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Fishing Safety Training and Research Act

Bill: 113-hr-4025
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2014-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Hunting and fishing
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Research administration and funding
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: 
Fishing Safety Training and Research Act - Reauthorizes through FY2025: (1) the Fishing Safety Training Grants Program, and (2) the Fishing Safety Research Grant Program.
 
Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, in the case of the training grant program, to: (1) establish a publicly accessible electronic database listing individuals who have participated in training sessions carried out with such grant assistance; and (2) require, as a condition of including an individual in such database for any period longer than 18 months, that the individual complete retraining.
 
Requires such training to be available in languages other than English.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers Act

Bill: 113-hr-4026
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2014-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Department of Homeland Security
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement officers
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: 
Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include within the definition of &quot;public safety officers,&quot; in order for them to receive death benefits under the Act, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees who are performing their official duties related to protecting the nation's transportation systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: Introduced in House
To increase the statutory limit on the public debt and to require House and Senate votes on constitutional amendments to balance the Federal budget and to restrict new entitlement spending.

Bill: 113-hr-4027
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2014-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: 
Increases the public debt limit to $19.250 trillion.
 
Requires the House of Representatives and the Senate each to vote upon a proposed amendment to the Constitution entitled &quot;Joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States&quot; or entitled &quot;Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to restrict the power of Congress to enact legislation increasing any amount spent under entitlement programs or creating new entitlement programs.&quot;
 
States that if such vote fails to achieve a two-thirds majority in either house of Congress then there shall be another vote in that house on either such amendment within 90 days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of the Interior to transfer all Federal land, facilities, and any other assets associated with the Ozark National Scenic Riverways to the State of Missouri for the purposes of maintaining a State park, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-4029
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2014-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Land transfers
Missouri
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the state of Missouri all interest of the United States in and to all federal land, facilities, and any other assets associated with the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in Missouri. 
 
Requires the federal government to pay all of the costs of such conveyance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2014-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 18640 NW 2nd Avenue in Miami, Florida, as the "Father Richard Marquess-Barry Post Office Building".

Bill: 113-hr-4030
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2014-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Florida
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 18640 NW 2nd Avenue in Miami, Florida, as the "Father Richard Marquess-Barry Post Office Building."
action_date: 2014-12-19
text: 

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

 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 18640 NW 2nd Avenue in Miami, Florida, as the "Father Richard Marquess-Barry Post Office Building."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-19
text: Became Public Law No: 113-292.
action_date: 2014-12-19
text: Became Public Law No: 113-292.
action_date: 2014-12-19
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2014-12-19
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2014-12-18
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2014-12-18
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2014-12-17
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6924)
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6924)
action_date: 2014-12-09
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8842)
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8842)
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4030.
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8842)
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Mr. Meadows moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 113-292
American Worker Mobility Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4033
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2014-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Transportation costs
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: 
American Worker Mobility Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to grant a relocation subsidy of up to $10,000 to an individual who: (1) has been totally unemployed for at least 26 consecutive weeks; (2) has exhausted all rights to state or federal unemployment compensation; (3) has not received a relocation subsidy for the two-year period preceding the subsidy application; and (4) is able to work, available to work, and actively seeking work.
 
Prescribes subsidy program requirements.
 
Directs the Secretary to issue regulations to prevent program fraud or abuse.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Access to Hearing Healthcare Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4035
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2014-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: 
Access to Hearing Healthcare Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the definition of Medicare-covered audiology (hearing and balance assessment) services provided by a qualified and legally authorized audiologist to state that such services are covered without regard to any requirement that: (1) the individual receiving them be under the care of (or referred by) a physician or other health care practitioner, or (2) such services are provided under the supervision of a physician or other health practitioner.
 
Includes audiology services as medical services, as so redefined, under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-02-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E213)
action_date: 2014-02-11
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: 2014-02-11
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: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Central Intelligence Agency from using an unmanned aerial vehicle to carry out a weapons strike or other deliberately lethal action and to transfer the authority to conduct such strikes or lethal action to the Department of Defense.

Bill: 113-hr-4036
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2014-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Military operations and strategy

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: 
Prohibits any officer or employee of, or contractor or detailee to, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from using an unmanned aerial vehicle to carry out a weapons strike or other lethal action.
 
Requires the President to transfer all authority to use such a vehicle to conduct such strikes or lethal action to the Department of Defense (DOD).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Improving Veterans' Access to Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4037
Sponsor: Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17]
Introduced: 2014-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: 
Improving Veterans' Access to Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Act of 2014 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), when calculating the rate of veterans determined to be rehabilitated to the point of employability, to divide the number of veterans who participated in VA vocational rehabilitation programs whom the Secretary determines to have been so rehabilitated by the total number of veterans who: (1) participated in such programs during that fiscal year, and (2) were entitled to participate in such programs during such fiscal year but who did not complete a program.
 
Allows a course of education and training to be pursued by a veteran as part of a rehabilitation program only if the course is approved under VA vocational rehabilitation requirements.
 
Makes veterans enrolled in a VA vocational rehabilitation program eligible for VA specially adapted housing, when appropriate.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to prioritize VA vocational rehabilitation services based on need upon consideration of disability ratings, the severity of employment handicaps, qualification for a program of independent living, income, and other factors determined appropriate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2014-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Benefits Administration Information Technology Improvement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4038
Sponsor: Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17]
Introduced: 2014-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Government information and archives
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: 
Veterans Benefits Administration Information Technology Improvement Act of 2014 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make such changes and improvements to the information technology system of the Veterans Benefits Administration to ensure that: (1) all original and supplemental claims for veterans educational assistance are adjudicated electronically, and (2) rules-based processing is used to make decisions with respect to such claims with little human intervention.
 
Requires the Secretary to reduce redundancy and inefficiencies in the use of information technology to process claims for rehabilitation programs by: (1) ensuring that payments of subsistence allowance for veterans participating in a rehabilitation program are processed and paid out of only one corporate information technology system, and (2) enhancing the information technology system supporting veterans participating in such a program to support more accurate accounting of services and outcomes.
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2014-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Freedom Riders, collectively, in recognition of their unique contribution to Civil Rights, which inspired a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel.

Bill: 113-hr-4041
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2014-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal to the Freedom Riders in recognition of their contribution to civil rights, which inspired a movement to equality in interstate travel.
 
Requires such medal to be given to the Smithsonian Institution, where it will be available for display and research. Expresses the sense of Congress that the medal should be made available for display elsewhere, particularly at locations associated with the Freedom Riders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Community Bank Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Study Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4042
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2014-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Department of the Treasury
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: 
Community Bank Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Study Act of 2014 - Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) (federal banking agencies) to study jointly the appropriate capital requirements for mortgage servicing assets for any banking institution other than an institution identified by the Financial Stability Board as a global systemically important bank.
 
Prohibits regulations to implement the Global Regulatory Framework for More Resilient Banks and Banking Systems issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision on December 16, 2010, as revised on June 1, 2011, (Basel III capital requirements) with respect to mortgage servicing assets for nonsystemic banking institutions from taking effect until six months after the report on the study is issued to Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 9.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Child Tax Credit Restoration Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4044
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2014-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: 
Child Tax Credit Restoration Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the child tax credit, to increase, in taxable years beginning in 2014 or 2015: (1) the maximum amount of such credit per child to $2,000, and (2) the rate of the refundable portion of such credit from 15% to 30% of earned income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
First Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 113-hr-4045
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2014-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Rhode Island
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: 
First Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal Act - Requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to award a congressional gold medal to the First Rhode Island Regiment, collectively, in recognition of their dedicated service during the Revolutionary War.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell bronze duplicates of such medal at a price sufficient to cover the costs of such medals.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House