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Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2653
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2014 - Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to redefine "homeless," "homeless individual," or "homeless person."
 
 Modifies requirements relating to an individual or family who will imminently lose their housing, including housing they own, rent, or live in without paying rent. 
 
Revises criteria for unaccompanied youth and homeless families with children and youth defined as homeless under other federal statutes to require that they:
 
 
 are certified as homeless by the director or designee of a program funded under any other federal statute; or
 
have been certified by a director of a program funded under this Act or a director of a public housing agency (PHA) as lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, which shall include: (1) temporarily sharing the housing of another person due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or other similar reason; or (2) living in a room in a motel or hotel.
 
 
Requires the information provided to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from a collaborative applicant about project sponsors in a community-wide homeless management information system (HMIS) to be made publicly available on HUD's website in aggregate, non-personally identifying reports, and updated at least annually.
 
Prohibits the Secretary, in awarding grants for continuum of care programs, from considering or prioritizing the specific homeless populations intended to be served by the applicant if the applicant demonstrates that the project: (1) would meet the priorities identified in the applicant's plan, and (2) is cost-effective in meeting the overall goals and objectives identified in that plan.
 
Repeals certain requirements regarding collaborative applicants.
 
Modifies requirements for selection criteria for the award of grants through a national competition between geographic areas.
 
Requires annual reports to Congress on housing assistance for the homeless to include data: (1) required to be made publicly available in the HMIS report, and (2) on programs funded under other specified federal statutes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4905-4906)
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4905)
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans' Credit Protection Act

Bill: 113-s-2654
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
Veterans' Credit Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) conduct outreach to inform veterans of how to resolve credit issues caused by a delayed payment (i.e., a proper invoice that is not paid by the Secretary until after the required payment date); and (2) establish a toll-free telephone number for veterans to report such issues to the Veterans Integrated Service Networks.
 
Requires the Secretary to report annually on the effectiveness of each Network in providing timely payment of proper invoices during both the preceding five-year period and the preceding one-year period. Requires such report to include: 
 
 
the number of veterans who contacted the Secretary regarding delayed payments that could negatively affect their credit;
 
the total amount of interest penalties paid by the Secretary by reason of delayed payments;
 
the number of proper invoices submitted, the amount owed for and the payment status of such invoices, and the periods that elapsed before such invoices were paid;
 
relevant comments received from medical providers regarding delayed payments; 
 
identification of the Networks with the least and most delayed payments; and 
 
a description of the best practices to provide timely payment of a proper invoice, including a plan for under-performing Networks to improve.
 
 
Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to conduct a study that assesses the effectiveness of each Network in providing timely payment of proper invoices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in Senate
EARLY Act Reauthorization of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2655
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
EARLY Act Reauthorization of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize through FY2019 the Young Women's Breast Health Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act of 2009, which supports: (1) campaigns to educate the public and health care professionals about young women's breast health, (2) research into prevention of breast cancer in young women, and (3) support for young women with breast cancer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting America's Families from Toxic Chemicals Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2656
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Manufacturing
Metals

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
Protecting America's Families from Toxic Chemicals Act of 2014 - Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish criteria to identify chemical substances: (1) that are persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic, or are transformed through metabolism or environmental degradation into chemical substances that have those characteristics; and (2) for which there is evidence of exposure or likely exposure to humans or the environment.
 
Directs the EPA to publish a list of the chemical substances that meet those criteria within 180 days of the rule being finalized and update the list at least every three years.
 
Lists chemical substances that are considered to have met the criteria on the basis of existing evidence, including asbestos, lead, and mercury.
 
Requires the EPA to: (1) identify uses of each substance that are allowed until they are phased out; and (2) phase out the manufacture, processing, and distribution of listed chemicals within five years.
 
Authorizes the EPA to allow the manufacturing, processing, and distribution of a listed chemical substance if it determines that the use is a critical and essential use and there is no discernible exposure to humans or the environment. Limits the exemption to a renewable or revisable term of five years. 
 
Requires the EPA to determine whether each new chemical substance subject to notice and testing requirements under the Toxic Substances Control Act meets the criteria for a listing as persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic during the period of notice review.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in Senate
RESET Act

Bill: 113-s-2657
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
Reclassification to Ensure Smarter and Equal Treatment Act of 2014 or the RESET Act - Amends the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to reduce penalties (to not greater than a one-year term of imprisonment and/or a $1,000 fine) for simple possession of a controlled substance by a person who has one or more prior convictions for a controlled substance offense. Repeals a provision providing for up to three years' imprisonment for the possession of flunitrazepam. Reduces the maximum term of imprisonment (to one year) for the sale, use of the mails to transport, or importation or exportation of drug paraphernalia.
 
Eliminates provisions of the CSA and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act that apply the same penalties applicable to offenses involving a specified amount of a substance containing cocaine to offenses involving a lesser amount of a substance containing cocaine base.
 
Amends the CSA to provide that in determining the weight of a controlled substance or mixture of controlled substances that is in a compound with a food product for purposes of provisions concerning controlled substance offenses, the weight of the food product shall not be included.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Accelerating Biomedical Research Act

Bill: 113-s-2658
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
Accelerating Biomedical Research Act - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require certain adjustments to discretionary spending limits in FY2015-FY2021 to accommodate increases in appropriations to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4906-4908)
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Honor Flight Act

Bill: 113-s-2659
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Monuments and memorials
Transportation safety and security
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
Honor Flight Act - Directs the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration [TSA]) to establish a process for providing expedited and dignified passenger screening services for veterans traveling on an Honor Flight Network charter flight or that of another organization to visit war memorials built and dedicated to honor their service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the special rules for accident and health plans of certain governmental entities, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-2660
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the Senate
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

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the exclusion of payments made from an accident or health plan funded by a state entity from gross income for income tax purposes, to: (1) include payments made to an employee or to a spouse, dependent, or child of an employee; and (2) extend reimbursement of health care expenses under such a plan to any beneficiary of a deceased plan participant other than a surviving spouse, dependent, or child. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 787 State Route 17M in Monroe, New York, as the "National Clandestine Service of the Central Intelligence Agency NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office".

Bill: 113-s-2661
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
New York State
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 787 State Route 17M in Monroe, New York, as the "National Clandestine Service of the Central Intelligence Agency NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Partner with Korea Act

Bill: 113-s-2663
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Asia
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Foreign labor
South Korea
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
Partner with Korea Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to create an E-4 treaty trader visa category for up to 15,000 nationals of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) each fiscal year who are coming to the United States solely to perform specialty occupation services and with respect to whom the Secretary of Labor has certified to the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Secretary of State that the intending employer has filed an attestation concerning U.S. worker protections with the Secretary of Labor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2664
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency communications systems
Government information and archives
Natural disasters
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2014 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to: (1) modernize the integrated U.S. public alert and warning system to help ensure that under all conditions the President, federal agencies, and state, tribal, and local governments can alert and warn the civilian population in areas endangered by natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters or threats to public safety; and (2) implement such system to disseminate timely and effective warnings and homeland security information.
 
Directs the Administrator to: (1) establish common alerting and warning protocols, standards, terminology, and operating procedures for the system; (2) include in such system the capability to adapt the distribution and content of communications on the basis of geographic location, risks, and multiple communication technologies and to alert, warn, and provide equivalent information to individuals with disabilities, access and functional needs, or limited English proficiency; (3) ensure that specified training, tests, and exercises for such system are conducted and that the system is resilient, secure, and can withstand external attacks; and (4) conduct public education efforts and a general market awareness campaign about the system.
 
Requires the system to: (1) be designed to adapt to and incorporate future technologies for communicating directly with the public, provide alerts to the largest portion of the affected population feasible, and improve the ability of remote areas to receive alerts; (2) promote local and regional public and private partnerships to enhance community preparedness and response; (3) provide redundant alert mechanisms; and (4) protect individual privacy.
 
Directs the Administrator to establish the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Subcommittee to develop and submit recommendations for an integrated public alert and warning system to the National Advisory Council, which shall report the recommendations it approves to agencies represented on the Subcommittee and to specified congressional committees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2665
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Disaster relief and insurance
News media and reporting

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, with respect to entities that are eligible to receive certain disaster assitance, to include: (1) broadcasting facilities within the definition of a &quot;private nonprofit facility&quot; that provides essential services of a governmental nature to the general public, and (2) broadcast and telecommunications communications within the definition of &quot;critical services&quot; provided by such a facility.

action_date: 2014-09-08
text: 

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

 
Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, with respect to entities that are eligible to receive certain disaster assitance, to include: (1) broadcasting facilities within the definition of a &quot;private nonprofit facility&quot; that provides essential services of a governmental nature to the general public, and (2) broadcast and telecommunications communications within the definition of &quot;critical services&quot; provided by such a facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 553.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Carper without amendment. With written report No. 113-250.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Carper without amendment. With written report No. 113-250.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Iranian Sanctions Relief Certification Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2667
Sponsor: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Human rights
Iran
Middle East
Nuclear weapons
Palestinians
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sanctions
Syria
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
Iranian Sanctions Relief Certification Act of 2014 - Prohibits the President from exercising a waiver specified under this Act in connection with the extension of the terms of the Joint Plan of Action beyond July 20, 2014, unless the President certifies to Congress before the waiver takes effect and every 60 days thereafter that any funds made available to the government of Iran as a result of the waiver will not facilitate Iran's ability to: 
 
 
 support any individual or entity designated for the imposition of sanctions for international terrorism, any foreign terrorist organization, including Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria; 
 
 advance the efforts of Iran or any other country to develop nuclear weapons or ballistic missiles; or 
 
 commit any violation of the human rights of the people of Iran. 
 
 
(Defines the Joint Plan of Action as the Joint Plan of Action signed on November 24, 2013, by Iran and by France, Germany, the Russian Federation, China, the United Kingdom, and the United States.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Self Determination Contract Reporting Commitment to Tribes Act

Bill: 113-s-2668
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
Self Determination Contract Reporting Commitment to Tribes Act - Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to presume absent fraud or mathematical error that the deficiency amounts reported to Congress for contract support costs accurately reflect the minimum damages due to any Indian tribe or tribal organization filing a claim, appeal, or civil action under the Act. 
 
Requires each annual report and accompanying data prepared under the Act to be made available to the public. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Self Determination Commitment to Tribes Act

Bill: 113-s-2669
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2014-07-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Appropriations
Federal-Indian relations
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
Self Determination Commitment to Tribes Act - Changes from discretionary to mandatory the funding for payments to Indian tribes and tribal organizations for contract support costs arising out of self-determination or self-governance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements entered into pursuant to the Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Keep the Promise Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2670
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2014-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Arizona
Gambling
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: 
Keep the Promise Act of 2014 - Restricts gaming on land within the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area acquired by the Secretary of the Interior in trust for the benefit of an Indian tribe after April 9, 2013. Terminates the restriction on January 1, 2027. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-17
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-506.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate