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Health Prizes Rewarding Innovation, Savings, and Effectiveness Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5790
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Todd [R-IN-9]
Introduced: 2014-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Drug therapy
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Income tax exclusion
Intellectual property
Medical research
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-03
text: 
Health Prizes Rewarding Innovation, Savings, and Effectiveness Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to design prize competitions open to competitors worldwide to realize innovations that improve health outcomes thereby reducing federal expenditures on health programs.
 
Requires the NIH to identify as the subject of the competitions diseases or health conditions for which the federal government spends at least $5 billion per year on prevention and treatment, and the research investment is disproportionately small in comparison to other diseases with similar or greater federal expenditures on treatment and prevention.
 
Directs the NIH to award contracts to perform a simulation of the designed prize competitions to assess the effectiveness of the design.
 
Requires the NIH to contract with private entities to implement the competitions.
 
Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to provide competitors with guidance and access to testing facilities.
 
Prohibits the federal government from gaining an interest in intellectual property development by a participant without the participant's written consent.
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude prizes from gross income.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-12-03
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: 2014-12-03
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: 2014-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-03
text: Introduced in House
FINER Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5791
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2014-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Civil actions and liability
Government information and archives
Judicial review and appeals

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: 
Fines in Need of Extensive Reform Act of 2014 or the FINER Act of 2014 - Prohibits federal agency rules that provide for an assessment of an administrative fine from taking effect until 90 days after the rule and relevant rule guidance is made available on the agency's website. 
 
Establishes procedures for enforcement of, and challenges to, administrative fines to: (1) prohibit fine assessments unless a particular officer or employee of the agency is responsible for assessing the fine, (2) allow persons to challenge the imposition of a fine in federal court or through alternative dispute resolution by a neutral third party, and (3) require rule violations to be dismissed if the agency officer or employee who assessed the fine is not present in court for any proceedings contesting the fine.
 
 Requires agencies to publish annually in the Federal Register guidance for any rules for which they may assess an administrative fine.
 
Allows a person who prevails in contesting a fine to recover reasonable court costs and attorney's fees.
 
Provides for fine amounts to be deposited into the Treasury. Prohibits fines from being used to supplement or offset the appropriations of the agency that assessed the fine. 
 
Excludes user fees, criminal fines or penalties, or court-imposed fines from the requirements applicable to administrative fines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2014-12-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2014-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Introduced in House
To establish a special rule for determining normal retirement age for certain existing defined benefit plans.

Bill: 113-hr-5792
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2014-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: 
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to formulate a special rule for determining normal retirement age for certain existing defined benefit plans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2014-12-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2014-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Cyber Supply Chain Management and Transparency Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5793
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39]
Introduced: 2014-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Government information and archives
Homeland security
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: 
Cyber Supply Chain Management and Transparency Act of 2014 - Requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue guidelines for agencies that contract to acquire software, firmware, or products containing a third party or open source binary component.
 
Requires binary component contracts to include clauses requiring:
 
 
a confidentially supplied list, or a bill of materials, of each binary component that is used in the software, firmware, or product;
 
the contractor to verify that products do not contain known security vulnerabilities and to notify the purchasing agency of any known vulnerabilities or defects;
 
 the contractor to obtain a waiver from the purchasing agency for components known to be vulnerable;
 
an agency approving a vulnerability waiver to accept all risk associated with component use;
 
product designs to allow fixes with patches, updates, or replacements; and 
 
the contractor to provide timely repairs for discovered vulnerabilities.
 
 
Directs the OMB to issue guidance requiring agencies: (1) to replace components with currently known vulnerabilities and to remove or repair any new vulnerable components that become known; and (2) to migrate to patchable, repairable, and fixable products.
 
Requires agencies to provide the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with a list of each known vulnerable component in any product in use by the agencies.
 
Directs DHS to issue an annual confidential report describing the security vulnerabilities of projects that created any known vulnerable component. Requires the report to assess the integrity of component suppliers for the incidence of security vulnerabilities for use by other agencies.
 
Requires agencies, within 30 months after enactment of this Act, to report to Congress regarding the completion of the removal of each known vulnerable or defective component.
 
Directs other entities of the U.S. government to replace vulnerable components with less vulnerable alternatives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1743-1745)
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16105 Swingley Ridge Road in Chesterfield, Missouri, as the "Sgt. Zachary M. Fisher Post Office".

Bill: 113-hr-5794
Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2014-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Missouri
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16105 Swingley Ridge Road in Chesterfield, Missouri, as the "Sgt. Zachary M. Fisher Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-09
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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 H8841)
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 H8841)
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5794.
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8841-8842)
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Mr. Meadows moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Introduced in House
International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Authorization Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5795
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2014-12-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Advisory bodies
Arab-Israeli relations
Economic development
Foreign aid and international relief
International organizations and cooperation
Israel
Middle East
Multilateral development programs
Palestinians
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: 
International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Authorization Act of 2014 - Urges the President to make every effort, in conjunction with the government of Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and the international community to establish an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace. 
 
Authorizes appropriations for U.S. contributions to the Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Introduced in House
State's Choice Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5796
Sponsor: Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2014-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Sales and excise taxes
State and local government operations
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: 
State's Choice Act of 2014 - Requires Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations issued under the Clean Air Act on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from an existing stationary source to give states the option to impose a carbon tax for those emissions instead of, or in conjunction with, applying a standard of performance.
 
Requires the carbon tax to be an excise tax: (1) on emissions of GHGs, or on a fossil fuel based on emissions of any GHG that will result from the use of the fossil fuel; (2) that is no less than 20 per metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2015; and (3) that increases in each subsequent year by no less than 4% above inflation.
 
Requires the EPA to: (1) evaluate a state's carbon tax in 2025 to determine whether the tax and other relevant state measures will achieve by the end of 2030 the goals of the regulation that is replaced by the tax, and (2) require the state to increase the tax if it will not achieve those goals.
 
Prohibits availability of the option to impose a carbon tax to states that:
 
 
are materially undermining the effectiveness of the tax in decreasing GHG emissions through other policy changes, or 
 
that have not complied with any EPA requirement to increase the tax.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Public Health Emergency Preparedness Act

Bill: 113-hr-5797
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2014-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: 
Public Health Emergency Preparedness Act - Makes a $5 billion supplemental appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) Public Health Emergency Fund. 
 
Designates the funding as an emergency requirement exempt from budget enforcement limits. Makes the funding available, however, only if the President subsequently designates the amount as an emergency requirement. 
 
Permits the activities funded under this Act to include acquisition of products such as drugs, vaccines and other biological products, and medical devices for deposit into the Strategic National Stockpile. 
 
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to add the Public Health Emergency Fund to the list of programs and activities exempt from a sequestration. (A sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-04
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: 2014-12-04
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: 2014-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Stability for Service Members Act

Bill: 113-hr-5798
Sponsor: Rep. Fincher, Stephen Lee [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2014-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: 
Stability for Service Members Act - Amends the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 to extend through calendar year 2015 the one-year period after a service member's military service during which: (1) a court may stay proceedings to enforce an obligation on real or personal property owned by the service member before such military service; and (2) any sale, foreclosure, or seizure of such property shall be invalid without a court order or waiver agreement signed by the service member. (Currently, the extended one-year period is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2014, and return to a nine-month period under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.) 
 
Revives, effective January 1, 2016 (currently, January 1, 2015), the old nine-month period in place of the one-year period granted by such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1741-1742)
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Secure Data Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5800
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2014-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: 
Secure Data Act of 2014 - Prohibits a federal agency from requiring a manufacturer, developer, or seller of any computer hardware, software, or electronic device made available to the general public to design or alter the security functions in such products to allow the surveillance of any user or the physical search of such product by any agency. Exempt from such prohibition products used by law enforcement agencies for electronic surveillance as authorized under the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2014-12-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2014-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5801
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2014-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: 
Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2014 - Requires the general notice of proposed rule making by a federal agency to include the Internet address of a plain-language summary, not exceeding 100 words, of the proposed rule, which shall be posted on the regulations.gov website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to permit multiemployer plans in critical status to modify plan rules relating to withdrawal liability, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-5802
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2014-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Employee benefits and pensions

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: 
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to revise requirements permitting multiemployer plans to adopt alternative rules for computing the payment of an employer's withdrawal liability to include a plan in critical status whose plan sponsor determines it cannot be expected to emerge from that status by the end of the rehabilitation period.
 
Requires any such rule to become effective 90 days after adoption unless the corporation disapproves it before the end of the 90-day period (subject to tolling while a request by the corporation for additional information is pending).
 
Authorizes a corporation to disapprove a rule only if it creates an unreasonable risk of loss to plan participants and beneficiaries or to the corporation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Introduced in House