FAIR Act Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act [HB-4585]
FAIR Act Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act This bill increases the rates of basic pay for federal employees under the statutory pay systems (relating to the General Schedule, the U.S. Foreign Service, and the Veterans Health Administration) and for prevailing rate employees by 3.9% for FY2017. The percentage adjustment for locality-based comparability payments for calendar year 2017 shall be an increase of 1.4%.
HB-4585: FAIR Act Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 02/23/2016
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act [HB-4592]
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 50,000 $5 coins, 400,000 $1 coins, and 750,000 half-dollar coins in recognition and celebration of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The coins shall be in the shape of a dome, and the design on the common reverse of the coins shall depict a basketball. Treasury shall hold a competition to determine the design of the common obverse of the coins, which shall be emblematic of the game of basketball.
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HB-4592: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 02/23/2016
No Money Bail Act of 2016 [HB-4611]
No Money Bail Act of 2016 This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to make ineligible for funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program a state with a bail system that uses payment of money as a condition of pretrial release in criminal cases. The Department of Justice must reallocate such state's JAG funding among eligible states. Additionally, the bill prohibits payment of money as a condition of pretrial release in any federal criminal case.
HB-4611: No Money Bail Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 02/29/2016
Veteran Suicide Prevention Act [HB-4640]
Veteran Suicide Prevention Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to complete a publicly available review of the deaths of all covered veterans who died by suicide during the preceding five-year period. Such review shall include: the total number of veterans who died by suicide during the five-year period; a summary that includes age, gender, and race; a list of the medications prescribed to, and found in the systems of, such veterans at the time of their deaths, and a summary of medical diagnoses by VA physicians which led
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HB-4640: Veteran Suicide Prevention Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/07/2016
School-Based Asthma Management Program Act [HB-4662]
School-Based Asthma Management Program Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to add requirements that states must meet to receive a preference for asthma grants. (Currently, the preference is given to states that meet requirements regarding administration of epinephrine to students having severe allergic reactions.) To receive the preference, states must additionally: (1) provide civil liability protection to trained school personnel who administer asthma-related rescue medication to a student with asthma; and (2) require schools to
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HB-4662: School-Based Asthma Management Program Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/04/2016
Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of 2016 [HB-4677]
Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of 2016 This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the definition of public safety officer for purposes of the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program to include a campus police officer who is employed by an institution of higher education and authorized to enforce criminal laws. Specifically, the bill extends death, disability, or education benefits to a campus police officer or survivors of a campus police officer who dies or becomes disabled as a result
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HB-4677: Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 04/01/2016
CCAMPIS Reauthorization Act Child Care Access Means Parents in School Reauthorization Act [HB-4681]
CCAMPIS Reauthorization Act Child Care Access Means Parents in School Reauthorization Act This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise and permanently reauthorize the Child Care Access Means Parents in School grant program. The Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education must report to Congress on plans to better serve postsecondary students with dependents.
HB-4681: CCAMPIS Reauthorization Act Child Care Access Means Parents in School Reauthorization Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 09/19/2016
Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2016 [HB-4694]
Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2016 This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to promulgate regulations to update the standards for lead-contaminated dust and lead-contaminated soil, in accordance with health-based standards. The Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 is amended to define elevated blood lead level as the lower of: 5 mg/dL (micrograms of lead per deciliter), or the most recent definition for elevated blood lead level or reference range level
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HB-4694: Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commerce, Manufacturing, And Trade. on 03/04/2016
Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2016 [HB-4701]
Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2016 This bill directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish a grant program to provide assistance to states that require compliant carbon monoxide alarms to be installed in dwelling units. A "compliant carbon monoxide alarm" is an alarm that complies with: (1) the American National Standard for Single and Multiple Station Carbon Monoxide Alarms, and (2) the American National Standard for Gas and Vapor Detectors and Sensors. States receiving such grants
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HB-4701: Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commerce, Manufacturing, And Trade. on 03/04/2016
Emergency Financial Manager Reform Act of 2016 [HB-4754]
Emergency Financial Manager Reform Act of 2016 This bill requires a state with a state-appointed emergency financial manager to certify that the appointment: (1) does not have the purpose or effect of limiting the right to vote on account of race or color, and (2) followed a notice and comment period. If a state with a state-appointed emergency financial manager fails to submit such certification, then the Department of Justice may reduce by 5% that state's allocation of funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program.
HB-4754: Emergency Financial Manager Reform Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 03/16/2016