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Indian Tribal Self-Determination in Land Consolidation Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5020
Sponsor: Rep. Daines, Steve [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Federal-Indian relations
Government trust funds
Indian lands and resources rights
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: 
Indian Tribal Self-Determination in Land Consolidation Act of 2014 - Amends the Indian Land Consolidation Act to require the Secretary of the Interior: (1) at the request of a tribal government, to enter into agreements to allow the tribal government to carry out some or all of the Secretary's fractional interest acquisition program; and (2) to make payments to carry out the agreements and authorize the use of interest earned to acquire a fractional interest or permanent improvements on land that already has trust or restricted fractional interests. 
 
Amends the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 to make amounts in the Trust Land Consolidation Fund available to Interior during a 15-year period (under current law, a 10-year period).
 
Requires annual reports to Congress that assess the implementation of the Trust Land Consolidation Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2014-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: Introduced in House
Enhanced Dental Care for Veterans Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5022
Sponsor: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2014-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Dental care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Home and outpatient care
Indian social and development programs
Minority health
Rural conditions and development
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: 
Enhanced Dental Care for Veterans Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to furnish additional dental services and treatment, and dental appliances, needed to restore functioning in a veteran that is lost due to VA services or treatment furnished to such veteran. 
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out a three-year pilot program for furnishing dental care to veterans not otherwise eligible for dental services and treatment under current VA programs, (2) carry out a program of education to promote dental health for veterans, and (3) enable private sector dental care providers to submit information on dental care provided to veterans under the pilot program for inclusion in VA electronic medical records. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: Introduced in House
VALUES Act

Bill: 113-hr-5023
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]
Introduced: 2014-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability and paralysis
Employee hiring
Family relationships
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: 
Veterans' Assistance to Lower Unemployment and Enhance VA Services Act or the VALUES Act - Entitles disabled veterans and the mothers or spouses of certain deceased or disabled veterans to receive an additional 15 points on their examination for entrance into the competitive service at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
 
Entitles certain veterans who served on active duty in the Armed Forces to receive an additional 10 points on their examination for entrance into the competitive service at the VA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5024
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2014-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Adult day care
Aging
Child care and development
Disability and paralysis
Family relationships
Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: 
Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to determining entitlement to and the amount of any monthly benefit, including any lump-sum death payment, payable under OASDI on the basis of the wages and self-employment income of any individual. Deems such an individual to have been paid a wage (according to a specified formula) during each month during which the individual was engaged for at least 80 hours in providing care to a dependent relative without monetary compensation for up to five years of such service. Makes this Act inapplicable in the case of any monthly benefit or lump-sum death payment if a larger benefit or payment would be payable without its application. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: Introduced in House
Alisa's Law of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5025
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2014-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: 
Alisa's Law of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to withhold specified graduated percentages of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway funds for FY2015-FY2017 if the state has not enacted and is not enforcing a law requiring the installation of an ignition interlock device for a minimum of 180 days on each motor vehicle operated by an individual convicted of driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence.
 
Defines "driving while intoxicated" and "driving under the influence" as driving or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while having a blood alcohol concentration greater than or equal to the lesser of: (1) the blood alcohol concentration limit of the state in which the individual is driving, or (2) 0.08%.
 
Requires an ignition interlock device to: (1) require a driver to provide a breath sample before the motor vehicle starts, and (2) prevent a motor vehicle from starting if the alcohol concentration of the driver is above the legal limit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: Introduced in House
Fish Hatchery Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-5026
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2014-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aquaculture
Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: 
Fish Hatchery Protection Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from permanently closing, reprograming, repurposing, decommissioning, significantly altering, or moving to caretaker status any fish and other aquatic species propagation hatchery or propagation program within the National Fish Hatchery System unless such action is expressly authorized by an Act of Congress.
 
Makes this Act effective from November 1, 2013, to 10 years after this Act's enactment.

action_date: 2014-12-22
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Fish Hatchery Protection Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from permanently closing, reprograming, repurposing, decommissioning, significantly altering, or moving to caretaker status any fish and other aquatic species propagation hatchery or propagation program within the National Fish Hatchery System unless such action is expressly authorized by an Act of Congress.
 
Makes this Act effective from November 1, 2013, to 10 years after this Act's enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-22
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 533.
action_date: 2014-12-22
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-702.
action_date: 2014-12-22
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-702.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 17.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: Introduced in House
Energy Savings and Building Efficiency Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5027
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2014-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Building construction
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Federal-Indian relations
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Housing industry and standards
Industrial facilities
Lighting, heating, cooling
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: 
Energy Savings and Building Efficiency Act of 2014 - Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to revise provisions regarding the technical assistance that the Department of Energy (DOE) provides to states, Indian tribes, local governments, or model organizations with respect to model energy codes for residential and commercial building codes. Requires DOE to provide technical assistance to implement technically feasible and cost-effective building energy codes.
 
Requires states and Indian tribes to measure their compliance with applicable building energy codes or with the associated model building energy code. Sets standards for compliance.
 
Prohibits DOE from advocating, promoting or discouraging the adoption of a particular building energy code, code provision, or energy savings target to a state or Indian tribe. Deems information provided by DOE to be &quot;influential information&quot; subject to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidelines.
 
Requires DOE to establish energy saving targets for updating model building energy codes. Requires DOE to consider the economic feasibility of achieving the proposed targets and the potential costs and savings for consumers and building owners by conducting a return on investment analysis using a simple payback methodology over a 3-, 5-, and 7-year period. (Simple payback is the time in years that is required for energy savings to exceed the incremental first cost of a new requirement or code.) Prohibits DOE from proposing or providing assistance for any code or target that has a payback greater than 10 years.
 
 Directs DOE to provide grants to establish building training and assessment centers at institutions of higher education.
 
Requires any DOE program that may enable the owner of a building to obtain a rating, score, or label regarding energy usage or performance of a building to be made available on a voluntary basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: Introduced in House
National Hate Crimes Hotline Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5028
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2014-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Hate crimes
Law enforcement administration and funding
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: 
National Hate Crimes Hotline Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to: (1) private, nonprofit entities to establish and operate a national, toll-free telephone hotline and an Internet website to assist victims of hate crimes; and (2) state and local law enforcement entities for educational and training programs on solving hate crimes and establishing dialogues with members of communities who are at-risk of being victims of hate crimes.
 
Directs the Attorney General to establish a program for awarding grants to local organizations to establish or expand programs that provide services to victims of hate crimes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 13500 SW 250 Street in Princeton, Florida, as the "Corporal Christian A. Guzman Rivera Post Office Building".

Bill: 113-hr-5030
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27]
Introduced: 2014-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Florida
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 13500 SW 250 Street in Princeton, Florida, as the "Corporal Christian A. Guzman Rivera Post Office Building."
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 13500 SW 250 Street in Princeton, Florida, as the "Corporal Christian A. Guzman Rivera Post Office Building."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Became Public Law No: 113-225.
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Became Public Law No: 113-225.
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2014-12-10
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2014-12-10
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2014-12-09
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6395-6396)
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6395-6396)
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7259)
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7259)
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5030.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7259-7260)
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Mr. Collins (GA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-08
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 113-225
Wounded Warrior Employment Improvement Act

Bill: 113-hr-5032
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2014-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability and paralysis
Employment and training programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Mental health
Neurological disorders
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: 
Wounded Warrior Employment Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop and publish an action plan for improving the training and rehabilitation services and assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for veterans with service-connected disabilities.
 
Requires such plan to include: 
 
 
a comprehensive analysis of, and recommendations and a proposed implementation plan for remedying, workload management challenges at regional offices of the VA, including steps to reduce counselor case loads of veterans participating in a rehabilitation program;
 
a comprehensive analysis of the reasons for the disproportionately low percentage of veterans with service-connected disabilities who served in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, who opt to participate in a VA rehabilitation program relative to the percentage of such veterans who use their entitlement to VA educational assistance;
 
recommendations and a proposed implementation plan for encouraging more veterans with service-connected disabilities who served in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, to participate in VA rehabilitation programs; and
 
a national staff training program for vocational rehabilitation counselors, that includes the provision of training to assist counselors in understanding the very profound disorientation experienced by warriors because of their injury, training to assist counselors in working in partnership with veterans on individual rehabilitation plans, and training on post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health conditions and on moderate to severe traumatic brain injury that is designed to improve the ability of such counselors to assist veterans with such conditions.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Ban Poisonous Additives Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5033
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2014-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Cancer
Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Product safety and quality
Sex and reproductive health
Water quality
Women's health
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: 
Ban Poisonous Additives Act of 2014 - Prohibits the distribution of a food if its container is composed, in whole or in part, of bisphenol A (BPA) or can release BPA into food. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to grant one-year renewable waivers to a facility for a particular container if such facility: (1) demonstrates that it is not technologically feasible to replace BPA in the container or to use an alternative container that does not contain BPA, and (2) submits to the Secretary a plan and timeline for removing BPA from such container. Sets forth labeling requirements for a product granted a waiver.
 
Requires the Secretary to promote and facilitate the use of BPA replacements. Prohibits replacement of BPA with substances that: (1) are known or are likely human carcinogens; (2) have been found by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to be persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic; (3) cause reproductive or developmental toxicity; or (4) are endocrine disrupting chemicals.
 
Requires the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA) to review substances used in food containers in order determine whether there is a reasonable certainty that no harm will result from aggregate exposure to such substance, taking into consideration potential adverse effects from low-dose exposure and the effects on vulnerable populations and populations with high exposure. Sets forth remedial actions based on the Secretary's determination.
 Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require a manufacturer or supplier of a food contact substance to notify the Secretary of the identity and intended use of any such substance prior to its introduction into interstate commerce and of its determination that: (1) no adverse health effects result from low-dose exposures to such substance; and (2) such substance has not been shown, after tests which are appropriate for the evaluation of the safety of food contact substances, to cause reproductive or developmental toxicity in humans or animals.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: Introduced in House