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Supporting Community Schools Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3873
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2014-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child care and development
Child health
Community life and organization
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Public-private cooperation
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: 
Supporting Community Schools Act of 2013 - Amends part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to authorize local educational agencies (LEAs) to use school improvement funds to transform schools identified as needing improvement, corrective action, or restructuring into community schools. (Schools are identified as needing improvement, corrective action, or restructuring when they fail to make adequate yearly progress [AYP] toward state academic performance standards.)
 
Defines a &quot;community school&quot; as a public elementary or secondary school that partners with community-based entities, both public and private, to address students' academic, health, and developmental needs while also serving as a community center that provides or hosts relevant community services.
 
Requires such schools to be based on research into successful practices in: (1) improving student achievement or growth, (2) closing achievement gaps between groups of students, and (3) increasing student attendance and graduation rates.
 
Authorizes LEAs to use funds under part D (Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk) of title I of the ESEA to fund a community school coordinator who will support their community schools. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Federal Sunset Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3874
Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2014-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: 
Federal Sunset Act of 2014 - Establishes the Federal Agency Sunset Commission to: (1) submit to Congress a schedule for review by the Commission, at least once every 12 years, of the abolishment or reorganization of each federal executive agency, including advisory committees; (2) review and evaluate the efficiency and public need for each agency using specified criteria; (3) recommend whether each agency should be abolished or reorganized; and (4) report to Congress on all legislation introduced that would establish a new agency or a new program to be carried out by an existing agency. Requires the abolishment of any agency within one year of the Commission's review, unless the agency is reauthorized by Congress. Authorizes the deadline for abolishing an agency to be extended for an additional two years by legislation enacted by a super majority of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
 
Terminates the Commission on December 31, 2033.
 
Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), in cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Research Service (CRS), to prepare an inventory of federal programs within each agency, including the budget authority for each such program, to assist Congress and the Commission in carrying out the requirements of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Burial with Dignity for Heroes Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3876
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2014-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: 
Burial with Dignity for Heroes Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a program to make grants to eligible entities to provide for the cost of burials for homeless veterans who: (1) are eligible to be buried in national cemeteries, and (2) the Secretary determines have no next-of-kin.
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Lymphedema Treatment Act

Bill: 113-hr-3877
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2014-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: 
Lymphedema Treatment Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to cover certain lymphedema compression treatment items as durable medical equipment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-01-15
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: 2014-01-15
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: 2014-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Introduced in House
Hate Crime Reporting Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3878
Sponsor: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2014-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Hate crimes
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: 
Hate Crime Reporting Act of 2014 - Directs the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to update a report for Congress concerning the role of telecommunications in the commission of hate crimes. 
 
Requires such report to include: (1) an analysis of the use of telecommunications (including the Internet, broadcast television and radio, cable television, public access television, commercial mobile services, and other electronic media) to advocate and encourage violent acts and the commission of hate crimes as specified in the Hate Crime Statistics Act; (2) NTIA recommendations; and (3) updates concerning the role of telecommunications in crimes of hate and violent acts against ethnic, religious, and racial minorities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Introduced in House
To make permanent the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program.

Bill: 113-hr-3879
Sponsor: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2014-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
Property tax
State and local finance
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: 
Makes permanent the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Program (under which counties or other eligible units of local government in which U.S.-owned entitlement land is located are entitled to certain payments under such program which may be used for any governmental purpose). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Introduced in House
National Security Agency Data Collection Review Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3880
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Business records
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Evidence and witnesses
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Telephone and wireless communication
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: 
National Security Agency Data Collection Review Act of 2014 - Amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 to advance to December 31, 2014 (currently, June 1, 2015), the termination date of provisions of such Act that authorize the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to apply for a court order for the production of records to assist in investigations of international terrorism.
 
Amends the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to advance to December 31, 2014 (currently, December 31, 2017), the expiration of the authority for the targeting, for foreign intelligence purposes, of communications of foreign persons who are located outside the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2014-01-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2014-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Introduced in House
Expansion of National Security Agency Oversight Act

Bill: 113-hr-3881
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Business records
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Telephone and wireless communication
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: 
Expansion of National Security Agency Oversight Act - Amends the Foreign Intelligene Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to include the House Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Relations (in addition to the intelligence and judiciary committees) as congressional committees to which the Attorney General is required to report under FISA with respect to physical searches, pen register and trap and trace devices, access to certain business records for intelligence purposes, semiannual FISA reviews, and targeting of persons outside the United States to obtain intelligence information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2014-01-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2014-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Introduced in House
National Security Agency Accountability Act

Bill: 113-hr-3882
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Business records
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Specialized courts
Telephone and wireless communication
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: 
National Security Agency Accountability Act - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to require the Comptroller General to report annually to the House and Senate Intelligence and Judiciary Committees on the effectiveness of the programs and activities carried out under such Act.
 
Requires each report to include: (1) an analysis of the restrictions placed on access to information obtained under such Act; (2) the number of incidents of non-compliance with such Act and a description of actions taken in response to such incidents; (3) a description of the minimization procedures used to carry out such Act and of how such procedures are verified to be in use and effective; (4) the number of applications made under each appropriate provision of such Act, the number of such applications approved by a court, and the number of times such applications resulted in an oral argument before the court; and (5) the number of times employees of or contractors to the National Security Agency (NSA) search information acquired under such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2014-01-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2014-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Full Use of Federal Health Care Funding Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3884
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2014-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Intergovernmental relations
Marketing and advertising
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: 
Ensuring Full Use of Federal Health Care Funding Act of 2014 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to recoup any funds awarded to a state to establish health care exchanges to the extent the state has not obligated them for expenditure before April 1, 2014. Allows the Secretary, however, not to recoup such funds from a state if the state has approved, before March 31, 2014, a plan to spend them for such exchanges in a timely manner.
 
Requires the Secretary to use any recouped funds to make grants to qualified entities to: (1) build and fund operations of an in-person assistance personnel (IPA) program (also known as &quot;non-Navigator assistance personnel&quot;); (2) coordinate with other health and human services organizations in the state to broaden outreach to individuals eligible to enroll in qualified health plans through the exchange operating in the state; and (3) produce and disseminate marketing and campaign materials, subject to the Secretary's approval.
 
Requires a qualified entity to: (1) have (or readily and on a timely basis be able to establish) relationships with employers and employees, consumers (both uninsured and underinsured), or self-employed individuals in the state that are likely to be qualified to enroll in coverage options made available through a health care exchange in the state; (2) be capable of carrying out grant activities; and (3) meet specified standards.
 
Lists as types of qualified entities: (1) a trade, industry, and professional association; (2) a commercial fishing industry organization; (3) a ranching and farming organization; (4) a community and consumer-focused nonprofit group; (5) a chamber of commerce; (6) a union; (7) a resource partner of the Small Business Administration (SBA); (8) a licensed insurance agent or broker; and (9) any other entity that meets the qualification standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Pay for Performance Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3887
Sponsor: Rep. Rothfus, Keith J. [R-PA-12]
Introduced: 2014-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: 
Congressional Pay for Performance Act of 2014 - Requires the appropriate payroll administrator of each house of Congress to deposit in an escrow account all mandatory payments for compensation of Members of Congress serving in that house if by April 15 of any calendar year, beginning with 2015, that house has not agreed to a concurrent budget resolution for the fiscal year that begins on October 1 of the calendar year. Requires release to those Members of such payments after April 16 of the calendar year, only upon the earlier of: (1) the day on which that house agrees to a concurrent budget resolution for the fiscal year which begins on October 1 of that calendar year, or (2) the last day of Congress during which that calendar year occurs. 
Sets forth similar requirements if by July 31 of a calendar year, beginning with 2014, a house of Congress has not passed each of the regular appropriation bills for the fiscal year which begins on October 1 of that calendar year. Requires release to the appropriate Members of salary payments after August 1 of the calendar year, only upon the earlier of: (1) the day on which that house has passed each of the regular appropriation bills for the fiscal year which begins on October 1 of that calendar year, or (2) the last day of Congress during which that calendar year occurs.
 
Requires the payroll administrator of a house of Congress, in order to ensure that this Act is carried out in a manner consistent with the Constitution, to release for payments to Members of that house any amounts remaining in any escrow account under this Act on the last day of Congress during which the amounts were deposited in such account.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H229-230)
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Introduced in House
New Chance for a New Start in Life Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3888
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2014-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Child care and development
Education programs funding
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Health care coverage and access
Indian social and development programs
Minority employment
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: 
New Chance for a New Start in Life Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Labor, subject to the availability of appropriations, to make grants to state and local governments and Indian tribes to carry out employment training programs to assist long-term unemployed persons obtain the skills and training to reenter the workforce and fill jobs in sectors of the economy projected to have the highest rates of demand during the period 2012 through 2022.
 
Prescribes certain grant condition and use requirements.
 
Declares that an individual receiving services or compensation funded by a grant under this Act shall not be cause for any reduction in the amount of unemployment compensation that individual is otherwise due.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H452-453)
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-01-15
text: Introduced in House