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LEARNS Act

Bill: 114-hr-5635
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2016-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Department of Labor
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Higher education
Performance measurement
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: 

Leveraging Effective Apprenticeships to Rebuild National Skills Act or the LEARNS Act

 
This bill establishes, in the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor, an Office of Apprenticeship to:
 
 
determine whether an apprenticeship program meets requirements for registration and maintains the standards necessary to remain registered,
 
manage the national apprenticeship system (the collective group of registered apprenticeship programs and pre-apprenticeship programs in the nation), and
 
make grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities to carry out projects that support development of pre-apprenticeship programs.
 
 
The bill also establishes in Labor a National Advisory Committee on Apprenticeships.
 
Labor and the Department of Education shall establish a voluntary Registered Apprenticeship-College Collaborative consisting of the sponsors carrying out registered apprenticeship programs, two- or four-year postsecondary educational institutions, and organizations that represent such programs or institutions, that agree to meet certain criteria in order to promote stronger connections between the registered apprenticeship programs involved and participating two- and four-year postsecondary educational institutions.
 
Labor shall make assistance payments to eligible sponsors of new registered apprenticeship programs or of existing programs that add employers as new partners, which may include joint labor-management registered apprenticeship programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House
One Percent Spending Reduction Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5637
Sponsor: Rep. Sanford, Mark [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2016-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: 

One Percent Spending Reduction Act of 2016 

 
This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to establish and enforce new spending caps. 
 
The bill establishes an outlay cap (less net interest payments) for FY2017 of $3.645 trillion, less 1%. For each year from FY2018-FY2021, the bill reduces the outlay cap by 1% of the previous year's outlay cap. 
 
For FY2022 and subsequent years, total outlays may not exceed 18% of the gross domestic product (GDP) for that year as estimated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Beginning in FY2023, total projected outlays may not be less than the total projected outlays for the preceding year. 
 
The OMB must enforce the spending caps using a sequestration to eliminate any excess spending through automatic cuts. The bill eliminates most of the existing exemptions from sequestration, with the exception of interest payments on the debt. 
 
If the OMB projects a sequestration, the congressional budget committees may report a resolution directing congressional committees to change existing law to achieve the spending reductions necessary to meet the outlay limits. 
 
The bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish procedures for Congress to enforce the outlay caps established by this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2016-07-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2016-07-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House
Electricity Storage Innovation Act

Bill: 114-hr-5640
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2016-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Chemistry
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Materials
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: 

Electricity Storage Innovation Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE)to establish the Electricity Storage Basic Research Initiative. The initiative is designed to expand knowledge related to thecontrol, storage, and conversion ofelectrical energy into chemical energy, and chemical energy into electrical energy.
 
DOEmust support specific programs within its Office of Science and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy as part of the initiative.
 
In addition, DOE must organize activities under the initiative utilizing research teams consisting ofexperts from the national laboratories, universities, and theprivate sector.

action_date: 2016-07-11
text: 

Electricity Storage Innovation Act

 
(Sec. 2)This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE)to establish the Electricity Storage Basic Research Initiative. The initiative is designed to expand knowledge related to thecontrol, storage, and conversion ofelectrical energy into chemical energy, and chemical energy into electrical energy.
 
DOEmust support specific programs within its Office of Science and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy as part of the initiative.
 
In addition, DOE must organize activities under the initiative utilizing research teams consisting ofexperts from the national laboratories, universities, and theprivate sector.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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 H4647-4648)
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 H4647-4648)
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5640.
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4647-4649)
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Mr. Smith (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 529.
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 114-681.
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 114-681.
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House
Equity in Career and Technical Education Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5641
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2016-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child care and development
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Performance measurement
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: 

Equity in Career and Technical Education Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to require state and local educational agencies to conduct an annual equity gap assessment for career and technical education programs of study and create plans on how to reduce the gap.The &quot;equity gap&quot; consists of the gaps in participation and performance between students based on gender, race, and certain special populations. 
 
The bill requires states to provide professional development and technical assistance to help local educational agencies close equity gaps in career and technical education.States and local agencies that fail to make improvements in closing equity gaps must implement an improvement plan.The Department of Education (ED)may withhold funding from states that fail to show improvement in closing equity gaps.Additionally, states may withhold funding from local agencies that fail to make improvements.
 
States must also annually report toED on the progress of the state in closing equity gaps. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House
Counterterrorism Enhancement Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5642
Sponsor: Rep. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2016-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Firearms and explosives
Hate crimes
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Racial and ethnic relations
Terrorism
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: 

Counterterrorism Enhancement Act of 2016

 
This bill authorizes additional FY2017 appropriations to the Department of Justice for: 
 
 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), for personnel, training, and equipment to counter terrorism; 
 
the Bureau of Justice Programs, for a Violence Against Law Enforcement Officer Resilience and Survivability (i.e., VALOR) initiative; 
 
the Civil Rights Division; and
 
the Community Relations Service. 
 
 
Additionally, this bill amends the federal criminal code to revise the prohibition on transferring a firearm knowing that the firearm will be used to commit a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime. Specifically, it broadens the scope of the prohibition to bar the transfer or receipt of a firearm knowing or reasonably believing that the firearm will be used to commit a crime of violence, a drug trafficking crime, or a federal crime of terrorism. It increases from 10 to 15 years the maximum prison term for a violator.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House
Shift Back to Society Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5644
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2016-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Education programs funding
Higher education
Law enforcement administration and funding
Minority education

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: 

Shift Back to Society Act of 2016

 
This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish a pilot program that awards matching grants to historically black colleges and universities to provide educational programs for eligible offenders to facilitate re-entry into the community. 
 
An eligible offender is a convicted criminal offender who has been released from incarceration for less than one year or who is scheduled to be released from incarceration within one year.
 
The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on the results of the pilot program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2016-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-07-06
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: 2016-07-06
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: 2016-07-06
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: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House
United States-Israel Alzheimer's Disease Cooperation Act

Bill: 114-hr-5645
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2016-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Health programs administration and funding
International organizations and cooperation
Israel
Medical research
Middle East
Neurological disorders
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: 

United States-Israel Alzheimer's Disease Cooperation Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program of grants to support research on the development and commercialization of tools, treatments, and cures for Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Supported projects must be joint ventures between U.S. and Israeli non-governmental entities or the U.S. and Israeli governments.
 
 HHS must establish an advisory board to monitor the method by which grants are awarded and to provide performance reviews of actions taken to carry out this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House
Sarah's Law

Bill: 114-hr-5646
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2016-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Crime victims
Criminal justice information and records
Detention of persons
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: 

Sarah's Law

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the detention of an alien: (1) who was not inspected and admitted into the United States, who held a revoked nonimmigrant visa (or other nonimmigrant admission document), or who is deportable for failing to maintain nonimmigrant status; and (2) who has been charged in the United States with a crime that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury of another person.
 
 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall make reasonable efforts to: 
 
 
obtain information about the identity of any victims of the crimes for which such alien was charged or convicted; and 
 
 provide the victim, or a parent, guardian, spouse, or closest living relative of a deceased victim, with information about such alien, including name, date of birth, nationality, immigration status, criminal history, and a description of any related removal efforts.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain ride-sharing services provided by transportation network companies as excludable transportation fringe benefits, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-5647
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2016-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commuting
District of Columbia
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Maryland
Public transit
Transportation costs
Transportation safety and security
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat any qualified ride-sharing service provided after the date of the enactment of this bill and before June 1, 2017, as a qualified transportation fringe benefit that is excluded from an employee's gross income. 
 
A qualified ride-sharing service is transportation provided through a transportation network company if: 
 
 
 the transportation is in connection with travel between the employee's residence and place of employment, both of which are located within the Washington Metropolitan Area; 
 
 the employee is an employee of a government agency and receives transit benefits from the agency; and 
 
 the transportation is through the use of services that utilize innovative mobility technologies to provide alternatives to driving alone. 
 
 
The benefit is subject to a limit on the aggregate amount of certain transportation fringe benefits that may be excluded from gross income. 
 
During the period beginning with the enactment of this bill and ending on the earlier of June 1, 2017, or the completion of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's maintenance program (commonly referred to as &quot;SafeTrack&quot;), agencies that provide transit benefits to employees must provide benefits for using transportation network companies within the Washington Metropolitan Area in the same manner as benefits are provided for using public transportation services in the area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2016-07-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2016-07-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House
Mental Health Care Provider Retention Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5648
Sponsor: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2016-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Mental health
Military medicine
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: 

Mental Health Care Provider Retention Act of 2016

 
This bill allows an individual who has been diagnosed with a mental health condition and who is transitioning from receiving treatment from the Department of Defense to receiving treatment from in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to elect to continue receiving treatment from such individual's DOD mental health provider.
 
Such individual shall receive the same level of priority as members of the Armed Forces at the facility at which the individual has elected to continue treatment. The VA shall reimburse DOD for rendered services that otherwise would have been furnished by the VA.
 
If the DOD mental health care provider departs the facility at which the covered individual is receiving treatment, such individual may elect to obtain the services of: (1) a different mental health care provider at the same facility, or (2) a VA mental health care provider.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2016-07-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2016-07-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House
Stop Abusing the Presidential Plane Act

Bill: 114-hr-5649
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
Introduced: 2016-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Military facilities and property
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: 

Stop Abusing the Presidential Plane Act

 
This bill prohibits an aircraft under the jurisdiction of a military department that is available for the President's use from being used to transport a candidate for federal office to an event promoting the candidate's election campaign. 
 
This prohibition does not apply to the use of an aircraft to transport the President or Vice President to an event promoting the President's or Vice President's re-election campaign.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces.
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Introduced in House