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Recognizing Mayaguez Veterans Act

Bill: 114-hr-6374
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Military operations and strategy
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 

Recognizing Mayaguez Veterans Act

 
This bill requires the military department concerned, upon application by or on behalf of a veteran who was awarded the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for participation in the Mayaguez rescue operation of May 12-May 15, 1975, or who otherwise participated in such operation, to award that veteran the Vietnam Service Medal, notwithstanding any otherwise applicable requirements. Such award shall be made in lieu of any Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal awarded for participation in such operation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Power And Security Systems (PASS) Act

Bill: 114-hr-6375
Sponsor: Rep. Pompeo, Mike [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Crimes against property
Department of Energy
Energy efficiency and conservation
Fires
Floods and storm protection

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 

Power And Security Systems (PASS) Act

 
This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to revise energy conservation standards (i.e., no-load mode standards for devices operating in standby) for external power supplies (EPSs) designed to be connected to a security or life safety alarm or surveillance system component, such as smoke alarms that have to remain powered at all times.
 
Current law exempts EPSs of security or life safety systems from those standards until July 1, 2017. This bill extends that exemption until July 1, 2023. The Department of Energy (DOE) must decide by July 1, 2021, whether standards for those EPSs should be amended further. In the rule, DOE may treat such EPSs as a separate class with different standards or may extend the exemption.

action_date: 2016-12-06
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Power And Security Systems (PASS) Act

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to revise energy conservation standards (i.e., no-load mode standards for devices operating in standby) for external power supplies (EPSs) designed to be connected to a security or life safety alarm or surveillance system component, such as smoke alarms that have to remain powered at all times.
 
Current law exempts EPSs of security or life safety systems from those standards until July 1, 2017. This bill extends that exemption until July 1, 2023. The Department of Energy (DOE) must decide by July 1, 2021, whether standards for those EPSs should be amended further. In the rule, DOE may treat such EPSs as a separate class with different standards or may extend the exemption.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2016-12-06
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2016-12-06
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7192)
action_date: 2016-12-06
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7192)
action_date: 2016-12-06
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6375.
action_date: 2016-12-06
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7192-7193)
action_date: 2016-12-06
text: Mr. Olson moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the energy efficient commercial buildings deduction, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-6376
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Building construction
Business investment and capital
Department of the Treasury
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax deductions
Low- and moderate-income housing
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings, to: (1) permit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations and Indian tribal governments to allocate the deduction to the person primarily responsible for designing the property in lieu of the owner of the property, (2) allow partnerships and S corporations to receive the full benefit of a deduction allocated at the partner or shareholder level, and (3) exempt property placed in service in a qualified low-income building from the requirement to reduce the basis of the property by the amount of the deduction. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
National Guard Bonus Repayment and Financial Relief Act

Bill: 114-hr-6377
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 

National Guard Bonus Repayment and Financial Relief Act

 
This bill requires the Army to review all bonuses, incentive pays, or similar benefits received by members of the Army National Guard between January 1, 2004, and December 31, 2010, to determine if such benefits were issued erroneously and to either: (1) waive repayment of such an erroneous payment if the member concerned fully satisfies any period of service otherwise agreed to or imposed upon the member in connection with receipt of the payment; or (2) repay any such erroneous payment and any interest that was repaid by a member before this bill's enactment if the member fully satisfies any such period of service. 
 
The Army may require an Army National Guard member to repay any such erroneous payment upon determining that: (1) the member knowingly received the benefit through fraud or misrepresentation in which the member participated, or (2) repayment is otherwise consistent with provisions governing repayment of unearned pay.
 
For any such member granted relief under this bill, the Army shall: (1) notify all consumer credit reporting agencies that any debt subject to the relief was never valid, and (2) provide assistance to the member facing financial hardship as a result of recoupment actions taken in connection with receipt of the payment. A consumer reporting agency notified of the invalidity of such a debt may not, after the date of notice, make any consumer report containing information relating to the debt.


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

Bill: 114-hr-6378
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health programs administration and funding
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 

PATH Fairness Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness, which provide services to individuals who: (1) are suffering from serious mental illness, or are suffering from serious mental illness and from substance abuse; and (2) are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless. The minimum allotment of program funding for each state and territory is increased on the condition that appropriations are sufficient to provide the minimum allotment to all states and territories. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Lance N. Armstrong.

Bill: 114-hr-6379
Sponsor: Rep. Hultgren, Randy [R-IL-14]
Introduced: 2016-11-17 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Provides for the relief of Lance N. Armstrong.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Introduced in House
American Law Enforcement Heroes Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6380
Sponsor: Rep. Hurd, Will [R-TX-23]
Introduced: 2016-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Employee hiring
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: 

American Law Enforcement Heroes Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to specify that hiring and training additional career law enforcement officers, as an allowable use of grant funds under the Community Oriented Policing Services program, includes prioritizing the hiring and training of veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Introduced in House
No Religious Registry Act

Bill: 114-hr-6382
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2016-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Immigration status and procedures
Religion
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: 

No Religious Registry Act

 
This bill prohibits U.S. government officials from collecting information or utilizing a registry or database to classify on the basis of religious affiliation: (1) U.S. nationals or aliens lawfully present in the United States, or (2) aliens who apply for a visa or seek admission to the United States or on whose behalf a petition under the immigration laws is submitted. The bill also prohibits studies related to the collection of such information or the establishment or utilization of such a registry or database.
 
Nothing in this bill may be construed to prohibit the collection of information that is provided voluntarily, including information relating to the decennial census.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for two years the credit for qualified microturbine property.

Bill: 114-hr-6383
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2018, the tax credit for qualified microturbine property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the credit for qualified microturbine property.

Bill: 114-hr-6384
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2017, the tax credit for qualified microturbine property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for two years the credit for qualified fuel cell property.

Bill: 114-hr-6385
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2018, the tax credit for qualified fuel cell property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the credit for qualified fuel cell property.

Bill: 114-hr-6386
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2017, the tax credit for qualified fuel cell property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the credit for mortgage insurance premiums treated as interest.

Bill: 114-hr-6387
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2017, the tax deduction for mortgage insurance premiums treated as interest.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for two years the credit for mortgage insurance premiums treated as interest.

Bill: 114-hr-6388
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2018, the tax deduction for mortgage insurance premiums treated as interest.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Taylor Force Act

Bill: 114-hr-6389
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2016-11-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign aid and international relief
Gaza Strip
Israel
Middle East
Military personnel and dependents
Palestinians
Terrorism
West Bank

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: 

Taylor Force Act

 
This bill prohibits certain assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 from being made available for the West Bank and Gaza unless the Department of State certifies that the Palestinian Authority: 
 
 
is taking steps to end acts of violence against U.S. and Israeli citizens perpetrated by individuals under its jurisdictional control, such as the March 2016 attack that killed former Army officer Taylor Force; 
 
is publicly condemning such acts of violence and is investigating, or cooperating in investigations of, such acts; and 
 
has terminated payments for acts of terrorism against U.S. and Israeli citizens to any individual who has been convicted and imprisoned for such acts, to any individual who died committing such acts, and to family members of such an individual.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6390
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2016-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: 

Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of
 
2016

 
This bill amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to authorize the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) to subject a bank holding company to enhanced supervision and prudential standards by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System if FSOC makes a final determination that material financial distress at the bank holding company, or the nature, scope, size, scale, concentration, interconnectedness, or mix of its activities, could threaten the financial stability of the United States. This FSOC determination procedure replaces the current process under which bank holding companies with total consolidated assets of $50 billion or more are automatically subject to such enhanced supervision and prudential standards.
 
FSOC's determination must be based upon specified factors, using an indicator-based measurement approach established by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision to determine systemic importance.
 
A bank holding company designated as a Global Systemically Important Bank by the Financial Stability Board, as of this bill's enactment, shall be deemed to have been the subject of a final determination that it could pose a threat to U.S. financial stability for any of those reasons. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6391
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2016-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: 

Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to authorize the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) to subject a bank holding company to enhanced supervision and prudential standards by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System if FSOC makes a final determination that material financial distress at the bank holding company, or the nature, scope, size, scale, concentration, interconnectedness, or mix of its activities, could threaten the financial stability of the United States. This FSOC determination procedure replaces the current process under which bank holding companies with total consolidated assets of $50 billion or more are automatically subject to such enhanced supervision and prudential standards. 
 
FSOC's determination must be based upon specified factors, using an indicator-based measurement approach established by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision to determine systemic importance. 
 
A bank holding company designated as a Global Systemically Important Bank by the Financial Stability Board, as of this bill's enactment, shall be deemed to have been the subject of a final determination that it could pose a threat to U.S. financial stability for any of those reasons.
 
A bank holding company with total consolidated assets of $50 billion or more on the date of the enactment of this bill may elect to be subject to enhanced supervision and prudential standards by notifying FSOC within one year after this bill's enactment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Improving Broadband Access for Veterans Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6394
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Rural conditions and development
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-29
text: 

Improving Broadband Access for Veterans Act of 2016

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to submit to Congress a report on promoting broadband Internet access service for veterans, in particular low-income veterans and veterans residing in rural areas. 
 
 In preparing the report, the FCC shall provide the public with notice and an opportunity to comment.

action_date: 2016-12-06
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Improving Broadband Access for Veterans Act of 2016

 
(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to submit to Congress a report on promoting broadband Internet access service for veterans, in particular low-income veterans and veterans residing in rural areas. 
 
 In preparing the report, the FCC shall provide the public with notice and an opportunity to comment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2016-12-06
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2016-12-06
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 411 - 4 (Roll no. 604). (text: CR H7199)
action_date: 2016-12-06
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 411 - 4 (Roll no. 604).(text: CR H7199)
action_date: 2016-12-06
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H7249-7250)
action_date: 2016-12-06
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: 2016-12-06
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6394.
action_date: 2016-12-06
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7199-7200)
action_date: 2016-12-06
text: Mr. Latta moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2016-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-29
text: Introduced in House
ROSIE Act

Bill: 114-hr-6395
Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2016-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Marriage and family status
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Sales and excise taxes
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2016-11-29
text: 

Realizing Opportunity for Spouses in Employment Act or the ROSIE Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt the spouses of active duty members of the Armed Forces from being counted as employees to determine if an employer is an applicable large employer, with respect to health coverage requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-11-29
text: Introduced in House