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Department of Education Elimination Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5394
Sponsor: Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2014-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Appropriations
Department of Defense
Department of Education
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Labor
Department of the Interior
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Executive agency funding and structure
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Intergovernmental relations
Minority education
Special education
State and local finance
Student aid and college costs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: 
Department of Education Elimination Act of 2014 - Abolishes the Department of Education (Department) and repeals any program for which it or the Secretary of Education has administrative responsibility.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to provide grants to states, for FY2015-FY2024, for any: (1) elementary and secondary education purpose permitted by state law, and (2) postsecondary education purpose permitted by state law. Sets the funding level for those grants at the amount of funding provided to states for federal elementary and secondary education programs and the amount provided for federal postsecondary education programs, respectively, for FY2012, minus the funding they were provided for education programs that this Act transfers to other federal agencies.
 
Requires states to contract for an annual audit of their expenditures or transfers of grant funds.
 
Requires the transfer of:
 
 
each of the Department's job training programs to the Department of Labor;
 
each special education grant program under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS);
 
each of the Department's Indian Education programs to the Department of the Interior;
 
each Impact Aid program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to the Department of Defense (DOD); and
 
the Federal Pell Grant program and the Federal Family Education Loan and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan programs, under the Higher Education Act of 1965, to the Department of HHS.
 
 
Sets a fiscal year cap on Federal Pell Grant funding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-5395
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2014-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes
Contracts and agency
Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health information and medical records
Indian lands and resources rights
Licensing and registrations
Professional sports
State and local government operations
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: 
Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2013 - Amends the Professional Boxing Safety Act to: (1) authorize a tribal organization to establish a boxing commission; (2) prohibit arranging, promoting, or fighting in a match unless the match is approved by the United States Boxing Commission (USBC) and held in a state or on tribal land that regulates matches in accordance with USBC standards; (3) require specified pre-fight boxer physical examinations and to require the continuous presence during any match of an ambulance and emergency medical personnel; (4) provide for boxing registration with the appropriate boxing commission of an Indian tribe; (5) require a health and safety disclosure to a boxer when issuing an identification card and to establish procedures for review of a summary suspension; (6) require the USBC to develop guidelines for boxing contracting requirements and for rating professional boxers; (7) require the sanctioning organization for a match and its promoter to provide specified disclosures; (8) prohibit a promoter from arranging a championship match or a match scheduled unless all participating judges and referees are by the USBC; (9) require the USBC to establish and maintain a registry of comprehensive medical records and medical denials or suspensions for every licensed boxer; and (10) apply conflict-of-interest provisions to USBC officers and employees.
 
Establishes the USBC within the Department of Commerce to: (1) protect the health, safety, and general interests of boxers and to ensure integrity in professional boxing; (2) establish standards for, and issue, suspend, and revoke, boxing licenses; and (3) establish a national computerized registry of boxing personnel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2014-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Keeping Families Home Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5396
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2014-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Housing finance and home ownership
Real estate business

Summary:
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: 
Keeping Families Home Act of 2014 - Directs each mortgage servicer to establish a deed-for-lease program which shall permit an eligible mortgagor to:
 
 
enter into a deed in lieu of foreclosure agreement;
 
continue to occupy and lease the property that is the subject of the agreement for one year; and
 
have a right of first refusal to purchase such property after the end of the one-year lease period, if the owner intends to sell the property at that time.
 
 
Exempts small servicers from such requirement.
 
Requires a lease to carry a monthly rent amount equal to the fair market rent for the property, as determined by an independent private appraiser hired by and paid by the servicer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Yosemite National Park Public Access Preservation and Boundary Modification Act

Bill: 113-hr-5397
Sponsor: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4]
Introduced: 2014-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Fires
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Property rights

Summary:
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: 
Yosemite National Park Public Access Preservation and Boundary Modification Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire approximately 1,575 acres of land adjacent to Yosemite National Park in California to be added to the Park. Permits such land to be acquired only by donation and only after the Secretary has disposed of, by public auction, approximately 1,575 acres of federal land under the Secretary's administration.
 
Requires the Secretary: (1) to administer such land as part of the Park; (2) not to prohibit recreational activities otherwise permitted within the Park upon this Act's enactment; and (3) within one year after acquiring such lands, to comply with a hazardous fuels reduction plan developed for such lands. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Marriage and Family Therapists for Veterans Act

Bill: 113-hr-5398
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2014-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Family services
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Licensing and registrations
Marriage and family status
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: 
Marriage and Family Therapists for Veterans Act - Revises the eligibility criteria for appointment to a marriage and family therapist position with the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to require a person: (1) to hold a master's degree in marriage and family therapy, or a comparable degree in mental health, from an institution that is regionally accredited or approved by the VA Secretary (currently, approved by the Secretary); and (2) to have passed the Association of Marital and Family Therapy regulatory board examination in marital and family therapy or an examination for a marriage and family therapy license given by a state board of behavioral sciences (or its equivalent).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Border State Protection Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5400
Sponsor: Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3]
Introduced: 2014-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Appropriations
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
El Salvador
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Guatemala
Honduras
Intergovernmental relations
Latin America
Mexico
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: 
Border State Protection Act of 2014 - Authorizes the governor of any state on an international border of the United States to take necessary action to establish operational control of that portion of the international border within the state.
 
 Shields a state from liability in any federal action for any act taken pursuant to this Act that is otherwise in conformity with law.
 
Allows repayment of state costs from discretionary appropriations made available for non-security foreign aid to Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2014-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Protecting the Homeland Act

Bill: 113-hr-5401
Sponsor: Rep. Gowdy, Trey [R-SC-4]
Introduced: 2014-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Africa
Area studies and international education
Aviation and airports
Foreign labor
Homeland security
Immigration status and procedures
Libya
Nuclear power
Nuclear weapons

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: 
Protecting the Homeland Act - Terminates the nonimmigrant status of any Libyan national, or of any foreign national acting on behalf of a Libyan entity, who is engaging in aviation maintenance, flight operations, or nuclear-related studies or training. 
 
Makes the following benefits unavailable to any Libyan national or any foreign national acting on behalf of a Libyan entity where the purpose is to engage in, or seek to obtain, aviation maintenance, flight operations, or nuclear-related studies or training: 
 
 
application for school transfer, 
 
application for extension of stay, 
 
employment authorization or practical training,
 
request for reinstatement of student status, or
 
application for change of nonimmigrant status. 


action_date: 2014-12-12
text: 

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

 
Protecting the Homeland Act - Terminates the nonimmigrant status of any Libyan national, or of any foreign national acting on behalf of a Libyan entity, who is engaging in aviation maintenance, flight operations, or nuclear-related studies or training. 
 
Makes the following benefits unavailable to any Libyan national or any foreign national acting on behalf of a Libyan entity where the purpose is to engage in, or seek to obtain, aviation maintenance, flight operations, or nuclear-related studies or training: 
 
 
application for school transfer, 
 
application for extension of stay, 
 
employment authorization or practical training,
 
request for reinstatement of student status, or
 
application for change of nonimmigrant status.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 505.
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 113-673.
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 113-673.
action_date: 2014-09-10
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 11.
action_date: 2014-09-10
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security Discharged.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act

Bill: 113-hr-5403
Sponsor: Rep. Stutzman, Marlin A. [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2014-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Motor vehicles
Small business
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: 
Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act - Declares without force or effect Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Bulletin 2013-02 (Indirect Auto Lending and Compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act), published March 21, 2013.
 
Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to direct the CFPB, when proposing and issuing guidance primarily related to indirect auto financing, to:
 
 
provide for a public notice and comment period before issuing the guidance in final form;
 
make publicly available all information relied on by the CFPB;
 
redact any information exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act;
 
consult with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the Department of Justice (DOJ); and 
study the costs and impacts of the guidance to consumers and women-owned, minority-owned, and small businesses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Introduced in House
F.T.O. Passport Revocation Act

Bill: 113-hr-5406
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2014-09-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Immigration status and procedures
Terrorism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: 
F.T.O. Passport Revocation Act - Amends the Passport Act of 1926 to prohibit, with a discretionary exception for emergency or humanitarian reasons, the Secretary of State from issuing a passport or passport card to an individual who is a member of, affiliated with, or is otherwise helping a foreign terrorist organization. 
 
 Directs the Secretary to revoke a passport or passport card previously issued to any such individual. Authorizes the Secretary, before revocation, to: (1) limit a previously issued passport or passport card only for return travel to the United States, or (2) issue a limited passport or passport card that only permits return travel to the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7279)
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Introduced in House
TIP Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5407
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2014-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Justice
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Photography and imaging

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: 
Transparency in Policing Act of 2014 or the TIP Act of 2014 - Directs the Attorney General to conduct a study on the cost to state and local law enforcement agencies of purchasing and using body cameras.
 
Conditions the receipt by a state or local law enforcement agency of federal funds from a grant program carried out by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on the purchase of body cameras for use by the law enforcement officers employed by that agency. Authorizes the Attorney General to waive such requirement upon determining that compliance would create a hardship for such agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Terrorist Denaturalization and Passport Revocation Act

Bill: 113-hr-5408
Sponsor: Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2014-09-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Immigration status and procedures
Terrorism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: 
 Terrorist Denaturalization and Passport Revocation Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include among the grounds for loss of U.S. nationality by a native-born or naturalized citizen: 
 
 
taking an oath or making a declaration of allegiance to a foreign terrorist organization after attaining the age of 18; 
 
 entering or serving in the armed forces of a foreign state that harbors a foreign terrorist organization; 
 
accepting, serving in, or performing the duties of any office, post, or employment in a foreign terrorist organization after attaining the age of 18; 
 
accepting, serving in, or performing the duties of any office, post, or employment in a foreign terrorist organization after attaining the age of 18 for which an oath or declaration of allegiance is required; or 
 
accepting, serving in, or performing the duties of any office, post, or employment in a foreign terrorist organization after attaining the age of 18 if the position requires knowing engagement in hostilities against U.S. military or civilian personnel.
 
 
Amends the Passport Act of 1926 to prohibit, with a discretionary exception for emergency or humanitarian reasons, the Secretary of State from issuing a passport or passport card to an individual who is a member of a foreign terrorist organization engaged in hostilities against the United States or its allies. 
 
Directs the Secretary to revoke a passport or passport card previously issued to any such individual.
 
Authorizes the Secretary, before revocation, to: (1) limit a previously issued passport or passport card only for return travel to the United States, or (2) issue a limited passport or passport card that only permits return travel to the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2014-09-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2014-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Unaccompanied Alien Children Transparency Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5409
Sponsor: Rep. Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11]
Introduced: 2014-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Government information and archives
Health promotion and preventive care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Human trafficking
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Public contracts and procurement
Public participation and lobbying
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: 
Unaccompanied Alien Children Transparency Act of 2014 - Amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), before awarding grants or contracts to provide housing facilities for unaccompanied alien children (UAC), to consult with state and local officials regarding: 
 
 
the facility's location and the grant or contract's duration; 
 
the grant or contract's impact on the community's fiscal needs, public safety, and educational and health systems; 
 
health screenings and background checks of such children;
 
state and local review of the proposed contract or grant, including a public hearing in the affected locality; and
 
state and local authority to preclude the Secretary from awarding the grant or contract.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1353-1354)
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Introduced in House