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To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in The Dalles, Oregon, as the "Loren R. Kaufman Memorial Veterans' Clinic".

Bill: 113-hr-4273
Sponsor: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]
Introduced: 2014-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Oregon
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) community-based outpatient clinic located at 704 Veterans Drive, The Dalles, Oregon, as the "Loren R. Kaufman Memorial Veterans' Clinic."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Honoring the Families of Fallen Soldiers Act to provide a permanent appropriation of funds for the payment of death gratuities for survivors of deceased members of the uniformed services in event of any future period of lapsed appropriations.

Bill: 113-hr-4274
Sponsor: Rep. Barber, Ron [D-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2014-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-18
text: 
Amends the Department of Defense Survivor Benefits Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 (also known as the Honoring the Families of Fallen Soldiers Act) to appropriate funds for fiscal years after FY2014 during any period of lapsed appropriations for the payment of death gratuities and related benefits for survivors of deceased servicemembers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2014-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-18
text: Introduced in House
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Authorization Act

Bill: 113-hr-4279
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2014-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Area studies and international education
Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Customs enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Firearms and explosives
Foreign labor
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Human rights
Human trafficking
Intellectual property
International exchange and broadcasting
Law enforcement officers
Organized crime
Pornography
Sex offenses
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-21
text: 
Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 with respect to the establishment in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) (formerly the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2014-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2014-03-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2014-03-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2014-03-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2014-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Business Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4281
Sponsor: Rep. Huelskamp, Tim [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2014-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-21
text: 
Protecting Business Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2014 - Extends subcontracting limitations that apply to certain small businesses awarded contracts under various Small Business Administration (SBA) programs (requirements under the Small Business Act limit the amount that such small businesses may expend on subcontractors) to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans with or without service-connected disabilities who are awarded contracts of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
 
Requires, for purposes of applying such subcontracting limitations to veterans with small businesses awarded such VA contracts, that: (1) small businesses owned and controlled by veterans be treated in the same manner as small businesses owned and controlled by veterans with service-connected disabilities, and (2) &quot;similarly situated entity&quot; be defined as a subcontractor for a small business owned and controlled by a veteran with or without a service-connected disability (contract amounts expended by small businesses on subcontractors that are similarly situated entities are not considered toward subcontracting limits).
 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon awarding such a contract, to obtain a certification from the offeror that specifies the performance requirements and acknowledges that the certification is subject to criminal laws concerning false or fraudulent statements or representations. Subjects small businesses to fines, imprisonment, or both for not acting in good faith. 
 
Requires the VA's Director of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and the VA's Chief Acquisition Officer to: (1) establish a process to monitor compliance with this Act, and (2) refer violations to the VA Inspector General. Directs the Inspector General to submit annual reports to Congress regarding such violations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2014-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2014-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Creating Access to Residency Education Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4282
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced: 2014-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-21
text: 
Creating Access to Residency Education Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to make grants to or enter contracts with eligible entities to support the creation of new medical residency training programs or slots within existing programs in states in which there is a low ratio of medical residents relative to the general population.
 
Requires an eligible entity to be: (1) located in a state with fewer than 25 medical residents per 100,000 population, and (2) a public or nonprofit teaching hospital or an accredited graduate medical education (GME) training program. Allows such entity to enter into a partnership with a state, local government, community health center, local health department, hospital, or other appropriate organization.
 
Requires a grant or contract agreement: (1) in the case of a new or existing medical residency training program in the field of primary care, to require the recipient to provide one-third of the cost of the slots to be funded and to require the Administrator to provide the remaining two-thirds of such cost; and (2) in the case of such a training program in any other field, to require the recipient to provide one-half of the cost of the slots to be funded and the Administrator to provide the remaining half.
 
Directs the Administrator to establish application processes for eligible entities to receive funding, including multiyear commitments to ensure the continued funding of GME slots for residents in training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-21
text: Introduced in House
ESA Improvement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4284
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2014-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-24
text: 
ESA Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from adding a species to the list of endangered and threatened species: (1) if the Secretary has approved a State Protective Action (SPA) for such species, and (2) before the Secretary has made a final determination regarding approval of an SPA.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) notify each state of the opportunity to submit an SPA prior to proposing to add a species to the federal list of endangered and threatened species, and (2) provide guidance to states regarding the preparation of an SPA.
 
Establishes a process for approving or disapproving a proposed SPA.
 
Requires the Secretary to review the implementation and effectiveness of an SPA every five years and, if necessary, provide guidance on improvements or revisions that are required to maintain the Secretary's approval of the SPA.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) revoke approval of an SPA and propose adding a species to the federal list if the state has failed to implement the SPA or the SPA failed to make measurable progress toward meeting the recovery criteria for the species, and (2) terminate the effectiveness of an approved SPA if the recovery criteria for the species have been met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2014-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-24
text: Introduced in House
PACE Assessment Protection Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4285
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2014-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Energy efficiency and conservation
Housing finance and home ownership
Intergovernmental relations
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
State and local government operations
State and local taxation
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-24
text: 
PACE Assessment Protection Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the Federal Housing Agency (FHA) to direct the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) to issue guidance providing that the levy of a PACE (property assessed clean energy) assessment and the creation of a PACE lien do not constitute a default on any loan secured by one of its uniform instruments, and do not trigger the exercise of remedies with respect to any provision of the instrument, if the PACE assessment and the PACE lien meet specified requirements. 
 
Lists as PACE improvements any qualified clean energy improvements, energy conservation and efficiency improvements, and water conservation and efficiency improvements.
 
Prohibits the FHA Director, the Comptroller of the Currency, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and all federal agencies and entities chartered or otherwise established under federal law from discriminating in any manner against state or local governments implementing or participating in a PACE program, or against any property that is obligated to pay a PACE assessment or is subject to a PACE lien. 
 
Specifies requirements a PACE program, and any related PACE assessment and PACE lien, must meet to be entitled to the protections of this Act.
 
Details obligations of property owners with respect to PACE assessments, and requires the local government to disclose to the participating property owner the costs and risk associated with participating in the PACE program.
 
Prescribes requirements for: (1) non-residential properties; and (2) qualifying PACE improvements, qualifying contractors, and financing terms for residential properties.
 
Limits the total amount of PACE assessments for a property to 10% of its estimated value. Requires the property owner to have equity in the property of at least 15%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-24
text: Introduced in House
Independent Innovator and Repurposing Act

Bill: 113-hr-4287
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2014-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Health technology, devices, supplies
Intellectual property
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-24
text: 
Independent Innovator and Repurposing Act - Establishes procedures under which the term of an unexpired patent claiming a method of using a biological product shall be extended for five years from its original expiration date.
 
 Requires an application for such an extension to demonstrate that: (1) the patent was issued to an independent innovator, and (2) the owner of record is the independent innovator or a small business (with fewer than 500 employees and which is not affiliated with the holder of the marketing application approved under licensing requirements of the Public Health Service Act for the commercial marketing of such biological product) in which the independent innovator has an ownership interest.
 
Defines &quot;independent innovator&quot; as a person or entity that obtains a method of use patent for a biological product and is not, at the time of invention or patent filing, affiliated with the holder of an approved application for the commercial marketing of the product.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2014-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-24
text: Introduced in House
Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4288
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2014-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Federal preemption
Health personnel
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-24
text: 
Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of 2014 - Exempts from liability for harm caused by the emergency administration of an opioid overdose drug: 
 
 
a health care professional who prescribes or provides such a drug to an individual at risk of experiencing an opioid overdose, or to another person in a position to assist such individual, if the individual has been educated about opioid overdose prevention and treatment by the health care professional or as part of a government opioid overdose program; 
 
a person who provides such a drug for emergency administration to an individual authorized to receive it as part of an opioid overdose program; and 
 
a person who provides for emergency administration of such a drug to an individual who reasonably appears to have suffered an overdose from heroin or another opioid if such person obtained such drug from a health care professional or as part of an opioid overdose program and was educated by such professional or program in the proper administration of such drug.
 
 
Makes such exemptions inapplicable if the harm was caused by gross negligence or reckless misconduct.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2014-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-24
text: Introduced in House
Wakefield Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4290
Sponsor: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-4]
Introduced: 2014-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-25
text: 
Wakefield Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program through FY2019.

action_date: 2014-07-24
text: 
Wakefield Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program through FY2019.

action_date: 2014-09-09
text: 
Wakefield Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program through FY2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-10
text: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 558.
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7343)
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7343)
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4290.
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7343-7344)
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Mr. Burgess moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 419.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 113-559.
action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 113-559.
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-07-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Unanimous Consent .
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Children First Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4294
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2014-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Appropriations
Business records
Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Employment and training programs
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-25
text: 
Children First Act of 2014 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) exclude child care assistance from the determination of the five-year limit on assistance under TANF, and (2) increase funding for child care.
 
Requires the plans submitted to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) by eligible states to contain provisions for certification of procedures to ensure that child care providers comply with applicable state or local health and safety standards. 
 
 Increases from 6 to 13 the maximum age allowed of a child under the care of a single custodial parent or other individual with custody who will not be subject to a reduction or termination of TANF assistance as a result of a refusal of the individual to engage in work.
 
Subjects to the individual and case data reporting requirements of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 any TANF funds expended for child care, whether or not transferred to that Act, and exempts such funds from SSA reporting requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2014-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2014-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2014-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Airline Passengers from Sexual Assaults Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4295
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Crimes against women
Criminal justice information and records
Sex offenses
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-25
text: 
Protecting Airline Passengers from Sexual Assaults Act of 2014 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish a program to collect and maintain data on the number of sexual assaults that occur on domestic air passenger flights.
 
Requires the FAA Administrator to make such data available to the public on the FAA website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2014-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-03-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E434)
action_date: 2014-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-25
text: Introduced in House