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Fighting Medicare Fraud Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5340
Sponsor: Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business ethics
Child health
Corporate finance and management
Criminal justice information and records
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health care costs and insurance
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Medicare
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Fighting Medicare Fraud Act of 2014 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to exclude from federal health programs certain individuals, including officers or managing employees, with an ownership or control interest in entities sanctioned for a criminal conviction relating to fraud, obstruction of an investigation or audit, or a misdemeanor related to a controlled substance.
 
Extends the permissive exclusion from federal health programs to persons, including officers or managing employees, with an ownership or control interest in entities affiliated with a sanctioned entity. Includes individuals with such connections at the time of the conduct that formed a basis for the conviction or exclusion of the sanctioned entity or the affiliated entity.
 
Establishes criminal penalties for anyone who knowingly and with intent to defraud purchases, sells, or distributes, or arranges for the purchase, sale, or distribution of two or more beneficiary identification or provider numbers under SSA titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), or XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP]). 
 
Amends SSA title XVIII part C (Medicare+Choice) to require a contract with a Medicare Advantage (MA) organization offering an MA plan to require that the MA organization report to the Secretary any instances of probable fraud or abuse related to the payment or delivery of health benefits within 60 days after the organization identifies that instance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
To delay for 1 year the application of Revenue Ruling 2012-18 with respect to the characterization of payments as tips or service charges.

Bill: 113-hr-5341
Sponsor: Rep. Gallego, Pete P. [D-TX-23]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Treasury
Employment taxes
Food industry and services
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from applying Revenue Ruling 2012-18 (or any similar guidance) for purposes of determining whether any payment made before January 1, 2015, is a tip as opposed to a service charge. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
VA Credentialing and Privileging Improvement Act

Bill: 113-hr-5342
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Military medicine
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
VA Credentialing and Privileging Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), within 30 days after a military health care provider requests privileges to provide hospital care or medical services in a VA medical facility, to approve such provider's credentials and grant such privileges, unless the Secretary can show cause for denying such privileges.
 
Defines &quot;military health care provider&quot; as a member of the Armed Forces who is: (1) a health care provider; (2) serving on active duty in, or in the process of being separated from, the Armed Forces; and (3) privileged to work in a military treatment facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
All Students Count Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5343
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Disability and paralysis
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Minority education
Racial and ethnic relations
Special education
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
All Students Count Act of 2014 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require information on the annual state report cards on student achievement at each proficiency level to be disaggregated by the same major racial groups as the decennial census of the population. (Currently, that information is to be disaggregated by race, but the racial groups are not specified.) 
 
Requires the proficiency information which is disaggregated by such racial groups and by ethnicity, gender, disability status, migrant status, and status as economically disadvantaged to be cross-tabulated across all of those subgroups by gender and by disability.
 
Provides that such disaggregation and cross-tabulation shall not be required when the number of students in a subgroup is insufficient to yield statistically reliable information or the results would reveal personally identifiable information about an individual student.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Body Armor Possession Act

Bill: 113-hr-5344
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Responsible Body Armor Possession Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the purchase, ownership, or possession of enhanced body armor, except: (1) by or under the authority of the United States or any state or political subdivision, or (2) enhanced body armor that was lawfully possessed before the effective date of this Act.
 
Defines &quot;enhanced body armor&quot; to mean body armor, including a helmet or shield, the ballistic resistance of which meets or exceeds the ballistic performance of Type III armor, determined using National Institute of Justice Standard-0101.06. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
RESPONSE Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5345
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Accidents
Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Emergency planning and evacuation
First responders and emergency personnel
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Public-private cooperation
Railroads
Rural conditions and development
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
RESPONSE Act of 2014 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish the Railroad Emergency Services Preparedness, Operational Needs, and Safety Evaluation Subcommittee of the National Advisory Council.
 
Directs the Subcommittee to evaluate the following topics and develop recommendations for improving emergency responder training and resource allocation for hazardous materials incidents involving railroads:
 
 
 the quality and application of training for local emergency first responders related to rail hazardous materials incidents, with a particular focus on local emergency responders and small communities near railroads;
 
the effectiveness of funding levels related to training local emergency responders for rail hazardous materials incidents, with a particular focus on local emergency responders and small communities;
 
a strategy for integration of commodity flow studies, mapping, and access platforms for local emergency responders and how to increase the rate of access to the individual responder in existing or emerging communications technology;
 
 the need for emergency response plans for rail, similar to existing law related to maritime and stationary facility emergency response plans for hazardous materials;
 
 the need for a rail hazardous materials incident database;
 
 increasing access to relevant, useful, and timely information for the local emergency responder for training purposes and in the event of a rail hazardous materials incident; and 
 
 determining the most appropriate agencies and offices for the implementation of the recommendations.
 
 
Terminates the Subcommittee not later than four years after this Act's enactment, subject to one year extensions.
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Rural Microbusiness Investment Credit Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5346
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Rural conditions and development
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Rural Microbusiness Investment Credit Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business-related tax credit for 35% of new investment in a rural microbusiness. Imposes limits on such credit for businesses and individual taxpayers. 
 
Defines: (1) "rural microbusiness" as a trade or business that employs not more than 5 full-time employees in a taxable year and is carried on, and physically located, in a distressed rural area; and (2) "distressed rural area" as an area that has lost at least 5% of its population over the last 10 years or 10% of its population over the last 20 years, that has a median family income below 85 % of the national median family income, that has a poverty rate that exceeds 12.5%, or where average unemployment in the preceding year exceeds 120% of the national average.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend qualified zone academy bonds for 2 years and to reduce the private business contribution requirement with respect to such bonds, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-5347
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Income tax credits
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to qualified zone academy bonds, to: (1) extend through 2015 the national limitation amount for such bonds, and (2) reduce from 10% to 5% of bond proceeds the required contribution amount for private businesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
FTO Reform Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5348
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Department of State
Homeland security
Immigration status and procedures
Terrorism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
FTO Reform Act of 2014 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) revise the list of relevant committees to which the Secretary of State must provide prior notice with respect to the designation of a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) to include the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the House Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs Committees, and (2) include the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) among the officials the Secretary of State must consult in making such designation.
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to transmit recommendations to the Secretary of State regarding an FTO designation, including an assessment of the threat to national security due to terrorist activity or terrorism carried out by the organization.
 
Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to report on: 
 
 
DHS activities relating to FTO designations and an accounting of the effects each such designation has on DHS operations; 
 
the number of individuals denied entry into the United States due to their support for an FTO and an identification of such FTOs; 
 
the number of individuals removed from the United States due to their support for an FTO and an identification of such FTOs; 
 
a list of all revocations of otherwise ineligible nonimmigrant visas considered by DHS; and 
 
a list of all individuals with respect to whom a revocation was granted, their associations with an FTO, and an identification of such FTOs. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1298-1299)
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
VA Appeals Backlog Relief Act

Bill: 113-hr-5349
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
VA Appeals Backlog Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regional office certifies a VA Form 9, Appeal to Board of Veterans' Appeals, submitted by a veteran to appeal a decision relating to a claim, by not later than one year after receiving such form.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Infection Reduction Labeling Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5350
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Marketing and advertising
Medical research
Metals
Pest management
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Infection Reduction Labeling Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to authorize solid antimicrobial copper alloys, and products made from such alloys, to be marketed, distributed, or sold with labels about their infection reduction and control efficacy if the antimicrobial claims made on the label are consistent with the results of federally-funded clinical trials finding: (1) greater than 25% reductions in infection rate or 50% reductions in microbial burden, or (2) statistically significant reductions in infection rate or microbial burden.
 
Waives alloys from requirements to submit or review efficacy data related to the antimicrobial claims if the claims are consistent with the results of the trials.
 
Sets forth an alternative process to modify the labeling of an alloy.
 
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exclude a product that is made from the alloy and has the antimicrobial labeling from regulation and treatment as a drug or device . 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Air Travel Streamlining Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5351
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security
User charges and fees
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Veterans Air Travel Streamlining Act of 2014 - Requires: (1) the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to waive the application fee for veterans with a service-connected disability rated at 50% or more who apply to participate in TSA's Pre-check program, and (2) the Administrator and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a system to verify such a veteran's disability rating and whether such veteran's disability is service-connected.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
action_date: 2014-08-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Parity Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5353
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Medicaid Parity Act of 2014 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to extend through 2019: (1) Medicaid payment parity with Medicare for primary care services furnished under the Medicaid program, and (2) the increased (to 100%) federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP, or federal matching rate) for additional payments for primary care services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Department of Defense from retaining any interest in real property disposed of pursuant to a base closure law when that property was originally acquired by the United States by donation for the purpose of establishing or expanding a military installation.

Bill: 113-hr-5355
Sponsor: Rep. McAllister, Vance M. [R-LA-5]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Military facilities and property

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Requires real property of military installations that are closed pursuant to specified base closure laws to be disposed of by conveying all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the property if such property was originally acquired by the United States by donation for the purpose of establishing or expanding the installation.
 
Allows the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to authorize the retention of a reversionary interest in the conveyed property to ensure that it is used for a public purpose if the property is conveyed by the United States without consideration, or for consideration equal to less than fair market value, to support the property's subsequent use for such a purpose.
 
Makes this Act applicable retroactively to property conveyed pursuant to certain base closure laws before the enactment of this Act. Requires the Secretary to convey to the recipient of such a previous conveyance any right, title, or interest that was retained by the United States during the original conveyance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Preventing the EPA from Garnishing Wages Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5356
Sponsor: Rep. McAllister, Vance M. [R-LA-5]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Pollution liability
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Preventing the EPA from Garnishing Wages Act of 2014 - Eliminates the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to garnish wages for a debt owed under programs it administers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in House