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Make It In America Manufacturing Communities Act

Bill: 114-hr-4505
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2016-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Energy efficiency and conservation
Higher education
Industrial facilities
Industrial policy and productivity
Manufacturing
Public-private cooperation
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-09
text: 

Make It In America Manufacturing Communities Act 

 
This bill establishes a program to improve the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing by designating consortiums as manufacturing communities and authorizing federal agencies to provide them with financial and technical assistance. 
 
The Department of Commerce must designate consortiums as manufacturing communities using a competitive process and specified criteria. An eligible consortium must: 
 
 
 represent a region that is large enough to contain critical elements of the key technologies or supply chain prioritized by the consortium and small enough to enable close collaboration among the consortium's members; 
 
 include at least one institution of higher education, a private sector entity, and a government entity; and 
 
 have a lead applicant that is a district organization, an Indian tribe, a state or political subdivision of a state, an institution of higher education, or a nonprofit organization or association cooperating with a political subdivision of a state. 
 
 
Specified federal agencies may support the manufacturing communities by awarding them financial or technical assistance, providing preferential consideration when members of the consortium apply for assistance, or providing a federal point of contact to help members access assistance. 
 
Recipients of the financial or technical assistance may use the funds to improve the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing with investments that may include infrastructure, access to capital, promotion of exports and foreign direct investment, equipment upgrades, workforce training, energy or process efficiency, and other specified purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Know Before You Go Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4506
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2016-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-09
text: 

Know Before You Go Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to permit health insurers to include, for plan year accounting purposes, activities related to a transparency tool as activities that improve health care quality. (An insurer must provide a rebate to enrollees if the insurer spends less than a certain percentage of premium revenues on clinical services and activities that improve health care quality.) A transparency tool is a website and telephone support that provides quality of care and cost sharing comparisons among in-network providers.
 Such accounting for a plan year is permitted only for insurers that have: (1) significantly increased the percentage of enrollees using a transparency tool compared to the previous year, (2) provided cost sharing estimates for episodes of care upon request, and (3) made available a list of high deductible health plans offered by the insurer to each individual seeking coverage from the insurer.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Bureau of Land Management Foundation Act

Bill: 114-hr-4507
Sponsor: Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2016-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
General public lands matters
Land use and conservation
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-09
text: 

Bureau of Land Management Foundation Act

 
This bill establishes a Bureau of Land Management Foundation as a charitable, nonprofit corporation to:
 
 
encourage, accept, and administer private gifts of money and of real and personal property for the benefit of, or in connection with the activities and services of, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM);
 
conduct activities that further the purposes for which public lands are administered; and
 
conduct and encourage educational, technical, scientific, and other assistance or activities that support the BLM's mission. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Fair Wage Act

Bill: 114-hr-4508
Sponsor: Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2016-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment taxes
Government information and archives
Inflation and prices
Labor standards
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-09
text: 

Fair Wage Act

 
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to:
 
 
$8.00 an hour 30 days after this Act's enactment date or January 1, 2017, whichever date is earlier;
 
$9.00 an hour, one year after the date the $8.00 an hour wage takes effect;
 
$10.00 an hour, after two years;
 
$11.00 an hour, after three years; 
 
$12.00 an hour, after four years;
 
$13.00 an hour, after five years;
 
$14.00 an hour, after six years;
 
$15.00 an hour, after seven years; and 
 
the amount determined by the Department of Labor (based on increases in the Consumer Price Index) eight years after such date and annually thereafter. 
 
 
The bill directs Labor, 60 days before any increase in the minimum wage, to publish it in the Federal Register and on Labor's website. 
 
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an employer who pays at least $1 more per hour than the federal minimum wage, but not more than $15 per hour, a credit against the employment tax equal to 6.2% of wages paid by such employer during the calendar year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2016-02-09
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: 2016-02-09
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: 2016-02-09
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: 2016-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Relief From Sequestration Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4512
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2016-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-09
text: 

Relief From Sequestration Act of 2016 

 
This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate the sequestration, or automatic spending cuts, scheduled to occur because the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction failed to recommend legislation to reduce the deficit by $1.2 trillion over 10 years, as required by the Budget Control Act of 2011. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2016-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to State and local entities to carry out peer-to-peer mental health programs.

Bill: 114-hr-4513
Sponsor: Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1]
Introduced: 2016-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Health programs administration and funding
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-09
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish the PFC Joseph P. Dwyer Veteran Peer Support program to make grants to eligible entities for peer-to-peer mental health programs for veterans. 
 
"Eligible entity" means: (1) a nonprofit organization having historically served the mental health needs of veterans; (2) a congressionally chartered veteran service organization; or (3) a state, local, or tribal veteran service agency, director, or commissioner. 
 
The VA shall establish an advisory committee to create appropriate program standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H655-656)
action_date: 2016-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Combating BDS Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4514
Sponsor: Rep. Dold, Robert J. [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2016-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Israel
Middle East
Sanctions
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Trade restrictions
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: 

Combating BDS Act of 2016

 
This bill authorizes a state or local government to adopt and enforce measures to divest its assets from, or prohibit investment of its assets in: (1) an entity that such government determines, using credible information available to the public, engages in a commerce or investment-related boycott, divestment, or sanctions activity targeting Israel; or (2) an entity that owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common ownership or control with, such an entity. Such government shall provide written notice to such an entity before applying such a measure.
 
Such a measure by a state or local government is not preempted by any federal law or regulation. The bill applies to measures adopted by a state or local government before, on, or after the date of this Act's enactment.
 
The bill amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to prohibit any person from bringing any civil, criminal, or administrative action against any registered investment company, or any officer or employee thereof, based solely upon such company divesting from, or avoiding investing in, securities issued by persons that such company determines, using credible information available to the public, engage in commerce or investment-related boycotts, divestments, or sanctions activities targeting Israel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H656)
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring the Safety of Our Mail Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4515
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2016-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against property
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: 

Ensuring the Safety of Our Mail Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to increase from 5 to 10 years the maximum prison term for a defendant who commits mail theft. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Introduced in House
APPS Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4517
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2016-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: 

Application Privacy, Protection, and Security Act of 2016 or the APPS Act of 2016

 
This bill directs mobile device application developers, before the application collects personal data about the user, to notify the user and obtain the user's consent regarding the terms and conditions governing the collection, use, storage, and sharing of such personal data.
 
Excluded from such notice and consent requirements is any "de-identified data" that cannot reasonably be used to identify or infer information about, or otherwise be linked to, a particular individual or mobile device, as determined with a reasonable level of justified confidence based on the available methods and technologies, the nature of the data at issue, and the purposes for which the data will be used. 
 
Developers must: (1) provide users with a method to withdraw such consent and to request that the developer delete personal data or refrain from further data collection or sharing, and (2) take measures to prevent unauthorized access to personal and de-identified data.
 
Violations are to be treated as unfair or deceptive acts or practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act.
 
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) must promulgate regulations to implement and enforce this Act. 
 
States may bring civil actions in federal court on behalf of affected state residents.
 
Nothing in this Act prohibits a developer from disclosing or preserving personal data or de-identified data as required by other federal laws or, except when superceded by this Act, the laws of a state or political subdivision, including court orders.
 
A developer may satisfy the requirements of this Act by adopting and following a code of conduct for consumer data privacy that is approved pursuant to FTC regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Create Jobs Act

Bill: 114-hr-4518
Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2016-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Income tax rates
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: 

Corporate Rate Equality and Trade Empowerment Jobs Act of 2016 or the Create Jobs Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to lower the rate of tax on the taxable income of corporations to the greater of: (1) 10%, or (2) the rate that is 5% below the average corporate income tax rate for Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries other than the United States. The bill also sets forth a procedure for a congressional joint resolution approving an increase in the corporate tax rate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide a five-year extension of the special survivor indemnity allowance provided to widows and widowers of deceased members of the uniformed services affected by required Survivor Benefit Plan annuity offset for dependency and indemnity compensation received under section 1311(a) of title 38, United States Code.

Bill: 114-hr-4519
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: 
This bill extends through FY2022 (at increasing monthly amounts for each fiscal year) the special survivor indemnity allowance for a surviving or former spouse of a deceased member of the Armed Forces whose annuity under the survivor benefit program is offset by the amount of dependency and indemnity compensation received from the Department of Veterans Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Justin Smith Morrill Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 114-hr-4520
Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2016-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Agricultural education
Congressional tributes
Higher education
Members of Congress
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Smithsonian Institution
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: 

Justin Smith Morrill Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the posthumous presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of Justin Smith Morrill's lasting contributions to higher education opportunity for all Americans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E160)
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Lake Berryessa Recreation Enhancement Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4521
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2016-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Dams and canals
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Licensing and registrations
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: 

Lake Berryessa Recreation Enhancement Act of 2016

 
 This bill establishes as the Lake Berryessa Recreation Area specified land administered by the Bureau of Reclamation that is underlying or adjacent to Lake Berryessa in California, including any improvements. 
 
The bill transfers the administrative jurisdiction over the area from the Bureau of Reclamation to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the Department of the Interior. 
 
 Interior shall develop a management plan for the area and may establish guidelines and restrictions on recreational uses to ensure the safety and security of recreational users.
 
Interior may also issue recreation concession permits, including at the area, to allow a third party to provide facilities and services to visitors on lands and waters managed by the BLM in support of outdoor recreational opportunities.
 
Reclamation shall continue to administer and operate the Monticello Dam and any related facility, including any power facility. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2016-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Introduced in House
PLO Accountability Act

Bill: 114-hr-4522
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27]
Introduced: 2016-02-10 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
International law and treaties
Israel
Middle East
Palestinians
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Terrorism
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: 

PLO Accountability Act

 
This bill expresses the sense of Congress concerning the participation of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the peace process and adherence to diplomatic agreements with Israel, PA support for an International Criminal Court investigation of Israel, and the presence of a PLO office in Washington, DC. 
 
 
The Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987 is amended to authorize the President to waive for up to six months the prohibition against establishment or maintenance of a PLO office, headquarters, premises, or other facilities within U.S. jurisdiction, if the President certifies to Congress that the Palestinians have entered into a final negotiated peace agreement with, and have ceased hostilities against, Israel or that: 
 
 
the Palestinians have not, on or after April 1, 2015, obtained state standing in the United Nations or any specialized agency thereof outside an agreement negotiated between Israel and the Palestinians; 
 
the Palestinians have officially ceased to be members of the ICC and have withdrawn from the Rome Statute; 
 
any ICC investigation against Israel initiated by, or on behalf of, the Palestinians has been withdrawn and terminated;
 
the PLO and the PA no longer provide financial awards or salaries to Palestinians imprisoned in Israel for terrorist attacks, or to their families; and
 
the PLO and the PA no longer engage in a pattern of incitement against the United States or Israel.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
action_date: 2016-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa.
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Introduced in House