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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 New York Avenue in Sound Beach, New York, as the "John Moerlins Post Office".

Bill: 113-hr-5410
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2014-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
New York State
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 New York Avenue in Sound Beach, New York, as the "John Moerlins Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5411
Sponsor: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2014-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Crime victims
Criminal justice information and records
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Human trafficking
Medical education
Nursing
Right of privacy
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: 
Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2014 - Requires the Administrator of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to award one medical or nursing school a grant to develop best practices for health care professionals to recognize and respond appropriately to victims of severe forms of human trafficking.
 
Requires the grantee to: (1) develop methods or materials to train health care professionals on best practices, (2) make a subgrant to one entity in each of the 10 administrative regions of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create a pilot program to test the best practices and training, and (3) analyze the results of the pilot programs and determine which best practices are evidence-based.
Directs HHS to disseminate evidence-based best practices on their website and to health care profession schools.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1362-1363)
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require that Federal, State, and local agencies to which surplus military equipment and personal property is sold or donated demonstrate that agency personnel are certified, trained, or licensed, as appropriate, in the proper operation of the equipment prior to the sale or donation.

Bill: 113-hr-5413
Sponsor: Rep. Jolly, David [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2014-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Emergency planning and evacuation
Firearms and explosives
Fires
Homeland security
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Licensing and registrations
Military facilities and property
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to require state or local law enforcement, firefighting, homeland security, or emergency management agencies that purchase surplus military equipment to demonstrate, as a condition of the sale, that agency personnel have been certified, trained, or licensed in the proper operation of such equipment.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from transferring or donating excess DOD personal property to law enforcement or firefighting agencies unless the recipient agency demonstrates that personnel have received such certification, training, or licensing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Elkhorn Ranch and White River National Forest Patent Correction Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5414
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2014-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: 
Elkhorn Ranch and White River National Forest Patent Correction Act of 2014 - Requires: (1) the 148-acre parcel of land depicted on the map entitled &quot;Elkhorn Ranch Land-White River National Forest,&quot; dated June 2014, to be patented into the ownership of the Gordman-Leverich Partnership (GLP), a Colorado Limited Liability Limited Partnership; and (2) the patent to include all U.S. rights in and to the parcel, subject to the valid existing rights of the lessee of federal oil and gas lease COC-75070 and any other valid existing rights.
 
Requires: (1) the Secretary of the Interior to prepare and issue the patent required by this Act, and (2) GLP to bear costs incurred by the Secretary relating to any survey, lotting, legal description, or other activities undertaken in issuing the patent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Authorization for Use of Military Force against International Terrorism Act

Bill: 113-hr-5415
Sponsor: Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10]
Introduced: 2014-09-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Alliances
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Iraq
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Nigeria
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Somalia
Syria
Terrorism
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: 
Authorization for Use of Military Force against International Terrorism Act - Authorizes the President, with the close coordination of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and regional allies, to use all necessary force against those countries, organizations, or persons associated with or supporting terrorist groups (including al Qaeda and its regional affiliates, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, al Shabaab, Boko Haram, and any other related regional terrorist groups) in order to eliminate all such terrorist groups and prevent future acts of international terrorism by them against the United States or its allies.
 Declares that this Act is intended to constitute specific statutory authorization pursuant to section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7248)
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Bringing Awareness and Knowledge to Exempt Schools Against Legislative Encroachment Act

Bill: 113-hr-5417
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2014-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Agriculture
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: 
Bringing Awareness and Knowledge to Exempt Schools Against Legislative Encroachment Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from applying the rule entitled "National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Nutrition Standards for All Foods Sold in School as Required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010&quot; to food sold as a fundraiser that takes place on the grounds of a school. (The rule requires the Secretary to set nutrition standards for all foods sold in schools that are not foods sold under the school lunch and breakfast programs.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7304-7305)
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit officers and employees of the Internal Revenue Service from using personal email accounts to conduct official business.

Bill: 113-hr-5418
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2014-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of the Treasury
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: 
Prohibits any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from using a personal email account to conduct official business.

action_date: 2014-09-16
text: 

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

 
Prohibits any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from using a personal email account to conduct official business.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-17
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-09-16
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2014-09-16
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7598)
action_date: 2014-09-16
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7598)
action_date: 2014-09-16
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5418.
action_date: 2014-09-16
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7598)
action_date: 2014-09-16
text: Mr. Boustany moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a right to an administrative appeal relating to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations.

Bill: 113-hr-5419
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2014-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations for allowing a tax-exempt organization to request an administrative appeal to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Office of Appeals of an adverse determination with respect to: (1) the initial or continuing qualification of such organization as tax-exempt, or (2) the initial or continuing classification of such organization as a private foundation or a private operating foundation. 

action_date: 2014-09-16
text: 

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

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations for allowing a tax-exempt organization to request an administrative appeal to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Office of Appeals of an adverse determination with respect to: (1) the initial or continuing qualification of such organization as tax-exempt, or (2) the initial or continuing classification of such organization as a private foundation or a private operating foundation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-17
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-09-16
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2014-09-16
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7598)
action_date: 2014-09-16
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7598)
action_date: 2014-09-16
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5419.
action_date: 2014-09-16
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7598-7599)
action_date: 2014-09-16
text: Mr. Boustany moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit the release of information regarding the status of certain investigations.

Bill: 113-hr-5420
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2014-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of the Treasury
Employee performance
Evidence and witnesses
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose to any person who provides information indicating a violation of internal revenue laws relating to unauthorized disclosure or inspection of tax information or to unlawful acts of revenue officers or agents: (1) whether an investigation based on such information has been initiated and is open or closed; (2) whether any such investigation substantiated a violation; and (3) whether any action has been taken against a violator, including a referral for prosecution.

action_date: 2014-09-16
text: 

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

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose to any person who provides information indicating a violation of internal revenue laws relating to unauthorized disclosure or inspection of tax information or to unlawful acts of revenue officers or agents: (1) whether an investigation based on such information has been initiated and is open or closed; (2) whether any such investigation substantiated a violation; and (3) whether any action has been taken against a violator, including a referral for prosection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-17
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-09-16
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2014-09-16
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7599)
action_date: 2014-09-16
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7599)
action_date: 2014-09-16
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5420.
action_date: 2014-09-16
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7599)
action_date: 2014-09-16
text: Mr. Boustany moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Introduced in House
Litigation Oversight Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5422
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2014-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: 
Litigation Oversight Act of 2014 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to require the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to approve or disapprove by majority vote whether the EEOC shall commence or intervene in litigation involving: (1) multiple plaintiffs, or (2) an allegation of systemic discrimination or a pattern or practice of discrimination. Provides EEOC members with the power to require the EEOC to approve or disapprove by majority vote whether the EEOC commences or intervenes in any litigation.
 
Requires the EEOC, within 30 days after commencing or intervening in litigation pursuant to such an approval, to post on its public website: (1) information regarding the case, including the allegations and causes of action; and (2) each Commissioner's vote on commencing or intervening in the litigation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2014-09-17
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Introduced in House
Certainty in Enforcement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5423
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2014-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: 
Certainty in Enforcement Act of 2014 - Amends equal employment opportunity requirements under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide that it shall not be an unlawful employment practice for an employer, labor organization, or employment agency (or a joint labor management committee controlling apprenticeships or other training or retraining opportunities) to engage in an employment practice that is required by federal, state, or local law in areas such as health care, childcare, in-home services, policing, security, education, finance, employee benefits, and fiduciary duties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2014-09-17
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Introduced in House
Made-in-America Bank Act

Bill: 113-hr-5424
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2014-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Executive agency funding and structure
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Foreign and international corporations
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government lending and loan guarantees

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: 
Made-in-America Bank Act - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to redesignate the Export-Import Bank as the Made-in-America Bank.
 
Declares that all guarantees, loans, insurance, and any other benefits historically provided by the Export-Import Bank may only be made to a domestic entity that is not majority-owned by any foreign person or entity, and only for the purpose of acquiring goods or services made in America.
 
Extends the termination date of the Export-Import Bank from 2014 to 2016.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan.

Bill: 113-hr-5425
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2014-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Lakes and rivers
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: 
Prohibits the use of federal funds made available for FY2015 for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Introduced in House
Savings Accounts for a Variable Economy for Small Businesses Act

Bill: 113-hr-5427
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2014-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Business investment and capital
Disaster relief and insurance
Employee hiring
Financial crises and stabilization
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: 
SAVE for Small Businesses Act or the Savings Accounts for a Variable Economy for Small Businesses Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for tax-exempt small business savings accounts. Allows tax deductible contributions to such accounts of not more than 10% of the gross profits of an eligible small business (persons employing an average of 50 or fewer full-time employees) for the preceding taxable year. 
 
Excludes qualified distributions from such accounts from gross income for income tax purposes. Defines "qualified distribution" as: (1) any amount that is distributed from a small business savings account during a specified period of economic hardship, and (2) the distribution of which is certified as being part of a plan that provides for the reinvestment of such distribution for the funding of worker hiring or financial stabilization for the purposes of job retention or creation. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) establish minimum standards for small business savings accounts that seek to minimize fees and risk of loss of principal, and (2) ensure a range of investment risk options available to account beneficiaries. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Introduced in House