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Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act

Bill: 113-hr-4318
Sponsor: Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Endangered and threatened species
Legal fees and court costs
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to replace the current standard for awarding court costs, including attorney fees, in citizen suits with the federal judicial code standard for awarding costs to a prevailing party. 

action_date: 2014-07-17
text: 

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

 
Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to replace the current standard for awarding court costs, including attorney fees, in citizen suits with the federal judicial code standard for awarding costs to a prevailing party. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-17
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 406.
action_date: 2014-07-17
text: Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
action_date: 2014-07-17
text: Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
action_date: 2014-07-17
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-540, Part I.
action_date: 2014-07-17
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-540, Part I.
action_date: 2014-04-30
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 15.
action_date: 2014-04-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2014-03-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
Common Sense in Species Protection Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4319
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Commerce
Department of the Interior
Economic performance and conditions
Endangered and threatened species
Land use and conservation
State and local finance
Unemployment
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
Common Sense in Species Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce to exclude an area from designation as a critical habitat to conserve an endangered or threatened species if the benefits of exclusion outweigh the benefits of including the area, unless the failure to designate the area as critical habitat will result in the extinction of the species. 
 
Requires the appropriate Secretary to make available for public comment with any proposed rule to designate a critical habitat a draft analysis that: (1) examines the incremental and cumulative economic effects of all actions to protect the species and its habitat upon each state and locality that is affected by the proposed designation; (2) includes consideration of economic effects on possible uses of land and property values, employment, revenues available for state and local governments, and the provision of water, power, or other public services; and (3) assesses those effects on a quantitative and qualitative basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
Employee Privacy Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-4321
Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Government information and archives
Labor-management relations
Personnel records

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
Employee Privacy Protection Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), not earlier than seven days after it makes a final determination of the appropriate bargaining unit in a proposed election regarding collective bargaining representation, to acquire from the employer a list of all employees eligible to vote in the election, which shall: (1) be made available to all parties, and (2) include the employees' names as well as one additional form of personal contact information (such as telephone number, email address, or mailing address) chosen by the employee in writing.

action_date: 2014-09-09
text: 
Employee Privacy Protection Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), not earlier than seven days after it makes a final determination of the appropriate bargaining unit in a proposed election regarding collective bargaining representation, to acquire from the employer a list of all employees eligible to vote in the election, which shall: (1) be made available to all parties, and (2) include the employees' names as well as no more than one additional form of personal contact information (such as telephone number, email address, or mailing address) chosen by the employee in writing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 432.
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 113-583.
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 113-583.
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 17.
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
American Manufacturing and Worker Protection Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4322
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Canada
Government information and archives
Latin America
Manufacturing
Mexico
Tariffs
Trade adjustment assistance
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
American Manufacturing and Worker Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to direct the Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to distribute semiannually all funds (including any interest earned) from duties assessed pursuant to a countervailing duty order or antidumping duty order or finding (antidumping and subsidy protection amount) to affected domestic producers for qualifying expenditures and cash to eligible employees.
 
Defines &quot;affected domestic producer&quot; to mean a currently operating manufacturer or producer that was a petitioner or interested party in support of a petition for which an antidumping duty order, finding, or countervailing duty order has been entered.
 
Defines &quot;eligible employee&quot; of an affected domestic producer as an individual who: (1) has been totally or partially separated from employment with that producer because of dumping or a subsidy for which an antidumping duty order, finding, or countervailing duty order has been entered; or (2) is an employee of the affected domestic producer at the time a distribution is made.
 
Defines &quot;qualifying expenditures&quot; to mean certain expenditures incurred by an affected domestic producer after the issuance of an antidumping duty order, finding, or countervailing duty order.
 
Requires the CBP Commissioner to establish in the Treasury a special account for each such order or finding and to deposit in those accounts all funds (including any interest earned) from antidumping or countervailing duties assessed on or after October 1, 2014.
 
Declares that the requirements of this Act shall apply with respect to goods from Canada and Mexico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
Truth in Settlements Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4324
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Income tax deductions
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
Truth in Settlements Act of 2014 - Sets forth new requirements for the public disclosure of any covered settlement agreement entered into by a federal executive agency. Defines "covered settlement agreement" as a settlement agreement (including a consent decree) that: (1) is entered into by an executive agency, (2) relates to an alleged violation of federal civil or criminal law, and (3) requires the payment of not less than $1 million by one or more non-federal persons (entities not within the federal government).
 
Requires the head of each executive agency to make publicly available on the agency website a list of each covered settlement agreement entered into by the agency, which shall include: (1) the names of the parties to the settlement agreement and the date of such agreement; (2) a description of the claims that were settled under the agreement; (3) the amount each party to the agreement is obligated to pay under the terms of the agreement and the total amounts required to be paid; and (4) for each settling party, the amount the settling party is obligated to pay that has been designated as a civil penalty or fine. Requires: (1) such information to remain publicly available for five years after the date of the agreement, and (2) a copy of a covered settlement agreement to remain publicly available until at least one year after the date of the agreement, or until five years after such date for an agreement under which a non-federal person is required to pay not less than $50 million.
 
Limits the disclosure of provisions of a covered settlement agreement that are subject to a confidentiality agreement. 
 
Requires the issuer of securities subject to reporting requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to describe in required reports any claim of a tax deduction relating to a payment under a covered settlement agreement. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2014-03-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4325
Sponsor: Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Civil actions and liability
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal preemption
Marketing and advertising
Retail and wholesale trades
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act of 2014 - Prohibits advertisement, promotion, or marketing in commerce of electronic cigarettes in a manner that is known, or should be known, to increase the use of electronic cigarettes by children under the age of 18. 
 
Defines &quot;electronic cigarette&quot; as a battery-operated product designed to: (1) deliver nicotine, flavor, or other chemicals; and (2) turn chemicals, such as nicotine, into an aerosol that is inhaled by the user. 
 
Sets forth authority for: (1) the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce violations as an unfair or deceptive act or practice, and (2) states to bring civil actions on behalf of residents threatened or adversely affected by such a violation.
 
Establishes a civil penalty to be available in state actions that is calculated by multiplying the number of days that a person is not in compliance with such prohibition by an amount up to $16,000, adjusted annually for inflation.
 
Allows the FTC to intervene and appeal in state actions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
HEATR Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4326
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Energy prices
Income tax credits
Lighting, heating, cooling

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
Home Energy Affordability Tax Relief Act of 2014 or the HEATR Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer an income-based refundable tax credit for energy costs for the taxpayer's principal residence. Limits such credit to the lesser of 33% of such costs or $500. Allow such credit for residential energy costs paid or incurred after the enactment of this Act and before April 1, 2016. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from issuing certain decisions that will raise costs for ratepayers, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-4327
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Electric power generation and transmission
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Government studies and investigations
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
Requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to publish a cost-benefit analysis before issuing any decision that would either: (1) authorize creation of a new capacity zone, or (2) affect the supply and demand curves or models used to determine prices at points in a capacity zone.
 
Prohibits FERC from issuing any such decision if it determines that such analysis shows that costs will be raised for ratepayers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
Johnson-O'Malley Supplemental Indian Education Program Modernization Act

Bill: 113-hr-4328
Sponsor: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
Public contracts and procurement
Science and engineering education

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
Johnson-O'Malley Supplemental Indian Education Program Modernization Act - Amends the Johnson-O'Malley Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts with tribal organizations, Indian corporations, public school districts, or states to provide educational benefits to Indian students who attend public elementary or secondary schools.
 
Requires contract funds to be used for: 
 
 
 remedial instruction, counseling, and cultural programs; 
 
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses;
 
important needs, such as school supplies and items that enable students to participate in curricular and extra-curricular programs;
 
program activities that were available to Indian students under contracts entered into under the Act before October 1, 2012;
 
 targeted and culturally sensitive dropout prevention activities; and 
 
 equipment to facilitate training for professional trade skills and intensified college preparation programs.
 
 
Determines the amount of funds each contractor is to receive by: (1) determining the number of Indian students who were in average daily attendance and receiving a free public education in the public schools of the school districts served by the contractor in the preceding school year, and (2) providing the contractor a minimum amount for each of those students.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to give a contracting preference to a consortium of tribal organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
Business Risk Planning Act

Bill: 113-hr-4330
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Commodities markets
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
Business Risk Planning Act - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to direct the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to: (1) prescribe a rule for public reporting of swap transactions (including price and volume data) in illiquid markets that are not cleared and entered into by a non-financial entity that is hedging or mitigating commercial risk, and (2) ensure that such swap transaction information is publicly available no sooner than 30 days after it has been executed or at a later date the CFTC determines appropriate to protect the identity of participants and positions in illiquid markets and to prevent the elimination or reduction of market liquidity.
 
Defines an &quot;illiquid market&quot; as one in which there is relatively little volume and infrequent trading in swaps.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
To require a 50 percent reduction in the number of limousines in the Federal fleet.

Bill: 113-hr-4331
Sponsor: Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Motor vehicles
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
Prohibits the number of limousines in the federal fleet for FY2015 and each fiscal year thereafter from exceeding 50% of the number of such limousines in the fleet as of the last day of FY2014. Excepts any limousine determined to be essential for reasons of national security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to increase the dollar limitation on the de minimis safe harbor from treatment as a capital expenditure for taxpayers without applicable financial statements.

Bill: 113-hr-4332
Sponsor: Rep. Gardner, Cory [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business investment and capital
Department of the Treasury
Income tax deductions
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to modify a specified Treasury Regulation to increase from $500 to $1,000 the limitation governing the de minimis safe harbor for taxpayers without applicable financial statements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve 529 plans.

Bill: 113-hr-4333
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Educational technology and distance education
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to tax-exempt qualified tuition programs (529 plans), to: (1) make permanent the allowance for computer technology and equipment expenses and require that such technology and equipment be used primarily by the plan beneficiary (formerly, beneficiary and beneficiary's family); (2) allow contributors to a 529 plan or a plan beneficiary to direct plan investments, but not more frequently than four times per calendar year; (3) permit a recontribution to a 529 plan of amounts refunded to a student who withdraws from an educational institution if the recontribution is made not later than 60 days after the date of such refund and does not exceed the refunded amount; and (4) allow tax-free rollovers to a Roth individual retirement account (Roth IRA) of distributions from a qualified tuition program which has been maintained by the account holder for a 10-year period. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
Foreclosure Fairness Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4334
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2014-03-27 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: 
Foreclosure Fairness Act of 2014 - Prohibits a court, in the case of any federally related mortgage loan made after enactment of this Act, from entering a deficiency judgment requiring the mortgagor to pay any balance on the mortgage loan after a foreclosure sale of the mortgaged property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Introduced in House