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To require a plan approved by the Surface Transportation Board for the long-term storage of rail cars on certain railroad tracks.

Bill: 113-hr-4689
Sponsor: Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2]
Introduced: 2014-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Railroads
Surface Transportation Board
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: 
Requires a rail carrier to have a storage plan, meeting specified requirements and approved by the Surface Transportation Board, for any of its rail cars that it stores for three or more years, and continues to store, on tracks (except rail yard or storage yard tracks) that pass through a commercial- or residential-zoned area that were designed or previously used for through transportation of trains.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-4690
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2014-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: District of Columbia
Emergency medical services and trauma care
First responders and emergency personnel
Health personnel
Monuments and memorials

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: 
Authorizes the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial on federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the commitment and ultimate sacrifice of emergency medical service providers.
 
Prohibits the United States from paying any expense of the establishment of the Memorial.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Private Foundation Excise Tax Simplification Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4691
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2014-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Financial services and investments
Sales and excise taxes
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reduce from 2% to 1% the excise tax rate on the net investment income of tax-exempt private foundations, and (2) repeal the 1% reduction in such tax rate for private foundations that meet certain distribution requirements.

action_date: 2014-06-26
text: 
Private Foundation Excise Tax Simplification Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reduce from 2% to 1% the excise tax rate on the net investment income of tax-exempt private foundations, and (2) repeal the 1% reduction in such tax rate for private foundations that meet certain distribution requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-26
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 370.
action_date: 2014-06-26
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 113-497.
action_date: 2014-06-26
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 113-497.
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 10.
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4692
Sponsor: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2014-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Economic performance and conditions
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Social Sciences and History

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: 
Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2009 to expand the ocean acidification program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to include an ongoing mechanism that allows affected industry members, coastal stakeholders, non-federal resource managers, and outside scientific experts to provide input on research, data, and monitoring needs that are necessary to support on-the-ground management, decisionmaking, and adaptation related to ocean acidification and its impacts.
 
Directs the Secretary of Commerce, acting through NOAA, to conduct and update at least once every five years an ocean acidification coastal community vulnerability assessment with a corresponding public report. Requires such assessment to identify: (1) U.S. coastal communities, including island communities, low-population rural communities, and subsistence communities, that are most dependent on coastal and ocean resources that may be impacted by ocean acidification; (2) the nature of those communities' social and economic vulnerabilities; (3) impacts from changes in ocean and coastal marine resources that are not managed by the federal government; and (4) key knowledge gaps where research could be devoted to better understand the possible ocean acidification impacts, risks, threats, and possible adaptation strategies for such vulnerable communities.
 
Requires the strategic plan for federal research and monitoring on ocean acidification developed by the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology of the National Science and Technology Council to make recommendations for research that should be conducted, including in the social sciences and economics, to address the key knowledge gaps identified in the community vulnerability assessment report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Introduced in House
U.S. Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society Recognition Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4693
Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2014-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: 
 U.S. Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society Recognition Act of 2014 - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a gold medal to the U.S. Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society, in recognition of the ceaseless efforts of American aircrew members to escape captivity and evade capture and the resistance organizations and nationals who assisted them.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2014-05-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2014-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract with eligible Indian tribes to manage land buy-back programs, to require that certain amounts be deposited into interest bearing accounts, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-4694
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2014-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Government trust funds
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: 
Amends the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to enter into contracts under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act with eligible Indian tribes to carry out activities under the Land Consolidation Program. 
 
Requires the Secretary to invest the amounts remaining in the Trust Land Consolidation Fund into public debt securities with maturities suitable to the needs of the Fund. 
 
Deems invested funds to have been used to conduct the Land Consolidation Program and for other costs associated with the Class Action Settlement Agreement. 
 
Makes the Secretary responsible for ensuring that all payments are made to beneficiaries within one year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to add sleep apnea screening to the initial preventive physical examination under the Medicare program.

Bill: 113-hr-4695
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2014-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to include in the initial preventive physical examination covered under the Medicare program sleep apnea screening.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-05-21
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: 2014-05-21
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: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Startup Innovation Credit Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4696
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2014-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Income tax credits
Research and development
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: 
Startup Innovation Credit Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a qualified small business to elect to use a portion of its tax credit for increasing research expenditures as an offset against its payroll tax liability under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA). 
 
Defines "qualified small business" as a corporation, a partnership, or a person other than a tax-exempt organization that had gross receipts of less than $5 million for the taxable year and that did not have gross receipts for any period preceding the five-taxable-year period ending with such taxable year. 
 
Limits: (1) the number of years a taxpayer may elect to offset payroll taxes under this Act to five, and (2) the annual amount of such offset to $250,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Small-Cap Access to Capital Act

Bill: 113-hr-4697
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-23]
Introduced: 2014-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business investment and capital
Corporate finance and management
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: 
Small-Cap Access to Capital Act - Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise its definition of a well-known seasoned issuer to: (1) reduce from $700 million to $250 million the dollar amount of the issuer's worldwide market value of outstanding voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates, and (2) prohibit an emerging growth company from qualifying as a well-known seasoned issuer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 27.
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Prior to Introduction and Referral.
Every Child is a Blessing Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4698
Sponsor: Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4]
Introduced: 2014-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Sex and reproductive health

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: 
Every Child is a Blessing Act of 2014 - Prohibits recovery of damages in certain civil actions based on a claim that, but for the conduct of the defendant, a child, once conceived, would not or should not have been born.
 
Makes such prohibition applicable to claims based on a child's disability, defect, abnormality, race, sex, or other inborn characteristic.
 
Bars such prohibition from being construed to: (1) provide a defense against charges of intentional misrepresentation in state proceedings regulating the professional practices of health care providers and practitioners; (2) provide a defense in any criminal action, including cases of rape or incest; or (3) limit damages in cases where the conduct of the defendant caused personal injury or death to the child or gestational mother. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Indian Country Economic Revitalization Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4699
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2014-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Economic development
Economic performance and conditions
Employee hiring
Government studies and investigations
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: 
Indian Country Economic Revitalization Act of 2014 - Amends the Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of Commerce, within one year of this Act's enactment and every three years thereafter, to submit a report and recommendations for promoting the sustained growth of the economies of Indian tribes and lands.
 
Requires each report to include:
 
 
data on Indian business development and employment during the preceding 3-year period, except for the first report which is to include data from the preceding 10 years;
 
an assessment of existing structural advantages and barriers to the economic development of Indian tribes and lands;
 
an analysis of Indian access to adequate infrastructure, affordable energy, educational opportunities, and investment capital; and
 
recommendations on legislation to strengthen the economies of Indian tribes and lands in areas that include regulatory, tax, and trust reform.
 
 
Directs the Secretary to consider appropriate information contained in previous studies and reports in conducting this Act's studies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitation on the deduction for student loan interest.

Bill: 113-hr-4700
Sponsor: Rep. Gardner, Cory [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2014-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the limitation on the tax deduction for interest paid on qualified education loans to $5,000 in a taxable year and provide for an annual inflation adjustment to that amount for taxable years beginning after 2015. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Space Protection Strategy Extension Act

Bill: 113-hr-4702
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2014-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Military operations and strategy
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Military readiness
Spacecraft and satellites

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: 
Space Protection Strategy Extension Act - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2008 to extend the time period required to be covered by the United States Space Protection Strategy through FY2030 (currently, FY2025).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2014-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 relating to determinations with respect to efforts of foreign countries to reduce demand for commercial sex acts under the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.

Bill: 113-hr-4703
Sponsor: Rep. Hultgren, Randy [R-IL-14]
Introduced: 2014-05-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Crime prevention
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Foreign aid and international relief
Human trafficking
Sanctions
Sex offenses
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: 
Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to declare that, in determining whether a government has made serious and sustained efforts to reduce the demand for commercial sex acts and participation in international sex tourism by its nationals, pursuant to the minimum standards for the elimination of sex trafficking, if such government has the authority to prohibit the purchase of commercial sex acts but fails to do so, it shall be deemed a failure to make serious and sustained efforts to reduce the demand for commercial sex acts, notwithstanding other efforts the government has made to do so.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
To expand the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 to include combating the transfer of permanent custody or control of a minor in contravention of a required legal procedure, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-4704
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2014-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against children
Separation, divorce, custody, support

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: 
Amends the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 to include within the definition of &quot;child exploitation&quot; offering to engage or engaging in the transfer of permanent custody or control of a minor in contravention of a required legal procedure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Defense to decontaminate certain portions of the former bombardment area on the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico.

Bill: 113-hr-4705
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Caribbean area
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Military facilities and property
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: 
Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1974 to allow portions of the former bombardment area on the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico, to be utilized for purposes that would require decontamination at the expense of the United States. (Currently, such utilization is prohibited.)
 
Makes the authority for such utilization applicable to portions of such island identified as having regular public access in the Department of Defense (DOD) study entitled &quot;Study Relating to the Presence of Unexploded Ordnance in a Portion of the Former Naval Bombardment Area of Culebra Island, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,&quot; dated April 20, 2012, which was prepared in accordance with the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Introduced in House