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Military Corridor Transportation Improvement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5561
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: North Carolina
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Military Corridor Transportation Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, as amended, to declare as high priority corridors on the National Highway System as well as segments of the Interstate System: (1) U.S. Route 117/Interstate Route 795 from U.S. Route 70 in Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, to Interstate Route 40 west of Faison, Sampson County, North Carolina; and (2) U.S. Route 70 from its intersection with Interstate Route 40 in Garner, Wake County, North Carolina, to the Port at Morehead City, Carteret County, North Carolina.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 801 West Ocean Avenue in Lompoc, California, as the "Federal Correctional Officer Scott J. Williams Memorial Post Office Building".

Bill: 113-hr-5562
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: California
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 801 West Ocean Avenue in Lompoc, California, as the "Federal Correctional Officer Scott J. Williams Memorial Post Office Building."
action_date: 2014-12-18
text: 

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

 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 801 West Ocean Avenue in Lompoc, California, as the "Federal Correctional Officer Scott J. Williams Memorial Post Office Building."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-18
text: Became Public Law No: 113-267.
action_date: 2014-12-18
text: Became Public Law No: 113-267.
action_date: 2014-12-18
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2014-12-18
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2014-12-17
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2014-12-17
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2014-12-15
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-12-15
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-12-15
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6841)
action_date: 2014-12-15
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6841)
action_date: 2014-12-09
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8843)
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8843)
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5562.
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8842-8843)
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Mr. Meadows moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 113-267
Honoring the Hiring of Heroes Act

Bill: 113-hr-5563
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employee hiring
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
User charges and fees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Honoring the Hiring of Heroes Act - Directs the Secretaries of Labor and Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) jointly establish a program to award nonmonetary Employment Salute Awards to employers for veteran-friendly employment practices; and (2) establish criteria, in coordination with the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Commerce, for determining award recipients.
 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) establish different categories of employers eligible for the awards based on the number of employees they have, and (2) publicize the award recipients by listing them in a separate section of the Department of Labor's website.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to assess a reasonable application fee on employers seeking such an award. Establishes an Employment Salute Award Fund into which those fees are to be deposited for use in carrying out the award program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2014-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Manufacturing Skills Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5564
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Appropriations
Department of Labor
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Manufacturing
Minority employment
Science and engineering education
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Manufacturing Skills Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretaries of Commerce, Labor, Education, and Defense (DOD) and the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to jointly establish a Manufacturing Skills Partnership to administer and carry out a program to award compeititve, three-year grants to enable up to five states and five metropolitan areas to carry out proposals to promote reforms in workforce education and skill training for manufacturing.
 
Requires the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): (1) acting through the Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office, to conduct an audit of all federal education and skills training programs related to manufacturing to ensure that states and metropolitan areas are able to align federal resources with the labor demands of their primary manufacturing industries; and (2) to work with states and metropolitan areas to determine how federal funds can be more tailored to meet their different needs.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Appropriations, 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: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Appropriations, 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: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Appropriations, 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: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
SMART Grant Reauthorization Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5566
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Higher education
Science and engineering education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
SMART Grant Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate the program awarding Academic Competitiveness Grants to first- and second-year undergraduates who completed a rigorous high school curriculum and are eligible for Federal Pell Grants.
 
Reauthorizes and appropriates funds through FY2020 for National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grants (SMART Grants) currently awarded to third, fourth, and fifth-year undergraduates who are eligible for Pell Grants and are pursuing: 
 
 
 a major in the physical, life, or computer sciences, mathematics, technology, or engineering or a critical foreign language; or 
 
 equivalent coursework in a qualifying liberal arts program that does not allow students to declare a major in a particular subject matter.
 
 
Limits SMART Grant eligibility to students who are pursuing a major in the physical sciences or are pursuing equivalent coursework in a qualifying liberal arts program that does not allow students to declare a major in a particular subject matter.
 
Terminates the Secretary of Education's authority to award SMART Grants at the end of award year 2020-2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Education and Workforce Innovation Act

Bill: 113-hr-5567
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Public-private cooperation
Unemployment
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Education and Workforce Innovation Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a five-year pilot program to award grants to eligible entities to carry out programs that provide direct skills and job training for individuals to enter and advance in high-growth, emerging, and in-demand industries, such as skilled labor and trade industries. 
 
Defines an &quot;eligible entity&quot; as a private company involved in the manufacturing, production, or technology industries, in partnership with a junior or community college, postsecondary vocational institution, or secondary school.
 
Authorizes such an entity to use such a grant to develop and carry out a multiyear program to provide students enrolled in such a college, institution, or school with education and training to enter and advance in such industries, by providing: (1) customized training, (2) increased productivity and knowledge transfer, (3) a stable and predictable pipeline to a high-standard of employment upon graduation, (4) a proven model of success, and (5) an opportunity for career advancement.
 
Requires an eligible entity that is awarded a grant to provide matching funds from non-federal sources.
 
Directs the Secretaries of Education and the Treasury to administer a five-year pilot program under which qualified investors enter into a pay-for-performance agreement under which they will provide funds to service providers to carry out workforce training programs that increase trade certifications or apprenticeships for unemployed individuals or dislocated workers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
B-On-Time Student Loan Relief Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5568
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Science and engineering education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
B-On-Time Student Loan Relief Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award interest-free loans to students who meet any prerequisites that the Secretary requires. 
 
Requires eligible students, at a minimum, to:
 
 
have either graduated on or after the 2013-2014 school year from a secondary school in the United States, one operated by the Department of Defense (DOD), or its equivalent or earned an associate's degree from an institution of higher education (IHE) on or after May 1, 2013;
 
 have not earned a bachelor's degree;
 
be enrolled on a full-time basis in an IHE undergraduate degree or certificate program; and
 
have completed a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and met the eligibility requirements for title IV assistance.
 
 
Directs the Secretary to forgive students' outstanding principal on such interest-free loans if they:
 
 
receive a bachelor's degree within a set timeframe, determined by the Secretary;
 
maintained a certain grade point average or majored in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) field while enrolled in the IHE; and
 
meet any other requirements established by the Secretary.
 
 
Requires the Secretary to award such loans and grant such loan forgiveness on a first-come, first-served basis, subject to the availability of appropriations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
To reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program.

Bill: 113-hr-5570
Sponsor: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Educational facilities and institutions
Higher education
Historic sites and heritage areas
Minority education

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to reauthorize through FY2024 Historic Preservation Fund activities related to the preservation and restoration of historic buildings and structures on the campuses of historically black colleges and universities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-09-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1483)
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act

Bill: 113-hr-5572
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Department of Education
Education programs funding
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Marketing and advertising
Student aid and college costs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act - Makes any institution of higher education (IHE) postsecondary program designed to prepare students for a recognized occupation or profession requiring licensing or other entry pre-conditions ineligible to participate in a federal financial assistance program, unless it meets specified student consumer protection requirements. 
 
Requires each program to: (1) fully prepare students to satisfy those entry pre-conditions in the metropolitan statistical areas and states in which the students reside and in any state the program claims a successful program graduate will be prepared to work in the particular occupation or profession involved; and (2) provide timely placement of students in required pre-licensure positions, such as clinical placements, internships, or apprenticeships.
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to promulgate regulations regarding pre-accredited IHE programs to: (1) impose consumer protection requirements on such programs that are consistent with those this Act imposes on accredited programs, and (2) condition an IHE's participation in any federal financial assistance program on the IHE signing a loan discharge agreement with each of their students who is enrolled in any pre-accredited program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2014-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
To establish the Alabama Hills National Scenic Area in the State of California, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-5573
Sponsor: Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Establishes the Alabama Hills National Scenic Area, comprised of approximately 18,610 acres of land in Inyo County, California. Declares that the purpose of the Area is to conserve, protect, and enhance for the benefit, use, and enjoyment of present and future generations the nationally significant scenic, cultural, recreational, geological, educational, biological, historical, cinematographic, and scientific resources of the Area managed consistent with the multiple use principles defined in the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) manage the Area as a component of the National Landscape Conservation System, (2) allow existing recreational uses of the Area to continue except as the Secretary otherwise determines to be necessary for public health and safety, (3) permit the use of motorized vehicles in the Area only on roads and trails designated by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as part of a management plan promoting a semi-primitive motorized experience or on county-maintained roads in accordance with applicable state and county laws, and (4) develop a comprehensive plan for the Area's long-term management.
 
Permits the Secretary to acquire non-federal land within the Area only through exchange, donation, or purchase from a willing seller. Withdraws the federal land within the Area from all forms of: (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 pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.
 
Directs the Secretary to take approximately 132 acres of federal land into trust for the benefit of the Lone-Pine Paiute Shoshone Tribe, excluding a specified right-of-way granted to the City of Los Angeles. Prohibits gaming on such land.
 
Transfers administrative jurisdiction of approximately 40 acres of specified federal land from the U.S. Forest Service to BLM.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2014-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
To abolish the Chemical Corps of the Army and to transfer to the Ordnance Corps of the Army the functions of and members previously assigned to the Chemical Corps.

Bill: 113-hr-5574
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Abolishes the Army Chemical Corps and transfers its functions to the Army Ordnance Corps. Directs the Secretary of the Army to reassign to the Ordnance Corps all members and officers of the Army who were assigned to the Chemical Corps.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House