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To modify the definition of "antique firearm".

Bill: 113-hr-4749
Sponsor: Rep. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2014-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Historical and cultural resources
Licensing and registrations
Sales and excise taxes
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: 
Modifies the definition of &quot;antique firearm&quot; under the federal criminal code and the Internal Revenue Code to cover any firearm manufactured in or before the calendar year that is 100 years before the year in which a determination is made as to whether the firearm is an antique firearm (currently, any firearm manufactured in or before 1898).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2014-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2014-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Standard of Care Protection Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4750
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2014-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Comprehensive health care
Federal preemption
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicaid
Medicare
Product safety and quality
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: 
Standard of Care Protection Act of 2014 - Provides that the development, recognition, or implementation of any guideline or other standard under any provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the health care-related parts of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, or titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act shall not be construed to: (1) establish the standard or duty of care owed by a health care provider to a patient in any medical malpractice or medical product liability action or claim, or (2) preempt any standard or duty of care established under state or common law.
 
Prohibits such health care provisions from being construed to preempt any state or common law governing medical professional or medical product liability actions or claims.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2014-05-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-05-28
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: 2014-05-28
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: 2014-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to limit the authority of the Federal Communications Commission over providers of broadband Internet access service.

Bill: 113-hr-4752
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2014-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: 
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to exclude from the definition of &quot;common carrier&quot; (regulated by the Federal Communications Commission [FCC] under the common carrier regulatory authority provided under title II of such Act) a provider of an information service or of advanced telecommunications capability when engaged in the provision of such service or capability.
 
Classifies broadband Internet access service as an &quot;information service&quot; under such Act (regulated by the FCC under title I of such Act using what is commonly referred to as a general &quot;ancillary jurisdiction&quot; to regulate only as may be necessary in the execution of its statutory functions).
 
Defines &quot;broadband Internet access service&quot; as a mass-market retail service by wire or radio that provides the capability to transmit data to, and receive data from, all or substantially all Internet endpoints, including any capabilities that are incidental to, and enable the operation of, the communications service, but excluding dial-up Internet access service. Provides for such definition to include a service utilizing advanced telecommunications capability under the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
 
Prohibits a provider of an information service from being: (1) treated as a telecommunications carrier when engaged in the provision of an information service, or (2) required to offer such service or any component of such service as a telecommunications service.
 
Excludes from the definition of: (1) &quot;telecommunications carrier&quot; (treated as a common carrier only to the extent that it is engaged in providing telecommunications services, except that the FCC determines whether the provision of fixed and mobile satellite service is treated as common carriage) a provider of an information service or of advanced telecommunications capability; and (2) &quot;telecommunications service&quot; any service that is an information service, any component of an information service, or advanced telecommunications capability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Investing to Modernize the Production of American Clean Energy and Technology Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4753
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2014-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Housing industry and standards
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Motor carriers
Motor fuels
Oil and gas
Securities
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: 
Investing to Modernize the Production of American Clean Energy and Technology Act of 2014 or the IMPACT Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to alternative and renewable energy tax provisions, to: (1) extend through 2023 the placed-in-service dates for the tax credit for producing electricity from wind, biomass, geothermal or solar energy, landfill gas, hydropower, and marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy facilities; (2) extend through 2023 the election of the tax credit for investment in energy property in lieu of the tax credit for producing electricity from renewable resources; (3) authorize an additional allocation of credits under the qualifying advanced energy program; and (4) extend through 2016 the tax credits for energy-efficient new home expenditures and for energy-efficient appliances.
 
Increases or extends tax credits for qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles, heavy natural gas vehicles, and alternative fuel vehicle refueling property. Provides for tax-exempt financing of electric, natural gas, and hydrogen vehicle refueling property.
 
Repeals or imposes limits on tax preferences for major integrated oil companies (i.e., companies that have an average daily worldwide production of at least 500,000 barrels and annual gross income over $1 billion), including the tax deduction for income attributable to oil, natural gas, or primary products thereof, the tax deduction for intangible drilling and development costs, the percentage depletion allowance for oil and gas wells, the tax deduction for tertiary injectants, and the foreign tax credit for dual capacity taxpayers. 
 
Prohibits the use of the last-in, first-out (LIFO) accounting method by major integrated oil companies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E853-854)
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4755
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5]
Introduced: 2014-05-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allied health services
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: 
Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to include recreational therapy services among the therapeutic modalities that constitute an intensive rehabilitation therapy program in determining whether inpatient services in an inpatient rehabilitation facility are reasonable and necessary. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5401)
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Introduced in House
BRAVE Act

Bill: 113-hr-4756
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2014-05-29 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Assault and harassment offenses
Department of Education
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: 
Bullying Redress and Verified Enforcement Act or the BRAVE Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to require the employees of local educational agencies (LEAs) who become aware of bullying to report to an LEA-designated individual, within seven business days: (1) the acts that constituted bullying; (2) the protected characteristic of the victim if the bullying included a reference to or was motivated by such an actual or perceived protected characteristic; and (3) the response of the LEA's employees.
 
Requires the LEA-designated individual, within 60 days after receiving such a report, to inform all the LEA's employees of the acts described and the response of the LEA's employees.
 
Requires each LEA to annually review its policies on bullying.
 
Directs each LEA to publish and make available to all of its students and their parents a quarterly report that: (1) summarizes the bullying reported since the previous quarterly report, (2) summarizes the responses to such bullying by the LEA's employees, (3) excludes any personally identifiable information of any student involved, and (4) informs the public of the right to file a complaint with the Office of Civil Rights for the Department of Education regarding the LEA's failure to comply with this Act's requirements.
 
Directs the Assistant Secretary who heads the Office of Civil Rights to: (1) establish the complaint procedure and publish it on the Department's website; (2) investigate each complaint to determine if the LEA complied with this Act's requirements; (3) withhold ESEA funds from, issue a complaint against, or enter into a compliance agreement with a noncompliant LEA to bring it into compliance; and (4) make information about each complaint available on the Department's website.
 
Conditions each LEA's receipt of ESEA funds on the LEA: (1) annually certifying to the Secretary of Education in writing that it is in compliance with this Act's requirements, and (2) submitting its four most recent quarterly reports on bullying.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand certain exceptions to the private activity bond rules for first-time farmers, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-4757
Sponsor: Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-3]
Introduced: 2014-05-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural equipment and machinery
Farmland
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to private activity bond financing for first-time farmers, to: (1) increase from $450,000 to $509,600 (adjusted annually for inflation) the amount of bond proceeds that may be used by a first-time farmer to acquire land for farming purposes, (2) repeal the limitation on the use of bond proceeds for used farm equipment, and (3) modify the definition of &quot;substantial farmland&quot; to determine farm size by reference to the average (instead of median) size of a farm in the county in which the farm is located. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Introduced in House
Skills Connection Act

Bill: 113-hr-4758
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-05-29 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Manufacturing
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: 
Skills Connection Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to create a searchable and publicly available database containing a registry of industry-recognized credentials, a skills database, and a jobs bank to enable programs that lead to such credentials to receive priority under: 
 
 
 youth workforce investment programs,
 
statewide employment and training programs,
 
career and technical programs, and
 
training programs for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) workers.
 
 
Makes funds available from amounts appropriated for each fiscal year for the Workforce Innovation Fund for the costs of carrying out this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program under which eligible veterans may elect to receive hospital care and medical services at non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-4759
Sponsor: Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2014-05-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health facilities and institutions
New Jersey
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a two-year pilot program under which: (1) eligible veterans may elect to receive hospital care and services at non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities, and (2) the Secretary shall reimburse such facilities for the cost of such care and services.
 
Defines an "eligible veteran" as a veteran who: (1) is enrolled in the VA's patient enrollment system, and (2) resides in a geographic area selected by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to select: (1) one geographic area within each Veterans Integrated Service Network, and (2) NJ-2 as the geographic area for participation in the pilot program for Veterans Integrated Service Network 4.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) issue a unique identification card to each eligible veteran who elects to receive hospital care and medical services at non-VA facilities under the pilot program, and (2) take steps to ensure that such veterans receive such care and services at such non-VA facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Health Care Flexibility Act

Bill: 113-hr-4760
Sponsor: Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2014-05-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: 
Veterans' Health Care Flexibility Act - Allows veterans who are eligible to receive hospital care and medical services from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to elect to receive such care and services at non-VA facilities.
 
Directs the VA Secretary to contract with non-VA facilities to furnish hospital care and medical services to such veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Introduced in House
Rural Wind Energy Expansion Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4761
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2014-05-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: 
Rural Wind Energy Expansion Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the energy tax credit, to revise the definition of &quot;qualified small wind energy property&quot; to include property which uses 1 or more wind turbines with an aggregate nameplate capacity of more than 100 kilowatts but not more than 20 megawatts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E864-865)
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Transitional Care Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4762
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2014-05-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care quality
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: 
Medicare Transitional Care Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover transitional care services for qualified individuals provided by a transitional care clinician acting as an employee of a qualified transitional care entity, such as a hospital (or a critical care hospital), a home health agency, a primary care practice, a federally qualified health center or rural health clinic, a long-term care facility, a medical home, an appropriate community-based organization, an assisted living center, or an accountable care organization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-05-29
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: 2014-05-29
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: 2014-05-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E871-872)
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Introduced in House
Trade Protection Not Troll Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-4763
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2014-05-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Government studies and investigations
Intellectual property
Trade restrictions
U.S. International Trade Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: 
Trade Protection Not Troll Protection Act - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to revise certain legal standards used to consider whether a domestic industry exists or is in the process of being established with respect to foreign countries that unlawfully import articles into the United States in violation of U.S. infringement laws.
 
Considers an industry to exist if there is in the United States substantial investment in licensing activities that leads to the adoption and development of articles that incorporate the patent, copyright, trademark, mask work, or design of protected articles.
 
Prohibits a complainant alleging a violation from relying upon activities by its licensees unless the license leads to such adoption and development.
 
Prescribes requirements with respect to U.S. International Trade Commission investigations of alleged violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Introduced in House