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National Parents Corps Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5623
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Crime prevention
Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Family relationships
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
National Parents Corps Act of 2014 - Directs the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, subject to the availability of appropriations, to award a grant to a nonprofit entity (to be known as the NPCP Nonprofit Partner) to establish a National Parents Corps program to promote safety and combat youth violence and substance abuse in public middle or secondary schools.
 
Requires the NPCP Nonprofit Partner to: (1) select for program participation annually schools that agree to host a Parent Leader for a number of years equal to the number of grade levels they offer; and (2) employ, after a background check, a Parent Leader from among the parents of students enrolled in the lowest grade at each participating school to work on a full-time basis with students, other parents, and school officials to treat, prevent, and reduce violence and drug, alcohol, and tobacco addiction among students.
 
Urges participating schools to take the measures necessary to secure funding for the employment of Parent Leaders after federal funding becomes unavailable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2014-09-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1473)
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Albuquerque Indian School Land Transfer Act

Bill: 113-hr-5625
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
New Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Albuquerque Indian School Land Transfer Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust 4 tracts of federal land in New Mexico, the combined acreage of which is approximately 11.11 acres, that were historically part of the Albuquerque Indian School for the benefit of 19 specified pueblos immediately after the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) have been satisfied regarding the trust acquisition of such federal land. 
 
Instructs the Secretary to: (1) take such action as determined to be necessary to document such transfer, and (2) appropriately assign each applicable private and municipal utility and service right or agreement. 
 
Requires the federal lands taken into trust to be used for the educational, health, cultural, business, and economic development of the 19 pueblos. 
 
Requires the federal lands taken into trust to remain subject to any private or municipal encumbrance, right-of-way, restriction, easement of record, or utility service agreement in effect on this Act's enactment date. 
 
Requires the 19 pueblos to allow the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to continue to use the federal lands taken into trust for the facilities and purposes as in existence on this Act's enactment date. 
 
Prohibits any class I, class II, or class III gaming from being carried out on the federal lands taken into trust under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-10-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Federal Property Low Hanging Fruit Act

Bill: 113-hr-5626
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Building construction
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
General Services Administration
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government studies and investigations
Land transfers
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Real estate business

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Federal Property Low Hanging Fruit Act - Authorizes the head of each executive department to convey real and related property under the department's ownership and control and retain the net proceeds in an account within the Treasury. Makes such proceeds available to the department head to pay necessary and incidental costs for the department's property management activities, including acquisition, improvements, maintenance, reconstruction or construction needs. 
 
Directs the head of each of the Departments of Defense (DOD), Agriculture, and Energy (DOE) and the General Services Administration (GSA) to develop and carry out a plan to enter into agreements with a nongovernmental person to: (1) lease at least 5, but not more than 10, federal real properties that are underutilized or excess; and (2) develop, rehabilitate, or renovate facilities on such leased properties. Requires such agreements to provide a lease option to the United States and indemnity for any actions, debts, or liability of the nongovernmental person. Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to submit reports to Congress on the effectiveness of the plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
PRINT Act

Bill: 113-hr-5627
Sponsor: Rep. Maffei, Daniel B. [D-NY-24]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional operations and organization
Executive agency funding and structure
Government Publishing Office (GPO)
Government information and archives
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Printing Responsibly in New Typesets Act or the PRINT Act - Directs the Public Printer of the Government Printing Office (GPO) to: (1) adjust the font used to print GPO documents if the Public Printer determines that adjusting such font will reduce printing costs and be cost-effective and appropriate; and (2) enter into to an agreement with any person outside GPO who prints documents for the federal government to similarly adjust fonts used for printing documents.
 
Prohibits delivery of printed copies of any version of the Congressional Record to the office of a Senator or Member of the House of Representatives, effective 30 days after the enactment of this Act. 
 
Redesignates GPO as the Government Publishing Office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Eliminating Pornography from Agencies Act

Bill: 113-hr-5628
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Pornography

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Eliminating Pornography from Agencies Act - Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue guidelines that prohibit the access of a pornographic or other explicit website from a federal computer, except any federal computer that is used for an investigative purpose that requires accessing such a website. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Inspector General Vacancy Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5630
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Inspector General Vacancy Act of 2014 - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to provide that if the President does not nominate an Inspector General within 180 days after a vacancy occurs in that position, the individual serving as interim Inspector General shall be deemed to be appointed, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Central Everglades Planning Project, Florida, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-5631
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Everglades
Florida
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Authorizes funding for environmental restoration activities of the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) in Florida as part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan if the Army Corps of Engineers gives approval by December 30, 2015. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Fair Local Adjustment for Tenant Rents Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5632
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Fair Local Adjustment for Tenant Rents Act of 2014 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to revise and eliminate specified requirements with respect to public housing agencies (PHAs) establishing flat rental amounts for PHA dwelling units.
 
Authorizes a PHA to request the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish a flat rent for a dwelling unit in an amount less than the required 80% of the applicable fair market rental, if the PHA demonstrates that such minimum amount is not an accurate measure of the unit's rental value.
 
Changes $50 from a maximum to a minimum monthly rental amount (including utilities) for individuals: (1) residing in public housing, (2) receiving tenant-based rental (voucher) assistance, or (3) receiving tenant-based assistance under the certificates or moderate rehabilitation programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
In-Home CARE Act

Bill: 113-hr-5633
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adult day care
Allied health services
Child care and development
Child health
Disability and paralysis
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
In-Home Caregiver Assessment Resources and Education Act or the In-Home CARE Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Administration for Community Living to award grants to carry out home visiting programs for unpaid caregivers.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to coordinate with the National Family Caregiver Support Program, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and others on this grant program.
 
Requires grantees to provide:
 
 
caregiver education and training regarding medication management, food preparation, falls prevention, and other subjects;
 
services or referrals for services related to home care, such as transportation, home modification, or respite care; and
 
an assessment and referral for physical and mental health services for the caregiver or person receiving care from the caregiver. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Stop Hiding Congressional Farm Subsidies Act

Bill: 113-hr-5634
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Stop Hiding Congressional Farm Subsidies Act - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to publicly disclose crop insurance premium subsidies paid on behalf of: Members of Congress and their immediate families, Cabinet Secretaries and their immediate families, or entities of which any of these individuals is a majority shareholder. 
 
Requires USDA to publicly disclose benefits for private insurance providers, including: (1) underwriting gains earned through participation in the federal crop insurance program; and (2) amounts paid for administrative and operating expenses, any federal portion of indemnities and reinsurance, and any other purpose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
DISASTER Act

Bill: 113-hr-5635
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Disclosing Aid Spent to Ensure Relief Act or the DISASTER Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to submit annually to Congress a report on all disaster-related assistance provided by the federal government. Requires the report to include all federal obligations related to disaster response, recovery, mitigation efforts, and administrative costs associated with these activities for specified agencies and programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Cut REDTAPE Act

Bill: 113-hr-5636
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Cut REDTAPE Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt a new small business, including an incorporated business, from the additional tax imposed for underpayment of estimated income tax, if such business's gross receipts for the calendar year do not exceed $1 million.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Debt Forgiveness Tax Relief Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5637
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Consumer credit
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Consumer Debt Forgiveness Tax Relief Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, income that is imputed to the discharge of qualified consumer indebtedness. Defines "qualified consumer indebtedness" as any indebtedness of a natural person arising out of a transaction in which the money, property, or services that are the subject of the transaction are primarily for personal, family, or household purposes. Provides that the aggregate amount of discharged indebtedness excludible from gross income shall not exceed the excess of $2,500 over the aggregate amounts treated as qualified consumer indebtedness for all prior taxable years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
To allow railroad employees to remain on duty as necessary to clear a blockage of vehicular traffic at grade crossings.

Bill: 113-hr-5638
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Labor standards
Motor vehicles
Railroads
Roads and highways
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Allows railroad employees to remain or go on duty for a period in excess of the limitations established under hours-of-service requirements to the extent necessary to clear a blockage of vehicular traffic at a grade crossing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2014-09-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1482-1483)
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Online Credit Card Disclosure Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5639
Sponsor: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Online Credit Card Disclosure Act of 2014 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require the billing statement of a consumer's account under an open end online credit plan to make specified disclosures in a conspicuous and prominent location on its webpage with each billing cycle.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Housing for Persons With AIDS Modernization Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5640
Sponsor: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: HIV/AIDS
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Housing for Persons With AIDS Modernization Act of 2014 - Amends the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act to revise the formula and terms for allocations of grants to states, local governments, and nonprofit organizations for housing programs for persons with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) (as under current law), as well as those with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify the treatment of coordinated expenditures as contributions to candidates, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-5641
Sponsor: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Political advertising
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to treat as a campaign contribution any payment made by any person (other than a candidate, an authorized committee of a candidate, or a political committee of a political party) for a coordinated expenditure which is not otherwise treated as a contribution.
 
Repeals the prohibition against contributions by minors.
 
Sets forth rules governing payments for coordinated expenditures, including special rule for payments by coordinated spenders for covered communications.
 
Defines &quot;covered communication&quot; as a public communication which: (1) promotes or supports the candidate, or attacks or opposes an opponent of the candidate (regardless of whether the communication expressly advocates the election or defeat of a candidate or contains the functional equivalent of express advocacy); or (2) refers to the candidate or an opponent of the candidate in other ways, but only if the communication is disseminated during the applicable election period.
 
Prohibits candidates or individuals holding federal office, their agents, and certain related entities from soliciting, receiving, directing, or transferring funds to or on behalf of any political committee which accepts donations or contributions that do not comply with FECA limitations, prohibitions, and reporting requirements, or to or on behalf of any 527 organization which accepts such donations or contributions (other than a committee of a state or local political party or a candidate for election for state or local office).
 
(A 527 organization, tax-exempt in certain circumstances under Section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code, is created primarily to influence the selection, nomination, election, appointment or defeat of candidates to federal, state or local public office.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House