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Expedited Family Reunification Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5053
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2014-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Belize
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Costa Rica
Crimes against children
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
International law and treaties
Latin America
Lawyers and legal services
Nicaragua
Panama
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: 
Expedited Family Reunification Act of 2014 - Amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to provide that any unaccompanied alien child (UAC) who has not been a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons or does not have a credible fear of persecution on returning to his or her country of nationality or of last habitual residence shall be: (1) placed in removal proceedings, (2) eligible for voluntary departure at no cost to the child, and (3) provided with access to counsel. (Currently such expedited removal requirements apply to unaccompanied children from countries that are contiguous to the United States.)
 
Directs the Secretary of State to negotiate agreements, in addition to countries contiguous to the United States, between the United States and Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and any other appropriate country regarding the repatriation of children.
 
Applies the requirements of this Act to any UAC apprehended on or after June 15, 2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2014-07-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Whistleblower and Patient Protection Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5054
Sponsor: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2014-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care quality
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: 
Veterans' Whistleblower and Patient Protection Act of 2014 - Establishes within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) an Office of Whistleblower and Patient Protection.
 
Requires the Director of such Office to establish a dedicated Internet website and toll-free telephone number for any individual to file a complaint regarding an alleged prohibited personnel practice committed by a VA officer or employee or the safety of a patient at a VA medical facility.
 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to refer to the Director for investigation any such complaint the Secretary receives directly. Prohibits the Secretary from referring any such complaint to any other element of the VA.
 
Requires the Secretary to ensure that VA employees located at a medical facility are able to efficiently refer any such complaints received to the Director. Prohibits the Director from disclosing the identity of any individual who files such a complaint without the individual's consent, except when necessary because of an imminent danger to public health or safety or imminent violation of any criminal law.
 
Requires the Director to: (1) investigate each complaint to determine whether there is a substantial likelihood that it discloses a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, gross mismanagement, gross waste of funds, abuse of authority, or substantial and specific danger to public health and safety; (2) make such determination within 240 days after its receipt; (3) notify the Secretary upon making a positive determination and refer the complaint, as appropriate, to the head of the appropriate federal department or agency; and (4) coordinate with the VA's Inspector General and Special Counsel to avoid duplicative actions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in House
Wild Horse Oversight Act

Bill: 113-hr-5058
Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2014-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Intergovernmental relations
Mammals
State and local government operations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: 
Wild Horse Oversight Act - Amends the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to direct the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), at the request of a state or an Indian tribe, to allow the state or tribe to assume all management and protection functions under the Act with regard to wild free-roaming horses and burros on land within the boundaries of the state or tribe. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan.

Bill: 113-hr-5061
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2014-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Credit and credit markets
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: 
Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude loans made to veterans from the definition of a &quot;member business loan,&quot; thus excluding them from the limit on the total amount of member business loans a credit union may have outstanding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in House
ASTEROIDS Act

Bill: 113-hr-5063
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2014-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Industrial policy and productivity
Mining
Property rights
Space flight and exploration
Spacecraft and satellites
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: 
American Space Technology for Exploring Resource Opportunities In Deep Space Act or the ASTEROIDS Act - Directs the President through the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and other appropriate federal agencies to
 
 
 facilitate the commercial exploration and utilization of asteroid resources to meet national needs; 
 
 discourage government barriers to the development of economically viable, safe, and stable industries for the exploration and utilization of asteroid resources in outer space in manners consistent with the existing international obligations of the United States; 
 
 promote the right of U.S. commercial entities to explore and utilize resources from asteroids in outer space, in accordance with such obligations, free from harmful interference, and to transfer or sell such resources; and 
 
 develop the frameworks necessary to meet the international obligations of the United States.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in House
Lean and Responsive Government Act

Bill: 113-hr-5064
Sponsor: Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-3]
Introduced: 2014-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: 
Lean and Responsive Government Act - Requires the head of each federal agency to describe the implementation of continuous process improvement in the agency's periodic update on agency performance. Defines "continuous process improvement" as a management methodology (commonly referred to as lean six sigma) that combines tools to improve process speed, reduce waste, and incorporate requirements with data driven project analysis to provide products and services with improved quality at lower cost.
 
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) make available on the OMB website a description of the results of the government-wide implementation of continuous process improvement, and (2) appoint an expert on such process as a member of the Performance Improvement Council to advise on its implementation across agencies. 
 
Requires: (1) each agency's Chief Operating Officer to implement continuous process improvement, (2) each agency's Performance Improvement Officer to advise and assist the agency head and Chief Operating Officer in implementing such process, and (3) the head of each agency to include information on the results of continuous process improvement projects in each relevant appropriation request for the agency. 
 
Requires the Director to designate a center of excellence for continuous process improvement training from within the Department of Defense (DOD).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in House
SAFE Act

Bill: 113-hr-5065
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2014-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Atmospheric science and weather
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Department of the Interior
Ecology
Executive agency funding and structure
Higher education
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Research administration and funding
State and local government operations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: 
Safeguarding America's Future and Environment Act or SAFE Act - Requires the President to establish an interagency Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Panel to adopt the National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy (released March 26, 2013) to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources so that natural resources become more resilient, adapt to, and withstand the impact of extreme weather and climate change. Requires the Panel to review and revise the strategy every four years.

Requires each agency represented on the panel to integrate the elements of the strategy that relate to conservation, restoration, and management of natural resources into agency plans, environmental reviews, and programs.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish a National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center within the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to assess and develop scientific information, tools, strategies, and techniques to be used to address the impact of extreme weather and climate change on natural resources. 
 
Requires the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Science Advisory Board to advise the panel on the state of the science regarding the impact of extreme weather and climate change on natural resources and strategies and mechanisms for natural resources adaptation. Requires each agency represented on the panel to submit to the President a natural resources adaptation plan and implement the plan upon approval by the President.
 
Requires states, in order to be eligible to receive funding under this Act, to submit to the Secretary of the Interior and, as applicable, the Secretary of Commerce for review and approval a state natural resources adaptation plan that details efforts to address the impact of climate change on natural resources and coastal areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in House
Data Preservation Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5066
Sponsor: Rep. Benishek, Dan [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2014-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Department of the Interior
Earth sciences
Executive agency funding and structure
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: 
Data Preservation Act of 2014 - Amends the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program Act of 2005 to reauthorize the Program for FY2015-FY2019. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-17
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2014-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in House
To require the Federal Insurance Office to carry out a study on illegal steering and redlining in the insurance industry.

Bill: 113-hr-5067
Sponsor: Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1]
Introduced: 2014-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Insurance industry and regulation
Life, casualty, property insurance
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: 
Requires the Director of the Federal Insurance Office (in the Department of the Treasury) to study whether the insurance industry engages in the illegal practices of insurance steering or redlining, including an investigation of insurance products, pricing, promotions, and placement of services being offered to consumers in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in House
United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-5068
Sponsor: Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1]
Introduced: 2014-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: 
United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2013 [
sic
] - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate a range of alternatives for the protection and interpretation of sites associated with the struggle for civil rights in the United States, including alternatives for potential addition of some or all of the sites to the National Trails System. Requires submission of a report to Congress that contains the results of such study and recommendations of the Secretary with respect to the route. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in House
Earnings Advancement and Recovery Now Act

Bill: 113-hr-5070
Sponsor: Rep. Gardner, Cory [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2014-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: 
Earnings Advancement and Recovery Now Act or the EARN Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the penalty on paid tax preparers who engage in willful or reckless conduct in understating tax liability or in disregarding tax rules or regulations, (2) extend from two to five years the period during which a taxpayer who claimed an earned income tax credit based on reckless or intentional disregard of rules and regulations is prohibited from receiving such credit, and (3) make applicable to the earned income tax credit the penalty for an erroneous claim for a tax refund or credit.
 
Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to conduct a study of, and report on, the effectiveness and impact of the earned income tax credit and the incidence and cause of improper payments with respect to such credit, with recommendations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the credit and reduce improper payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in House
Agricultural Conservation Flexibility Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5071
Sponsor: Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2014-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural practices and innovations
Army Corps of Engineers
Department of Defense
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Soil pollution
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: 
Agricultural Conservation Flexibility Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw the interpretive rule issued on March 25, 2014, entitled, &quot;U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of the Army Interpretive Rule Regarding the Applicability of the Clean Water Act Section 404(f)(1)(A).&quot; 
 
Prohibits the Corps and the EPA from using the interpretive rule, or any substantially similar rule or guidance, as the basis for any rulemaking, decision, or action regarding the scope or enforcement of the Clean Water Act. Provides that the use of rule or a substantially similar rule or guidance as the basis for any rule, decision, or action is grounds for vacating the rule, decision, or action. 
 
Requires soil and water conservation practices to be treated as normal farming, silviculture, and ranching activities under permits for non-prohibited discharges of dredged or fill material. Prohibits such practices from being treated as a new use of an area of navigable waters, an impairment of the flow or circulation of navigable waters, or a reduction in the reach of such waters under those permits. 
 
Applies this Act to activities occurring on or after March 25, 2014. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in House
E-Access Act

Bill: 113-hr-5073
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Department of Energy
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy prices

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: 
Access to Consumer Energy Information Act or E-Access Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to encourage and support the adoption of policies that allow electricity consumers access to their own electricity data.
 
 Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to authorize state energy conservation plans to include programs that: (1) enhance consumer access to, and understanding of, energy usage and price information, including consumers' own residential and commercial electricity information; and (2) allow for development and adoption of innovative products and services to assist consumers in managing energy consumption and expenditures. 
 
Directs the Secretary to issue voluntary guidelines, meeting specified criteria, which establish model standards to implement retail electric energy information access in states.
 
Authorizes states to submit to the Secretary a description of their data sharing policies regarding consumer access to electric energy information for DOE certification that they meet such voluntary guidelines. 
 
Directs the Secretary, subject to appropriations, to make federal funds available to any DOE-certified state to assist it in implementing its energy conservation plan. 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Introduced in House
LAND Act

Bill: 113-hr-5074
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2014-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
General public lands matters
Government information and archives
Land transfers
Property rights

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-11
text: 
Land Adjacency Notification and Disclosure Act or LAND Act - Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to instruct the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide advance written notification to each owner of land that is adjacent to a parcel to be acquired to become public lands or National Forest System (NFS) lands. 
 
Instructs Interior or USDA to provide advance written notification to each owner of land that is adjacent to a parcel of public lands or NFS lands to be conveyed by sale, exchange, or other disposal method. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2014-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2014-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2014-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2014-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-11
text: Introduced in House