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Protect Academic Freedom Act

Bill: 113-hr-4009
Sponsor: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2014-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Area studies and international education
Cultural exchanges and relations
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Higher education
International exchange and broadcasting
Israel
Middle East
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: 
Protect Academic Freedom Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to prohibit institutions of higher education (IHEs) from being eligible to receive any form of financial assistance under such Act if the Secretary of Education determines that they are participating in a boycott of Israeli academic institutions or scholars.
 
Directs the Secretary, no later than May 1 of each year, to: (1) identify and make publicly available a list of all IHEs participating in such boycott, and (2) notify each IHE that is so identified of its designation as a participant in such boycott.
 
Gives IHEs 30 days after their identification as a boycott participant to request the Secretary to waive their ineligibility for financial assistance under the HEA.
 
Makes the funding prohibition inapplicable to funds available for student financial aid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Autism Services and Workforce Acceleration Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4010
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2014-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child care and development
Child health
Employment and training programs
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Hereditary and development disorders
Higher education
Medical education
Medical research
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: 
Autism Services and Workforce Acceleration Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to establish a demonstration project for the implementation of an Autism Care Program to provide grants and other assistance to improve the effectiveness and efficiency in providing comprehensive care to individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders and their families. Sets forth eligibility requirements for the Program.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to carry out the Program and facilitate coordination with local communities to be better prepared and positioned to understand and meet the needs of the communities served by autism care programs. Requires each grantee to establish an autism care program advisory council to advise the autism care program regarding policies, priorities, and services.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a grant program to provide appropriate services to youth with autism spectrum disorders who are transitioning from secondary education to careers or postsecondary education (transitioning youth) and to adults with autism spectrum disorders, including individuals who are typically underserved, to enable such individuals to be as independent as possible.
 
Requires the Secretary to award: (1) grants for multimedia campaigns to increase public education and awareness and reduce stigma concerning developmental milestones for infants and children and autism spectrum disorders, and (2) multiyear national training initiative supplemental grants to entities for training and technical assistance and to disseminate information to address the unmet needs of individuals with autism spectrum disorders and their families.
 
Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to modify the legal rights of parents or legal guardians under federal, state, or local law regarding the care of their children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Alaska Bypass Fair Competition Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4011
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2014-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Alaska
Aviation and airports
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: 
Alaska Bypass Fair Competition Act of 2014 - Revises the eligibility requirements for air carriers to be selected by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to transport nonpriority bypass mail in the state of Alaska.
 
Redefines: (1) &quot;existing mainline carrier&quot; as a mainline carrier that, for each of the preceding 36 months, while having met certain certification and qualification standards, engaged in the carriage, on scheduled service within Alaska, of mainline nonpriority bypass mail tendered to it under its designator code (currently, such conditions must have been met as of January 1, 2001); and (2) &quot;new,&quot; when referencing a carrier, as a carrier meeting certain requirements that has been providing nonpriority bypass mail service on a city pair route in Alaska for fewer than 36 consecutive months in the immediately preceding period (currently, a carrier is considered new if it began providing such service after January 1, 2001).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Low Volume Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4013
Sponsor: Rep. Campbell, John [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2014-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Air quality
Consumer affairs
Department of Transportation
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Manufacturing
Motor vehicles
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: 
Low Volume Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to exempt from certain federal motor vehicle safety and labeling standards (except any standard relating to motor vehicle equipment) up to: (1) 1,000 replica motor vehicles per year manufactured or imported by a low volume manufacturer, and (2) 50 non-replica motor vehicles per year manufactured or imported by a single low volume manufacturer that has evidence of a sales contract. 
 
Defines the term &quot;low volume manufacturer&quot; to mean a motor vehicle manufacturer who annually produces no more than 5,000 motor vehicles worldwide.
 
Directs the Secretary to permit manufacturers to assign vehicle identification numbers.
 
Requires manufacturers to register with the Secretary to qualify for an exemption.
 
Directs the Secretary to require a manufacturer to affix a permanent label to: (1) an exempt non-replica motor vehicle that identifies the motor vehicle safety and labeling standards from which that vehicle is exempt, and (2) an exempt replica motor vehicle that designates the model year that vehicle replicates.
 
Subjects low-volume manufacturers to all federal motor vehicle safety defect notification, recall, and remedy requirements if a particular motor vehicle has any defects related to motor vehicle safety or any nonconformities regarding any standards other than specified standards.
 
Amends the Clean Air Act to allow a low volume motor vehicle manufacturer to install in an exempted specifically produced replica or non-replica motor vehicle a motor vehicle engine (including engine emission controls) from a motor vehicle that has been issued a certificate of conformity with Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) emission control standards if certain requirements are met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 6 .
action_date: 2014-07-10
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-07-09
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit former Members of Congress from engaging in lobbying contacts.

Bill: 113-hr-4014
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2014-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Members of Congress
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: 
Amends the federal criminal code to replace the current two-year ban on lobbying contacts by former Senators and one-year ban on lobbying contacts by former Members of the House of Representatives with any Member, officer, or employee of either chamber with an outright ban at any time on such contacts, subject to fines and/or imprisonment.
 
Specifies a one-year ban on lobbying contacts by former elected officers of the House with any House Member, officer, or employee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Quality Foster Care Services Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4016
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2014-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child care and development
Child health
Disability and paralysis
Medicaid
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: 
Quality Foster Care Services Act of 2014 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to extend medical assistance coverage to therapeutic foster care services.
 
Requires a qualified therapeutic foster care program to be state-licensed and provide: (1) foster care children under 21 with structured daily activities, including the development of age-appropriate social, communication and behavioral skills, trauma-informed and gender-responsive services, crisis intervention and crisis support services, medication monitoring, counseling, and case management; and (2) foster care parents with specialized training and consultation in the management of children with mental illness, trauma, other emotional or behavioral disorders, medically fragile conditions, or developmental disabilities, and specific additional training on the needs of each child provided such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Introduced in House
To designate a peak located in Nevada as "Mount Reagan".

Bill: 113-hr-4017
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2014-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Nevada
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: 
Designates a specified peak in Nevada as Mount Reagan. 

action_date: 2014-06-30
text: 

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

 
Designates a specified peak in Nevada as Mount Reagan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-30
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 117.
action_date: 2014-06-30
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-505.
action_date: 2014-06-30
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-505.
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
action_date: 2014-03-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act

Bill: 113-hr-4018
Sponsor: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2014-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: 
Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take the Blackwater Trading Post lands in Pinal County, Arizona, into trust for the benefit of the Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation after the Community: (1) conveys such lands to the Secretary; (2) requests the Secretary to take such lands into trust for the Community; (3) if a survey is necessary, conducts one pursuant to this Act; and (4) pays the cost of any such survey. 
 
Treats the lands that are taken into trust as a part of the Gila River Indian Reservation. 
 
Prohibits the Community from conducting gaming on such lands. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Investment Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4019
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18]
Introduced: 2014-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Computers and information technology
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: 
Small Business Investment Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2015 the increased expensing allowance for depreciable business property, including computer software, and qualified real property (i.e., leasehold and retail improvement property and restaurant property).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Forgiveness Tax Repayment Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4020
Sponsor: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2014-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Disability and paralysis
Higher education
Poverty and welfare assistance
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: 
Student Loan Forgiveness Tax Repayment Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to include their imputed income from the discharge of student loan indebtedness due to death or disability in gross income, for income tax purposes, ratably over a 15-year period beginning with the taxable year of the discharge. 
 
Provides that any imputed income from the discharge of student loan indebtedness by reason of death or disability shall be disregarded for purposes of determining eligibility for any federal means-tested program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Security Clearance Reform Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4022
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2014-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Performance measurement
Personnel records
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: 
Security Clearance Reform Act of 2014 - Directs the President to submit a strategic plan to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the intelligence committees of Congress (appropriate congressional committees) to improve security clearance and background investigation activities. Sets forth the required contents of such plan, including the development of a continuous evaluation or monitoring system of information used for security clearances, improvement of information sharing procedures between agencies, and the reduction or elimination of databases and information sources that cannot be accessed and processed electronically.
 
Prohibits the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from awarding a contract to any entity for investigative support services or background investigation fieldwork services if such entity has another contract in effect with the federal government to provide such services.
 
Requires the OPM Director to report to the appropriate congressional committees listing any state or local entity covered by the definition of "criminal justice agency" that has failed to cooperate with three or more criminal history record information requests of the Director. Reduces criminal justice grant funding to state and local entities that fail to substantially comply with such requests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2014-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2014-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4023
Sponsor: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-4]
Introduced: 2014-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Medical ethics
Prescription drugs
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: 
Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2014 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to require prescribers of animal drugs to verify prescriptions and provide copies of prescriptions to pet owners, pet owner designees, and pharmacies, without the prescriber demanding payment or establishing other conditions. Applies these requirements to medication for a domesticated household animal that consumers are not allowed to purchase without a prescription.
 Treats a violation of this Act as an unfair or deceptive act 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: 2014-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Access to Clean Water Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4024
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2014-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Emergency planning and evacuation
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Industrial facilities
Lakes and rivers
Licensing and registrations
Pollution liability
State and local government operations
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: 
Ensuring Access to Clean Water Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a state exercising primary enforcement responsibility for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit programs to carry out a state chemical storage facility source water protection program.
 
Requires such a program to provide for oversight and inspection of each covered chemical storage facility in accordance with minimum requirements, described in this Act, to prevent the release of chemicals into a navigable water that is designated for use as a domestic water source. Defines &quot;covered chemical storage facility&quot; as a facility at which a chemical is stored and from which a release is determined to pose a risk of harm to such source.
 
Prohibits this Act from precluding or denying the right of any state to adopt or enforce standards for the oversight and inspection of covered chemical storage facilities that are more stringent than this Act's minimum requirements.
 
Requires the Administrator to report on a survey of states' best practices in oversight and inspection programs and applicable regulations implementing the programs.
 
Authorizes the issuance of orders by the Administrator to carry out this Act.
 
Authorizes an owner or operator of a public water system to commence, or to petition the Administrator to commence, a civil action for equitable relief to address possible imminent and substantial endangerment to the health of persons supplied by the water system. Provides a special rule to expedite the Administrator's response to a petition in emergency situations.
 
Sets forth requirements concerning: (1) liability of a facility owner or operator for costs of response actions, (2) pre-transfer inspections of facilities, and (3) information for operators of domestic water systems on navigable waters regarding emergency response plans and chemical inventories.
 
Establishes a civil penalty of up to $15,000 for each day in which an owner or operator of a covered facility violates this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-10
text: Introduced in House