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Ensuring Equal Access to Treatments Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4857
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2014-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: 
Ensuring Equal Access to Treatments Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create certain additional groups of covered OPD services that classify separately, from those that do not utilize such a drug, procedures that utilize a drug (other than contrast agents and diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals) that both has a cost above the drug packaging threshold and functions as a supply when used in a diagnostic test or procedure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2014-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
San Gabriel National Recreation Area Act

Bill: 113-hr-4858
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2014-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
California
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Property rights
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: 
San Gabriel National Recreation Area Act - Designates approximately 615,245 acres of federal lands and interests in California as the San Gabriel National Recreation Area. 
 
Requires National Forest System lands within the Recreation Area to be administered by the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and park lands to be administered by the Department of the Interior as a unit of the National Park System. 
Transfers approximately 2,987 acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to the National Park Service. 
Requires Interior and USDA to manage the land in a manner that protects and enhances the land's natural resources and values. 
Directs Interior and USDA to consult with the Secretary of Defense (DOD) regarding opportunities to manage the Army Corps of Engineers lands within the Recreation Area. 
Establishes the San Gabriel National Recreation Area Public Advisory Council and the San Gabriel National Recreation Area Partnership. 
Requires Interior, USDA, and the San Gabriel National Recreation Area Public Advisory Council to create a comprehensive management plan for the Recreation Area. 
Withdraws the land from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. Permits grazing on Forest System lands where it is already established. 
Requires Interior to develop an integrated visitor services plan for the Recreation Area. Authorizes USDA and Interior to construct visitor use facilities. Requires Interior to conduct a study on the Area's accessibility.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Government Services Accessibility Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4859
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2014-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Public contracts and procurement
Public transit

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: 
Government Services Accessibility Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) from leasing a building for a federal agency unless the Administrator determines that the building to be leased would satisfy requirements relating to access to public transportation, including any requirement that the building is located not greater than a certain distance from public transportation that operates regularly throughout the building's normal business hours.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Students from Failing Institutions Act

Bill: 113-hr-4860
Sponsor: Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2014-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Educational facilities and institutions
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: 
Protecting Students from Failing Institutions Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to discharge a borrower's liability on a loan under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program if the student borrower, or the student on whose behalf a parent borrowed, is unable to complete the program in which such student is enrolled due to the closing of a campus or branch of the institution of higher education (IHE).
 
Prohibits a student's period of attendance at a campus or branch that closed and prevented the student from completing the student's course of study from: (1) being considered in calculating the student's period of eligibility for additional assistance under title IV, or (2) counting towards the student's duration limit for Federal Pell Grants.
 
Provides such liability discharge and eligibility protections to borrowers who withdraw from an IHE no more than 120 days before the closure of the campus or branch of the IHE at which they are enrolled if that closure would have prevented them from completing the program in which they were enrolled.
 
Allows a borrower who receives a Federal Pell Grant for an academic year for enrollment in a program at an IHE campus or branch that closes to use the remaining amount of the Federal Pell Grant for such academic year at another IHE even if the borrower is considered able to complete the program in which the borrower is enrolled.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-06-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5735)
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E979-980)
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Commission for Our Veterans' Care Act

Bill: 113-hr-4861
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10]
Introduced: 2014-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health personnel
Performance measurement
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: 
Commission for Our Veterans' Care Act - Establishes the Commission on Access to Care to undertake a comprehensive evaluation and assessment of access to health care at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
 
Includes among the matters to be evaluated and assessed by the Commission:
 
 
the appropriateness of the VA's current standards concerning access to health care,
 
the measurement of such standards,
 
the appropriateness of performance standards and incentives in relation to the VA's current standards for access to health care,
 
staffing levels throughout the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and whether they are sufficient to meet current demand.
 
 
Directs the President to require the VA Secretary and the heads of other relevant federal agencies to implement each recommendation that the President considers feasible and advisable and determines can be implemented without further legislative action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Our Vets Deserve Better Act

Bill: 113-hr-4862
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10]
Introduced: 2014-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: 
Our Vets Deserve Better Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), within 30 days after this Act's enactment, to meet with specified advisory committees to receive administrative and policy recommendations to improve the VA health care system.
 
Lists those advisory committees as:
 
 
the Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs,
 
the Genomic Medicine Program Advisory Committee,
 
the Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee,
 
the Health Services Research and Development Service Scientific Merit Review Board,
 
the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses,
 
the Special Medical Advisory Group,
 
the Veterans' Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation, and
 
the Veterans' Rural Health Advisory Committee.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
National Guard and Reserve Equal Access to Legal Services Act

Bill: 113-hr-4863
Sponsor: Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2]
Introduced: 2014-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Crime victims
Crimes against women
Lawyers and legal services
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: 
National Guard and Reserve Equal Access to Legal Services Act - Expands eligibility for legal assistance provided by the Armed Forces special victims' counsel for eligible members and dependents who are victims of sex-related offenses to include a member of a reserve component who is a victim of an alleged sex-offense committed by a member of the Armed Forces during: (1) a period in which the individual served on active duty, full-time National Guard duty, or inactive-duty training; or (2) any period, regardless of the duty status of the individual, if the circumstances of the alleged sex-related offense have a nexus to the military service of the individual based on the membership in the Armed Forces of either the victim or the member who allegedly committed such offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4864
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2014-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Air quality
Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Educational facilities and institutions
Emergency communications systems
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health facilities and institutions
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Housing industry and standards
Low- and moderate-income housing
Product safety and quality
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: 
 Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2014 - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to establish a grant program to provide assistance to states that require compliant carbon monoxide alarms to be installed in dwelling units.
 
Defines &quot;compliant carbon monoxide alarm&quot; as an alarm that complies with the American National Standard for Single and Multiple Station Carbon Monoxide Alarms as well as the American National Standard for Gas and Vapor Detectors and Sensors.
 
Permits states receiving grants to use such funds to: (1) purchase and install such alarms in dwelling units of low-income families or elderly persons, childcare facilities, public schools, senior centers, or student dwelling units owned by public universities; (2) train state or local fire code enforcement officials regarding compliance and installation; and (3) educate the public about the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Family Coverage Act

Bill: 113-hr-4865
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2014-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: 
Family Coverage Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretaries of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Treasury have the administrative authority, within their respective jurisdictions, to apply the affordability provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act so as to expand access to affordable health insurance coverage for working families without further legislation. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the affordability requirement for the tax credit for health care premium assistance to provide that an employee is eligible for premium assistance if his or her required contribution to an employer-sponsored health care plan does not exceed 9.5% of family household income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Lesser Prairie Chicken Voluntary Recovery Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4866
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2014-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Birds
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: 
Lesser Prairie Chicken Voluntary Recovery Act of 2014 - Removes the Department of the Interior's listing of the lesser prairie chicken as threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Prohibits further treatment of the species as threatened or endangered before January 31, 2020.
 
Requires Interior to monitor and submit an annual report on progress in the conservation of the lesser prairie chicken under:
 
 
the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-Wide Conservation Plan of the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies,
 
all related Candidate Conservation Agreements (agreements to voluntarily undertake measures to conserve a covered species),
 
 Candidate Conservation Agreements With Assurances (agreements to voluntarily undertake measures to conserve a covered species with assurances that additional measures will not be imposed if the species becomes listed in the future), 
 
 conservation programs administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the Department of Agriculture (USDA),
 
state conservation programs, and 
 
private conservation efforts. 
 
 
Prohibits the lesser prairie chicken from being treated as threatened or endangered beginning on January 31, 2020, unless Interior publishes a determination that conservation efforts under the Range-Wide Plan, agreements, programs, and efforts have not achieved the Plan's conservation goals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Moving to Work Expansion Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4868
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2014-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: 
Moving to Work Expansion Act of 2014 - Increases the number of public housing agencies (PHAs) authorized to participate in the Moving-to-Work demonstration program by 10 over the number of PHAs currently authorized.
 
Authorizes the selection of a PHA for participation in the demonstration program only if it administers, in the aggregate, 10,000 or more public housing dwelling units and housing choice vouchers under Section 8 (rental assistance voucher program) of the United States Housing Act of 1937.
 
Prohibits selected PHAs from being provided any funding from low-income housing assistance, the Capital Fund, or the Operating Fund under the Act in addition to the funding they would otherwise receive without such participation.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Department of Energy Research and Development Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4869
Sponsor: Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Alternative and renewable resources
Atmospheric science and weather
Biological and life sciences
Building construction
Chemistry
Coal
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Energy
Education programs funding
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Lighting, heating, cooling
Nuclear power
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Public utilities and utility rates
Radioactive wastes and releases
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Technology transfer and commercialization
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: 
Department of Energy Research and Development Act of 2014 - Enabling Innovation for Science, Technology, and Energy in America Act of 2014 or the EINSTEIN Act - Authorizes and modified Department of Energy (DOE) programs related to science, basic research, and applied energy research and development. Authorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2015 for these purposes. 
 
Directs the DOE Office of Science to carry out research programs related to:
 
 
basic energy sciences, including materials sciences and engineering, chemical sciences, physical biosciences, and geosciences;
 
advanced scientific computing; high energy physics;
 
biological and environmental research;
 
fusion energy; and
 
nuclear physics.
 
 
Requires the Office of Science to carry out a program to improve the safety, efficiency, and mission readiness of infrastructure at its laboratories. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Energy to make public specified details related to cost-share waivers, technology transfer agreements, and financial awards.
 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to set forth policies related to technology transfer activities.
 
Requires the Secretary to review all DOE science and technology activities and develop a plan to improve collaboration and coordination in research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities.
 
Directs DOE to carry out nuclear energy research and development, including research related to reactor concepts, small modular reactors, conventional improvements to nuclear power plants, and fuel cycles. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Ending Special Mail Privileges for Congress Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4872
Sponsor: Rep. Woodall, Rob [R-GA-7]
Introduced: 2014-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional operations and organization
Members of Congress
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: 
Ending Special Mail Privileges for Congress Act of 2014 - Amends federal postal law to repeal franking privileges for mail transmitted by Members of Congress and congressional officials. Requires the mail to be transmitted as congressional mail.
 
Replaces requirements and procedures for the use of franked mail with those for congressional mail.
 
Repeals franked mailing privileges for survivors of Members of Congress.
 
Requires a former President and his or her surviving spouse to send nonpolitical mail within the United States and its territories and possessions as congressional mail instead of franked mail.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2014-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2014-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Introduced in House