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Marine Disease Emergency Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5546
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Animal and plant health
Aquatic ecology
Department of Commerce
Emergency planning and evacuation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Marine Disease Emergency Act of 2014 - Authorizes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to declare and respond to a marine disease emergency (an event that affects the marine environment, is caused by a marine disease or environmental stressor, is likely to threaten the sustainability of a marine species or the health of a marine ecosystem, and is likely to expand in geographic scope).
 
Requires NOAA to designate an individual to coordinate the response to each emergency and develop and publish a response plan for each emergency within 21 days of the declaration.
 
Terminates the emergency when NOAA declares that the emergency no longer exists or 120 days after the declaration was made, whichever occurs first. Authorizes NOAA to renew a declaration.
 
Establishes the Marine Disease Emergency Working Group in NOAA to provide advice on assessing, declaring, and responding to those emergencies. 
 
Establishes the Marine Disease Emergency Fund for responding to those emergencies.
 
Requires NOAA to establish a National Data Repository for Marine Diseases Research and Services to collect, store, and disseminate information on marine diseases and related data and facilitate the development and rapid dissemination of research on marine diseases.
 
Deems sea star wasting syndrome, a marine mortality event affecting species of sea stars, to be a marine disease emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2014-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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 Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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
Community Integration Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5547
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Home and outpatient care
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Housing supply and affordability
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Community Integration Act of 2014 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require state Medicaid plans to give an individual with disabilities needing the level of care provided in an institutional setting the choice and opportunity to receive such care in a home and community-based setting, including rehabilitative services, assistance and support in accomplishing activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, and health-related tasks, and assistance in acquiring, maintaining, or enhancing skills necessary to accomplish such activities, tasks, or services.
 
Prescribes requirements for providing in home and community-based settings those services such an individual would otherwise receive in an institutional setting, such as a nursing facility, intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded, institution for mental disease, or other similarly restrictive or institutional setting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Consortia-Led Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Networks Act

Bill: 113-hr-5548
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental technology
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Manufacturing
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Small business
Technology transfer and commercialization
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Consortia-Led Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Networks Act - Directs the Department of Commerce to carry out a program to establish clean technology consortia to enhance U.S. economic, environmental, and energy security by promoting domestic development, manufacture, and deployment of clean technologies, production processes, or methodologies that: 
 
 
produce energy from renewable energy sources; 
 
 transmit, distribute, or store energy more efficiently;
 
enhance energy efficiency for buildings and industry; 
 
enable the development of a Smart Grid (an electric power system to maintain a reliable and secure electricity infrastructure that can meet future demand growth, including by deploying demand-side resources that enable consumers to reduce or shift their electricity usage during peak periods);
 
 produce an advanced or sustainable material with energy or energy efficiency applications; 
 
 improve energy efficiency for transportation, including electric vehicles; or
 
 enhance water security through improved water management, conservation, distribution, or end use applications. 
 
 
Requires Commerce to award grants for the establishment and operation of consortia.
 
Establishes the role of consortia, including promoting new innovative clean technologies, providing technical or financial assistance, and accelerating investment in and deployment of clean technologies through public-private partnerships.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2014-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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 Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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
Pay What You Owe Before You Go Act

Bill: 113-hr-5549
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Foreign and international corporations
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Pay What You Owe Before You Go Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the recapture in subpart F income (i.e., income of a controlled foreign corporation earned outside the United States which is not tax deferred) the accumulated deferred foreign income of such corporation (i.e., the undistributed earnings of the controlled foreign corporation over its undistributed U.S. earnings) for its last taxable year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Justice Act

Bill: 113-hr-5550
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Racial and ethnic relations
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Urban and Municipal Justice Act of 2014 or the Justice Act - Reduces the amount that would otherwise be awarded to a unit of local government under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program: (1) by 75% for any such unit that, during the previous three fiscal years, funded an amount that on average was greater than 18% of its operating budget using revenue generated from collecting fines and other fees related to violations of traffic laws; and (2) by 95% for any such unit for which, during the previous fiscal year, the percentage of individuals who identify as a race who were employees of the law enforcement agency for that unit and the percentage of individuals who identify as that race who live in the jurisdiction such agency serves differ by greater than 30%.
 
 Reduces by 50% the amount that would otherwise be awarded under such Program to a state that did not reduce a subgrant award to a unit of local government in accordance with this Act in the preceding fiscal year.
 
Requires the Attorney General to reallocate funds withheld from a state or unit of local government pursuant to this Act in accordance with the Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Heartbeat Informed Consent Act

Bill: 113-hr-5551
Sponsor: Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Health information and medical records
Medical ethics
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Heartbeat Informed Consent Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require abortion providers, if performing an ultrasound on a pregnant woman prior to an abortion, to display the ultrasound images so that she may view them and provide a medical description of the ultrasound images of the unborn child's cardiac activity, if present and viewable.
 
Requires an abortion provider to make the embryonic or fetal heartbeat audible for the pregnant woman to hear prior to the woman giving informed consent to an abortion if the pregnancy is at least eight weeks after fertilization.
 
Exempts an abortion provider if the abortion is necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself. Requires a certification of the medical condition to be included in the pregnant woman's medical file and kept by the abortion provider for not less than five years.
 
Subjects an abortion provider who knowingly or recklessly fails to comply with this Act to civil penalties and notification of the appropriate state medical licensing authority. Gives standing to file a civil action for violations of this Act to the Attorney General or a woman upon whom an abortion has been performed in violation of this Act or the parent or legal guardian of such a woman if she is an unemancipated minor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
To designate the United States Customs and Border Protection Port of Entry located at First Street and Pan American Avenue in Douglas, Arizona, as the "Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry".

Bill: 113-hr-5552
Sponsor: Rep. Barber, Ron [D-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional tributes
Customs enforcement
Government buildings, facilities, and property

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Designates the United States Customs and Border Protection Port of Entry located at First Street and Pan American Avenue in Douglas, Arizona, as the &quot;Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Helping Wounded Warriors Cover Medical Expenses Act

Bill: 113-hr-5554
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Health care costs and insurance
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Helping Wounded Warriors Cover Medical Expenses Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow tax-free distributions from a qualified tuition program account (529 tuition plans) for payment of the medical expenses of veterans with disability ratings of more than 50%; and (2) exclude such distributions from gross income, for income tax purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
FIREARM Act

Bill: 113-hr-5555
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
FIREARM Act - Prohibits the federal government from requiring disclosure of the race or ethnicity of a person to whom a firearm is transferred.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5556
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health information and medical records
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit any patient encounter of an eligible professional occurring at an ambulatory surgical center from being treated as such an encounter in determining whether an eligible professional qualifies as a meaningful electronic health record (EHR) user.
 
Terminates this prohibition three years after the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) certifies EHR technology for the ambulatory surgical center setting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Streamlining Verification for Americans Act

Bill: 113-hr-5557
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Comprehensive health care
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Employee benefits and pensions
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax credits
Right of privacy
Sales and excise taxes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Streamlining Verification for Americans Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to allow large employers to prospectively report information regarding health care coverage available to employees eligible for premium subsidies on a health care exchange.
 
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), upon an individual's request, to make an advance determination of the individual's eligibility for premium subsidies based on information other than the individual's most recent taxable year income.
 
Requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to evaluate the notification of employers by health care exchanges regarding employees determined to be eligible for premium subsidies and the appeals process for eligibility determinations.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a person reporting an individual's health coverage to the Treasury to identify the individual using their birth date in place of their taxpayer identification number (TIN) in certain circumstances.
 
Allows large employers or persons reporting an employee's or individual's health coverage to the Treasury to provide the required statement to the employee or individual electronically.
 
Prohibits provision of premium subsidies and assessment of the penalty for not maintaining minimum essential coverage between December 31, 2014, and the date a process is established to verify eligibility for premium subsidies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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
Bridge to a Clean Energy Future Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5559
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Building construction
Business investment and capital
Coal
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Indian lands and resources rights
Lighting, heating, cooling
Manufacturing
Motor fuels
Sales and excise taxes
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Bridge to a Clean Energy Future Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2015 the following energy-related tax provisions: 
 
 
the tax credits for residential energy efficiency improvements, alternative fuel vehicle refueling property expenditures, two-wheeled plug-in electric vehicles, second generation biofuel production, biodiesel and renewable diesel fuel mixtures, producing electricity using Indian coal facilities, the construction of energy-efficient new homes, and new qualified fuel cell motor vehicles;
 
the enhanced depreciation allowance for second generation biofuel plant property; 
 
the tax deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings; 
 
the excise tax credit for alternative fuels and fuels involving liquefied hydrogen; and 
 
tax deferral rules for sales or dispositions of qualified electric utilities.
 
 
Extends through 2016, the tax credit for producing electricity using wind, biomass, geothermal, landfill gas, trash, hydropower, and marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy facilities.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program to consider and award certifications for qualified investments eligible for the advanced energy project tax credit. Limits the amount of credits that may be allocated under such program to not more than $5 billion (the 2013 allocation amount). Authorizes the Secretary to make direct payments to a taxpayer in lieu of a tax credit. 
 
Extends the energy tax credit to solar energy, fuel cell, microturbine, combined heath and power system, small wind energy, and thermal energy properties the construction of which begins before January 1, 2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1496)
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Helping College Students Cross the Finish Line Act

Bill: 113-hr-5560
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2014-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Financial literacy
Government information and archives
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 
Helping College Students Cross the Finish Line Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to award grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to establish a financial assistance program that awards funds to at least 100 of the IHE's undergraduate or vocational students each academic year who:
 
 
are enrolled on at least a half-time basis;
 
are academically able to complete the degree or certificate program in which they are enrolled within an academic year;
 
are in good academic standing;
 
if they previously received such an award, maintained good academic standing during the academic period for which they received such award;
 
are unable to fully pay an outstanding tuition payment that is due; and
 
without financial assistance, will discontinue the degree or certificate program in which they are enrolled.
 
 
Caps the amount of such award. Prohibits a student from receiving an award for more than two semesters or the equivalent of two semesters.
 
Requires the IHEs to provide each student who receives an award that does not fully cover the amount due on the student's outstanding tuition with information on the financial assistance available from any other source.
 
Directs the Secretary to create, and each student that receives an award to complete, an online financial literacy survey that includes matters relating to budgeting and saving, student loan debt, and career planning.


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