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A bill to clarify that certain banking entities are not required to divest from collateralized debt obligations backed by trust preferred securities under the Volcker Rule.

Bill: 113-s-1912
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2014-01-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: 
Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 regarding prohibitions on proprietary trading and certain relationships with hedge and private equity funds (Volcker Rule).
 
Prohibits the construction of these prohibitions to require either a banking entity with total consolidated assets of less than $50 billion or a mutual holding company to divest from a collateralized debt obligation issued before May 19, 2010, if: (1) the primary purpose for the obligation was as a vehicle for trust preferred securities, and (2) the investment in the obligation was made on or before December 10, 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to make permanent the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program.

Bill: 113-s-1913
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]
Introduced: 2014-01-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
Property tax
State and local finance
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: 
Makes permanent the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Program (under which counties or other eligible units of local government in which U.S.-owned entitlement land is located are entitled to certain payments under such program which may be used for any governmental purpose). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Eliot Ness ATF Building Designation Act

Bill: 113-s-1914
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2014-01-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Department of Justice
District of Columbia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: 
Eliot Ness ATF Building Designation Act - Designates the federal building housing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Headquarters located at 99 New York Avenue, N.E., Washington, D.C., as the &quot;Eliot Ness ATF Building.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: Introduced in Senate
ReLIEF Act

Bill: 113-s-1915
Sponsor: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2014-01-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: 
Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act of 2013 or the ReLIEF Act - Allows catastrophic health plans described in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to be considered as providing essential health benefits by removing certain enrollment eligibility restrictions (concerning age and certification of exemption from the Internal Revenue Code requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage).
 
Deems coverage under such a plan to meet the Internal Revenue Code requirement that an individual maintain minimum essential coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: Introduced in Senate
HELP Rural Communities Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-1916
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2014-01-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: 
Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act of 2014 or the HELP Rural Communities Act of 2014 - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to direct the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to establish an application process under which a person who lives or does business in a state may apply to have a county designated as a rural area for purposes of a federal consumer financial law.
 
Prescribes criteria for the CFPB to consider when evaluating such an application. 
 
Requires the CFPB to enter each such application into a sortable, downloadable database publicly accessible through its website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-16
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S327)
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S326-327)
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Clarity for Military Retiree Health Care Act

Bill: 113-s-1918
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2014-01-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Military medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: 
Clarity for Military Retiree Health Care Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax exclusion of benefits under cafeteria employee benefit plans, to allow a participant in a cafeteria plan which permits a revocation of an election during a period of coverage and a new election based upon a change in status event, to treat an event that causes an employee to become eligible for coverage under the TRICARE health care program for military personnel as a change in status event. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.

Bill: 113-s-1919
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2014-01-14 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Iraq
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: 
Repeals the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.
 
Declares that this Act shall not be construed as limiting or prohibiting the President's authority to: (1) provide security for U.S. facilities, military assets, or military or diplomatic personnel located in Iraq; or (2) gather, provide, and share intelligence with the government of Iraq if the President determines it to be in the national security interests of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Innovators Job Creation Act

Bill: 113-s-1920
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2014-01-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Government trust funds
Income tax credits
Research and development
Small business
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: 
Innovators Job Creation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the tax credit for increasing research activities; (2) allow an offset of such credit against liability for the alternative minimum tax (AMT); (3) make permanent the five-year carryback of research tax credit amounts of certain small businesses; and (4) allow a qualified small business, other than a tax-exempt organization, to use a portion, up to $250,000 in a taxable year, of its tax credit for increasing research expenditures as an offset against its employment tax liability. Defines "qualified small business" as a corporation, partnership, or S corporation if the gross receipts of such entity for the taxable year are less than $5 million and such entity did not have gross receipts for any period preceding the 5-year period ending with such taxable year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1921
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2014-01-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government information and archives
Marketing and advertising
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: 
Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2013 - Requires each communication funded by a federal agency for advertising or educational purposes to clearly state: (1) in the case of a printed communication, including mass mailings, signs, and billboards, that the communication is printed and published at taxpayer expense; and (2) in the case of a communication transmitted through radio, television, or the Internet, that the communication is produced and disseminated at taxpayer expense. Requires any such printed communication, including e-mails, to be of sufficient size to be clearly readable, to be set apart from the other contents of the communication, and to be printed with a reasonable degree of color contrast between the background and the printed statement. Exempts from such requirements: (1) information in or relating to a solicitation for offers for a federal contract or applications or submissions of a bid or proposal for a federal grant or other means of funding under a federal program; and (2) advertisements for employment opportunities, not including advertising materials developed for use in recruiting and retaining personnel for the Armed Forces. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Food Stamp Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act

Bill: 113-s-1922
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2014-01-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Food assistance and relief
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: 
Food Stamp Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to disqualify from the supplemental nutrition assistance program (formerly known as the food stamp program) any person who has been found by a state or federal court or administrative agency hearing to have intentionally used an electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card that was issued to a household of which the person is not a member.
 
Requires a state agency, if it elects not to require an EBT card to contain a photograph of one or more household members, to list on the EBT card the name of each household member who may use the card.
 
Requires a member of a household with such an EBT card to show photographic identification at the point of sale when using the card.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-1923
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2014-01-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Corporate finance and management
Licensing and registrations
Securities
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: 
Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2014 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to exempt from its registration requirements certain merger and acquisition (M&A) brokers and associated persons.
 
Denies such registration exemption, however, to brokers who: (1) receive, hold, transmit, or have custody of any funds or securities to be exchanged by parties to a transfer of ownership of an eligible privately held company; or (2) engage on behalf of an issuer in a public offering of securities that are either subject to mandatory registration, or with respect to which the issuer must file periodic information, documents, and reports. 
 
Prohibits the construction of this Act to limit any other authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to exempt any person, or any class of persons, from any provision of this Act, including any related rule or regulation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require a report on INF Treaty compliance information sharing.

Bill: 113-s-1924
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2014-01-14 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Arms control and nonproliferation
Congressional oversight
Europe
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International law and treaties
Nuclear weapons
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: 
Directs the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and the Director of National Intelligence, to report to Congress regarding information and intelligence sharing with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and NATO countries on compliance issues related to the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF Treaty).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Data Security Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-1927
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2014-01-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Computer security and identity theft
Consumer credit
Department of the Treasury
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal preemption
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Insurance industry and regulation
National Credit Union Administration
Right of privacy
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: 
Data Security Act of 2014 - Prescribes security procedures which an entity that maintains or communicates sensitive account or personal information must implement and enforce in order to protect the information from an unauthorized use likely to result in substantial harm or inconvenience to the consumer.
 
Grants exclusive enforcement powers to specified federal regulatory agencies with oversight of financial institutions. 
 
Denies a private right of action, including a class action, regarding any act or practice regulated under this Act.
 
Prohibits any civil or criminal action in state court or under state law relating to any act or practice governed under this Act.
 
Prescribes data security standards to be implemented by federal agencies.
 
Preempts state law with respect to the responsibilities of any person to protect against and investigate such data security breaches and mitigate any losses or harm resulting from them.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-03
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on National Security and  International Trade and Finance. Hearings held.
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Government Accountability Office to study the expenses incurred by the Pentagon to meet its renewable energy  and energy efficiency mandates.

Bill: 113-s-1928
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2014-01-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Congressional oversight
Energy prices
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government studies and investigations
Military facilities and property
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: 
Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to: (1) review Department of Defense (DOD) programs and organizations related to, and resourcing of, renewable energy research, development, and investment in pursuit of meeting mandated renewable energy goals for DOD facilities; (2) specify programs, costs, and estimated and expected savings; and (3) report to Congress with descriptions of current renewable energy initiatives and resulting savings, assessments of coordination and challenges, and recommendations regarding the need for a new DOD energy strategy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Introduced in Senate
King Cove All-Weather Road Corridor Act

Bill: 113-s-1929
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2014-01-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Aviation and airports
Land transfers
Roads and highways
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: 
King Cove All-Weather Road Corridor Act - Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the state of Alaska federal land within the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and on Sitkinak Island for the purpose of constructing a single-lane gravel road between the communities of King Cove and Cold Bay, Alaska, in exchange for non-federal land owned by the state and the King Cove Corporation.
 
 Adds the conveyed non-federal and other specified land to the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge or the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge, as appropriate. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Uphold Our Promise to Veterans Act

Bill: 113-s-1930
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2014-01-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Egypt
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign loans and debt
Forests, forestry, trees
Government studies and investigations
Inflation and prices
International organizations and cooperation
Land transfers
Libya
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Pakistan
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Terrorism
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: 
Uphold Our Promise to Veterans Act - Repeals the provision of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 that reduces the cost-of-living adjustment to the retirement pay of members of the Armed Forces under age 62.
 
Suspends delivery of defense articles and services to the Government of Egypt until democratic elections and a peaceful transfer of power have taken place. Prohibits assistance to the Governments of Libya and Pakistan and to any country where a U.S. diplomatic facility has been attacked until the President certifies to Congress that such country has cooperated with investigations into such attack and have taken steps to prevent any future attack. 
 
Authorizes the sale of 8% of federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and 8% of National Forest System land. Requires proceeds from the sale of such land to be used to reduce the annual federal budget deficit or the outstanding national debt. Terminates the authority for the sale of such lands when sales proceeds equal $3.5 million or at the end of FY2024, whichever occurs first.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Diabetic Testing Supply Access Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-1935
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2014-01-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: 
Diabetic Testing Supply Access Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to deny the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) authority to restrict or eliminate a Medicare beneficiary's option of electing, regardless of delivery method (except by mail and private parcel service), to have diabetic testing supplies delivered to him or her by retail community pharmacies, including one that contracts with a long-term care facility, assisted living facility, group home, or other type of residential setting recognized by the state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to improve the response to missing children and victims of child sex trafficking.

Bill: 113-s-1936
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2014-01-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Human trafficking
Law enforcement administration and funding
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: 
Amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to require the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's annual grant to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to be used (among other things) to operate a cyber tipline to provide online users and electronic service providers an effective means of reporting Internet-related child sexual exploitation in the area of child sex trafficking (currently, child prostitution).
 
Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require each state reporting on missing children to: (1) provide, with respect to each missing child report, a recent photograph of the child, if available; (2) direct the law enforcement agency that entered the report into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) to verify and update such record with any additional information no later than 30 days after the original entry of the record into the state law enforcement system and NCIC computer networks and to maintain close liaison with state and local child welfare systems for the exchange of information and technical assistance; and (3) grant permission to the NCIC Terminal Contractor for the state to update the missing person record in the NCIC computer networks with additional information learned during the investigation relating to the missing person.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in Senate