SCRA Enhancement and Improvement Act of 2016 [S.2719]
[Defense ]
[Veterans ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
[Student Loans ]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Military ]
[Law Enforcement ]
SCRA Enhancement and Improvement Act of 2016 This bill amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) to require servicers of federally issued or guaranteed student loans to use the Defense Manpower Data Center to monitor the duty status of service member borrowers. A servicer shall notify: (1) the Department of Education, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and the service member prior to selling or transferring such loan to another servicer; and (2) a service member regarding any denied SCRA benefit or protection, including an
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S.2719: SCRA Enhancement and Improvement Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S1598-1599) on 03/17/2016
Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016 [S.2577]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016 This bill amends the federal criminal code to require a defendant, as a mandatory condition of supervised release, to pay court-ordered restitution. It amends the Justice for All Act of 2004, the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, the DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act of 2004, and the Innocence Protection Act of 2004, to: reauthorize grants for victims assistance programs; reauthorize crime victims notification grants; give preference to Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Program grant applicants that use funds for
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S.2577: Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Became Public Law No: 114-324. on 12/16/2016
Protection of Children Act of 2016 [S.2561]
[Immigration ]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
Protection of Children Act of 2016 This bill amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to eliminate the special repatriation requirements for unaccompanied alien children (UAC) who are nationals or residents of a country contiguous to the United States. (Applies the same removal requirements to all UACs who are not victims of a severe form of trafficking in persons and who do not have a fear of returning to their country of nationality or last habitual residence.) An immigration officer who finds an
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S.2561: Protection of Children Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Johnson
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 02/22/2016
Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2016 [S.2540]
[Immigration ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Rights ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2016 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to authorize the Department of Justice (DOJ) to appoint or provide counsel at government expense to aliens in removal proceedings. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall provide an alien in removal proceedings with all relevant documents in its possession, unless the alien has knowingly waived the right to such documents. In the absence of a waiver a removal proceeding may not proceed until the alien has received, and had time to review, the
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S.2540: Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S876-877) on 02/11/2016
Taxpayer Rights Act of 2015 [S.2333]
[Taxes ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Retirement ]
Taxpayer Rights Act of 2015 TITLE I--TAXPAYER RIGHTS This title amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require the Department of the Treasury, in consultation with the National Taxpayer Advocate, to publish a summary statement of primary taxpayer rights; and (2) in consultation with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), ensure that IRS employees are familiar with and act in accordance with such rights. Taxpayer rights include the right to be informed, the right to quality service, the right to pay no more than the correct amount of tax, the right
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S.2333: Taxpayer Rights Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Cardin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 11/30/2015
POWER Act Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2015 [S.2280]
[Crime ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
POWER Act Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2015 (Sec. 3) This bill requires the U.S. Attorney for a judicial district to lead at least one public event that promotes pro bono legal services as a critical way to: (1) empower survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and (2) engage citizens in assisting those survivors. A special but similar rule applies to districts containing Indian tribes and tribal organizations. Each U.S. Attorney shall: (1) have discretion on the design, organization, and implementation
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S.2280: POWER Act Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Message On Senate Action Sent To The House. on 11/16/2015
An Act Making Appropriations to Stop Regulatory Excess and for Other Purposes, 2016 [S.2132]
[Finance ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
[Social Security ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Energy ]
[Insurance ]
An Act Making Appropriations to Stop Regulatory Excess and for Other Purposes, 2016 Provides FY2016 appropriations for financial services and general government; the Department of the Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency; the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; and several related agencies. Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016 Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2016 Provides appropriations to the Department of the Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Service. Executive
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S.2132: An Act Making Appropriations to Stop Regulatory Excess and for Other Purposes, 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Murkowski
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 251. on 10/06/2015
Veterans Justice Outreach Act of 2015 [S.2120]
[Veterans ]
[Crime ]
[Mental Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Veterans Justice Outreach Act of 2015 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a program to support veterans in contact with the criminal justice system by discouraging unnecessary criminalization of mental illness and other nonviolent crimes. The program shall be carried out in partnership with local law enforcement, judicial, and community-based treatment and legal assistance organizations. The VA shall establish coordinators to provide program outreach.
S.2120: Veterans Justice Outreach Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. John McCain
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 10/01/2015
Advancing FASD Research, Prevention, and Services Act [S.2060]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Science ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
[Crime ]
Advancing FASD Research, Prevention, and Services Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) programs (as renamed under this Act, previously the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect programs). The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must: (1) carry out research on FASD; (2) facilitate surveillance, public health research, and prevention of FASD; and (3) continue the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. HHS must provide financial
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S.2060: Advancing FASD Research, Prevention, and Services Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/17/2015
Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2015 [S.205]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2015 Requires the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to award one medical or nursing school a grant to develop best practices for health care professionals to recognize and respond appropriately to victims of severe forms of human trafficking. Requires the grantee to: (1) develop methods or materials to train health care professionals on best practices, (2) make a subgrant to one entity in each of the 10 administrative regions of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create
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S.205: Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Peters
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/21/2015
Disability Fraud Reduction and Unethical Deception (FRAUD) Prevention Act [S.1929]
[Social Security ]
[Crime ]
[Disabilities ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Disability Fraud Reduction and Unethical Deception (FRAUD) Prevention Act Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to authorize the Social Security Administration (SSA) to disqualify or suspend immediately from appearing as a claimant representative before it any individual who has been convicted of a felony in a federal or state court, or, in the case of an attorney, upon the individual's disbarment from any court or bar to which he or she was previously admitted to practice. Amends SSAct
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S.1929: Disability Fraud Reduction and Unethical Deception (FRAUD) Prevention Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Roy Blunt
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S6297-6299) on 08/04/2015
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016 [S.1910]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Economic Development ]
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016 Provides FY2016 appropriations for financial services and general government, including programs in the Department of the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President, the federal judiciary, the District of Columbia, and several independent agencies. Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2016 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Provides appropriations to the Department of the Treasury for Departmental Offices, including: Salaries and Expenses, Department-Wide Systems
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S.1910: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. John Boozman
Committee On Appropriations. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Boozman. With Written Report No. 114-97. on 07/30/2015
Criminal Alien Deportation Act [S.1752]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
Criminal Alien Deportation Act This bill amends the the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the detention of any alien who is: (1) unlawfully present in the United States; and (2) arrested for specified offenses, conviction of any of which would render the alien inadmissible or deportable. Release authority is transferred from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and amended to provide that DHS: may release an alien held pursuant to this Act to the appropriate authority for any proceedings subsequent
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S.1752: Criminal Alien Deportation Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 07/13/2015
District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2015 [S.1629]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Crime ]
District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Amends the District of Columbia Code to authorize the Executive Officer of the District of Columbia courts to: collect debts owed to the District of Columbia courts because of erroneous payments made to current and former court employees, or any other debt; and purchase uniforms to be worn by certain nonjudicial employees of the District courts, so long as the cost of furnishing a uniform during a year does not exceed the
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S.1629: District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Carper
Became Public Law No: 114-118. (txt | Pdf) on 01/28/2016
Taxpayer Bill of Rights Enhancement Act of 2015 [S.1578]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Taxpayer Bill of Rights Enhancement Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to provisions affecting taxpayer rights, to: direct the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to ensure that its employees are familiar with and act in accord with enumerated taxpayer rights; increase criminal and civil penalties for unauthorized disclosure or inspection of taxpayer information and allow punitive damages for willful unauthorized inspection or disclosure; prohibit the disclosure of taxpayer information to any contractor or other agent of a governmental
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S.1578: Taxpayer Bill of Rights Enhancement Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/16/2015
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 [S.1376]
[Defense ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Veterans ]
[Aerospace ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Small Business ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Mental Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[International ]
[Trade ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Data Privacy ]
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Sec. 3) Defines "congressional defense committees" as the House and Senate Armed Services and Appropriations Committees. (Sec. 4) Specifies procedures for determining the budgetary effects of this bill for compliance with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Act of 2010. 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
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S.1376: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. John McCain
Committee On Armed Services. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Mccain. With Written Report No. 114-49. Additional Views Filed. on 05/19/2015
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 [S.1356]
[Defense ]
[National Security ]
[Military ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
[Aerospace ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Sec. 3) Defines "congressional defense committees" as the House and Senate Armed Services and Appropriations Committees. (Sec. 4) Specifies procedures for determining the budgetary effects of this bill for compliance with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Act of 2010. (Sec. 5) Provides that the explanatory statement regarding this bill that was printed in the Congressional Record has the same effect as a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference. DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF
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S.1356: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. John McCain
Became Public Law No: 114-92. (txt | Pdf) on 11/25/2015
Repeal Executive Amnesty Act of 2015 [S.129]
[Immigration ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[National Security ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Repeal Executive Amnesty Act of 2015 This bill shifts from the Attorney General to the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) the authority to parole an alien temporarily into the United States, on a case-by-case basis, and in the Secretary's sole discretion, for an urgent humanitarian reasons or for another reason strictly in the public interest. A humanitarian parole is limited to: a medical emergency or organ or tissue donation in certain circumstances; or a situation in which a close family member in the United States is dying and the alien could
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S.129: Repeal Executive Amnesty Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Roy Blunt
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/08/2015
Veterans Appeals Assistance and Improvement Act of 2015 [S.1286]
[Veterans ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Veterans Appeals Assistance and Improvement Act of 2015 This bill directs the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to establish a financial assistance program to provide legal and other assistance without charge for veterans and other persons seeking Court review who are unable to afford legal representation costs. (Programs include case screening and referral, training for attorney and related personnel, and facilitation of pro bono representation by members of the bar and law school clinical and other programs.) The Department of Veterans
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S.1286: Veterans Appeals Assistance and Improvement Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 05/11/2015
Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2015 [S.1145]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Mining ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2015 Amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to require the Department of Labor, in conducting health and safety related accident investigations in coal or other mines, to: (1) determine why an accident occurred and whether there were violations of law, mandatory health and safety standards, or other requirements; (2) in cases involving violations of federal criminal law, refer them to the Attorney General; and (3) make recommendations to avoid any recurrence. Requires an independent accident
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S.1145: Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/30/2015