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Robocall Enforcement Improvements Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-3010
Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2014-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: 
Robocall Enforcement Improvements Act of 2014 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to impose forfeiture penalties without first sending a citation regarding the charged violation against persons not licensed by the FCC who violate prohibitions on the use of automated telephone equipment. (Currently, if existing exceptions do not apply, forfeiture penalties may not be imposed unless the person is sent a citation prior to a notice of apparent liability and that person subsequently engages in the same type of conduct described in the citation.)
 
Expands the statute of limitations period and increases the maximum forfeiture penalty applicable to non-licensed automated telephone equipment violations.
 
Expands prohibitions on the provision of inaccurate caller identification information to persons outside the United States if the recipient is within the United States.
 
Directs providers of spoofing services to take such steps as the FCC may prescribe to verify that users do not engage in caller identification information violations. Defines &quot;spoofing service&quot; as a service that substitutes, or permits a user to substitute, another name or any number for display as the caller identification information for a call or text message. 
 
Requires the FCC to impose recordkeeping and reporting obligations on spoofing service providers. Authorizes the FCC to subpoena caller identification information transmitted by a subscriber to or customer of the spoofing service.
 
Expands the definition &quot;caller identification information&quot; to include text messages.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) telecommunications carriers have the legal authority to offer consumers services that block or filter robocalls, and (2) the federal government should encourage telecommunications carriers to develop and implement such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
SCRUB Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-3011
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2014-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Judicial review and appeals
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: 
Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act of 2014 or the SCRUB Act of 2014 - Establishes the Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission to review the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to identify, using specified criteria, rules and sets of rules that collectively implement a regulatory program that should be repealed to lower the cost of regulation to the economy, giving priority to major rules that: (1) have been in effect more than 15 years, (2) impose paperwork burdens that could be reduced substantially without significantly diminishing regulatory effectiveness, (3) impose disproportionately high costs on small business entities, and (4) could be strengthened in their effectiveness while reducing regulatory costs. Requires the Commission to establish a public website to make regulatory information accessible to the public at no cost. 
 
Requires a federal agency that makes a new rule to: (1) repeal rules identified by the Commission to offset the cost to the economy of such new rule (cut-go procedures), and (2) include in the final issuance of such rule a plan for reviewing the rule not later than 10 years after it is promulgated. Requires the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to review and certify the accuracy of agency determinations of the cost of new rules.
 
Makes agency compliance with the requirements of this Act subject to judicial review.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Ending Insider Trading in Commodities Act

Bill: 113-s-3013
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2014-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Commodities markets

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: 
 Ending Insider Trading in Commodities Act - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to make it unlawful for any large financial institution, either directly or indirectly, to purchase or sell any swap, any commodity in interstate commerce, or any contract for future delivery of any commodity while in possession of material, nonpublic information related to the storage, shipment, or use of the commodity arising from the institution's ownership or interest in a business or facility used to store, ship, or use the commodity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-3014
Sponsor: Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH]
Introduced: 2014-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health programs administration and funding
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Neurological disorders
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: 
Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to alter the reporting requirements under the pilot program to assess the effectiveness of providing assistance to eligible veterans with traumatic brain injury to enhance their rehabilitation, quality of life, and community integration.
 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to submit reports to the congressional veterans committees on the pilot program for each quarter occurring between January 1, 2015, and September 30, 2017. Requires each quarterly report to include for the preceding quarter: 
 
 
the number of individuals who participated in the pilot program,
 
the number of individuals who successfully completed the program,
 
the degree to which pilot program participants and their family members were satisfied with the program, and
 
the interim findings and conclusions of the Secretary regarding the success of the program and recommendations for improving it.

 
Requires the Secretary to include in the report the Secretary submits to the congressional veterans committees after the completion of the pilot program: 
 
 
 an evaluation of the pilot program in light of the VA's independent living programs, including an assessment of whether the pilot program should be incorporated into such independent living programs; and 
 
 recommendations for improving the pilot program.

 
Replaces references to "assisted living" with the term "community-based brain injury residential rehabilitative care," including rehabilitation services within the meaning of such care.
 
Requires this Act and its amendments to be carried out using funds already available for such purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-3015
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2014-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional-executive branch relations
Immigration status and procedures
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: 
Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2014 - Prohibits the executive branch of the government from: 
 
 
exempting or deferring from removal, by executive order, regulation, or any other means, categories of aliens considered under the immigration laws to be unlawfully present in the United States; 
 
treating such aliens as if they were lawfully present or had a lawful immigration status;
 
or treating them other than as unauthorized aliens. 
 
 
States that such prohibition shall not apply: 
 
 
to the extent prohibited by the Constitution; 
 
upon the request of federal, state, or local law enforcement agencies for purposes of maintaining aliens in the United States to be tried for crimes or to be trial witnesses; or
 
 for humanitarian purposes where the aliens are at imminent risk of serious bodily harm or death. 
 
 
Declares that any executive branch action intending to circumvent the objectives of this Act shall be null and void and without legal effect.
 
States that this Act shall take effect as if enacted on November 20, 2014, and shall apply to requests (whether the request is original or for reopening of a previously denied request) submitted on or after that date for: (1) work authorization; or (2) exemption from, or deferral of, removal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Mineral Materials Contracts Termination Act

Bill: 113-s-3016
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2014-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Mining
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: 
Mineral Materials Contracts Termination Act - Amends the Materials Act of 1947 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to terminate a mineral materials contract and to return to the contract holder any bid deposit and performance bond paid to the Bureau of Land Management if the contract holder submits a request to terminate the contract before production is initiated and before any surface disturbance has occurred.
 
States that the contract holder's acceptance of the amount returned by the Secretary to terminate the contract constitutes: (1) full and final settlement of the contract, and (2) an agreement not to bring a civil action against the United States with respect to it.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Sage-Grouse Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-3017
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2014-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Birds
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Forests, forestry, trees
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: 
Sage-Grouse Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2014 - Provides a categorical exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) for a vegetation management project by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) or the Forest Service involving removal or treatment of any Pinyon or Juniper tree to conserve or restore the habitat of the greater sage-grouse.
 
(Under NEPA a categorical exclusion is a category of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and which have been found to have no such effect in procedures adopted by a federal agency in implementing environmental regulations and for which, therefore, neither an Environmental Assessment nor an Environmental Impact Statement is required.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Partnership Auditing Fairness Act

Bill: 113-s-3018
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2014-12-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative remedies
Bankruptcy
Department of the Treasury
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Judicial review and appeals
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: 
Partnership Auditing Fairness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise rules for audits of large for-profit partnerships (partnerships with more than 100 partners). Repeals existing audit rules under Chapter 1 and Chapter 63 of the Internal Revenue Code. Allows partnerships with 100 or fewer partners to elect not to be covered by this provisions of this Act. 
 
Provides that items of partnership income, gain, loss, deductions, or credits shall be determined at the partnership level, instead of for each individual partner. Makes adjustments to partnership taxes applicable in the tax year in which such adjustments are finalized. 
 
Sets forth new procedures for notifying a partnership of an audit or an adjustment of partnership taxes. Requires partnerships to participate in an audit through a designated partnership representative. 
 
Allows partnerships to include audit adjustments on tax returns for the year in which such adjustments are finalized. Provides for the collection of additional taxes resulting from an audit and tax penalties from the partnership, instead of from individual partners. 
 
Permits partnerships to request judicial review of audit adjustments by filing a petition with the Tax Court, a district court, or the Court of Claims. Grants such courts jurisdiction to determine all items of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit of the partnership. Establishes a three-year limitation period for making adjustments to partnership tax returns. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6921-6922)
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Introduced in Senate
War Powers Against Non-State Actors Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-3019
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2014-12-16 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Legislative rules and procedure
Military operations and strategy
Terrorism
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: 
War Powers Against Non-State Actors Act of 2014 - Amends the War Powers Resolution to declare that the authority to use U.S. Armed Forces against non-state actors would terminate 60 days after submission of a specified presidential report explaining that use, unless: (1) the President's actions are based on a law providing for the use of military force against a non-state actor; or (2) the President notifies Congress that continued use of military force is necessary because the non-state actor poses a continuing and imminent threat to the United States or U.S. persons, and Congress does not enact a joint resolution of disapproval under expedited procedures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6922-6923)
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to establish the composition known as America the Beautiful as the national anthem.

Bill: 113-s-3020
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2014-12-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Music
National symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: 
Designates the composition consisting of the words and music known as &quot;America the Beautiful&quot; as the national anthem. (Under current law, the composition known as the Star-Spangled Banner is recognized as the nation's national anthem.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6923)
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution to provide for the counting on January 4, 2013, of the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States.

Bill: 113-sconres-1
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional operations and organization
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
 Provides for the counting of the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States. 

action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 

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

 
 Provides for the counting of the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H25)
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H25)
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H25)
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6; text as passed Senate: CR S6; text of measure as introduced: CR S16)
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6; text as passed Senate: CR S6; text of measure as introduced: CR S16)
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution providing for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and an adjournment of the House of Representatives.

Bill: 113-sconres-3
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional operations and organization
House of Representatives
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Declares that when the Senate recesses or adjourns on any day from Friday, January 4, 2013, through Monday, January 21, 2013, it stand recessed or adjourned until 12:00 noon on Monday, January 21, 2013.
 
Declares that when the House adjourns on any legislative day from Friday, January 4, 2013, through Saturday, January 5, 2013, it stand adjourned until 2:00 p.m. on Monday, January 14, 2013.

action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 

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

 
Declares that when the Senate recesses or adjourns on any day from Friday, January 4, 2013, through Monday, January 21, 2013, it stand recessed or adjourned until 12:00 noon on Monday, January 21, 2013.
 
Declares that when the House adjourns on any legislative day from Friday, January 4, 2013, through Saturday, January 5, 2013, it stand adjourned until 2:00 p.m. on Monday, January 14, 2013.

action_date: 2013-01-04
text: 

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

 
Declares that when the Senate recesses or adjourns on any day from Friday, January 4, 2013, through Monday, January 21, 2013, it stand recessed or adjourned until 12:00 noon on Monday, January 21, 2013.
 
Declares that when the House adjourns on any legislative day from Friday, January 4, 2013, through Saturday, January 5, 2013, it stand adjourned until 2:00 p.m. on Monday, January 14, 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H39)
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H39)
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H39)
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7-8; text as passed Senate: CR S7-8; text of measure as introduced: CR S16)
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7-8; text as passed Senate: CR S7-8; text of measure as introduced: CR S16)
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax is not in the economic interest of the United States.

Bill: 113-sconres-4
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Climate change and greenhouse gases
Energy prices
Oil and gas
Sales and excise taxes
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: 
Express the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to American families and businesses and is not in the interest of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S333)
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate