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Naugatuck River Valley National Heritage Area Study Act

Bill: 113-s-2857
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Connecticut
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Naugatuck River Valley National Heritage Area Study Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study on the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Naugatuck River Valley National Heritage Area in Connecticut. Requires submission of the study's results to Congress. 


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
PACE Act

Bill: 113-s-2859
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Department of Labor
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Higher education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Promoting Apprenticeships for Credentials and Employment Act or the PACE Act - Establishes the Office of Apprenticeship in the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor, to be headed by the Administrator of the Office of Apprenticeship. Includes among the duties of the Administrator the management of the national apprenticeship system, promoting awareness about registered apprenticeship programs (i.e., programs registered under the National Apprenticeship Act), and supporting the development of pre-apprenticeship programs (programs or strategies designed to prepare individuals to enter and succeed in a registered apprenticeship program).
 
Establishes in the Department of Labor a National Advisory Committee on Apprenticeships to advise the Administrator, and make recommendations, on the administration of registered apprenticeship programs. 
 
Directs the Administrator, working jointly with the Assistant Secretary of Education for Vocational and Adult Education (Secretaries), to establish and maintain a voluntary Registered Apprenticeship-College Consortium to promote: (1) stronger connections between registered apprenticeship programs and participating two- and four-year postsecondary educational institutions, and (2) the translation of experience in an apprenticeship program to academic credit. 
 
Requires the Secretaries to: (1) establish criteria for the participation of a postsecondary educational institution or sponsor in the Consortium; (2) maintain a publicly accessible website to provide information about the Consortium in each state; and (3) establish an advisory committee for the Consortium to seek input from organizations and experts representing industry, labor, and postsecondary education.
 
Requires the Administrator to provide payments of assistance for eligible sponsors of new registered apprenticeship programs or for sponsors of existing joint labor-management registered apprenticeship programs that add employers as new partners. 


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
Fast Track to College Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2860
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Fast Track to College Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award matching six-year grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) that partner with institutions of higher education (IHEs) to establish or support dual or concurrent enrollment programs, such as early college high schools, that allow secondary school students to earn credit simultaneously toward a secondary school diploma and a postsecondary degree or certificate.
 
Gives grant priority to applicants: (1) that propose to establish or support a dual or concurrent enrollment program for a student body at least 40% of which is impoverished; and (2) from states that provide assistance to dual or concurrent enrollment programs, such as assistance defraying the costs of higher education.
 
Requires applicants to make assurances that: (1) students will not be required to pay tuition or fees for postsecondary courses, and (2) those courses will be taught by faculty that meet their partner IHE's normal standards.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award matching five-year grants to states to: (1) plan and implement statewide strategies to make dual or concurrent enrollment programs more accessible to students who are underrepresented in postsecondary education; (2) provide technical assistance to dual or concurrent enrollment programs; and (3) engage in outreach, assessment, and teacher training activities designed to strengthen such programs.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) contract for an independent evaluation of this Act's programs, and (2) provide technical assistance to LEAs and their partners and disseminate information concerning best practices in dual or concurrent enrollment programs.


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
A bill to authorize the Central Everglades Planning Project, Florida, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-2861
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Everglades
Florida
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Authorizes funding for environmental restoration activities of the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) in Florida as part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan if the Army Corps of Engineers gives approval by December 30, 2015. 


Legislative actions:
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
Regulatory Transparency, Patient Access, and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2862
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Department of Justice
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Licensing and registrations
Prescription drugs
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Regulatory Transparency, Patient Access, and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2014 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to direct the Attorney General, within 45 days of receiving a recommendation from the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to add a drug or substance that has never been marketed in the United States to a schedule of controlled substances, to issue an interim final rule under the exception for good cause, placing it into the schedule recommended, effective immediately.
 
Allows a person who submits an application for registration to manufacture or distribute a controlled substance to indicate on the registration application that the substance will be used only in connection with clinical trials of a drug. Requires the Attorney General to: (1) make a final decision on such application within 180 days, or (2) provide written notice to the applicant of the outstanding issues that must be resolved to reach a final decision and the estimated date on which such decision will be made.
 
Defines: (1) "factors as may be relevant to and consistent with the public health and safety," and (2) "imminent danger to the public health or safety."
 
Requires an order to show cause as to why a registration should not be denied, revoked, or suspended to notify the registrant of the opportunity to submit a corrective action plan on or before the date of appearance before the Attorney General. Requires the Attorney General, upon review of any such plan, to determine whether denial, revocation, or suspension proceedings should be discontinued or deferred for purposes of modification or clarification of such plan. Makes these requirements inapplicable to the issuance of an immediate suspension order.
 
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA) and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to identify: (1) obstacles to legitimate patient access to controlled substances; (2) issues with diversion of controlled substances; and (3) how collaboration between federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies and the pharmaceutical industry can benefit patients and prevent diversion and abuse of controlled substances.


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
Transparency in Education Act

Bill: 113-s-2863
Sponsor: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Education
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Minority education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Transparency in Education Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Education from issuing a final rule or implementing a proposed rule affecting the determination as to whether a postsecondary career education program provides training that leads to gainful employment in a recognized occupation, which is required if it is to participate in a program under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), until 90 days after: 
 
 
 the Secretary publishes a complete data analysis on the impact of such proposed rule on all postsecondary education programs and students at all categories of institutions of higher education that participate in a program under title IV of the HEA,
 
that analysis is published in a format similar to the Gainful Employment 2012 Informational Rate Calculations published by the Department of Education, and 
 
 the Comptroller General (GAO) issues a report that reviews such data analysis for accuracy and completeness.
 


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
Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act

Bill: 113-s-2864
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental health
Government information and archives
Health personnel
Medical research
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act - Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to the impact of climate change on health systems. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) publish and implement a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the impact of climate change on public health in the United States and other nations, particularly developing nations; (2) revise the plan periodically to reflect new information; (3) establish a permanent science advisory board; and (4) contract with the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine to assess the need for health professionals to prepare for and respond to the impact of climate change on public health. 


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
Voter Registration Modernization Act

Bill: 113-s-2865
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
State and local government operations
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Voter Registration Modernization Act - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) to require each state to make available official public websites for online voter registration. 
 
Directs the appropriate state or local election official to ensure that information on the computerized statewide voter registration list may be updated through the official public website. 
 
Directs the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to study best practices for implementing the requirements for Internet registration and the online updating of voter registration information.
 
Authorizes the provision of election information by electronic mail to individuals registered to vote who have requested to receive it.
 
Directs the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to make an implementation payment each year to enable each state to meet the requirements of this Act and to carry out activities to improve the administration of federal elections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in Senate
In-Home CARE Act

Bill: 113-s-2866
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adult day care
Allied health services
Child care and development
Child health
Disability and paralysis
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
In-Home Caregiver Assessment Resources and Education Act or the In-Home CARE Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Administration for Community Living to award grants to carry out home visiting programs for unpaid caregivers.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to coordinate with the National Family Caregiver Support Program, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and others on this grant program.
 
Requires grantees to provide:
 
 
caregiver education and training regarding medication management, food preparation, falls prevention and other subjects;
 
services or referrals for services related to home care, such as transportation, home modification, or respite care; and
 
an assessment and referral for physical and mental health services for the caregiver or person receiving care from the caregiver.
 


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
Creating Quality Technical Educators Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2867
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Creating Quality Technical Educators Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Teacher Quality Enhancement) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize grants under the Teacher Quality Partnership grant program to be used for secondary school career and technical education teacher preparation programs. (The grant program provides funds to partnerships of high-need local educational agencies [LEAs], high-need schools or early education programs, and institutions of higher education [IHEs] to train current and prospective teachers and school leaders.)
 
Requires the career and technical education teacher preparation programs to:
 
 
be available to mid-career professionals or recent graduates of an IHE who have expertise in a program area in which there is a career and technical education teacher shortage;
 
allow individuals to obtain initial licensure and the basic skills required for entry into the education profession, with the option of earning a bachelor's or master's degree; and
 
allow teachers who do not have subject matter expertise in a career and technical education field that is in demand in the local or regional economy to receive the technical skills training they need to teach those skills in a classroom setting.
 
 
Requires each partnership to select program participants based on the career and technical education program needs of any high-need LEAs in the partnership.
 
Requires each program participant to undergo specified pre-classroom training that is followed by: (1) mentoring from an experienced teacher for at least two years, and (2) continuing professional development coursework over the course of three years.
 
Requires program participants to: (1) be provided a one-year living stipend or salary while they undergo preservice training, and (2) serve as a full-time career and technical education teacher in a high-need LEA in the partnership for at least three academic years immediately after their successful completion of the pre-classroom training.
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to establish performance measures for the career and technical education teacher preparation programs.


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: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5787-5788)
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to establish a statute of limitations for certain actions of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-2868
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Civil actions and liability
Financial services and investments
Government studies and investigations
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to establish a 10-year statute of limitations governing an action or proceeding by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a civil monetary penalty. 
 
Tolls this statute of limitations any time an alleged violator is either absent from the United States or has no reasonably ascertainable place of abode or work within it. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5788)
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Counterterrorism Border Security Enhancement Act

Bill: 113-s-2869
Sponsor: Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Afghanistan
Africa
Asia
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Espionage and treason
Europe
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Homeland security
Iraq
Libya
Middle East
Pakistan
Syria
Terrorism
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Counterterrorism Border Security Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to conduct an assessment (which shall consider the visa waiver program requirements for travelers and program countries) and report to Congress regarding: (1) needed border security and entry procedures improvements in response to homeland threats from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and (2) growing participation by U.S. and European nationals as foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq and in terrorist activity.
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the visa waiver program to: (1) expand pre-travel clearance procedures, and (2) increase information-sharing requirements, including suspension of countries not fully cooperating with such requirements.
 
Directs the Secretary of State to submit a plan to Congress for training consular officers on visa interviewing techniques that emphasizes counterterrorism efforts. 
 
Directs the Secretary of DHS, the Secretary of State, and the Attorney General (DOJ) to submit to Congress a plan for: (1) increasing the scrutiny of U.S. citizens who have recently traveled to Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, or Libya; and (2) enhancing DOJ and other federal agency capabilities to investigate, arrest, and prosecute U.S. citizens suspected of engaging in terrorist acts or involvement with a terrorist organization. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of State to revoke and confiscate any passport issued to a U.S. citizen who is suspected of, or who has demonstrated an intent to engage in, terrorist activities. 
 
Amends the federal criminal code to include adherence to terrorist organizations within the definition of "treason."


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
On the Job Training Act

Bill: 113-s-2870
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Performance measurement
State and local finance
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
On the Job Training Act - Amends title III (Grants to States for Unemployment Compensation Administration) of the Social Security Act, with respect to grants to states by the Secretary of Labor for reemployment demonstration projects, to allow grants to up to 10 states per year instead of a maximum of 10 states altogether.
 
Allows a designee of a state governor, instead of only the governor, to apply for such a grant.
 
Requires any project to be commenced by December 31, 2017.
 
Allows direct disbursements under a project to employers who hire individuals receiving unemployment compensation to include disbursements promoting retention.
 
Requires the Secretary of Labor to: (1) approve completed grant applications in the order of receipt; (2) determine, before approving an application, whether its assurances are credible that the project would not result in increased costs to the state's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund; and (3) disapprove any application making assurances determined not credible.
 
Revises requirements for termination of a project to require the Secretary to: (1) notify a state in writing with sufficient detail describing any violation of the substantive terms or conditions of a project justifying its termination, and (2) determine that the state has not taken action to correct the violation within 90 days after notification.
 
Authorizes appropriations for FY2015-FY2020 for additional payments to states for the administrative costs of demonstration projects.
 
Directs the Secretary to evaluate the impact of each demonstration project, using existing data sources and methodology appropriate to determine project effects, including the effect on individual skill levels, earnings, and employment retention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in Senate