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Servicemembers Access to Justice Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5375
Sponsor: Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government information and archives
Government liability
Legal fees and court costs
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Servicemembers Access to Justice Act of 2014 - Waives a state's sovereign immunity with respect to the enforcement of uniformed services members' employment or reemployment rights or benefits under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA).
 
Makes unenforceable agreements between an employer and employee requiring arbitration of disputes arising under USERRA. Provides exceptions. Requires the validity and enforceability of such an agreement to be determined by a court (as opposed to the arbitrator).
 
Provides increased liquidated damages, and authorizes punitive damages, against state or private employer violations of USERRA. Provides a right to a jury trial in such cases.
 
Requires (under current law, authorizes) the award of attorney fees in actions to enforce USERRA.
 
Requires (under current law, authorizes) a court to use equitable relief, including injunctions and restraining orders when appropriate, for USERRA violations.
 
 Requires federal procurement contracts to include a notice that the contractor may have USERRA obligations.
 
Requires a Comptroller General (GAO) study on the effectiveness of federal education and outreach programs on employer obligations under USERRA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Stop Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5376
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Telecommunication rates and fees
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Stop Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2014 - Prohibits a provider of commercial mobile service or commercial mobile data service from receiving universal service support under specified provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 for the provision of such service through the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline program (a program that provides discounts on monthly telephone service to qualifying low-income consumers).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Postal Facilities Preservation and Sales Reform Act

Bill: 113-hr-5377
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Art, artists, authorship
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Land transfers
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Postal service
Public contracts and procurement
Public participation and lobbying
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Postal Facilities Preservation and Sales Reform Act - Revises requirements for making a determination as to the necessity for closing or consolidating any postal facility to require that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS): (1) hold at least three public meetings, located in the area affected by the closing or consolidation, at least 120 days prior to the determination; and (2) provide adequate notice of the closing or consolidation to persons served by such facility at least 180 days prior to the proposed date of such closing or consolidation. 
 
Prohibits USPS from entering into any contract or agreement to sell or relocate a historic postal facility until the proposed decision to sell or relocate is reviewed in accordance with requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act. 
 
Requires USPS to use the Historic Surplus Property Program to dispose of a historic postal facility that has been determined by the State Historic Preservation Officer or the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places to be of national significance. Requires: (1) the Postmaster General to maintain a list of historic postal facilities and to publish such list on the USPS website, (2) the Postmaster General to maintain a separate preservation budget for such facilities, and (3) the USPS Federal Preservation Officer to notify the National Museum of American Art when New Deal art (art located at a postal facility that was commissioned by the federal government between 1933 and 1937) owned by USPS is loaned or relocated.
 
Requires the Postmaster General to develop a model covenant to be used and applied to any historic postal facility offered for sale that: (1) requires the purchaser of such a facility to allow public access to any historic artwork located within such facility, (2) requires USPS to contribute sufficient funds to the maintenance of such artwork, and (3) prohibits the purchaser of the historic postal facility from demolishing or altering it in any way that is incompatible with its historic character. 
 
Nullifies the proposed rule published by USPS in the Federal Register on January 13, 2014, relating to a categorical exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act for disposal of USPS facilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
StartUp Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5378
Sponsor: Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
U.S. and foreign investments
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
StartUp Visa Act of 2014 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish an employment-based, conditional immigrant visa (StartUp visa) for a sponsored alien entrepreneur: (1) with required amounts of financial backing from a qualifying investor or venture capitalist; and (2) whose commercial activities will generate required levels of employment, revenue, or capital investment.
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to terminate the status of a sponsored entrepreneur (and the alien spouse and children of such entrepreneur) if not later than three years after the date on which such permanent resident status was conferred: (1) the sponsoring venture capitalist or investor fails to meet investment requirements; or (2) the entrepreneur fails to meet job creation, capital investment, or revenue requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1305-1306)
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend the nondiscrimination provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect older, longer service participants.

Bill: 113-hr-5381
Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to nondiscrimination requirements for tax-exempt employee pension, profit-sharing, and stock bonus plans, to include protections for older, longer service participants in such plans, including the grandfathering of such participants under defined benefit plans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt aircraft management services from the ticket tax.

Bill: 113-hr-5382
Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Sales and excise taxes
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt aircraft management services from the excise tax on transportation of persons and property. Defines "aircraft management services" as scheduling, flight planning, weather forecasting, operation of flights, obtaining insurance, maintenance, storage and fueling of aircraft, hiring, training and provision of pilots and crew, establishing and complying with safety standards, and such other services necessary to support flights.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt sports betting from the tax on authorized wagers.

Bill: 113-hr-5383
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Gambling
Professional sports
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit the imposition of a tax on any wager on a sporting event if that wager is authorized under the law of the state in which it is accepted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Securing Health Care for Young Americans Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5384
Sponsor: Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-21]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Comprehensive health care
Family relationships
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Securing Health Care for Young Americans Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to maintain, upon repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, the requirement that health insurers provide coverage to dependents over 18 years of age until the dependent turns 26, marries, or no longer resides at home.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 55 Grasso Plaza in St. Louis, Missouri, as the "Sgt. Amanda N. Pinson Post Office".

Bill: 113-hr-5385
Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Missouri
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 55 Grasso Plaza in St. Louis, Missouri, as the "Sgt. Amanda N. Pinson Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-09
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8840)
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8840)
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5385.
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8840-8841)
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Mr. Meadows moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 11662 Gravois Road in St. Louis, Missouri, as the "Lt. Daniel P. Riordan Post Office".

Bill: 113-hr-5386
Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Missouri
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 11662 Gravois Road in St. Louis, Missouri, as the "Lt. Daniel P. Riordan Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-18
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8006)
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8006)
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5386.
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8006-8007)
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Mr. Issa moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2014-09-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2014-09-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14373 Manchester Road in St. Louis, Missouri, as the "Sgt. Zachary M. Fisher Post Office".

Bill: 113-hr-5387
Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Missouri
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14373 Manchester Road in St. Louis, Missouri, as the "Sgt. Zachary M. Fisher Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Captive Insurers Clarification Act

Bill: 113-hr-5388
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Insurance industry and regulation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Captive Insurers Clarification Act - Amends the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010 to define &quot;captive insurance company&quot; as an insurance company wholly owned directly or indirectly: (1) by a single parent company, and whose primary purpose is to insure the risks of that single parent company or its affiliates; (2) by a group of companies, and whose primary purpose is to insure the risks of that group or its affiliates; and (3) by an industry, trade, or service group or association, and whose primary purpose is to insure the risks of any member in that group or association, including any member affiliate.
 
Excludes a captive insurance company from the meaning of a &quot;nonadmitted insurer&quot; (that is not licensed to engage in the business of insurance in a state), and from any requirements (including state tax requirements) applying to a nonadmitted insurer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to prescribe an additional requirement for the designation of marine sanctuaries off the coast of Alaska.

Bill: 113-hr-5389
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alaska
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Amends the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to prohibit the Secretary of Commerce from designating as a national marine sanctuary an area of the marine environment off the coast of Alaska seaward of the high tide line unless an Act of Congress requires the Secretary to make the designation and prescribes the boundaries of the designated area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
National POW/MIA Remembrance Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5391
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2014-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Military personnel and dependents
Monuments and memorials
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
U.S. Capitol

Summary:
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: 
National POW/MIA Remembrance Act of 2014 - Directs the Architect of the Capitol to: (1) enter into an agreement to obtain a chair featuring the logo of the National League of POW/MIA Families, and (2) place it on the Capitol grounds in a suitable permanent location within two years after enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Fairness for Farmers Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5392
Sponsor: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2014-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Employee benefits and pensions
Foreign labor
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Sales and excise taxes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: 
Fairness for Farmers Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude nonimmigrant agricultural seasonal workers from the definition of "full-time employee" for purposes of the employer mandate to provide employees with minimum essential health care coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Hospice Opportunities for Supporting Patients with Integrity and Care Evaluations (HOSPICE) Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5393
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2014-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: 
Hospice Opportunities for Supporting Patients with Integrity and Care Evaluations (HOSPICE) Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to subject any entity certified as a hospice program to a standard survey by an appropriate state or local survey agency, or an approved accreditation agency, at least once every 36 months.
 
Specifies funding from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for FY2014-FY2016 for such survey requirements.
 
Applies certain rules for the limitation of a beneficiary's liability with respect to denial of a Medicare payment for hospice care provided to an individual for more than 180 days in the same manner as such limitation applies with respect to denial of a payment for items and services as not reasonable or necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of an illness or injury.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2014-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Introduced in House