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BRAVE Act

Bill: 114-hr-5959
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2016-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Assault and harassment offenses
Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Department of Education
Disability and paralysis
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
School administration
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: 

Bullying Redress and Verified Enforcement Act or the BRAVE Act

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to require a local educational agency (LEA) employee who becomes aware of bullying to report to an LEA-designated individual, within seven business days: (1) the acts that constituted the bullying; (2) the victim's protected characteristic, whether actual or perceived, if the bullying included a reference to or was motivated by such characteristic; and (3) the response of the LEA's employees to the bullying.
 
The LEA-designated individual must, within 60 days after receiving such a report, inform all the LEA's employees of the acts described and the response of the LEA's employees.
 
Each LEA shall annually review its policies on bullying. 
 
In addition, each LEA must publish and make available to students and parents a quarterly report that: (1) lists the number of bullying reports made since the previous quarterly report, and (2) informs the public of the right to file a complaint with the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) within the Department of Education (ED). OCR shall: (1) establish and publish complaint procedures; (2) investigate each complaint; (3) withhold ESEA funds from, issue a complaint against, or enter into a compliance agreement with any noncompliant LEA; and (4) make information about each complaint available on ED's website.
 
The bill conditions an LEA's receipt of ESEA funds on its: (1) annual written certification to ED that it is in compliance with the bill's requirements, and (2) submission of its four most recent quarterly reports on bullying.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Healthcare Insurance Transparency Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5960
Sponsor: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2016-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: 

The Consumer Healthcare Insurance Transparency Act of 2016

 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to publish information on changes in group health plan and health insurance premiums for the next year for small employers and individuals. The information must be published by November 1 of each year.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
SIMPLE Act

Bill: 114-hr-5962
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2016-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: 

Streamlining Income-driven, Manageable Payments on Loans for Education Act or the SIMPLE Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise the process for enrolling a borrower in federal student loan repayment plans when the borrower is delinquent on payments for student loans under the Direct Loan program. Specifically, the Department of Education (ED) may use the tax information of certain delinquent borrowers for purposes of calculating their income-driven repayment plan options. ED must notify those borrowers about their delinquency and repayment plan options. ED must also establish and implement procedures for automatically recertifying the income of certain delinquent borrowers for the purpose of determining their repayment obligations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2016-09-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2016-09-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2016-09-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5167-5168)
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
To provide a Federal share for disaster assistance provided to the State of Louisiana in connection with flooding events occurring during 2016, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-5964
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2016-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: 
This bill sets the federal share of major disaster assistance provided to Louisiana under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in connection with flooding events occurring during 2016 at: (1) 90% of the eligible costs for the repair, restoration, and replacement of damaged public facilities; and (2) 100% of the eligible costs for assistance essential to meeting immediate threats to life and property and for debris removal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Campus Gun Policy Transparency Act

Bill: 114-hr-5965
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2016-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Education programs funding
Firearms and explosives
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: 

Campus Gun Policy Transparency Act

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify campus security reporting requirements for an institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student aid programs.
 
Currently, an IHE must annually report certain crime statistics in the following categories: (1) criminal offenses; (2) criminal offenses motivated by bias (i.e., hate crimes); (3) domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking; and (4) arrests and referrals for disciplinary action. This bill expands the categories of reportable crime statistics to also include criminal offenses in which a firearm was present at the scene of the crime.
 
Additionally, it requires an IHE to include, in its annual security report provided to students and employees, a statement of its current policy on concealed carry or open carry of firearms. 
 
An IHE must also disclose that policy on its website and in promotional materials. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
A bill to convey certain locks and dams.

Bill: 114-hr-5966
Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2016-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: 
This bill deauthorizes the project for navigation at the Green River Locks and Dams 3, 4, 5, and 6 and Barren River Lock and Dam 1, Kentucky, and requires the associated lands and improvements to be disposed of as prescribed below.
 
All U.S. rights to:
 
 
Green River Lock and Dam 3, located in Ohio County and Muhlenberg County, shall be conveyed to the Rochester Dam Regional Water Commission; 
 
Green River Lock and Dam 4, located in Butler County, shall be conveyed to Butler County; 
 
Green River Lock and Dam 5, located in Butler County and Warren County, shall be conveyed to Kentucky, a political subdivision thereof, or a tax-exempt non-governmental organization; and 
 
the portion of the Green River Lock and Dam 6, Edmonson County located on the right descending bank of the Green River, and Barren River Lock and Dam 1, located in Warren County, shall be conveyed to the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. 

 
The Secretary of the Army shall transfer administrative jurisdiction over the portion of the Green River Lock and Dam 6 located on the left descending bank of the Green River to the Department of the Interior for inclusion in the Mammoth Cave National Park.
 
If the Secretary determines that such conveyed land ceases to be owned by the public, all right to the land shall revert to the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, to improve access to motor vehicle information, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-5967
Sponsor: Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2016-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Business records
Consumer affairs
Manufacturing
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: 
This bill allows the Department of Transportation (DOT) to require that each motor vehicle manufacturer provide the following information, with regard to a specific vehicle identification number:
 
 
each original equipment manufacturer (OEM) part name included within the vehicle, including a description, number (including any superceded and successor OEM part number), any other part identification number and distinguishing marking, and software of each part;
 
build sheet information; and
 
additional information as determined by DOT.
 
 
Each motor vehicle manufacturer shall provide access to such information on a website to the motor vehicle owner and any potential purchaser of the motor vehicle.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Investment Opportunity Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5968
Sponsor: Rep. Knight, Stephen [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2016-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Government lending and loan guarantees
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: 

Small Business Investment Opportunity Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to increase the maximum amount of outstanding leverage (i.e., borrowing power) made available to any licensed small business investment company (SBIC) from $150 million to $170 million.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Investing in Main Street Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5969
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2016-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business investment and capital
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: 

Investing in Main Street Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to increase from 5% to 15% of its capital and surplus, the amount a national bank, a member bank of the Federal Reserve System, a nonmember insured bank (to the extent permitted under applicable state law), or a federal savings association may invest in one or more small business investment companies (SBICs), or in any entity established to invest solely in SBICs. The increase is subject to the approval of the appropriate federal banking agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Shame Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5970
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2016-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Human trafficking
Photography and imaging
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: 

Shame Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to allow courts to order the Department of Justice to publish the name and photograph of persons convicted of certain sex trafficking activities that affect interstate or foreign commerce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount excludable from gross income for dependent care assistance and dependent care flexible spending arrangements and to provide for a carryover of unused dependent care benefits in dependent care flexible spending arrangements.

Bill: 114-hr-5971
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2016-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child care and development
Disability and paralysis
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase from $5,000 to $7,500 (adjusted for inflation after 2017) the amount of employer-provided dependent care assistance that an employee may exclude from gross income, and (2) permit unused dependent care benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements to be carried forward to the succeeding plan year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Campus Sexual Assault Whistleblower Protection Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5972
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2016-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Higher education
Sex offenses
Student aid and college costs
Student records

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: 

Campus Sexual Assault Whistleblower Protection Act of 2016

 
 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit the suspension of federal student aid eligibility for a student who: (1) admits, in a sexual assault report, unlawful consumption of a controlled substance or alcohol; and (2) is convicted of a drug offense involving controlled substance possession based on conduct described in such admission.
 
The bill also modifies eligibility requirements for an institution of higher education (IHE) to participate in federal student aid programs. Specifically, it prohibits an IHE from taking a retaliatory action (e.g., suspension or expulsion) against an enrolled student who reports a sexual assault and admits, in such report: (1) sexual activity, or (2) unlawful consumption of a controlled substance or alcohol. An IHE must annually inform enrolled students that such retaliatory action is prohibited.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the tax treatment of certain life insurance contract transactions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-5973
Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2016-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Life, casualty, property insurance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the tax treatment of certain life insurance contract transactions. 
 
The bill establishes reporting requirements for acquisitions of life insurance contracts in a reportable policy sale. Specified details must be reported regarding: 
 
 
the payments, contracts, and people involved in the acquisition; 
 
the seller's basis; and 
 
payments of death benefits. 
 
 
A &quot;reportable policy sale&quot; is the acquisition of an interest in a life insurance contract, directly or indirectly, if the acquirer has no substantial family, business, or financial relationship with the insured apart from the acquirer's interest in such life insurance contract. 
 
The bill also: (1) specifies that no basis adjustment shall be made for mortality, expense, or other reasonable charges incurred under an annuity or life insurance contract; and (2) exempts the transfer of a life insurance contract, or any interest therein, in a reportable policy sale from the transfer for valuable consideration rule. 
 
(Under current law, the transfer for valuable consideration rule provides that, if a life insurance contract or an interest in a contract is transferred for a valuable consideration, the tax exclusion for amounts received under a life insurance contract due to the death of the insured is limited to the sum of the actual value of the consideration and the premiums and other amounts subsequently paid by the transferee.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Coptic Churches Accountability Act

Bill: 114-hr-5974
Sponsor: Rep. Trott, David A. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2016-09-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: 

Coptic Churches Accountability Act

 
This bill directs the Department of State, until 2021, to submit an annual report describing: 
 
 
the progress made in restoring or repairing Christian religious property and property owned by Christians in Egypt that was damaged or destroyed during the August 2013 sectarian violence; 
 
implementation of the law Egypt passed in 2016 that imposes significant burdens on church building; and 
 
the nature and extent of Egyptian laws and policies regarding the construction of Christian churches or places of worship. 
 
 
The State Department shall ensure that each country report on human rights practices for Egypt and each report on international religious freedom contains: 
 
 
a summary of the progress made in restoring religious property; and 
 
a list of each Christian church, place of worship, or other Christian religious property and each item of property belonging to a Christian church that was damaged or destroyed. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
BRIGHT Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5975
Sponsor: Rep. Walker, Mark [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2016-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Human trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: 

Bettering Resources in Guarding from Human Trafficking Act of 2016 or the BRIGHT Act of 2016

 
 This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish a five-year mandatory minimum prison term for certain offenses related to peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, and trafficking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Agriculture Conservation Stamp Act

Bill: 114-hr-5976
Sponsor: Rep. Young, David [R-IA-3]
Introduced: 2016-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Department of Agriculture
Executive agency funding and structure
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: 

Agriculture Conservation Stamp Act 

 
This bill requires the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to issue for a four-year period a semipostal to benefit certain Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation programs. (A semipostal is a postage stamp that is issued and sold by the USPS at a premium, in order to help provide funding for a cause that the USPS considers to be in the national public interest and appropriate.) 
 
USDA is the sole agency to which the USPS may transfer funds received from the sale of the semipostal. USDA must use the transferred funds exclusively for programs authorized under title XII (Conservation) of the Food Security Act of 1985.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-09-08
text: Introduced in House