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Veterans' Credit Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-5193
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
Veterans' Credit Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) conduct outreach to inform veterans of how to resolve credit issues caused by a delayed payment (i.e., a proper invoice that is not paid by the Secretary until after the required payment date); and (2) establish a toll-free telephone number for veterans to report such issues to the Veterans Integrated Service Networks.
 
Requires the Secretary to report annually on the effectiveness of each Network in providing timely payment of proper invoices during both the preceding five-year period and the preceding one-year period. Requires such report to include: 
 
 
the number of veterans who contacted the Secretary regarding delayed payments that could negatively affect their credit;
 
the total amount of interest penalties paid by the Secretary by reason of delayed payments;
 
the number of proper invoices submitted, the amount owed for and the payment status of such invoices, and the periods that elapsed before such invoices were paid;
 
any comments regarding delayed payments made by medical providers; 
 
identification of the Networks with the least and most delayed payments; and 
 
a description of the best practices to provide timely payment of a proper invoice, including a plan for under-performing Networks to improve.
 
 
Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to conduct a study that compares the effectiveness of Networks in providing timely payment of proper invoices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5194
Sponsor: Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign property
Immigration status and procedures
Sanctions
Terrorism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
 Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2014 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Muslim Brotherhood has met the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization, and (2) the Secretary of State should so designate it. 
 
Requires the Secretary to report to Congress the reasons why if he does not designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization within 60 days. 
 
Directs the President to subject to sanctions any person in the United States or subject to U.S. jurisdiction who knowingly provides material support or resources to the Muslim Brotherhood or its affiliates, associated groups, or agents. 
 
Prohibits the Secretary from issuing any visa to, and directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to deny U.S. entry to, any member or representative of the Muslim Brotherhood or its affiliates, associated groups, or agents. 
 
Requires any U.S. financial institution that knowingly has possession of or control over funds in which the Muslim Brotherhood or its affiliates, associated groups, or agents have an interest to: (1) retain possession of or control over the funds, and (2) report the funds to the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Financial Services, 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.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Financial Services, 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.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Financial Services, 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.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Transparency in Reporting to Protect American Workers and Prevent Human Trafficking Act

Bill: 113-hr-5197
Sponsor: Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Visas and passports
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
Transparency in Reporting to Protect American Workers and Prevent Human Trafficking Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise and expand the data reporting requirements to cover all nonimmigrant employees.
 
 Requires that such information be available on a public website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an appeal process for designation as qualified census tracts and difficult development areas under the low-income housing credit.

Bill: 113-hr-5198
Sponsor: Rep. Gallego, Pete P. [D-TX-23]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Building construction
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Housing supply and affordability
Income tax credits
Intergovernmental relations
Low- and moderate-income housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a state or local government agency to petition the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to review a HUD designation of (or failure to designate) an area as a qualified census tract (low income area) or difficult development area (an area with high construction, land, and utility costs relative to area median gross income).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Municipal Bond Market Support Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5199
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Securities
State and local finance
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
Municipal Bond Market Support Act of 2014 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the small issuer exemption from interest expense allocation rules for financial institutions to: (1) permanently increase from $10 million to $30 million the annual limit on the amount of tax-exempt obligations that a small issuer may issue, and (2) allow an inflation adjustment to such increased limit amount after 2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Care Coordination for Older Americans Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5200
Sponsor: Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
Care Coordination for Older Americans Act of 2014 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to make it a duty and function of the Administration on Aging (AOA) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide technical assistance to, and share best practices with, states, area agencies on aging, Aging and Disability Resource Centers, and service providers to carry out outreach and coordinate activities with health care entities in order to assure better care coordination for individuals with multiple chronic illnesses. Requires AOA also to coordinate activities with other federal agencies working to improve care coordination and developing new models and best practices. 
 
Requires the designated state agency to promote the development and implementation of a state system to: (1) address the care coordination needs of older individuals with multiple chronic illnesses; and (2) work with acute care providers, area agencies on aging, service providers, and federal agencies to ensure that the system uses best practices.
 
Requires area and state plans to provide assurances that the area agencies on aging will facilitate the area-wide development and implementation of an area-wide system to address the care coordination needs of older individuals with multiple chronic illnesses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Right to Haul Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5201
Sponsor: Rep. Southerland, Steve II [R-FL-2]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Intergovernmental relations
Motor carriers
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
Right to Haul Act of 2014 - Exempts certain agricultural loads traveling on federal highways from federal vehicle weight limitations. Makes individual state weight limitations for agricultural commodities on state highways applicable to federal highways within the state's borders. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Personal Information Notification Act

Bill: 113-hr-5202
Sponsor: Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
Personal Information Notification Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to establish and oversee policies and procedures that require a federal agency to send a written notification to any individual whose personally identifying information has been accessed by a private entity, not later than 30 days after such information was accessed. Permits the Director to obtain the information necessary for contacting such individual from sources including a driver's license and voter information, but not from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) or the National Security Agency (NSA). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission Reform Act

Bill: 113-hr-5203
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2014-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Military personnel and dependents
Monuments and memorials
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: 
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission Reform Act - Modifies the membership of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission. 
 
Requires each appointment to the Commission to be made in consultation with the Eisenhower Foundation, a public foundation located in Abilene, Kansas. 
 
Terminates the membership of the present Commission on the date of enactment of this Act. 
 

action_date: 2014-12-22
text: 
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission Reform Act - Revises requirements for appointing members to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission to allow the Senate and the House of Representatives to appoint persons instead of only Members of the Senate and the House to the Commission. 
 
(Under current law, the President appoints four persons, the Senate appoints four Members of the Senate, and the House appoints four Members of the House. The bill allows the Senate and House appointments to be persons instead of only Members.)
 
Requires each appointment to the Commission to be made in consultation with the Eisenhower Foundation, a public foundation located in Abilene, Kansas. 
 
Terminates the membership of the present Commission and the employment of present staff.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-22
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 536.
action_date: 2014-12-22
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-705.
action_date: 2014-12-22
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-705.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: Introduced in House
To allow Foreign Service and other executive agency employees to designate beneficiaries of their death benefits.

Bill: 113-hr-5206
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2014-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: 
Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to permit employees of the Foreign Service and other executive branch employees to designate beneficiaries of their death benefits. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-20
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-11-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: Introduced in House
John P. Parker House Study Act

Bill: 113-hr-5207
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2014-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Ohio
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: 
John P. Parker House Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the John P. Parker House in Ripley, Ohio, to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing it as a unit of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: Introduced in House
To make technical corrections to the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-5208
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Introduced: 2014-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Military history
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: 
Amends the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire an additional four acres of land for the Petersburg National Battlefield.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Avonte's Law Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5209
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2014-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Disability and paralysis
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency communications systems
First responders and emergency personnel
Health information and medical records
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Hereditary and development disorders
Law enforcement administration and funding
Neurological disorders
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: 
Avonte's Law Act of 2014 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to law enforcement agencies to: (1) reduce the risk of injury and death relating to the wandering characteristics of some individuals with autism and other disabilities, and (2) safeguard the well-being of individuals with disabilities during interactions with law enforcement.
 
Requires grant awards to be used to: (1) provide education and resources to law enforcement agencies, first responders, schools, clinicians, and the public in order to reduce the risk of wandering by such individuals, help to identify signs of abuse in such individuals, increase their personal safety and survival skills, and facilitate effective communication with individuals who have communication-related disabilities; (2) provide training and emergency protocols for school administrators, staff, and families; (3) provide response tools and training for law enforcement and search-and-rescue agencies, including tracking technology; or (4) provide response tools and training to law enforcement agencies in order to recognize and respond to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
 
Directs the Attorney General to establish standards and best practices relating to the use of tracking technology to monitor children with autism and other disabilities. Requires each law enforcement agency that receives a grant to comply with any such standards and best practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit providing Federal funds for the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Bill: 113-hr-5210
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2014-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: 
Prohibits any federal funds from being made available to the National Endowment for the Humanities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 811 of Public Law 111-84 to apply that section to all contractors for all sole-source contracts exceeding $20,000,000.

Bill: 113-hr-5211
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: 
 Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 to amend the definition of a &quot;covered procurement&quot; that is subject to the requirement for written justification and approval prior to the award of a single-source contract exceeding $20 million to include a military or executive agency procurement. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-25
text: Introduced in House
STARS Act

Bill: 113-hr-5213
Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2014-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Sales and excise taxes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: 
Simplifying Technical Aspects Regarding Seasonality Act of 2014 or the STARS Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt seasonal employees from the definition of &quot;full-time employee&quot; for purposes of the employer mandate to provide employees with minimum essential health care coverage. Defines "seasonal employee" as an employee who is employed in a position for which the customary annual employment is not more than six months and which requires performing labor or services that are ordinarily performed at certain seasons or periods of the year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House