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Enforce the Take Care Clause Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3857
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2014-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Congressional-executive branch relations
Constitution and constitutional amendments
District of Columbia
Federal district courts
Judicial procedure and administration
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: 
Enforce the Take Care Clause Act of 2014 - Authorizes the House of Representatives or the Senate to bring an action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to compel the President to execute a law faithfully upon the adoption of a resolution declaring that, on the basis of any of certain actions, the President has failed to meet the requirement of the Constitution to take care that such law be faithfully executed.
 
Requires approval by at least 60% of the members in either chamber for adoption of the resolution.
 
Describes the presidential actions involved as:
 
 
 the promulgation of a regulation or agency administrative guidance;
 
the issuance of an executive order, including an order to not defend a challenge to the constitutionality of a law and an order to not enforce a law; and
 
the issuance of a signing statement with respect to enactment of a law.
 
 
Prescribes special rules with respect to any such action brought by the House or the Senate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Veteran-Centered Access to Coordinated Health Care Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3858
Sponsor: Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2014-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: 
Veteran-Centered Access to Coordinated Health Care Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide certain enrolled veterans with health services (authorized hospital care or medical, rehabilitative, or preventive health services) that are provided by a non-VA provider with whom the Secretary enters into a contract if the Secretary determines that VA facilities are incapable of furnishing such services because of: (1) geographical inaccessibility; or (2) a lack of required personnel or ability to provide timely and reasonable access. 
 
Specifies the order of priority of locations for such non-VA providers.
 
Sets forth requirements concerning VA care coordination with such providers and provider performance metrics.
 
Amends the Veterans' Mental Health and Other Care Improvements Act of 2008 to reauthorize, for three years, a VA pilot program of contract care authority within each Veterans Integrated Service Network for the health care needs of veterans in highly rural areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Oil and Gas Leasing Inflation Adjustment Act

Bill: 113-hr-3859
Sponsor: Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2014-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy revenues and royalties
Inflation and prices
Oil and gas
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: 
Oil and Gas Leasing Inflation Adjustment Act - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to increase from $2 per acre to $4 per acre the national minimum acceptable bid for oil and gas leases.
 
Increases from $2 per acre to $5 per acre the minimum acceptable bid for a tar sand lease.
 
Increases the annual rental of a lease from $1.50 per acre to $3 per acre for the first through the fifth year of the lease. 
 
Increases the annual lease rental from $2 per acre to $4 per acre for each year after such fifth year.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make a cost-of-living adjustment of such dollar amounts at least once every four years and to publish each one in the Federal Register.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Low Income Heating Improvement Act

Bill: 113-hr-3860
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2014-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy assistance for the poor and aged

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: 
Low Income Heating Improvement Act - Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to revise the formula for a state's allotment percentage for low-income home energy assistance to make it the percentage the state would have received under such Act as originally enacted in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-01-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Reward and Encourage New Business Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3861
Sponsor: Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2014-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: 
Reward and Encourage New Business Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $5,000 to $10,000 the maximum amount of the tax deduction for business start-up expenditures. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Sound Regulation Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3863
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2014-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Government studies and investigations
Property rights

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: 
Sound Regulation Act of 2014 - Establishes additional requirements for rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), including: 
 
 
 identification by a federal agency, in the context of a coherent conceptual framework and supported with objective data, of the nature and significance of the market failure, regulatory failure, or other problem that necessitates regulatory action and why other alternatives, such as market forces or state or local regulations, could not address the problem better than federal regulation; 
 
 establishment by an agency of an achievable objective for its regulatory action;
 
 development of at least three regulatory options, in addition to not regulating, that the agency estimates will provide the greatest benefits for the least cost in meeting the regulatory objective; 
 
 an estimate by each agency of the costs and benefits of each regulatory option developed, at least to the extent the agency is able to exclude options whose costs exceed their benefits, and rank such options by cost from lowest to highest; 
 
 publication for public comment of all analyses, documentation, and data relating to the requirements of this Act for a public comment period of at least 30 days;
 
 establishment, by rule, of the specific cost-benefit analysis methodology appropriate to the functions and responsibilities of the agency and establishment of an appropriate period for review of new rules to assess their cost-effectiveness; and 
 
 justification of why the agency does not select the least-cost regulatory option as its proposed rule.
 
 
Requires the Comptroller General (GAO), for purposes of congressional review, to examine and report on: (1) each agency cost-benefit analysis for compliance with the requirements of this Act, including the agency methodology for such analysis; (2) risk analysis pertaining to the cost-benefit analysis; and (3) agency quadrennial regulatory reviews for consistency with the requirements of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Flexibility to Promote Reemployment Act

Bill: 113-hr-3864
Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2014-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Performance measurement
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: 
Flexibility to Promote Reemployment Act - Amends title III (Grants to States for Unemployment Compensation Administration) of the Social Security Act, with respect to grants to states by the Secretary of Labor for reemployment demonstration projects, to allow grants to up to 10 states per year instead of a maximum of 10 states altogether.
 
Allows a designee of a state governor, instead of only the governor, to apply for such a grant.
 
Extends the allowable project period through December 31, 2017.
 
Allows direct disbursements under a project to employers who hire individuals receiving unemployment compensation to include disbursements promoting retention.
 
Requires the Secretary of Labor to approve completed grant applications in the order of receipt.
 
Revises requirements for termination of a project to require the Secretary to: (1) notify a state in writing with sufficient detail describing any violation of the substantive terms or conditions of a project justifying its termination, and (2) determine that the state has not taken action to correct the violation within 90 days after notification.
 
Directs the Secretary to evaluate the impact of each demonstration project, using existing data sources and methodology appropriate to determine project effects, including the effect on individual skill levels, earnings, and employment retention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit an increase in the number of flag and general officers.

Bill: 113-hr-3866
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2014-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Military command and structure
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: 
Prohibits the use of any funds appropriated for FY2014 for flag or general officers for each military department that are in excess to the number of such officers serving in such military department as of the date of enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in House
National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 113-hr-3867
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2014-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Currency
Military personnel and dependents
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
New York State
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: 
National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins emblematic of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor.
 
Limits the minting of such coins to the one-year period beginning on January 1, 2017.
 
Prescribes surcharges for coin sales, which shall be paid to the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, Inc., to help finance the construction of a new building and renovation of existing National Purple Heart Hall of Honor facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Palestinian Peace Promotion and Anti-Incitement Act

Bill: 113-hr-3868
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39]
Introduced: 2014-01-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
International law and treaties
Israel
Middle East
Palestinians
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: 
Palestinian Peace Promotion and Ant-Incitement Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has not lived up to its agreements with Israel to end incitement and should do more to prepare the Palestinian people for peace with Israel.
 
 Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to make funds available for the PA only during a period for which a certification or a recertification is in effect that contains a determination by the President that the PA: (1) no longer engages in a pattern of incitement against the United States or Israel, and (2) is engaged in activities aimed at promoting peace with the Jewish State of Israel.
 
Requires that: (1) recertifications with related reports be made every six months and transmitted to Congress; and (2) if unable to make such a recertification, the President report the reasons to Congress.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Fluke Fairness Act

Bill: 113-hr-3869
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2014-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean
Congressional oversight
Fishes
Government studies and investigations
Hunting and fishing
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: 
Fluke Fairness Act - Directs the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council to submit for approval by the Secretary of Commerce a modified fishery management plan for the commercial and recreational management of summer flounder, or an amendment to such plan, that: (1) is based on the best scientific information available; (2) reflects changes in the distribution, abundance, and location of summer flounder in establishing distribution of the commercial and recreational catch quotas; (3) considers regional, coastwide, or other management measures that comply with national standards under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act; and (4) prohibits the allocation of catch quotas on a state-by-state basis using historical landings data that does not reflect the status of the summer flounder stock, based on the most recent scientific information. 
 
Requires the Council, in preparing such modifications or amendments, to consult with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.
 
Directs the Secretary to prepare and approve a plan if the Council fails to submit such modifications or amendments.
 
Requires a Comptroller General (GAO) report that assesses whether the subsequent implementation of the approved plan complies with national standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Superfund Reinvestment Act

Bill: 113-hr-3870
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2014-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Income tax rates
Pollution liability
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: 
Superfund Reinvestment Act - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to authorize the use of amounts in the Hazardous Substance Superfund for environmental cleanup costs authorized by such Act. 
 
Provides that receipts and disbursements of the Hazardous Substance Superfund: (1) shall not be counted as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, or deficit or surplus, for purposes of the President's budget, the congressional budget, the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010; (2) shall be exempt from any general budget limitations; and (3) shall be available only for the purposes specified in CERCLA. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reinstate through December 31, 2023, the Hazardous Substance Superfund financing rate and the corporate environmental income tax and extend the borrowing authority of the Superfund through 2023.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E68)
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Health for Future Generations Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3871
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2014-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax exclusion
Medicare
Tax treatment of families
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: 
Promoting Health for Future Generations Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to: (1) increase the contribution limitation for such accounts, (2) allow Medicare beneficiaries and participants in health care programs administered by the Veterans Administration (VA) to enroll in and contribute to such accounts, and (3) allow adult children of deceased holders of Archer Medical Savings Accounts and HSAs to receive tax-free rollovers of remaining amounts in such accounts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in House
State Transportation and Infrastructure Financing Innovation Act (STIFIA)

Bill: 113-hr-3872
Sponsor: Rep. Hanna, Richard L. [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2014-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Public transit
Railroads
Roads and highways
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: 
State Transportation and Infrastructure Financing Innovation Act (STIFIA) - Revises and reauthorizes the state infrastructure bank program for FY2013 and FY2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in House