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Stop Obamacare's Risky Provisions Act

Bill: 113-hr-3985
Sponsor: Rep. Westmoreland, Lynn A. [R-GA-3]
Introduced: 2014-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-03
text: 
Stop Obamacare's Risky Provisions Act - Prohibits health insurance issuers and third-party administrators, for any period after December 31, 2014, from being required to make payments under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) for a transitional reinsurance program for the individual health insurance market in each state. Allows payments to issuers, as limited by this Act, only to the extent of available funds.
 
Limits to 2014 the applicability of the program of risk corridors, under which a qualified health plan offered in the individual or small group market shall participate in a payment adjustment system based on the ratio of the allowable costs of the plan to the plan's aggregate premiums. Prohibits application of the program for 2015 and 2016.
 
Amends PPACA to repeal, effective for years after 2014, risk adjustment provisions that require states to: (1) assess a charge on health plans and health insurance issuers if the actuarial risk of enrollees is lower than average, and (2) make payments to health plans and health insurance issuers if the actuarial risk of enrollees is greater than average.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Fair Access to Health Care Act

Bill: 113-hr-3986
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2014-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-04
text: 
Fair Access to Health Care Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the health care insurance premium assistance tax credit, to provide for a cost-of-living adjustment to the 400% poverty line cap used to determine the eligibility of low-income taxpayers whose principal residence is located in a high cost area for such credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-04
text: Introduced in House
TEAM Act

Bill: 113-hr-3987
Sponsor: Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27]
Introduced: 2014-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Athletes
Disability and paralysis
Income tax exclusion
Olympic games

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-04
text: 
Tax Exemptions for American Medalists Act of 2014 or the TEAM Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, the value of any medal or prize money received on account of competition in the Olympic Games.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-04
text: Introduced in House
FORECAST Act

Bill: 113-hr-3988
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2014-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Fishes
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hydrology and hydrography
Water storage
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-04
text: 
Fixing Operations of Reservoirs to Encompass Climatic and Atmospheric Science Trends Act or the FORECAST Act - Requires the Secretary of the Army, not later than one year after a request of a non-federal sponsor of a reservoir, to review operation of such reservoir, including the water control manual and rule curves, using improved weather forecasts and run-off forecasting methods, including the Advanced Hydrologic Prediction System of the National Weather Service and the Hydrometeorology Testbed program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
 
Requires the Secretary to determine if a change in operations will improve core functions of the Army Corps of Engineers, including: (1) reducing risks to human life, public safety, property; (2) reducing the need for future disaster relief; (3) improving local water storage capability and reliability in coordination with the non-federal sponsor and other water users; (4) restoring, protecting, or mitigating the impacts of a water resources development project on the environment; or (5) improving fish species habitat or population within the boundaries and downstream of a water resources project. 
 
Requires that if the Secretary determines from results of the review that using improved weather and run-off forecasting methods improves one or more core functions of the Corps at a reservoir, the Secretary shall incorporate such changes in its operation and update the water control manual.
 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2014-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Savings Accounts Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3989
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2014-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-04
text: 
Disaster Savings Accounts Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish tax-exempt disaster savings accounts to pay the expenses of homeowners for disaster mitigation and recovery expenses, (2) allow a deduction from gross income (above-the-line deduction) up to $5,000 (adjusted annually for inflation) in a taxable year for cash contributions to such accounts, (3) exclude from gross income distributions from such accounts to pay disaster mitigation and recovery expenses; and (4) set forth tax rules and penalties for excess contributions to disaster savings accounts and for failure to file required reports on such accounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3991
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2014-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-04
text: 
Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the 96-hour physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services under which a physician must certify that a patient may reasonably be expected to be discharged or transferred to a hospital within 96 hours after admission to the critical access hospital.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3992
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2014-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Disaster relief and insurance
Executive agency funding and structure
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: 
 Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2014 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), with regard to sequestration adjustments, to require any adjustments in enacted appropriations for wildfire suppression operations in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at the Department of Agriculture (USDA) or the Department of the Interior for a fiscal year, to be the amount of additional new budget authority provided for wildfire suppression operations in the appropriations Act, but not to exceed $2.689 billion in such authority in each of FY2014-FY2021. 
 
Defines &quot;additional new budget authority&quot; as the amount specified in an appropriations Act for a fiscal year to pay for wildfire suppression operations, but only to the extent such authority exceeds 70% of the average costs for wildfire suppression operations over the previous 10 years. 
 
Prescribes requirements for any request by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture for supplemental appropriations necessary for wildfire suppression operations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-11
text: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Peters (CA). Petition No: 113-10. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/113/lrc/pd/petitions/DisPet0010.xml">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
action_date: 2014-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, 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: 2014-02-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, 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: 2014-02-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, 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: 2014-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Spending Accountability Act

Bill: 113-hr-3993
Sponsor: Rep. Bentivolio, Kerry L. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2014-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: 
Spending Accountability Act - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to provide that if the total outlays of the government during a fiscal year exceed its total revenues for that fiscal year (federal budget deficit), as determined by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO):
 
 
each annual rate of pay for each Member of Congress shall be reduced by 15% for all pay periods during the next calendar year which begins after that fiscal year, and
 
no adjustment may be made under the Act in any such rate of pay during such calendar year.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2014-02-05
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2014-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Mortgage Tax Cut Extension Act

Bill: 113-hr-3995
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2014-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: 
Mortgage Tax Cut Extension Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2015 the tax deduction for mortgage insurance premiums.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Save our Military Shopping Benefits Act

Bill: 113-hr-3996
Sponsor: Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2014-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: 
Save our Military Shopping Benefits Act - Prohibits, until January 1, 2017, the Secretary of Defense (DOD) from: (1) closing any commissary or exchange store located within the United States, or (2) developing or implementing any plan that would result in the closure of all commissaries in the United States as part of a cost-saving effort.
 
Defines &quot;close&quot; to include any action that has the effect of: (1) reducing the operating hours or size of a commissary or exchange store below FY2014 levels, or (2) changing the location of such a store. Excepts a change in the size or location of such a store if the Secretary determines that the change is required for upgrading or modifying an existing structure for safety or health reasons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Administration Accountability Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3997
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2014-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Social Security Administration
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: 
Social Security Administration Accountability Act of 2014 - Amends title VII (Administration) of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to submit an annual budget estimate of the Social Security Administration (SSA) (instead of a budget) directly to Congress and the President (instead of first to the President, who would submit it to Congress).
 
Revises requirements for the general contents of the SSA budget, requiring inclusion of the number of cases pending at each hearing office and the average processing time.
 
Prohibits the Commissioner from closing or consolidating SSA field or hearing offices, or otherwise limiting public access to one, until 180 days after submitting to specified congressional committees a detailed report outlining and justifying the process for selecting field offices to be closed, consolidated, or otherwise have limited access.
 
Prohibits the Commissioner from closing an SSA field or hearing office, consolidating two or more such offices, or otherwise imposing any new limitation on public access to any such office unless the Commissioner follows certain administrative procedures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2858-2859)
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Defending Against Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4001
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2014-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Fishes
Great Lakes
Hydrology and hydrography
Illinois
Indiana
Lakes and rivers
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi River
New York State
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Pest management
Water resources funding
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: 
Defending Against Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out projects necessary to separate the hydrologic connection between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins to prevent the interbasin transfer of aquatic invasive species.
 
Requires the Secretary: (1) not later than 180 days after this Act's enactment, to undertake design activities necessary to carry out such projects; and (2) not later than 180 days after completion of such design activities, to begin construction of such projects.
 
Authorizes: (1) the Secretary to enter into agreements with non-federal interests to assist in carrying out such projects, and (2) a federal cost share for such projects of up to 100%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Civil War Defenses of Washington National Historical Park Act

Bill: 113-hr-4003
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
District of Columbia
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Maryland
Military history
Parks, recreation areas, trails
U.S. history
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: 
Civil War Defenses of Washington National Historical Park Act - Redesignates the Civil War defenses of Washington, which were constructed at the beginning of the Civil War in 1861 as a ring of fortifications in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and northern Virginia to protect the nation's Capital, as the Civil War Defenses of Washington National Historical Park.
 
Includes in the Park all areas associated with the Civil War defenses of Washington that are currently owned by the federal government and under the administration of the National Park Service (NPS), including Battleground National Cemetery. 
 
Allows certain eligible sites and certain additional sites associated with the Civil War defenses of Washington to become affiliated with the Park pursuant to a cooperative agreement under this Act. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study and consider creative and cost-effective ways to facilitate how the storied history of the Civil War for both the North and the South, including the history of the defenses of Washington and the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864, can be assembled, arrayed, and conveyed for the benefit of the public.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E173)
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into enhanced-use leases for certain buildings of the Department of Veterans Affairs at the West Los Angeles Medical Center, California.

Bill: 113-hr-4004
Sponsor: Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2014-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: California
Congressional oversight
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into an enhanced-use lease for buildings 205 and 208 of the West Los Angeles Medical Center, California, for the provision of long-term therapeutic housing for homeless veterans who require assisted living or other similar forms of care. Exempts such buildings from a provision authorizing the Secretary to transfer property under an enhanced-use lease to the lessee.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) review such lease at least once during each two-year period in which it is in effect, including by assessing the leasing party and determining whether such lease should continue; and (2) submit a report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: Introduced in House
SNAP Verify Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4006
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2014-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Photography and imaging
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: 
SNAP Verify Act of 2014 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require a member or representative of a household that receives supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to present photographic verification when using an electronic benefit card for a SNAP purchase.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Educational Freedom Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4008
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2014-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: 
Educational Freedom Act of 2014 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to prohibit any federal officer or employee from directly or indirectly mandating, directing, incentivizing, or controlling, through grants, contracts, or other cooperative agreements, a state's, local educational agency's (LEA's), or school's specific instructional content, academic standards and assessments, curriculum, or program of instruction.
 
Prohibits any provision of the ESEA from being construed to authorize such an officer or employee to do so.
 
Prohibits any federal officer or employee from directly or indirectly conditioning, through grants, contracts, or other cooperative agreements, the availability of financial support on a state's, LEA's, or school's adoption of any specific instructional content, academic standards and assessments, curriculum, or program of instruction, even if such conditions are specified under any other Act. 
 
Prohibits any provision of the ESEA from being construed to authorize such an officer or employee to do so.
 
Includes, within these prohibitions, requirements and incentives to adopt the Common Core State Standards or any other academic standards common to a significant number of states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Introduced in House