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Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Infrastructure Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2573
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2014-07-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: 
Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Infrastructure Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property expenditures, to: (1) increase the rate of such credit from 30% to 50% for hydrogen-related alternative fuel vehicles, (2) eliminate the dollar limitation on such credit for hydrogen-related vehicles, (3) allow such credit for off-highway motor vehicles designed for carrying or towing loads, and (4) extend such credit through 2016 for property related to hydrogen.
 
Increases the 30% energy tax credit for investment in fuel cell property to: (1) 40% for fuel cell property used in a combined heat and power system having an energy efficiency percentage of at least 60% but less than 70%, and (2) 50% for fuel cell property having an energy efficiency percentage of 70% or more. Increases the maximum dollar amount of the energy tax credit for investment in qualified fuel cell property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Healthy Families Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2574
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2014-07-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Health promotion and preventive care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: 
Healthy Families Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to make the United States Preventive Services Task Force subject to Federal Advisory Committee Act requirements, including open meetings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Sage-Grouse Accountability and Private Conservation Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2575
Sponsor: Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT]
Introduced: 2014-07-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Birds
Colorado
Congressional oversight
Endangered and threatened species
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Livestock
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Roads and highways
Utah
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: 
Sage-Grouse Accountability and Private Conservation Act of 2014 - Directs the Department of the Interior to report on the status of the greater sage-grouse conservation efforts by December 15, 2014. Requires the report to include a description of: (1) public (federal and state) and private programs and expenditures, (2) existing state management plans as well as plans that have been announced but not yet implemented, and (3) plans by land management agencies. 
 
Authorizes the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide funding under its agricultural land easements program for a conservation easement in an amount that is up to 75% of the value of land with greater or Gunnison sage-grouse habitat of special environmental significance. Adds maximizing the protection of that habitat as a consideration when ranking applications to the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Maritime Washington National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 113-s-2576
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2014-07-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: 
Maritime Washington National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Maritime Washington National Heritage Area in Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, San Juan, Island, King, Pierce, Thurston, Mason, Kitsap, Jefferson, Clallam, and Grays Harbor Counties in the state of Washington. 
 
Designates the Pacific Northwest Maritime Heritage Advisory Council operating under the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation as the local coordinating entity for the Heritage Area. 
 
Requires the Council to submit a management plan for the Heritage Area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-493.
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Women's Health From Corporate Interference Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2578
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2014-07-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Comprehensive health care
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Labor
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Family planning and birth control
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Religion
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: 
Protect Women's Health From Corporate Interference Act of 2014 - Affirms requirements, notwithstanding the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, that: (1) an employer that establishes or maintains a group health plan for its employees must provide coverage of a specific item or service for the employees or their dependents where the coverage is required under federal provisions or regulations pursuant to those provisions; and (2) group health plans sponsored by an employer or employee organization, and any health insurance coverage, must provide coverage required under the Public Health Service Act, including preventive health services.
 
 Authorizes the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Treasury to modify regulations concerning coverage of contraceptive services by group health plans of religious employers consistent with the purposes and findings (regarding coverage of birth control services and the Supreme Court decisions in 
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
 and 
Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Burwell
) of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-16
text: Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to the measure (Record Vote No. 228) entered in Senate. (consideration: CR S4535)
action_date: 2014-07-16
text: Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 56 - 43. Record Vote Number: 228. (consideration: CR S4535; text: CR S4535)
action_date: 2014-07-16
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4513, S4528-4535)
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4461, S4480)
action_date: 2014-07-14
text: Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S4451; text: CR S4451)
action_date: 2014-07-14
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4443-4445, S4451-4452)
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 459.
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Secretary of State to offer rewards totaling up to $5,000,000 for information on the kidnapping and murder of Naftali Fraenkel, a dual United States-Israeli citizen, that began on June 12, 2014.

Bill: 113-s-2579
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2014-07-09 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Israel
Middle East
Violent crime
West Bank

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: 
Directs the Secretary of State, in accordance with the Rewards for Justice program authorized under the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, to offer a reward of up to $5 million to any individual who furnishes information leading to the arrest or conviction in any country of any individual for committing, conspiring or attempting to commit, or aiding or abetting in the commission of the kidnapping and murder of Naftali Fraenkel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 460.
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2580
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2014-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Georgia
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: 
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act of 2014 - Redesignates the Ocmulgee National Monument in Georgia as the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park. 
 
Adjusts the boundary of the Historical Park to include approximately 2,100 acres.
 
Directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the Ocmulgee River corridor between the cities of Macon, Georgia, and Hawkinsville, Georgia, to determine: (1) the national significance of the study area; (2) the suitability and feasibility of adding land in the study area to the National Park System; and (3) the methods and means for the protection and interpretation of the study area by the National Park Service, other federal, state, or local government entities, or private or nonprofit organizations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2581
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2014-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: 
Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2014 - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to promulgate a rule requiring liquid nicotine containers to be designed with special packaging that is difficult for children under five years of age to open or to obtain harmful contents from.

action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 

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

 
Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2014 - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to promulgate a rule requiring liquid nicotine containers to be designed with special packaging that is difficult for children under five years of age to open or to obtain harmful contents from.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-311.
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-311.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 571.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Rockefeller without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Rockefeller without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2014-09-17
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4406)
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4406)
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate
ADAPT Act

Bill: 113-s-2582
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2014-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business education
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement
Rural conditions and development
Small business
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: 
American Diversification and Progress in Trade Act of 2014 or the ADAPT Act - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a pilot program to assist in expanding and diversifying the business of small businesses the majority of whose business consists of amounts awarded under federal contracts and subcontracts, particularly in geographic areas, including rural areas, where amounts awarded for federal contracts and subcontracts are a significant driver of the local economy.
 
Requires the Administrator to report to Congress on how SBA is addressing the need for such small businesses to expand and diversify business during periods of decline in appropriations for federal contracting, including an analysis of how such declines would impact growth among such small businesses, particularly those owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, women, or socially and economically disadvantaged. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Educating Tomorrow's Workforce Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2584
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2014-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: 
Educating Tomorrow's Workforce Act of 2014 - Amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to revise the requirements for the plan of a state seeking federal assistance for career and technical education programs. Requires the state plan to describe how the eligible state agency will ensure the quality of any program of study culminating in an industry-recognized certificate, credential, or license.
 
Requires state agency leadership activities to support career academies which:
 
 
implement a college and career ready curriculum at the secondary education level integrating rigorous academic, technical, and employability contents;
 
include experiential or work-based learning for secondary school students, in collaboration with local and regional employers;
 
include opportunities for secondary school students to earn postsecondary credit while in secondary school; and
 
establish and maintain ongoing partnerships between the local educational agency, business and industry, and institutions of higher education, or postsecondary vocational institutions, including local government.
 
 
Requires the local plan for career and technical education programs to describe: (1) how the eligible recipient of assistance will assess local needs related to career and technical education as part of the local plan development process, and (2) how this needs assessment will be updated annually, especially on progress toward specific elements leading to high-quality implementation of career and technical education programs of study. 
 
Authorizes the local use of funds for improving such programs to support career academies.
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4408-4409)
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4406-4408)
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Common Access Card Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2586
Sponsor: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL]
Introduced: 2014-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health care quality
Medicaid
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: 
Medicare Common Access Card Act of 2014 - Establishes a pilot program under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) in order to utilize smart card technology for Medicare beneficiary and provider identification cards.
 
Amends SSA title XI to extend through FY2029 funding for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Lawful Ivory Protection Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2587
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2014-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Africa
Department of Homeland Security
Department of the Interior
Department of the Treasury
Endangered and threatened species
Mammals
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: 
Lawful Ivory Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit any regulation that goes in effect after February 24, 2014, from:
 
 
 prohibiting or restricting the possession, sale, delivery, receipt, shipping, or transportation of elephant ivory that has been lawfully imported;
 
changing any methods of, or standards for, determining if ivory has been lawfully imported; or
 
prohibiting or restricting the importation or possession of ivory that was lawfully importable or possessable on that date.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2590
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2014-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Montana
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Public-private cooperation
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: 
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center Act of 2014 - Ratifies the conveyance of 27.29 acres of land from the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks to the United States. 
 
Directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to carry out a pilot project under which USDA offers a lease to the Lewis & Clark Foundation of the land and improvements comprising the federal interest in the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center located in Great Falls, Montana. 
 
Requires the United States to reserve the right to locate, develop, and use the Interpretive Center for other uses by the federal government that are compatible with the purposes and operation of the Center. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Girls Count Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2591
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2014-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crimes against children
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign loans and debt
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Multilateral development programs
Property rights
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
United Nations
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: 
Girls Count Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to: (1) support programs that will contribute to improved civil registration and vital statistics systems with a focus on birth registration; and (2) promote programs that build the capacity of developing countries' national and local legal and policy frameworks to prevent discrimination against girls, and help increase property rights, social security, land tenure, and inheritance rights for women.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate
FLAME Act Amendments Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2593
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2014-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Government trust funds
Land use and conservation
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: 
FLAME Act Amendments Act of 2014 - Amends the FLAME Act of 2009 to revise how the FLAME Funds for the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) are funded. 
 
Makes amounts appropriated to a FLAME Fund available to USDA or Interior for wildfire suppression operations if the department concerned notifies the relevant congressional committees that a wildfire suppression event is eligible for funding from the FLAME Fund.
 
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require certain adjustments to discretionary spending limits to accommodate appropriations for wildfire suppression operations in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at USDA or Interior.
 
Requires adjustments for fire suppression to be made if all amounts in the FLAME Fund established under the FLAME Act of 2009 have been expended and other specified conditions are met.
 
Amends existing disaster funding adjustments to discretionary spending limits to add provisions related to fire suppression adjustments. 
National Forest Jobs and Management Act of 2014 - Authorizes USDA to conduct projects that involve the management or sale of national forest material within certain National Forest System (NFS) lands. 
 
Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to authorize the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to obligate funds to cover any potential cancellation or termination for an agreement or contract under such Act in stages that are economically and programmatically viable. 
 
Requires the Forest Service and BLM to notify Congress before entering into a multiyear agreement or contract that includes a cancellation ceiling in excess of $25 million, but does not include proposed funding for the costs of cancelling up to the ceiling. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate