Congress 114 - HR 5671 - Urban Progress Act of 2016

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Administrative law and regulatory procedures Adult education and literacy Advisory bodies Assault and harassment offenses Child care and development Child health Child safety and welfare Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Correctional facilities and imprisonment Crime prevention Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal justice information and records Criminal procedure and sentencing Department of Health and Human Services Drug trafficking and controlled substances Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Emergency medical services and trauma care Employee hiring Employment and training programs Evidence and witnesses Executive agency funding and structure Federal district courts Firearms and explosives Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health information and medical records Higher education Homelessness and emergency shelter Income tax credits Juvenile crime and gang violence Law enforcement administration and funding Licensing and registrations Mental health National Guard and reserves Performance measurement Personnel records Poverty and welfare assistance Preschool education Public-private cooperation Research administration and funding Retail and wholesale trades Smuggling and trafficking Social Welfare Teenage pregnancy Temporary and part-time employment U.S. Sentencing Commission Unemployment Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Violent crime Vocational and technical education Wages and earnings Youth employment and child labor

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Urban Progress Act of 2016

This bill provides support (e.g. grant programs or tax credits) for:

the Rental Assistance Demonstration program that improves public housing,
qualified ex-felons and employers who hire them,
economically disadvantaged communities,
a training program for workers,
a program for providing eligible youth with summer employment opportunities,
a plan to reduce the number of children living in poverty,
benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for children who attend summer school,
families that have children and are under 150% of the poverty line,
a process to expunge and seal certain youth criminal records,
an effort in preventing juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity, and
a program for increasing the racial diversity of law enforcement agencies.

The bill also addresses gun violence, including by: (1) making trafficking in firearms a crime, (2) establishing firearm prohibitions for certain high-risk individuals, (3) establishing background check requirements, and (4) requiring gun owners to report a lost or stolen firearm to Department of Justice and local law enforcement authorities within 48 hours of discovery.

Actions

Aug 30, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
Jul 20, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Jul 7, 2016

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Small Business, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Rules, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 7, 2016

Introduced in House

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