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Savings on Medical Expenses for Seniors Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4104
Sponsor: Rep. Negrete McLeod, Gloria [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2014-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aging
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: 
Savings on Medical Expenses for Seniors Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the reduction in the threshold level (10% to 7.5% of adjusted gross income) for determining the amount of deductible medical expenses for individuals who have attained age 65.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act

Bill: 113-hr-4106
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2014-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Advisory bodies
Civil actions and liability
Evidence and witnesses
Federal district courts
Government information and archives
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Judicial procedure and administration
Lawyers and legal services
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: 
Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act - Establishes a framework for health care liability lawsuits to undergo review by independent medical review panels if health care professionals (practicing physicians or their agents or employees) allege adherence to applicable clinical practice guidelines in the provision of health care goods or services.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish clinical practice guidelines that have been provided and maintained by national or state medical societies or medical specialty societies designated by the Secretary. Sets forth standards for the development of guidelines, including related to transparency, the composition of the panel, and the review of existing evidence.
 
Declares that this Act does not preempt or supersede any state or federal law that imposes greater procedural or substantive protections for health care providers and health care organizations from liability, loss, or damages than those provided under this Act nor does it create a cause of action or preempt any defenses otherwise available.
 
Allows a defendant to remove any health care liability action brought in a state court to a district court.
 
Requires an independent medical review in health care liability actions if the eligible professionals allege that they adhered to applicable clinical practice guideline. Sets forth procedures for the use of the panel's findings at trial. Enables defendants to recover costs and attorneys' fees from plaintiffs if the defendants prevail subsequent to preliminary findings in their favor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2014-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2014-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Introduced in House
REIN-IN Act

Bill: 113-hr-4107
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2014-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Chemistry
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Metals
Military procurement, research, weapons development
New Mexico
Nuclear power
Nuclear weapons
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Tennessee

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: 
Reduce Expenditures in Nuclear Infrastructure Now Act or the REIN-IN Act - Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY2014-FY2023: (1) for the research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) or procurement of a long-range penetrating bomber aircraft; (2) to procure an SSBN-X submarine (and prohibits the use of such funds for FY2024 and thereafter to procure more than eight such submarines); or (3) for the RDT&E or procurement of a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
 
Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds authorized to be appropriated for FY2014 or thereafter for DOD or the Department of Energy (DOE): (1) to make the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons; (2) until the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy jointly certify that the total cost of the B61 life extension program has been reduced to not more than $5 billion; (3) for the W78 life extension program; (4) for the mixed oxide fuel fabrication facility project; (5) to replace the chemistry and metallurgy research building at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico; or (6) for the uranium processing facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
 
Prohibits Navy forces, beginning in FY2020, from including more than eight operational ballistic-missile submarines available for deployment.
 
Prohibits the use of DOD funds for FY2014 or thereafter: (1) to maintain more than 250 submarine-launched ballistic missiles; (2) to maintain more than 150 intercontiental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) on a 24-hour, high alert status; or (3) for the medium extended air defense system.
 
Requires initial and annual reports from the Secretaries of Defense and Energy outlining their respective plans to carry out the requirements of this Act.
 
Directs the President to submit to Congress an annual report containing a comprehensive accounting by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of the amounts obligated or expended by the federal government for each nuclear weapon and related nuclear program during the fiscal year covered by the report for the life cycle of such weapon or program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E271-272)
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Breath of Fresh Air Act

Bill: 113-hr-4108
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2014-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Nursing
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: 
Breath of Fresh Air Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to: (1) purchase nebulizers for use in their schools, and/or (2) train school personnel to use nebulizers.
 
Requires LEA grant applicants to demonstrate that for each of their schools that are to use the nebulizers: (1) a full-time certified nurse is on staff, (2) trained personnel and other resources necessary for nebulizer use are in place, (3) emergency services personnel are notified of nebulizer locations, (4) nebulizers are integrated into the school's emergency response procedures, and (5) procedures are in place to notify parents of the availability of nebulizers and to inform them how to provide the school with their child's prescription asthma medication and authorization to use a nebulizer to assist their child.
 
Gives grant priority to LEAs that: (1) serve areas where the prevalence of asthma is at least 10% higher than the national average; (2) do not already have at least one nebulizer in each of their schools; (3) serve schools that typically have a significant number of students, staff, and visitors present during the day; and (4) have not received funds under the Rural Access to Emergency Devices Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2014-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2014-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Introduced in House
To require the President to designate a legal public holiday to be known as National First Responders Day.

Bill: 113-hr-4109
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2014-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
First responders and emergency personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: 
Directs the President to issue a proclamation that designates National First Responders Day as a legal public holiday.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Introduced in House
HERO Transition from Battlespace to Workplace Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4110
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2014-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: 
Helping to Encourage Real Opportunity for Veterans Transitioning from Battlespace to Workplace Act of 2014 or the HERO Transition from Battlespace to Workplace Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business-related tax credit for $1,000 times the number of veterans (not more than 25 in a taxable year) who begin work resulting from the efforts of a military relations manager.
 
Deems as a reasonable effort of an employer to employ veterans, for purposes of veteran employment and reemployment programs, the designation of an employee as a military relations manager and the use of the military skills translator database (database for assisting veterans in relating military skills, experience, and training to civilian skills, experience, and training). Defines "military relations manager" as an expert in the process of transitioning from being a member of the Armed Forces to being a civilian and in translating the skills, experience, and training gained in the Armed Forces to skills, experience, and training needed in the private sector. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that the military skills translator database may be used by civilian employers and conduct outreach to inform civilian employers of such database. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E331)
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2014-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2014-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Disability Insurance Protection and Fraud Prevention Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4111
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2014-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Employment taxes
Executive agency funding and structure
Income tax credits
Intergovernmental relations
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social Security Administration
Social security and elderly assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: 
Disability Insurance Protection and Fraud Prevention Act of 2014 - Requires the Inspector General of the Social Security Administration to increase the number of cooperative disability investigative (CDI) units to 54 and distribute them equally among the most densely populated areas. 
 
Prohibits the Commissioner of Social Security, in determining whether an individual is under a disability for insurance benefit payment purposes, from considering: (1) an individual as approaching advanced age unless he or she has attained age 58; (2) an individual as having attained advanced age unless he or she has attained age 61; and (3) the individual's inability to communicate in English as a vocational factor.
 
Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to eliminate consideration of the combined effect of impairments in disability determinations.
 
Makes appropriations for continuing disability reviews for FY2014-FY2018. Directs the Commissioner to assess for Congress after FY2018 the amount of savings attained as a result of such appropriations in the federal disability program under SSA title II and the SSI program.
 
Requires the Commissioner to describe for Congress the designs of: (1) a disability demonstration program, (2) a state demonstration program to revise specified existing funding streams for specific populations to improve outcomes and reduce participation in SSI or Social Security disability insurance, and (3) a demonstration program that encourages employers to reduce the incidence of disability among their employees by 20% through a voluntary program that provides the employers with a tax credit if their employees do not file for Social Security disability insurance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Equal Rights and Access for the Women of South Sudan Act

Bill: 113-hr-4112
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2014-02-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Disability and paralysis
Firearms and explosives
Food assistance and relief
Foreign aid and international relief
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Human rights
Human trafficking
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Military education and training
Reconstruction and stabilization
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Sex and reproductive health
South Sudan
Women's education
Women's employment
Women's health
Women's rights
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: 
Equal Rights and Access for the Women of South Sudan Act - Requires that activities carried out by the United States in South Sudan relating to governance, post-conflict reconstruction and development, police and military training, and refugee relief and assistance support the human rights of women and their full political, social, and economic participation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Community Water Enhancement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4113
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2014-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Rural conditions and development
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: 
Community Water Enhancement Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in making grants under the pilot program for alternative water source projects to meet critical water supply needs, to consider the location and benefits of projects in rural communities (including whether the area is served by a public water system with fewer than 3,000 connections or is located in an area with no public water system).
 
Includes among such projects: (1) the conjunctive management of groundwater supplies by delivery of surface water instead of groundwater, and (2) water treatment or distribution facilities if the project requires such facilities to deliver the alternative water supply. 
Authorizes funding for the program through FY2018.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Water Efficiency Improvement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4114
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2014-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Environmental technology
Income tax credits
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: 
Water Efficiency Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 30% of amounts paid for certified WaterSense program property (defined as any plumbing fixture or fitting that has been tested and certified in accordance with the WaterSense program of the Environmental Protection Agency [EPA], a voluntary partnership program for protecting the water supply by using less water with water-efficient products, new homes, and services, or an analogous successor program). Limits the lifetime dollar amount of such credit to $2,000. Terminates such credit after 2015.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Winter Roads Safety Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4115
Sponsor: Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2014-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Transportation
Forests, forestry, trees
Minnesota
Motor carriers
Roads and highways
Transportation safety and security
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: 
Winter Roads Safety Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), for the period beginning upon enactment of this Act and ending on April 15, 2014, to waive certain federal vehicle weight limitations for covered logging vehicles to operate on the Interstate Highway System.
 
Defines the term &quot;covered logging vehicle&quot; to mean a vehicle that: (1) is transporting raw or unfinished forest products, including logs, pulpwood, biomass, or wood chips; (2) has a gross vehicle weight of no more than 99,000 pounds; (3) has at least six axles; and (4) is operating on specified segments of Interstate Route 25 and Interstate Route 535 in Minnesota and Interstate Route 39 and Interstate Route 535 in Wisconsin.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Librarian of Congress to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install the panel among the stained glass panels depicting the seals of States which overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building.

Bill: 113-hr-4116
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Congressional agencies
District of Columbia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Library of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: 
Directs the Librarian of Congress to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install it among the panels that depict the seals of states which overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2014-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2014-02-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E266-267)
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Introduced in House
EITC for Childless Workers Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4117
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2014-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Poverty and welfare assistance
U.S. territories and protectorates
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: 
EITC for Childless Workers Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the earned income tax credit, to: (1) reduce from 25 to 21 the age at which a taxpayer first becomes eligible for such credit, and (2) increase the amount of such credit for taxpayers with no qualifying children. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury pay to U.S. possessions (including the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands) that do not have a mirror code tax system with the United States amounts of the earned income credit which such possessions would have received if a mirror code tax system had been in effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Introduced in House