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To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land in Mohave County, Arizona, to qualified entities and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-6344
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to sell at fair market value specified rights, title, and interest to federal lands in Mohave County, Arizona (covered land), to qualified entities (i.e., the current owner of the mining claims, millsites, or tunnel site on the covered land, the lessee, or other successor in interest of the owner, or a subsequent successor in interest). A qualified entity shall receive fee simple title to such covered land.
 
Interior shall determine the market value of the covered land in accordance with: 
 
 
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, and 
 
the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.
 
 
Interior's authority to sell covered land expires 10 years after the enactment of this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
TPS Reform Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6345
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 

TPS Reform Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the criteria for designation of a foreign state as eligible to have its citizens be given temporary protected status (TPS) in the United States. 
 
Such revisions include the following: (1) such a foreign state shall be designated by an Act of Congress rather than by the Department of Justice; (2) such Act must find that an environmental disaster in such a foreign state is immediately life-threatening; (3) such Act may provide for early termination of a foreign state's designation; (4) such Act shall include an estimate of the number of a foreign state's nationals who are TPS eligible, their U.S. immigration status, and a time period for the effectiveness of the designation of not more than 18 months; and (5) an alien lacking lawful immigration status shall be ineligible for TPS.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
NO HATE Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6346
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 

National Observations of Hate, Assaults, and Threats to Equality Act of 2016 or the NO HATE Act of 2016

 
This bill requires a state or local government that receives funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program to report hate crime information to the Department of Justice (DOJ). DOJ must reduce the JAG allocation of a state or local government state that fails to comply.
 
The bill directs the Federal Bureau of Investigation to include hate crime information in the Uniform Crime Reports and the National Incident-Based Reporting System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To extend for one year the program for priority review to encourage treatments for rare pediatric diseases.

Bill: 114-hr-6347
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to extend through 2017 the priority review voucher program for treatments for rare pediatric diseases. (A priority review voucher is a transferable voucher that entitles the holder to have a new drug or biological product application acted upon by the Food and Drug Administration within six months.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To extend for two years the program for priority review to encourage treatments for rare pediatric diseases.

Bill: 114-hr-6348
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to extend through 2018 the priority review voucher program for treatments for rare pediatric diseases. (A priority review voucher is a transferable voucher that entitles the holder to have a new drug or biological product application acted upon by the Food and Drug Administration within six months.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
None of the Above Act

Bill: 114-hr-6349
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 

None of the Above Act

 
Any individual casting a ballot in a general election for federal office shall be given the opportunity to cast a vote for &quot;None of the Above&quot; on a separate line after the names of all other candidates in the election.
 
The effect of &quot;None of the Above&quot; receiving the greatest number of votes in elections for the House of Representatives and the Senate would be to require a special election and in elections for President and Vice President it would be to require a special general election.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for two years the credit for energy-efficient existing homes.

Bill: 114-hr-6350
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2018, the income tax credit for nonbusiness energy property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the credit for new qualified fuel cell motor vehicles.

Bill: 114-hr-6351
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2017, the income tax credit for new qualified fuel cell motor vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the above-the-line deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses.

Bill: 114-hr-6352
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2017, the tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for two years the credit for new qualified fuel cell motor vehicles.

Bill: 114-hr-6353
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2018, the income tax credit for new qualified fuel cell motor vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for two years the above-the-line deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses.

Bill: 114-hr-6354
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2018, the tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the credit for energy-efficient existing homes.

Bill: 114-hr-6355
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2017, the income tax credit for nonbusiness energy property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property.

Bill: 114-hr-6356
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2017, the income tax credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for two years the credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property.

Bill: 114-hr-6357
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2018, the income tax credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the credit for biodiesel and renewable diesel used as fuel.

Bill: 114-hr-6358
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2017, the income tax credit for biodiesel and renewable diesel used as fuel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for two years the credit for biodiesel and renewable diesel used as fuel.

Bill: 114-hr-6359
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2018, the income tax credit for biodiesel and renewable diesel used as fuel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the credit for energy efficient commercial buildings.

Bill: 114-hr-6360
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2017, the tax deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for two years the credit for energy efficient commercial buildings.

Bill: 114-hr-6361
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2018, the tax deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the Indian employment credit.

Bill: 114-hr-6362
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2017, the income tax credit for Indian employment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for two years the Indian employment credit.

Bill: 114-hr-6363
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2018, the income tax credit for Indian employment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the credit for certain qualified film and television and live theatrical productions.

Bill: 114-hr-6364
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2017, the expensing allowance for qualified film, television, and live theatrical productions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the credit for energy efficient new homes.

Bill: 114-hr-6365
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2017, the income tax credit for energy efficient new homes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for two years the credit for energy efficient new homes.

Bill: 114-hr-6366
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2018, the income tax credit for energy efficient new homes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the mine rescue team training credit.

Bill: 114-hr-6367
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2017, the income tax credit for mine rescue team training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for two years the mine rescue team training credit.

Bill: 114-hr-6368
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2018, the income tax credit for mine rescue team training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for two years the credit for certain qualified film and television and live theatrical productions.

Bill: 114-hr-6369
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2018, the expensing allowance for qualified film, television, and live theatrical productions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for purposes of the tax on private foundation excess business holdings to treat as outstanding any employee-owned stock purchased by a business enterprise pursuant to certain employee stock ownership retirement plans.

Bill: 114-hr-6370
Sponsor: Rep. Holding, George [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Employee benefits and pensions
Sales and excise taxes
Securities
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude certain purchases of employee-owned stock from being considered as outstanding voting stock for the purpose of the tax on excess business holdings of a private foundation in a business enterprise. 
 
The bill applies to any voting stock that is: (1) not readily tradable on an established securities market; (2) purchased by the business enterprise on or after January 1, 2005, from a stock bonus or profit sharing plan in which employees of the business enterprise participate, in connection with a distribution from the plan; and (3) held by the business enterprise as treasury stock, cancelled, or retired. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Doris Miller for acts of valor during World War II while a member of the Navy.

Bill: 114-hr-6371
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 
This bill authorizes the President, notwithstanding otherwise applicable time requirements, to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Doris Miller for acts of valor during World War II while a member of the Navy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Neighborhood Noise Barriers Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6372
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government trust funds
Noise pollution
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 

Neighborhood Noise Barriers Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 to allow the use of funds out of the Highway Trust Fund to construct a Type II noise barrier along a federal-aid highway, if it:
 
 
is part of a project approved by the Department of Transportation before November 28, 1995; or
 
separates a highway or other noise corridor from a group of structures of which the majority of those closest to the highway or noise corridor are residential in nature, and either were constructed before the construction or most recent widening of the highway or noise corridor, or are at least 10 years old.
 
 
The bill makes the planning, design, or construction of a Type II noise barrier eligible for surface transportation block grant program funding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 West Saint Louis Street in Pacific, Missouri, as the "Specialist Jeffrey L. White, Jr. Post Office".

Bill: 114-hr-6373
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Missouri
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 West Saint Louis Street in Pacific, Missouri, as the "Specialist Jeffrey L. White, Jr. Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House