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No Lobbyists on Presidential Transition Teams Act [HB-6324] [Ethics ]
No Lobbyists on Presidential Transition Teams Act

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Sarbanes Introduced In House on 11/16/2016

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To establish requirements for committees of the Senate and the Senate to consider and hold votes on nominations of individuals for appointments by the President, and for other purposes. [HB-5875] [Elections ]
To establish requirements for committees of the Senate and the Senate to consider and hold votes on nominations of individuals for appointments by the President, and for other purposes. This bill prescribes requirements and deadlines for Senate consideration and votes on nominations submitted by the President, including referrals of such nominations to a single Senate committee and jointly to more than one committee. If each committee to which the nomination has been referred reports it favorably to the Senate or discharges it without recommendation, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth Esty Introduced In House on 07/14/2016

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Refugee Protection Act of 2016 [HB-5851] [Immigration ] [Human Rights ] [International ]
Refugee Protection Act of 2016

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Human Resources. on 08/17/2016

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To establish the Adams Memorial Commission to carry out the provisions of Public Law 107-62, and for other purposes. [HB-5748] [Arts and Culture ] [Public Lands and National Parks ]
To establish the Adams Memorial Commission to carry out the provisions of Public Law 107-62, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Act that authorized the Adams Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in Washington, D.C., to honor John Adams and his legacy to, instead, establish the Adams Memorial Commission to establish a permanent memorial in Washington, D.C., for such purpose. The commission shall: (1) consider, formulate, and report plans for such memorial; and (2) terminate seven years after this bill's enactment.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 07/25/2016

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John F. Kennedy Centennial Commission Act [HB-5722] [Arts and Culture ]
John F. Kennedy Centennial Commission Act (Sec. 2) This bill establishes the John F. Kennedy Centennial Commission, which shall: plan, develop, and carry out activities to honor John F. Kennedy on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth; and provide advice and assistance to federal, state, and local governmental agencies and civic groups to carry out activities to honor Kennedy on such occasion. (Sec. 7) The commission shall submit to the President and Congress annual reports on its revenue and expenditures, such interim reports as appropriate, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise Signed By President. on 07/29/2016

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Federal Records Modernization Act of 2016 [HB-5709] [Technology and Innovation ] [Cybersecurity ] [Data Privacy ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Federal Records Modernization Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill creates a process for the suspension and removal of federal employees if an agency inspector general determines that they have: (1) willfully and unlawfully concealed, removed, mutilated, obliterated, falsified, or destroyed any record, proceeding, or other thing in their custody; or (2) violated prohibitions against creating or sending records using nonofficial electronic messaging accounts. (Sec. 3) The President, Vice President, or their staff or advisers may not create or send a presidential (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Meadows Reported By The Committee On Oversight And Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-759. on 09/19/2016

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Stop Abusing the Presidential Plane Act [HB-5649] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Elections ] [Military ] [National Security ]
Stop Abusing the Presidential Plane Act This bill prohibits an aircraft under the jurisdiction of a military department that is available for the President's use from being used to transport a candidate for federal office to an event promoting the candidate's election campaign. This prohibition does not apply to the use of an aircraft to transport the President or Vice President to an event promoting the President's or Vice President's re-election campaign.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jody Hice Referred To The Subcommittee On Seapower And Projection Forces. on 08/11/2016

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War Powers Reform [HB-560] [Defense ] [National Security ] [Military ] [International ]
War Powers Reform Amends the War Powers Resolution to direct the President in every possible instance to submit to Congress before introducing U.S. Armed Forces into hostilities or situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated a written report setting forth the estimated scope and duration of the hostilities or involvement. Directs the President, in the absence of a declaration of war or a specific statutory authorization (currently, only in the absence of a declaration of war), to submit a written report to Congress (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Nolan Introduced In House on 01/27/2015

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CLINTON Act of 2016 Contributions Legally Interdicted from Noncitizens To Our Nonprofits Act of 2016 [HB-5581] [Taxes ] [Nonprofit ] [International ]
CLINTON Act of 2016 Contributions Legally Interdicted from Noncitizens To Our Nonprofits Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a federal official organization from being treated as a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) for any period after the date on which the organization knowingly or willingly accepts or solicits any contribution from any person connected to a foreign government. A tax-exempt organization is a "federal official organization" if one or more current or former specified federal officials (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Pete Olson Introduced In House on 06/24/2016

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Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 [HB-5538] [Environmental ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Energy ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Water ] [Arts and Culture ] [Native American Affairs ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Climate Change ] [Public Health ] [Mining ] [Air Quality ] [Animals ] [Budget and Spending ] [Law Enforcement ] [Science ] [Recreation ] [National Security ]
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 (continued...)

  

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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To redesignate Gravelly Point Park, located along the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Arlington County, Virginia, as the Nancy Reagan Memorial Park, and for other purposes. [HB-5457] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Arts and Culture ]
To redesignate Gravelly Point Park, located along the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Arlington County, Virginia, as the Nancy Reagan Memorial Park, and for other purposes. This bill redesignates as the "Nancy Reagan Memorial Park" the Gravelly Point Park located along the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Arlington County, Virginia.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 06/16/2016

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Presidential Tax Transparency Act [HB-5386] [Taxes ] [Elections ] [Ethics ]
Presidential Tax Transparency Act This bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require any candidate of a major party for the office of President to file with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) a copy of the candidate's income tax returns for the three most recent taxable years for which such a return has been filed with the Internal Revenue Service as of the date of the nomination. In any case in which such a candidate has not filed with the FEC such income tax returns within 30 days after the nomination date, the FEC shall (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin Introduced In House on 06/07/2016

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U.S.-China Nuclear Cooperation and Nonproliferation Act of 2016 [HB-5370] [Energy ] [International ] [National Security ] [Trade ] [Technology and Innovation ]
U.S.-China Nuclear Cooperation and Nonproliferation Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to notify Congress within five days after receiving an application to transfer nuclear technology to China. The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 is amended to require: DOE authorization for the transfer of any U.S.-origin technology that may be used to develop or produce special nuclear material, regardless of the nationality of the technology's ownership or its location outside the United States; and DOE to define items covered by U.S.-origin (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Brad Sherman Introduced In House on 05/26/2016

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Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017 [HB-5325] [Defense ] [Veterans ] [Military ] [Budget and Spending ] [Healthcare ] [Construction ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Disaster Relief ] [Economic Development ] [Public Health ] [National Security ] [Funding ]
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017 (Sec. 3) Specifies 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) Specifies that the sums in this bill are appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for FY2017. (Sec. 5) Specifies that each amount in this bill designated by Congress as an emergency requirement is contingent on the President also designating all of the emergency amounts and transmitting the designations (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Graves Presented To President. on 09/29/2016

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Preventing Iran's Access to United States Dollars Act of 2016 [HB-4995] [International ] [Finance ] [National Security ] [Trade ]
Preventing Iran's Access to United States Dollars Act of 2016 This bill prohibits the President from issuing a license that permits a person to: conduct an offshore U.S. dollar clearing system for transactions involving the government of Iran or an Iranian person, or provide U.S. dollars for any offshore U.S. dollar clearing system conducted by a foreign government or a foreign financial institution for transactions involving the government of Iran or an Iranian person. The Department of the Treasury shall report to Congress: a list of financial (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Peter Roskam Introduced In House on 04/19/2016

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United States Financial System Protection Act of 2016 [HB-4992] [Finance ] [International ] [National Security ] [Trade ]
United States Financial System Protection Act of 2016 (Sec. 3) This bill applies to transfers of funds to or from Iran, or for the direct or indirect benefit of an Iranian person or the government of Iran, for a specified period only, the existing authorization for U.S. depository institutions and registered brokers or dealers in securities to process such a funds transfer if the transfer arises from, and is ordinarily incident and necessary to give effect to, an underlying transaction that has been authorized by a specific or general license and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dave Brat Considered Under The Provisions Of Rule H. Res. 819. (consideration: Cr H4957-4964) on 07/14/2016

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End Executive Overreach Act [HB-4956] [Budget and Spending ] [Law Enforcement ]
End Executive Overreach Act This bill prohibits, until January 21, 2017, the use of federal funds, fees, or resources to implement an executive order issued on or after the enactment of this bill. The bill prohibits any agency, until such date, from making or finalizing: a major rule (a rule that is likely to result in an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more); a rule that may raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal mandates, the President's priorities, or the principles set forth in Executive Order 12866 (which requires (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 05/17/2016

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To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the award of the Presidential Memorial Certificate to certain deceased members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces and certain deceased members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. [HB-4758] [Veterans ] [Military ]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the award of the Presidential Memorial Certificate to certain deceased members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces and certain deceased members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. This bill authorizes award of the Presidential Memorial Certificate to certain deceased members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces and certain deceased members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Miller Subcommittee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 05/11/2016

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Constitutional Check and Balance Act [HB-464] [Law Enforcement ]
Constitutional Check and Balance Act Authorizes any Member of Congress who casts a recorded vote on final passage of a version of a bill or joint resolution enacting a provision into law to bring an action for declaratory or injunctive relief in an appropriate U.S. district court to compel an executive branch official to enforce the provision, if the President or any other executive branch official issues a memorandum or other written statement directing the official to not enforce it.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 02/19/2015

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Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2016 [HB-4612] [Small Business ] [Trade ] [National Security ] [Public Health ] [Consumer Protection ] [Law Enforcement ] [Economic Development ]
Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits a federal agency (excluding the Federal Election Commission, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or the U.S. Postal Service) from proposing or finalizing any midnight rule unless the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of the Office of Management and Budget finds that it will not result in: (1) an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; (2) a major increase in costs or prices; (3) significant adverse (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dave Brat Reported By The Committee On Oversight And Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-618, Part I. on 06/10/2016

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