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Eric Williams Correctional Officer Protection Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4607
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2014-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime prevention
Department of Justice
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement officers
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: 
Eric Williams Correctional Officer Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the federal criminal code to require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to issue oleoresin capsicum spray to: (1) any Bureau officer or employee employed in a prison that is not a minimum or low security prison who may respond to an emergency situation in such prison; and (2) such additional prison officers and employees as the Director deems appropriate, subject to specified requirements.
 
Requires any such officer or employee to complete a training course before being issued such spray and annual training on the use of such spray. 
 
Authorizes Bureau officers and employees issued such spray to use it to reduce acts of violence committed by prisoners and prison visitors against themselves, other prisoners and visitors, and Bureau officers and employees.
 
Directs the Comptroller General (GAO), not later than three years after the date on which the Director begins to issue oleoresin capsicum spray to Bureau officers and employees, to submit to Congress a report that includes: (1) an evaluation of the effectiveness of issuing such spray on reducing crime in such prisons and acts of violence committed by prisoners against themselves and others, (2) an evaluation of the advisability of issuing such spray, and (3) recommendations to improve the safety of Bureau officers and employees in prisons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in House
War Authorization Review and Determination Act

Bill: 113-hr-4608
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2014-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Legislative rules and procedure
Military operations and strategy
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: 
War Authorization Review and Determination Act or WARD Act - Directs the President: (1) to submit to Congress a report setting forth each operation or other action that is being carried out pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force; and (2) within 60 days after such a report is submitted, to terminate each operation or action described in the report unless a joint resolution approving such operation or action has been enacted.
 
Repeals the Authorization for Use of Military Force 240 days after enactment of this Act and provides that such repeal shall apply to each operation or other action being carried out pursuant to such Authorization initiated before such date. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Aerotropolis Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4609
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2014-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Railroads
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: 
Aerotropolis Act of 2014 - Amends the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) to extend the eligibility for projects of national and regional significance under the surface transportation grant program to certain aerotropolis transportation system projects.
 
Defines &quot;aerotropolis transportation system&quot; as a planned and coordinated multimodal freight and passenger transportation network that provides efficient, sustainable, and intermodal connectivity to a defined region of economic significance centered around a major airport.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Leading and Expediting Aerotropolis Development Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4610
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2014-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Infrastructure development
Motor carriers
Public transit
Railroads
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: 
Leading and Expediting Aerotropolis Development Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish an aerotropolis grant program to assist in the development of aerotropolis transportation systems (i.e., planned and coordinated multimodal freight and passenger transportation networks that provide efficient, sustainable, and intermodal connectivity to a defined region of economic significance centered around a major airport). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to assist in planning, design, environmental review, or land acquisition activities for one or more specified kinds of projects to benefit such systems.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4612
Sponsor: Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2014-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: 
Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make the following entities, programs, and courses eligible for funding under title IV if they are accredited by an authorized accreditation authority in a state that has an alternative accreditation agreement with the Secretary of Education: 
 
 
 institutions that provide postsecondary courses; 
 
 postsecondary apprenticeship programs; and 
 
 postsecondary education courses or programs provided by institutions of postsecondary education, nonprofit organizations, or for-profit organizations or businesses.
 
 
Lists the items to be included in a state's alternative accreditation agreement with the Secretary, including the standards those entities, programs, and courses must meet to receive and maintain their accreditation.
 
Requires that agreement to include the state's assurance that only entities, programs, and courses that provide credits toward a postsecondary certification, credential, or degree (as defined by the state in the agreement) will be accredited.
 
Establishes the formula for determining the administrative cost allowance for: (1) the entities, programs, and courses that are accredited through the alternative accreditation system and that administer the Federal Pell Grant, Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Work-Study, and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant programs in accordance with the agreement; and (2) states that will administer those programs for such entities, programs, and courses in accordance with the agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Empowering Encore Entrepreneurs Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4613
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Joe [D-FL-26]
Introduced: 2014-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business education
Congressional oversight
Credit and credit markets
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Self-employed
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: 
Empowering Encore Entrepreneurs Act of 2014 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a program under which the Administrator may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, or make grants to, nonprofit organizations to provide technical assistance, mentoring, and other specialized training activities for encore entrepreneurs. 
 
Defines "encore entrepreneur" to mean an entrepreneur, business person, or owner of a small business concern who: (1) is seeking to start a new small business concern or expand an existing one, and (2) is at least age 50 or has at least 20 years of experience in a workplace.
 
Directs the Administrator to give special consideration to applications seeking funding for programs for: (1) members of the Armed Forces impacted by base closures or realignment, or (2) encore entrepreneurs unemployed for a period of not less than one year. 
 
Terminates the program on September 30, 2017.
 
Requires the Administrator to submit to specified congressional committees a report that describes the barriers and obstacles faced by encore entrepreneurs in starting new small business concerns or expanding existing small business concerns.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4046-4047)
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Park Partner Enhancement Act

Bill: 113-hr-4614
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2014-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Department of the Interior
Educational facilities and institutions
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: 
Park Partner Enhancement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, through the National Park Service, to enter into challenge cost-share agreements and certain cooperative agreements with educational institutions and nonprofits (Park Partners) to advance National Park Service programs and projects.
 
Includes among these any programs and projects to: (1) manage cooperatively improvements on lands and programs within or related to at least one unit of the National Park System (NPS); (2) assist the National Park Service to plan and construct National Park facilities and trails and restore landscapes and resources within or related to at least one NPS unit; (3) provide educational and interpretive programs and services; (4) develop, distribute, or sell educational and interpretive materials and projects; and (5) raise funds and assets through donation to support such projects and programs. 
 
Allows the Secretary to consider the fair value of services performed by persons who volunteer their services required for the agreement to the National Park Service, and who are recruited, trained, and supported by a Park Partner, as up to 50% of any in-kind contribution of the Park Partner for cost sharing purposes. 
 
Requires any funds donated, proceeds received, or cost-recovery amounts provided through agreements to remain available, without future appropriation, until expended for preservation, restoration, operation, maintenance, interpretation, public programs, and related expenses of the National Park Service or Park Partner.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Sensible Accounting to Value Energy Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4615
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2014-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy prices
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership
Public utilities and utility rates
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: 
Sensible Accounting to Value Energy Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to develop and issue guidelines for all federal mortgage agencies (including the Federal National Mortgage Association [Fannie Mae], the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation [Freddie Mac], and any affiliates) to implement enhanced loan eligibility requirements, for use when testing the ability of a loan applicant to repay a covered loan, that account for the expected energy cost savings for a loan applicant at a subject property. 
 
Directs the Secretary to issue guidelines for how covered agencies shall determine: (1) the maximum permitted loan amount based on the value of the property for all covered loans made on properties with an energy efficiency report, and (2) the estimated energy savings for properties with such a report.
 
Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to require standards for the performance of real estate appraisals in connection with federally related transactions to require at a minimum that state certified and licensed appraisers have timely access, where practicable, to information from the property owner and the lender that may be relevant in developing an opinion of value regarding the energy- and water-saving improvements or features of a property.
 
Applies the requirement of state certified appraisers to transactions involving any real property on which the appraiser makes adjustments using an energy efficiency report.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory group on the implementation of the enhanced energy efficiency underwriting criteria established in this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Express Appeals Act

Bill: 113-hr-4616
Sponsor: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2014-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability assistance
Evidence and witnesses
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: 
Express Appeals Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) carry out a five-year pilot program to provide the option of an alternative appeals process to determine appeals of claims for disability compensation more quickly, and (2) inform claimants about such program.
 
Authorizes a claimant to elect to file an express appeal by filing with the Secretary: (1) a notice of disagreement, (2) all evidence that the claimant believes is needed for the appeal, (3) a statement of the argument in support of the claim, and (4) the claimant's written election to have the appeal determined under the pilot program. Requires the Secretary to transfer jurisdiction over an express appeal directly to the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
 
Requires a claimant to make such election: (1) at any time during the traditional appeal process if the claimant has filed a traditional appeal before the pilot program commences, or (2) by 90 days after the Secretary provides notice of the determination of the claim if the claimant has not filed a traditional appeal. 
 
Directs the Secretary to inform a claimant who seeks to change a traditional appeal to an express appeal about whether any time will be saved. Allows a claimant who elects to file an express appeal to elect to revert to a traditional appeal at any time. 
 
Requires the Board of Veterans' Appeals to: (1) maintain express appeals on a separate docket, (2) hear express appeals in the order received, and (3) decide not more than one express appeal for each four traditional appeals decided.
 
Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the effects of new evidence submitted or additional information needed after an express appeal is filed, and (2) a prohibition against the Board providing hearings for express appeals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in House
School Attendance Improves Lives Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4617
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2014-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Elementary and secondary education
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: 
School Attendance Improves Lives Act of 2014 - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to condition SSI benefits for disabled children aged 16 or 17 on school attendance, except where the Commissioner of Social Security determines that the individual has good medical cause to not attend school for part or all of a month.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Solitary Confinement Study and Reform Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4618
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2014-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Advisory bodies
Child safety and welfare
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Mental health
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: 
Solitary Confinement Study and Reform Act of 2014 - Establishes the National Solitary Confinement Study and Reform Commission, which shall carry out a comprehensive legal and factual study of the penological, physical, mental, medical, social, fiscal, and economic impacts of solitary confinement in the United States on: (1) federal, state, and local governments; and (2) communities and social institutions.
 
Directs the Commission to report report its findings within two years after its initial meeting, including recommended national standards for significantly reducing the use of solitary confinement in the nation's prisons, jails, and juvenile detention facilities. Prohibits the Commission from proposing a standard that would impose substantial additional costs.
 
Directs the Attorney General, within two years after receiving the Commission's report, to: (1) publish a final rule adopting national standards for the reduction of solitary confinement; and (2) transmit the standards adopted to the appropriate state and local authorities who oversee operations in prisons, jails, or juvenile detention facilities. Makes the standards applicable to the Federal Bureau of Prisons immediately upon adoption of the final rule.
 
Provides for a 15% reduction in the funds a state would otherwise receive in a fiscal year under a criminal justice or juvenile justice grant program administered by the Attorney General unless the chief executive of the state or pertinent local government official: (1) certifies adoption of and compliance with such national standards, or (2) assures that not less than 5% of such amount shall be used only to enable the adoption of and compliance with such standards. Directs the Attorney General to publish an annual report listing each grantee that is not in compliance with the standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Permanent IRA Charitable Contribution Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4619
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2014-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the exclusion from gross income of distributions from individual retirement accounts (IRAs) for charitable purposes. 

action_date: 2014-06-26
text: 
Permanent IRA Charitable Contribution Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the exclusion from gross income of distributions from individual retirement accounts (IRAs) for charitable purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-26
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 369.
action_date: 2014-06-26
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 113-496.
action_date: 2014-06-26
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 113-496.
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 14.
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in House