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Unmuzzle the Drug Czar Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4046
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2014-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Appropriations
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government studies and investigations
Medical research
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: 
Unmuzzle the Drug Czar Act of 2014 - Amends the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 to repeal a provision requiring the Director of National Drug Control Policy to: (1) ensure that no federal funds appropriated to the Office of National Drug Control Policy are expended for any study or contract relating to the legalization (for a medical or any other use) of a substance listed in schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (which includes marijuana), and (2) oppose any attempt to legalize the use of any such substance that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not approved for use for medical purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, 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: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, 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: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, 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: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Restoring the 10th Amendment Act

Bill: 113-hr-4047
Sponsor: Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Introduced: 2014-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Federal district courts
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial review and appeals
Jurisdiction and venue
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: 
Restoring the 10th Amendment Act - Authorizes a designated state official to submit to the head of a federal agency proposing a rule, during the period when the proposed rule is open for public comment, a legal brief challenging the constitutionality of the rule under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution. 
 
Directs the agency head: (1) to notify the designated official of each state within 15 days after such a brief was submitted; (2) to post prominently on the front page of the agency's website a link to the brief; and (3) within 15 days after posting such link, to certify in writing that such rulemaking does not violate the Tenth Amendment and post the certification prominently on the agency's website next to the briefs pertaining to the rule, unless the agency determines not to finalize such proposed rule.
 
Authorizes a designated state official, at any time after an agency head posts such a certification, to commence a civil action against the agency on the grounds that the rule violates the Tenth Amendment. Permits such state official, in addition to any other venue or jurisdiction provided by law, to bring such action in the U.S. district court for the district in which the official's place of business is located. 
 
Directs the appropriate U.S. court of appeals, upon the filing of a notice by a designated state official, to grant expedited review of a decision by the district court in such an action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2014-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
SNAP Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4048
Sponsor: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2014-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: 
Securing Our Nation's Application Privacy Act of 2014 or the SNAP Act of 2014 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate regulations that require any person who develops, sells or offers for sale, or makes available to consumers: (1) a software program that runs on the mobile platform or operating system of a mobile device (mobile application) to ensure that such application does not access specified content or functions stored on a mobile device while the application is not actively in use, unless the application triggers disclosure and consent functions of the mobile platform or operating system and the user grants affirmative express consent; and (2) a mobile platform or operating system to ensure that such platform or operating system provides device users with a disclosure immediately before any application that is not actively in use accesses any such content or functions and prevents such access unless the user grants such express consent.
 
Specifies categories of content and functions prohibited from being accessed without consent, including: (1) geographic location; (2) contact information; (3) photographs, videos, or audio recordings; (4) events or notations stored in a calendar application; and (5) a camera, microphone, or any information obtained from such a camera or microphone.
 
Requires violations of such regulations to be treated as unfair or deceptive acts or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Servicemembers Opportunity Act

Bill: 113-hr-4050
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10]
Introduced: 2014-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Interest, dividends, interest rates
Personnel records
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: 
Servicemembers Opportunity Act - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow any appropriate indicator of military service, including a certified letter from a commanding officer or information from the Defense Manpower Database Center, as proof of service for purposes of interest rate limitations provided to servicemembers under such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
REFUEL Act

Bill: 113-hr-4051
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2014-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy revenues and royalties
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Infrastructure development
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Motor fuels
Oil and gas
Retail and wholesale trades
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: 
Renewable Fuel Utilization, Expansion, and Leadership Act or the REFUEL Act - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a renewable and alternative energy infrastructure competitive grant program.
 
Makes eligible for such grants projects that are: (1) for new infrastructure or retrofitting existing infrastructure for the dispensing of covered renewable or alternative energy for retail consumption, and (2) capable of dispensing fuel containing an amount of covered renewable or alternative energy that is higher than ordinarily found in commerce.
 
Requires that priority be given to projects in rural areas and that entities receiving grants provide at least a 30% match of federal funds.
 
Dedicates to the grant program 1% of amounts received as royalties for production of oil from oil and gas leases under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. 
Defines &quot;covered renewable or alternative energy&quot; as renewable energy, energy intended for use in electric vehicle charging, and hydrogen and fuel cells.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2014-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
HOME Act

Bill: 113-hr-4052
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2014-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: 
Helping Our Middle-Class Entrepreneurs Act or the HOME Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer who uses a residence to conduct a trade or business a standard tax deduction equal to the lesser of $1,500 or the taxpayer's gross trade or business income derived from the business use of such residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
VA Timely Mammogram Results Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-4053
Sponsor: Rep. Negrete McLeod, Gloria [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2014-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cancer
Department of Veterans Affairs
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Veterans' medical care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: 
VA Timely Mammogram Results Act of 2013 [
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] - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs: (1) to establish standards with respect to the timeliness of reporting and providing to patients the results of mammograms performed at a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facility; and (2) in establishing such standards, to take into consideration the best practices of the private sector.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Promoting National Service and Reducing Unemployment Act

Bill: 113-hr-4054
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Appropriations
Corporation for National and Community Service
Executive agency funding and structure
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
National and community service

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: 
Promoting National Service and Reducing Unemployment Act - Makes FY2014 supplemental appropriations to the Corporation for National and Community Service (Americorps) to provide additional funds for:
 
 
operating expenses,
 
salaries and administrative expenses, and
 
the Office of Inspector General.
 
 
Requires Americorps to: (1) use the funds to increase the number of national service positions approved under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to 500,000, and (2) give preference to national service programs that propose to use full-time national service positions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E205)
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission Act

Bill: 113-hr-4055
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Postal service
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: 
Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission Act - Establishes the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission to study activities that may be carried out by the federal government to honor Frederick Douglass on the bicentennial anniversary of his birth.
 
Includes among the possible activities: (1) the issuance of a postage stamp, (2) the convening of a joint meeting or joint session of Congress for ceremonies and activities relating to Frederick Douglass, (3) a rededication of the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, and (4) the acquisition and preservation of related artifacts.
 
Directs the Commission to recommend appropriate activities in a final report to Congress within three years of the formation of such Commission or by December 1, 2017, whichever is sooner.
 
Terminates such Commission 120 days after it submits its final report to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E197)
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Federal Vehicle Repair Cost Savings Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4056
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2014-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Motor vehicles
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: 
Federal Vehicle Repair Cost Savings Act of 2014 - Requires the head of each federal agency to encourage the use of remanufactured vehicle components to mantain federal vehicles if using such components reduces the cost, while maintaining the quality, of such vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Customs Plaza Construction Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4057
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2014-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Building construction
Customs enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Government buildings, facilities, and property

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: 
Customs Plaza Construction Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to construct U.S. Customs and Border Protection customs plazas at land ports of entry, with priority given to those that have the highest trade volume by value of shipments, including exports and imports.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Accelerate Our Startups Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4059
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2014-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Government information and archives
Small business
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-14
text: 
Accelerate Our Startups Act of 2014 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to develop and implement a grant program for state and local governmental and other nonprofit organizations located in the United States that support startup businesses by providing assistance for construction costs, space acquisition, and programmatic purposes. 
 
Requires a grant recipient to: (1) demonstrate that it will use the grant to provide assistance to at least five client businesses per year that have been in business for less than five years, (2) require client businesses to pay an entry fee to participate in the program, and (3) submit annual progress reports.
 
Directs the Administrator: (1) to establish grant criteria favoring recipients that provide startups with office, manufacturing, or warehouse space, access to capital and professional services, and a formal structured mentorship or developmental program that assists with building business skills and competencies; and (2) in determining whether to make a grant, to take into account promoting growth in underserviced areas with sufficient population density and the organization's entrepreneurial leadership experience, ability to utilize and leverage local strengths, and record with regard to client business participation. 
 
Directs the SBA to condition receipt of a grant under this Act on the recipient obtaining matching funding for the same purposes from a local or state government grant and nonpublic funding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2014-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4060
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2014-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Federal Reserve System
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-14
text: 
Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to authorize the Financial Stability Oversight Council to determine that a bank holding company shall be subject to enhanced supervision and prudential standards by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, if the Council makes a final determination that material financial distress at the bank holding company, or the nature, scope, size, scale, concentration, interconnectedness, or mix of its activities, could threaten the financial stability of the United States.
 
Requires that final determination to be based upon specified factors using an indicator-based measurement approach established by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision to determine systemic importance.
 
 Exempts from any Council determination to subject a bank holding company to enhanced supervision and prudential standards a bank holding company with total consolidated assets of $50 billion or less.
 
Prohibits the Council, before the effective date of this Act, from making a final determination concerning any material financial distress of a bank holding company identified by the Financial Stability Board as a Global Systemically Important Financial Institution. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Sensible Estate Tax Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4061
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2014-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Farmland
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-14
text: 
Sensible Estate Tax Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish new estate tax rates of between 41% (for estates with a value in excess of $1,000,000) and 55% (for estates with a value in excess of $10 million), (2) allow a $1 million estate tax exclusion, and (3) provide for an inflation adjustment to such amounts for decedents dying after 2014. 
 
Restores the estate tax credit for any estate, inheritance, legacy, or succession taxes paid to a state (expired after 2004). Repeals the deduction currently allowed for such taxes. 
 
Sets forth estate valuation rules for certain transfers of nonbusiness assets and limits estate tax discounts for certain individuals with minority interests in a business acquired from a decedent.
 
Requires that the value of the basis in any property acquired from a decedent or by gift be consistent with the basis as determined for estate and gift tax purposes. Requires executors of estates and donors of gifts required to file a gift tax return to disclose to the Secretary of the Treasury, and to recipients of any interest in an estate or a gift, information identifying the value of each interest received.
 
Expands rules for valuing assets in grantor retained annuity trusts to require that: (1) the right to receive fixed amounts from an annuity last for a term of not less than 10 years and that such fixed amounts not decrease during the first 10 years of the annuity term, and (2) the remainder interest have a value greater than zero when transferred.
 
Terminates the generation-skipping transfer exemption for certain long-term trusts (perpetual dynasty trusts) 90 years after the establishment of such trusts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E203)