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Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act

Bill: 114-hr-5519
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2016-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee leave
Family relationships
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: 

Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act

 
 This bill amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to entitle an eligible employee to leave to care for a domestic partner or his or her child, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, or any other person related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship, if that person has a serious health condition. 
 
This bill applies the same leave allowance to federal employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2016-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2016-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2016-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Udall Park Land Exchange Completion Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5520
Sponsor: Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2016-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Economic development
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: 

Udall Park Land Exchange Completion Act of 2016

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey, without consideration, to the city of Tucson, Arizona, the reversionary interest of the United States in and to an approximately 172.8-acre parcel of land owned by the city for the purpose of unencumbering the title to such land to enable its economic development.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
RIGHTS at the CFPB Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5521
Sponsor: Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2016-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: 

Reigning In of Governmental Hostility To Sovereignty at the CFPB Act of 2016 or the RIGHTS at the CFPB Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to authorize any person who is a party to an adjudicative administrative proceeding brought by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and against whom an order imposing a cease and desist order or a penalty may be issued at the proceeding's conclusion, to require the CFPB to terminate the proceeding. The termination request must be made within 20 days after the person receives notice of the proceeding.
 
If such a person does require the CFPB to terminate a proceeding, the CFPB may still bring a civil action against the person for the same remedy that might be imposed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to require that civil investigative demands be appealed to courts, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-5522
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2016-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Evidence and witnesses
Financial services and investments
Government studies and investigations
Judicial review and appeals

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: 
This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 regarding civil investigative demands made by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on a person in the course of an investigation. (Under current law, the CFPB may, before institution of any proceedings, serve a civil investigative demand on a person the CFPB has reason to believe may be in possession, custody, or control of any documentary material or tangible things, or may have any information, relevant to a violation of federal consumer financial law.)
 
The bill requires the recipient of such a demand to meet and confer with a CFPB investigator within 30 calendar days after receiving the demand to discuss and attempt to resolve all issues regarding compliance with it, unless the CFPB grants an extension the recipient requests.
 
The deadline after the service of any civil investigative demand by which the recipient may petition for an order modifying or setting the demand aside shall extend from the current maximum of 20 days to a maximum of 45 days.
 
The bill eliminates the right to appeal any final order of a U.S. district court regarding such a petition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Legal Services Corporation Repeal Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5524
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2016-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Lawyers and legal services
Legal Services Corporation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: 

Legal Services Corporation Repeal Act of 2016

 
This bill repeals the Legal Services Corporation Act, which established a federally funded nonprofit corporation to provide financial support for legal assistance in noncriminal matters to persons financially unable to afford such assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
End Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5525
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
Introduced: 2016-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Telecommunication rates and fees
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: 

End Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of
 
2016

 
This bill prohibits a provider of commercial mobile service or commercial mobile data service from receiving universal service support under the Communications Act of 1934 through the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC's) Lifeline program, which provides subsidies for discounts on monthly telephone or broadband service (e.g., Internet service on mobile phones) to qualifying low-income consumers.
 
The FCC must continue to collect universal service contributions from telecommunications carriers through 2017 based on mobile service support provided in 2016 despite the bill's prohibition on Lifeline universal service support for mobile services. But the amounts collected for mobile services must be deposited in the Treasury for deficit reduction instead of being distributed for universal service support. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 207 - 143 (Roll no. 334).
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Failed of passage/not agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 207 - 143 (Roll no. 334).
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4025)
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5525.
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3978-3983; text of measure as introduced: CR H3978-3979)
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Mr. Scott, Austin moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Accessing Higher Education Opportunities Act

Bill: 114-hr-5529
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2016-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Health personnel
Higher education
Medical education
Minority education
Minority employment

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-20
text: 

Accessing Higher Education Opportunities Act

 
This bill amends title V (Developing Institutions) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand grant activities under the Hispanic Serving Institutions program to include: (1) support programs that facilitate student advancement to doctoral degree programs in health care occupations, and (2) developing or expanding access to dual or concurrent enrollment programs and early college high school programs.
 

action_date: 2016-07-11
text: 

Accessing Higher Education Opportunities Act

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends title V (Developing Institutions) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand grant activities under the Hispanic Serving Institutions program to include: (1) support programs that facilitate student advancement to doctoral degree programs in health care occupations, and (2) developing or expanding access to dual or concurrent enrollment programs and early college high school programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4613-4614)
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4613-4614)
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5529.
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4613-4615)
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Mr. Heck (NV) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 524.
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 114-676.
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 114-676.
action_date: 2016-06-22
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2016-06-22
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Miscellaneous Maritime Transportation Amendments Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5531
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2016-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-20
text: 

Miscellaneous Maritime Transportation Amendments Act of 2016

 

National Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Resilience and Security Act of 2016

 
This bill directs the U.S. Coast Guard to develop a land-based system to backup its Global Position System (GPS).
 
The bill revises the deadline for when certain fishing vessels must be in compliance with the alternate safety compliance program.
 
Additionally, the Coast Guard is authorized to reimburse private entities for costs incurred to construct and establish an aid to navigation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2016-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Unlawful Gun Buyer Alert Act

Bill: 114-hr-5532
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2016-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-20
text: 

Unlawful Gun Buyer Alert Act

 
This bill amends the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to require the national instant criminal background check system to notify certain law enforcement agencies when a firearm is transferred to a person who is subsequently determined to be prohibited from receiving or possessing a firearm.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-20
text: Introduced in House
TSA Workforce Flexibility Act

Bill: 114-hr-5534
Sponsor: Rep. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2016-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Department of Homeland Security
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-20
text: 

TSA Workforce Flexibility Act 

 
This bill amends the Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2016 to repeal a provision that limits the number of full-time equivalent Transportation Security Administration screeners to 45,000. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
action_date: 2016-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2016-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Family Leave for Parental Involvement in Education Act

Bill: 114-hr-5535
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2016-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Community life and organization
Elementary and secondary education
Employee leave
Family relationships
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-20
text: 

Family Leave for Parental Involvement in Education Act

 
This bill entitles an employee covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to take up to 8 hours during any 30-day period, and up to 48 hours during any 12-month period, of parental involvement leave to participate in or attend school conferences or activities sponsored by a school or community organization and related to a program attended by the employee's child or grandchild.
 
An employee may elect, or an employer may require, substitution of any of the employee's paid or family leave or paid medical or sick leave for any leave allowed under this bill.
 
Nothing in this bill shall require an employer to grant paid sick leave or paid medical leave in situations where the employer would not normally grant it.
 
The bill imposes on the employee requesting leave certain notification requirements. An employer may require certification supporting such requests.
 
The bill also applies the parental involvement and family wellness leave allowance to federal employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2016-06-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and 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: 2016-06-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and 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: 2016-06-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and 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: 2016-06-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and 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: 2016-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-20
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement for the vessel Apollonia, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-5536
Sponsor: Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2016-06-20 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-20
text: 
This bill directs the Coast Guard to issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement for the vessel Apollonia (United States official number 1266527).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Investment in Needy Neighborhoods Act

Bill: 114-hr-5539
Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2016-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Business investment and capital
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: 

Preserving Investment in Needy Neighborhoods Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from gross income contributions to the capital of a partnership, and (2) set forth rules for determining the basis of property and money contributed to the capital of a partnership.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Financial Services for the Underserved Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5541
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2016-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Community life and organization
Government information and archives
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: 

Financial Services for the Underserved Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Federal Credit Union Act to revise the requirements for allowing a federal credit union to extend its field of membership in an underserved area.
 
The credit union must be well capitalized or adequately capitalized, and within 24 months after approval by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) it must have established and maintained an ongoing method to provide services in the local community, neighborhood, or rural district. (The current requirement is that the credit union must, without a deadline, establish and maintain an office or facility in the local community, neighborhood, or rural district at which credit union services are available.)
 
Any failure of a federal credit union to meet the latter requirement by the end of the 24-month period shall constitute a termination, as a matter of law, of NCUA approval of its application regarding the credit union's membership.
 
Any federal credit union with an approved application for an underserved area must report annually to the NCUA on the number of:
 
 
credit union members who are members by reason of that application; and 
 
offices or facilities maintained by the credit union in the local community, neighborhood, or rural district taken into account by the NCUA in approving the application.
 
 
The bill defines &quot;underserved area&quot; generally as a geographic area consisting of a single census tract or a group of census tracts, each of which meets the criteria for a low-income community or is underserved by other depository institutions, based on data of the NCUA and the federal banking agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Introduced in House