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10 Million Solar Roofs Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2901
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy prices
Government information and archives
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
10 Million Solar Roofs Act of 2014 - Requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a program to provide rebates for the purchase and installation of photovoltaic systems with the goal to install 10 million systems with a cumulative capacity of at least 60,000 megawatts over the next ten years. 
 
Includes within the photovoltaic system solar panels, roof support structures, inverters (to convert the current output from a solar panel into a frequency that can be fed into the electrical grid), an energy storage system if it is integrated with the system, and any other hardware necessary for the installation of a system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2902
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Marine pollution
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the distribution of a cosmetic that contains synthetic plastic microbeads beginning on January 1, 2018.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in Senate
SPOT Act

Bill: 113-s-2903
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
Right of privacy
Specialized courts

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Strengthening Privacy, Oversight, and Transparency Act or the SPOT Act - Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to expand the functions of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to include reviews of legislation, regulations, policies, and executive branch actions relating to foreign intelligence.
 
Allows intelligence community employees, contractors, or detailees to submit to the Board a whistleblower complaint or information believed to be related to a privacy or civil liberties concern. Permits the Board to: (1) investigate such complaints, or (2) transmit such complaints to any other executive agency or the congressional intelligence committees.
 
Authorizes the Board to subpoena persons (other than agencies and elements of the executive branch) to produce documentary or testimonial evidence. (Currently, the Board submits a request for the Attorney General to issue a subpoena.) 
 
Permits the Board, at the direction of the majority of its members, to exercise the authority of the Board chairman to appoint and fix compensation of Board staff when the position of chairman is vacant. 
 
Provides for members of the Board to serve in a full-time capacity. Removes exceptions to the requirement that members continue to serve after the expiration of their term of office until a successor has been appointed and qualified. Revises the compensation of the Board chairman, members, and staff.
 
Directs the Attorney General to fully inform the Board about government activities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), including by providing to the Board copies of: (1) FISA reports submitted to Congress; and (2) FISA court decisions, orders, and opinions that include significant construction or interpretation of FISA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act

Bill: 113-s-2904
Sponsor: Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Emergency planning and evacuation
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Firearms and explosives
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Marine and inland water transportation
Military facilities and property
Navigation, waterways, harbors
State and local government operations
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act - Revises the authority the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to transfer excess DOD property, including small arms and ammunition, to federal and state agencies for law enforcement activities to: 
 
 
repeal provisions authorizing the transfer of property the Secretary determines is suitable for use in counter-drug and counter-terrorism activities; 
 
repeal provisions directing the Secretary to carry out such transfers in consultation with the Director of National Drug Control Policy; 
 
condition such a transfer on the recipient certifying that it has the personnel and technical capacity to operate the property and will return property determined to be surplus to its needs; 
 
prohibit the transfer of specified weapons, materials, and equipment, including explosive ordnance, drones, and assault vehicles; and 
 
condition continuation of such program on the Secretary certifying that, for the prior fiscal year, recipients demonstrated 100% accountability for transferred property and complied with program requirements or were suspended or terminated from the program. 

 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) report to Congress and obtain prior approval by law before transferring any DOD property not previously made available for transfer; and (2) submit an annual written certification that a recipient has accounted for, and met transfer conditions for, any such transferred property. 
 
Requires the Defense Logistics Agency to maintain an Internet website on such transfers, unaccounted-for property, and suspended or terminated recipients.
 
Prohibits the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from permitting awards under a preparedness grant program to be used to buy, maintain, alter, deploy, or provide training in the use of specified tactical, surveillance, or explosives equipment, vehicles, or canines.
 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to prohibit the use of Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant funds for the purchase, maintenance, alteration, or operation of lethal weapons or less-lethal weapons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Carbon Pollution Transparency Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2905
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Budget process
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Carbon Pollution Transparency Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to calculate a carbon score for legislation. Requires the score to include projected net greenhouse gas emissions that would result from enactment and implementation of a bill or resolution and the appropriation of any amounts authorized in the legislation. Directs CBO to include the carbon score when carrying out provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 requiring a cost estimate for each bill or resolution reported by any congressional committee except the appropriations committees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Layoff Prevention Extension Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2906
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Layoff Prevention Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 with respect to state short-time compensation programs that allow employers to reduce the workweek of their employees in lieu of layoffs.
 
Extends federal financing of the programs for an additional year.
 
Extends through December 31, 2015, the deadline for a state to submit to the Secretary of Labor its application for a short-time compensation program grant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5795)
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in Senate
21st Century Energy Workforce Development Jobs Initiative Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2907
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative and renewable resources
Coal
Department of Energy
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
General energy matters
Government information and archives
Higher education
Minority education
Minority employment
Nuclear power
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Public utilities and utility rates
Science, Technology, Communications
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education
Women's education
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
21st Century Energy Workforce Development Jobs Initiative Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to establish a comprehensive program to improve the education and training of workers for energy-related jobs, with emphasis on increasing the number of skilled minorities and women trained to work in such jobs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Affordable Health Insurance for the Middle Class Act

Bill: 113-s-2908
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Affordable Health Insurance for the Middle Class Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) expand eligibility for the health care premium assistance refundable tax credit by defining an "applicable taxpayer" as a taxpayer whose household income does not exceed 600% of the federal poverty line (currently, 400%), and (2) increase the excise tax rate for small cigars and small cigarettes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5795-5796)
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Global Food Security Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2909
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Agricultural education
Agricultural trade
Child health
Congressional oversight
Food assistance and relief
Foreign aid and international relief
Higher education
International organizations and cooperation
Multilateral development programs
Nutrition and diet
U.S. and foreign investments
Women's health
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Global Food Security Act of 2014 - States the policy objective of promoting global food and nutrition security which is reinforced through programs that eradicate hunger and malnutrition, assist foreign countries with agricultural development, and ensure the effective use of U.S. taxpayer dollars to further these objectives. 
 
Requires the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to coordinate the development and implementation of a Feed the Future Strategy to accomplish these policy objectives. 
 
Requires the Administrator to coordinate the efforts of federal departments and agencies in the implementation of the strategy by: (1) establishing policy coherence, monitoring, and evaluation systems across all relevant U.S. agencies; (2) establishing linkages with other initiatives and strategies at USAID and other departments and agencies; (3) establishing platforms for regular consultation and collaboration with key stakeholders; (4) leveraging the expertise of the Department of Agriculture (USDA); and (5) establishing and leading regular public consultations in partner countries. 
 
Requires the Administrator to submit reports to Congress describing the status of the implementation of the Feed the Future Strategy. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act

Bill: 113-s-2910
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional districts and representation
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Government information and archives
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
State and local courts
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act - Prohibits a state that has been redistricted after an apportionment from being redistricted again until after the next apportionment of Representatives, unless the state is ordered by a court to conduct such a subsequent redistricting in order to comply with the U.S. Constitution or enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
 
Requires such redistricting to be conducted through a plan developed by the independent redistricting commission established in the state, or if such plan is not enacted into law, the redistricting plan selected by the state's highest court or developed by a U.S. district court.
 
Prescribes requirements for: (1) establishment of a state independent redistricting commission (including provisions for holding each of its meetings in public and maintaining a public Internet website); (2) development of a redistricting plan (including soliciting and considering public comments) and its submission to the state legislature (with public notice of plans at least seven days prior to such submission); (3) selection of a plan, under specified conditions, by the state's highest court or the U.S. district court for the district in which the capital of the state is located; (4) special rules for redistricting conducted under a federal court order; and (5) Election Assistance Commission payments to states for carrying out redistricting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Super Pollutants Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2911
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Air quality
Arctic and polar regions
Asia
China
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy prices
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Environmental technology
Foreign aid and international relief
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
India
International law and treaties
Lighting, heating, cooling
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Marine pollution
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Super Pollutants Act of 2014 - Establishes requirements for agencies to evaluate, mitigate, reduce, and report on the following short-lived climate pollutant emissions (non-carbon dioxide pollutants that contribute to global warming even though they stay in the atmosphere for only a short time): black carbon (soot emissions that absorb sunlight, reduce the reflectivity of snow and ice when deposited on them, and generate heat), methane, and high global warming potential hydrofluorocarbons (high-GWP HFC). 
 
Requires the President to establish the Interagency Task Force on Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Mitigation to address these pollutants through an action plan.
 
Directs the Department of State to develop a comprehensive plan to reduce black carbon emissions from international shipping. 
 
Requires the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to prioritize black carbon mitigation activities as part of aid distribution activities.
 
Requires the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to evaluate the availability of high-GWP HFC alternatives.
 
Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the manufacture of any uncharged hydrochlorofluorocarbon-22 air-conditioning condensing equipment for residential use. Requires the EPA to determine whether the sale of R-134a automotive air-conditioning recharge kits to consumers represents an environmentally significant source of high-GWP HFC emissions.
 
Requires the State Department, the DOE, the EPA, and the Department of Commerce to provide other countries with technical guidance on containing emissions from gas drilling, landfills, coal mining, and agriculture.
 
Directs the EPA to establish an inspection and maintenance program for equipment that has high leak rates of methane gas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-02
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-796.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act

Bill: 113-s-2912
Sponsor: Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Income tax exclusion
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, federal public safety officer death benefits or amounts paid under a state program to surviving dependents of a public safety officer who died as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty.

action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 

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

 
Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, federal public safety officer death benefits or amounts paid under a state program to surviving dependents of a public safety officer who died as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-19
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2014-09-19
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2014-09-19
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5880; text as passed Senate: CR S5880)
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5880; text as passed Senate: CR S5880)
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 715 Shawan Falls Drive in Dublin, Ohio, as the "Lance Corporal Wesley G. Davids and Captain Nicholas J. Rozanski Memorial Post Office".

Bill: 113-s-2913
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2014-11-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Ohio
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2014-11-12
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 715 Shawan Falls Drive in Dublin, Ohio, as the "Lance Corporal Wesley G. Davids and Captain Nicholas J. Rozanski Memorial Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2014-11-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 South Oak Street in London, Ohio, as the "London Fallen Veterans Memorial Post Office".

Bill: 113-s-2914
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2014-11-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Ohio
Postal service
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2014-11-12
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 South Oak Street in London, Ohio, as the "London Fallen Veterans Memorial Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2014-11-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4000 Leap Road in Hilliard, Ohio, as the "Master Sergeant Shawn T. Hannon, Master Sergeant Jeffrey J. Rieck and Veterans Memorial Post Office Building".

Bill: 113-s-2915
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2014-11-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Ohio
Postal service
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2014-11-12
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4000 Leap Road in Hilliard, Ohio, as the "Master Sergeant Shawn T. Hannon, Master Sergeant Jeffrey J. Rieck and Veterans Memorial Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2014-11-12
text: Introduced in Senate