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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to broaden the special rules for certain governmental plans under section 105(j) to include plans established by political subdivisions.

Bill: 113-hr-4567
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2014-05-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax exclusion
State and local government operations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the special rule for the exclusion from gross income of amounts received by an employee from a governmental accident or health plan to include amounts paid from plans established by or on behalf of a state or political subdivision. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Freedom to Grow Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4568
Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2014-05-06 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business records
Corporate finance and management
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Securities
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: 
Small Business Freedom to Grow Act of 2014 - Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise Form S-1 so that a smaller reporting company may incorporate by reference in a registration statement filed on that form any documents it files with the SEC after the registration statement's effective date. 
 
Directs the SEC to revise Form S-3 so as to permit securities to be registered pursuant to General Instruction I.B.1. of the form if either: (1) the aggregate market value of voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant is $75 million or more, or (2) the registrant has at least one class of common equity securities listed and registered on a national securities exchange.
 
Requires the SEC to remove a certain listing and registration requirement from General Instruction I.B.6. of Form S-3.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 26.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Prior to Introduction.
Private Placement Improvement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4570
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2014-05-06 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: 
Private Placement Improvement Act of 2014 - Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise the filing requirements of Regulation D to require an issuer that offers or sells securities in reliance upon a certain exemption from registration (for limited offers and sales without regard to the dollar amount of the offering [Rule 506]) to file, no earlier than the date of first sale of such securities, a single notice of sales containing the information required by Form D for each new offering of securities.
 
Prohibits the SEC from: (1) requiring the issuer to file any notice of sales containing the information required by Form D except for this single notice; (2) conditioning the availability of the Rule 506 exemption upon the filing of a Form D or similar report; or (3) requiring issuers to submit written general solicitation materials in connection with a limited offering subject to Rule 506, except when it requests such materials pursuant to specified authority. 
 
Directs the SEC to revise a specified rule, regarding a Rule 506 offering of a private fund, to characterize as an accredited investor a &quot;knowledgeable employee&quot; of that private fund or the fund's investment adviser. 
 
Prohibits the SEC from extending to private funds the requirements governing investment company sales literature.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 31 - 28.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-01
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Prior to Introduction and Referral.
To direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise its rules so as to increase the threshold amount for requiring issuers to provide certain disclosures relating to compensatory benefit plans.

Bill: 113-hr-4571
Sponsor: Rep. Hultgren, Randy [R-IL-14]
Introduced: 2014-05-06 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments
Inflation and prices
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: 
 Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise regulations to require an issuer to furnish investors with additional specified disclosures regarding compensatory benefit plans if the aggregate sales price or amount of securities sold during any consecutive 12-month period exceeds $20 million (currently $5 million). 
 
Directs the SEC to index that aggregate sales price or amount for inflation every 5 years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 36 - 23.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Prior to Introduction and Referral.
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land to operate a visitor center for Joshua Tree National Park, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-4575
Sponsor: Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8]
Introduced: 2014-05-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: 
Amends the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire up to five acres of land and interests in land, and improvements on it, outside the boundaries of Joshua Tree National Park in California, in the unincorporated village of Joshua Tree, California, for the purpose of operating a visitor center. 
 
Instructs the Secretary to modify the boundary of the Park to include the acquired land as a noncontiguous parcel. 
 
Allows the lands and facilities acquired under this Act to: (1) include the property currently owned by the Joshua Tree National Park Association and commonly referred to as the &quot;Joshua Tree National Park Visitor Center&quot;; (2) be administered as part of the Park; and (3) be acquired only with the owner's consent by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or by exchange. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Transportation to establish and implement a fatigue management plan, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-4576
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2014-05-06 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Labor standards
Railroads
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to issue regulations to ensure that all controlling locomotives operated at speeds exceeding 25 miles mph, regardless of when the locomotive is placed in service for the first time, are equipped with a functioning alerter.
 
Directs the Secretary to require all railroad carriers to establish and implement a fatigue management plan that identifies and evaluates any fatigue related railroad safety hazards on its system and to determine the degree of risk associated with each hazard.
 
Directs the Secretary biannually to require any railroad carrier implementing a positive train control system to report to the Secretary on the progress of the implementation.
 
Requires the Secretary to issue regulations to require that on-track safety programs include requiring implementation of redundant signal protection, such as shunting, for maintenance-of-way work crews who depend on a train dispatcher to provide signal protection. 
 
Instructs the Secretary to ensure that railroad carriers provide railroad employees with predictable and defined work and rest schedules.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4577
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2014-05-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: 
Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act of 2014 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct any prescription drug plan that has in its network one or more pharmacies located in a health professional shortage area, in a medically underserved area, or among a medically underserved population, and that provides a reduction in coinsurance or copayments for covered part D drugs, to extend to any pharmacy located in that area, or among that population, the option to be an in-network pharmacy under terms and conditions comparable to those the plan has agreed upon with other in-network pharmacies located in the area or among that population.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2014-05-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in House
Peace Corps Equity Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4578
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2014-05-06 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Abortion
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care coverage and access
National and community service
Peace Corps

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: 
Peace Corps Equity Act of 2014 - Amends the Peace Corps Act to subject abortion service coverage by the Peace Corps for volunteers to the same limitations that apply to Peace Corps employees regarding coverage of abortion services.
 
States that such restriction shall not be construed to limit medical evacuation coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Education to verify that individuals have made a commitment to serve in the Armed Forces or in public service, or otherwise are a borrower on an eligible loan which has been submitted to a guaranty agency for default aversion or is already in default, before such individuals obtain a consolidation loan for purposes specified under section 455(o) of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

Bill: 113-hr-4579
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2014-05-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: 
Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to verify that individuals who are applying for Direct Consolidation loans on the following bases are in fact: 
 
 
currently eligible for income contingent repayment or income-based repayment of a loan that has been submitted to a guaranty agency for default aversion or is already in default;
 
employed in a public service job and thereby eligible to participate in the public service loan forgiveness program; or
 
a member of a regular or reserve component of the Armed Forces and thereby eligible to benefit from the no accrual of interest for active duty service members program. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in House
Improving Clinical Care Workforce for Our Vets Act

Bill: 113-hr-4580
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2014-05-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Labor-management relations
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: 
Improving Clinical Care Workforce for Our Vets Act - Repeals provisions excluding any matter or question concerning professional conduct or competence, peer review, or the establishment, determination, or adjustment of employee compensation from the applicability of collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration employees.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in House
Prohibiting Discrimination Against Israel Act

Bill: 113-hr-4581
Sponsor: Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2014-05-06 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Arab-Israeli relations
Foreign and international corporations
Israel
Middle East
Multilateral development programs
Trade restrictions
West Bank

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: 
Prohibiting Discrimination Against Israel Act - States that it shall be U.S. policy that no funds authorized or appropriated by federal law may be expended for any international project that prohibits participation of Israeli organizations that operate beyond the 1949 armistice line.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in House
SSI Savers Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4583
Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2014-05-06 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Employee benefits and pensions
Higher education
Inflation and prices
Poverty and welfare assistance
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: 
SSI Savers Act of 2014 - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) increase resource limits for aged, blind, or disabled individuals who do not have an eligible spouse; (2) require an inflation adjustment for such individuals, regardless of whether a spouse is eligible; (3) provide a limited exclusion from resources of certain deferred compensation and education savings arrangements; (4) set forth income rules imputing income from certain deferred compensation arrangements; and (5) eliminate the requirement that SSI recipients apply for periodic payments from certain deferred compensation arrangements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in House
Electric CARS Act

Bill: 113-hr-4584
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-05-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: 
Electric Credit Access Ready at Sale Act of 2014 or the Electric CARS Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the maximum amount of the tax credit for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles to $7,500 and to extend the termination date of such credit to December 31, 2020. Permits the credit to be assigned to the sellers of such vehicles. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Antonia Esmeralda Aguilar Belmontes.

Bill: 113-hr-4585
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2014-05-06 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Provides for the relief of Antonia Esmeralda Aguilar Belmontes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in House
Protecting the Rights of Musicians Act

Bill: 113-hr-4588
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2014-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Intellectual property
Music
Sound recording
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: 
Protecting the Rights of Musicians Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to exempt from retransmission consent requirements under which cable systems or other multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) are prohibited from retransmitting the signal of a television broadcasting station without the originating station's consent (which is generally obtained through a retransmission consent agreement under which the cable system or other MVPD provides a negotiated payment or other consideration to the station in exchange for retransmission authority) the retransmission of the signal of a television broadcast station if the licensee of such station is also the licensee of an AM or FM radio broadcast station that has transmitted a sound recording over such radio station without providing compensation for all programming carried over the signal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Personal Holding Company Tax Parity and Reinvestment Act

Bill: 113-hr-4589
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2014-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: 
Personal Holding Company Tax Parity and Reinvestment Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude dividends received by a U.S. shareholder from a controlled foreign corporation from the definition of "personal holding company income" for purposes of personal holding company taxation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Future Logging Careers Act

Bill: 113-hr-4590
Sponsor: Rep. Labrador, Raul R. [R-ID-1]
Introduced: 2014-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Family relationships
Forests, forestry, trees
Worker safety and health
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: 
Future Logging Careers Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to make the restrictions on oppressive child labor inapplicable to employment of an employee age 16 or 17 by a parent, or a person standing in place of a parent, in a logging or mechanized operation owned or operated by that parent or person.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Introduced in House