to review a claims board determination if the board denies reconsideration. 
 
A final determination precludes relitigation of the claims before a court or the board, but parties may apply for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to vacate, modify, or correct a determination that: (1) was issued as a result of fraud, corruption, misrepresentation, or misconduct; (2) exceeds the board's authority or fails to render a definite determination; or (3) was based on a default determination or failure to prosecute that was due to excusable neglect. 
 
If a party fails to pay or comply with relief awarded in a final board determination, the aggrieved party may apply for a court order confirming the final award.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5758
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Arizona
California
Colorado
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Forests, forestry, trees
Idaho
Intergovernmental relations
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Mining
Montana
Monuments and memorials
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oregon
Parks, recreation areas, trails
South Dakota
State and local government operations
Utah
Washington State
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2016

 
 This bill allows the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming (western states) to relinquish state land grant parcels wholly or primarily within eligible areas and select, in exchange, public land within the state.
 
The bill defines &quot;eligible areas&quot; as lands within the outer boundaries of units of the National Park, National Wilderness Preservation, National Wildlife Refuge, or National Landscape Conservation Systems, areas identified by the Bureau of Land Management of the Department of the Interior as having wilderness characteristics, and certain designated lands within the National Forest System.
 
 Interior shall create a process for the relinquishment of such parcels. 
 
 A western state may select, and Interior may convey, lands that are mineral in character. 
 
 The overall value of the state land grant parcels and the public land to be conveyed shall be equal. 
 
The bill sets forth requirements regarding hazardous materials on land conveyed, water rights, and grazing permits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Readable Legislation Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5759
Sponsor: Rep. Amash, Justin [R-MI-3]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government information and archives
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Readable Legislation Act of 2016

 
This bill requires every bill or joint resolution that amends an existing section of any Act to do so by setting forth the entire section and showing the omissions and insertions proposed by appropriate typographical devices. A measure may not revise or amend any section of an Act by a mere reference to it. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Searchable Legislation Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5760
Sponsor: Rep. Amash, Justin [R-MI-3]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Computers and information technology
Congressional committees
Congressional operations and organization
Government information and archives
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Searchable Legislation Act of 2016

 
This bill requires Congress to ensure that all congressional documents and all votes cast in Congress and congressional committees are created, transmitted, and published in searchable electronic formats, consistent with data standards recommended by such advisory bodies as Congress may establish.
 
The Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate, acting jointly, shall establish the Congressional Data Task Force (an advisory body) for the creation, transmission, and publication of information and congressional documents, including bills, resolutions, amendments, reports, laws, and records, in such formats for purposes of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2016-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in House