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Cabin Fee Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4873
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2014-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Outdoor recreation
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: 
 Cabin Fee Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to set an annual fee for the issuance of a special use permit for the use and occupancy of National Forest System land for recreational residence purposes. 
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) complete the current appraisal cycle, including receipt of timely second appraisals, for such residences within one year after enactment of this Act, and (2) assess an interim annual fee for them according to a specified formula.
 
Specifies the annual fee for each of 11 fee tiers based on the value of the lot of which the recreational residence is located, adjusted annually for inflation.
 
Requires the Secretary to report after ten years on these annual fees in order to ensure that they reflect fair value for the use of System land, and on any recommendations to modify the fee system. 
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a transfer fee of $1,200 for the issuance of a new recreational residence permit due to a change in ownership of the recreational residence. 
 
Permits the Secretary, beginning ten years after enactment of this Act, to: (1) retain and expend any fees collected under this Act, without further appropriation, and (2) use them to administer the recreational residence program and other recreation programs carried out on System land.
 
Repeals the Cabin User Fees Fairness Act of 2000, effective on the date the annual permit fees are first assessed under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-06-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Equalizing Transparency for Veterans Act

Bill: 113-hr-4875
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2014-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: 
Equalizing Transparency for Veterans Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to biennially publish information on the VA's provision of health care on a VA Internet database that is publicly available.
 
Includes among that information for each VA medical facility:
 
 
quality measures regarding inpatient and outpatient care that the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) is required to make publicly available under the Medicare program;
 
the average length of stay, opioid prescription rate, and suicide rate for patients discharged from the facility; and
 
the average number of days a patient waited for an appointment or procedure at such facility.
 
 
Includes in such information for each VA nursing home any quality measures the Secretary of HHS makes publicly available regarding Medicare nursing homes.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a process to validate the published information.
 
Requires the Secretary to annually submit a plan to Congress to improve each VA medical facility that ranks within the bottom quartile on each quality measure used by the Secretary to rank such facilities.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a toll-free telephone number for individuals to use to notify the Secretary of low-quality care being provided at a VA medical facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Emerging Business Encouragement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4876
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2014-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Government lending and loan guarantees
Public contracts and procurement
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: 
Emerging Business Encouragement Act of 2014 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), for each industry category for which the Administrator established a size standard, to establish procedures, by rule, for designating a small business in that industry category as an emerging business enterprise (EBE).
 
Requires the procedures to include specified criteria and a process for appealing the Administrator's decisions on designations.
 
Requires the designation to expire when the small business is no longer in compliance with the criteria, except that:
 
 
in the case of an EBE which existed as a business entity before its EBE designation, the designation shall not expire until five years after it was made; and
 
if the EBE exceeds the required size limitation its designation shall expire only if the size is 50% or more of the maximum size of a small business within that industry category.
 
 
Directs the Administrator to establish criteria for designation of an EBE, including:
 
 
a maximum number of employees determined according to a certain formula,
 
an age of not more than five years, and
 
a specified salary limitation for any individual who owns any part of the small business or who is in a management position.
 
 
Requires the head of each federal agency to establish goals for participation by the designated EBEs in at least 5% of all contracts, including prime contracts and subcontracts, for each fiscal year.
 
Authorizes the Administrator to make a loan to a designated EBE under the SBA Express Loan Program, but only in accordance with specified terms.
 
Requires the Administrator, by rule, to establish a process for initial self-certification of EBEs for purposes of participation in federal contracts and eligibility for the Express Loans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Introduced in House
M-CORE Act

Bill: 113-hr-4877
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2014-06-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Foreign aid and international relief
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
International organizations and cooperation
Multilateral development programs
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: 
Millennium Compacts for Regional Economic Integration Act or M-CORE Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to expand the Millennium Challenge Corporation's ability to develop compacts with nations, particularly in Africa, that promote regional economic integration and cross-border collaborations.
 
Amends the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to provide that an eligible country and the United States may enter into and have in effect more than one Compact at any given time, including a concurrent Compact for purposes of regional economic integration or cross-border collaborations, only if the country is making demonstrable progress in implementing the terms of existing Compacts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Introduced in House
FILM Act

Bill: 113-hr-4878
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2014-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Income tax deductions
Intellectual property
Performing arts

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: 
Facilitating Investments in Local Markets Act or the FILM Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the expensing of the costs of qualified film and television productions, to: (1) extend through 2015 provisions allowing such expensing, and (2) allow such expensing for the costs of certain live theatrical productions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1007-1008)
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Online Competition and Consumer Choice Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4880
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2014-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: 
Online Competition and Consumer Choice Act of 2014 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promulgate regulations that prohibit broadband providers, in transmitting network traffic over the broadband Internet access service of an end user, from: (1) entering an agreement with an edge provider (a provider of Internet content, applications, services, or access devices) to give preferential treatment or priority to the traffic of such edge provider in exchange for consideration (commonly referred to as &quot;paid prioritization&quot;); and (2) giving preferential treatment or priority to content, applications, services, or devices that are provided or operated by such broadband provider or an affiliate of such broadband provider.
 
Prohibits this Act from superseding any obligation or authorization of a broadband provider to address the needs of emergency communications, law enforcement, public safety, or national security authorities.
 
Sets forth enforcement authority under the Communications Act of 1934, with modified forfeiture standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Introduced in House
To place a 6-month moratorium on the authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to make financial stability determinations.

Bill: 113-hr-4881
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2014-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Federal Reserve System
Financial Stability Oversight Council
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: 
Establishes a six-month moratorium during which the Financial Stability Oversight Council is prohibited from making a determination under the Financial Stability Act of 2010 that a U.S. nonbank financial company shall be supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and be subject to prudential standards, if the Council determines that material financial distress at the company (or its nature, scope, size, scale, concentration, interconnectedness, or mix of activities) could pose a threat to the financial stability of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-20
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 27.
action_date: 2014-06-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Southwest Border Protection Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4882
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2014-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Latin America
Mexico
Military civil functions
National Guard and reserves
New Mexico
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: 
Southwest Border Protection Act of 2014 - Requires Secretary of Defense (DOD), at the request of a governor of a state that shares a portion of the international border between the United States and Mexico, to order to active duty, and provide for the deployment of, at least 10,000 members of the National Guard to assist the U.S. Customs and Border Protection in achieving operational control of such border. Provides for such deployment to be in addition to the number of National Guard members already deployed along such border as of the enactment of this Act.
 
Requires such a governor-requested deployment to continue until: (1) the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) certifies that the federal government has achieved operational control, or (2) the governor withdraws the request. 
 
Exempts National Guard members deployed under this Act from being counted toward any limits on: (1) end strength, or (2) the number of National Guard personnel that may be placed on active duty for operational support. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Introduced in House
National Rare-Earth Cooperative Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4883
Sponsor: Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2014-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alliances
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Federally chartered organizations
Manufacturing
Marketing and advertising
Metals
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Mining
Strategic materials and reserves
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: 
National Rare Earth Cooperative Act of 2014 - Establishes the Thorium-Bearing Rare Earth Refinery Cooperative as a federal charter to provide for the domestic processing of thorium-bearing rare earth concentrates as residual unprocessed and unrefined ores. 
 
Requires the Cooperative's Board to establish a refinery and a Thorium Storage, Energy, and Industrial Products Corporation to develop uses and markets for thorium, including energy. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to coordinate with other federal agencies to advance and protect domestic rare earth mining, the refining of rare earth elements, basic rare earth metals production, and the development and commercialization of thorium. 
 
Mandates, beginning in January 2020, all purchased or procured weapon systems to contain only U.S. or North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member nation produced and sourced rare earth materials, metals, magnets, parts, and components. Prohibits the inclusion of any rare earth materials that originate or pass through a non-NATO member nation. Bars any waivers from being granted unless the lead contractor can demonstrate that it has pursued all possible corrective actions, including direct investment into the supply chain. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Zenon Kolenda and Orysya Bilyanska Kolenda.

Bill: 113-hr-4884
Sponsor: Rep. Maffei, Daniel B. [D-NY-24]
Introduced: 2014-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: 
Provides for the relief of Zenon Kolenda and Orysya Bilyanska Kolenda.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Social Impact Bond Act

Bill: 113-hr-4885
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Todd [R-IN-9]
Introduced: 2014-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Adoption and foster care
Advisory bodies
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Crime prevention
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Disability and paralysis
Domestic violence and child abuse
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health promotion and preventive care
Intergovernmental relations
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Securities
Sex and reproductive health
State and local government operations
Teenage pregnancy
Unemployment
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: 
Social Impact Bond Act - Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services and Elder Justice) of the Social Security Act to add a new part C (Social Impact Bonds). 
 
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to seek proposals from states or local governments for social impact bond projects which produce measurable, clearly defined outcomes that result in social benefit, such as employment for the unemployed, high school graduation, and reduction of teen and unplanned pregnancies as well as incidences of child abuse and neglect. Requires applications to include a feasibility study, funded under this Act, which contains specified information.
 
Requires the Secretary to decide whether to enter into such a contract within six months after receiving an application.
 
Makes appropriations for 10 years to carry out this Act.
 
Requires independent evaluation of a state or local government social impact bond project.
 
Establishes the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Bonds.
 
Amends the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to require the appropriate federal financial supervisory agency to consider, in assessing and taking into account the record of a financial institution in meeting the credit needs of its entire community, its investments in social impact bond projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2014-06-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2014-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: Introduced in House
National Forest System Trails Stewardship Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4886
Sponsor: Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Licensing and registrations
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: 
National Forest System Trails Stewardship Act of 2014 - Directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to publish a national strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in trail maintenance. 
 
Requires the strategy to: (1) augment and support the capabilities of federal employees to carry out or contribute to trail maintenance; (2) provide opportunities for volunteers and partners to carry out trail maintenance in each region of the Forest Service; (3) address the barriers to increased volunteerism and partnerships; (4) prioritize increased volunteerism and partnerships in those regions with the most severe trail maintenance needs, and where backlogs are jeopardizing access to national forest lands; and (5) aim to increase trail maintenance by volunteers and partners by 100% within 5 years. 
 
Directs USDA to study opportunities to improve trail maintenance by addressing opportunities to use fire crews in trail maintenance activities.
 
Deems a volunteer with a partner organization to be considered a federal employee for the purposes of civil claims relating to damage to, or loss of, personal property of a volunteer incident to volunteer services. 
 
Sets forth provisions for the selection of priority areas for increased trail maintenance accomplishments. 
 
Directs USDA to establish a pilot program to offset all or part of the land use fee for outfitting and guiding permits. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2014-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2014-06-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2014-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: Introduced in House