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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the deduction allowable with respect to income attributable to domestic production activities in Puerto Rico.

Bill: 113-hr-3968
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Caribbean area
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax deductions
Lease and rental services
Manufacturing
Oil and gas
Public utilities and utility rates
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2015 the tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities in Puerto Rico. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Introduced in House
PACT Act

Bill: 113-hr-3969
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2014-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Civil actions and liability
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Licensing and registrations
Prescription drugs
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: 
Preventing Abuse of Cough Treatments Act of 2014 or the PACT Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the sale or offering for sale of a drug containing dextromethorphan, and not subject to practitioner supervision requirements, to an individual under age 18, except if the sale is made: (1) pursuant to a validly issued prescription; or (2) to an individual who provides proof of being actively enrolled in the military, including a valid military identification card. Imposes civil monetary penalties that escalate upon repeated violation.
 
Deems to be adulterated any unfinished dextromethorphan that is possessed, received, or distributed in violation of this Act. 
Prohibits a person from: (1) possessing or receiving unfinished dextromethorphan unless the person is registered with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) as a producer of a drug or device or otherwise registered, licensed, or approved under federal or state law to engage in the practice of pharmacy, pharmaceutical production, or manufacture or distribution of drug ingredients; or (2) distributing unfinished dextromethorphan to any person other than a registered or otherwise authorized person. Excludes from such prohibitions common carriers that possess, receive, or distribute unfinished dextromethorphan for purposes of distributing it between registered, licensed, or approved persons. Imposes additional civil monetary penalties for such possession and distribution violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act

Bill: 113-hr-3970
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2014-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Income tax deductions
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: 
Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the $1 million limitation on the deductibility of employee compensation, to: (1) extend such limitation to any individual who is a current or former officer, director, or employee of a publicly-held corporation; (2) eliminate the exemption from such limitation for compensation payable on a commission basis or upon the attainment of a performance goal; and (3) make such limitation applicable to all publicly-held corporations that are required by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to register securities and provide periodic reports to their investors. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Introduced in House
On-the-Job Training Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3971
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2014-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: 
On-the-Job Training Act of 2013 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to: (1) make discretionary grants to states, local governments and boards, Indian tribes, institutions of higher education, business trade associations, and local educational agencies for adult on-the-job training or dislocated worker on-the-job training programs; and (2) use up to 10% of funds authorized under this Act to make grants to such entities for developing on-the-job training programs, including providing capacity building activities for local staff.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3972
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2014-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Department of Labor
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Legal fees and court costs
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: 
Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2014 - Declares it an unlawful practice for certain employers with at least 15 employees for each working day in each of at least 20 calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year to: (1) refuse to consider or offer employment to an individual based on present or past unemployment regardless of the length of time such individual was unemployed, (2) publish an advertisement or announcement for any job with provisions indicating that such an unemployed status disqualifies an individual and that an employer will not consider an applicant based on such status, and (3) direct or request that an employment agency account for such status when screening or referring applicants.
 
Prohibits an employment agency (including agents and persons maintaining a website publishing job advertisements or announcements), based on such an individual's status as unemployed, from: (1) refusing to consider or refer an individual for employment; (2) limiting, segregating, or classifying individuals in any manner limiting access to job information; or (3) publishing an advertisement or announcement for any job vacancy that includes provisions indicating that such an individual is disqualified and that an employer will not consider such individuals.
 
Allows consideration of an individual's status as unemployed where an individual's employment in a similar or related job for a period of time reasonably proximate to the hiring of such individual is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to successful performance of the job being filled.
 
Authorizes, subject to termination upon the filing of certain complaints by the Secretary of Labor, one or more persons for and in behalf of the affected individual, or the affected individual and other individuals similarly situated, to bring actions in federal or state court for specified actual damages and equitable relief including employment and compensatory and punitive damages.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) receive, investigate, and attempt to resolve complaints according to specified provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; and (2) pay directly to each affected individual applicable sums recovered in any civil actions brought by the Secretary under this Act.
 
Sets forth a two-year statute of limitations period (three years for willful violations) for specified civil actions under this Act, subject to tolling when the Secretary is considering certain complaints.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the TRICARE Program for adult children of members and former members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-3974
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2014-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Foreign aid and international relief
Health care coverage and access
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: 
 Amends the definition of a &quot;dependent&quot; who is eligible for enrollment under the TRICARE Program of members and former members of the Armed Forces (members) to include a child or custodial dependent who is under age 26 (currently, under age 21).
 
Allows for the continuation until age 26 of dependent medical and dental contract coverage when a member dies while on active duty for a period of more than 30 days.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that any increase in expenditures of funds by reason of the enactment of this Act should be fully offset by reducing expenditures of funds for U.S. foreign assistance programs other than programs for Israel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for low vision devices under Medicare, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-3975
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2014-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health technology, devices, supplies
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to cover low vision devices under Medicare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-29
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: 2014-01-29
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: 2014-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Wounded Veterans Recreation Act

Bill: 113-hr-3976
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2014-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
User charges and fees
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: 
Wounded Veterans Recreation Act - Amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to require the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass, which is made available for the lifetime of the passholder without charge to any U.S. citizen or person domiciled in the United States who has been medically determined to be permanently disabled, to be made available to any veteran with a service-connected disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-04
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2014-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2014-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2014-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2014-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Introduced in House
School Choice Education Savings Account Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3977
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2014-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: 
School Choice Education Savings Account Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax-exempt qualified tuition programs (529 tuition programs) to pay qualified elementary and secondary education expenses. Defines "qualified elementary and secondary education expenses" to include expenses for: (1) tuition, fees, academic tutoring, special need services, books, and supplies and equipment used by an elementary or secondary school student; (2) room and board, uniforms, transportation, and other supplementary items; and (3) the purchase of any computer technology or equipment or Internet access and related services (excluding computer software designed for sports, games, or hobbies not educational in nature). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Introduced in House
New Opportunities for Bicycle and Pedestrian Infrastructure Financing Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3978
Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2014-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pedestrians and bicycling
Public participation and lobbying
Transportation programs funding
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: 
New Opportunities for Bicycle and Pedestrian Infrastructure Financing Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish a pilot program to make loans and loan guarantees to eligible entities to carry out bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure projects.
 
Prescribes project eligibility requirements.
 
Requires the Secretary to ensure that at least 25% of funds provided under this Act are used to support projects in low-income communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Accelerated Revenue, Repayment, and Surface Water Storage Enhancement Act

Bill: 113-hr-3981
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2014-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Public contracts and procurement
Water resources funding
Water storage
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-31
text: 
Accelerated Revenue, Repayment, and Surface Water Storage Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convert certain existing water service contracts between the United States and water users' associations to repayment contracts to allow for prepayment of such contracts, upon the request of the contractor. Specifies the manner of conversion and the terms and conditions of prepayment.
 
Requires the receipts generated from prepayment of contracts under this Act, beyond amounts necessary to cover the amount of receipts forgone from scheduled payments under current law for the 10-year period following the enactment of this Act, to be directed to the Reclamation Surface Water Storage Account. Requires the Secretary to allocate amounts in such Account to fund or provide loans for the construction of surface water storage for:
 
 
 increased municipal and industrial water supply;
 
agricultural floodwater, erosion, and sedimentation reduction; 
 
agricultural drainage improvements;
 
agricultural irrigation; 
 
increased recreation opportunities; 
 
reduced adverse impacts to fish and wildlife from water storage or diversion projects within watersheds associated with water storage projects funded under this Act; and 
 
other purposes consistent with reclamation laws or other federal law.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 16.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Subcommittee on Water and Power Discharged.
action_date: 2014-02-05
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2014-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2014-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Open Internet Preservation Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3982
Sponsor: Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2014-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-03
text: 
Open Internet Preservation Act of 2014 - Restores rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the Report and Order in the matter of preserving the open Internet and broadband industry practices (adopted on December 21, 2010) that were vacated by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in 
Verizon v. Federal Communications Commission
 (decided on January 14, 2014).
 
Requires such rules to remain in effect until the FCC takes final action in the proceedings remanded to the FCC in such D.C. Circuit decision.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2014-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Total Learning Act

Bill: 113-hr-3983
Sponsor: Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
Introduced: 2014-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child care and development
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Family relationships
Government information and archives
Preschool education
Public-private cooperation
School administration
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-03
text: 
Total Learning Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to full-service community schools or partnerships between local educational agencies and public or nonprofit social service providers or full-service community schools to implement innovative early learning curricula in preschool and elementary school programs in high-need communities for children from birth through age nine.
 
Defines &quot;full-service community schools&quot; as public schools which: (1) coordinate educational, developmental, family, health, and other comprehensive services through community-based organizations and public and private partnerships; and (2) provide students, families, and the community with access to such services.
 
Includes as grant-covered costs, those incurred for: (1) extended school hours and days; (2) staff development, compensation, and retention; (3) comprehensive child and family support services; and (4) other activities the Secretary deems appropriate to promote academic success for impoverished children.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) award funds to a public or nonprofit organization experienced in an innovative early learning curriculum to provide training and technical assistance to grantees on implementing that curriculum, and (2) disseminate information concerning the grant program to potential grant applicants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Early Learning Act

Bill: 113-hr-3984
Sponsor: Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
Introduced: 2014-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child care and development
Child health
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
Performance measurement
Preschool education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-03
text: 
Supporting Early Learning Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive, matching Quality Pathways grants to states that demonstrate the greatest progress toward establishing a high-quality system of early learning that includes: 
 
 
 state early learning standards; 
 
 preservice and ongoing training for staff; 
 
 the systematic review, rating, and monitoring of early learning programs for ameliorative purposes; 
 
 parental involvement; 
 
 health, disability, and family support services and referrals for participating children; 
 
 an early learning data system; and 
 
 a process for evaluating children's school readiness and ensuring their effective transition to the public school system.
 
 
Requires the grant to be used to further such progress and move more disadvantaged children into higher quality programs. Permits grantees to apply to the Secretary to reserve up to 25% of their grant to expand disadvantaged children's access to the highest quality early learning programs offering full-day, full-year services.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive Development grants to states that were not awarded a Pathways grant, but commit to developing a high-quality system of early learning that includes the components listed above.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish indicators to measure state progress in meeting grant objectives, and states to establish Secretary-approved benchmarks for success that are based on those indicators.
 
Requires the Secretary to use certain reserved funds to: (1) establish a competitive grant demonstration program for Native American school readiness programs; (2) provide technical assistance to states to help them qualify for, apply for, and maintain this Act's grants; and (3) support the Institute of Education Sciences' research into, and evaluation of, this Act's grant-related activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2014-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-03
text: Introduced in House