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Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Enhancement Act

Bill: 113-hr-4499
Sponsor: Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
Introduced: 2014-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: 
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Enhancement Act - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to include the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board as a recipient of: (1) FISA court procedural rule changes, decisions, and pleadings; (2) the Attorney General's (DOJ) annual report to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Court regarding applications and orders for electronic surveillance; (3) the Attorney General's reports to Congress concerning electronic surveillance, physical searches, pen registers and trap and trace devices, production of tangible things (commonly referred to as business records), the number of persons targeted by the government under FISA authorities, and procedures for targeting persons; (4) reports by the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) assessing compliance with minimization procedures for targeting persons reasonably believed to be located outside the United States other than U.S. persons, including reviews of the number of targets who were later determined to be located in the United States; and (5) annual reports of each element of the intelligence community authorized to acquire targeted foreign intelligence information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2014-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2014-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: Introduced in House
To improve the management of cyber and information technology ranges and facilities of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-4500
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2014-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computers and information technology
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: 
Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 to require the Principal Cyber Advisor (PCA) (the principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense on military cyber forces) to establish and submit to Congress a comprehensive list of cyber and information technology ranges and facilities of the Department of Defense (DOD).
 
Defines &quot;cyber and information technology ranges and facilities&quot; as cyber ranges, test facilities, test beds, and other DOD means for testing, training, and developing software, personnel, and tools for accommodating DOD's mission.
 
Requires the PCA to determine, on a case-by-case basis, whether listed ranges and facilities should be managed centrally to increase efficiency, should provide capability or capacity to more DOD elements, or both.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish or designate an entity to coordinate such ranges and facilities that the PCA determines should be centrally managed. Requires the head of such entity to: (1) manage and identify opportunities for integration of such ranges and facilities; and (2) assist the military departments, the National Guard, and elements of DOD to gain access to such ranges and facilities. 
 
Requires the PCA to establish and maintain a list of commonly used terms relating to cyber matters to improve the coordination and cooperation among the military departments and other federal agencies.
 Directs the head of the coordination entity to carry out one or more pilot programs to demonstrate commercially available, cloud-based cyber training, exercise, and test environments that are accessible to defense laboratories, the National Guard, academia, and the private sector.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats & Capabilities.
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Growth and Investment Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4501
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2014-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: 
Small Business Growth and Investment Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase: (1) the expensing allowance for depreciable business property to $250,000 for taxable years beginning after 2013, and (2) the threshold level for such property over which the expensing allowance is reduced to $800,000. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Stop Meth Labs and Enhance Patient Access Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4502
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2014-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Government information and archives
Prescription drugs
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: 
Stop Meth Labs and Enhance Patient Access Act of 2014 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to authorize the Attorney General to exempt a scheduled listed chemical product from specified requirements regarding sales quantity, nonliquid forms, and retail transactions upon determining that it is not practical by processes known to be employed by clandestine laboratory operators to use the product in the illicit manufacture of methamphetamine (currently, upon determining that the product cannot be used in the illicit manufacture of methamphetamine).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2014-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2014-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Fair Playing Field Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4503
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2014-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Census and government statistics
Contracts and agency
Department of the Treasury
Employment taxes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: 
Fair Playing Field Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the classification of workers for employment tax purposes, to: (1) repeal the prohibition against issuance of regulations and guidance by the Secretary of the Treasury on workers' employment tax status (i.e., as an employee or as an independent contractor) enacted by the Revenue Act of 1978; (2) direct the Secretary to issue regulations and other guidance to clarify the proper employment status of workers for employment tax purposes; (3) prohibit a retroactive assessment of employment tax, except with respect to certain skilled workers, for tax periods after December 31, 1978, and before a specified reclassification date for worker misclassifications, unless the taxpayer had no reasonable basis for not treating a worker as an employee; (4) require taxpayers who hire independent contractors on a regular and ongoing basis to provide such contractors with notice of their federal tax obligations, the labor and employment law protections that do not apply to them, and their right to seek a status determination from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS); and (5) eliminate reduced penalty provisions for failure to withhold income taxes for taxpayers who lack a reasonable basis for treating a worker as other than an employee (i.e., as an independent contractor). 
 
Provides that for purposes of determining whether a registered representative of a securities broker-dealer is an employee for employment tax purposes, no weight shall be given to instructions from a service recipient which are imposed only in compliance with investor protection standards. Makes this rule applicable to services performed by a broker-dealer after December 31, 1997.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E595)
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: Introduced in House
DoD Suicide Tracking Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4504
Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2014-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Mental health
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: 
DoD Suicide Tracking Act of 2014 - Requires the the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to prescribe, and the Secretaries of the military departments and the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and the adjutants general to implement, a policy for the development of a standard method for collecting, reporting, and assessing suicide data and suicide-attempt data involving members of the National Guard and Reserves.
 
Requires the DOD Secretary to direct the Secretary of each military department to develop and implement a program to track, retain, and analyze information regarding suicides involving dependents of members of the regular and reserve components of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: Introduced in House
DOD Cloud Security Act

Bill: 113-hr-4505
Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2014-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Licensing and registrations
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: 
DOD Cloud Security Act - Directs the Comptroller General to: (1) review and summarize the best practices relating to cloud security by reviewing the practices of other federal agencies and commercial cloud providers, (2) assess the cloud capacity of the Department of Defense (DOD) and other departments by assessing how and to what extent DOD has adopted commercial cloud practices, and (3) assess the opportunities for DOD to utilize cloud computing in lieu of or in addition to conventional computing.
 
Requires the Chief Information Officer of DOD to: (1) determine the security requirements that are necessary for any cloud service to store DOD information; (2) conduct a threat-based assessment of whether security controls resident in commercial cloud services and the cloud services of other federal agencies meet DOD's security requirements; (3) require any government-owned, operated, or unique system that is or will be designed to provide cloud capabilities for DOD to be certified and accredited through the same process used for commercial service providers; (4) ensure that, as part of any DOD pilot demonstrations with commercial cloud vendors, an analysis is conducted of the Defense Information Systems Agency working with commercial service providers operating for DOD; and (5) ensure that a briefing is provided to specified congressional committees within 30 days after the conclusion of such pilot demonstrations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats & Capabilities.
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2014-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2014-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Antonia Esmeralda Aguilar Belmontes.

Bill: 113-hr-4506
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2014-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: Provides for the relief of Antonia Esmeralda Aguilar Belmontes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Pedestrian Fatalities Reduction Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4507
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2014-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Pedestrians and bicycling
Roads and highways
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-29
text: 
Pedestrian Fatalities Reduction Act of 2014 - Requires any state with a per capita increase in the number of fatalities or serious injuries of pedestrians or users of nonmotorized forms of transportation in the state, or a particular county in the state, during the most recent two-year period to include in its subsequent strategic highway safety plan strategies to address that increase. Requires states to take data on such fatalities and injuries into consideration when updating such plans.
 
Revises any subset the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) establishes of the model inventory of roadway elements (MIRE) for the inventory of roadway safety, and used by state and local departments of transportation to implement their strategic highway safety plans, to include elements that improve safety for pedestrians and users of nonmotorized forms of transportation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2014-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the East Bench Irrigation District Water Contract Extension Act to permit the Secretary of the Interior to extend the contract for certain water services.

Bill: 113-hr-4508
Sponsor: Rep. Daines, Steve [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Montana
Public contracts and procurement
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-29
text: 
Amends the East Bench Irrigation District Water Contract Extension Act to permit the Secretary of the Interior to extend the contract for water services between the United States and the East Bench Irrigation District until the earlier of: (1) that date that is 10 years (currently, 4 years) after the date on which the contract would have expired if such Act had not been enacted, or (2) the date on which a new long-term contract is executed by the parties to the contract.

action_date: 2014-07-22
text: 

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

 
Amends the East Bench Irrigation District Water Contract Extension Act to permit the Secretary of the Interior to extend the contract for water services between the United States and the East Bench Irrigation District until the earlier of: (1) that date that is 10 years (currently, 4 years) after the date on which the contract would have expired if such Act had not been enacted, or (2) the date on which a new long-term contract is executed by the parties to the contract.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-07-22
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2014-07-22
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6612)
action_date: 2014-07-22
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6612)
action_date: 2014-07-22
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4508.
action_date: 2014-07-22
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6612)
action_date: 2014-07-22
text: Mr. Daines moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2014-07-17
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 400.
action_date: 2014-07-17
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-534.
action_date: 2014-07-17
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-534.
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: Subcommittee on Water and Power Discharged.
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2014-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2014-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Emotional Learning Act

Bill: 113-hr-4509
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2014-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Behavioral sciences
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Research administration and funding
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-29
text: 
Supporting Emotional Learning Act - Amends the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to require: 
 
 
 the National Center for Education Research to carry out research regarding the impact of social and emotional education;
 
the Commissioner for Education Research to support research into social and emotional skills and habits; and
 
comprehensive centers to provide training, professional development, and technical assistance regarding the use of scientifically valid teaching methods and assessment tools in imparting social and emotional life learning.
 
 
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require highly qualified teachers to have preparation in the understanding, use, and development of social and emotional learning programming.
 
Defines &quot;social and emotional learning&quot; as the processes through which students acquire and effectively apply:
 
 
self-awareness and self-management skills to achieve academic and life success;
 
social-awareness and relationship skills to establish and maintain positive relationships; and 
 
responsible decisionmaking skills and behavior in personal, school, and community contexts.
 
 
Requires Teacher Quality Partnership grants to be used in preparing prospective and new teachers and principals to understand, use, and develop social and emotional learning programming. (Teacher Quality Partnership grants are provided to partnerships between high-need local educational agencies [LEAs], their high-need schools, and institutions of higher education [IHEs].)
 
Requires centers of excellence to design teacher training programs that promote the understanding, use, and development of social and emotional learning programming. (Centers of excellence are minority-serving IHEs or partnerships between such IHEs and other IHEs that are awarded grants to ensure that current and future teachers are highly qualified.)
 
Requires Teach to Reach grants to be used to train general education teacher candidates to understand, use, and develop social and emotional learning programming. (Teach to Reach grants are provided to partnerships between IHEs and high-need LEAs to more effectively prepare general education teacher candidates to instruct disabled students in general education classrooms).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2014-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-29
text: Introduced in House