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Government Reporting Efficiency Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4637
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: 
Government Reporting Efficiency Act of 2014 - Terminates any statutory requirement for reporting by a federal agency to Congress on the date that is five years after the enactment of this Act and every five years after such original termination date. Allows a permanent exception to such termination rule.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
To designate Union Station in Washington, DC, as the "Harry S. Truman Union Station".

Bill: 113-hr-4638
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional tributes
District of Columbia
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Railroads

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: 
Designates Union Station, located at 405 [
sic
] Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Washington, DC, as the &quot;Harry S. Truman Union Station.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
NEWBORN Act

Bill: 113-hr-4639
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: 
Nationally Enhancing the Wellbeing of Babies through Outreach and Research Now Act or the NEWBORN Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award five-year grants to eligible entities to create, implement, and oversee infant mortality pilot programs. Defines &quot;eligible entity&quot; to mean a county, city, territorial, or tribal health department that has submitted a proposal to the Secretary that the Secretary deems likely to reduce infant mortality rates within the standard metropolitan statistical area involved.
 
Requires the Secretary to give preference to eligible entities proposing to serve any of the 15 counties or groups of counties with the highest rates of infant mortality in the United States in the past three years. Sets forth uses of grant funds, which may include: (1) developing a plan that identifies the individual needs of each community to be served and strategies to address those needs; (2) providing outreach to at-risk mothers; (3) developing and implementing standardized systems for improved access, utilization, and quality of social, educational, and clinical services to promote healthy pregnancies, full-term births, and healthy infancies delivered to women and their infants; (4) establishing a rural outreach program to provide care to at-risk mothers in rural areas; (5) establishing a regional public education campaign; and (6) coordinating efforts between health departments to be served through the infant mortality program and existing entities that work to reduce the rate of infant mortality within an area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4640
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Caribbean area
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign and international banking
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
International organizations and cooperation
Judicial procedure and administration
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Policy sciences
Violent crime
Western Hemisphere

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: 
Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission Act of 2014 - Establishes the Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission, which shall: (1) conduct a comprehensive review of U.S. foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere to reduce the illicit drug supply and drug abuse and reduce the damage associated with illicit drug markets and trafficking, and (2) identify policy and program options to improve existing international and domestic counternarcotics policy.
 
Terminates the Commission 60 days after submission of its report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-26
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-06-26
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-05-30
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2014-05-30
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E730)
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
To reauthorize the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Act.

Bill: 113-hr-4641
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Dams and canals
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Historic sites and heritage areas
New York State

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: 
Amends the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Act to extend the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission until 30 years (currently, 15 years) after December 21, 2000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
BOATS Act

Bill: 113-hr-4642
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Coast guard
Department of Homeland Security
Government trust funds
Marine and inland water transportation
Outdoor recreation
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: 
Boating Occupancy and Teaching Safety Act or the BOATS Act - Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to: (1) establish maximum passenger capacity and maximum weight capacity standards for recreational vessels, and (2) require manufacturers and operators of passenger vessels to permanently display in a legible manner that is clearly visible, including on each flying bridge of the vessel, to vessel passengers such maximum capacity requirements and a notice of the need to balance vessel weight to avoid capsizing.
 
Defines &quot;flying bridge&quot; to mean an open deck above the main navigating bridge of a recreational vessel.
 
Amends federal shipping law to revise state recreational boating safety program requirements.
 
Allows a state to contract with a local government or private entity to provide boating safety education services under a state recreational boating safety program. 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make amounts in the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund available for expenditures to carry out the purposes of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (as in effect upon enactment of this Act).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, 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: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, 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: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, 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: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Bereaved Borrowers' Bill of Rights Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4643
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: 
Bereaved Borrowers' Bill of Rights Act of 2014 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require a private educational lender to include in a private education loan for which the cosigner is jointly liable a process for releasing the cosigner from obligations on such loan.
 
 Requires a lender who receives notification of the death or bankruptcy of a cosigner who is jointly liable for the loan to notify the borrower about the borrower's rights under the loan agreement regarding: (1) release of the cosigner, and (2) identification of a new cosigner or refinancing of the loan. 
 
 Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit: (1) consumer reporting agencies from containing in any consumer report default on a private education loan that results from accelerated repayment terms of the loan after the death or bankruptcy of a jointly liable cosigner, and (2) the lender or servicer of a private educational loan from furnishing loan information to a consumer reporting agency if the consumer defaulted on the loan due to accelerated repayment terms after the death or bankruptcy of such a cosigner.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
To designate the buildings occupied by the Department of Transportation located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue, Southeast, in the District of Columbia as the "James L. Oberstar United States Department of Transportation Building Complex".

Bill: 113-hr-4644
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Department of Transportation
District of Columbia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Members of Congress
Minnesota

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: 
Designates buildings occupied by the Department of Transportation (DOT) located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue, Southeast, in the District of Columbia as the James L. Oberstar United States Department of Transportation Building Complex for the period the buildings are occupied by the DOT.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
EV-COMUTE Act

Bill: 113-hr-4645
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: 
Electric Vehicle Charging Offers Modern Utility Terminals for Employees Act or the EV-COMUTE Act - Authorizes the head of any federal agency that owns or operates a parking area for use by agency employees to: (1) install, construct, operate, and maintain on a reimbursable basis a battery recharging station in such parking area for the use of privately-owned employee vehicles; and (2) charge a user fee to cover the costs of such station. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Regulatory Improvement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4646
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Legislative rules and procedure
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: 
Regulatory Improvement Act of 2014 - Establishes in the legislative branch the Regulatory Improvement Commission. Requires the Commission to evaluate and provide recommendations and proposed legislation for modification, consolidation, or repeal of regulations that have been finalized not later than 10 years before the establishment of the Commission and have not been amended after being finalized (covered regulations) for the purpose of reducing compliance costs, encouraging growth and innovation, improving competitiveness, and protecting public health and safety. Sets forth reporting requirements for the Commission and procedures for congressional consideration of Commission reports and recommendations and proposed legislation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the alternative tax liability limitation for small property and casualty insurance companies.

Bill: 113-hr-4647
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Insurance industry and regulation
Life, casualty, property insurance
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the eligibility of certain small insurance companies (other than life insurance companies) for the alternative corporate income tax by increasing the premium limitation used to determine such eligibility to $2.025 million (from $1.2 million), with an annual inflation adjustment after 2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Energy Jobs Act

Bill: 113-hr-4648
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Building construction
Electric power generation and transmission
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: 
Renewable Energy Jobs Act - Requires the Secretary of Labor to carry out a pilot program to train individuals for careers in the renewable energy and energy efficiency industries and award grants under the program to the five states with the highest installed alternative energy power capacity. 
 
Defines &quot;renewable energy and energy efficiency industries&quot; as the following industries:
 
 
the energy-efficient building, construction, or retrofits industry;
 
the renewable electric power industry, including the wind, solar, and geothermal energy industries; and 
 
the energy efficiency assessment industry that serves the residential, commercial, or industrial sectors.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit funding to the Voice of America.

Bill: 113-hr-4649
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Broadcasting Board of Governors
Department of State
Executive agency funding and structure
International exchange and broadcasting

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: 
Prohibits funding for the Voice of America (VOA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
European Union Religious Freedom Act

Bill: 113-hr-4650
Sponsor: Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Europe
European Union
Human rights
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: 
European Union Religious Freedom Act - Amends the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to include among Congress's finding with respect to the forms of government-sponsored or government-tolerated violations of religious freedom prohibitions against: (1) homeschooling, (2) religious methods of meat production, (3) circumcision, and (4) wearing religious garb. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats.
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 601 West Baker Road in Baytown, Texas, as the "Specialist Keith Erin Grace, Jr. Memorial Post Office".

Bill: 113-hr-4651
Sponsor: Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 601 West Baker Road in Baytown, Texas as the "Specialist Keith Erin Grace Jr. Memorial Post Office."
action_date: 2014-12-18
text: 

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

 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 601 West Baker Road in Baytown, Texas, as the "Specialist Keith Erin Grace Jr. Memorial Post Office."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-18
text: Became Public Law No: 113-259.
action_date: 2014-12-18
text: Became Public Law No: 113-259.
action_date: 2014-12-18
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2014-12-18
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2014-12-17
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2014-12-17
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2014-12-15
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-12-15
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-12-15
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6841)
action_date: 2014-12-15
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6841)
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7278)
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7278)
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4651.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7278-7279)
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Mr. Stivers moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 113-259
Increasing Small Business Lending Act

Bill: 113-hr-4652
Sponsor: Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2014-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Credit and credit markets
Government lending and loan guarantees
Small business
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: 
Increasing Small Business Lending Act - Amends the Small Business Act to suspend, until September 30, 2015, fees under the 7(a) program (SBA-guaranteed loans to small businesses) and the 504 program (financing to small businesses backed by SBA-guaranteed debentures issued by any qualified state or local development company).
 
Authorizes the SBA to guarantee up to 90% of a loan made by a private lender to a small business eligible for a loan guarantee under the Small Business Act or the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. Prohibits such guarantees with respect to small businesses: (1) in which an unlawful alien has an ownership interest, or (2) in violation of immigration laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-09
text: Introduced in House