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A bill to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes.

Bill: 113-s-2188
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2014-03-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-31
text: 
Amends the Indian Reorganization Act to apply the Act to all federally recognized Indian tribes, regardless of when any tribe became recognized. (This effectively overrules the Supreme Court's decision in 
Carcieri v. Salazar, 
which held that the Secretary of the Interior could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the Act was enacted.)
 
Ratifies and confirms any action taken by the Secretary pursuant to such Act for any Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date of that action.

action_date: 2014-08-26
text: 
Amends the Indian Reorganization Act to apply the Act to all federally recognized Indian tribes, regardless of when the tribe became recognized. (This effectively overrules the Supreme Court's decision in 
Carcieri v. Salazar, 
which held that the Secretary of the Interior could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been federally recognized when the Act was enacted in 1934.) Ratifies and confirms any action taken by the Secretary pursuant to the Act for any Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date of the action. 
 
 
Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the effects of 
Carcieri v. Salazar 
on Indian tribes and tribal land. Requires the Secretary to publish a list of each Indian tribe and parcel of tribal land affected by that decision in the Federal Register and on the Department of the Interior's website. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-26
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 540.
action_date: 2014-08-26
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Tester under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/05/2014 with an amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2014-08-26
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Tester under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/05/2014 with an amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-509.
action_date: 2014-03-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1873)
action_date: 2014-03-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1872-1873)
action_date: 2014-03-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives Act

Bill: 113-s-2189
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2014-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative and renewable resources
Building construction
Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Department of the Treasury
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Industrial facilities
Lighting, heating, cooling
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Tax-exempt organizations
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: 
Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2016, and increase the maximum rate of, the tax deduction for energy-efficient commercial building expenditures; (2) allow a new tax deduction for the cost of retrofitting existing commercial and multifamily buildings; (3) allow a new tax credit, through 2016, for home energy efficiency improvements that increase energy efficiency by at least 20%; (4) extend through 2018 the tax credit for combined heat and power system property expenditures and increase the capacity limitations and credit percentages for systems with a higher efficiency rating; (5) allow an energy tax credit for investment in biomass heating property and for waste heat to power property (i.e., a system which generates electricity through the recovery of a qualified waste heat resource and is placed in service before January 1, 2019); (6) allow a new business-related tax credit for efficient advanced motor systems with adjustable speed capability; (7) allow a new business-related tax credit for replacement of large water-cooled refrigerant chillers that use environmentally harmful refrigerants; and (8) allow a new tax credit for expenditures to increase water use efficiency in the manufacturing sector. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-466.
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1925-1933)
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1925)
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Hire More Heroes Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2190
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2014-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Military medicine
Sales and excise taxes
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: 
Hire More Heroes Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an employer, for purposes of determining whether such employer is an applicable large employer and thus required to provide health care coverage to its employees under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to exclude employees who have coverage under a health care program administered by the Department of Defense (DOD), including TRICARE, or the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-2191
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2014-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Comprehensive health care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the excise tax on employer-sponsored health care coverage for which there is an excess benefit (high-cost plans). 
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to replace the annual review of unreasonable increases in health insurance premiums with a five-year program of grants to states for establishing centers to collect and make available medical reimbursement information from health insurance issuers.
 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to deny plan bids under the Medicare Advantage Program and the Prescription Drug Benefit Program.
 
Abolishes the Independent Payment Advisory Board established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to develop proposals to reduce the rate of growth in Medicare spending.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1934-1935)
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Alzheimer's Accountability Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2192
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2014-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health programs administration and funding
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: 
Alzheimer's Accountability Act of 2014 - Amends the National Alzheimer's Project Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), for each fiscal year through FY2025, to submit to the President for review and transmittal to Congress, after reasonable opportunity for comment (but without change) by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care, and Services, an annual budget estimate (including regarding personnel needs) for the NIH initiatives under the Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Horse Protection Amendments Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2193
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2014-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Department of Agriculture
Licensing and registrations
Mammals
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Public-private cooperation
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: 
Horse Protection Amendments Act of 2014 - Amends the Horse Protection Act to replace the Designated Qualified Persons program responsible for inspecting horses for soring with a new inspection system. (The soring of horses is any of various actions taken on a horse's limb to produce a higher gait that may cause pain, distress, inflammation, or lameness.) 
 
Requires a sore horse to be disqualified from being shown or exhibited for at least 30 days for the first determination that the horse is sore and 90 days for a second determination and any subsequent determination.
 
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a single Horse Industry Organization (HIO) in order to establish a formal affiliation with the management of each horse sale, horse exhibition, and horse sale or auction, appoint inspectors to conduct inspections, contract with equine veterinary experts to advise the HIO Board on objective scientific testing methods and certification of testing results, and otherwise ensure compliance with the Horse Protection Act. 
 
Directs the appointment of individuals by the Commissioners of Agriculture for Tennessee and Kentucky to govern the HIO. Requires those individuals to appoint individuals representing the Tennessee Walking Horse industry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1935-1936)
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Pell Grant Protection Act

Bill: 113-s-2194
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2014-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Appropriations
Education programs funding
Higher education
Inflation and prices
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: 
Pell Grant Protection Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to set the maximum Federal Pell Grant for which a student may be eligible for an award year at a specified amount, increased for inflation each year, plus any additional amount specified in the last enacted appropriation Act applicable to that award year.
 
Appropriates for FY2015 and each succeeding fiscal year such sums as may be necessary to provide, in combination with any amounts separately appropriated for the additional Pell Grant amount, each eligible student with the maximum Pell Grant amount, minus the student's expected family contribution. (This converts the Pell Grant program into a mandatory spending program.)
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to award an additional Pell Grant to an eligible student who: (1) has received a Pell Grant for an award year, and (2) is enrolled in a program of study for one or more additional payment periods during the same award year that are not otherwise covered by the Pell Grant. 
 
Permits the total amount of the Pell Grants awarded to such student for the award year to exceed the total maximum Pell Grant for such award year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2196
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2014-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Evidence and witnesses
Federal preemption
Health care quality
Health personnel
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: 
 Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to shield a health care professional from liability under federal or state law for harm caused by any act or omission if: (1) the professional is serving as a volunteer in response to a disaster; and (2) the act or omission occurs during the period of the disaster, in the professional's capacity as such a volunteer, and in a good faith belief that the individual being treated is in need of health care services.
 
Makes exceptions where: (1) the harm was caused by an act or omission constituting willful or criminal misconduct, gross negligence, reckless misconduct, or a conscious flagrant indifference to the rights or safety of the individual harmed; or (2) the professional rendered the health care services under the influence of intoxicating alcohol or an intoxicating drug.
 
Declares that, nothing in this Act shall supplant any other provision of federal, state, local, or tribal law that establish liability schemes or liability protections that exceed those provided by this Act, including without limitation the Federal Tort Claims Act. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to repeal certain requirements regarding newspaper advertising of Senate stationery contracts.

Bill: 113-s-2197
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2014-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional operations and organization
Public contracts and procurement
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: 
Amends the Revised Statutes to repeal the requirement that stationery for the Senate be purchased according to a bidding process, and related requirements.

action_date: 2014-04-10
text: 

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

 
Amends the Revised Statutes to repeal the requirement that stationery for the Senate be purchased according to a bidding process, and related requirements.

action_date: 2014-05-08
text: 

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

 
Amends the Revised Statutes to repeal the requirement that stationery for the Senate be purchased according to a bidding process, and related requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2887; text as passed Senate: CR S2887)
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2887; text as passed Senate: CR S2887)
action_date: 2014-04-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 358.
action_date: 2014-04-10
text: Committee on Rules and Administration. Reported by Senator Schumer without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2014-04-10
text: Committee on Rules and Administration. Reported by Senator Schumer without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: Committee on Rules and Administration. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Consumer Debit Card Protection Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2200
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2014-04-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer credit
Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: 
Consumer Debit Card Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to require a financial institution to recredit a consumer's account within 7 days (currently, 10 days) after receiving notice of an error in the manner of an electronic debit transaction.
 
Limits consumer liability for unauthorized use of a debit card to the following circumstances: 
 
 
 the debit card is an accepted debit card;
 
the liability does not exceed $50;
 
the issuer has given the consumer a description of a means by which the issuer may be notified of loss or theft of the card;
 
the unauthorized use occurs before the issuer has been notified of that fact or that an unauthorized use may occur as the result of loss, theft, or otherwise; and
 
the issuer has provided a method whereby the card user can be identified as the person authorized to use the card.
 
 
States that an issuer has been notified when reasonable steps have been taken to give the issuer the pertinent information, whether or not any particular officer, employee, or agent of the issuer does in fact receive that information.
 
Places the the burden of proof upon the issuer to show that: (1) the use was authorized, or (2) the conditions of liability for the unauthorized use of a debit card have been met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to limit the level of premium subsidy provided by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to agricultural producers.

Bill: 113-s-2201
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2014-04-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: 
 Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to limit the total amount of premium subsidy paid by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to a person or legal entity to $70,000 per crop year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2014-04-02
text: Introduced in Senate
BONDS Act

Bill: 113-s-2203
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2014-04-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Economic development
Floods and storm protection
Income tax credits
Public transit
Securities
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: 
Bolstering Our Nation's Deficient Structures Act of 2014 or the BONDS Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to build America bonds, to: (1) make permanent the issuance authority for such bonds and the authority for payments to bond issuers, (2) make phased reductions in the credit percentage to bondholders and the percentage of payments to issuers of such bonds, (3) make federal wage rate and other grant requirements applicable to such bonds, (4) allow refundings of currently-issued bonds, and (5) allow the use of such bonds to fund capital expenditures for levees and flood control projects.
Provides for an increase in payments to issuers of build America bonds to compensate for reductions in the amount of such payments due to sequestration.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Proprietary Education Oversight Coordination Improvement Act

Bill: 113-s-2204
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2014-04-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative remedies
Business ethics
Consumer affairs
Corporate finance and management
Education programs funding
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: 
Proprietary Education Oversight Coordination Improvement Act - Establishes the Proprietary Education Oversight Coordination Committee to:
 
 
coordinate federal oversight of proprietary institutions of higher education (IHEs);
 
coordinate federal activities to protect students from unfair, deceptive, abusive, unethical, fraudulent, or predatory practices, policies, or procedures of proprietary IHEs;
 
encourage information sharing among federal agencies regarding federal investigations, audits, or inquiries of such IHEs;
 
increase coordination and cooperation between federal and state agencies to improve oversight and accountability of proprietary IHEs; and
 
develop best practices and consistency among federal and state agencies in the dissemination of consumer information regarding such IHEs.
 
 
Requires the Committee to: (1) meet at least once each quarter of each fiscal year; and (2) meet at least once each fiscal year, and otherwise interact regularly, with state Attorneys General, state approval agencies, veterans service organizations, and consumer advocates.
 
Directs the Committee to submit, and make publicly available, an annual report to Congress that includes: (1) recommendations for legislative and administrative actions the Committees deems necessary to improve the enforcement of applicable federal laws, increase the accountability of proprietary IHEs to students and taxpayers, and ensure the promotion of quality education programs; and (2) specified financial and consumer information regarding such IHEs.
 
Requires the Committee, each academic year, to publish the For-Profit College Warning List for Parents and Students, which is to be comprised of proprietary IHEs:
 
 
that have engaged in illegal activity during the previous academic year as determined by a federal or state court;
 
that have entered into a settlement resulting in a monetary payment;
 
that have had any higher education program withdrawn or suspended; or
 
for which the Committee has sufficient evidence of widespread or systemic unfair, deceptive, abusive, unethical, fraudulent, or predatory practices, policies, or procedures that threaten the academic success, financial security, or general best interest of students.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2162-2164)
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Introduced in Senate