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Elections Preparedness Requires Early Planning (Elections PREP) Act

Bill: 113-s-1937
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2014-01-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Emergency planning and evacuation
Intergovernmental relations
Natural disasters
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: 
Elections Preparedness Requires Early Planning (Elections PREP) Act - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require each state to develop contingency plans to address unexpected emergencies or natural disasters that may threaten to disrupt the administration of an election for federal office.
 
Requires a plan to contain: (1) alternative ways to notify the public of changes in election procedures; and (2) plans to address disruptions at every step of the voting process, including early voting.

action_date: 2014-04-10
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Elections Preparedness Requires Early Planning (Elections PREP) Act - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require each state to develop contingency plans to address unexpected emergencies or natural disasters that may threaten to disrupt the administration of an election for federal office.
 
Requires a plan to contain: (1) alternative ways to notify the public of changes in election procedures; and (2) plans to address disruptions at every step of the voting process, including early voting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 356.
action_date: 2014-04-10
text: Committee on Rules and Administration. Reported by Senator Schumer without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2014-04-10
text: Committee on Rules and Administration. Reported by Senator Schumer without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: Committee on Rules and Administration. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-1938
Sponsor: Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2014-01-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Alternative and renewable resources
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
General energy matters
International organizations and cooperation
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: 
Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2014 - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to direct the President to establish an interagency energy coordination council to coordinate the Quadrennial Energy Review to provide an integrated view of national energy objectives and federal energy policy, including maximum practicable alignment of research programs, incentives, regulations, and partnerships.
 
 Requires the President to report to Congress on the Quadrennial Energy Review, including an integrated view of short-, intermediate-, and long-term objectives for federal energy policy in the context of economic, environmental, and security priorities.
 
Authorizes the President to prepare and publish interim reports as part of the Quadrennial Energy Review.
 
Directs the Secretary of Energy to provide the Quadrennial Energy Review with an Executive Secretariat who shall make available the necessary analytical, financial, and administrative support for the conduct of each Quadrennial Energy Review
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Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in Senate
War Powers Consultation Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-1939
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2014-01-16 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional committees
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Legislative rules and procedure
Military operations and strategy
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: 
War Powers Consultation Act of 2014 - States that: (1) the purpose of this Act is to establish a means by which the judgment of both the President and Congress can be brought to bear when deciding whether the United States should engage in a significant armed conflict; and (2) this Act is not meant to define, circumscribe, or enhance the constitutional war powers of either the executive or legislative branch of government.
 
Repeals the War Powers Resolution. 
 
Establishes the Joint Congressional Consultation Committee. 
 
Directs the President to: (1) consult regularly with the Committee regarding significant matters of foreign policy and national security; (2) before ordering the deployment of members of the Armed Forces into a significant armed conflict, consult with and report to the Committee regarding the circumstances necessitating the significant armed conflict, the objectives, and the conflict's estimated scope and duration; and (3) consult with the Committee at least every two months for the duration of any significant armed conflict. 
 
States that, if the President determines that the need for secrecy or other emergency circumstances preclude carrying out such reporting before significant armed conflict is ordered or begins, the President shall carry out such reporting not later than three days after the beginning of the significant armed conflict. 
 
Declares that, within 30 days after the deployment of members of the Armed Forces into a significant armed conflict for which Congress has not enacted a formal declaration of war or otherwise enacted a specific authorization for the use of military force, the chair and vice chair of the Committee shall introduce a joint resolution of approval. Sets forth related congressional procedures, including the introduction of a joint resolution of disapproval if a vote against a resolution of approval's passage has taken place.
 
States that nothing in this Act shall be construed as modifying U.S. obligations under any treaty or international agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S442-443)
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Recruiting Individuals to Drive Our Elders Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-1940
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2014-01-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care coverage and access
Medicaid
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: 
Recruiting Individuals to Drive Our Elders Act of 2014 or RIDE Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish an interim final rule to revise certain Medicaid transportation regulations to allow a state plan under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide, at state option, reimbursement for costs attributable to providing no-load volunteer travel services to Medicaid-eligible individuals who require transportation to receive non-emergency medical treatment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to establish requirements for the adoption of any new or revised requirement providing for the screening, testing, or treatment of an airman or an air traffic controller for a sleep disorder, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-1941
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2014-01-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), consistent with accepted medical standards and practices, to implement or enforce a requirement providing for the screening, testing, or treatment of airmen or air traffic controllers for sleep disorders (including obstructive sleep apnea) only if: (1) it is adopted pursuant to a rulemaking proceeding in the case of an airman, and (2) the Federal Aviation Administration meets its collective bargaining obligations to its employees in the case of an air traffic controller.
 
Applies this Act only to a requirement adopted on or after November 1, 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-1942
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2014-01-16 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Crimes against women
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic development
Foreign aid and international relief
Human rights
International exchange and broadcasting
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Reconstruction and stabilization
Rule of law and government transparency
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
United Nations
Women's employment
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: 
Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2014 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) implementation of the United States National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security (NAP) is paramount in improving the lives of women around the world and increasing global stability and prosperity, (2) Congress is committed to advancing NAP principles, and (3) the President should ensure NAP's implementation and coordinate with the international community to reaffirm global commitments to implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325. 
 
States that it is U.S. policy to implement NAP.
 
 Directs the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to: (1) integrate gender goals into diplomatic and development efforts, and into agency guidance and contracting; (2) include gender in strategic and budget planning processes; and (3) review existing U.S. policies and programs on women and girls in foreign countries from a gender perspective.
 
Directs the heads of federal departments and agencies to ensure that NAP's tenets are incorporated into all programs related to: (1) conflict prevention, (2) humanitarian and disaster response, (3) conflict mediation, (4) peacekeeping, (5) post-conflict reconstruction, (6) institution building, and (7) democracy promotion.
 
Urges the Secretary to promote the inclusion of women in coordination and consultation with international partners.
 
Directs the Secretary, the Administrator, the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and representatives of other federal agencies to implement NAP and ensure relevant personnel training.
 
Directs the Secretary to facilitate the efforts of partner governments to improve women's participation in peace and security processes, conflict prevention, peace-building, transitional processes, and decision making institutions in conflict-affected environments.
 
Directs the Secretary and the Administrator to establish guidelines for overseas U.S. personnel to consult with specified stakeholders regarding U.S. efforts to: (1) prevent, mitigate, or resolve violent conflict; and (2) enhance the success of mediation and negotiation processes by ensuring women's meaningful participation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Investing in States to Achieve Tuition Equality for Dreamers Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-1943
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2014-01-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Citizenship and naturalization
Department of Homeland Security
Education programs funding
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Military personnel and dependents
Student aid and college costs
User charges and fees
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: 
Investing in States to Achieve Tuition Equality for Dreamers Act of 2014 or the IN-STATE Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to allot grants to states to offer Dreamer students in-state tuition and expand their access to in-state financial aid.
 
Defines a "Dreamer student" as an individual who:
 
 
was under age 16 upon entering this country;
 
has provided a list of each secondary school the individual attended in this country; and
 
has earned a high school diploma or certain similar credentials, or is scheduled to complete the requirements for such a credential before the next academic year begins;
 
has acquired a degree from an institution of higher education (IHE) or has successfully completed at least 2 years of a program for a bachelor's or higher degree in this country; or
 
has served honorably in the uniformed services for at least 4 years. 
 
 
Directs the Secretary to provide for a hardship exception to either or both of the first two of such requirements.
 
Requires grant applicants to assure the Secretary that they: (1) have made significant progress in establishing a preschool through postsecondary education (P-16) longitudinal data system; (2) will not discriminate against Dreamer students in awarding student aid or determining who is eligible for in-state tuition, if the student would otherwise be eligible for in-state financial aid as a state resident; and (3) will maintain, through FY 2023, at least their FY2013 level of support for their public IHEs.
 
Allots grants to each state based on its proportion of resident Dreamer students who are enrolled at least half-time in postsecondary education.
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to collect a specified fee from recipients of F-1 visas, provided to nonimmigrant full-time students.
 
Eliminates the prohibition on states offering unlawful aliens postsecondary benefits on the basis of their residence in the state that are more generous than those offered citizens or naturals of this country, without regard to their state residence.
 
Allows individuals who have served honorably in the U.S. Armed Forces to be naturalized without having been lawfully admitted to this country for permanent residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Seniors from Health Care Fraud Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-1944
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2014-01-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Health care quality
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: 
Protecting Seniors from Health Care Fraud Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the HHS Office of Inspector General, and the Attorney General to report annually to Congress and the public on health care fraud schemes targeted to seniors and steps being taken to combat such schemes and to educate seniors about them.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) disseminate such reports through mechanisms that reach the most Medicare beneficiaries, and (2) mail to each Medicare beneficiary a list of the top 10 most prevalent health care fraud schemes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to modify the authorization of appropriations.

Bill: 113-s-1946
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2014-01-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Dams and canals
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: 
Amends the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to: (1) modify the authorization of appropriations to strike provisions authorizing the appropriation of specified additional amounts for the dam safety program; and (2) provide for the reimbursement of costs incurred in the modification of structures under such Act, the cause of which results from new hydrologic or seismic data or changes in state-of-the-art criteria deemed necessary for safety purposes, from amounts authorized to be appropriated (currently, only from such specified additional amounts). 

action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Amends the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to increase the authorization ceiling for FY2014. 
 
Increases the maximum amount of funds that may be be obligated for carrying out actual construction to modify an existing dam prior to 30 calendar days from the date that the Secretary of the Interior has transmitted a report on such dam to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate (currently, to Congress). 
 
Requires the Secretary, at least 30 days before making modification expenditures of between $1.8 million and $20 million, to submit to such Committees written notice that provides a summary of the project, the cost of the project, and any alternatives that were considered.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 514.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Landrieu with an amendment. With written report No. 113-227.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Landrieu with an amendment. With written report No. 113-227.
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-284.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S444-445)
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Government Publishing Office Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-1947
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2014-01-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional agencies
Federal officials
Government Publishing Office (GPO)
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: 
Government Publishing Office Act of 2014 - Redesignates the Government Printing Office (GPO) as the Government Publishing Office and the Public Printer and the Deputy Public Printer as the Director of the Government Publishing Office and the Deputy Director of the Government Publishing Office, respectively. Eliminates as a requirement for such positions that such officers be practical printers and versed in the art of bookbinding. 

action_date: 2014-04-10
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Government Publishing Office Act of 2014 - Redesignates the Government Printing Office (GPO) as the Government Publishing Office and the Public Printer and the Deputy Public Printer as the Director of the Government Publishing Office and the Deputy Director of the Government Publishing Office, respectively. Eliminates as a requirement for such positions that such officers be practical printers and versed in the art of bookbinding. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 357.
action_date: 2014-04-10
text: Committee on Rules and Administration. Reported by Senator Schumer without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2014-04-10
text: Committee on Rules and Administration. Reported by Senator Schumer without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: Committee on Rules and Administration. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-1949
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2014-01-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Washington State
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: 
 Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2014 - Designates certain federal land in the Olympic National Forest in the state of Washington as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Designates certain other land, identified on the same map as such proposed areas, as potential wilderness. 
 
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate as wild, scenic, or recreational rivers specified segments of the following rivers in the state of Washington:
 
 
Elwha River;
 
Dungeness River;
 
Big Quilcene River;
 
Dosewallips River;
 
Duckabush River;
 
Hamma Hamma River;
 
South Fork Skokomish River;
 
Middle Fork Satsop River;
 
West Fork Satsop River;
 
Wynoochee River;
 
East Fork Humptulips River;
 
West Fork Humptulips River;
 
Quinault River;
 
Queets River;
 
Hoh River;
 
Bogachiel River;
 
South Fork Calawah River;
 
Sol Duc River; and
 
Lyre River.
 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to take necessary measures to control fire, insects, and diseases in the wilderness areas designated by this Act. 
 
Withdraws the federal land within the boundaries of the designated river segments from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in Senate