| HB5640 | Engross
Sine Die | 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 the control, storage, and conversi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB5636 | Engross
Sine Die | National Institute of Standards and Technology Campus Security Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Commerce Office of Security to manage the law enforcement and security programs of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NI...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| HB5607 | Engross
Sine Die | Enhancing Treasury's Anti-Terror Tools Act (Sec. 2) This bill instructs the Department of the Treasury to report to Congress on the employment by U.S. embassies of full-time and temporary Treasury attaches and their role in advancing U.S. anti-terror...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| HB5594 | Engross
Sine Die | National Strategy for Combating Terrorist, Underground, and Other Illicit Financing Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the President, acting through the Department of the Treasury, to develop a national strategy for combating the financing of terrorism a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| HB5529 | Engross
Sine Die | Accessing Higher Education Opportunities Act This bill amends title V (Developing Institutions) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand grant activities under the Hispanic Serving Institutions program to include: (1) support programs that facil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HB5530 | Engross
Sine Die | HBCU Capital Financing Improvement Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HB5528 | Engross
Sine Die | Simplifying the Application for Student Aid Act This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Department of Education (ED) to use tax information from the second preceding tax year (the "prior, prio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HB5485 | Engross
Sine Die | Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017 Provides FY2017 appropriations for financial services and general government, including programs within the Department of the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President, the fede...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 557. |
| HB5469 | Engross
Sine Die | To require the Secretary of the Treasury to direct the United States Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund to support the capacity of the International Monetary Fund to prevent money laundering and financing of terrorism. (Sec. 1) Thi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| HB5385 | Engross
Sine Die | Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Technical Correction Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make technical corrections regarding quadrennial homeland security reviews. The bill includes among the entities with...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB5322 | Engross
Sine Die | U.S. Territories Investor Protection Act of 2016 This bill amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to repeal the exemption from its coverage of investment companies created under the laws of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or any other U.S. posses...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| HB5056 | Engross
Sine Die | Airport Perimeter and Access Control Security Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration to update: the Transportation Sector Security Rick Assessment for the aviation sector, the Comprehensive Risk Assessment o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| HB4785 | Engross
Sine Die | DHS SAVE Act DHS Stop Asset and Vehicle Excess Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make the Under Secretary for Management of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) responsible for overseeing and managing vehicle fle...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB4404 | Engross
Sine Die | Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel Exercise Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop and conduct an exercise related to the terrorist and foreign fighter threat in order to enhance domestic prepar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB3361 | Engross
Sine Die | Department of Homeland Security Insider Threat and Mitigation Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (HSA) to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an Insider Threat Program, which shall: (1) p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 553. |
| HB3178 | Engross
Sine Die | Strengthening Transparency in Higher Education Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends title I (General Provisions) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify consumer information disclosure requirements related to college costs and student characteristics....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HB3179 | Engross
Sine Die | Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify loan counseling requirements for an institution of higher education (IHE) that partici...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HB1557 | Engross
Sine Die | Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 to: (1) expand disclosure and enforcement requirements relating to findings of acts of disc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-12
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 556. |
| HB1270 | Engross
Sine Die | Restoring Access to Medication and Improving Health Savings Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, that limit payments for medications from health savin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-11
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 550. |
| SB2340 | Engross
Sine Die | MEGABYTE Act of 2016 Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue a directive to require the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-08
Held at the desk. |
| HB4369 | Engross
Sine Die | To authorize the use of passenger facility charges at an airport previously associated with the airport at which the charges are collected. (Sec. 1) This bill permits the Department of Transportation to authorize the use of a passenger facility charg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-07
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| HB4361 | Engross
Sine Die | Government Reform and Improvement Act of 2016 TITLE I--FEDERAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS SAFEGUARDS (Sec. 101) This title exempts from federal employee labor-management relations requirements the actions of an executive agency that are necessary to restric...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-07
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB3079 | Engross
Sine Die | To take certain Federal land located in Tuolumne County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians, and for other purposes. (Sec. 1) All U.S. interests in approximately 80 acres of specified U.S. Forest Service lan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-07
Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 549. |
| HB5244 | Engross
Sine Die | Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial Act (Sec. 3) This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial at the Dam site in Los Angeles County, California, to honor the victims ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-06
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB5210 | Engross
Sine Die | PADME Act Patient Access to Durable Medical Equipment Act of 2016 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish a bid ceiling for durable medical equipment (such as wheelchairs) under Medicare's competitive acquisiti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-06
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB4855 | Engross
Sine Die | Fix Crowdfunding Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Securities Act of 1933 to allow a crowdfunding issuer to sell shares through a crowdfunding vehicle. (Crowdfunding is a method of capital formation in which groups of people pool money, typically com...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-06
Received in the Senate. |
| HB4854 | Engross
Sine Die | Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2016 This bill amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to exempt from its coverage any issuer whose outstanding securities with respect to a qualifying venture capital fund (other than short-term paper) are be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-06
Received in the Senate. |
| HB4582 | Engross
Sine Die | SOS Act Save Our Salmon Act (Sec. 3) This bill amends the Central Valley Project Improvement Act to exclude striped bass from the project to require reasonable efforts to ensure all anadromous fish naturally produce at twice the average levels in Cen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-06
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB4538 | Engross
Sine Die | Senior Safe Act of 2016 This bill provides immunity from liability of: (1) a supervisor, compliance officer (including a Bank Secrecy Act Officer), or registered representative for a covered financial institution who has received training in the iden...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-06
Received in the Senate. |
| HB3844 | Engross
Sine Die | Bureau of Land Management Foundation Act (Sec. 3) This bill establishes the Bureau of Land Management Foundation as a charitable, nonprofit organization to encourage, accept, obtain, administer, and use private gifts of money, devises, and bequests o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-06
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB2273 | Engross
Sine Die | To amend the Colorado River Storage Project Act to authorize the use of the active capacity of the Fontenelle Reservoir. (Sec. 1) This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior, in cooperation with the state of Wyoming, to amend the Definite Pla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-06
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 546. |
| SB1479 | Engross
Sine Die | BUILD Act Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2015 This bill amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to: (1) revise and reauthorize brownfields revitalization funding thro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
To House Transportation And Infrastructure Committee |
| SB2736 | Engross
Sine Die | Patient Access to Durable Medical Equipment Act of 2016 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish a bid ceiling for durable medical equipment (such as wheelchairs) under Medicare's competitive acquisition program...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-29
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB5456 | Engross
Sine Die | Family First Prevention Services Act of 2016 TITLE I--INVESTING IN PREVENTION AND FAMILY SERVICES Subtitle A--Prevention Activities Under Title IV-E (Sec. 111) This bill amends Part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-23
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 527. |
| HB3791 | Engross
Sine Die | To raise the consolidated assets threshold under the small bank holding company policy statement, and for other purposes. (Sec. 1) This bill directs the Federal Reserve Board to revise the Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement on the Assessment...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-23
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. |
| HB2578 | Engross
Sine Die | Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 Provides FY2016 appropriations for the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice (DOJ), science agencies, and several related agencies. Department of Commerce Appropria...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-23
S.Amdt.4860 SA 4860 fell when SA 4859 tabled. |
| HB5452 | Engross
Sine Die | Native American Health Savings Improvement Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to specify that receiving hospital care or medical services under a medical care program of the Indian Health Service or a tribal organization does not...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-22
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB5389 | Engross
Sine Die | Leveraging Emerging Technologies Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) engage with innovative and emerging technology developers and firms, including technology-based small businesses and startup ve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-22
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB5388 | Engross
Sine Die | Support for Rapid Innovation Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Under Secretary for Science and Technology of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to support the research, development, testing, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-22
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB5317 | Engross
Sine Die | To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs health care center in Center Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, as the "Abie Abraham VA Clinic". (Sec. 2) This bill designates the Department of Veterans Affairs health care center in Center Townshi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-22
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| HB5170 | Engross
Sine Die | Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends title IV of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to require the Department of the Treasury to publish in the Federal Register a request for proposals from states or local governme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-22
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB4590 | Engross
Sine Die | Fiscal Year 2016 Department of Veterans Affairs Seismic Safety and Construction Authorization Act (Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out the following major medical facility projects (each with specified ma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-22
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB3936 | Engross
Sine Die | VET Act Veteran Engagement Teams Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), beginning not later than October 1, 2016, to carry out a three-year pilot program under which the VA shall carry out Veteran Engagement Team even...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-22
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| HB2395 | Engross
Sine Die | Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2016 This bill amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to expand the investigatory powers of federal inspectors general. (Sec. 2) Inspectors general are authorized to request access to federal grand jury material...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-22
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB2348 | Engross
Sine Die | Rapid DNA Act of 2016 This bill amends the DNA Identification Act of 1994 to require the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to issue standards and procedures for using Rapid DNA instruments to analyze DNA samples of criminal offenders. Rapid DNA i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-21
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB5471 | Engross
Sine Die | Countering Terrorist Radicalization Act TITLE I--AMPLIFYING LOCAL EFFORTS TO ROOT OUT TERROR (Sec. 101) This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide training at state and major urban area fusion centers for the purpose of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-20
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB2815 | Engross
Sine Die | United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Sec. 4) This bill establishes the United States Semiquincentennial Commission to plan, develop, and coordinate the commemoration of U.S. history leading up to the 250th anniversary of the found...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-20
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| SB2808 | Engross
Sine Die | John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the John F. Kennedy Center Act to reauthorize appropriations for FY2017-FY2020 for maintenance, repair, and security, and capital projects for the John F. Kennedy Center for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-20
Held at the desk. |
| HB5049 | Engross
Sine Die | NSF Major Research Facility Reform Act of 2016 (Sec. 3) This bill directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to maintain a Large Facilities Office to support its research directorates in the development, implementation, and assessment of major mul...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-15
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HB5053 | Engross
Sine Die | Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from requiring a tax-exempt organization to include in annual returns the name, address, or other identif...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-15
To Senate Finance Committee |
