| HB4557 | Engross
Sine Die | Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring compliance with Clean Air Act rules concerning national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants wi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-07
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| HB3716 | Engross
Sine Die | Ensuring Access to Quality Medicaid Providers Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP]) of the Social Security Act to prohibit federal payment under Medicaid for nonemergency services fur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-03
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB2347 | Engross
Sine Die | Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 2016 Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 2016 This bill amends the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) to modify and expand requirements for federal advisory committees. . A federal advisory com...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-02
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB4401 | Engross
Sine Die | ALERT Act of 2016 Amplifying Local Efforts to Root out Terror Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide training at state and major urban area fusion centers for the purpose of administering commun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB2406 | Engross
Sine Die | SHARE Act Sportsmen's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act This bill revises a variety of existing programs to expand access to, and opportunities for, hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting. Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Prot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB1471 | Engross
Sine Die | FEMA Disaster Assistance Reform Act of 2015 TITLE I--FEMA REAUTHORIZATION (Sec. 101) This bill reauthorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through FY2018. TITLE II--COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF DISASTER COSTS AND LOSSES (Sec. 201) FEMA shal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB3624 | Engross
Sine Die | Fraudulent Joinder Prevention Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends procedures under which federal courts determine whether a case that was removed from a state court to a federal court on the basis of a diversity of citizenship among the parties may...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB4402 | Engross
Sine Die | Foreign Fighter Review Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the President, through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), to initiate a review of known instances since 2011 in which a person has traveled or attempted to travel to a conflict zon...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-24
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB4408 | Engross
Sine Die | National Strategy to Combat Terrorist Travel Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the President to transmit to Congress a national strategy to combat terrorist travel. Such strategy shall address efforts to intercept terrorists and foreign fighter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-24
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB4398 | Engross
Sine Die | DHS Acquisition Documentation Integrity Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to require the head of a relevant component or office to: maintain acquisition documen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-24
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB3584 | Engross
Sine Die | Transportation Security Administration Reform and Improvement Act of 2015 TITLE I--AVIATION SECURITY (Sec. 101) This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to operate a trusted passenger-screening TSA PreCheck Program that prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-24
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB2451 | Engross
Sine Die | A bill to designate the area between the intersections of International Drive, Northwest and Van Ness Street, Northwest and International Drive, Northwest and International Place, Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as "Liu Xiaobo Plaza", ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-23
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB2017 | Engross
Sine Die | Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise the nutritional information that chain restaurants and retail food establishments must disclose. The nutrient content disclosur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-22
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HB3442 | Engross
Sine Die | Debt Management and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Secretary of the Treasury to provide a report to Congress prior to any date on which the Secretary anticipates the public debt will reach the statutory limit. The S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-22
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SCR31 | Engross
Sine Die | A concurrent resolution providing for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and an adjournment of the House of Representatives. Declares that when the Senate recesses or adjourns on any day from Thursday, February 11, 2016, through Saturd...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-12
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB3293 | Engross
Sine Die | Scientific Research in the National Interest Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to award federal funding for basic research and education in the sciences through a new research grant or cooperative agreement only if ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-11
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HB2209 | Engross
Sine Die | To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain municipal obligations as level 2A liquid assets, and for other purposes. (Sec. 1) This bill amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to the treatment of certain municip...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-11
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. |
| HB3894 | Engross
Sine Die | To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the prompt notification of State Child Protective Services by military and civilian personnel of the Department of Defense required by law to report suspected instances of child abuse and neglect. (Se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-10
To Senate Armed Services Committee |
| HB3106 | Engross
Sine Die | Construction Reform Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to use industry standards, standard designs, and best practices in carrying out medical facility construction. A super construction project is one for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-10
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| HB677 | Engross
Sine Die | American Heroes COLA Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in lieu of furnishing a headstone or marker to a deceased individual, to furnish a medallion or other device to signify the deceased individual's ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-10
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| HB2360 | Engross
Sine Die | Career-Ready Student Veterans Act (Sec. 2) This bill adds the following new criteria for state approval, with respect to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) educational assistance, of applications of educational institutions providing veterans wi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-10
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| HB3016 | Engross
Sine Die | Veterans Employment, Education, and Healthcare Improvement Act TITLE I--VETERANS HEALTH CARE (Sec. 101) This bill includes podiatrists within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) definition of physician, and increases their pay grade to match othe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-10
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| HB3234 | Engross
Sine Die | VA Medical Center Recovery Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to publish in the Federal Register and on a publicly available VA Internet website a compilation of key health metrics for each VA medical center. The V...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-10
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| HB2915 | Engross
Sine Die | Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to identify: (1) VA mental health care and suicide prevention programs that are most effective for women veterans, and (2) those programs with th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-10
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| HCR109 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to the foot soldiers who participated in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches. Authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-08
Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| HB766 | Engross
Sine Die | Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits a federal banking agency from formally or informally suggesting, requesting, or ordering a depository institution to terminate either a specific customer account, or g...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-08
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| SB2306 | Engross
Sine Die | A bill to require the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake remediation oversight of the West Lake Landfill located in Bridgeton, Missouri. (Sec. 1) This bill directs the Department of the Army, through the Chief ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-05
To House Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy |
| SB607 | Engross
Sine Die | Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 This bill amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to extend the period of the Medica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-05
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| SB2422 | 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] | 2016-02-05
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB1675 | Engross
Sine Die | Capital Markets Improvement Act of 2016 TITLE I--ENCOURAGING EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP (Sec. 101) This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise regulations to require an issuer to furnish investors with additional specified disclo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-04
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| SCR28 | Engross
Sine Die | A concurrent resolution to establish the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies for the inauguration of the President-elect and Vice President-elect of the United States on January 20, 2017. Establishes a Joint Congressional Committee ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| SCR29 | Engross
Sine Die | A concurrent resolution to authorize the use of the rotunda and Emancipation Hall of the Capitol by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies in connection with the proceedings and ceremonies conducted for the inauguration of the Pres...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB3662 | Engross
Sine Die | Iran Terror Finance Transparency Act (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits the President from removing certain foreign financial institutions, including an Iranian financial institution, from the list of designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-03
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| HB4168 | Engross
Sine Die | Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Small Business Investment Incentive Act of 1980 with respect to the annual government-business forum of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to review the current ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-03
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 361. |
| HB400 | Engross
Sine Die | Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development to report to Congress regarding: a definition of "placement and recruitment fees" for purpo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-02
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| HB2187 | Engross
Sine Die | Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Securities Act of 1933 to add to the definition of accredited investor any natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with his or her spouse, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-02
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| HB3654 | Engross
Sine Die | Combat Terrorist Use of Social Media Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the President to transmit to Congress a report on U.S. strategy to combat terrorists' and terrorist organizations' use of social media. The report must include: an evaluatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-01
Star Print ordered on the bill. |
| HB3878 | Engross
Sine Die | Strengthening Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Coordination in Our Ports Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to implement, and evaluate at least every two years, a maritime cybersecurity risk assessm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-01
Star Print ordered on the bill. |
| HB3750 | Engross
Sine Die | First Responders Passport Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 to waive passport fees for an individual who is operating under a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with the U.S. government, including a volunte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-01
Star Print ordered on the bill. |
| HB4038 | Engross
Sine Die | American SAFE Act of 2015 American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill requires that, in addition to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) screening, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shall take all actions nec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-20
Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 43. Record Vote Number: 4. (consideration: CR S111; text: CR S111) |
| HB1069 | Engross
Sine Die | Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill requires each presidential library fundraising organization to submit quarterly reports to the National Archives and Records Administration (National Archives) on every contributor w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-19
Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 351. |
| HB1644 | Engross
Sine Die | STREAM Act Supporting Transparent Regulatory and Environmental Actions in Mining Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to direct the Department of the Interior to make publicly available online and in th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-19
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB598 | Engross
Sine Die | Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires that the website of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) include a program inventory that identifies each program of the federal government for which there is more than $1 million in annual...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-19
Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 350. |
| SB993 | Engross
Sine Die | Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act of 2015 (Sec. 4) This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Department of Justice (DOJ) to make grants to an eligible entity for sequential intercept mapping an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-15
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HCR107 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives. Declares that when the House adjourns on any legislative day from Wednesday, January 13, 2016, through Tuesday, January 19, 2016, it stand adjourned until 2 p.m. on Monday, Janu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-15
Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| HB387 | Engross
Sine Die | Economic Development Through Tribal Land Exchange Act (Sec. 3) This bill provides for the disposition of four parcels of land in California. The Department of the Interior must transfer 41.15 acres designated as Morongo lands to Lloyd L. Fields in ex...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-12
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 348. |
| HB653 | Engross
Sine Die | FOIA Act FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act of 2016 This bill amends the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to: require federal agencies to make information that is disclosable under such Act available to the public in an electronic, publicly acces...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB1155 | Engross
Sine Die | SCRUB Act of 2016 Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act of 2016 TITLE I--RETROSPECTIVE REGULATORY REVIEW COMMISSION (Sec. 101) This bill establishes the Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission to conduct a rev...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-11
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB1927 | Engross
Sine Die | Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the federal judicial code to prohibit federal courts from certifying any proposed class seeking monetary relief for personal injury o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB712 | Engross
Sine Die | Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2016 TITLE I--SUNSHINE FOR REGULATORY DECREES AND SETTLEMENTS Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2016 (Sec. 102) This Act defines: (1) "covered...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
