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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2551 Galena Avenue in Simi Valley, California, as the "Neil Havens Post Office".

Bill: 113-hr-4939
Sponsor: Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2014-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: California
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-23
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2551 Galena Avenue in Simi Valley, California, as the "Neil Havens Post Office."
action_date: 2014-12-16
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 2551 Galena Avenue in Simi Valley, California, as the "Neil Havens Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Became Public Law No: 113-224.
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Became Public Law No: 113-224.
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2014-12-10
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2014-12-10
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2014-12-09
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6395-6396)
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6395-6396)
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7249-7250)
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7249-7250)
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4939.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7249-7250)
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Mr. Collins (GA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-06-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-23
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 113-224
Tax Equality for Entrepreneurs Act

Bill: 113-hr-4940
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2014-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Food industry and services
Income tax deductions
Real estate business
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-23
text: 
Tax Equality for Entrepreneurs Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent: (1) accelerated depreciation (15-year cost recovery) of qualified leasehold and retail improvement property and qualified restaurant property; and (2) the election to expense such property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-23
text: Introduced in House
Promise Zone Job Creation Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4941
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2014-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Economic development
Employee hiring
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Indian social and development programs
Rural conditions and development
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-23
text: 
Promise Zone Job Creation Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to designate up to 20 areas as Promise Zones for purposes of priority consideration in federal grant programs and initiatives. 
 
Defines a "Promise Zone" as any area with a continuous boundary and a population of not more than 200,000 that is nominated by a local government or Indian tribe and designated on the basis of its unemployment rate, poverty rate, household income, labor force participation, and educational attainment. Requires an application for designation as a Promise Zone to include a competitiveness plan that addresses the need of the area to attract investment and jobs and improve educational opportunities.
 
Allows: (1) a Promise Zone employment tax credit for wages paid to a qualified zone or resident employee, and (2) expensing of Promise Zone property. 
 
Defines "Promise Zone property" as property that is: (1) tangible property with a recovery period of 20 years or less for depreciation purposes, water utility property, computer software, or qualified leasehold improvement property; (2) acquired by purchase for use in the active conduct of a trade or business; and (3) originally placed in service in a Promise Zone. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-23
text: Introduced in House
Underserved Veterans Access to Health Care Act

Bill: 113-hr-4942
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2014-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medical education
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-23
text: 
Underserved Veterans Access to Health Care Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish medical residency programs, or ensure a sufficient number of residency positions in medical residency programs, at VA medical facilities that the Secretary determines: (1) are experiencing a shortage of physicians, and (2) are located in communities that are designated as a health professional shortage area.
 
Requires the Secretary to determine the specialty of health care professionals that a location is experiencing a shortage of and allocate residency positions based on such determination.
 
Directs the Secretary, during the five-year period beginning on the enactment of this Act, to establish not fewer than 2,000 graduate medical education residency positions, giving priority to VA medical facilities that: (1) do not have medical residency programs, and (2) are located in communities that have a high concentration of veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-06-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-23
text: Introduced in House
National Child Protection Training Act

Bill: 113-hr-4943
Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]
Introduced: 2014-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Domestic violence and child abuse
Education programs funding
Higher education
Medical education
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-23
text: 
National Child Protection Training Act - Directs the Attorney General, through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, to establish a program to sustain at least four regional training centers affiliated with institutions of higher education. 
 
Requires the regional training centers to: (1) develop model interdisciplinary undergraduate curricula on recognizing and responding to cases of child maltreatment that consists of at least a three-course certificate program or minor degree; (2) develop related model graduate curricula for medical schools, law schools, seminaries, and other institutions of higher education that instruct students likely to become child protection professionals or other professionals required by law to report cases of child maltreatment; (3) disseminate such curricula, upon the Attorney General's approval, to institutions of higher education; (4) develop "laboratory" training facilities that allow for simulated, interactive, and intensive training of students preparing for child protection careers as well as child protection professionals currently in the field; (5) assist communities in developing evidence-based prevention programs; and (6) assist states in developing and maintaining forensic interview training programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2014-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-06-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2014-06-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2014-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-23
text: Introduced in House
Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4944
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2014-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-24
text: 
Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act of 2014 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to report to Congress on the epidemiology of, impact of, and appropriate funding required to address neglected diseases of poverty, including neglected parasitic diseases such as Chagas disease, cysticercosis, toxocariasis, toxoplasmosis, trichomoniasis, the soil-transmitted helminths, and other related diseases. Requires the report to provide the information necessary to guide future health policy to: (1) accurately evaluate the current state of knowledge concerning such diseases and define gaps in such knowledge, and (2) address the threat of such diseases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Repairing Our Aging Roads Act

Bill: 113-hr-4945
Sponsor: Rep. Bentivolio, Kerry L. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2014-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Appropriations
Government trust funds
Income tax exclusion
Infrastructure development
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Securities
State and local taxation
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-24
text: 
Repairing Our Aging Roads Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to issue Transportation Bonds in the aggregate of up to $2 billion to each state for transportation infrastructure projects.
 
Establishes in the Treasury 50 separate State Transportation Trust Funds consisting of amounts derived from the sale and issuance of Transportation Bonds to construct or improve state transportation infrastructure.
 
Requires an offsetting reduction, equal to the dollar amount of bonds issued, in any discretionary account in any appropriation Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2014-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2014-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2014-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2014-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Crime Gun Tracing Act

Bill: 113-hr-4946
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2014-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-24
text: 
Crime Gun Tracing Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct the Attorney General, in awarding public safety and community policing (COPS ON THE BEAT) grants, to give preferential consideration to an applicant that has reported all firearms recovered during the previous 12 months at a crime scene or during the course of a criminal investigation to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), or to a state agency that reports such firearms to the Bureau, for the purpose of tracing.
 
Requires each application for a COPS grant to specify: (1) whether the applicant recovered any firearms at a crime scene or during the course of a criminal investigation during the 12 months before the submission of the application; (2) the number of such firearms recovered; (3) the number of such firearms reported to the Bureau, or to a state agency that reports such firearms to the Bureau, for tracing; and (4) the reason why any such firearms were not so reported.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4947
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2014-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-24
text: 
Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length Act of 2014 or the ORDEAL Act of 2014 - Amends the Clean Air Act to lengthen from 5 years to 10 years the intervals at which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to review and revise air quality criteria and primary and secondary national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). Eliminates the EPA's authority to review and revise criteria or promulgate new standards for ozone concentrations earlier or more frequently than required. Prohibits the EPA from reviewing and revising NAAQS for ozone concentrations before February 1, 2018. Requires the EPA to complete a thorough review of the standards and make revisions not later December 31, 2018.
 
Lengthens from 5 years to 10 years the intervals at which an independent scientific review committee is required to review air quality criteria and NAAQS and recommend any new standards or revisions to existing criteria and standards. Delays the review by an independent scientific review committee of NAAQS for ozone concentrations until February 1, 2018. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-24
text: Introduced in House
VA Investigation and Accountability Act

Bill: 113-hr-4948
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2014-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-24
text: 
VA Investigation and Accountability Act - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY2014 for the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2014-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2014-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-24
text: Introduced in House
New American Success Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4949
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2014-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Advisory bodies
Citizenship and naturalization
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial literacy
Government trust funds
Higher education
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Language arts
Lawyers and legal services
Performance measurement
Preschool education
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Small business
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-24
text: 
New American Success Act of 2014 - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President a National Office of New Americans which shall: 
 
 
 coordinate federal, state, and local efforts to ensure the economic, linguistic, and civic integration of immigrants and their children; 
 
advise the President, Congress, and other federal officials on immigrant integration; 
 
establish national goals for immigrant integration; 
 
cooperate with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and other executive agencies to analyze the budget impact of immigration policies and integration efforts; 
 
 identify the anticipated effects of new federal immigration policies on existing integration efforts; and 
 
consult on a biannual basis with state and local government officials.
 
 
Establishes within the Office a Task Force on New Americans.
 
Requires U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, in consultation with the Office, to award initial entry, adjustment, and citizenship assistance grants to local government units, private organizations, community-based organizations, or not-for-profit organizations to provide legal assistance to an eligible non-citizen who is seeking: (1) to become a permanent resident or naturalized citizen, or (2) relief from removal. 
 
Makes such grants available for 10 fiscal years beginning with FY2016.
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Integration Success Fund.
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the waiver of the English language naturalization requirement for senior individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2014-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2014-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2014-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Protecting American Jobs and Exports Act

Bill: 113-hr-4950
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10]
Introduced: 2014-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Executive agency funding and structure
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government lending and loan guarantees
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-24
text: 
Protecting American Jobs and Exports Act - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States through FY2021.
 
Extends through FY2021 and gradually increases (with a specified exception) the Bank's aggregate outstanding loan, guarantee, and insurance authority.
 
Extends through FY2021 Bank authority to provide financing for the export of nonlethal defense articles or services whose primary end use will be for civilian purposes.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-24
text: Introduced in House