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Healthy Kids Outdoors Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4706
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2014-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Child health
Family services
Hunting and fishing
Intergovernmental relations
Mental health
Nutrition and diet
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Public transit
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: 
 Healthy Kids Outdoors Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue one cooperative agreement per state to eligible entities to implement and update a five-year Healthy Kids Outdoors State Strategy for encouraging Americans, especially children, youth, and families, to be physically active outdoors. 
 
 
Requires eligible entities to provide a 25% match of the funding that they receive under this Act through in-kind contributions or cash. 
 
Directs the President to issue a national strategy for encouraging Americans to be physically active outdoors. 
 
Directs the Secretary and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to carry out a study of national significance on the health impacts of the strategies under this Act. 
 
Requires the Secretary to provide technical assistance to grantees and to disseminate best practices that emerge from the state strategies funded by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2014-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.

Bill: 113-hr-4707
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2014-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accidents
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Crime prevention
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Firearms and explosives
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Research administration and funding
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: 
Authorizes appropriations to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for each of FY2015-FY2020 to conduct or support research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention under the Public Health Service Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E795-796)
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Human Trafficking Fraud Enforcement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4708
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2014-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Human trafficking
Law enforcement administration and funding
Sex offenses
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: 
Human Trafficking Fraud Enforcement Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish within the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) an office to investigate and prosecute violations of internal revenue laws by persons that appear to be engaged in violations of specified federal laws prohibiting forced labor, trafficking of individuals, and transportation of minors or aliens for immoral purposes and of state or territorial laws prohibiting the promotion of prostitution or of any commercial sex act. Directs such office to cooperate with the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Innocence Lost National Initiative of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). 
 
Allow victims of human trafficking crimes to claim awards allowed for whistleblowing. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase civil and criminal penalties for tax evasion attributable to income derived from human trafficking and commercial sex acts. Makes it a felony to fail to file a tax return including income derived from human trafficking or commercial sex acts. Appropriates to the Crime Victims Fund additional funds equal to the increase in receipts from increased civil and criminal penalties provided by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E807)
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Program to include all lands owned by the United States Government that are under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense within the definition of entitlement lands for which payments are made, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-4710
Sponsor: Rep. Negrete McLeod, Gloria [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2014-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
Military facilities and property
State and local finance
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: 
Revises the definition of "entitlement land" for which the Secretary of the Interior is required to make payments to local governments in lieu of taxes to: (1) delete land on which are located semi-active or inactive installations that the Secretary of the Army keeps for mobilization and for reserve component training, and (2) include federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Defense (DOD) or the Secretary of a military department.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Veterans National Remembrance Act

Bill: 113-hr-4712
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2014-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: 
Veterans National Remembrance Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), in selecting a location for the establishment of a new national cemetery, to: (1) give priority to a state that does not have a national cemetery and that has the largest population of veterans among states without such a cemetary, and (2) ensure that such location is within 10 miles of a significant amount of the population to be served by such cemetery during the 25 years following its establishment.
 
Permits the Secretary, after establishing two national cemeteries, to waive the requirement of giving priority to a state that does not have a national cemetery if such waiver will allow the Secretary to establish a cemetery that will serve a larger population of veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Jumpstarting Occupational-learning and Entrepreneurship Act

Bill: 113-hr-4713
Sponsor: Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2014-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Business education
Elementary and secondary education
Food industry and services
Nutrition and diet
Retail and wholesale trades
School administration
Small business
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: 
Jumpstarting Occupational-learning and Entrepreneurship Act or the JOE Act - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to exempt school-based enterprises that are managed as part of a school's curriculum from the nutrition standards for foods sold in schools that are not foods provided under the school lunch and breakfast programs.
 
Defines a "school-based enterprise" as an entrepreneurial operation in a school setting that:
 
 
provides goods or services to meet the needs of the market;
 
is managed and operated by students as a hands-on learning laboratory;
 
provides realistic and practical learning experiences that reinforce classroom instruction;
 
may sell to consumers through a permanent location, a mobile kiosk, or through Internet marketing; and
 
may sell products such as food and beverage items or provide services such as event catering.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Orphan Earmarks Act

Bill: 113-hr-4715
Sponsor: Rep. Lankford, James [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2014-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Legislative rules and procedure
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: 
Orphan Earmarks Act - Rescinds all unobligated amounts of funds earmarked for the Department of Transportation (DOT) if more than 90% of the dollar amount of that earmark remains available for obligation at the end of the 9th fiscal year after it was first made available. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to delay any such rescission for one year if an additional obligation of the earmark is likely to occur during the 10th fiscal year after it was first made available.
 
Requires each agency head to identify and report every project that is an earmark with an unobligated balance at the end of a fiscal year to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), who shall report a listing and accounting for such earmarks to Congress and to the public via the OMB website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Sage Grouse Protection and Conservation Act

Bill: 113-hr-4716
Sponsor: Rep. Gardner, Cory [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2014-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Birds
California
Colorado
Endangered and threatened species
Idaho
Intergovernmental relations
Montana
Nevada
North Dakota
Oregon
South Dakota
State and local government operations
Utah
Washington State
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: 
Sage Grouse Protection and Conservation Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) or the Secretary of the Interior to give effect to a statewide conservation and management plan for the protection and recovery of the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and the Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) from either California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming. Requires the appropriate Secretary to:

 
hold for at least 10 years actions to list the species as endangered or threatened, the enforcement of the listing, and the designation of critical habitat for the species in that state;
 
withdraw any land use planning activities related to federal management of the species on National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land within the state; and 
 
amend federal land use plans with respect to that state to comply with a state plan.
 
 
Applies these requirements to states that submit a plan or have a plan previously endorsed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
 
Requires the appropriate Secretary to: (1) review statewide plans to determine if they are likely to conserve the species to the point at which the measures provided pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 are no longer necessary; (2) approve or endorse, or make comments on, statewide plans; and (3) provide states with information and make personnel available to help with plans.
 
Prohibits any proposed action pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that occurs within one of those states from being denied or restricted solely on the basis of such sage-grouse if the action is consistent with a state plan that has been submitted to the appropriate Secretary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program.

Bill: 113-hr-4717
Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2014-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Low- and moderate-income housing
Real estate business

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the low-income housing tax credit, to make permanent the minimum 9% credit rate for new buildings that are not federally-subsidized and to establish a minimum 4% credit rate for existing buildings that are not federally-subsidized. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Medal of Honor Priority Care Act

Bill: 113-hr-4720
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2014-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Veterans' medical care
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: 
Medal of Honor Priority Care Act - Increases, from third to first, the priority for enrollment in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system given to medal of honor recipients, regardless of the date on which the medal is awarded.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage charitable contributions of real property for conservation purposes by Native Corporations.

Bill: 113-hr-4721
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Income tax deductions
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow Alaska Native Corporations an increased tax deduction for donations of conservation easements related to lands conveyed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Permits a 15-year carryover of contribution amounts that exceed annual limitations on the amount of such tax deduction.


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

Bill: 113-hr-4722
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2014-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean
Congressional oversight
Intergovernmental relations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
New York State
Rhode Island
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: 
EEZ Clarification Act - Declares that the landward boundary of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) between the area south of Montauk, New York, and the area south of Point Judith, Rhode Island, for purposes of all federal laws governing marine fisheries management, shall be considered to be a continuous line running: (1) from a point three miles south of the southernmost point of Montauk to a point three miles south of the southernmost point of Block Island, Rhode Island, and (2) from such point three miles south of the southernmost point of Block Island, Rhode Island, to a point three miles south of the southern most point of Point Judith.
 
Vests the authority to manage fisheries landward of such line in states and interstate marine fisheries management commissions that otherwise have jurisdiction over such waters.
 
Requires the Secretary of Commerce to report to Congress within three years on the impact of such boundary points and management authority.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Opportunity for Military Academies and Readiness Act

Bill: 113-hr-4723
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2014-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: 
Opportunity for Military Academies and Readiness Act - Authorizes an alien who possesses an employment authorization document issued by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and who otherwise satisfies the requirements for admission to a military service academy to be appointed to and to attend such academy and, upon graduation, to be appointed as a commissioned officer in the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Care for our Heroes Act

Bill: 113-hr-4725
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2014-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: 
Care for our Heroes Act - Makes each veteran eligible to participate in a hospice program (or a similar program) conducted by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) regardless of: (1) the net worth or income of the veteran, the veteran's spouse, or the veteran's child; or (2) whether or not the Secretary has otherwise furnished the veteran with any veterans' benefit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Innovation in Surface Transportation Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4726
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2014-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Economic development
Government information and archives
Pedestrians and bicycling
Public transit
Railroads
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: 
Innovation in Surface Transportation Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), in coordination with state transportation departments, to establish an innovation in surface transportation program.
 
Requires states to make competitive grants for innovative surface transportation projects to eligible entities, including local governments, regional transportation authorities, transit agencies, tribal governments, private providers of public transportation, nonprofit transportation organizations, port authorities, joint power authorities, and local rail authorities.
 
Requires each state to establish an innovation in surface transportation selection panel to formulate criteria for selecting projects.
 
Requires a state to reserve certain percentages of federal funds apportioned for the national highway performance, the highway safety improvement, the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement, surface transportation, and transportation alternatives programs in order to fund related projects under state innovative surface transportation grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Introduced in House