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Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5285
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2014-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Poverty and welfare assistance
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: 
Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2014 - Prohibits the federal government, and any state that receives federal funding for any program that provides child welfare services under part B (Child and Family Services) or part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV (Grants to States for Aid and Services to Needy Families with Children and for Child-Welfare Services) of the Social Security Act (SSA), from discriminating or taking an adverse action against a child welfare service provider that declines to provide, facilitate, or refer for a child welfare service that conflicts with the provider's sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions.
 
Bars such prohibition from applying to SSA requirements that forbid state entities from denying or delaying adoption or foster care placements on the basis of an adoptive parent's or a child's race, color, or national origin. 
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to withhold 15% of the federal funds that a state receives for such programs if the state violates this Act. 
 
Allows an aggrieved child welfare service provider to assert such an adverse action violation as a claim or defense in a judicial proceeding and to obtain all appropriate relief (including declaratory relief, injunctive relief, compensatory damages, and reasonable attorney fees and costs).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Equitable Treatment Act

Bill: 113-hr-5286
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2014-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Veterans Affairs
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Public contracts and procurement
Transportation costs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: 
Veterans Equitable Treatment Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) establish a maximum specialist referral period (the period between the date a veteran is referred to a VA specialty clinic by the veteran's VA primary care physician and the date the veteran is scheduled for an appointment with a VA specialist), subject to such exceptions as the Secretary considers necessary and consistent with current VA treatment policies based on clinical need and with the VA's 30-30-20 performance goal for such referral period; and (2) take steps to ensure that the VA is able to provide appropriate transportation services for qualified veterans within a reasonable time period of a scheduled appointment. 
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) promptly provide for such specialty care or transportation from a private source if the Secretary is not able to meet such standards, (2) reimburse such private provider or the reasonable value of such care or services, and (2) take steps to expedite such required reimbursement, consistent with the Veterans Health Administration policy that 90% of all non-VA contract care claims are processed within 30 days of receipt. 
 
Terminates the requirement that a veteran must have received care from the VA within the 24-month period preceding the furnishing of emergency treatment at a non-VA facility in order to be considered an active VA health-care participant who is eligible for reimbursement for such treatment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for expenses for household and elder care services necessary for gainful employment.

Bill: 113-hr-5287
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2014-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adult day care
Income tax credits
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a new tax credit for employment-related expenses necessary to care for a dependent of a taxpayer who has attained age 50, including expenses for household services and for the care of the dependent, including respite care and hospice care. Limits the amount of such credit to $3,000 for the care of one dependent and $6,000 for the care of two or more dependents of the taxpayer in a taxable year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
National Care Corps Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5288
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2014-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Health and Human Services
Disability and paralysis
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Health care costs and insurance
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Home and outpatient care
National and community service
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: 
National Care Corps Act of 2014 - Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the National Care Corps through which Corps Members provide certain services to individuals in need who are age 65 or older or have a disability and have difficulty with self-care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Indian River Lagoon Nutrient Removal Assistance Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5289
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18]
Introduced: 2014-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Executive agency funding and structure
Florida
Government trust funds
Lakes and rivers
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Pollution liability
Water quality
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: 
Indian River Lagoon Nutrient Removal Assistance Act of 2014 - Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish an Indian River Lagoon Nutrient Removal Assistance Grant Program to assist projects related to the protection and restoration of the Indian River Lagoon in Florida.
 
Directs the EPA to issue regulations regarding grant selection criteria that prioritize projects that: (1) produce the greatest nutrient load reductions, (2) result in the greatest environmental benefits to the Lagoon, and (3) advance the goals and objectives of the comprehensive and management plan for the Indian River Lagoon approved under the National Estuary program of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act).
 
Requires the EPA to issue regulations to increase by 5% each civil penalty amount established for a violation of the Clean Water Act.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish an Indian River Lagoon Nutrient Removal Assistance Trust Fund for the Program. Requires an amount equal to the increase in civil penalties to be transferred to the Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2014-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
COMMUTE Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5290
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10]
Introduced: 2014-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Defense spending
Government studies and investigations
Infrastructure development
Military facilities and property
Pedestrians and bicycling
Public transit
Regional and metropolitan planning
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: 
Creating Opportunities for Military Members to Use Transportation Efficiently Act of 2014 or the COMMUTE Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the Office of Economic Adjustment, to establish a Military Community Infrastructure Program to provide grants to a state or political subdivision, a public transportation owner or operator, a local governmental authority, a metropolitan planning organization (MPO), or a regional transportation planning organization for transportation infrastructure improvement projects in military communities.
 
Directs the Secretary to conduct a traffic impact study for any urbanized area that expects a significant increase in traffic due to a military installation within or abutting such area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States with respect to goods exported for processing abroad and reimported, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-5291
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2014-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to prescribe requirements for the duty treatment of certain textile and apparel goods exported for processing abroad and subsequently reimported into the United States.
 
Revises requirements granting duty-free treatment of previously imported articles, for which a duty was paid or where no duty was paid, if:
 
 
reimported, without having been advanced in value or improved in condition while abroad, after having been exported under bailment agreements or for warehousing, repackaging, or both; and
 
 (as under current law) reimported by or for the account of the person who imported it into, and exported it from, the United States.
 
 
Declares that, with respect to the duty imposed on the value of repairs or alterations made abroad to articles and subsequently imported into the United States: 
 
 
the article shall be considered to be the same article that was exported without regard to whether it contains one or more components recovered from an identical or similar article that was also exported from the United States, and
 
the cost or value of any such components shall not be included in the value of the article when it enters the United States.
 
 
Permits, with respect to such articles, the commingling of fungible goods exported from the United States, as well as use of an inventory management method to account for the origin, value, and classification of such goods.
 
Permits use of the manufacturer's identification (MID) code of the facility that repairs, alters, assembles, processes, stores, or otherwise handles the textile and apparel goods on any customs entry documentations or electronic data transmissions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Disabled Public Safety Officers Fairness Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5292
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2014-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Justice
Disability assistance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fires
Health personnel
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: 
Disabled Public Safety Officers Fairness Act of 2014 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for payment of disability benefits to public safety officers who became permanently and totally disabled prior to the enactment of such Act. 
 
Allows a public safety officer seeking a benefit on the basis of having been permanently and totally disabled as the direct result of a catastrophic injury sustained in the line of duty before the enactment of such Act to file a claim during the same period that would be applicable to an officer disabled after the date of enactment, except that in lieu of such a period beginning on the date of the injury it shall begin on the date of the enactment of this Act.
 
Applies this Act to any public safety officer alive on or after enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Small Airport Regulation Relief Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5295
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2014-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Noise pollution
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: 
Small Airport Regulation Relief Act of 2014 - Prescribes a special rule to require the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) for FY2015 and FY2016 to apportion amounts for airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning and programs to sponsors of primary airports based on the number of passenger boardings at the airport during calendar year 2012 if it had: (1) fewer than 10,000 passenger boardings during the calendar year used to calculate the apportionment for FY2015 or FY2016, and (2) 10,000 or more passenger boardings during calendar year 2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
To require a demonstration program on the accession as Air Force officers of candidates with auditory impairments.

Bill: 113-hr-5296
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2014-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: 
Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to carry out a demonstration program to assess the feasibility and advisability of permitting individuals with auditory impairments (including deafness) access as officers of the Air Force. 
 
Authorizes between 15 and 20 individuals who are deaf or have a range of other auditory impairments, who otherwise meet all essential qualifications for accession as an officer of the Air Force, and who have not previously served as officers to participate in such program.
 
Requires selected participants to undergo the Basic Officer Training course or the Commissioned Officer Training course at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, at the election of the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to designate a special advisor to act as a resource for participants, as well as a liaison between participants and those providing the officer training. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening Charities Through Transparency Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5297
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2014-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Crimes against property
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: 
Strengthening Charities Through Transparency Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require tax-exempt organizations to file their returns in electronic form and to make such returns available to the public in a machine readable format as soon as practicable. 
 
Requires: (1) states, upon the request of the Attorney General, to make available information on charities or charity management officials who have been convicted of fraud, theft, or a financial offense; and (2) the Attorney General to establish a database that lists each such charity or charity management official.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Student Job Protection Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5298
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2014-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Higher education
Sales and excise taxes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: 
Student Job Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude students who are employed by an institution of higher education (IHE) and carrying what the school considers a full-time academic workload at the IHE from being counted as full-time employees in calculating the IHE's shared responsibility regarding health care coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Urban Core Revitalization Act

Bill: 113-hr-5299
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2014-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Industrial facilities
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: 
Urban Core Revitalization Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the rehabilitation tax credit, to include a 15% credit for any qualified rehabilitated building (other than a certified historic structure) located in a low-income community. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
EPA Regulatory Domestic Benefit Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5300
Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2014-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government studies and investigations
Oil and gas
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: 
The EPA Regulatory Domestic Benefit Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from issuing, implementing, and enforcing any proposed or final rule addressing emissions of carbon dioxide from any new or existing source that is an electric utility generating unit unless the regulatory impact analysis for the rule primarily considers, and separately reports on, the domestic benefits of the rule. 
 
Nullifies the following proposed rules: (1) Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units, and (2) Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Special Forces Command Sergeant Major Ramon Rodriguez of the United States Army for acts of valor during the Vietnam War.

Bill: 113-hr-5302
Sponsor: Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-46]
Introduced: 2014-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: 
Authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to Command Sergeant Major Ramon Rodriguez of the U.S. Army for acts of valor, sacrifice, and courage at the risk of his own life beyond the call of duty during the Vietnam War.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Introduced in House