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GET THE LEAD OUT Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2588
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local finance
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Grants and Education To Tackle Homeowner Exposure to Lead Ensuring America Drinks Only from Unpolluted Taps Act of 2016 or the GET THE LEAD OUT Act of 2016

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a grant program to provide assistance to eligible entities (i.e., certain water systems, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies) for reducing lead levels in water for human consumption.
 
Grant funds may be used to assist low-income homeowners in carrying out lead reduction projects, as long as the grant amount does not exceed the cost of replacing the privately owned portion of the service line. 
 
If an eligible entity uses funds for replacing lead service lines, it must: (1) notify customers of the planned replacement of any publicly owned portion of the lead service line; (2) inform each customer that it will replace the public portion of the line only if it obtains the customer's consent to simultaneously replace the privately owned portion of the line; and (3) demonstrate that it has considered multiple options for reducing lead in drinking water, including an evaluation of options for corrosion control.


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

Bill: 114-s-2589
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Cuba
Detention of persons
Latin America
Military facilities and property
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Terrorist Release Transparency Act

 
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the people of the United States: (1) deserve to know who is being released from the detention facilities at U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, their countries of origin, their destinations, and the ability of the host nation to prevent recidivism; and (2) deserve transparency in the manner in which the Obama Administration complies with Executive Order 13492.
 
Not less than 15 days before a detained individual's transfer to the custody or control of the individual's country of origin, any other foreign country, or any other foreign entity, the Department of State shall submit to Congress an unclassified notice that includes: 
 
 
the name, country of origin, and country of destination of the individual; 
 
the number of individuals detained at Guantanamo previously transferred to the country to which the individual is proposed to be transferred; and 
 
the number of such individuals who have re-engaged in terrorist activity after being transferred to that country.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Hallways to Health Act

Bill: 114-s-2590
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Hallways to Health Act

 
This bill amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP]) of the Social Security Act to:
 
 
establish a grant program for school-based health centers to, with respect to children who are eligible for Medicaid and CHIP, facilitate access to services and encourage the adoption of healthy behaviors; 
 
establish a demonstration program for the provision or expansion of telehealth services in school-based health centers; and 
 
require state Medicaid and CHIP programs to cover services furnished by school-based health centers.

 
In addition, the bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize through FY2021 and revise school-based health center programs. 
 
The bill also amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to specify that school-based health centers are essential community providers for purposes of inclusion in a qualified health plan.


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

Bill: 114-s-2592
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Debt collection
Health care costs and insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Medical Debt Act of 2016
 
 
This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit a consumer reporting agency from making any consumer report containing information related to: (1) a medical debt (arising from the receipt of medical services, products, or devises) if the date on which the debt was placed for collection, charged to profit or loss, or any similar action antedates the report by less than 180 days, or (2) a fully paid or settled medical debt that had been characterized as delinquent, charged off, or in collection which, from the date of payment or settlement, antedates the report by more than 45 days. 
 
The bill also amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to require a debt collector, before informing a consumer reporting agency regarding a medical debt, to notify the consumer in writing that: (1) the debt collector could report the debt to a consumer reporting agency 180 days after the notification is sent, specifying the precise end date of the period; (2) the debt will not be reported if it is settled or paid during the 180-day period; and (3) the consumer may, during the 180-day period, either communicate with an insurance company to determine coverage for the debt or apply for financial assistance. 
 
The debt collector may not communicate with or report any information to a consumer reporting agency concerning such a debt during the 180-day period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2593
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Telephone and wireless communication
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act of 2016

 
This bill requires a business that employs 50 or more call center employees, excluding part-time employees, or 50 or more call center employees who in the aggregate work at least 1,500 hours per week, exclusive of overtime, to notify the Department of Labor at least 120 days before relocating such center outside of the United States. Violators are subject to a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per day. 
 
Labor must make publicly available a list of all such employers that relocate a call center. It may remove from the list an employer that has relocated the call center from a location outside the United States to a location inside the United States.
 
Employers must remain on the list for up to three years after each relocation. An employer is ineligible for federal grants or federal guaranteed loans for five years after being added to the list, except where the employer demonstrates that a lack of such loan or grant would threaten national security, result in substantial job loss in the United States, or harm the environment. Federal or state executive agencies or military departments, when awarding a civilian or defense-related contract, must give preference to a U.S. employer that does not appear on the list.
 
Businesses that initiate or receive a customer service communication must require each of their employees or agents participating in the communication to disclose their physical location at the beginning of each such communication unless all involved employees or agents are located in the United States. The bill exempts any communication: (1) initiated by a consumer if the consumer knows or reasonably should know that the employee or agent is located outside the United States, or (2) related to the provision of emergency services. Upon request, businesses must transfer a customer to a customer service agent who is physically located in the United States.
 
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) may exclude certain classes or types of business entities or customer service communications from the requirements of this Act under exceptionally compelling circumstances. The bill sets forth authority for the FTC to enforce against violations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in civil proceedings.

Bill: 114-s-2594
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Criminal justice information and records
Evidence and witnesses
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 
This bill prohibits the Firearms Trace System database maintained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives from being immune from legal process. In state or federal civil actions or administrative proceedings, the contents of the database: (1) shall be subject to discovery and admissible as evidence; and (2) may be used, relied on, or disclosed in any manner. Testimony or other evidence may also be permitted based on that data. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act

Bill: 114-s-2595
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Railroads

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax credit for railroad track maintenance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit veterans who have a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total to travel on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired members of the Armed Forces entitled to such travel.

Bill: 114-s-2596
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 
 This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide transportation on scheduled and unscheduled military flights within the continental United States and on scheduled overseas flights on a space-available basis for veterans with a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total.
 
 In establishing space-available transportation priorities under the travel program, DOD shall provide transportation on the same basis as such transportation is provided to members of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Mental Health Access Act

Bill: 114-s-2597
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Medicare
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Medicare Mental Health Access Act

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to expand the definition of "physician," for purposes of the Medicare program, to include a clinical psychologist with respect to the furnishing of qualified psychologist services.
 
The bill excludes a clinical psychologist, in 2017 and 2018, from certain negative payment adjustments for failing to be a meaningful electronic health records user.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 114-s-2598
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes
Commemorative events and holidays
Currency
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Professional sports

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury, in recognition of the 60th anniversary of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, to mint and issue not more than 50,000 $5 coins, 400,000 $1 coins, and 750,000 half-dollar coins.
 
The coins shall be in the shape of a dome, and the design on the common reverse of the coins shall depict a basketball. Treasury shall hold a competition to determine the design of the common obverse of the coins, which shall be emblematic of the game of basketball. 
 
The bill requires all sales of such coins to include specified surcharges, which shall be paid by Treasury to the Hall to fund an endowment for its operations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Truth in Hotel Advertising Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2599
Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Marketing and advertising
State and local government operations
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Truth in Hotel Advertising Act of 2016

 
This bill prohibits certain entities that are subject to the enforcement authority of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from advertising a rate for a hotel room that does not include all required fees other than taxes and fees imposed by a government.
 
Violations are to be treated as unfair or deceptive acts or practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act.
 
The bill sets forth authority for the FTC and states to enforce against such violations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Military Selective Service Act to provide that any modification to the duty to register for purposes of the Military Selective Service Act may be made only through an Act of Congress, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-s-2600
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Judicial review and appeals
Jurisdiction and venue
Licensing and registrations
Military personnel and dependents
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 
This bill amends the Military Selective Service Act to declare that any modification or change to the persons subject to the duty to register may be made only through an Act of Congress.
 
 No court created by Act of Congress shall have any jurisdiction, and the Supreme Court shall have no appellate jurisdiction, to hear or decide any question or claim, whether filed before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act, pertaining to the interpretation of, or the validity under the Constitution of, the class of persons subject to the duty to register.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disclose certain information to State controlled substance monitoring programs.

Bill: 114-s-2601
Sponsor: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health information and medical records
Military personnel and dependents
Prescription drugs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (which currently is simply authorized) to disclose information about a veteran or dependent to a state controlled substance monitoring program to the extent necessary to prevent misuse and diversion of prescription medicines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Restoring Internet Freedom Act

Bill: 114-s-2602
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Competition and antitrust
Consumer affairs
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Restoring Internet Freedom Act

 
 This bill nullifies the rule adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on February 26, 2015, relating to the reclassification of broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service. 
 
The FCC is prohibited from reissuing such rule in substantially the same form, or from issuing a new rule that is substantially the same, unless the rule is specifically authorized by a law enacted after enactment of this Act.


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

Bill: 114-s-2603
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental health
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government trust funds
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Motor vehicles
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 

Compensating Losses to the Environment from Automobiles with Noxious Undisclosed Pollution Act of 2016 or the
 
CLEANUP Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to deny Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE)credits to any automobile manufacturer that circumvents emission control requirements to obtain CAFE credits unlawfully. Manufacturers earn CAFE credits when the average fuel economy for a given annualfleet of vehicles exceeds the minimalrequiredCAFE standards.
 
Additionally, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(NHTSA)is authorized to collect additional penalties from manufacturers that obtain CAFE credits unlawfully.
 
The bill also establishes an Air Quality RestorationTrust Fund funded with deposits from penalties NHTSA collects from manufacturers under this bill. The fund must be used solely forproviding grants to support specific programs that restore and improve air quality.


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

Bill: 114-s-2604
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2016-02-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional operations and organization
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Digital media
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Law enforcement administration and funding
Right of privacy
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-29
text: 

Digital Security Commission Act of 2016

 
This bill establishes in the legislative branch the National Commission on Security and Technology Challenges to assess, and make recommendations for policy and practice concerning, the issue of multiple security interests in the digital world, including public safety, privacy, national security, and communications and data protection, both now and throughout the next 10 years.
 
Members of the Commission shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House and Senate majority leader (eight members), the minority leaders in the House and the Senate (eight members), and the President (one member) from among U.S. citizens with significant knowledge and primary experience in:
 
 
 cryptography,
 
global commerce and economics,
 
federal law enforcement,
 
state and local law enforcement,
 
consumer-facing technology sector,
 
enterprise technology sector,
 
the intelligence community, and 
 
the privacy and civil liberties community.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2016-02-29
text: Introduced in Senate