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Future Logging Careers Act

Bill: 113-s-2335
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2014-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Family relationships
Forests, forestry, trees
Worker safety and health
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-14
text: 
Future Logging Careers Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to make the restrictions on oppressive child labor inapplicable to employment of an employee age 16 or 17 by a parent, or a person standing in place of a parent, in a logging or mechanized operation owned or operated by that parent or person.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-05-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3030)
action_date: 2014-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Let Seniors Work Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2336
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2014-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Employment taxes
Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-14
text: 
Let Seniors Work Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) eliminate the payroll tax for individuals who have attained retirement age, and (2) remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which a beneficiary may earn (earnings test) without incurring a reduction in benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Hmong Veterans' Service Recognition Act

Bill: 113-s-2337
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2014-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Cemeteries and funerals
Conflicts and wars
Laos
Military personnel and dependents
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-14
text: 
Hmong Veterans' Service Recognition Act - Authorizes burial in any open national cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration of the remains of any individual: (1) who was naturalized pursuant to the Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000 and who resided in the United States at the time of death; or (2) who the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) determines served with a special guerrilla unit or irregular forces operating from a base in Laos in support of the U.S. Armed Forces between February 28, 1961, and May 7, 1975, and who, at the time of death, resided in the United States and was a U.S. citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3031)
action_date: 2014-05-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3030-3031)
action_date: 2014-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate
State Exchange Accountability Act

Bill: 113-s-2339
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2014-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-14
text: 
State Exchange Accountability Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require a state to reimburse the federal government for the amount of establishment or early innovator grants the state received to operate a health care exchange if it operated an exchange in 2014 but subsequently elected to provide for enrollment in qualified health plans solely through the federal health care exchange.
 
Requires that: (1) reimbursement be made in full within 10 years of such election, pursuant to an agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); and (2) in case of failure to enter such an agreement, the Secretary of HHS shall reduce the state's Medicaid funding for 10 fiscal years in an aggregate amount equal to the reimbursement amount.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-05-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3031-3032)
action_date: 2014-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Simplifying Financial Aid for Students Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2340
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2014-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-14
text: 
Simplifying Financial Aid for Students Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to provide for the use of data from the second preceding tax year when and to the extent necessary to carry out the simplification of applications used in estimating and determining financial aid eligibility. Requires such simplification to include data sharing between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Education, pursuant to taxpayer consent.
 
 Increases (from $23,000 to $30,000) the limit on the adjusted gross income that parents, in the case of dependent students, and students and their spouses, in the case of independent students with dependents other than a spouse, may make if those students are to be considered as having zero expected family contribution in the determination of their need for financial aid. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the authority for members of the Armed Forces to obtain professional credentials.

Bill: 113-s-2341
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2014-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Defense spending
Licensing and registrations
Military education and training
Military readiness

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: 
Revises the conditions for payment of expenses to military personnel to obtain professional credentials to include those for federal occupational licenses.
 
Adds as conditions for such payment that the credentials be necessary to meet: (1) readiness requirements or professional occupational development goals of the particular armed force or the member's self-development needs; and (2) certain International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission accreditation standards, with exceptions for a credentialing agency that agrees to seek to obtain compliance certification within three years.
 
Authorizes the payment of the expenses from amounts available for tuition assistance for members under the jurisdiction of the appropriate Secretary.
 
Defines &quot;expenses&quot; as those for classroom instruction, hands-on training (and associated materials), manuals, study guides and materials, textbooks, and processing, test, and related fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3076-3077)
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act

Bill: 113-s-2342
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2014-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Fruit and vegetables
Government studies and investigations
Income tax deductions
Marketing and advertising
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: 
Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for any business expenses: (1) for advertising or marketing primarily directed at children (defined as individuals under the age of 14) to promote the consumption by such children of food of poor nutritional quality or of a brand primarily associated with food of poor nutritional quality that is primarily directed at children; and (2) for related expenses, including for travel, goods or services constituting entertainment, amusement, or recreation, gifts, or other promotion expenses.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into a contract with the Institute of Medicine to develop procedures to evaluate and identify food of poor nutritional quality and brands that are primarily associated with such food.
 
Authorizes additional funding to carry out the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Justice for Amy Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2344
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2014-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Domestic violence and child abuse
Legal fees and court costs
Pornography
Right of privacy
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: 

RETURNED FOR REVISIONS

 
Justice for Amy Act of 2014 - Amends federal criminal code provisions concerning mandatory restitution to require a court to apply the principle of aggregate causation to determine the full amount of the victim's losses caused by a child pornography offense and all related sexual abuse offenses committed by all persons against the victim. 
 
Makes a defendant convicted of such an offense jointly and severally liable for the victim's losses. Requires each defendant found jointly and severally liable to pay an equal percentage of such losses.
 
Allows: (1) a defendant convicted of such an offense to bring a civil action in U.S. district court, based upon a preponderance of the evidence, for contribution against all other persons who have committed such an offense against the victim; and (2) a person who has been held jointly or severally liable in a civil action to bring suit in U.S. district court for contribution against all others who have committed such an offense against the victim.
 
Directs the Attorney General to submit to Congress a report on the efforts of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to collect restitution for victims of child pornography.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-2345
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2014-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Infrastructure development
Securities
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: 
Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013 [
sic
] - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from state volume caps tax-exempt facility bonds for sewage and water supply facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
National Discovery Trails Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2346
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2014-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Colorado
Delaware
District of Columbia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Land use and conservation
Maryland
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
Ohio
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Utah
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: 
 National Discovery Trails Act of 2014 - Amends the National Trails System Act to establish national discovery trails which shall be extended, continuous interstate trails located so as to provide for outdoor recreation and travel and to connect representative examples of America's trails and communities. 
 
Authorizes the designation of such trails on federal lands and, with the consent of the owner, on non-federal lands. 
 
 Designates as a national discovery trail the 6,000-mile American Discovery Trail which shall extend from Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware to Point Reyes National Seashore in California, splitting into northern and southern routes at Cincinnati, Ohio, and rejoining at Denver, Colorado. 
 
Sets forth requirements for designation of a trail as a national discovery trail. 
 
Requires the appropriate Secretary for each national discovery trail to: (1) administer the trail in cooperation with a competent trailwide volunteer-based organization; and (2) submit a comprehensive plan for the protection, management, development, and use of such trail. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-493.
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2347
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2014-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commuting
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: 
Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act of 2014 - Prohibits a state from imposing an income tax on the compensation of a nonresident individual for any period in which such individual is not physically present in or working in such state or from deeming such nonresident individual to be present in or working in such state on the grounds that: (1) such individual is present at or working at home for convenience, or (2) such individual's work at home fails any convenience of the employer test or any similar test.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2348
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2014-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: 
Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests (thus covering 100% of their cost under Medicare part B [Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled]).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the role of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau in the assignment of Directors and Deputy Directors of the Army National Guard and Air National Guard.

Bill: 113-s-2350
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2014-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military command and structure
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: 
Modifies the process for assignment of additional general officers to the National Guard Bureau by requiring that two such officers of each of the Army and the Air National Guard be recommended by the Chief of the National Guard Bureau from at least three candidates identified by the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force, respectively. (Under current law, two officers are selected by each Secretary.)
 
 Requires the Director and Deputy Director of each of the Army and the Air National Guards to assist the Chief of the National Guard Bureau in carrying out functions of the Bureau relevant to the respective branches. (Under current law, that function is carried out by the assigned general officers of the Army and the Air National Guards.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Notice for Organizations That Include Charities is Essential (NOTICE) Act

Bill: 113-s-2351
Sponsor: Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN]
Introduced: 2014-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: 
Notice for Organizations That Include Charities is Essential (NOTICE) Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to notify any tax-exempt organization, not later than 300 days after such an organization fails to file its annual tax return or other required information for two consecutive years, that: (1) the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has no record of its return or information for two consecutive years, and (2) a penalty will occur if the organization fails to file its return or information by the next filing deadline. Allows the reinstatement of the tax-exempt status of such an organization without the requirement of an application if: (1) the organization demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that it did not receive the notice required by this Act, and (2) it files an annual return or required information for the current year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Russian Weapons Embargo Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2352
Sponsor: Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN]
Introduced: 2014-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Foreign aid and international relief
Government lending and loan guarantees
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Public contracts and procurement
Russia
Sanctions
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Trade restrictions
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: 
Russian Weapons Embargo Act of 2014 - Prohibits the head of any executive agency from entering into a contract, subcontract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan agreement to Rosoboronexport, any subsidiary or affiliate of it, or any entity that has a business relationship with Rosoboronexport regarding the design, manufacture, or sale of military equipment. 
 
Requires the head of each executive agency to terminate any such arrangement.
 
Authorizes the President to waive such prohibition if : (1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of military equipment to, and the maintenance of existing military equipment for, the government of Syria; (2) the armed forces of the Russian Federation have withdrawn from Crimea (other than forces present on certain military bases); and (3) agents of the Russian Federation are not taking measures to destabilize the control of the government of Ukraine over eastern Ukraine.
 
Authorizes the President to reprogram Economic Support Fund assistance or security assistance for the government of any country that enters into a contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, or makes a grant or loan to Rosoboronexport or any subsidiary or affiliate of it in an amount up to or equal to the total amount of each such arrangement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2353
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2014-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Hospital care
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: 
Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require each Medicare participating hospital to implement a hospital-wide staffing plan for nursing services furnished in the hospital.
 
Requires the plan to require that an appropriate number of registered nurses provide direct patient care in each unit and on each shift of the hospital to ensure staffing levels that: (1) address the unique characteristics of the patients and hospital units; and (2) result in the delivery of safe, quality patient care consistent with specified requirements.
 
Requires each participating hospital to establish a hospital nurse staffing committee which shall implement such plan.
 
Specifies civil monetary and other penalties for violation of the requirements of this Act.
 
Sets forth whistleblower protections against discrimination and retaliation involving patients or employees of the hospital for their grievances, complaints, or involvement in investigations relating to such plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act

Bill: 113-s-2355
Sponsor: Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH]
Introduced: 2014-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Income tax exclusion
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: 
Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, federal public safety officer death benefits or amounts paid under a state program to surviving dependents of a public safety officer who died as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Mojave National Preserve Boundary Adjustment Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2356
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2014-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Land transfers
Nevada
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: 
Mojave National Preserve Boundary Adjustment Act of 2014 - Transfers administrative jurisdiction of 525 acres of land from the National Park Service to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for a rail project. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to acquire by donation approximately four acres of land within or adjacent to the Mojave National Preserve in California to be used for mitigation for every one acre of land removed from the Preserve. 
 
Requires the acquired land to become part of the Preserve. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to permit cattle grazing on the acquired land in accordance with applicable National Park Service laws and policies. 
 
Provides for the transferred land to remain withdrawn from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the general mining laws; and (3) the mining leases, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-493.
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate