H.R. 5671
114th Congress
House
Urban Progress Act of 2016
Official title: To expand economic opportunities, improve community policing, and promote common-sense gun violence prevention in underserved communities, and for other purposes.
Social Welfare
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdult education and literacyAdvisory bodiesAssault and harassment offenses
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Child care and developmentChild healthChild safety and welfareCivil actions and liabilityCongressional oversightCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentCrime preventionCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCriminal justice information and recordsCriminal procedure and sentencingDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDrug trafficking and controlled substancesDrug, alcohol, tobacco useEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployee hiringEmployment and training programsEvidence and witnessesExecutive agency funding and structureFederal district courtsFirearms and explosivesGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth information and medical recordsHigher educationHomelessness and emergency shelterIncome tax creditsJuvenile crime and gang violenceLaw enforcement administration and fundingLicensing and registrationsMental healthNational Guard and reservesPerformance measurementPersonnel recordsPoverty and welfare assistancePreschool educationPublic-private cooperationResearch administration and fundingRetail and wholesale tradesSmuggling and traffickingTeenage pregnancyTemporary and part-time employmentU.S. Sentencing CommissionUnemploymentVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationViolent crimeVocational and technical educationWages and earningsYouth employment and child labor
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
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
Plain-English summary
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.
Related & companion bills
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Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
11
- Agriculture Committee
- Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
- Education and Workforce Committee
- Energy and Commerce Committee
- Financial Services Committee
- Judiciary Committee
- Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee
- Oversight and Government Reform Committee
- Rules Committee
- Small Business Committee
- Ways and Means Committee
Cosponsors
26
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Moore, Gwen
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Takano, Mark
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Carson, André
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Green, Al
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Meeks, Gregory W.
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
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Plaskett, Stacey E.
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Veasey, Marc A.
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Adams, Alma S.
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Beatty, Joyce
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Clark, Katherine M.
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Clarke, Yvette D.
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Cleaver, Emanuel
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Clyburn, James E.
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Davis, Danny K.
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DeGette, Diana
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
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Duckworth, Tammy
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Jeffries, Hakeem S.
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Larson, John B.
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McGovern, James P.
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
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Thompson, Bennie G.
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Waters, Maxine
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Watson Coleman, Bonnie
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Wilson, Frederica S.
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