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Library of Congress Modernization Act of 2016 [HB-5227] [Libraries ] [Arts and Culture ] [Public Safety ] [Construction ] [Real Estate ] [Funding ] [Budget and Spending ]
Library of Congress Modernization Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Library of Congress to purchase, maintain, or replace reproducers for books published either in raised characters, on sound-reproduction recordings, or in any other form (currently limited to reproducers of sound-reproduction recordings) for the use of the blind and for other physically disabled U.S. residents. (Sec. 3) The bill establishes the Library of Congress National Collection Stewardship Fund, whose amounts may be used for: preparing collection materials for (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Brady Committee On Transportation Discharged. on 09/28/2016

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Architect of the Capitol Administrative Operations Improvement Act of 2016 [HB-4735] [Construction ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Real Estate ] [Budget and Spending ] [Infrastructure ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Unemployment ]
Architect of the Capitol Administrative Operations Improvement Act of 2016 This bill establishes in the Treasury a Working Capital Fund for the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), whose amounts shall be available for: appropriate, efficient, and economical common agency services, activities, equipment, and other common costs; and construction, capital repairs, renovations, rehabilitation, maintenance of real property, and similar agency expenses, on a reimbursable basis within the AOC. The Fund shall consist of, among other things, appropriations as (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Brady Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings And Emergency Management. on 03/15/2016

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To permit the United States Capitol Police to accept certain property from other Federal agencies and to dispose of certain property in its possession. [HB-4733] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
To permit the United States Capitol Police to accept certain property from other Federal agencies and to dispose of certain property in its possession. (Sec. 1) This bill amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 to authorize the U.S. Capitol Police, by interagency transfer, donation, sale, trade-in, or other appropriate method, to dispose of any property in their possession because it has been disposed of, forfeited, voluntarily abandoned, or unclaimed. (Currently the U.S. Capitol Police are authorized to use these methods to dispose (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Brady Reported By The Committee On House Administration. H. Rept. 114-664. on 07/05/2016

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Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act [HB-4730] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Taxes ]
Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act This bill establishes a three-year reauthorization, rescission, and termination schedule for unauthorized programs funded through the annual appropriations process. The schedule applies to programs included in the Congressional Budget Office's annual report listing programs that are funded through the appropriations process and have an authorization of appropriations that has either expired or will expire during the year. After a program's authorization has expired, the bill limits the program's funding in (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wittman Introduced In House on 03/14/2016

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Equal Access to Congressional Research Service Reports Act of 2016 [HB-4702] [Technology and Innovation ] [Libraries ] [Science ]
Equal Access to Congressional Research Service Reports Act of 2016 This bill directs the Government Publishing Office (GPO) to establish and maintain a public website containing Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports, and an index, that are searchable, sortable, and downloadable (including in bulk), for which no fee may be charged. The CRS Reports on the website shall include CRS Authorization of Appropriations Products, Appropriations Products, and any other written CRS product containing CRS research or analysis available for general congressional (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley Introduced In House on 03/03/2016

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Gold Star Families Voices Act [HB-4511] [Veterans ] [Military ] [Family-Related Legislation ]
Gold Star Families Voices Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Veterans' Oral History Project Act to require the veterans oral history program to include the collection of video and audio recordings of biographical histories by immediate family members of members of the Armed Forces who became missing in action or who died as a result of their wartime service.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth Esty Became Public Law No: 114-246. (txt | Pdf) on 11/28/2016

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Copyright Office for the Digital Economy Act [HB-4241] [Technology and Innovation ] [Cybersecurity ] [Data Privacy ] [Libraries ] [Arts and Culture ]
Copyright Office for the Digital Economy Act This bill establishes the U.S. Copyright Office as a separate independent agency in the legislative branch, to be headed by a Director appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. (Currently, the Copyright Office is part of the Library of Congress [LOC] and is headed by the Register of Copyrights.) The Director's term of office is limited to 10 years without eligibility for reappointment. The Director must appoint officers and employees responsible for administering the Office's (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. on 01/15/2016

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To direct the Librarian of Congress to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install the panel among the stained glass panels depicting the seals of States which overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building. [HB-4231] [Arts and Culture ] [Libraries ]
To direct the Librarian of Congress to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install the panel among the stained glass panels depicting the seals of States which overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building. (Sec. 1) This bill requires the Librarian of Congress, concurrently with the planned renovation and replacement of such panels, to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install it among the existing panels that depict the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton Reported (amended) By The Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure. H. Rept. 114-535, Part I. on 05/03/2016

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Library of Congress Administrative Reform Act of 2015 [HB-4093] [Libraries ] [Arts and Culture ] [Native American Affairs ]
Library of Congress Administrative Reform Act of 2015 This bill authorizes the Library of Congress (LOC) to purchase, maintain, or replace reproducers for books published either in raised characters, on sound-reproduction recordings, or in any other form (currently limited to reproducers of sound-reproduction recordings) for the use of the blind and for other physically disabled U.S. residents. The bill establishes the Library of Congress National Collection Stewardship Fund, whose amounts may be used directly for preparing collection materials (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Brady Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings And Emergency Management. on 11/20/2015

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To reauthorize the sound recording and film preservation programs of the Library of Congress, and for other purposes. [HB-4092] [Arts and Culture ] [Film Production ] [Libraries ]
To reauthorize the sound recording and film preservation programs of the Library of Congress, and for other purposes. (Sec. 1) This bill amends the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 to reauthorize through FY2026 the national sound recording preservation program of the Library of Congress and the National Recording Preservation Foundation. The number of members of the Board of Directors of the National Recording Preservation Foundation is increased from 9 to 12, at least 8 of whom (currently, at least 6) must be knowledgeable or experienced (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Brady Committee On The Judiciary Discharged. on 09/28/2016

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Statutes at Large Modernization Act [HB-4006] [Technology and Innovation ] [Libraries ] [Funding ] [Law Enforcement ]
Statutes at Large Modernization Act This bill requires the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to make the U.S. Statutes at Large available to the public at no cost on a website in a searchable, non-proprietary format. In making such information available to the public, NARA shall work with other federal agencies, including the Library of Congress, the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House of Representatives, the Office of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley Introduced In House on 11/16/2015

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Security and Financial Empowerment Act of 2015 [HB-3841] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Human Services ] [Insurance ] [Unemployment ] [Social Security ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Human Rights ] [Poverty ] [Public Health ]
Security and Financial Empowerment Act of 2015 This bill amends the Violence Against Women Act to require the National Resource Center on Workplace Response provide information and assistance through domestic violence or sexual assault coalitions and survivor service organizations. These organizations and coalitions shall provide resource materials and assistance to employees, employers, and labor organizations to aid in efforts to develop adequate workplace responses to domestic and sexual violence. In addition, the bill requires employers to provide (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 03/23/2016

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Congress Leads by Example Act of 2015 [HB-3528] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Cybersecurity ] [Human Rights ] [Law Enforcement ] [Libraries ] [Public Safety ] [Disabilities ]
Congress Leads by Example Act of 2015 This bill amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (CAA) to grant the Office of Compliance (OOC) subpoena authority under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) for inspections and investigations in offices covered by the CAA (Congressional offices and committees, the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services, the Capitol Police, the Congressional Budget Office, the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, the Office of the Attending Physician, and the OOC) and in the Government (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 03/23/2016

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LEAP Act Leveraging and Energizing America's Apprenticeship Programs Act [HB-3088] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ] [Education ]
LEAP Act Leveraging and Energizing America's Apprenticeship Programs Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business-related tax credit of $1,500 for hiring an apprenticeship employee who has not attained age 25 at the close of the taxable year or $1,000 for an apprenticeship employee who has attained age 25. Allows such credit for no more than two taxable years with respect to any apprenticeship employee. Defines "apprenticeship employee" as an employee who is employed in an officially-recognized apprenticeable occupation pursuant (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Costello Introduced In House on 07/16/2015

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Long-Term Studies of Comprehensive Outcomes and Returns for the Economy Act (Long-Term SCORE Act) [HB-282] [Budget and Spending ] [Finance ]
Long-Term Studies of Comprehensive Outcomes and Returns for the Economy Act (Long-Term SCORE Act) This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to prepare long-term cost estimates for legislation reported by congressional committees. It also establishes a long-term budget scoring division within CBO. The bill requires the long-term estimates to cover at least each of the next four ten-year periods. CBO currently provides cost estimates over a 5- or10-year period.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wittman Introduced In House on 01/12/2015

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Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2016 [HB-2250] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2016 This bill amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016 to extend the continuing FY2016 appropriations for federal agencies at the current annual rate until the earlier of midnight on December 16, 2015, or enactment of FY2016 appropriations legislation. The bill prevents a government shutdown when funding under current law expires on December 11, 2015.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Graves Became Public Law No: 114-96. (txt | Pdf) on 12/11/2015

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Intern Protection Act [HB-2034] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Human Rights ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Law Enforcement ] [Disabilities ] [Veterans ] [Military ] [Human Services ] [Ethics ] [Small Business ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ] [Children and Youth ]
Intern Protection Act Prohibits certain employers from refusing to employ, discriminating against, or harassing interns because of age, race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, military status, disability, gender identity, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, or status as a victim of domestic violence. Bars employers from compelling a pregnant intern to take a leave of absence, unless the intern is prevented by such pregnancy from performing internship activities in a reasonable manner. Prohibits employers (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jackie Speier Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 11/16/2015

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Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 [HB-2029] [Defense ] [Veterans ] [Agriculture ] [Food ] [Healthcare ] [International ] [Trade ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Telecommunications ] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Public Health ] [Science ] [Cybersecurity ] [Military ] [National Security ] [Construction ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Consumer Protection ] [Housing ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Disaster Relief ] [Economic Development ] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Poverty ] [Public Safety ] [Senior Citizens ] [Water ] [Animals ] [Air Quality ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Arts and Culture ] [Cannabis ] [Children and Youth ] [Climate Change ] [Community Development ] [Data Privacy ] [Disabilities ] [Drones ] [Elections ] [Ethics ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Film Production ] [Finance ] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Gaming ] [Human Rights ] [Inflation ] [Insurance ] [Investments ] [Libraries ] [Manufacturing ] [Media and Advertising ] [Mental Health ] [Mining ] [Native American Affairs ] [Nonprofit ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Pensions ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Property Tax ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Real Estate ] [Recreation ] [Religion ] [Reproductive Rights / Abortion ] [Retirement ] [Social Security ] [Sports ] [Student Loans ] [Taxes ] [Tourism ] [Unemployment ] [Voting Rights ] [Workers' Compensation ] [Artificial Intelligence ] [Aerospace ] [Immigration ] [Infrastructure ] [Public Lands and National Parks ]
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (Sec. 3) Provides that references to "this Act" included in any division refer only to the provisions of the division unless the bill expressly provides otherwise. (Sec. 4) Provides that the explanatory statement printed in the Congressional Record regarding this bill has the same effect as a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference. (Sec. 5) Provides that the sums in this bill are appropriated for FY2016. (Sec. 6) Provides that amounts designated (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Dent Considered As Unfinished Business (consideration: Cr H10696) on 12/18/2015

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American Royalties Too Act of 2015 [HB-1881] [Arts and Culture ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Consumer Protection ]
American Royalties Too Act of 2015 Expands copyright owners' exclusive rights, in the case of a work of visual art, to include the right to collect or authorize the collection of a royalty if the work is sold by a person other than the author for at least $5,000 in an auction. Defines "auction" as a public sale of visual art to the highest bidder run by an entity that sold at least $1 million of works of visual art during the previous year. Revises the term "work of visual art" to make requirements for photographs consistent with requirements for (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. on 05/15/2015

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Social Security Commission Act of 2015 [HB-1578] [Social Security ] [Senior Citizens ] [Budget and Spending ] [Retirement ]
Social Security Commission Act of 2015 Establishes in the legislative branch the Commission on Long Term Social Security Solvency to make recommendations to Congress, including proposed legislation, for achieving solvency in the Social Security trust funds for a period of at least 75 years. Requires expedited consideration of any proposed legislation approving Commission recommendations.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dave Brat Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 04/07/2015

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