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To amend title 38, United States Code, to pay special compensation to certain veterans with the loss or loss of use of creative organs.

Bill: 114-hr-4892
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2016-04-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Sex and reproductive health
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay additional compensation in the form of two $10,000 lump-sum payments to a veteran who is paid disability compensation for: (1) the anatomical loss of one or more creative organs, or (2) the permanent or static loss of use of one or more creative organs. (Creative organs are those involved in reproduction.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-11
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2016-05-11
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Introduced in House
Risk Management and Homeowner Stability Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4893
Sponsor: Rep. Sanford, Mark [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2016-04-11 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Financial services and investments
Housing finance and home ownership
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: 

Risk Management and Homeowner Stability Act of 2016 

 
This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prohibit the chairs of the congressional budget committees from counting increases to guarantee fees as offsets for budget enforcement purposes. The bill includes an exception for legislation that increases guarantee fees to finance reforms to the secondary mortgage market. 
 
(Guarantee fees are charged by enterprises, such as the Federal National Mortgage Association [Fannie Mae] and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation [Freddie Mac], to guarantee the payment of principal and interest on loans. This bill prevents the fees from being used to offset provisions that increase the deficit in determining whether a budget point of order applies to legislation.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2016-04-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2016-04-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2016-04-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Introduced in House
Detaining Terrorists to Protect Americans Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4895
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2016-04-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Cuba
Detention of persons
International law and treaties
Latin America
Military facilities and property
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: 

Detaining Terrorists to Protect Americans Act of 2016

 
This bill prohibits the use of funds to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States, its territories, or possessions of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who: (1) is not a U.S. citizen or a member of the Armed Forces; and (2) is or was held by the Department of Defense (DOD) on or after January 20, 2009, at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
 
No funds may be used: 
 
 
to construct or modify any facility in the United States, its territories, or possessions to house any individual detained at Guantanamo under DOD custody or control unless expressly authorized by Congress; or 
 
through FY2017 to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release of an individual detained at Guantanamo to any foreign country or foreign entity unless expressly authorized by Congress.
 
 
 &quot;Individual detained at Guantanamo&quot; means any individual located at Guantanamo as of October 1, 2009, who: (1) is not a U.S. citizen or a member of the Armed Forces; and (2) is under DOD custody or control, or otherwise under detention at Guantanamo. 
 
No funds may be used to: (1) close or abandon Guantanamo, (2) relinquish control of Guantanamo to Cuba, or (3) implement a material modification to the Treaty Between the United States of America and Cuba that constructively closes Guantanamo.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Introduced in House
Dairy MILC Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4896
Sponsor: Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2016-04-11 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Energy prices
Government information and archives
Transportation costs
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: 

Dairy Margin Insurance Location Calculation Act of 2016 or the Dairy MILC Act of 2016 

 
This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to require the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to calculate the average feed cost for the Dairy Margin Protection Program using data from each state rather than the national average. USDA must also take into consideration costs for energy, transportation, and labor. 
 
(The Dairy Margin Protection Program makes payments to participating farmers when actual dairy production margins fall below a farmer-selected insured margin. Average feed costs are part of the formula used to calculate actual dairy production margins.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Introduced in House
Information Technology Modernization Act

Bill: 114-hr-4897
Sponsor: Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5]
Introduced: 2016-04-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Executive agency funding and structure
Government trust funds
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: 

Information Technology Modernization Act

 
This bill establishes in the Treasury an Information Technology Modernization Fund for technology related activities, to improve information technology, and to enhance cybersecurity across the federal government. 
 
The Fund shall be administered by the General Services Administration (GSA). The GSA may:
 
 
transfer amounts from the Fund to an agency to improve, retire, or replace existing information technology systems to enhance cybersecurity and improve efficiency and effectiveness;
 
 use amounts in the Fund for the development, operation, and procurement of information technology products, services, and acquisition vehicles for use by agencies to improve efficiency and cybersecurity; and
 
 use amounts in the Fund to provide services or work performed in support of such activities.
 
 
An agency shall: (1) reimburse the Fund for any such transfer, and (2) pay a price to be fixed by the GSA for any such product or service the agency uses. 
 
The bill establishes an Information Technology Modernization Board, which shall: (1) evaluate proposals for modernization submitted by agencies; (2) make recommendations to the GSA to assist agencies in the further development and refinement of select proposals; and (3) monitor progress and performance in executing approved projects and, if necessary, recommend the suspension or termination of funding. 
 
The GSA shall support Board activities and provide technical support to, and oversight of, agencies that receive transfers from the Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1639)
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Introduced in House
No Dollars for Iran Act

Bill: 114-hr-4898
Sponsor: Rep. Trott, David A. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2016-04-11 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Currency
Foreign and international banking
Iran
Licensing and registrations
Middle East
Sanctions

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: 

No Dollars for Iran Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Treasury from issuing a license under any law, including the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, that would permit a person to conduct offshore dollar clearing outside of the U.S. financial system for transactions that would involve or benefit the government of Iran or any Iranian person. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Statutory Rights and Interests of the States Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4899
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2016-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Civil actions and liability
Contracts and agency

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: 

Restoring Statutory Rights and Interests of the States Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Federal Arbitration Act to invalidate arbitration agreements between parties in certain commercial contracts or transactions if they require arbitration of a claim for damages or injunctive relief brought by an individual or small business arising from the alleged violation of a federal or state statute, the U.S. Constitution, or a state constitution, unless the written agreement to arbitrate is entered into by both parties after the claim has arisen and pertains solely to an existing claim.
 
The grounds upon which a contract with an arbitration agreement is revocable shall include federal or state statutes or court findings that prohibit an agreement to arbitrate if the agreement is unconscionable, invalid because there was no meeting of the minds, or otherwise unenforceable as a matter of contract law or public policy.
 
A court, rather than an arbitrator, shall determine whether an arbitration agreement is enforceable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of funds by the Internal Revenue Service to target citizens of the United States for exercising any right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Bill: 114-hr-4903
Sponsor: Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12]
Introduced: 2016-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
First Amendment rights
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Political movements and philosophies
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: 
This bill prohibits the Internal Revenue Service from using funds to target U.S. citizens for exercising any right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Constitution. 

action_date: 2016-04-19
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 
(Sec. 1) This bill prohibits the Internal Revenue Service from using funds to target U.S. citizens for exercising any right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Constitution. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1827)
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1827)
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4903.
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1827-1830)
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Mrs. Noem moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
ATF Enforcement Act

Bill: 114-hr-4905
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2016-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Appropriations
Business records
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Firearms and explosives
Freedom of information
Historical and cultural resources
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades
Trade restrictions
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: 

ATF Enforcement Act

 
This bill amends the federal judicial code to require the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to be appointed by the Attorney General. Currently, the Director is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
 
 Additionally, it amends several appropriations laws to remove limitations on the ATF's authority to conduct activities related to the administration of federal firearms laws.
 
The amended appropriations laws include: 
 
 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016; 
 
 the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013;
 
the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012;
 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010;
 
the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009;
 
 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008;
 
the Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006;
 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005; and
 
the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003.
 
 
The bill removes provisions from these laws that:
 
 
prohibit the consolidation or centralization within the Department of Justice of firearm transfer records maintained by federal firearms licensees; 
 
prohibit the imposition of a requirement that firearms dealers conduct a physical inventory;
 
require instant background check records to be destroyed within 24 hours;
 
limit the use of firearms tracing data;
 
limit the processing of Freedom of Information Act requests in connection with arson or explosive incidents or firearm traces;
 
limit denials of applications to import &quot;curios or relics&quot; firearms, parts, or ammunition; 
 
prohibit denials of federal firearms licenses due to lack of business activity;
 
prohibit the transfer of functions, missions, or activities to other agencies or departments; 
 
prohibit the search of electronic firearm transfer records of federally licensed gun dealers who go out of business; and 
 
prohibit denials of applications to import certain non-sporting shotguns. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Grow Philanthropy Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4907
Sponsor: Rep. Holding, George [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2016-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: 

Grow Philanthropy Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an individual who is at least 70-1/2 years of age up to $100,000 in distributions from an individual retirement plan to a donor-advised fund. 
 
(A donor-advised fund is a fund or account that is separately identified by reference to contributions of a donor or donors. The account is owned and controlled by a sponsoring charitable organization, while the donor retains advisory privileges with respect to the distribution and investment of funds in the account.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4908
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2016-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Housing supply and affordability
Low- and moderate-income housing
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: 

Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Housing Act of 1949 to direct the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to extend rural housing vouchers to any low-income household (including those not receiving rental assistance) residing in a property financed with a loan made or insured for housing and related facilities for elderly or other low-income persons and families which has been prepaid, or which has matured, after September 30, 2005.
 
No owner of a property financed with such a loan, whether outstanding or fully paid, may refuse to lease an available dwelling unit in the property to a household on behalf of whom a rural housing voucher assistance is provided, and enter into a voucher contract respecting that unit, if a proximate cause of that refusal is the current or prospective tenant's status as a holder of such a voucher.
 
USDA may contract to make, make, and renew annual assistance payments to owners of projects originally financed with such a loan that has matured on or after enactment of this bill, and at rental rates commensurate to income.
 
USDA shall establish uniform requirements, terms, and conditions for any sale or transfer of a property financed with such a loan to any entity, including a nonprofit organization, seeking to acquire it with a similar loan and any low-income housing tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code.
 
USDA may also establish a Multifamily Housing Revitalization Program for the preservation and revitalization of multifamily housing projects funded with such loans, as well as with loans for housing and related facilities for domestic farm labor, to ensure that those projects have sufficient resources to provide safe and affordable housing for low-income residents and farm laborers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 36, United States Code, to require that the POW/MIA flag be displayed on all days that the flag of the United States is displayed on certain Federal property.

Bill: 114-hr-4910
Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2016-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Conflicts and wars
Military personnel and dependents
National symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: 
The bill changes the days on which the POW/MIA flag is required to be displayed at specified locations to all days on which the U.S. flag is displayed. (Current law requires the POW/MIA flag to be displayed only on Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, National POW/MIA Recognition Day, and Veterans Day.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Drone Operator Safety Act

Bill: 114-hr-4911
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2016-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: 
 
Drone Operator Safety Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to operate an unmanned aircraft (i.e., drone) that knowingly or recklessly interferes with or disrupts the operation of an aircraft carrying one or more occupants in U.S. airspace.
 
The prohibition includes the operation of an unmanned aircraft within the runway exclusion zone (i.e., defined area of controlled airspace around an active runway) of an airport without approval.
 
A violator is subject to a fine, a prison term, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2016-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2016-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-04-12
text: Introduced in House