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To prohibit funds made available to the Department of Education or the Department of Justice from being used to provide postsecondary courses in prisons.

Bill: 113-hr-4081
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2014-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Appropriations
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Department of Education
Department of Justice
Education programs funding
Executive agency funding and structure
Higher education
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: 
Prohibits funds made available to the Department of Education or the Department of Justice (DOJ) from being used to provide postsecondary courses to inmates in federal or state prisons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2014-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2014-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the work opportunity tax credit and to provide such credit for hiring long-term unemployed individuals.

Bill: 113-hr-4082
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2014-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Income tax credits
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the work opportunity tax credit through 2015 and allow the credit for the hiring of a qualified long-term unemployed individual. Defines "qualified long-term unemployed individual" as any individual who: (1) is certified as being in receipt of unemployment compensation during the entire 26-week period ending on the date such individual is hired, or (2) would have received unemployment compensation for such period but had exhausted the right to such compensation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Distillery Excise Tax Reform Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4083
Sponsor: Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2014-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: 
Distillery Excise Tax Reform Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the rate of the excise tax on distilled spirits to $2.70 per proof gallon (currently, $13.50 per proof gallon) on the first 100,000 gallons produced by a distilled spirits producer during the calendar year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Community Gardening and Nutrition Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4084
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2014-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Agricultural education
Agricultural practices and innovations
Food assistance and relief
Health promotion and preventive care
National and community service
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: 
Community Gardening and Nutrition Act of 2014 - Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to require the Director of the Corporation for National and Community Service to establish a Community Garden Pilot Program under the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program.
 
Requires the Program to address the health and nutrition of individuals in low-income and underserved communities through activities that include:
 
 
creating new community gardens and supporting and expanding existing community gardens;
 
recruiting local community members to actively engage in community gardens and gardening projects;
 
transforming vacant places into community garden plots;
 
increasing community members' access to healthy foods and local foods while also encouraging them to stay active;
 
expanding anti-poverty efforts by teaching basic nutrition and self-reliance through community gardening; and
 
developing initiatives that increase the community's access to healthy, locally grown foods.
 
 
Requires the Director to carry out at least 40 projects under the Program.
 
Requires the Director to give priority to: (1) volunteers with experience in health, nutrition, and gardening; (2) projects located in varied geographic regions; and (3) selecting a balance of urban and rural projects.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4085
Sponsor: Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
Introduced: 2014-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commuting
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: 
Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act of 2014 - Prohibits a state from imposing an income tax on the compensation of a nonresident individual for any period in which such individual is not physically present in or working in such state or from deeming such nonresident individual to be present in or working in such state on the grounds that: (1) such individual is present at or working at home for convenience, or (2) such individual's work at home fails any convenience of the employer test or any similar test.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Empowering Youth Through Summer Employment Act

Bill: 113-hr-4087
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2014-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Performance measurement
Temporary and part-time employment
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: 
Empowering Youth Through Summer Employment Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Labor to award grants to states to help local areas with high concentrations of eligible youth to carry out summer employment programs to provide those youth with summer employment opportunities directly linked to academic and occupational learning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Help Communities Fight Violent Crime Act

Bill: 113-hr-4088
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2014-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention
Law enforcement administration and funding
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: 
Help Communities Fight Violent Crime Act - Authorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018 to the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) for the conduct of Violent Crime Reduction Partnerships in: (1) the 10 most violent cities in the United States with a population of more than 100,000 individuals, and (2) any community that is in close proximity to any such city.
 
Authorizes the Director to transfer such appropriated funds to any other federal agency or instrumentality for conducting activities under such a Partnership.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2014-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2014-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income compensation received by employees consisting of qualified distributions of employer stock.

Bill: 113-hr-4089
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2014-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Securities
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an employee: (1) shares of employer securities received in a qualified employee stock distribution as compensation for services that do not exceed the lowest number of employer securities received by any employee in such distribution; (2) any gain on such securities if held by an employee for not less than 10 years; and (3) in the case of any qualified disposition of an employer security that meets such 10-year holding requirement, any gain on so much stock acquired during the 60-day period beginning on the date of such disposition as does not exceed the fair market value of the employer security so disposed.
 
Allows employers a tax deduction for the fair market value of securities transferred in a stock distribution. Requires an employee to recapture in gross income the amount of employer securities excluded from gross income if such securities are disposed of within five years after receipt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Constitutional Check and Balance Act

Bill: 113-hr-4091
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2014-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Members of Congress
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: 
Constitutional Check and Balance Act - Authorizes any Member of Congress who casts a recorded vote on final passage of a version of a bill or joint resolution enacting a provision into law to bring an action for declaratory or injunctive relief in an appropriate U.S. district court to compel an executive branch official to enforce the provision, if the President or any other executive branch official issues a memorandum or other written statement directing the official to not enforce it.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4095
Sponsor: Rep. Runyan, Jon [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2014-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance
Inflation and prices
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: 
 Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase, as of December 1, 2014, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children.
 
Requires each such increase to be the same percentage as the increase in benefits provided under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, on the same effective date.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Introduced in House
American Heroes COLA Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4096
Sponsor: Rep. Runyan, Jon [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2014-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance
Inflation and prices
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: 
American Heroes COLA Act of 2014 - Requires that, whenever there is an increase in benefit amounts payable under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) shall increase by the same percentage the amounts payable as veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled adult children, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Horse Protection Amendments Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-4098
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2014-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Department of Agriculture
Mammals
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Public-private cooperation
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: 
Horse Protection Amendments Act of 2013 [
sic
] - Amends the Horse Protection Act to replace the Designated Qualified Persons program responsible for inspecting horses for soring with a new inspection system. (The soring of horses is any of various actions taken on a horse's limb to produce a higher gait that may cause pain, distress, inflammation, or lameness.)
 
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a single Horse Industry Organization (HIO) in order to establish a formal affiliation with the management of each horse sale, horse exhibition, and horse sale or auction, appoint inspectors to conduct inspections, and otherwise ensure compliance with the Horse Protection Act.
 
Directs the appointment of individuals by the Commissioners of Agriculture for Tennessee and Kentucky to govern the HIO. Requires those individuals to appoint individuals representing the Tennessee Walking Horse industry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Introduced in House
TREE Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4099
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2014-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of Agriculture
Executive agency funding and structure
Forests, forestry, trees
Pest management

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: 
Temporary Resources for Emergency Eradication Act of 2014 or TREE Act of 2014 - Makes FY2014 supplemental appropriations to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) for: (1) tree and wood pests activities of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, and (2) cooperative land forest health management and urban and community forestry activities of the Forest Service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2014-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2014-02-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E250)
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Introduced in House
LOCAL Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4100
Sponsor: Rep. Cotton, Tom [R-AR-4]
Introduced: 2014-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Outdoor recreation
Public-private cooperation
Sports and recreation facilities
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: 
Local Organization Cooperative Agreement for Land and Facility Maintenance Act of 2014 or the LOCAL Act of 2014 - Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to authorize the Secretary of the Army to permit a non-federal public or private entity that has entered into a cooperative agreement for the operation and management of recreation facilities and natural resources at civil works projects under the Secretary's jurisdiction to collect user fees for the use of developed recreation sites and facilities, whether developed or constructed by such entity or the Department of the Army.
 
Permits such an entity to retain up to 100% of the fees collected and use them for operation, maintenance, and management at the recreation site where they were collected. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2014)
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Introduced in House
TIME Act

Bill: 113-hr-4101
Sponsor: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2014-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: 
Timely Information Management Enforcement Act or the TIME Act - Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to provide covered beneficiaries and providers participating in the TRICARE program with written notice explaining changes to any program benefits.
 
Requires such notification through both mail and electronic means by the earlier of: (1) the date that would afford such individuals adequate time to understand and respond to the change, and (2) 90 days before the change becomes effective. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify that the estate of a deceased veteran may receive certain accrued benefits upon the death of the veteran, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-4102
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2014-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: 
 Provides for the payment of certain accrued benefits to the estate of a deceased veteran upon the veteran's death.
 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay to the estate of Shelton Hickerson, formerly of Indianapolis, Indiana, the amount that the Secretary awarded to Hickerson upon his death but that was not payable to any survivor, or to the estate, of Hickerson.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Introduced in House
American Royalties Too Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4103
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2014-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Art, artists, authorship
Congressional agencies
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Intellectual property
Library of Congress
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: 
American Royalties Too Act of 2014 - Expands copyright owners' exclusive rights, in the case of a work of visual art, to include the right to collect or authorize the collection of a royalty if the work is sold by a person other than the author for at least $5,000 in an auction.
 
Defines &quot;auction&quot; as a public sale of visual art to the highest bidder run by an entity that sold at least $1 million of works of visual art during the previous year.
 
Revises the term &quot;work of visual art&quot; to make requirements for photographs consistent with requirements for paintings, drawings, and prints. (Currently, a photograph must be a still photographic image produced for exhibition purposes only.)
 
Limits the amount of such a royalty to the lesser of: (1) 5% of the purchase price; or (2) $35,000, subject to cost-of-living adjustments.
 
Directs entities conducting such auctions to collect and pay the royalties to a visual artists' copyright collecting society. Requires the collecting society, at least four times each year, to distribute the appropriate royalties (minus administrative expenses) to authors or successor copyright owners.
 
Requires an author of a work of visual art, in order to be eligible to receive such a royalty, to: (1) be a citizen of, or domiciled in, the United States or a country that provides resale royalty rights; or (2) have first created the work in the United States or a country that provides such royalty rights.
 
Establishes a copyright infringement offense for the failure to pay such a royalty. Subjects infringers to: (1) statutory damages, and (2) liability for the full royalty. 
 
Prohibits the sale, assignment, or waiver of the right to collect such a royalty, subject to exceptions for works made for hire and transfers of copyright ownership. 
 
Directs the Register of Copyrights to issue regulations governing visual artists' copyright collecting societies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Introduced in House