Wednesday, December 7, 2016
The House will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour and 12:00 p.m. for legislative business. First votes expected: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Last votes expected 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
14 Suspensions
1) H.R. 329 - Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2016, as amended (PDF)
Sponsor: Rep. Donald Young (R-IA) | Natural Resources Committee
Topline Summary: This bill amends the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 to facilitate the ability of Indian Tribes to integrate the employment, training, and related services from diverse federal sources.
2) H.R. 6400 - To revise the boundaries of certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units in New Jersey (PDF)
Sponsor: Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) | Natural Resources Committee
Topline Summary: This bill makes boundary adjustments to three Coastal Barrier Resources units located along the New Jersey coast.
3) H.R. 3711 - Chicano Park Preservation Act (PDF)
Sponsor: Rep. Juan Vargas (D-CA) | Natural Resources Committee
Topline Summary: This bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of Chicano Park, located in San Diego, California.
4) H.R. 6435 - To authorize the Directors of Veterans Integrated Service Networks of the Department of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts with appropriate civilian accreditation entities or appropriate health care evaluation entities to investigate medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs (PDF)
Sponsor: Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) | Veterans Affairs Committee)
Topline Summary: This bill authorizes Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) Directors to contract with certain independent medical auditors to investigate any Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) for the purposes of assessing and reporting deficiencies.
5) H.R. 5099 - CHIP IN for Vets Act of 2016, as amended (PDF)
Sponsor: Rep. Brad Ashford (D-NE) | Veterans Affairs Committee
Topline Summary: This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on partnership agreements to construct new facilities.
6) H.R. 6076 - TREAT Astronauts Act, as amended (PDF)
Sponsor:Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX) | Science, Space, and Technology Committee
Topline Summary: This bill directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to establish a program that provides for the medical monitoring, diagnosis, and treatment of crewmembers for space flight-associated medical conditions.
7) H.R. 5790 - Federal Bureau of Investigation Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2016, as amended (PDF)
Sponsor: Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) | Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Topline Summary: This bill strengthens protections for whistleblowers at the Federal Bureau of Investigation by expanding the list of persons authorized to receive protected disclosures of waste, fraud, and abuse.
8) House Amendment to S. 2971 - National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Act of 2016, as amended (PDF)
Sponsor: Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Topline Summary: This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency to continue administering the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.
9) S. 2846 - Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2016 (PDF)
Sponsor: Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) | Small Business Committee
Topline Summary: This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) and United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to develop partnership agreements to provide training materials and opportunities to small businesses on domestic and international protection of intellectual property.
10) H.R. 4298 - Vietnam Helicopter Crew Memorial Act (PDF)
Sponsor: Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) | Armed Services Committee
Topline Summary: This bill directs the Department of the Army to place a memorial honoring helicopter pilots and crew members who served during the Vietnam era in Arlington National Cemetery.
11) H.R. 6130 - Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016 (PDF)
Sponsor: Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) | Judiciary Committee
Topline Summary: This bill sets a six year statute of limitations for civil claims filed in federal or state court to recover artwork and other cultural property that was unlawfully lost due to theft, seizure, forced sale, or sale under duress as a result of Nazi persecution during the Holocaust.
12) H.R. 4919 - Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2016, as amended (PDF)
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ) | Judiciary Committee
Topline Summary: This bill reauthorizes an existing Department of Justice (DOJ) grant program, the “Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program,” at $2 million for each of the fiscal years 2017 through 2021. The bill also extends the program to cover children with autism, who may be susceptible to the same type of wandering behavior as those with autism.
13) H.R. 6431 - Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National Security Act of 2016 (PDF)
Sponsor: Rep. Ann Kuster (D-NH) | Judiciary Committee
Topline Summary: This bill ensures that individuals, while employed by the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Justice and stationed or deployed in Canada in furtherance of a border security initiative, who engage or conspire to engage in conduct in Canada that would constitute an offense in the United States, are imprisoned or fined as provided for that offense.
14) S. 2854 - Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016, as amended (PDF)
Sponsor: Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) | Judiciary Committee
Topline Summary: This bill permanently reauthorizes the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007 (Emmett Till Act) and expands the responsibilities of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to include the investigation and prosecution of criminal civil rights statutes violations that resulted in a death, regardless of when the violations occurred.
2 Postponed Suspension Votes
1) H.R. 1219 - Arbuckle Project Maintenance Complex and District Office Conveyance Act of 2016 (PDF)
Sponsor: Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) | Natural Resources Committee
Topline Summary: This bill authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey all of the United States’ right, title and interest Maintenance Complex and District Office of the Arbuckle Project, Oklahoma to the Arbuckle Master Conservancy District.
2) S. 3028 - Daniel J. Evans Olympic National Park Wilderness Act (PDF)
Sponsor: Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) | Natural Resources Committee
Topline Summary: This bill redesignates the Olympic Wilderness, which is located in Northwest Washington State, as the Daniel J. Evans Wilderness
1 Rule Bill
1) H.R. 5143 - Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016, Rules Committee Print (PDF)
Sponsor: Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) | Financial Services Committee
Topline Summary: This bill provides greater transparency and congressional oversight of international insurance standards setting processes.