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.
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