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Equal Justice Under Law Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5124
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2016-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Lawyers and legal services
Legal fees and court costs
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: 

Equal Justice Under Law Act of 2016

 
This bill states that an indigent individual facing criminal prosecution or juvenile delinquency in a state court is entitled to the effective assistance of counsel, as guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, at the state's expense.
 
The bill authorizes a federal class action lawsuit against a state for its systemic failure to guarantee the right to effective assistance of counsel. The assistance of counsel is ineffective when a class of individuals demonstrates that counsel's performance was not reasonable under prevailing professional norms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Corporate EXIT Fairness Act

Bill: 114-hr-5125
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2016-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Foreign and international corporations
Income tax rates
Securities
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: 

Corporate EXpatriates and Inverters Tax Fairness Act or the Corporate EXIT Fairness Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to set forth rules governing corporate inversions (i.e., the practice of relocating a domestic corporation's legal domicile to a lower-tax nation while retaining its business activities in the higher-tax country of origin) and corporate expatriations. Specifically, the bill requires payment of tax on the deferred overseas profits of U.S. multinational corporations or partnerships before they reincorporate or organize in a foreign country. Additionally, any stock of a controlled foreign corporation in connection with a corporate expatriation would be treated as sold for its fair market value as of the date of expatriation and be subject to U.S. taxation. 
 
The bill expands the definitions of &quot;corporate inversion&quot; and &quot;corporate expatriation&quot; and revises rules relating to the taxation of inverted corporations. A foreign corporation that acquires the assets of a U.S. corporation or partnership after April 29, 2016, shall be treated as an inverted corporation and thus subject to U.S. taxation if, after such acquisition: (1) the expanded affiliated group which includes the foreign corporation does not have substantial business activities in the foreign country in which the corporation is created or organized, when compared to the total business activities of such expanded affiliated group; and (2) more than 50% of the foreign corporation is held by former shareholders or partners of the domestic corporation or partnership, or the management or control of the expanded affiliated group occurs primarily within the United States, and such expanded affiliated group has significant domestic business activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Early Warning Reporting System Improvement Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5126
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2016-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Business records
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Motor vehicles
Product safety and quality
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: 

Early Warning Reporting System Improvement Act of 2016

 
 This bill revises early warning reporting requirements for manufacturers of motor vehicles regarding possible defects of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment.
 
The Department of Transportation (DOT) shall require a manufacturer in cases where the defect has caused a fatality to provide certain additional information as part of its report to DOT. That information shall be publicly disclosed and entered into the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) early warning reporting database.
 
DOT shall: 
 
 
 take specified actions to improve public accessibility to information on NHTSA's public vehicle safety databases; and 
 
 give public notice via the internet of all inspections or investigations conducted by DOT to enforce a motor vehicle safety requirement or order, or that are related to a motor vehicle accident due to a possible defect.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Curb Opioid Misuse By Advancing Technology Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5127
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2016-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Medical research

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: 

Curb Opioid Misuse By Advancing Technology Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to extend the marketing exclusivity period for certain brand name drugs that the Food and Drug Administration approves: (1) on the basis of new clinical abuse potential studies, and (2) with labeling that characterizes the drug's abuse-deterrent properties. This extension does not apply to the marketing exclusivity period for new chemical entities.
 The bill also extends the marketing exclusivity period for generics of these drugs.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Protection and Advocacy for Veterans Act

Bill: 114-hr-5128
Sponsor: Rep. Roby, Martha [R-AL-2]
Introduced: 2016-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: 

Protection and Advocacy for Veterans Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a five-year grant program to improve the monitoring of VA mental health and substance abuse treatment programs. 
 
The VA shall award a grant to four protection and advocacy systems under which each recipient shall investigate and monitor VA facilities care and treatment of veterans with mental illness or substance abuse issues. Criteria for selecting recipients shall include whether the state in which the protection and advocacy system operates has low mental health, performance, and access scores. 
 
During each year in which a protection and advocacy system carries out a demonstration project, the VA shall award a joint grant to a national organization with extensive knowledge of the protection and advocacy system and a veterans service organization to: (1) coordinate training and technical assistance, and (2) provide for related data collection, reporting, and analysis.
 
 &quot;Protection and advocacy system&quot; means the state-established system to protect and advocate the rights of persons with developmental disabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2129)
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
SIMARRA Act

Bill: 114-hr-5130
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2016-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: 

Stop Infant Mortality And Recidivism Reduction Act of 2016 or the SIMARRA Act

 
This bill directs the Bureau of Prisons to establish a pilot program to allow incarcerated women who give birth and children born during such incarceration to reside together in a separate prison housing unit. 

 
It sets forth inmate eligibility criteria and program participation requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-05-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E649-650)
action_date: 2016-05-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E647-648)
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Crooked River Ranch Fire Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-5132
Sponsor: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]
Introduced: 2016-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Oregon
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: 

Crooked River Ranch Fire Protection Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to adjust the eastern boundary of the Whychus-Deschutes Wilderness Study Area in Oregon to exclude approximately 832 acres, as depicted on the map entitled &quot;Whychus-Deschutes Wilderness Study Area&quot; dated December 2015, to facilitate fire prevention and response activities on the excluded public lands and adjacent private property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-12
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2016-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Rural Hospital Enhancement and Long Term Health Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5133
Sponsor: Rep. Hardy, Cresent [R-NV-4]
Introduced: 2016-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Performance measurement
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: 

Rural Hospital Enhancement and Long Term Health Act of 2016

 
This bill revises the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act by increasing the maximum grant amount for hospitals under the community facilities grant program. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may not condition grants on the inability of applicants to finance their projects.
 
The bill amends the Public Health Service Act by reauthorizing through FY2021 and revising the grant program for state offices of rural health, including by requiring HHS to make the grants, thus removing HHS' discretion to make them.
 
HHS must report annually to Congress and each state office of rural health on rural hospitals' closures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2016-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2114)
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Extension Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5134
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27]
Introduced: 2016-04-29 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign property
Human rights
Latin America
Protest and dissent
Sanctions
Venezuela
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: 

Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Extension Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 to extend through December 31, 2019, provisions requiring the President to impose sanctions against individuals in Venezuela who are responsible for human rights violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Suppressor Export Act

Bill: 114-hr-5135
Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2016-04-29 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Firearms and explosives
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: 

Suppressor Export Act

 
This bill amends the Arms Export Control Act to provide that a regulation or related implementing policy or practice regarding registration and licensing requirements for manufacturers, exporters, or importers of designated defense articles and defense services may not prohibit the otherwise lawful export for sale or transfer of any firearm silencer or component, if: 
 
 
the item may be lawfully manufactured in the United States; and 
 
the importing country has a lawful public or private use market for such item and is not listed as a country prohibited from receiving arms exports.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
RECS Act

Bill: 114-hr-5136
Sponsor: Rep. Pompeo, Mike [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2016-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Economic performance and conditions
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: 

Revealing Economic Conclusions for Suggestions Act or the RECS Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to prohibit the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from submitting legislative or regulatory recommendations without an economic analysis by the FTC's Bureau of Economics sufficient to demonstrate that: (1) the FTC has identified a problem it determines should be addressed, including the rationale for the FTC's determination that private markets or public institutions could not adequately address the issue; and (2) the recommendation is based on a reasoned determination that its benefits outweigh its costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Moving to Work Reform and Expansion Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5137
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-23]
Introduced: 2016-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Disability and paralysis
Employment and training programs
Housing and community development funding
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: 

Moving to Work Reform and Expansion Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 to revise the public housing/section 8 (rental voucher) Moving to Work demonstration program.
 
The bill makes the program permanent and replaces its current purposes with the purpose to develop measures to promote employment and economic independence for:
 
 
families with children whose head of household is working, seeking work, or preparing for work;
 
able-bodied individuals; and
 
persons with disabilities who are able to work on a limited basis.
 
 
Any number of public housing agencies (PHAs) may participate in the program.
 
The plan in a PHA's application to participate shall include criteria for:
 
 
 a speedy process to determine a tenant's temporary hardship exemption from program requirements; and
 
an informal administrative hearing or grievance process, made public on tenant request, before eviction or termination of assistance.
 
 
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) shall establish standards for a 10-year participation by all PHAs that have not been designated as troubled during the most recent two fiscal years.
 
These PHAs must include in their applications lists of innovative proposals designed to reduce the cost and increase the cost-efficiency of housing, and of innovative ways to assist families and accomplish annual goals.
 
HUD shall review and process applications to enable the transition to the program of at least 25 PHAs per year, with reserved spots for small and rural PHAs.
 
Each PHA shall:
 
 
submit annually to HUD budget plans meeting specified requirements, and 
 
hold as many meetings as necessary to give all assisted families a good-faith opportunity to hear and comment on the budget plan and related PHA reports.
 
 
HUD shall review annually the activities of each participating PHA and determine its impact, effectiveness, and progress toward meeting program goals.
 
HUD shall not terminate the program participation of any PHA except upon certain findings concerning performance, including persistent failure to meet the goals identified in its application or failure to cure a material deficiency in performance.
 
The Government Accountability Office shall review the program every eight years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Over-The-Counter Contraceptives Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5138
Sponsor: Rep. Love, Mia B. [R-UT-4]
Introduced: 2016-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Employee benefits and pensions
Family planning and birth control
Health care costs and insurance
Prescription drugs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: 

Over-The-Counter Contraceptives Act of 2016

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to prioritize review of supplemental drug applications (applications to modify the approved use of a drug) for contraceptive drugs intended for routine use that would be available to individuals aged 18 and older without a prescription. The FDA must waive user fees for such supplemental drug applications. Any drug that is eligible for this priority review must be a prescription drug for individuals under age 18.
 This bill repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 to allow health savings accounts and health flexible spending accounts (HFSAs) to be used to pay for medicine without a prescription and to remove the limit on salary reduction contributions to a HFSA under a cafeteria plan, effective as if the provisions had never been enacted.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Introduced in House