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Department of Energy Forrestal Complex Redevelopment Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5225
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Energy
District of Columbia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government studies and investigations
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: 
Department of Energy Forrestal Complex Redevelopment Act of 2014 - Directs the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to redevelop the Department of Energy (DOE) Forrestal Complex in the District of Columbia in a manner that is consistent with the SW Ecodistrict Plan of the National Capital Planning Commission, dated January 2013.
 
Requires any agreement entered into by the Administrator to carry out the redevelopment of such Complex to: (1) protect U.S. interests; and (2) facilitate the redevelopment of Maryland Avenue, Southwest, in the District of Columbia in a manner that is consistent with the SW Ecodistrict Plan and the Maryland Avenue Southwest Plan, including the reconstruction of Maryland Avenue, Southwest, as a multimodal corridor.
 
Authorizes the Administrator to provide replacement space for federal agency tenants in such Complex whose relocation is made necessary by the redevelopment.
 
Prohibits the Administrator from entering into a redevelopment agreement until 30 days after the Administrator submits a report regarding the proposed agreement, including a cost-benefit analysis and a description of the material provisions, to specified congressional committees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1249)
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Charlotte's Web Medical Hemp Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5226
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2014-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Horticulture and plants
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: 
Charlotte's Web Medical Hemp Act of 2014 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to exclude therapeutic hemp and cannabidiol: (1) from the definition of &quot;marihuana,&quot; and (2) from treatment as a controlled substance under such Act. Defines: (1) &quot;therapeutic hemp&quot; to mean the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of such plant with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis; and (2) &quot;cannabidiol&quot; to mean the substance cannabidiol, as derived from therapeutic hemp.
 
Exempts therapeutic hemp or cannabidiol from the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
 
Declares that nothing in this Act shall restrict any activities related to the use, production, or distribution of marihuana in a state in which such activities are legal under state law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House
MEND Act

Bill: 113-hr-5227
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2014-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Allied health services
Department of Health and Human Services
Medical education
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: 
Making the Education of Nurses Dependable for Schools Act or the MEND Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), for any reimbursements to providers under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for the costs of nursing and allied health education activities, to apply the regulation establishing the payment methodology for such reimbursements by treating a provider as meeting the requirements:
 
 
 for consideration as operating an approved nursing or allied health education program if the provider or a wholly owned subsidiary educational institution singly or collectively meets all such requirements; and
 
for payment for certain nonprovider-operated programs at wholly owned subsidiary educational institutions if the provider meets all such requirements except that the transfer of a nursing or allied health education program to that wholly owned subsidiary educational institution to meet accreditation standards occurred after October 1, 2003.
 
 
 
Defines &quot;wholly owned subsidiary educational institution&quot; as one that: (1) is organized as a legal entity distinct from the provider, (2) has the provider as its sole owner or sole member, and (3) is organized in the same state in which the provider is organized or registered to do business.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Notario Victim Relief Act

Bill: 113-hr-5228
Sponsor: Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
Introduced: 2014-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Evidence and witnesses
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Immigration status and procedures
Lawyers and legal services

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: 
Notario Victim Relief Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the time limit on the filing of a motion to reopen a removal proceeding if the basis of the motion is fraud, negligence, misrepresentation, or extortion by, or the attempted, promised, or actual practice of law without authorization on the part of, a representative.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7057)
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5229
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2014-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Disability and paralysis
Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Postal service
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: 
Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2014 - Entitles any federal employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 30% or more, during the 12-month period beginning on the first day of employment, to up to 104 hours of leave, without loss or reduction in pay, for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disability for which sick leave could regularly be used. Requires the forfeiture of any such leave that is not used during such 12-month period.
 
Requires such employee to submit to the head of the employing agency certification that such employee used such leave for purposes of being furnished treatment for such disability by a health care provider. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2014-09-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5231
Sponsor: Rep. Bentivolio, Kerry L. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2014-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Intergovernmental relations
Small business
State and local government operations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: 
Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2014 - Amends the Small Business Act to require the interagency task force that is responsible for coordinating federal efforts to improve the business development and federal contracting opportunities available to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans to coordinate administrative and regulatory activities and develop proposals to provide access to, and manage the distribution of, excess or surplus U.S. property to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding with the appropriate state agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Introduced in House
NOTICE Act

Bill: 113-hr-5232
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2014-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health information and medical records
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: 
Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility Act or the NOTICE Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require a hospital with an agreement with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to give each individual entitled to benefits under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance), whom the hospital classifies for more than 24 hours as an outpatient under observation status or any other similar status, an adequate oral and written notification within 36 hours of that classification which:
 
 
explains the individual's status as an outpatient under observation (or any similar status) and not as an inpatient;
 
explains the reason for that classification;
 
explains the implications of that outpatient status on eligibility for Medicare coverage of items and services as well as cost-sharing requirements;
 
includes the name and title of the hospital staff who gave an oral notification and its date and time; and
 
is signed by individual, if the notification is written, to acknowledge its receipt.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2014-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2014-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Rewarding the TEAM Act

Bill: 113-hr-5234
Sponsor: Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2014-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Income tax credits
Manufacturing
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: 
Rewarding the Training of Employees for American Manufacturing Act of 2014 or the Rewarding the TEAM Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow manufacturing employers located in the United States a business-related tax credit for the manufacturing training expenses of their employees. Includes within the definition of "manufacturing training expenses" related course work, certification testing, and essential skill acquisition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Iron Dome Replenishment Act

Bill: 113-hr-5235
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2014-07-29 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Israel
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: 
Emergency Iron Dome Replenishment Act - Authorizes the President, through the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and the Secretary of State, to provide assistance to Israel for the procurement, maintenance, and sustainment of the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Identity Theft Prevention and Enforcement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5236
Sponsor: Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2014-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: 
Taxpayer Identity Theft Prevention and Enforcement Act of 2014 - Amends the federal criminal code to include certain felony violations under the Internal Revenue Code as aggravated identity theft, including the following offenses when committed in connection with the filing of a tax return: (1) conspiracy to defraud the government with respect to claims; (2) false, fictitious or fraudulent claims; and (3) conspiracy to commit any offense against, or to defraud, the United States.
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Introduced in House
INCLUDE Act

Bill: 113-hr-5237
Sponsor: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2014-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: 
Investors Need Clear Laws with Uniform Direction for E-2 Status Holders Act or the INCLUDE Act - Allows aliens having E-2 (treaty investor) nonimmigrant status by reason of a change of nonimmigrant classification made in the United States to re-enter the United States after a trip abroad without requesting or obtaining a new visa.
 
States that there shall be no limit on the number of such re-entries during the period in which the alien lawfully holds such status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Securing the Assistance of Victims of Exploitation Act of 2014 (SAVE Act)

Bill: 113-hr-5238
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2014-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Crime victims
Food assistance and relief
Human trafficking
Immigrant health and welfare
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: 
Securing the Assistance of Victims of Exploitation Act of 2014 (SAVE Act) - Prohibits funds made available to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 from being used in contravention of provisions of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 related to the eligibility of human trafficking victims to receive services and benefits under certain federal or state programs, such as the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) . 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income any discharge of student loan indebtedness.

Bill: 113-hr-5239
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2014-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the exclusion from gross income of income attributable to the discharge of student loan indebtedness, to: (1) include indebtedness discharged due to income-contingent and income-based repayment plans, the death or disability of the borrower, or the closing of an educational institution; and (2) revise the definition of "student loan" to mean a loan made by any lender, including a loan for the refinancing of an existing loan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Crimea Annexation Non-recognition Act

Bill: 113-hr-5241
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2014-07-29 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Europe
Foreign aid and international relief
Russia
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: 
Crimea Annexation Non-recognition Act - Prohibits the U.S. government from recognizing the de jure or de facto sovereignty of the Russian Federation over Crimea, its airspace, or its territorial waters. 
 
Prohibits any federal department or agency from taking any action or extending any assistance that recognizes or implies recognition of the de jure or de facto sovereignty of the Russian Federation over Crimea, its airspace, or its territorial waters. 
 
Authorizes the President to waive such prohibitions if vital to U.S. national security interests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-20
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-11-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats.
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Stop Child Summer Hunger Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5242
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2014-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
International monetary system and foreign exchange
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: 
Stop Child Summer Hunger Act of 2014 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a program providing eligible households with summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards that give children access to food during the summer months to: (1) reduce or eliminate children's food insecurity and hunger, and (2) improve their nutritional status.
 
Defines an &quot;eligible household&quot; as a household that includes one or more children who are eligible to receive free or reduced price meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs.
 
Sets the amount on each summer EBT card at $150 per child in 2016, with adjustments thereafter reflecting changes in reimbursement rates for school meals under the school lunch program.
 
Requires children to be enrolled in the program without further application if they are enrolled to receive free or reduced price meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs.
 
Requires summer EBT cards to be used only to purchase food from retail food stores that have been approved for participation in the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program).
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit the amount of a taxpayer's foreign-related interest expense that is allowed as a deduction for any taxable year. Sets that limit pursuant to a formula that takes into account a domestic corporation's undistributed foreign earnings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2014-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2014-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Let Seniors Work Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5243
Sponsor: Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2014-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Employment taxes
Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: 
Let Seniors Work Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) eliminate the payroll tax for individuals who have attained retirement age, and (2) remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which a beneficiary may earn (earnings test) without incurring a reduction in benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Introduced in House