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To enhance interstate commerce by creating a National Hiring Standard for Motor Carriers.

Bill: 113-hr-4727
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2014-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Licensing and registrations
Life, casualty, property insurance
Motor carriers
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: 
Prohibits a state from enforcing a law or imposing liability on an entity that hires a motor carrier for the transportation of property or household goods if the liability arises from a personal injury, death, or cargo or fother property damage claim or cause of action related to the negligent selection of that motor carrier under state law or regulation.
 
Specifies as such an entity any person acting as a shipper, as a broker, as a consignee, a freight forwarder, a household goods freight forwarder, a Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier, an ocean freight forwarder, or an ocean transportation intermediary.
 
Makes an entity eligible for this waiver of liability only if, before tendering a shipment, but not more than 35 days before the hitred motor carrier picks up a shipment, the entity verifies that the motor carrier at the time of verification:
 
 
is registered with and authorized by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to operate as a motor carrier or household goods motor carrier,
 
has the minimum insurance coverage required by federal regulation, and
 
does not have an unsatisfactory safety rating from FMCSA in force at the time of verification.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2014-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2014-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Prohibiting False 'Made in America' Claims Act

Bill: 113-hr-4729
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2014-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: 
Prohibiting False &quot;Made in America&quot; Claims Act - Requires a person convicted of intentionally affixing a &quot;Made in America&quot; label to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in America to be debarred from contracting with the Department of Defense (DOD) unless the Secretary of Defense waives such debarment in the interest of national security (current law requires the Secretary to decide whether a convicted person should be debarred). 
 
Directs the Secretary to notify the congressional defense committees annually of any exercise of such waiver authority.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
To allow the return of personal property to victims of sexual assault incidents involving a member of the Armed Forces upon completion of proceedings related to the incident.

Bill: 113-hr-4730
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2014-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Evidence and witnesses
Military law
Military personnel and dependents
Property rights
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: 
Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 to allow the return of personal property retained as evidence in connection with an incident of sexual assault involving a member of the Armed Forces to its rightful owner after the conclusion of all legal, adverse action, and administrative proceedings related to such incident.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Ocean Acidification Innovation Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4732
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2014-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Food industry and services
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
Seafood

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: 
Ocean Acidification Innovation Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 to authorize any federal agency with a representative serving on the Interagency Working Group on Ocean Acidification, either individually or in cooperation with other agencies, to carry out a program to award prizes competitively under the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 for the purpose of stimulating innovation to advance the nation's ability to understand, research, or monitor ocean acidification or its impacts or to develop management or adaptation options for responding to ocean acidification.
 
Grants priority to establishing programs that address communities, environments, or industries that are in distress due to the impacts of ocean acidification. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Infrastructure Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4733
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2014-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: 
Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Infrastructure Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property expenditures, to: (1) increase the rate of such credit from 30% to 50% for hydrogen-related alternative fuel vehicles, (2) eliminate the dollar limitation on such credit for hydrogen-related vehicles, (3) allow such credit for off-highway motor vehicles designed for carrying or towing loads, and (4) extend such credit through 2016 for property related to hydrogen.
 
Increases the 30% energy tax credit for investment in fuel cell property to: (1) 50% for fuel cell property used in a combined heat and power system having an energy efficiency percentage of 70% or more, and (2) 40% for fuel cell property having an energy efficiency percentage of at least 60% but less than 70%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Bureau Arbitration Fairness Act

Bill: 113-hr-4734
Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2014-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: 
Bureau Arbitration Fairness Act - Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to repeal the authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to prohibit or restrict the use of an agreement between persons under its jurisdiction and a consumer in connection with the offering or providing of a consumer financial product or service that provides for mandatory pre-dispute arbitration of any future dispute between the parties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Introduction and Referral.
Health Care Fairness and Stability Act

Bill: 113-hr-4735
Sponsor: Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2014-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Comprehensive health care
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: 
Health Care Fairness and Stability Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to provide a temporary shift in the scheduled collection of payments for the transitional reinsurance program intended to help stabilize premiums for coverage in the individual health insurance markets from 2014 through 2016.
 
Amends PPACA to delay the collection of reinsurance payments from health insurance issuers and third party administrators of certain self-insured group health plans until January 1, 2018.
 
Amends PPACA to change the formula for determining the amount of contributions collected for payments to health insurance issuers that cover high risk individuals in the individual market. 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act

Bill: 113-hr-4736
Sponsor: Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2014-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Minnesota
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Vermont

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: 
North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to extend the North Country National Scenic Trail into Vermont. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
State Fisheries Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4737
Sponsor: Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4]
Introduced: 2014-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: 
State Fisheries Act of 2014 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide, for purposes of managing fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico, that the seaward boundary of a coastal state's jurisdiction in the Gulf of Mexico is a line nine nautical miles seaward from the baseline from which the territorial sea of the United States is measured.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Tank Car Safety Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4738
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2014-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Oil and gas
Railroads
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: 
Tank Car Safety Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to revise federal regulations regarding DOT-111 tank cars used to move flammable liquids to: (1) improve tank car design standards for new cars to include an outer steel jacket around it and thermal protection, full-height head shields, and high-flow capacity pressure relief valves; and (2) require additional safety upgrades to tank cars built after October 2011 by including installation of such valves and design modifications to prevent bottom outlets from opening in case of accident.
 
Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a plan to phase out older-model DOT-111 tank cars that are not retrofitted to meet the new federal requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Impaired Waters Improvement Act

Bill: 113-hr-4739
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2014-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Aquatic ecology
Chesapeake Bay
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Government trust funds
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Pollution liability
Public utilities and utility rates
Water quality
Water storage

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: 
Impaired Waters Improvement Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make grants to reduce the discharges of nitrogen, phosphorus, or sediment (pollutants) in an area that is subject to a total maximum daily load (TMDL) for those pollutants under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act). Makes eligible for grants the owners and operators of: (1) publicly owned treatment works or storm water management practices serving areas subject to the TMDLs, or (2) privately owned farms implementing methods to reduce discharges of those pollutants in those areas.
 
Directs the Administrator to increase by 5% the civil penalty for violations of the Clean Water Act. Establishes the Impaired Waters Improvement Fund for making expenditures to carry out the grant program. Transfers for each of FY2015-FY2019 the amount attributable to the penalty increase or $100 million, whichever is less, to the Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Roofing Efficiency Jobs Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4740
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2014-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Business investment and capital
Corporate finance and management
Energy efficiency and conservation
Financial services and investments
Income tax deductions
Real estate business

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: 
Roofing Efficiency Jobs Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to classify any qualified energy-efficient cool roof replacement property as 20-year property for depreciation purposes. Defines "qualified energy-efficient cool roof replacement property" as any roof system that: (1) is placed in service above conditioned or semiheated space on an eligible commercial building, (2) replaces an existing roof system, (3) is a low-slope roof, and (4) includes insulation meeting specified standards and a primary roof covering that has a cool roof surface. Requires the adjustment for depreciation to the earnings and profits of a real estate investment trust for any taxable year, in the case of such property, to be determined under the alternative depreciation method, except that the recovery period shall be 20 years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Surviving Spouses' Benefit Improvement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4741
Sponsor: Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2014-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Marriage and family status
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: 
Surviving Spouses' Benefit Improvement Act of 2014 - Increases the monthly rates of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation payable to surviving spouses through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
 
Prohibits benefits under any other law (other than duplication of benefits) from being reduced or offset because the surviving spouse is eligible for dependency and indemnity compensation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Bonus Depreciation Extension Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4743
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2014-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-23
text: 
Bonus Depreciation Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend: (1) through 2015, the additional 50% depreciation allowance (bonus depreciation) for business property (through 2016, for property having longer production periods and for transportation property); and (2) the election to increase the alternative minimum tax (AMT) credit in lieu of bonus depreciation by extending to January 1, 2016, the placed-in-service requirement for property eligible for such election (January 1, 2017, for property having longer production periods and for transportation property).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-23
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit funding of the Rural Utilities Service High Energy Cost Grant Program.

Bill: 113-hr-4744
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2014-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Appropriations
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Public utilities and utility rates
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-23
text: 
Prohibits funds from being used for the Rural Utilities Service high energy cost grant program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2014-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2014-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Robin Danielson Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4746
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2014-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Child health
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health programs administration and funding
Hereditary and development disorders
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Product safety and quality
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: 
Robin Danielson Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide for the conduct or support of research on the extent to which components, including contaminants and substances used as fragrances, in feminine hygiene products pose any risks to the health of women or the health of the children of women who use those products during or before the pregnancies involved.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E847)
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Global Health Worker Protection Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4747
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2014-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign aid and international relief
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: 
Global Health Worker Protection Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and any other agency from using health or humanitarian workers or activities (including immunization and vaccination campaigns, health education and surveillance, or direct health services) in countries outside the United States for the purpose of collecting foreign intelligence.
 
Prohibits this Act from being construed to restrict the provision of medical services to individuals involved in authorized intelligence activities on behalf of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: Introduced in House
ETEACH Act

Bill: 113-hr-4748
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2014-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: 
Elimination of Tariffs on Education for Children's Act or the ETEACH Act - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment to electronic educational devices designed or intended primarily for children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: Introduced in House