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Accountability in Immigration Detention Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4620
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2014-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Assault and harassment offenses
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Hospital care
Immigration status and procedures
Lawyers and legal services
Outdoor recreation
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Public contracts and procurement
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Religion
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Telephone and wireless communication
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: 
Accountability in Immigration Detention Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that persons detained pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act are treated in compliance with specified requirements regarding: (1) humane treatment, (2) detention facility standards, (3) solitary confinement limitations, (4) telephone access, (5) facility location, (6) investigation of grievances, (7) transfers, (8) language and translation services, (9) recreational programs and voluntary work, (10) medical care, (11) vulnerable populations, and (12) legal access.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish nationwide alternatives to detention programs that incorporate case management services in each DHS field office to ensure appearances at immigration proceedings and public safety.
 
States that the number of detention beds maintained shall be determined by the Secretary and shall be based solely on detention needs. 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that appropriations Acts shall not mandate maintenance of a minimum number of detention beds.
 
Requires that all detention facilities be inspected by the Secretary on an annual basis and by an independent (third party) auditor on a biannual basis. 
 
Directs the Secretary to impose meaningful financial penalties upon facilities that fail to comply with applicable detention standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2014-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Federal Employee Combat Zone Tax Parity Act

Bill: 113-hr-4621
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2014-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Income tax exclusion
Military operations and strategy

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: 
Federal Employee Combat Zone Tax Parity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, the compensation of a federal employee who served in a combat zone or was hospitalized as a result of wounds, disease, or injury incurred while serving in a combat zone. Terminates such exclusion two years after the end of combatant activities in such combat zone. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Federal Student Loan Refinancing Act

Bill: 113-hr-4622
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: 
Federal Student Loan Refinancing Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow borrowers that received loans under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (DL) or Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program on or after July 1, 2006, to consolidate those loans as Federal Direct Consolidation Loans. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to consolidate DLs, and send a completed loan consolidation application to FFEL borrowers, within 90 days of this Act's enactment. Gives FFEL borrowers six months after their receipt of such application to endorse it and submit it to the Secretary if they wish to consolidate their loans.
 
Sets the interest rate on Federal Direct Consolidation Loans at 4% or, if the weighted average of the interest rates of the loans being consolidated is less than 4%, the lesser of: (1) that weighted average, or (2) an interest rate equal to 0.4% of the principal balance of the consolidation loan at the time of consolidation.
 
Adds an origination fee equal to 0.4% of the principal balance of the consolidation loan at the time of consolidation if an FFEL is being consolidated.
 
Reduces the interest rate on a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan by 0.25% if one or more of the loans being consolidated is an FFEL held by an eligible lender.
 
Prohibits any benefit a borrower is receiving or earning when issued a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan from being affected by the consolidation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a notice and comment rulemaking before implementing certain policies relating to obstruction evaluation aeronautical studies, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-4623
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Government studies and investigations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to implement the policy set forth in the notice of proposed policy entitled &quot;Proposal To Consider the Impact of One Engine Inoperative Procedures in Obstruction Evaluation Aeronautical Studies&quot; published by the Department of Transportation (DOT) on April 28, 2014, only if the policy is adopted pursuant to notice and comment rulemaking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E729)
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Fair Debt Collections Practices Clarification Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4624
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer credit
Debt collection
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: 
Fair Debt Collections Practices Clarification Act of 2014 - Amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to restrict the award of court costs and attorney fees to the defendant in an action to enforce liability for violating the Act solely upon a finding that the action was brought in bad faith and for the purpose of harassment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Home Health Rebasing Relief and Reassessment Act

Bill: 113-hr-4625
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: 
Medicare Home Health Rebasing Relief and Reassessment Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the system for prospective payments for home health services, to suspend for a 12-month period a specified adjustment to (rebasing of) Medicare home health prospective payment amounts.
 
Revises the home health outlier adjustment to equal not to exceed 2.25% (currently, 2.5%) for 2015 through 2023.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to study alternative methods for determining the appropriate adjustment for 2014 and subsequent years to the prospective payment for home health services, including methods offered by stakeholders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act

Bill: 113-hr-4626
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Financial services and investments
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: 
SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act - Amends the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 to extend to state and federal regulatory officials having financial services oversight authority (currently only those having mortgage oversight authority) access to any information provided to the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry (or any system established by the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau [CFPB]) without the loss of privilege or confidentiality protections provided by federal and state laws.
 

action_date: 2014-07-29
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act - Amends the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 to extend to state and federal regulatory officials having financial services oversight authority (currently only those having mortgage oversight authority) access to any information provided to the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry (or any system established by the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau [CFPB]) without the loss of privilege or confidentiality protections provided by federal and state laws.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 500.
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6997)
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6997)
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4626.
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6997-6998)
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Mrs. Capito moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Post-Mastectomy Infection Risk Reduction Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4627
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicare
Surgery and anesthesia
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: 
Post-Mastectomy Infection Risk Reduction Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend Medicare coverage of durable medical equipment to post-mastectomy water-resistant coverings if they are determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to be consistent with clinical protocol or are medically necessary to reduce the risk of infection after a mastectomy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Military Opportunities for Mothers Act

Bill: 113-hr-4628
Sponsor: Rep. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child care and development
Employee leave
Military personnel and dependents
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: 
Military Opportunities for Mothers Act or the MOM Act - Requires military personnel who give birth to a child to be given 42 days of convalescent leave for use in connection with that birth.
 
Allows military personnel up to 42 additional days of leave in connection with the birth of such child upon the expiration of the convalescent leave, but: 
 
 
 makes them ineligible for basic pay for any day on which such additional leave is used, although they are to be considered to be on active duty for all other purposes; and
 
their commanding officer may recall them from such leave when necessary to maintain unit readiness.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4047)
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Manufacturing Jobs for Veterans Act

Bill: 113-hr-4629
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Manufacturing
Public-private cooperation
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: 
Manufacturing Jobs for Veterans Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor, as part of the Veteran's Workforce Investment Program, to carry out a five-year pilot program (to be known as the Veterans Manufacturing Employment Program) to award competitive grants to three states for the establishment and administration of a State Manufacturing Employment Program to make grants to manufacturing employers and labor-management organizations that provide training, on-job training, apprenticeships, and certification classes to eligible veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Caring for Military Children with Developmental Disabilities Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4630
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child health
Coast guard
Department of Commerce
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Hereditary and development disorders
Mental health
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: 
Caring for Military Children with Developmental Disabilities Act of 2014 - Includes in the treatment of military dependents' developmental disabilities under the Department of Defense (DOD) TRICARE program behavioral health treatment, including applied behavior analysis, that is prescribed by a physician or psychologist.
 
Makes such behavioral health treatment available to retired members of the Coast Guard, the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Commissioned Corps of Public Health Service, or their dependents only to the extent that amounts are specifically appropriated to the Defense Health Program Account for their coverage.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that amounts should be appropriated for the behavioral health treatment of TRICARE beneficiaries in a manner that ensures that all beneficiaries receive appropriate and equitable access to such treatment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
If Our Military Has to Fly Coach Then so Should Congress Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4632
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Aviation and airports
Congressional officers and employees
Members of Congress
Transportation costs
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: 
If Our Military Has to Fly Coach Then so Should Congress Act of 2014 - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for the official travel of a Member of Congress or other officer or employee of the legislative branch for airline accommodations which are not coach-class accommodations.
 
Makes an exception to this prohibition for an individual if the use would be permitted for an employee of an agency subject to specified federal regulations for temporary duty (TDY) travel allowances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Insurance Rate Transparency Act

Bill: 113-hr-4633
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: 
Insurance Rate Transparency Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require that specific health insurance premium increase information submitted to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) be disclosed to Congress no later than 30 days after receipt of the information. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal law enforcement officers and firefighters to make penalty-free withdrawals from governmental plans after age 50.

Bill: 113-hr-4634
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Income tax exclusion
Law enforcement officers
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow federal law enforcement officers, customs and border protection officers, and firefighters to make penalty-free withdrawals from their tax-exempt employee benefit and pension plans after they reach age 50.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening the Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4636
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Human trafficking
Sex offenses
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: 
Strengthening the Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act of 2014 - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require that the state plan under the Act certifies that the state has in effect and is enforcing a state law, or is operating a statewide program, relating to child abuse and neglect that includes provisions and procedures requiring: (1) identification and assessment of reports involving child trafficking, and (2) training child protective services workers about identifying and providing services for such children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House