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To require certifications by prospective contractors with the United States Government that they are not boycotting persons, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-5727
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2014-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Free trade and trade barriers
General Services Administration
Public contracts and procurement
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: 
Requires a revision to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to require a certification from each person that is a prospective government contractor that such person, and any person owned or controlled by such person, is not a boycotting person (a person who refuses to do business with a country with which the United States has a fair trade agreement). Debars from eligibility for federal contracts for at least two years any person who submits a false certification.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2014-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2014-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Adding Ebola to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act

Bill: 113-hr-5729
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2014-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: 
Adding Ebola to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to add filoviruses, a family of viruses that includes the Ebola virus, to the list of tropical diseases under the priority review voucher program, which awards vouchers to sponsors of human drug applications that are approved to prevent or treat tropical diseases. (A voucher entitles the holder to have a future human drug application acted upon by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) within six months.)
 
Changes the process by which infectious diseases that do not significantly impact developed nations and disproportionately affect poor and marginalized populations can be designated as tropical diseases from rulemaking to order of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).
 
Allows priority review vouchers to be transferred between sponsors of human drug applications any number of times.
 Reduces from 365 days to 90 days the advance notice required before submitting a human drug application subject to a priority review voucher.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: Introduced in House
To make nine month foreclosure and eviction protections for servicemembers permanent, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-5730
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2014-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: 
Amends the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 with respect to the one-year period after a service member's military service during which: (1) a court may stay proceedings to enforce an obligation on real or personal property owned by the service member before such military service; and (2) any sale, foreclosure, or seizure of such property shall be invalid without a court order or waiver agreement signed by the service member.
 
Repeals the revival, effective January 1, 2015, of the old nine-month period in place of the one-year period granted by such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Servicemembers Foreclosure Protection Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5731
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2014-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: 
Servicemembers Foreclosure Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 to extend through calendar 2016 the one-year period after a servicemember's military service during which: (1) a court may stay proceedings to enforce an obligation on real or personal property owned by the servicemember before such military service; and (2) any sale, foreclosure, or seizure of such property shall be invalid without a court order or a waiver agreement signed by the servicemember. 
 
Repeals the revival, effective January 1, 2015, of the old nine-month period in place of the one-year period granted by such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Carbon Pollution Transparency Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5733
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2014-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Budget process
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: 
Carbon Pollution Transparency Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to calculate a carbon score for legislation. Requires the score to include projected net greenhouse gas emissions that would result from enactment and implementation of a bill or resolution and the appropriation of any amounts authorized in the legislation. Directs CBO to include the carbon score when carrying out provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 requiring a cost estimate for each bill or resolution reported by any congressional committee except the appropriations committees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2014-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2014-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Right of Return Act

Bill: 113-hr-5734
Sponsor: Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2014-11-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Arab-Israeli relations
Citizenship and naturalization
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign loans and debt
Gaza Strip
Government lending and loan guarantees
International organizations and cooperation
Israel
Middle East
Palestinians
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
United Nations
West Bank

Summary:
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: 
Right of Return Act - Requires the following courses of action: 
 
 
the Secretary of State shall call for Israel to increase the standard of living of those living in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza by extending its sovereignty over those territories, and for the Palestinian Arab residents currently residing in those areas to be granted citizenship in the countries that controlled them from 1949 to 1967 and have a right of return to those countries; 
 
no funds appropriated by Congress may be obligated or expended to provide any U.S. assistance, loan guarantee, or debt relief to the Palestinian Authority (PA) as long as part of the PA unity government refuses to allow such right of return; 
 
the Secretary shall ensure that refugees are allowed to return to their host countries in accordance with United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) regulations; and 
 
all U.S. assistance, loan guarantee, and debt relief that currently go to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) shall instead be used to assist those who exercise their right of return.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: Introduced in House
GRAD Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5735
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2014-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Cultural exchanges and relations
Department of State
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Immigration status and procedures
Medical education
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: 
Grant Residency for Additional Doctors Act of 2014 or the GRAD Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of State to designate a Department of State officer or employee whose sole responsibility during the months of March, April, May, June, and any other period of time as determined by the Secretary, shall be to facilitate the expedited review of J-visa applications of aliens applying for U.S. admission to participate in a program under which they will receive graduate medical education or training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation located in Bethel, Alaska.

Bill: 113-hr-5736
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Health facilities and institutions
Land transfers
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to convey to the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation in Bethel, Alaska, all interest of the United States in certain property (including all land and appurtenances) containing 22.98 acres, for use in connection with health and social services programs. 
 
Shields the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation from being liable for soil, surface water, groundwater, or other contamination resulting from the disposal, release, or presence of environmental contamination, including oil or petroleum products, or hazardous substances on any of the property.
 
Accords to HHS any easement or access to the conveyed property as may be necessary to satisfy any retained obligations and liability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2014-11-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2014-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2014-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Making supplemental appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for purposes of establishing and maintaining mobile hospital units for responding to an epidemic, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-5738
Sponsor: Rep. Bentivolio, Kerry L. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2014-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Homeland security
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2014-11-19
text: 
Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish and maintain mobile hospital units for responding to a possible epidemic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2014-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Dependents' Parity Act

Bill: 113-hr-5740
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2014-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-11-19
text: 
Veterans Dependents' Parity Act - Extends the eligibility of a child for medical care under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) until the child's 26th birthday, regardless of the child's marital status or whether the child is pursuing a full-time course of instruction at an educational institution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Soledad Canyon Settlement Act

Bill: 113-hr-5742
Sponsor: Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2014-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Mining
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2014-11-19
text: 
Soledad Canyon Settlement Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to offer to cancel Bureau of Land Management (BLM) mineral contracts CA-20139 and CA-22901 (located in Soledad Canyon, California) and compensate the contract holder for the cancellation with proceeds from the sale of lands near Victorville, California. Withdraws affected areas from mineral leasing. 
 

action_date: 2014-12-11
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Soledad Canyon Settlement Act - (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to offer to cancel Bureau of Land Management (BLM) mineral contracts CA-20139 and CA-22901 (located in Soledad Canyon, California) and compensate the contract holder for the cancellation with proceeds from the sale of certain lands near Victorville, California. 
 
(Sec. 4) Requires the Secretary to provide to the applicable local land use authority a 30-day exclusive, preemptive right to purchase specified land located within its jurisdiction. 
 
Withdraws affected areas from further mineral entry and leasing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9050-9051)
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9050-9051)
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5742.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9050-9053)
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Mr. Hastings (WA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2014-11-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2014-11-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-11-19
text: Introduced in House
To establish a commission to identify and examine issues of national concern related to the conduct of intercollegiate athletics, to make recommendations for the resolution of the issues, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-5743
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2014-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Advisory bodies
Athletes
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Intellectual property
Labor-management relations
Licensing and registrations
School administration
School athletics
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Sports and recreation facilities
Student aid and college costs
Tax-exempt organizations
Wages and earnings
Women's education
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2014-11-19
text: 
Establishes the Presidential Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics to review, analyze, and report to the President and Congress on the following issues related to intercollegiate athletics:
 
 
the interaction of athletics and academics,
 
the financing of intercollegiate athletics,
 
the recruitment and retention of student athletes,
 
oversight and governance practices,
 
health and safety protections for student athletes,
 
due process and other protections related to the enforcement of student athlete rules and regulations, and
 
any other issues the Commission considers relevant to understanding the state of intercollegiate athletics.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-11-19
text: Introduced in House
SWIC Enhancement Act

Bill: 113-hr-5744
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2014-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Emergency communications systems
Emergency planning and evacuation
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-11-19
text: 
State Wide Interoperable Communications Enhancement Act or the SWIC Enhancement Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require a state to include in its application for State Homeland Security Grant Program funding a certification: (1) that the governor of the state has designated a Statewide Interoperability Coordinator, or (2) indicating that the state is performing the functions of such a Coordinator in another manner and identifying the primary point of contact for performance of such functions.
 
Sets forth as such Coordinator's functions: 
 
 
overseeing the daily operations of the state's interoperability efforts; 
 
coordinating state interoperability and communications projects and grant applications for such projects; 
 
establishing and maintaining working groups to develop and implement key interoperability initiatives; and 
 
implementing and updating a Statewide Communications Interoperability Plan that specifies the current status of state efforts to enhance communications interoperability within the state, including future goals for communications interoperability among emergency response agencies in the state. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.
action_date: 2014-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2014-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing Officers and Enlisted Men of the Korean Constabulary Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5745
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2014-11-19 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Cemeteries and funerals
Congressional tributes
South Korea
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-11-19
text: 
Recognizing Officers and Enlisted Men of the Korean Constabulary Act of 2014 - Commends the veterans of the Korean Constabulary and thanks them for their support during the difficult times leading to the establishment of South Korea. (The Korean Constabulary undertook internal security tasks on behalf of the U.S. military government in Korea and the South Korean people from November 1945 to January 1949.)
 
Requires the Secretary of State to urge the South Korean government to: (1) reexamine Article 16-9 of South Korea's Military Pension Act, and (2) expeditiously locate the records and remains of 7,235 combat dead of the Korean Constabulary. (Article 16-9 of South Korea's Military Pension Act denies veterans of the Korean Constabulary coverage for their service prior to the establishment of South Korea.)
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to submit a report that: (1) describes potential awards and recognition for officers and enlisted men of the Korean Constabulary, and (2) examines the possibility of establishing new awards and recognition for those individuals if no awards or recognition currently apply.
 
Includes among persons who are eligible for interment in national cemeteries any veteran of the Korean Constabulary who, at the time of death, resided in the United States and was a citizen of, or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in, the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2014-11-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Armed Services, 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: 2014-11-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Armed Services, 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: 2014-11-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Armed Services, 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: 2014-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-11-19
text: Introduced in House