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Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2301
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2014-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Pornography

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: 
Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the federal criminal code to expand the definition of &quot;full amount of the victim's losses&quot; for purposes of provisions governing mandatory restitution of victims of offenses involving sexual exploitation and other abuse of children to include medical services, physical and occupational therapy or rehabilitation, and lost income for the victim's lifetime, as well as any losses suffered by the victim from any sexual act or conduct in preparation for or during the production of child pornography depicting the victim involved in the offense.
 
Sets forth guidelines for determining restitution where the victim of of a specified child pornography offense was harmed by one defendant (requiring restitution for not less than the full amount of the victim's losses) or by more than one defendant (requiring restitution for not more than the full amount of the victim's losses and not less than specified minimum amounts for certain offenses). 
 
Requires joint and several liability where there are multiple defendants and allows each defendant who is ordered to pay restitution and who has made full payment to the victim equal to or exceeding the specified minimum amount to recover contribution from any other defendant ordered to pay. Sets forth contribution claim procedures. 
 
Requires the Attorney General to report to Congress within one year after enactment of this Act on any progress of the Department of Justice (DOJ) in obtaining restitution for victims of such offenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2798-2799)
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2798-2799)
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Afghan Allies Protection Extension Act

Bill: 113-s-2302
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2014-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign labor
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: 
Afghan Allies Protection Extension Act - Amends the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to extend: (1) the Afghan special immigrant visa program through FY2015, and (2) unused visa carryover authority through December 31, 2016.
 
Expands the scope of a principal alien's qualifying employment to include employment by or on behalf of: (1) an organization associated with the U.S. mission in Afghanistan that has received U.S. funding through an official and documented contract, grant, or cooperative agreement; or (2) a media or nongovernmental organization headquartered in the United States.
 
Revises family member requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
United States Coast Guard Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 113-s-2303
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2014-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Building construction
Coast guard
Currency
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: 
United States Coast Guard Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue in commemoration of the United States Coast Guard: (1) $5 gold coins, (2) $1 silver coins, and (3) half-dollar clad coins. 
 
Requires the design of such coins to be emblematic of the traditions, history, and heritage of the Coast Guard, and its role in securing our nation since 1790. 
 
Prescribes design requirements. 
 
Restricts the issuance of such coins to the one-year period beginning on January 1, 2017. 
 
Prescribes the sale price of the coins and coin surcharges. Requires such surcharges to be paid by the Secretary to the National Coast Guard Museum Foundation to help finance the design and construction of the National Coast Guard Museum.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Social Security and Marriage Equality Act

Bill: 113-s-2305
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2014-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Marriage and family status
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: 
Social Security and Marriage Equality Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to the determination of a valid marriage to account for marriages in jurisdictions other than a state.
 
Authorizes the courts of any state to find that an OASDI benefit applicant and an insured individual were validly married in a jurisdiction other than a state at the time the applicant files a benefit application or, if the insured individual is dead, at the time the individual died.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2306
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2014-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Delaware
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Floods and storm protection
Intergovernmental relations
Lakes and rivers
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
New Jersey
New York State
Pennsylvania
Water quality
Water resources funding
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: 
Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to establish a Delaware River Basin restoration program, under which the Director shall: (1) draw on management plans for the Basin or portions of the Basin and work in consultation with applicable management entities, including representatives of the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, the Delaware River Basin Commission, the federal government, other state and local governments, and regional and nonprofit organizations, to identify, prioritize, and implement restoration and protection activities within the Basin; and (2) adopt a Basin-wide strategy that supports the implementation of a shared set of science-based restoration and protection activities, targets cost-effective conservation projects, and supports measurable conservation efforts.
 
Defines "Basin" as the four-state Delaware Basin region, including all of Delaware Bay and portions of Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania located in the Delaware River watershed. 
 
Requires the Director to establish the Delaware River Basin restoration grant program to provide competitive matching grants to carry out the restoration program. Requires the Director to develop criteria to ensure that funded activities: (1) restore or protect fish and wildlife and their habitats; (2) improve or protect water quality by reducing pollutants and restoring headwater areas and drinking water basins; (3) improve the management of water volume and mitigation of flood damage to support the ecological needs of fish and wildlife and their habitats; (4) include priority needs or actions identified in the Basin-wide strategy; and/or (5) include restoration and protection activities with multiple benefits in the Basin, including habitat, water quality, and flood damage mitigation. Limits the federal share of the total cost of a funded project to 50%. Authorizes the Director to contract with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation or another organization that offers grant management services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
International Violence Against Women Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2307
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2014-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of State
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Government information and archives
Human rights
Human trafficking
Law enforcement officers
Marriage and family status
Performance measurement
Sex offenses
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Violent crime
Women in business
Women's education
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: 
International Violence Against Women Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of State to establish an Office of Global Women's Issues which shall be headed by an Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues. 
 
Directs the Ambassador-at-Large to coordinate U.S. government efforts regarding gender integration and advancing the status of women and girls in U.S. foreign policy. 
 
 Establishes in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) a Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment who shall direct USAID activities, policies, programs, and funding relating to gender equality and women's empowerment.
 
Directs the Ambassador-at-Large to develop or update annually for six years a U.S. global strategy to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary and the Administrator of USAID to provide assistance to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls internationally.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate Union Station in Washington, DC, as "Harry S. Truman Union Station".

Bill: 113-s-2308
Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2014-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional tributes
District of Columbia
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Railroads

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: 
Designates Union Station, located at 40 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Washington, DC, as the &quot;Harry S. Truman Union Station.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Eric Williams Correctional Officer Protection Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2309
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2014-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime prevention
Department of Justice
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement officers
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: 
Eric Williams Correctional Officer Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the federal criminal code to require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to issue oleoresin capsicum spray to: (1) any Bureau officer or employee employed in a prison that is not a minimum or low security prison who may respond to an emergency situation in such prison; and (2) such additional prison officers and employees as the Director deems appropriate, subject to specified requirements.
 
Requires any such officer or employee to complete a training course before being issued such spray and annual training on the use of such spray. 
 
Authorizes Bureau officers and employees issued such spray to use it to reduce acts of violence committed by prisoners and prison visitors against themselves, other prisoners and visitors, and Bureau officers and employees.
 
Directs the Comptroller General (GAO), not later than three years after the date on which the Director begins to issue oleoresin capsicum spray to Bureau officers and employees, to submit to Congress a report that includes: (1) an evaluation of the effectiveness of issuing such spray on reducing crime in such prisons and acts of violence committed by prisoners against themselves and others, (2) an evaluation of the advisability of issuing such spray, and (3) recommendations to improve the safety of Bureau officers and employees in prisons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Mother's Day Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 113-s-2310
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2014-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Child health
Commemorative events and holidays
Currency
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
Research administration and funding
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: 
Mother's Day Commemorative Coin Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 400,000 $1 coins emblematic of the celebration of Mother's Day.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to issue such coins beginning on January 1, 2018, except that the Secretary may initiate sales of such coins, without issuance, before such date.
 
Terminates such minting authority after December 31, 2018.
 
Requires coin sales to include a $10 surcharge per coin, with distribution of one-half of such surcharges to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and one-half to the National Osteoporosis Foundation for the purpose of furthering research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2877-2878)
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to include licensed hearing aid specialists as eligible for appointment in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-2311
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2014-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to appoint licensed hearing aid specialists in the Veterans Health Administration. 
 
Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report on: (1) timely access of veterans to hearing health services through the VA, and (2) contracting policies of the VA with respect to providing hearing health services to veterans in non-VA facilities. 

 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
National Guard Technician Equity Act

Bill: 113-s-2312
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2014-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: 
National Guard Technician Equity Act - Provides a person the right to be employed as a non-dual status technician if: (1) the technician position has been designated to be filled only by a non-dual status technician, or (2) the person occupying the technician position has at least 20 years of service as a dual status military technician.
 
Repeals: (1) the permanent limitation on the number of non-dual status technicians, and (2) the prohibition against overtime pay for National Guard technicians.
 
 Allows military technicians who were hired as dual status technicians but are no longer members of the Selected Reserve to continue to receive compensation.
 
Requires dual status military technicians who are fully qualified for, and properly performing, the duties of such position to be: (1) retained in the Armed Forces, (2) exempt from consideration for involuntary separation by a military retention board, and (3) entitled to re-enlist as enlisted members so as to maintain their eligibility for continued employment as dual status military technicians.
 
Provides for a technician's rights of grievance, arbitration, appeal, and review beyond the current stage of the adjutant general of the jurisdiction concerned.
 
Prohibits federal employees who volunteer for active National Guard and Reserve duty from accruing military leave at the rate of 15 days each fiscal year for active duty, inactive duty training, or funeral honors duty in the National Guard or Reserves.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to evaluate the feasibility of converting military technicians from coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) to coverage under the TRICARE Reserve Select option of the TRICARE program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2878)
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Do Your Job Act

Bill: 113-s-2313
Sponsor: Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT]
Introduced: 2014-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Congressional officers and employees
Congressional operations and organization
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: 
Do Your Job Act - Prohibits either chamber from recessing or standing adjourned, between enactment of this Act and enactment of a concurrent budget resolution setting a deficit level of $0 or a surplus by FY2024, for a period that exceeds 24 hours.
 
Requires each Member of Congress to submit a budget for the fiscal year for official travel by the Member and the Member's employees to: (1) the Secretary of the Senate for a Senator, and (2) the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representative for a Member of the House.
 
Rescinds, effective on October 1 of each fiscal year, any unobligated amounts made available for official travel by a Member of Congress or his or her employee during the previous fiscal year. Requires rescinded funds to be used for deficit reduction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Removing Repeated Executive Delays to Transboundary Approvals of Pipelines and Engineering Act

Bill: 113-s-2314
Sponsor: Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT]
Introduced: 2014-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Canada
Coal
Congressional oversight
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Department of State
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Federal appellate courts
Infrastructure development
Judicial review and appeals
Latin America
Licensing and registrations
Mexico
Motor vehicles
Nebraska
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Railroads
Roads and highways
Solid waste and recycling
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: 
Removing Repeated Executive Delays to Transboundary Approvals of Pipelines and Engineering Act - Designates and empowers the Secretary of State to receive all applications (except those received by the Secretary of Energy [DOE] under current law) for permits for the construction, connection, operation, or maintenance, at the U.S. borders, of facilities for the exportation or importation to or from a foreign country of petroleum, petroleum products, coal, other fuels, certain products, water or sewage, as well as persons or things.
 
Prescribes requirements and procedures for granting a permit.
 
Authorizes TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. to construct, connect, operate, and maintain the pipeline and cross-border facilities specified in an application filed by TransCanada Corporation to the Department of State on May 4, 2012.
 
Deems the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement regarding the pipeline issued by the Secretary of State in January 2014 to fully satisfy the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and any law that requires federal agency consultation or review, including the Endangered Species Act of 1973. 
 
Restricts any legal challenges regarding a federal agency action and such facilities to judicial review on direct appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
 
Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to review any Executive order issued by the President that is not based on the President's exclusive constitutional authority.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
INVITE Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2315
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2014-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Aviation and airports
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Customs enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Government information and archives
Transportation programs funding
Travel and tourism
User charges and fees
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: 
Improving the Nation's Visitors' International Travel Experience Act of 2014 or INVITE Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to explore the feasibility of: (1) coordinating the enrollment and interview processes for individuals who are nationals of countries with which the United States has a reciprocal trusted traveler program agreement, applying simultaneously for a U.S. visa and global entry program enrollment, and collecting a single application fee from such applicants; and (2) coordinating the passport application and global entry program enrollment processes for eligible U.S. citizens.
 
Amends the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 to: (1) modify the model ports of entry program, including by increasing the number of program airports; and (2) direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to develop metrics to measure the program's performance. 
 
Directs the DHS Secretary to establish the model ports of entry grant program to award up to 10 grants to CBP-designated airports to improve the international arrival process at U.S. airports.
 
Directs CBP to report to Congress each year: (1) regarding average passenger wait times and peak wait times for each month at each port of entry, and (2) describing efforts to develop new technologies and procedures to improve the passenger screening process at U.S. ports of entry.
 
Directs the Secretary to collect and analyze traveler feedback to develop customer service best practices, ensure a welcoming environment, and improve the U.S. image.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate