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Army Arsenal Revitalization Act of 2016
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Army Arsenal Revitalization Act of 2016 This bill requires the Defense Logistics Agency to report to Congress regarding Department of Defense (DOD) legacy items with a contract value equal to $5 million or more. DOD shall use Army arsenals for the production of these legacy items. DOD shall: (1) report to Congress listing all sole source contracts for the procurement of manufactured items the lack of which would constitute a critical national security issue, and (2) establish Army arsenals as a second source for production of any such manufactured item. DOD shall report to Congress regarding: DOD contracts awarded during FY2011-FY2015 using noncompetitive procedures for the procurement of equipment, weapons, weapons systems, and components with a contract value of $3 million or more; plans to update practices on Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS), including through the use of the organic industrial base as a resource in the implementation of a DMSMS management plan; and critical capabilities and minimum workloads of the Army arsenals, and fundamental elements for implementing the United States Army Organic Industrial Base Strategic Plan 2012-2022. DOD shall establish a three-year pilot program to permit Army arsenals to adjust their labor rates periodically throughout the year based upon changes in workload and other factors.
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2015 · second_quarter · Government Issues
113th H.R. 148 and S. 2516, 114th H.R. 430 and S. 229 - DISCLOSE Act 114th H.R. 20 - Government By the People Act 114th S. 1538 - Fair Elections Now Act Constitutional amendments addressing Citizens United v. FEC and McCutcheon v. FEC, and related cases, especially the Democracy for All Amendment (114th H.J.Res. 22 and S.J.Res. 5) Executive and judicial nominations and appointments, including both individuals and rules/procedures, also legislative rules/procedures Executive Order requiring full disclosure of political spending by business entities receiving federal government contracts (furthermore, affirmatively certify that they are in compliance with 52 U.S.C. 30119 ban on direct or indirect political contributions) Legislation to require federal government agencies to comply with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (Public Law No: 89-487) requests relating to non-federal prisons, jails, or detention facilities that detain or incarcerate people for the federal government, in the same way that those agencies must comply with such requests relating to federally run facilities Money in politics and voting rights, both their general consideration and their intersectionality Removal of Representative Steve Scalise from his leadership position (Majority Whip) following the revelations regarding his 2002 address to a white supremacist group Rulemaking to provide guidance to tax-exempt social welfare organizations on candidate-related political activities (expected, upcoming) SEC File No. 4-637 - Rulemaking Petition: Petition to require public companies to disclose to shareholders the use of corporate resources for political activities
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), President of the U.S., SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
Supported the Government by the People Act (H.R. 20), providing for a voluntary system of financing Congressional elections using a mix of small private donations and federal funds and establishing a refundable tax credit to encourage grassroots campaign donations. Supported the Empowering Citizens Act (H.R. 270), providing for a repair of the presidential public financing system, creating a similar public financing system for Congressional races, strengthening rules prohibiting coordinated spending by outside groups and ending individual candidate-specific independent-expenditure only committees (individual candidate-specific "Super PACs"). Supported the Voting Rights Amendment Act (H.R. 3899, S. 1945)to strengthen and amend the Voting Rights Act in the wake of the Supreme Court's opinion in Shelby County v. Holder. Supported the Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2013 (H.R. 2902, S. 1424) to require the Supreme Court to promulgate a Code of Ethics for the Justices of the Supreme Court that should include the 5 canons of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States, with an amendments or modifications that the Supreme Court determines appropriate. Supported S.J.Res. 19 and H.J.Res. 119, a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution permitting Congress and the states to set reasonable limits on the raising and spending of money to influence elections. Supported up-or-down Senate confirmation votes on nominations to the Election Assistance Commission and remaining executive branch nominations. Supported the DISCLOSE Act (S. 2516, H.R. 148) to require disclosure of funds used by corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities influencing elections with independent expenditures and electioneering communications. Supported amending the rules of the United States Senate, specifically those that allow routine supermajority voting to invoke cloture. Supported the ETHICS Act (H.R. 5095) to require Members of the House of Representatives to undergo House Ethics Rules training. Opposed the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (H.R. 83) because of a provision that would vastly increase the amount of money any one donor could contribute to political parties to a figure more than $1.5 million in one campaign cycle, up from $259,000. Urged amendments to the Freedom of Information Act to improve transparency, including codifying the presumption of disclosure and add a public interest balancing test. Urged the House to strengthen the authority of the Office of Congressional Ethics, including granting it subpoena power and keeping it fully funded in the upcoming 114th Congress. Urged the Senate to establish an independent ethics enforcement office and improve the ethics process. Urged the White House to back strong campaign finance disclosure policies and publicly support campaign finance reform in the upcoming fifth anniversary of Citizens United.
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