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A bill to redesignate the railroad station located at 2955 Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, commonly known as "30th Street Station", as the "William H. Gray 30th Street Station".

Bill: 113-s-2594
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2014-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Pennsylvania
Railroads

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: 
Designates the railroad station located at 2955 Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, commonly known as 30th Street Station, as the &quot;William H. Gray 30th Street Station.&quot;
 
Bars the use of federal funds to modify signage at the station or for related activities necessitated by its redesignation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate
North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act

Bill: 113-s-2595
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2014-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Minnesota
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Vermont

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: 
North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to extend the North Country National Scenic Trail into Vermont. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to establish Federal criminal penalties for interstate child endangerment.

Bill: 113-s-2596
Sponsor: Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT]
Introduced: 2014-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Crimes against children
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Motor vehicles
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-14
text: 
Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit a person from: (1) traveling in interstate or foreign commerce to purposely, knowingly, or negligently cause substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury to a child (defined as an individual under age 14) by placing the child in the physical custody of another individual who the person knows has previously injured a child or by operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance in violation of law while the child is in the vehicle; or (2) forcing a child to travel in interstate or foreign commerce to commit such an offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Promise Zone Job Creation Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2597
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2014-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Economic development
Employee hiring
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Indian social and development programs
Rural conditions and development
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-14
text: 
Promise Zone Job Creation Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to designate up to 20 areas as Promise Zones for purposes of priority consideration in federal grant programs and initiatives. 
 
Defines a "Promise Zone" as any area with a continuous boundary and a population of not more than 200,000 that is nominated by a local government or Indian tribe and designated on the basis of its unemployment, poverty, vacancy, and crime rates. Requires an application for designation as a Promise Zone to include a competitiveness plan that addresses the need of the area to attract investment and jobs and improve educational opportunities.
 
Allows: (1) a Promise Zone employment tax credit for wages paid to a qualified zone or resident employee, and (2) expensing of Promise Zone property. 
 
Defines "Promise Zone property" as property that is: (1) tangible property with a recovery period of 20 years or less for depreciation purposes, water utility property, computer software, or qualified leasehold improvement property; (2) acquired by purchase for use in the active conduct of a trade or business; and (3) originally placed in service in a Promise Zone. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2598
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2014-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Jurisdiction and venue
Law enforcement officers
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-14
text: 
Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act of 2014 or the CEJA - Amends the federal criminal code to grant jurisdiction over and impose penalties on federal contractors and employees who commit certain crimes outside of the United States while employed by or accompanying any agency of the United States other than the Department of Defense (DOD) or while so employed and stationed or deployed in a country outside of the United States pursuant to a treaty or executive agreement in furtherance of a border security initiative with that country. Sets forth the crimes under federal law that are covered by this Act. 
 
Provides for an optional venue for offenses under this Act involving federal employees and contractors overseas in the district in which is headquartered the U.S. agency that: (1) employs the offender, or any one or two or more joint offenders; or (2) the offender is accompanying, or that any one or two or more joint offenders is accompanying.
 
Requires the statute of limitations for an offense under this Act to be suspended for the period during which the alleged offender is outside the United States or is a fugitive from justice.
 
Directs the Attorney General to: (1) assign personnel and resources through task forces to investigate allegations of criminal offenses by federal contractors and employees overseas, and (2) report to Congress annually on the number of prosecutions and actions taken. Grants the Attorney General principal authority for the enforcement of this Act.
 
Makes this Act inapplicable to the authorized intelligence activities of the U.S. government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4456-4458)
action_date: 2014-07-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4456)
action_date: 2014-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
UAC State Notification Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2600
Sponsor: Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE]
Introduced: 2014-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-14
text: 
UAC State Notification Act of 2014 - Amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) or the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to notify the governor of a state within 48 hours before transferring to the state an unaccompanied alien child in the Secretary's custody.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Risk Hedging Protection Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2601
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2014-07-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Commodities markets
Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: 
Risk Hedging Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act, with respect to futures commission merchants registration requirements and duties, to require that any rules or regulations requiring a futures commission merchant to maintain a residual interest in accounts held for the benefit of customers in amounts at least sufficient to exceed the sum of all their customers' uncollected margin deficits must also provide that such a merchant meets the residual interest requirement as of the end of each business day calculated as of the close of business on the previous business day.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Kisatchie National Forest Land Conveyance Act

Bill: 113-s-2603
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2014-07-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Louisiana

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: 
Kisatchie National Forest Land Conveyance Act - Authorizes the Department of Agriculture to sell specified federal land in Winn Parish, Louisiana. Requires USDA to sell a portion of that land to Collins Camp Properties for the Collins Campsites.
 
Requires sale proceeds to be used for the acquisition of lands and interests in the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2604
Sponsor: Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA]
Introduced: 2014-07-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Georgia
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: 
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to sell or exchange any or all interest of the United States in 30 tracts of National Forest System land in Georgia totaling approximately 3,841 acres. 
 
Authorizes USDA to reserve any rights-of-way or other rights or interests in land sold or exchanged under this Act that is considered necessary for management purposes or to protect the public interest. 
 
Prohibits USDA from selling or exchanging land under this Act for less than market value, as determined by an appraisal or through a competitive bid. 
 
 
Requires proceeds to be used for the acquisition of land for national forest purposes in Georgia. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Preserving Religious Freedom and a Woman's Access to Contraception Act

Bill: 113-s-2605
Sponsor: Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH]
Introduced: 2014-07-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Employee benefits and pensions
Family planning and birth control
Health care costs and insurance
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: 
Preserving Religious Freedom and a Woman's Access to Contraception Act - Prohibits employers from restricting employees from purchasing any drug or medical device regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
 Repeals sections of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 to: (1) allow health savings accounts, medical savings accounts, and health flexible spending accounts to be used to pay for non-prescription drugs; and (2) remove the annual limit for salary reduction contributions to a health flexible spending arrangement under a cafeteria plan.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the termination of any employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs who is found to have retaliated against a whistleblower.

Bill: 113-s-2606
Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2014-07-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Judicial review and appeals

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: 
Requires the termination of any employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) who is found to have: 
 
 
 retaliated or threatened to retaliate against any employee or applicant for employment for disclosing what the employee or applicant reasonably believes to be a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety (provided the disclosure is not specifically prohibited by law); 
 
 retaliated or threatened to retaliate against any employee or applicant for exercising, or assisting another individual in exercising, any appeal, complaint, or grievance right granted by any law, rule, or regulation; or 
 
 implemented or enforced certain nondisclosure policies, forms, or agreements that conflict with whistleblower protections and employee rights.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Assisted Living Pilot Program for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury Extension Act

Bill: 113-s-2607
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2014-07-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Neurological disorders
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: 
Assisted Living Pilot Program for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury Extension Act - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to extend the pilot program to assess the effectiveness of providing assistance to eligible veterans with traumatic brain injury to enhance their rehabilitation, quality of life, and community integration.
 
Requires that at least one location of the program be in each health care region of the Veterans Health Administration that contains a polytrauma center of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). (Under current law, selected locations also must include any location other than one described above in an area that contains a high concentration of veterans with traumatic brain injuries.)
 
Expands requirements for reports on the pilot program.
 
Replaces references to &quot;assisted living&quot; with the term &quot;community-based brain injury residential rehabilitative care,&quot; including rehabilitation services within the meaning of such care.
 
Requires a veteran, in order to be eligible for such services, to have a traumatic brain injury that is classified as complex-mild to severe.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4504)
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Improved National Monument Designation Process Act

Bill: 113-s-2608
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2014-07-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Intergovernmental relations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Monuments and memorials
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: 
 Improved National Monument Designation Process Act - Amends the Antiquities Act of 1906 to bar the President from declaring any area of the exclusive economic zone to be a national monument unless:
 
 
the declaration is specifically authorized by an Act of Congress;
 
the President has submitted a proposal to make such declaration to the governor of each state, and of each territory, any part of which is located within 100 nautical miles of the proposed national monument;
 
each governor submits to the President a notice that the legislature of that state or territory has approved the proposal; and
 
the declaration is substantially the same as the proposal.
 
 
Prohibits the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, with respect to any area of the exclusive economic zone that is designated as a national monument, from implementing any restrictions on the public use of such a national monument until the expiration of a review period providing for public input and congressional approval.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Marketplace and Internet Tax Fairness Act

Bill: 113-s-2609
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2014-07-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Retail and wholesale trades
Sales and excise taxes
State and local government operations
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: 
Marketplace and Internet Tax Fairness Act - Authorizes each member state under the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement (the multistate agreement for the administration and collection of sales and use taxes adopted on November 12, 2002) to require all sellers not qualifying for a small-seller exception (applicable to sellers with annual gross receipts in total U.S. remote sales not exceeding $1 million) to collect and remit sales and use taxes with respect to remote sales under provisions of that Agreement, but only if changes to such Agreement made after the enactment of this Act are not in conflict with the minimum simplification requirements of this Act (providing for a single state entity for all tax administration, audits, and returns of remote sales sourced to the state). Defines "remote sale" as a sale of goods or services into a state in which the seller would not legally be required to pay, collect, or remit state or local sales and use taxes unless provided by this Act.
 
Amends the Internet Tax Freedom Act to extend until November 1, 2024: (1) the ban on state and local taxation of Internet access and on multiple or discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce, and (2) the exemption from such ban for states that generally imposed and actually enforced a tax on internet access prior to October 1, 1998. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-12
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S5902)
action_date: 2014-11-12
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S5885, S5902)
action_date: 2014-07-16
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 467.
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate
John P. Parker House Study Act

Bill: 113-s-2610
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2014-07-15 in the Senate
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: 2014-07-15
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: 2014-07-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Secret Science Reform Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2613
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2014-07-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-16
text: 
Secret Science Reform Act of 2014 - Amends the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating a covered action unless all scientific and technical information relied on to support such action is specifically identified and publicly available in a manner sufficient for independent analysis and substantial reproduction of research results.
 
Defines &quot;covered action&quot; as a risk, exposure, or hazard assessment, criteria document, standard, limitation, regulation, regulatory impact analysis, or guidance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2014-07-16
text: Introduced in Senate