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Urban Progress Act of 2016

Introduced: July 7, 2016 Introduced by: Kelly, Robin L. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

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

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now August 30, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.

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