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Government Reform and Improvement Act of 2016 [HB-4361]
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 restrict or prohibit access to a website presenting a security weakness or risk to the agency's information technology or information systems under the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2014. An agency employee may not establish, operate, maintain, or permit the use of information technology that
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Sponsored by: Rep. Bruce Westerman
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 07/07/2016
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Senior Executive Service Accountability Act [HB-4358]
Senior Executive Service Accountability Act (Sec. 2) This bill revises personnel requirements for employees in the Senior Executive Service (SES) to: require each federal agency to include in its biennial report to the Office of Personnel Management a justification for certain SES positions and the specific result expected from each position, including the impact of such result on the agency mission; extend the probationary period for SES employees from one year to two years; eliminate the authority for allowing an SES employee removed for a less
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Walberg
Reported By The Committee On Oversight And Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-485. on 04/12/2016
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Copyright Office for the Digital Economy Act [HB-4241]
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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock
Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. on 01/15/2016
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Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 [HB-4127]
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 TITLE I--INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (Sec. 101) This bill authorizes FY2016 appropriations for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of: the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI); the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); the Department of Defense (DOD); the Defense Intelligence Agency; the National Security Agency; the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; the Coast Guard; the Departments of State, the Treasury, Energy (DOE), and Justice; the Federal
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Schiff
Received In The Senate. Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 309. on 12/02/2015
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National Labor Relations Board Reform Act [HB-4022]
National Labor Relations Board Reform Act Amends the National Labor Relations Act to revise requirements with respect to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), and the process for appellate review. Increases NLRB membership from five to six. Requires three members to represent each of the two major political parties and, beginning January 1, 2020, each of the two members whose terms expire on the same date to represent a different major political party. Requires: (1) four NLRB members to constitute a
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Sponsored by: Rep. Pete Olson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/23/2016
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Veterans Health and Accountability Act [HB-3909]
Veterans Health and Accountability Act This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to revise the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Choice Program eligibility requirements. The VA may: (1) remove or demote a VA employee based on performance or misconduct, and (2) also remove an individual from the civil service or demote the individual through a reduction in grade or annual pay rate. An employee may appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board within seven days of removal or demotion. Between the date on which an
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Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Guinta
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 12/03/2015
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Export-Import Bank Reform Act [HB-3847]
Export-Import Bank Reform Act This bill amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to report to Congress: (1) semiannually on the terms and conditions (including interest rates, maturities, and credit standards) that private financial institutions apply in providing export finance; and (2) annually on the steps the Bank has taken to adjust the pricing of products offered, and the credit standards used, to avoid crowding out private export finance. The Bank's Board of Directors must include
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Sponsored by: Rep. Collin Peterson
Introduced In House on 10/28/2015
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Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers Reform and Improvement Act of 2015 [HB-3842]
Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers Reform and Improvement Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to codify the establishment of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The FLETC must be headed by a director who reports to the DHS Secretary. The bill sets forth functions of the director, including to: establish and execute organizational plans and priorities; direct and manage training facilities, programs, and activities; develop training goals and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Norma Torres
Became Public Law No: 114-285. on 12/16/2016
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National Nurse Act of 2015 [HB-379]
National Nurse Act of 2015 Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to designate the Chief Nurse Officer of the Public Health Service as the National Nurse for Public Health within the Office of the Surgeon General. Includes among the duties of this position: (1) providing leadership and coordination of Public Health Service nursing professional affairs for the Office of the Surgeon General and other agencies of the Public Health Service, (2) conducting outreach and education, and (3) providing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/16/2015
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SES TRUST Act Senior Executive Service Taking Responsibility for Unilateral Station Transfers Act [HB-3768]
SES TRUST Act Senior Executive Service Taking Responsibility for Unilateral Station Transfers Act This bill directs the appointing authority for each agency to periodically determine the annual rate of basic pay for each Senior Executive Service (SES) position within such agency. Any senior executive who transfers or otherwise moves to an SES position with the same or any other agency shall receive the rate of pay applicable to that position. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must review any decision to reassign a senior executive to another
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Sponsored by: Rep. Corrine Brown
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Opportunity. on 11/06/2015
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SERVER Act Securing Every Relevant and Vital Electronic Record Act of 2015 [HB-3743]
SERVER Act Securing Every Relevant and Vital Electronic Record Act of 2015 This bill prohibits the Secretary of a cabinet-level executive department from maintaining a private email server to conduct official government business. The Inspector General of each such department shall ensure compliance with such prohibition. A Secretary who violates such prohibition is subject to a fine and/or prison term and shall forfeit his or her office and be disqualified from holding any U.S. government office.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Newhouse
Introduced In House on 10/09/2015
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Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2015 [HB-3706]
Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2015 This bill directs the President to: establish a five-year strategy to achieve, with target countries and donors, the goal of ending preventable maternal, newborn, and child deaths globally and ensure healthy and productive lives within a generation; and provide assistance to implement the strategy. The President shall designate a current U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employee serving in the Senior Executive Service or at the level of a Deputy Assistant Administrator or higher to serve
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 10/07/2015
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Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 [HB-3700]
Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 This bill amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 and other housing laws to modify the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) rental assistance (including section 8 low-income [voucher]) and public housing programs, the Federal Housing Administration's (FHA's) requirements for condominium mortgage insurance, and the Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) single family housing guaranteed loan program. TITLE I--SECTION 8 RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND PUBLIC HOUSING (Sec. 101) This section
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Capuano
Became Public Law No: 114-201. (txt | Pdf) on 07/29/2016
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Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015 [HB-3611]
Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015 This bill amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to reduce, for each of FY2015-FY2019, the authorized aggregate amount of loans, guarantees, and insurance the Export-Import Bank may have outstanding at any time. The Bank shall build to and hold in reserve, to protect against future losses, at least 5% of its aggregate amount of disbursed and outstanding loans, guarantees, and insurance. The Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012 (EIBRA) is amended to require the Government Accountability
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao
Introduced In House on 09/25/2015
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Increased Authorizations for the Denver VA Medical Center Construction Project Act [HB-3595]
Increased Authorizations for the Denver VA Medical Center Construction Project Act This bill amends the Construction Authorization and Choice Improvement Act to increase the amount authorized for the replacement of the existing Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Denver, Colorado. In the case of any super construction project (expenditures exceeding $100 million) the VA shall enter into an agreement with an appropriate non-VA federal entity to provide full project management services for the super construction project, including
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Miller
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 09/25/2015
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Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act [HB-359]
Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a five-year pilot program to assess the effectiveness of addressing veterans' post-deployment mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms through the therapeutic medium of educating those veterans in the training and handling of service dogs for veterans with disabilities. Requires: (1) the Secretary to carry out the pilot program through contracts with appropriate nongovernmental entities located in close proximity to at least three but no
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Subcommittee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 07/22/2015
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PREPARE Act Promoting Resilience and Efficiency in Preparing for Attacks and Responding to Emergencies Act [HB-3583]
PREPARE Act Promoting Resilience and Efficiency in Preparing for Attacks and Responding to Emergencies Act TITLE I--GRANTS, TRAINING, EXERCISES, AND COORDINATION (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to enter into memoranda of understanding with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Transportation Security Administration, the Coast Guard, the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, the Office of Emergency Communications (OEC), the Office for State and Local Law
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Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 04/27/2016
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DHS Headquarters Reform and Improvement Act of 2015 [HB-3572]
DHS Headquarters Reform and Improvement Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This section requires this Act to be carried out using available amounts, without the authorization of additional funds. TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HEADQUARTERS REAUTHORIZATION ((Sec. 102) This section amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to: (1) allow the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to enter into agreements with governments of other countries and with nongovernmental organizations in order to achieve the missions of the Department; and (2) establish the components
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Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman
Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. Hearings Held. on 03/16/2016
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FORM Act of 2015 Fed Oversight Reform and Modernization Act of 2015 [HB-3189]
FORM Act of 2015 Fed Oversight Reform and Modernization Act of 2015 (Sec. 1) This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to require the Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), within 48 hours after the end of a FOMC meeting, to submit to the appropriate congressional committees and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) a Directive Policy Rule, meeting specified criteria, accompanied by a statement identifying the FOMC members voting in its favor. A Directive Policy Rule shall describe the FOMC strategy or rule for the systematic
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 12/17/2015
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Smithsonian Modernization Act of 2015 [HB-3169]
Smithsonian Modernization Act of 2015 Revises requirements for the composition of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Requires the Board to be composed of 21 members appointed by the President from among lists of nominees submitted by the Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the Senate. Increases from 8 to 17 the number of Regents constituting a quorum to do business. Revises requirements for the terms of office for Regents. Permits Regents to be reappointed.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Introduced In House on 07/22/2015