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HOME Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3924
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Joe [D-FL-26]
Introduced: 2014-01-17 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Government studies and investigations
Income tax credits
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-17
text: 
Helping Owners Mitigate Effectively Act of 2014 or the HOME Act of 2014 - Delays any change in risk premium rates for flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program resulting from amendments made by the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Biggert-Waters Act) until five years after the enactment date of such Act.
 
Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to provide that the maximum annual chargeable flood insurance premium rate for a property shall be the appraised value of the property when purchased by its current owner divided by 30. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit of up to $7,500 for flood mitigation expenses in a taxable year for policy holders of flood insurance coverage and small businesses. Terminates such credit after December 31, 2022
 
Amends the Biggert-Waters Act to authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to use any other amounts available to the Administrator to carry out the the study of participation in the National Flood Insurance Program and of the affordability of risk-based premiums under such Program. 
 
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize increased appropriations for predisaster hazard mitigation for FY2014-FY2018. Authorizes appropriations for flood risk mitigation assistance for FY2014-FY2018. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2014-01-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2014-01-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2014-01-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2014-01-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-17
text: Introduced in House
Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3925
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2014-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic performance and conditions
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Poverty and welfare assistance
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-21
text: 
Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act of 2014 - Requires the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to amend the rules concerning the factors FEMA considers when evaluating a governor's request for a major disaster declaration to provide that, with respect to the evaluation of the need for public assistance: (1) specific weighted valuations shall be assigned to the estimated cost of the assistance (10%), localized impacts (40%), insurance coverage in force (10%), hazard mitigation (10%), recent multiple disasters (10%), programs of other federal assistance (10%), and economic circumstances (10%); and (2) FEMA shall consider the economic circumstances of both the local economy of the affected area (including the local assessable tax base and local sales tax, median income, and poverty rate) and the state economy (including the unemployment rate).
 
Requires such rules to provide that, with respect to the evaluation of the severity, magnitude, and impact of the disaster and the evaluation of the need for assistance to individuals: (1) specific weighted valuations shall be assigned to concentration of damages (20%), trauma (20%), special populations (20%), voluntary agency assistance (10%), insurance (20%), average amount of individual assistance by state (5%), and economic considerations (5%); and (2) FEMA shall consider the economic circumstances of the affected area (including the local assessable tax base and local sales tax, median income, and poverty rate).
 
Makes such rules applicable to any major disaster declared on or after January 1, 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2014-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to discharge student loans for borrowers who are determined by the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration to be under a disability without expectation of medical or functional improvement.

Bill: 113-hr-3926
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2014-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-21
text: 
Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to discharge a student borrower's loan under the Federal Family Education Loan program if the borrower: (1) has been determined by the Commissioner of Social Security to be under a disability without expectation of medical or functional improvement, and (2) provides the Secretary with documentation of that determination.
 
Considers such a borrower to be permanently and totally disabled.
 
Prohibits such a borrower from being required to present additional documentation regarding his or her disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 3716 of title 31, United States Code, to raise to at least the poverty line the amount of Social Security benefits that are exempt from being offset to satisfy student loan debt.

Bill: 113-hr-3927
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2014-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social security and elderly assistance
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-21
text: 
Raises to the poverty line the amount of social security, railroad retirement, and black lung benefits that are exempt from being offset to satisfy the outstanding balance of principal or interest an individual owes on a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2014-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Pullman National Historical Park Act

Bill: 113-hr-3929
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2014-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Historic sites and heritage areas
Illinois
Industrial facilities
Labor-management relations
Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: 
Pullman National Historical Park Act - Establishes the Pullman National Historical Park in Illinois as a unit of the National Park System to: (1) preserve and interpret for the benefit of future generations the significant labor, industrial, civil rights, and social history of the Park, the significant architectural structures in the Park, and the role of the Pullman community in the creation of the first national Labor Day holiday in the world; (2) coordinate preservation, protection, and interpretation efforts of the Park by the federal government, the state of Illinois, units of local government, and private and nonprofit organizations; and (3) coordinate appropriate management options necessary to ensure the protection, preservation, and interpretation of the many significant aspects of the Park.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to complete a general management plan for the Park. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Introduced in House
National Commission on the Structure of the Army Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3930
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2014-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Disaster relief and insurance
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Homeland security
Military civil functions
Military command and structure
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
Military readiness
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: 
National Commission on the Structure of the Army Act of 2014 - Establishes the National Commission on the Structure of the Army to undertake a comprehensive study of the structure of the Army to determine: (1) the proper force mixture of the active component and reserve component, and (2) how the structure should be modified to best fulfill mission requirements in a manner consistent with available resources.
 
Directs the Commission to give particular consideration to evaluating a structure that: (1) meets current and anticipated requirements of the combatant commands; (3) achieves a cost-efficiency balance between the regular and reserve components, with a focus on fully burdened and lifecycle cost of Army personnel; (3) ensures that the regular and reserve components have the capacity needed to support homeland defense and disaster assistance missions in the United States; (4) provides for sufficient numbers of regular members of the Army to provide a base of trained personnel from which the personnel of the reserve components could be recruited; (5) maintains a peacetime rotation force to support operational tempo goals of 1:2 for regular members and 1:5 for members of the reserve components; and (6) maximizes and appropriately balances affordability, efficiency, effectiveness, capability, and readiness. 
 
Prohibits the use of any funds made available for FY2015 for the Army to: (1) divest, retire, or transfer, or prepare to divest, retire, or transfer, any aircraft of the Army assigned to units of the Army National Guard as of January 15, 2014; or (2) reduce personnel below the authorized end strength levels of 350,000 for the Army National Guard as of September 30, 2014.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Children's Health Insurance Protection (CHIP) Act

Bill: 113-hr-3931
Sponsor: Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2014-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: 
Children's Health Insurance Protection (CHIP) Act - Amends XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act with respect to the income level of certain children born after September 30, 1983 (or, at the option of a state, after any earlier date), who are between 6 and 19 years of age. Maintains the income level at 100% of the income official poverty line applicable to a family of the size involved by repealing the increase to 113% of the poverty line scheduled to begin January 1, 2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3933
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2014-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: 
Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2014 - Amends federal bankruptcy law to permit an individual debtor to exempt from the property of the estate in bankruptcy the debtor's aggregate interest, not to exceed $3,000, in a single firearm or firearms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Passenger Fee Restructuring Exemptions Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3934
Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2014-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alaska
Aviation and airports
Hawaii
Rural conditions and development
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: 
Passenger Fee Restructuring Exemptions Act of 2014 - Revises aviation security service fee requirements. 
 
Makes an exception to the $5.60 per one-way trip fee for certain passengers for domestic flights that originate at a U.S. airport.
 
Limits such fees to $2.50 per enplanement, with the total not to exceed $5.00 per one-way trip, for any passengers: (1) boarding to an eligible small community for which essential air service compensation is paid; or (2) on flights, including flight segments, between two or more points in Hawaii or two or more points in Alaska.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Dairy COOL Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3935
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2014-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural trade
Food supply, safety, and labeling

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: 
Dairy COOL Act of 2014 - Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to define dairy product for country of origin purposes.
 
Requires a retailer of a covered commodity that is a dairy product to designate the origin of the covered commodity as: (1) each country in which or from which the one or more dairy ingredients or dairy components of the covered commodity were produced, originated, or sourced; and (2) each country in which the covered commodity was processed. 
 
Declares that, with respect to a dairy product produced exclusively in the United States, designation by a retailer of the state, region, or locality of production shall be sufficient to identify the United States as the country of origin.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Introduced in House
To evaluate and report on the feasibility and effectiveness of using natural gas as a fuel source in long haul trucks.

Bill: 113-hr-3937
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2014-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Energy prices
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Motor carriers
Motor fuels
Oil and gas
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: 
Declares that it is the policy of Congress that our fuel supply needs to be diverse and one method of diversification is the use of natural gas as a fuel source in long haul trucks. 
 Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to appoint representatives from DOE, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Commerce, Members of Congress, state governments, and private sector individuals to evaluate: (1) barriers to transition from diesel fuel to natural gas in long haul trucks (commercial vehicles with a 26,000 pound or greater gross vehicle weight rating); (2) environmental benefits, as well as other benefits and drawbacks, of using natural gas in such trucks; (3) the expected price differential between traditional diesel oems and natural gas oems; (4) concerns of the participating representatives appointed by the Secretary of using natural gas in long haul trucks; and (5) the effect of using natural gas in such trucks on the Highway Trust Fund.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2014-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2014-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to designate natural gas fueling corridors in the United States for long haul truck traffic, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-3938
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2014-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Motor carriers
Motor fuels
Oil and gas
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to designate natural gas fueling corridors in the United States for long haul truck traffic.
 
Requires the Secretary, in designating these corridors, to: (1) seek to establish an interconnection of natural gas fueling stations across the United States that will serve the highest possible volume of long haul truck traffic; (2) take into consideration the location of existing natural gas fueling stations, with the goal of having them located no more than 200 miles apart in such corridors; and (3) provide public notice and an opportunity for comment.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Natural Gas Long Haul Truck Competitiveness Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3940
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2014-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Motor carriers
Motor fuels
Oil and gas
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: 
Natural Gas Long Haul Truck Competitiveness Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to issue regulations to allow natural gas vehicles to exceed any federal weight limitations to operate on the Interstate Highway System by an amount equal to the weight of the vehicle attributable to the natural gas tank and fueling system, less the weight of a comparable diesel tank and fueling system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the deduction for mortgage insurance premiums.

Bill: 113-hr-3941
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2014-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2014 the tax deduction for mortgage insurance premiums.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the deduction of State and local general sales taxes.

Bill: 113-hr-3942
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2014-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2014 the taxpayer election to deduct state and local general sales taxes in lieu of state and local income taxes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the above-the-line deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses.

Bill: 113-hr-3943
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2014-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Income tax deductions
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2014 the tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: Introduced in House