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Empowering Local Law Enforcement Act [HB-5853]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Empowering Local Law Enforcement Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to enter into a written agreement with a state or a subdivision thereof pursuant to which a state or local officer or employee may carry out immigration-related investigations, apprehensions, or detentions of aliens in the United States at state or local expense. (Under current law, such agreements are discretionary and carried out by the Department of Justice.) The bill prohibits a state or local agreement
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Sponsored by: Rep. Pete Olson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 08/11/2016
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To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements. [HB-585]
[Environmental ]
[Animals ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Science ]
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements. This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to revise provisions governing citizen suits against the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, that allege a failure of the relevant department to perform an act or duty related to an endangered species or threatened species. Interior must publish the complaint in a citizen suit within 30 days of being served. Affected parties shall be given a reasonable
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Rouzer
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 03/17/2015
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HEARD Act Hunting, Education, and Recreational Development Act [HB-5836]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Agriculture ]
HEARD Act Hunting, Education, and Recreational Development Act This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to dispose of federal lands under their respective jurisdictions by offering them for sale or exchange to units of local government in accordance with this bill. Before the offering of lands for sale or exchange, states or the unit of local government in whose jurisdiction the lands are located may elect to obtain any such lands for local public purposes pursuant to the Recreation and Public
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation And Forestry. on 08/30/2016
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Detain and Deport Act [HB-5826]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Detain and Deport Act This bill provides that a state or political subdivision that has in effect a statute, policy, or practice providing that it not comply with any Department of Homeland Security (DHS) detainer ordering it to temporarily hold an alien in its custody so that the alien may be taken into federal custody or to transport the alien for transfer to federal custody shall not be eligible to receive any law enforcement or DHS grant. A state or political subdivision acting in compliance with such a DHS detainer shall be considered to be
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dave Brat
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 08/11/2016
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Illegal Alien Capture Notification Act [HB-5825]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
Illegal Alien Capture Notification Act This bill amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to provide that a person or agency shall (currently, may) not prohibit or restrict a federal, state, or local government entity from undertaking any of the following law enforcement activities (current law refers to information activities) regarding an individual's immigration status: notifying the federal government regarding the presence of inadmissible and deportable aliens who are encountered by state or local law enforcement
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dave Brat
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 08/11/2016
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Vote By Mail Act of 2016 [HB-5819]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
Vote By Mail Act of 2016 This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to: prohibit a state from imposing any additional conditions or requirements on the eligibility of an individual to cast a vote in a federal election by mail, except to the extent of setting a deadline for returning the ballot to the appropriate state or local election official; and require each state to mail ballots, not later than two weeks before the election, and at no charge, to individuals registered to vote in it. The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 is amended
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Introduced In House on 07/14/2016
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National Adoption and Foster Care Home Study Act [HB-5810]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
National Adoption and Foster Care Home Study Act This bill amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to direct a state receiving from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a community-based formula grant for the prevention of child abuse and neglect to establish a demonstration program through which the state: adopts a specific evidence-based, uniform, national home study program for the evaluation of prospective foster parents and adoptive parents; and furnishes HHS with data gathered through operation of the program. HHS
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 09/19/2016
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Bank Service Company Examination Coordination Act of 2016 [HB-5807]
[Finance ]
Bank Service Company Examination Coordination Act of 2016 This bill amends the Bank Service Company Act to allow the appropriate federal banking agency with respect to the principal shareholder or principal member of a bank service company to authorize a state banking agency (in addition to any other federal banking agency, as under current law) that supervises any other shareholder or member to make an examination of the bank service company.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks
Introduced In House on 07/14/2016
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No Resettlement Without Consent Act [HB-5804]
[Immigration ]
[Human Rights ]
No Resettlement Without Consent Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that: (1) the Office of Refugee Resettlement shall not place or resettle a refugee within a state without the governor's approval; and (2) notwithstanding such approval, the Office shall not place or resettle a refugee in any locality within a state if the locality has in effect a law, or a policy with the effect of law, disapproving of refugee resettlement in that locality.
Sponsored by: Rep. Blake Farenthold
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 08/11/2016
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Citizenship Empowerment Act [HB-5793]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Immigration ]
Citizenship Empowerment Act This bill amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to direct the chief election official of a state to distribute mail voter registration application forms to each person who becomes a U.S. citizen at a naturalization ceremony in that state at the ceremony's conclusion. The Department of Homeland Security shall implement procedures necessary to enable state chief election officers to carry out this requirement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brendan Boyle
Introduced In House on 07/14/2016
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Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2016 [HB-5788]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Mining ]
[Water ]
Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. David McKinley
Introduced In House on 07/14/2016
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Community Protection and Preparedness Act of 2016 [HB-5786]
[Public Safety ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Community Development ]
Community Protection and Preparedness Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Coast Guard And Maritime Transportation. on 07/15/2016
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Brownfields Authorization Increase Act of 2016 [HB-5782]
[Environmental ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Real Estate ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Brownfields Authorization Increase Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Pallone
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 07/15/2016
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Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2016 [HB-5779]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2016 This bill requires the chief state election official of each state to establish and operate a system of automatic registration for the registration of eligible individuals to vote for elections for federal office in the state. The chief state election official shall ensure that all individuals who are eligible to be, but are not currently, registered to vote in federal elections in the state is promptly registered to vote, unless the individual declines registration by providing appropriate notice. Each contributing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu
Referred To The Subcommittee On Research And Technology. on 09/30/2016
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Marine Mammal Research and Response Act of 2016 [HB-5776]
[Animals ]
[Science ]
[Public Health ]
Marine Mammal Research and Response Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 07/26/2016
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PFOS and PFOA Right to Know Act of 2016 [HB-5768]
[Defense ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Water ]
PFOS and PFOA Right to Know Act of 2016 This bill authorizes the Department of Defense (DOD) to enter into intergovernmental agreements to provide health screenings for conditions relating to perfluorooctanesuflonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) exposure in communities near formerly used defense sites that have been identified by DOD as sources of PFOS and PFOA.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Meehan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 08/11/2016
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Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2016 [HB-5758]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
[Agriculture ]
Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2016 This bill allows the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming (western states) to relinquish state land grant parcels wholly or primarily within eligible areas and select, in exchange, public land within the state. The bill defines "eligible areas" as lands within the outer boundaries of units of the National Park, National Wilderness Preservation, National Wildlife Refuge, or National Landscape Conservation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Polis
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 07/25/2016
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Protecting Foster Youth Resources to Promote Self-Sufficiency Act [HB-5737]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Social Security ]
[Poverty ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Protecting Foster Youth Resources to Promote Self-Sufficiency Act This bill amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI)) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to prohibit a state or local government agency serving as representative payee for an eligible individual in foster care under state responsibility from using any OASDI or SSI benefits to reimburse the state for: foster care maintenance payments, or other payments made by the state or political subdivision of the state to cover any
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Human Resources. on 07/21/2016
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Checkpoint Safety Act of 2016 [HB-5720]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Checkpoint Safety Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu
Referred To The Subcommittee On Transportation Security. on 07/20/2016
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Senior Citizen Protection Act of 2016 [HB-5694]
[Crime ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Senior Citizen Protection Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish guidelines for states to design and implement elder abuse registries. DOJ may award state grants to establish and operate such registries. Additionally, DOJ must establish and maintain a national database that contains information from state elder abuse registries.
Sponsored by: Rep. Peter King
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 07/22/2016