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Carbon Capture and Sequestration Deployment Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2287
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2014-05-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Congressional oversight
Department of Energy
Department of the Treasury
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy research
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Executive agency funding and structure
Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax credits
Industrial facilities
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-05
text: 
 
 
Carbon Capture and Sequestration Deployment Act of 2014 - Directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a cooperative industry-government research and development program to demonstrate innovative technologies to capture, prevent, or store carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from carbon-based fuels or to enable the beneficial use of CO2.
 
Requires DOE to conduct an annual assessment of existing programs supporting carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology until that technology is available in commerce. (CCS is a three-step process: the capture, transport, and underground injection and geologic sequestration of CO2.)
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for CO2 sequestration, to: (1) impose limitations on the allocation of credit amounts for carbon capture projects, including a 10-year limitation on CO2 capture at a qualified facility (defined as an industrial facility which captures not less than 500,000 metric tons of CO2 in a taxable year); (2) require the Secretary of the Treasury to establish procedures for allocating the national limitation on such credit to projects for placing carbon capture equipment (i.e., equipment to capture and pressurize qualified CO2) in service at qualified facilities and for certifying projects for which an allocation has been made; and (3) identify as eligible for such credit the taxpayer who captures and disposes of the qualified CO2.
 Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to authorize DOE to make loan guarantees to: (1) construct or retrofit coal- or petroleum coke-fired industrial facilities or electric generation facilities to utilize CCS technology, and (2) construct pipelines for the transport of CO2 to sequestration sites or to sites where the C02 will be used for hydrocarbon recovery. Expands the qualifying advanced coal project investment tax credit to include an additional amount for the costs of constructing and retrofitting such facilities.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-05-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2648-2649)
action_date: 2014-05-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Expanding Carbon Capture through Enhanced Oil Recovery Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2288
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2014-05-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-05
text: 
Expanding Carbon Capture through Enhanced Oil Recovery Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise and expand the tax credit program for carbon dioxide sequestration by directing the Secretary of the Treasury to establish: (1) a process for annual competitive bidding for carbon dioxide sequestration credits, (2) a certification process that guarantees the availability of the credit for private sector companies investing in commercial-scale carbon capture projects, (3) criteria for revoking the certification of a project that does not meet specified timelines for beginning construction and operations and that makes materially inaccurate representations in the bidding process, (4) an external review of the annual competitive bidding process by a panel of independent experts to improve such process and ensure its transparency and effectiveness, and (5) a review process for determining the actual and projected increase in federal revenues attributable to the competitive bidding process and credit allocations under this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-05-05
text: Introduced in Senate
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015

Bill: 113-s-2289
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2014-05-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-05
text: 
 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 - Authorizes FY2015 appropriations for military activities of the Department of Defense (DOD) and for military construction. Authorizes military personnel strengths for FY2015. 
 
Authorizes FY2015 appropriations to DOD for: 
 
 
procurement, including aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund, and other procurement; 
 
research, development, test, and evaluation; 
 
operation and maintenance; 
 
military personnel;
 
working capital funds; 
 
the Joint Urgent Operational Needs Fund; 
 
chemical agents and munitions destruction; 
 
drug interdiction and counter-drug activities; 
 
the Office of the Inspector General; and 
 
the Defense Health Program. 
 
 
Sets forth provisions or requirements concerning: 
 
 
end strengths for active and reserve forces;
 
military personnel policy, including education and training, sexual assault prevention and response, and military justice and legal matters; 
 
military pay and allowances; 
 
military health care; 
 
acquisition policy and management; 
 
DOD organization and management; 
 
financial matters; 
 
counter-drug and counterterrorism activities; 
 
civilian personnel matters;
 
matters relating to foreign nations; 
 
cooperative threat reduction; and
 
military construction and military family housing. 
 
 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2015 for military construction for the Armed Forces and defense agencies, including the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program and base realignment and closure (BRAC) activities. 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-05-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2649)
action_date: 2014-05-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Real Transparency in Airfares Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2290
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2014-05-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Marketing and advertising
Small business
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-05
text: 
Real Transparency in Airfares Act of 2014 - Sets at $55,000, or $2,500 for an individual or small business, the maximum civil penalty assessed on a person for an unfair or deceptive practice relating to unfair methods of competition in air transportation, the sale of air transportation, or specified regulations relating to price advertising and opt-out requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2014-05-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Peace Corps Equity Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2291
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2014-05-06 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Abortion
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care coverage and access
National and community service
Peace Corps

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: 
Peace Corps Equity Act of 2014 - Amends the Peace Corps Act to subject abortion service coverage by the Peace Corps for volunteers to the same limitations that apply to Peace Corps employees regarding coverage of abortion services.
 
States that such restriction shall not be construed to limit medical evacuation coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in Senate
National Scenic Trails Parity Act

Bill: 113-s-2293
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2014-05-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Connecticut
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
New York State
North Dakota
Ohio
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: 
National Scenic Trails Parity Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to require the North Country, Ice Age, and New England National Scenic Trails to be administered as units of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-493.
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require a survey of the preferences of members of the Armed Forces regarding military pay and benefits.

Bill: 113-s-2294
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2014-05-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: 
Directs the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission to carry out an anonymous survey of random members of the Armed Forces regarding their preferences in military pay and benefits, with respect to: (1) the relative value that they place on specified forms of compensation (including basic pay, allowances for housing and subsistence, bonuses, various healthcare benefits, and retirement pay); (2) how they value different levels of pay or benefits, including the impact of copayments or deductibles; and (3) how information collected varies by age, grade, dependent status, and other factors.
 
Directs the Commission to submit to the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and Congress and make available to the public a report on the analysis and raw data of the survey.
 
Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2013 to require the Commission to make its recommendations for changes to the military compensation and retirement systems only after examining the analysis and raw data collected pursuant to such survey.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2721)
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in Senate
National Commission on the Future of the Army Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2295
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2014-05-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Disaster relief and insurance
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Homeland security
Military civil functions
Military command and structure
Military education and training
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
Military readiness
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: 
National Commission on the Future of the Army Act of 2014 - Prohibits the use of funds made available for FY2015 for the Army to: (1) reduce Army personnel below the authorized fiscal year end strengths of 450,000 for active duty personnel of the Army, 345,000 for the Army National Guard, and 195,000 for the Army Reserve; or (2) divest, retire, or transfer any AH-64 Apache aircraft assigned to units of the Army National Guard as of January 15, 2014, or to reduce related personnel below the levels of such personnel as of September 30, 2014. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Army to ensure the continuing readiness of the AH-64 Apache aircraft and crews during FY2015. 
 
Permits the use of such funds, after the Commission established by this Act submits its interim report, to prepare for the transfer of not more than 72 AH-64 Apache aircraft from the Army National Guard to the regular Army if the Secretary of Defense (DOD) certifies that such a transfer would not: (1) degrade the strategic depth or regeneration capacities of the Army, (2) degrade the Army National Guard in its role as the combat reserve of the Army, and (3) occur before October 1, 2014. 
 
Establishes the National Commission on the Future of the Army, which shall: (1) undertake a comprehensive study of the structure of the Army and policy assumptions related to its size and force mixture in order to make recommendations on how the structure should be modified to best fulfill mission requirements in a manner consistent with available resources, and (2) submit a final report to the President and the congressional defense committees by February 1, 2016. Directs the Commission to study and submit an interim report on the feasibility and advisability of a partial transfer of Army National Guard AH-64 Apache aircraft from the Army National Guard to the regular Army.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2785-2786)
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-05-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Appeals Improvement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2296
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2014-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: 
Veterans Appeals Improvement Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) ensure that not fewer than three decision review officers are employed at each Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regional office within one year after enactment of this Act; and (2) submit a notice to the House and Senate veterans' affairs committees when the number of such officers at a regional office declines to fewer than three, including a plan to increase the number to at least three and a description of the measures the Secretary plans to take to ensure that appeals before the Board of Veterans' Appeals are disposed of in a timely manner while fewer than three officers are employed at such office.
 
Directs the Secretary to report to such committees on the ability of the Board to conduct hearings and dispose of appeals in a timely manner. Requires such report to include: (1) whether the number of members of the Board is sufficient; and (2) an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of increasing the number of decision review officers by 10%, 15%, and 25%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
NURSE Act

Bill: 113-s-2297
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2014-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: 
Nurses for Under-Resourced Schools Everywhere Act or the NURSE Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make competitive matching demonstration grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) in which the student-to-school nurse ratio in each of their public elementary and secondary schools is 750 or more students to every school nurse to pay a specified federal share of the cost of reducing such ratio.
 
Gives grant priority to high-need LEAs that demonstrate: (1) the greatest need for new or additional nursing services for their students, or (2) that they do not have a school nurse in any of their schools.
 
Defines a &quot;high-need LEA&quot; as an LEA for which not fewer than 10,000 or not less than 20% of the children served are from families with incomes below the poverty line.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Wounded Veterans Recreation Act

Bill: 113-s-2298
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2014-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
User charges and fees
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: 
Wounded Veterans Recreation Act - Amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to require the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass, which is made available without charge to any U.S. citizen or person domiciled in the United States who has been medically determined to be permanently disabled, to be made available: (1) to any veteran with a service-connected disability, and (2) for the lifetime of the passholder.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Native American Languages Reauthorization Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2299
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]
Introduced: 2014-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Indian social and development programs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: 
Amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize appropriations, for FY2015-FY2019, for a grant program to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages. 
 

action_date: 2014-08-26
text: 
Native American Languages Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize through FY2019 and revise a grant program administered by the Administration for Native Americans at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages. 
 
Decreases the required minimum number of enrollees in educational programs funded by the grant program from:
 
 
10 to 5 enrollees in Native American language nests, and 
 
15 to 10 enrollees in the Native American language survival schools. 

 
Changes the duration of grants provided under the program. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-10-01
text: By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 09/18/2014. Report No. 113-266.
action_date: 2014-10-01
text: By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 09/18/2014. Report No. 113-266.
action_date: 2014-08-26
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 541.
action_date: 2014-08-26
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Tester under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/05/2014 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
action_date: 2014-08-26
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Tester under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/05/2014 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-510.
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2797-2798)
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Jacob Sexton Military Suicide Prevention Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2300
Sponsor: Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN]
Introduced: 2014-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: 
Jacob Sexton Military Suicide Prevention Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD), at least once each year, to: (1) provide a person-to-person mental health assessment for each member of the Armed Forces on active duty and for each member of the Ready Reserve of an Armed Force for the purpose of identifying mental health conditions to determine which members are in need of additional care, treatment, or other services; and (2) submit to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees a report on such assessments, including on the number of members referred for care and services based on mental health conditions detected.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) convene an interagency working group to review and recommend collaborative approaches to improving the provision of mental health services to members of the National Guard and the Reserves; (2) report the findings and recommendations of the working group to specified congressional committees; and (3) report to the Armed Services Committees on an evaluation of specific tools, processes, and best practices to improve the identification of, and treatment by the Armed Forces of, mental health conditions and traumatic brain injury among members of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate