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Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2164
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Disability and health-based discrimination
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Higher education
Racial and ethnic relations
School administration
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each institution of higher education (IHE) participating in a title IV program (except a foreign school) to include in its annual security report a statement of policy regarding harassment that includes: (1) a prohibition of harassment of students by other students, faculty, and staff; (2) a description of its programs to prevent harassment; (3) a description of the procedures that students should follow if harassment occurs; and (4) a description of the procedures it will follow once an incident of harassment has been reported.
 
Defines &quot;harassment&quot; to include certain conduct undertaken through technological means that limits a student's ability to benefit from the IHE's programs, or creates a hostile or abusive educational environment at the school.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to IHEs to initiate, expand, or improve programs to: (1) prevent the harassment of students; (2) provide counseling or redress services to students who have been harassed or accused of subjecting other students to harassment; and (3) train students, faculty, or staff to prevent harassment or address harassment if it occurs.
 
Directs the Secretary to publish a report of best practices for combating harassment at IHEs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1820-1821)
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
E-Access Act

Bill: 113-s-2165
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Department of Energy
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy prices

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
Access to Consumer Energy Information Act or E-Access Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to encourage and support the adoption of policies that allow electricity consumers access to their own electricity data.
 
 Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to authorize state energy conservation plans to include programs that: (1) enhance consumer access to, and understanding of, energy usage and price information, including consumers' own residential and commercial electricity information; and (2) allow for development and adoption of innovative products and services to assist consumers in managing energy consumption and expenditures. 
 
Directs the Secretary to issue voluntary guidelines, meeting specified criteria, which establish model standards to implement retail electric energy information access in states.
 
Authorizes states to submit to the Secretary a description of their data sharing policies regarding consumer access to electric energy information for DOE certification that they meet such voluntary guidelines. 
 
Directs the Secretary, subject to appropriations, to make federal funds available to any DOE-certified state to assist it in implementing its energy conservation plan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Treating Families Fairly Act

Bill: 113-s-2166
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Comprehensive health care
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
Treating Families Fairly Act - Amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide that an employee who has minimum essential health care coverage under an eligible employer-sponsored plan as the spouse or child of another employee of such employer shall not be counted as a full-time employee of an applicable large employer for purposes of determining whether such employer is subject to the mandate to provide its employees with minimum coverage. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Computer Science Career Education Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2167
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Minority education
Public-private cooperation
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
Computer Science Career Education Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to consortia composed of at least one local educational agency, at least one institution of higher education (IHE), and community representatives for the development and operation of four- or six-year computer science career education programs.
 
Requires each program to include the development of computer science programs for both secondary and postsecondary education that:
 
 
are aligned with rigorous computer science standards for kindergarten through grade 12 computer science education;
 
link secondary schools and IHEs through non-duplicative sequences of courses in computer science career fields;
 
use, if appropriate and available, work-based or worksite learning in conjunction with business;
 
use educational technology and distance learning, as appropriate, to involve all members of the consortium more fully in the development and operation of the programs;
 
stay current with business needs, expectations, and methods; and
 
create innovative opportunities for students that lead to student attainment of industry-recognized credentials.
 
 
Requires each program to also provide: (1) professional development for teachers, (2) career and academic counseling for students, and (3) equal access to the full range of career education programs to members of underrepresented groups and special populations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Stability Act

Bill: 113-s-2168
Sponsor: Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Sales and excise taxes
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
Small Business Stability Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the definition of "applicable large employer," for purposes of the mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide employees with minimum essential health care coverage, to mean an employer who employed an average of at least 100 (currently, 50) full-time employees during the preceding calendar year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Distillery Excise Tax Reform Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2169
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
Distillery Excise Tax Reform Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the rate of the excise tax on distilled spirits to $2.70 per proof gallon (currently, $13.50 per proof gallon) on the first 100,000 gallons produced by a distilled spirits producer during the calendar year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
End Pay Discrimination Through Information Act

Bill: 113-s-2172
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor standards
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 

End Pay Discrimination Through Information Act

 
 This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit an employer from discriminating against an employee who inquires about, discusses, or discloses the wages of the employee or another employee. This protection does not apply to an employee who has access to wage information as part of the employee's essential job functions, unless the disclosure is in response to a sex discrimination complaint or charge, or in furtherance of a sex discrimination investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
CHOICE Act

Bill: 113-s-2173
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Comprehensive health care
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
Consumers Having Options in Choosing Enrollment Act or CHOICE Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue guidelines and necessary operational specifications to provide for the establishment of a permanent pathway to enable individuals to enroll in qualified health plans through: (1) a state-based Exchange, if there is one, or if appropriate, a health insurance issuer, a certified agent or broker, or a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)-certified Internet web-based broker or entity; or (2) the Federal Exchange (in a state with no state exchange), a health insurance issuer, an agent or broker certified by the Federal Exchange, or a CMS-certified Internet web-based broker or entity.
 
Makes guidelines and operational capabilities issued under this Act available to consumers and applicable health insurance issuers and entities for any enrollment period required by PPACA. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Commonsense Competition and Access to Health Insurance Act

Bill: 113-s-2174
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Comprehensive health care
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Insurance industry and regulation
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
Commonsense Competition and Access to Health Insurance Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to permit two or more states to enter into an agreement under which one or more qualified health plans could be offered in small group markets, as well as in the individual markets (as under current law), in all such states. 
 
Directs the Secretary, by December 31, 2014, to request the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) to report on health plans provided for under PPACA. 
 
Allows the Secretary also to request NAIC to gather concepts for inclusion in the report from organizations and entities that have experience in offering qualified health plans in states in which those plans were not originally issued. 
 
Requires the Secretary, by December 31, 2014, to report to Congress about: (1) how the Secretary may utilize the flexibility provided under PPACA (relating to allowing a regional or interstate exchange) to allow health insurance issuers offering qualified health plans in an Exchange operated by the federal government to offer plans in a state other than the state in which that plan was originally written or issued; and (2) how such an Exchange can be a conduit to forming interstate insurance state compacts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Enhancing Access for Agents and Brokers Act

Bill: 113-s-2175
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
Enhancing Access for Agents and Brokers Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a toll-free customer service support help line to enable certified health insurance agents and brokers to seek assistance regarding qualified health plans offered in the federal health insurance marketplace.
 
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Secretary to establish procedures to permit a broker name and National Producer Number to be added to an application for enrollment in a health plan offered through a health care exchange at any time during the application process and for any enrollment period.
 
 Requires such procedures to ensure that the National Producer Number is designed to assist consumers in obtaining needed assistance to complete enrollment, ensure that brokers are adequately compensated, and provide consumer protections by identifying each agent or broker that has worked on an enrollment case.
 
Directs the Secretary to:
 
 
make available on the federal government website for health insurance coverage a list of all certified agents and brokers;
 
contract with the National Insurance Producers Registry to regularly verify the licensure status of all such agents and brokers and develop a mechanism to enable submission of changes to contact and licensure information; and
 
provide trained navigators, agents, and brokers, no later than five business days after promulgation or issuance of any new cost- or enrollment-related policies, with a clear description of such policy changes.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Commonsense Reporting Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2176
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Right of privacy
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
Commonsense Reporting Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to reporting of health care coverage information, to: (1) allow identification of dependents of the primary insured by name and date of birth, instead of taxpayer identification number, if the employer or health insurance issuer does not collect or maintain tax identification numbers for such dependents; and (2) allow an individual to refuse consent to receive tax information statements relating to health insurance coverage in electronic form.
 
Directs the Department of the Treasury to report to Congress on the processes necessary to develop a reporting system allowing employers to voluntarily provide information on health care coverage offered by such employers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act

Bill: 113-s-2178
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Labor-management relations
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Personnel records

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to require that no investigative hearing take place until at least 14 days after the filing of an election petition regarding collective bargaining representation when the NLRB has reasonable cause to believe that the petition raises a question of representation affecting commerce. Requires such hearings to be non-adversarial, and the hearing officer, in collaboration with the parties, to identify any relevant and material pre-election issues.
 
Requires the NLRB, in cases where it finds that a question of representation exists, to: (1) direct an election by secret ballot as soon as practicable but not before 35 calendar days after the filing of the election petition, and (2) certify election results only after it has ruled on each pre-election issue not resolved before the election and any additional issue pertaining to the conduct or results of that election.
 
Requires the Board also, not earlier than seven days after a final determination of the appropriate bargaining unit, to acquire from the employer a list of all employees eligible to vote in the election, which shall: (1) be made available to all parties, and (2) include the employees' names as well as one additional form of personal contact information (such as telephone number, email address, or mailing address) chosen by the employee in writing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Homeless Veterans Services Protection Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2179
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
Homeless Veterans Services Protection Act of 2014 - Renders the minimum continuous active duty service requirement for receiving veteran benefits inapplicable to benefits allowed to homeless veterans. 
 
Exempts benefits allowed to homeless veterans from the disqualification for veteran benefits resulting from a discharge or dismissal from the Armed Services under conditions other than honorable. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
STAGE Act

Bill: 113-s-2180
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Income tax deductions
Intellectual property
Performing arts

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
Support Theaters in America Growth and Expansion Act or the STAGE Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the expensing of the costs of qualified film and television productions, to: (1) extend through 2015 provisions allowing such expensing, (2) allow such expensing for the costs of certain live theatrical productions, and (3) provide for the tax treatment of dispositions of an interest in a live theatrical production as a passive activity. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the community based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs located in The Dalles, Oregon, as the "Loren R. Kaufman Memorial Veterans' Clinic".

Bill: 113-s-2184
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2014-03-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Oregon
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-31
text: Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) community-based outpatient clinic located at 704 Veterans Drive, The Dalles, Oregon, as the "Loren R. Kaufman Memorial Veterans' Clinic."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-03-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 123 South 9th Street in De Pere, Wisconsin, as the "Corporal Justin D. Ross Post Office Building".

Bill: 113-s-2185
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2014-03-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-31
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 123 South 9th Street in De Pere, Wisconsin, as the "Corporal Justin D. Ross Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2014-03-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Access Improvement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2186
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2014-03-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-31
text: 
Medicare Access Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish a minimum payment rate for primary care services furnished in 2015 and 2016 by a primary care physician (in family medicine, general internal medicine, or geriatric medicine).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-03-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2187
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2014-03-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-31
text: 
Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to extend the rural community hospital demonstration program from five through 10 years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-03-31
text: Introduced in Senate