| SB3492 | Pass | A bill to designate the Traverse City VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Traverse City, Michigan, as the "Colonel Demas T. Craw VA Clinic". (Sec. 1) This bill designates the Traverse City VA Community-Based ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-276. |
| SB3395 | Pass | Prescribed Burn Approval Act of 2016 (Sec. 3) This bill prohibits the Forest Service from authorizing a prescribed burn (i.e., a planned fire intentionally ignited) on Forest Service land if, for the county or contiguous county in which such land is ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-275. |
| HB5995 | Pass | GAO Civilian Task and Delivery Order Protest Authority Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill makes permanent the Government Accountability Office's (GAO's) authority to hear a contractor's protest regarding the issuance or proposed issuance of a civilian fe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-260. |
| SB3183 | Pass | BOTS Act of 2016 Better Online Ticket Sales Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits the circumvention of a security measure, access control system, or other technological measure on an Internet website or online service of a ticket issuer that is us...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-274. |
| SB3076 | Pass | Charles Duncan Buried with Honor Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), if it is unable to identify a deceased veteran's next of kin and if it determines that sufficient resources for the furnishing of a ca...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-273. |
| HB5509 | Pass | To name the Department of Veterans Affairs temporary lodging facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, as the "Dr. Otis Bowen Veteran House". (Sec. 1) This bill designates the Department of Veterans Affairs temporary lodging facility in Indianapolis, Indian...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-259. |
| SB3028 | Pass | Daniel J. Evans Olympic National Park Wilderness Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Washington Park Wilderness Act of 1988 to redesignate the Olympic Wilderness as the "Daniel J. Evans Wilderness."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-272. |
| SB2974 | Pass | A bill to ensure funding for the National Human Trafficking Hotline, and for other purposes. (Sec. 1) This bill amends the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 to eliminate the provision that specifies that Department of Health ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-271. |
| SB2873 | Pass | ECHO Act Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in collaboration with the Health Resources and Services Administration, to study technology-enabled collaborative learning and c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-270. |
| HB5111 | Pass | Consumer Review Fairness Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill makes a provision of a form contract void from the inception if it: (1) prohibits or restricts an individual who is a party to such a contract from engaging in written, oral, or pictorial review...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-258. |
| HB4419 | Pass | District of Columbia Judicial Financial Transparency Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the District of Columbia Code to revise the financial disclosure requirements for District of Columbia judges. The revisions establish new dollar thresholds and requir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-257. |
| SB2234 | Pass | Office of Strategic Services Congressional Gold Medal Act (Sec. 3) This bill requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal to the members...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-269. |
| HB3471 | Pass | Veterans Mobility Safety Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that an eligible disabled veteran provided an automobile or other conveyance is given the opportunity to make personal selections relati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-256. |
| SB1915 | Pass | First Responder Anthrax Preparedness Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to carry out a pilot program to provide eligible anthrax vaccines ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-268. |
| SB1808 | Pass | Northern Border Security Review Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit to specified congressional committees a northern border threat analysis, which shall include analyses of: terrorism and criminal threats posed...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-267. |
| SB1632 | Pass | A bill to require a regional strategy to address the threat posed by Boko Haram. (Sec. 1) This bill requires: the Department of State and the Department of Defense to develop jointly and submit to Congress a five-year strategy to help Nigeria, member...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-266. |
| SB1550 | Pass | Program Management Improvement Accountability Act (Sec. 2) This bill establishes as additional functions of the Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requirements to: adopt and oversee implementation of governmen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-264. |
| SB1555 | Pass | Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2015 (Sec. 3) This bill defines "Filipino Veterans of World War II" to include an individual who served: honorably at any time from July 26, 1941, to December 31, 1946; in an active-du...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-265. |
| SB817 | Pass | A bill to provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon. (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Siletz Tribe Indian Restoration Act to authorize the Department of the Interior to take into trus...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-262. |
| SB795 | Pass | A bill to enhance whistleblower protection for contractor and grantee employees. (Sec. 1) This bill extends federal contractor whistle-blower protections to employees of: (1) personal services contractors working on defense contracts (currently, the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-261. |
| SB818 | Pass | A bill to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make technical corrections, and for other purposes. (Sec. 1) The Department of the Interior may accept title to any real property located within the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-263. |
| HB34 | Pass | Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act of 2015 Reauthorizes the Tsunami Warning and Education Act through FY2017. (Sec. 4) Consolidates separate tsunami warning systems for the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and for the Atlantic Ocean into a single ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-13
Became Public Law No: 114-255. |
| HB2028 | Pass | Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (Sec. 3) Specifies that references to "this Act" included in division B of this bill refer only to the provisions of that division. (Sec. 4) Specifies the each amount in this ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-10
Became Public Law No: 114-254. |
| HB5785 | Pass | To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for an annuity supplement for certain air traffic controllers. This bill exempts retired air traffic controllers from a reduction to their Federal Employees Retirement System annuity supplement (on acc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-08
Became Public Law No: 114-251. |
| HB5873 | Pass | To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 511 East San Antonio Avenue in El Paso, Texas, as the "R.E. Thomason Federal Building and United States Courthouse". This bill designates the federal building and U.S. courthou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-08
Became Public Law No: 114-252. |
| HB4902 | Pass | To amend title 5, United States Code, to expand law enforcement availability pay to employees of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Air and Marine Operations. This bill applies provisions governing availability pay for criminal investigators to any...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-08
Became Public Law No: 114-250. |
| SB2754 | Pass | To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 300 Fannin Street in Shreveport, Louisiana, as the "Tom Stagg United States Court House". This bill designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 300 Fannin St...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-08
Became Public Law No: 114-253. |
| HB4665 | Pass | Outdoor Recreation Jobs and Economic Impact Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Commerce to enter into a joint memorandum with the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior to conduct, acting through the Bureau...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-08
Became Public Law No: 114-249. |
| HB6007 | Pass | To amend title 49, United States Code, to include consideration of certain impacts on commercial space launch and reentry activities in a navigable airspace analysis, and for other purposes. (Sec. 1) This bill directs the Department of Transportation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-11-28
Became Public Law No: 114-248. (TXT | PDF) |
| HB5392 | Pass | No Veterans Crisis Line Call Should Go Unanswered Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop a quality assurance document for carrying out the toll-free Veterans Crisis Line (VCL), which shall: (1) outline perfo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-11-28
Became Public Law No: 114-247. (TXT | PDF) |
| HB4511 | Pass | Gold Star Families Voices Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Veterans' Oral History Project Act to require the veterans oral history program to include the collection of video and audio recordings of biographical histories by immediate family members ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-11-28
Became Public Law No: 114-246. (TXT | PDF) |
| HB845 | Pass | National Forest System Trails Stewardship Act (Sec. 4) This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to publish a national strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in trail maintenance. The strategy shall: augme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-11-28
Became Public Law No: 114-245. (TXT | PDF) |
| HB5985 | Pass | Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2016 This bill extends specified Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs. TITLE I--EXTENSIONS OF AUTHORITY RELATING TO HEALTH CARE (Sec. 101) Authority for collection of copayments for h...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-10-19
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. |
| SB246 | Pass | Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act (Sec. 3) This bill establishes the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children in the Office of Tribal Justice of the Department of Justice. The commiss...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-10-14
Became Public Law No: 114-244. (TXT | PDF) |
| HB5946 | Pass | United States Appreciation for Olympians and Paralympians Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, the value of any medal awarded or prize money received from the U.S. Olym...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-10-07
Became Public Law No: 114-239. (TXT | PDF) |
| HB5944 | Pass | To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to certain grant assurances, and for other purposes. (Sec. 1) This bill declares that an airport owner or operator who renews a covered lease shall not be treated as violating that owner's or operat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-10-07
Became Public Law No: 114-238. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB3283 | Pass | A bill to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Pueblo, Colorado, as the "PFC James Dunn VA Clinic". (Sec. 1) This bill designates the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-10-07
Became Public Law No: 114-243. (TXT | PDF) |
| HB5883 | Pass | Clarification of Treatment of Electronic Sales of Livestock Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to expand the definition of "marketing agency" to include any person who engages in the business of buying or selli...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-10-07
Became Public Law No: 114-237. (TXT | PDF) |
| HB5578 | Pass | Survivors' Bill of Rights Act of 2016
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-10-07
Became Public Law No: 114-236. (TXT | PDF) |
| HB5147 | Pass | BABIES Act Bathrooms Accessible in Every Situation Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires restrooms in a public building to be equipped with baby changing facilities that the General Services Administration (GSA) determines are physically safe, sanitary, an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-10-07
Became Public Law No: 114-235. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB2683 | Pass | Federal Aviation Administration Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill applies federal civil service requirements to leave used by disabled armed forces veterans in the personnel management system of the Federal Aviation Admini...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-10-07
Became Public Law No: 114-242. (TXT | PDF) |
| HB3937 | Pass | To designate the building utilized as a United States courthouse located at 150 Reade Circle in Greenville, North Carolina, as the "Judge Randy D. Doub United States Courthouse". This bill designates the building utilized as a U.S. courthouse located...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-10-07
Became Public Law No: 114-234. (TXT | PDF) |
| HB3004 | Pass | To amend the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Act to extend the authorization for the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission. (Sec. 1) This bill amends the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Act to extend the authorization for the Gullah/...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-10-07
Became Public Law No: 114-233. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB1698 | Pass | Treatment of Certain Payments in Eugenics Compensation Act (Sec. 2) This bill excludes payments made under a state eugenics compensation program from classification as income or resources for purposes of determining the eligibility of a recipient of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-10-07
Became Public Law No: 114-241. (TXT | PDF) |
| HB2733 | Pass | Nevada Native Nations Land Act (Sec. 3) This bill requires the United States to hold in trust the following lands for the benefit of: the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, 19,094 acres of Bureau of Lan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-10-07
Became Public Law No: 114-232. (TXT | PDF) |
| HB2494 | Pass | Global Anti-Poaching Act This bill addresses the illegal trade in endangered and threatened wildlife and their related parts and products. (Sec 3) The Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-10-07
Became Public Law No: 114-231. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB1004 | Pass | Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act (Sec. 2) Directs the President to issue an annual proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe two minutes of silence on Veterans Day, beginning at 3:11 p.m. Atlantic standard time, in honor of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-10-07
Became Public Law No: 114-240. (TXT | PDF) |
| HB1475 | Pass | Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Korean War Veterans Memorial Foundation, Inc., to construct a Wall of Remembrance at the site of the Korean War Veterans Memorial. The wall shall include a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-10-07
Became Public Law No: 114-230. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB1878 | Pass | Advancing Hope Act of 2016 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to expand the priority review voucher program for rare pediatric diseases to include treatments for sickle cell disease and pediatric cancers. The voucher program is...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-09-30
Became Public Law No: 114-229. (TXT | PDF) |
| HB5937 | Pass | To amend title 36, United States Code, to authorize the American Battle Monuments Commission to acquire, operate, and maintain the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial in Marnes-la-Coquette, France, and for other purposes. (Sec. 1) This bill authorizes the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-09-29
Became Public Law No: 114-227. (TXT | PDF) |
