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Veterans' Job Corps Act

Bill: 113-hr-4422
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2014-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Forests, forestry, trees
General public lands matters
Horticulture and plants
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pest management
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: 
Veterans' Job Corps Act - Authorizes the President to establish and operate a Veterans' Job Corps to employ veterans and veterans' widows or widowers who are otherwise unemployed in the construction, maintenance, and carrying on of public works in connection with: (1) the forestation of U.S. or state lands; (2) the prevention of forest fires, floods, and soil erosion; (3) public safety; (4) plant pest and disease control; and (5) the construction, maintenance, or repair of paths, trails, and fire-lanes in National Park System units and other public lands.
 
Directs the President to employ individuals in the Corps in the following order of preference: (1) unemployed veterans, and (2) widows or widowers who are eligible for unemployment compensation immediately before employment in the Corps.
 
Authorizes the President to provide individuals employed in the Corps with housing, necessary subsistence, clothing, medical attendance and hospitalization, a cash allowance, and transportation to and from the places of employment. 
 
Prohibits the employment in the Corps of an individual convicted of a felony or a veteran who was discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Acre in, Acre Out Act

Bill: 113-hr-4423
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2014-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
General public lands matters
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: 
Acre in, Acre Out Act - Prescribes a new requirement for the acquisition of land by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) that would result in a net increase of total land acreage under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), or the Forest Service. Requires the Secretary concerned to offer for sale an equal number of acres of federal land that is under the same jurisdictional status.
 
Exempts from this requirement any easements acquired to facilitate management of federal lands.
 
Requires land sold pursuant to this Act to be offered for sale: (1) at fair market value (based on local comparable sales); and (2) at a price reduced by 10% each month if the land is not sold or under contract six months after it was first offered for sale.
 
Declares that time periods during which such land is under contract or withdrawn from the market shall not be counted for price reduction purposes.
 
Requires all net proceeds from the sale of federal lands pursuant to this Act to be deposited directly into the Treasury for reduction of the public debt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2014-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2014-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2014-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2014-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Introduced in House
CATCH Traffickers Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4424
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2014-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Human trafficking
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: 
Coordinated Assistance To Catch Human Traffickers Act of 2014 or the CATCH Traffickers Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish and maintain a database to serve as a central location for information from law enforcement agency investigations relating to human trafficking.
 
Requires: (1) the head of a law enforcement agency conducting such an investigation to ensure that information the Secretary determines to be appropriate is entered into the database; and (2) the Attorney General to reduce by 20% the amount of a grant under Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program received by a state or local government the law enforcement agency of which does not substantially comply with such requirement.
 
Permits law enforcement agencies to access the database only in connection with an investigation related to human trafficking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Perkins Modernization Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4425
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2014-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: 
Perkins Modernization Act of 2014 - Amends the Carl D. Perkins and Technical Education Act of 2006 to revise its purposes, which are to develop more fully the academic and career and technical skills of secondary education students and postsecondary students who elect to enroll in career and technical education programs (as under current law), by: (1) preparing those students for employment in current or emerging in-demand industry sectors or occupations; (2) aligning the skills, certifications, and credentials of the students with those needed by employers in the labor markets served by educational institutions; and (3) ensuring that the selection of skills, certifications, and credentials acquired by such students is guided by timely labor market information.
 
Defines &quot;in-demand industry sector or occupation&quot; to mean an industry sector or occupation that: (1) has or is projected to have a substantial role or a positive economic impact in the economy of the area served by an eligible institution; (2) provides workers with jobs that lead to economic self-sufficiency and opportunities for advancement; and (3) is documented in labor market information collected by state and federal agencies, workforce investment boards, or other third-party organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Clean Energy Victory Bond Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4426
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2014-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Lighting, heating, cooling
Marketing and advertising
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: 
Clean Energy Victory Bond Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue, and promote the purchase of, Clean Energy Victory Bonds to pay for the energy-related tax benefits extended by this Act. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: 
 
 
 extend through 2022 the tax credit for investment in solar energy property, geothermal heat pumps, fuel cell property, microturbine property, combined heat and power system property, and small wind energy property;
 
 allow an energy tax credit for investment in offshore wind facilities placed in service before January 1, 2021; 
 
 extend through 2022 the tax credit for residential energy efficiency improvements; 
 
 extend through 2022 the placed-in-service requirement for wind facilities and other renewable energy facilities for purposes of the tax credit for producing electricity from renewable resources;
 
 extend through 2022 the tax credit for nonbusiness residential energy property; 
 
allow a new tax credit, through 2022, for home energy efficiency improvements that increase energy efficiency by at least 20%;
 
extend through 2022 the tax credit for new energy efficient homes; and 
 
increase, and extend through 2022, the tax deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings. 
 
 
Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a voluntary voucher program, through 2017, for the purchase of plug-in electric vehicles. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2014-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2014-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Introduced in House
ENRICH Act

Bill: 113-hr-4427
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2014-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Education programs funding
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical education
Nutrition and diet
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: 
Expanding Nutrition's Role in Curricula and Healthcare Act or the ENRICH Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program of three-year competitive grants to accredited medical schools for the development or expansion of an integrated nutrition curriculum.
 
Describes such a curriculum as one that: (1) is based on best possible evidence to improve communication and provider preparedness in the prevention, management, and, as possible, reversal of obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer; and (2) addresses such topics as nutrition across the life cycle of members of at-risk populations and food insecurity and malnutrition among such individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Introduced in House
American Microturbine Manufacturing and Clean Energy Deployment Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4428
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2014-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: 
American Microturbine Manufacturing and Clean Energy Deployment Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a 30% energy tax credit for qualified microturbine property, (2) revise the definition of "qualified microturbine property" to increase the maximum nameplate capacity of such property to 5,000 kilowatts, and (3) eliminate the limitation on such credit based upon kilowatt capacity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Permanent Active Financing Exception Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4429
Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2014-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Financial services and investments
Foreign and international banking
Foreign and international corporations
Income tax exclusion
Insurance industry and regulation
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the subpart F foreign personal holding company income exemption for income that is derived in the active conduct of a banking, financing, or similar business, as a securities dealer, or in the conduct of an insurance business. 

action_date: 2014-05-02
text: 
Permanent Active Financing Exception Act of 2014 
-
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the subpart F foreign personal holding company income exemption for income that is derived in the active conduct of a banking, financing, or similar business, as a securities dealer, or in the conduct of an insurance business. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-02
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 315.
action_date: 2014-05-02
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 113-427.
action_date: 2014-05-02
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 113-427.
action_date: 2014-04-29
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 14.
action_date: 2014-04-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Protecting the Sustainable Use of Spent Grains Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4430
Sponsor: Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2014-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Agricultural practices and innovations
Alcoholic beverages
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Livestock

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: 
Protecting the Sustainable Use of Spent Grains Act of 2014 - Amends the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act to permit the continued exemption from the Act, as an alcohol-related facility, of a facility that distributes, for use as food for animals, spent grains resulting from the production of alcoholic beverages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Introduced in House
To provide that, if emergency unemployment compensation is extended, prospective benefits shall be subject to gradual reduction.

Bill: 113-hr-4431
Sponsor: Rep. Bentivolio, Kerry L. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2014-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: 
Subjects an individual's emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) benefit payment to a gradual reduction, if a law extending EUC is enacted on or after enactment of this Act.
 
 Requires, effective for EUC payable for each week beginning on or after the enactment or, if later, the effective date of the extension, the amount of EUC payable to any individual:
 
 
for the first week of unemployment following the initial post-extension week to be the amount that would otherwise be payable, reduced by 5%; and
 
for each subsequent week of unemployment to be the amount that would otherwise be payable: (1) reduced (but not below zero) by the percentage reduction applicable to the individual's preceding week of unemployment; and (2) increased by 5 percentage points.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: Introduced in House
Africa Counter Terrorism Initiative Act

Bill: 113-hr-4434
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-22]
Introduced: 2014-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Europe
Germany
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military command and structure
Military facilities and property
Military readiness
Portugal
Spain

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: 
Africa Counter Terrorism Initiative Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to develop, submit to Congress, and implement within one year after enactment of this Act a plan to transfer the headquarters of AFRICOM from Stuttgart, Germany, to a location in the continental United States. 
 
Requires the plan to provide for: (1) the 65th Air Base Wing to be an AFRICOM asset; (2) AFRICOM permanent assets to be located at Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal; (3) the transfer of U.S. assets at Lajes Field from United States European Command to AFRICOM for purposes of being the forward operating location, logistical hub, and location of AFRICOM assets; and (4) the relocation of the Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response (SP-MAGTF CR) from Moron Air Base, Spain, to Lajes Field.
 
Directs the Secretary to conduct a review of the Agreement on Cooperation and Defense Between the United States and Portugal, signed at Lisbon on June 1, 1995, to ensure that such Agreement accurately reflects and accounts for such plan.
 
Requires Lajes Field to continue operating 24 hours a day, at or above its 2012 levels of readiness, effective until at least the date of completion of the 2018 quadrennial defense review.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: Introduced in House
Generic Drug Pricing Fairness Act

Bill: 113-hr-4437
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2014-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Contracts and agency
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Medical ethics
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Retail and wholesale trades
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: 
Generic Drug Pricing Fairness Act - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require each contract entered into with a prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsor with respect to a PDP the sponsor offers to prohibit the PDP from entering into a contract with any pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) to manage the prescription drug coverage provided under such plan, or to control the costs of the prescription drug coverage under it, unless the PBM adheres to specified criteria when handling personally identifiable utilization and claims data or other sensitive patient data.
 
Revises requirements for contracts with PDP sponsors to require that the PDP sponsor disclose to applicable pharmacies the sources used for making any update of the prescription drug pricing standard, and if the source for such a standard is not publicly available, disclose to such pharmacies all individual drug prices to be so updated in advance of their use for the reimbursement of claims. 
Requires the PDP sponsor, as well, to establish a process to appeal, investigate, and resolve disputes regarding individual drug prices that are less than the pharmacy acquisition price for a drug.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2014-04-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2014-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: Introduced in House
To ensure that minority-owned and women-owned businesses have a full and fair opportunity to compete in covered rail projects and contracts, and that the Federal Government does not subsidize discrimination in covered rail projects.

Bill: 113-hr-4439
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5]
Introduced: 2014-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Department of Transportation
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Public transit
Railroads
Small business
Transportation programs funding
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: 
Establishes for the Federal Railroad Administration a program for disadvantaged business enterprises, that is, small business concerns owned or controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (including women).
 
Requires that at least 10% of federal funds for covered rail projects be expended on disadvantaged business enterprises.
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish: (1) a unified certification program that lists disadvantaged business enterprises; (2) minimum uniform criteria for certifying small business concerns; and (3) minimum requirements for covered rail project federal funding recipients to report to the Secretary information on minority-owned and women-owned business awards, commitments, and achievements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2014-04-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2014-04-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E554)
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: Introduced in House