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To amend Public Law 94-241 with respect to the Northern Mariana Islands.

Bill: 113-hr-4296
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Northern Mariana Islands
U.S. territories and protectorates
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-25
text: 
Amends federal law to extend the federal immigration law transition period for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands through December 31, 2019, including the annual reduction of nonimmigrant workers who may be admitted during such period.

action_date: 2014-12-22
text: 
Amends federal law to extend the federal immigration law transition period for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) through December 31, 2019, including: (1) the annual reduction of nonimmigrant H-visa workers who may be admitted to work in the CNMI, and the exclusion of such workers in Guam and the CNMI from national H-visa limits; (2) the prohibition on asylum claims in the CNMI; and (3) the authority for CNMI-only nonimmigrant investors. 
 
 Eliminates the Secretary of Labor's authority to extend such transition period beyond December 31, 2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-22
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 529.
action_date: 2014-12-22
text: Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
action_date: 2014-12-22
text: Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
action_date: 2014-12-22
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-698, Part I.
action_date: 2014-12-22
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-698, Part I.
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.
action_date: 2014-04-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2014-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2014-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2014-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2014-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2014-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-25
text: Introduced in House
To authorize a land exchange involving Fort Hood, Texas, and the City of Copperas Cove, Texas, to support the city's efforts to improve arterial transportation routes in the vicinity of Fort Hood and to promote economic development.

Bill: 113-hr-4297
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25]
Introduced: 2014-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Economic development
Land transfers
Military facilities and property
Roads and highways
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-25
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey all right, title, and interest of the United States in certain real property to the city of Copperas Cove, Texas, in order for the city to improve arterial transportation routes in the vicinity of Fort Hood and to promote economic development in the area.
 
Requires the city, in consideration for such conveyance, to convey all its right, title, and interest in real properties of equal fair market value that are acceptable to the Secretary. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2014-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Restoration of America's Wire Act

Bill: 113-hr-4301
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2014-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Gambling
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: 
Restoration of America's Wire Act - Amends provisions of the federal criminal code, commonly known as the Wire Act, to provide that the prohibition against transmission of wagering information shall apply to any bet or wager, or information assisting in the placing of any bet or wager (thus making such prohibition applicable to all types of gambling activities, including internet gambling). States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) preempt any state law prohibiting gambling; or (2) alter, limit, or extend the relationship between the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 and other federal laws currently in effect, the ability of a state licensed lottery retailer to make in-person, computer-generated retail lottery sales, or the relationship between federal laws and state charitable gaming laws. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Introduced in House
MEPS Act

Bill: 113-hr-4305
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5]
Introduced: 2014-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health information and medical records
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: 
Medical Evaluation Parity for Servicemembers Act of 2014 or the MEPS Act - Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to: (1) provide an individual with a mental health assessment before such individual enlists or is commissioned as an officer in an Armed Force, and (2) use such results as a baseline for any subsequent mental health examinations. 
 
Prohibits the Secretary from considering the results of such assessment in determining the assignment or promotion of a member of the Armed Forces.
 
Directs the Secretary to treat such assessment in the same manner as medical records with respect to laws and regulations relating to the privacy of information.
 
Requires the National Institute of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to submit to Congress and the Secretary of Defense (DOD) a report on preliminary mental health assessments of members of the Armed Forces, including recommendations regarding: (1) establishing a preliminary mental health assessment of members of the Armed Forces to establish parity with physical screenings; and (2) the composition of the mental health assessment, best practices, and how to track assessment changes relating to traumatic brain injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other conditions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2014-04-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3148)
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3065)
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Introduced in House
FAIR Act

Bill: 113-hr-4306
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2014-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: 
Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act of 2014 or the FAIR Act - Increases the rates of basic pay for federal employees under the General Schedule and for prevailing rate employees by 3.3 % for 2015.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Milk Freedom Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4307
Sponsor: Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2014-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Civil actions and liability
Food supply, safety, and labeling

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: 
Milk Freedom Act of 2014 - Prohibits a federal department, agency, or court from taking any action that would prohibit, regulate, or otherwise restrict the interstate traffic of milk or a milk product that is unpasteurized and packaged for direct human consumption if such action is based solely upon a determination that because the milk or milk product is unpasteurized it is adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise in violation of federal law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Interstate Milk Freedom Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4308
Sponsor: Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2014-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Civil actions and liability
Food supply, safety, and labeling

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: 
Interstate Milk Freedom Act of 2014 - Prohibits a federal department, agency, or court from taking any action that would prohibit, regulate, or otherwise restrict the interstate traffic of milk or a milk product that is unpasteurized and packaged for direct human consumption if: (1) such action is based solely upon a determination that because the milk or milk product is unpasteurized it is adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise in violation of federal law; (2) the milk or milk product's state of origin allows unpasteurized milk or unpasteurized milk products to be distributed for direct human consumption by any means; (3) the milk or milk product is produced, packaged, and moved in compliance with the laws of such state of origin; and (4) the milk or milk product is moved from the state of origin for transport to another state which allows the distribution of unpasteurized milk or unpasteurized milk products for direct human consumption.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Ready to Work Act

Bill: 113-hr-4310
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2014-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
State and local government operations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: 
Ready to Work Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor, not later than one year after enactment of this Act, to issue a final rule pursuant to the Social Security Act that allows a state to enact legislation to test an applicant for unemployment compensation for use of controlled substances as a condition for receiving such compensation, if that applicant is an individual for whom suitable work is only available in an occupation that regularly conducts drug testing.
 
Prescribes a special rule providing that, if the Secretary has not issued an interim final rule within 180 days after enactment of this Act, the final rule shall require the state unemployment compensation agency to determine whether an occupation regularly conducts drug testing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to include American Samoa in the employment services provided under that Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-4311
Sponsor: Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: American Samoa
Employment and training programs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: 
Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to include American Samoa in the Department of Labor's program of providing public employment services through a one-stop services delivery system.
 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to allot to American Samoa an amount equal to the allotment percentage Guam received for employment services under the Act in FY1983.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Public Online Information Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4312
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2014-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Civil actions and liability
Freedom of information
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Legal fees and court costs
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: 
Public Online Information Act of 2014 - Establishes a Public Online Information Advisory Committee to: (1) coordinate and encourage the government's efforts to make information from all three branches of government available on the Internet, and (2) issue and update nonbinding guidelines on how the government should make public information available.
 
Directs the government to make public records available on the Internet at no charge, except as imposed by federal law before this Act's enactment. Requires: (1) public records to be permanently available on the Internet; (2) current information technology capabilities to be applied to the means by which records are made available and to the formats in which they are available; and (3) each agency to publish on the Internet a comprehensive, searchable, machine processable list of all records it makes publicly available.
 
Delineates the roles of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Administrator of the Office of Electronic Government, and the chief information officers of independent regulatory agencies, including granting narrow case-by-case exceptions to the Internet publication requirement if an agency requests an exception and demonstrates that: (1) there is a clear and convincing reason for the record to not be made available on the Internet, and (2) on balance the harm caused by disclosure significantly outweighs the public's interest in having the record available on the Internet. 
 
Directs the Inspector General of each agency to conduct periodic reviews regarding agency compliance with Internet publication requirements. Sets forth provisions regarding enforcement of public access by private individuals or organizations.
 
Urges: (1) judicial and legislative agencies to adopt or adapt the Advisory Committee's recommendations, and (2) the Government Printing Office (GPO) to make all of its publications permanently available on the Internet in a multiplicity of formats.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Flood Insurance Premium Parity Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4313
Sponsor: Rep. Jolly, David [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2014-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: 
Flood Insurance Premium Parity Act of 2014 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (NFIA) to prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) from estimating reduced (subsidized) risk premium rates for flood insurance for residential property that is neither the primary residence of an individual (as under current law) nor the secondary residence of the property owner. 
 
Directs FEMA to establish standards for a residential property to qualify as a secondary residence eligible for subsidized risk flood insurance premium rates that: (1) require the owner to occupy the property for an appropriate minimum period of time each year, and (2) limit subsidized risk premium rates to but a single property of the owner. 
 
Repeals the prohibition against estimating subsidized risk premium rates for business property (thus qualifying business property for such rates).
 
Directs FEMA to refund directly to insureds any flood insurance premiums collected in excess of the rates required under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a student loan repayment program for totally disabled veterans.

Bill: 113-hr-4314
Sponsor: Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2014-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a student loan repayment program in which the Secretary repays the undergraduate student loan amounts that veterans owe on any date they incur a service-connected disability that is rated as total.
 
Makes the repayment program applicable only to: (1) veterans who served in the Armed Forces on or after September 11, 2001, and (2) loans made before the veteran entered the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act

Bill: 113-hr-4316
Sponsor: Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Endangered and threatened species
Government information and archives
Legal fees and court costs
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) to require the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) submit an annual report detailing federal expenditures for civil actions brought under the ESA containing claims that are based on the actions of the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, or the National Marine Fisheries Service; and (2) make available online a searchable database of such information.

action_date: 2014-07-17
text: 
Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) to require the Department of the Interior to submit an annual report detailing federal expenditures for civil actions brought under the ESA containing claims that are based on the actions of Interior, the Forest Service, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the Bonneville Power Administration, the Western Area Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, or the Southeastern Power Administration. Requires Interior to make the information available online in a searchable database.
 
Requires the report to include the total funds expended to respond to ESA lawsuits, the number of full-time employees dedicated to ESA lawsuits, and attorneys' fees awarded in the course of ESA lawsuits and settlements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-17
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 404.
action_date: 2014-07-17
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-538.
action_date: 2014-07-17
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-538.
action_date: 2014-04-30
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 16.
action_date: 2014-04-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act

Bill: 113-hr-4317
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Land transfers
State and local government operations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, as appropriate, to provide to affected states all data that is used as the basis of a determination on whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species before making a determination.
 
Requires the appropriate Secretary to use data submitted by a state, tribal, or county government in making such a determination.

action_date: 2014-07-17
text: 

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

 
State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, as appropriate, to provide to affected states all data that is used as the basis of a determination on whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species before making a determination.
 
Requires the appropriate Secretary to use data submitted by a state, tribal, or county government in making such a determination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-17
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 405.
action_date: 2014-07-17
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-539.
action_date: 2014-07-17
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-539.
action_date: 2014-04-30
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 16.
action_date: 2014-04-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House