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Modernizing Travel to the Marianas Act of 2016 [HB-5820]
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Modernizing Travel to the Marianas Act of 2016 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop and implement a fully automated electronic travel authorization system to collect biographical and other information in order to determine, before travel, the eligibility of, and any law enforcement or security risk of permitting, an alien to travel to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. DHS shall establish and collect a fee for the use of such system. Such system
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Sponsored by: Rep. Madeleine Bordallo
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 08/11/2016
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Stop Tobacco Smuggling in the Insular Areas Act of 2016 [HB-5773]
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[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Stop Tobacco Smuggling in the Insular Areas Act of 2016 This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit in American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam trafficking in contraband cigarettes and contraband smokeless tobacco. "Contraband" means items for which the applicable taxes have not been paid.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 07/27/2016
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Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 [HB-5538]
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Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 Provides FY2017 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies. TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Provides appropriations to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for: Management of Lands and Resources; Land Acquisition; Oregon and California Grant Lands; Range Improvements; Service Charges, Deposits, and Forfeitures; and Miscellaneous Trust Funds. Prohibits appropriations provided by this bill
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Calvert
Received In The Senate. Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 587. on 09/06/2016
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Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2016 [HB-5475]
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[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/19/2016
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Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2016 [HB-5215]
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[Human Services ]
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Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2016 This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to revise the requirements for calculating Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) benefits. The bill increases the minimum SNAP benefit and requires benefits to be calculated using a low-cost food plan. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must determine the requirements for the low-cost food plan, which is the diet required to feed a family of four, consisting of: a man and a woman 19-50 years of age, a child
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Nutrition. on 05/20/2016
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Territorial Economic Growth and Recovery Act of 2016 [HB-5163]
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[Small Business ]
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Territorial Economic Growth and Recovery Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the limitation on the amount of distilled spirits excise taxes covered over (paid into) to the treasuries of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. If Puerto Rico or the Northern Mariana Islands has a tax system that mirrors federal tax law (mirror code tax system), the Department of the Treasury must pay each possession amounts equal to the loss to the possession due to the application of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). If the possession
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Sponsored by: Rep. Madeleine Bordallo
Introduced In House on 04/29/2016
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Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika virus. [HB-5044]
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[International ]
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Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika virus. This bill provides FY2016 emergency supplemental appropriations to the Departments of State and Health and Human Services (HHS) to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the Zika virus and other infectious diseases. The bill specifies permissible uses for the funds and designates the funds as an emergency requirement, which exempts the funds from discretionary spending limits. The bill provides appropriations to HHS for: the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Motion To Discharge Committee Filed By Mrs. Lowey. Petition No: 114-5. ( ">discharge Petition Text With Signatures.) on 06/21/2016
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Territorial Tax Parity Act of 2016 [HB-5039]
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[Small Business ]
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Territorial Tax Parity Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the income source rules involving U.S. possessions, including Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Under current law, income is not considered to be possession source income if it is treated as income: (1) from sources within the United States, or (2) effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States. The bill amends this rule to specify that it applies to the extent that
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Sponsored by: Rep. Stacey Plaskett
Introduced In House on 04/21/2016
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Territorial Tax Equity and Economic Growth Act [HB-5038]
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[Small Business ]
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Territorial Tax Equity and Economic Growth Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the residence and income source rules involving U.S. possessions, including Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The bill specifies that a bona fide resident of a possession is a person who has a substantial presence in the possession for at least 122 days during the calendar year. (Under current law, the person must be present for at least 183 days during the year.) (Under current law, income is
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Sponsored by: Rep. Stacey Plaskett
Introduced In House on 04/21/2016
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 [HB-4909]
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[Cybersecurity ]
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Sec. 3) Defines "congressional defense committees" as the House and Senate Armed Services and Appropriations Committees. DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE I--PROCUREMENT Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for Procurement at the levels identified in section 4101 of this bill. Subtitle B--Army Programs (Sec. 111) Authorizes the Army to enter into one or more multiyear contracts for AH-64E Apache
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Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Smith
Received In The Senate. Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 502. on 05/26/2016
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Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2016 [HB-4653]
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Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment And The Economy. on 03/04/2016
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Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act [HB-4576]
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Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act This bill authorizes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to promulgate regulations to implement U.S. participation in the North Pacific Fisheries Convention and South Pacific Fisheries Convention. These conventions are designed to ensure the long-term conservation and sustainable use of fishery resources and marine ecosystems in the North Pacific and South Pacific Ocean of the United States. The North Pacific Fisheries Commission and the Commission of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries
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Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Received In The Senate. on 09/13/2016
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Judicial Administration and Improvement Act of 2016 [HB-4457]
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[Criminal Justice ]
Judicial Administration and Improvement Act of 2016 This bill divides the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit into: (1) a new Ninth Circuit, to be composed of California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands; and (2) a newly established Twelfth Circuit, to be composed of Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, and Nevada. The bill designates locations where the new circuits are to hold regular sessions. The bill distributes active circuit judges of the former Ninth Circuit to the new circuits. Circuit judges and senior
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Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally
Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. on 02/29/2016
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Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act [HB-44]
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Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act Recognizes the suffering and the loyalty of the residents of Guam during the Japanese occupation of Guam in World War II. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a Fund for the payment of claims submitted by compensable Guam victims and survivors of compensable Guam decedents. Directs the Secretary to make specified payments to: (1) living Guam residents who were raped, injured, interned, or subjected to forced labor or marches, or internment resulting from, or incident to, such occupation and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Indian, Insular And Alaska Native Affairs. on 03/02/2015
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Compact Impact Relief Act of 2016 [HB-4370]
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Compact Impact Relief Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to make quarterly increases in the federal medical assistance percentage, under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, to cover expenditures for medical assistance provided to qualified nonimmigrants under the Compact of Free Association by American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the State of Hawaii. The bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to make local educational agencies eligible
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 03/23/2016
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To provide reforms through the Organic Act of Guam. [HB-4091]
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To provide reforms through the Organic Act of Guam. This bill amends the Organic Act of Guam to: (1) prohibit any law varying the compensation of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Senators in the Guam Legislature from taking effect until a general election of the legislature shall have intervened; and (2) modify residency requirements for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor and for members of the Guam Legislature.
Sponsored by: Rep. Madeleine Bordallo
Referred To The Subcommittee On Indian, Insular And Alaska Native Affairs. on 11/30/2015
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To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to the territorial highway program, and for other purposes. [HB-3877]
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[Infrastructure ]
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To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to the territorial highway program, and for other purposes. This bill directs the Department of Transportation to allocate the funds made available to the territories each fiscal year under the territorial highway program according to quantifiable measures that are indicative of the surface transportation requirements of each of the territories, which may include the use of population, land area, or roadway mileage measures.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 11/03/2015
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Food Security Improvement Act of 2015 [HB-3657]
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[Public Health ]
[Poverty ]
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Food Security Improvement Act of 2015 This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) benefits to be calculated using a low-cost food plan. The Department of Agriculture must determine the requirements for the low-cost food plan using the diet described in the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion's publication entitled "The Low-Cost, Moderate-Cost, and Liberal Food Plans, 2007" and adjustments specified in this bill. The bill revises the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Theodore Deutch
Referred To The Subcommittee On Nutrition. on 10/15/2015
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To provide for increased flexibility in the extension of the Social Security program to Guam. [HB-3642]
[Social Security ]
To provide for increased flexibility in the extension of the Social Security program to Guam. This bill amends the Social Security Amendments of 1960 with respect to the extension of the Social Security program to Guam. If certain legislation enacted by the government of Guam expresses the desire that title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) extend only to those officers and employees initially employed by the government of Guam, local governments, and government instrumentalities, then specified
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Sponsored by: Rep. Madeleine Bordallo
Introduced In House on 09/29/2015
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U.S. Territorial Federal Judges Improvement Act of 2015 [HB-3607]
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[Criminal Justice ]
U.S. Territorial Federal Judges Improvement Act of 2015 This bill increases from 10 years to 15 years the term of office for judges of the district courts of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. on 10/05/2015