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A bill to authorize the award of the Medal of Honor to Henry Johnson.

Bill: 113-s-2793
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2014-09-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Europe
France
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-11
text: 
Authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to Henry Johnson for acts of valor during World War I for which he was previously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.

action_date: 2014-09-18
text: 

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

 
Authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to Henry Johnson for acts of valor during World War I for which he was previously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-09-19
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2014-09-19
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S5877)
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S5877)
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Senate Committee on Armed Services discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5876-5877)
action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Senate Committee on Armed Services discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5876-5877)
action_date: 2014-09-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-09-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2794
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2014-09-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Intergovernmental relations
Small business
State and local government operations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-11
text: 
Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2014 - Amends the Small Business Act to require the interagency task force that is responsible for coordinating federal efforts to improve the business development and federal contracting opportunities available to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans to coordinate administrative and regulatory activities and develop proposals to provide access to, and manage the distribution of, excess or surplus U.S. property located outside the United States to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding with the applicable state agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5565)
action_date: 2014-09-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Career and Technical Education Opportunity Act

Bill: 113-s-2795
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2014-09-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-11
text: 
Career and Technical Education Opportunity Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include as a program that is eligible to participate in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program and the Federal Perkins Loans program an educational program that: (1) provides students with at least 250 clock hours of instruction over a minimum of five weeks, and (2) leads to an industry-recognized credential.
 
Defines an &quot;industry-recognized credential&quot; as one that:
 
 
is demonstrated to be of high quality by the institution of higher education offering the educational program in its title IV participation agreement with the Secretary of Education;
 
meets the current or projected needs of a local or regional workforce for recruitment, screening, hiring, retention, or advancement purposes; and 
 
is, where applicable, endorsed by a nationally recognized trade association or organization representing a significant part of the industry or sector.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-09-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Working Student Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2796
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2014-09-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-11
text: 
Working Student Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the income protection allowance for academic year 2015-2016 to: 
 
 
 $8,451 for dependent students; 
 
 $13,135 for independent students without dependents other than a spouse who are single, separated, or married when both spouses are enrolled; and 
 
 $21,060 for independent students without dependents other than a spouse if only one of the spouses is enrolled. 
 
 
Increases for academic year 2015-2016 the income protection allowances for independent students with dependents other than a spouse. (These allowances vary depending on the number of such dependents.) 
 
Provides for cost-of-living adjustments to such income protection allowances after academic year 2015-2016. (An income protection allowance is the amount excluded from a student's income in determining the student's need for assistance under title IV.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-09-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Water Affordability Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2797
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2014-09-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Government information and archives
Infrastructure development
Licensing and registrations
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-11
text: 
Clean Water Affordability Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to revise and reauthorize through FY2019 a grant program to intercept, transport, control, or treat combined sewer overflows (CSOs) and sanitary sewer overflows.
 
Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a comprehensive and integrated planning approach to the obligations under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) of a publicly owned treatment work (POTW) or a publicly owned municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4). Allows approval of a NPDES permit under a state-administered program with a term of between 5 and 25 years if a POTW or MS4 has an integrated plan approved under this Act. 
 
Requires the EPA to: (1) amend the CSO control policy to allow a POTW with an approved long-term control plan to modify the plan to incorporate green infrastructure and energy-efficient technologies if they are cost-effective, and (2) allow a POTW 30 years to meet compliance obligations under a modified plan.
 
Requires the EPA to: (1) promote the use of green infrastructure in permitting programs, planning efforts, research, technical assistance, and funding guidance; and (2) establish a voluntary green infrastructure portfolio standard to increase the percentage of annual water managed by eligible entities that use green infrastructure. 
 
Requires the EPA to update the guidance entitled &quot;Combined Sewer Overflows - Guidance for Financial Capability Assessment and Schedule Development&quot; to ensure that the evaluations of financial capability assessment and schedule development meet specified criteria.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2014-09-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Great Lakes and Fresh Water Algal Bloom Information Act

Bill: 113-s-2798
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2014-09-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Government information and archives
Great Lakes
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-11
text: 
Great Lakes and Fresh Water Algal Bloom Information Act - Requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to create an online database of research and information on the causes and corrective actions being taken with regard to algal blooms in the Great Lakes, their tributaries, and other surface fresh waters. Requires NOAA to include relevant chemical, physical, and biological data that have been collected by an accredited university, association or organization, research group, federal agency, state, or local government in the United States or Canada.
 
Declares that this Act does not authorize NOAA to require the submission of additional data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2014-09-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Patient Centered Quality Care for Life Act

Bill: 113-s-2800
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2014-09-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Allied health services
Computers and information technology
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical education
Medical research
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-11
text: 
Patient Centered Quality Care for Life Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to convene a Patient-Centered Health Care and Quality of Life Stakeholder Strategic Summit to analyze health system barriers to patient-centered care and make recommendations to improve patient-centered care and address quality of life concerns for individuals with serious, complex, and chronic illness and their families.
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to award grants to increase demand for and delivery of integrated, patient-centered care to improve the quality of life of seriously ill patients.
 
Directs the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to award health care professional workforce training grants to promote quality of life focused clinical core competencies across clinical specialties that serve patients who are seriously ill or have complex chronic disease.
 
Requires the Secretary to update and expand the September 2002 HRSA report &quot;The Supply, Demand and Use of Palliative Care Physicians in the United States&quot; and to establish a Quality of Life Cross-Agency Advisory Committee to disseminate findings on best practices and to assist the CDC and HRSA in conducting the grant programs established by this Act.
 Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop and implement a strategy to expand national research programs in symptom management, palliative, psychosocial, and survivorship care in accordance with the Advisory Committee's recommendations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-09-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Heath Care Consumer Choices Preservation Act

Bill: 113-s-2801
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2014-09-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-11
text: 
Heath Care Consumer Choices Preservation Act - Prohibits automatic renewal for 2015 of an individual's health plan purchased through a health exchange for coverage in 2014 unless the 2015 premiums are the same as the 2014 premiums (before and after federal subsidies) or the individual requests automatic renewal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-09-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Strengthening Research in Adult Education Act

Bill: 113-s-2802
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2014-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Adult education and literacy
Advisory bodies
Census and government statistics
Computers and information technology

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: 
Strengthening Research in Adult Education Act - Amends the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to revise the mission statement for the Institute of Education Sciences of the Department of Education to ensure access to, and opportunities for, adult education and literacy activities.
 
Revises the composition of presidential appointees to the National Board for Education Sciences to include adult educators.
 
Revises the mission statement for the Institute's National Center for Education Research (Research Center) to include improving the literacy and numeracy skills of individuals who need adult education. 
 
Revises also the Research Center's duties to include research on successful state and local adult education and literacy activities that:
 
 
 result in increased literacy, numeracy, and educational attainment for adult learners, or
 
prepare students for postsecondary education or employment.
 
 
Directs the Research Commissioner to support, through national research and development centers or through other means, research on adult education and digital literacy.
 
Revises duties of the National Center for Education Statistics to require it to include in the statistical data on education in the United States it collects, analyzes, and disseminates data on access to, and opportunity for, adult education and literacy activities.
 
Requires the National Center for Education and Regional Assistance to disseminate widely certain educational information with respect to educational practices that improve digital literacy.
 
Amends the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 to revise the composition of regional advisory committees to include representatives of local or regional adult education providers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5589-5590)
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to remove a use restriction on land formerly a part of Acadia National Park that was transferred to the town of Tremont, Maine, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-2803
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2014-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Educational facilities and institutions
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Maine
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: 
Declares that specified lands in Acadia National Park in Maine, which were conveyed by the National Park Service to the town of Tremont, Maine, for school purposes, shall no longer be required to be used exclusively and perpetually for such purposes, and upon their discontinuance of such a use, shall no longer be required to revert to the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Family Asthma Act

Bill: 113-s-2804
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2014-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Intergovernmental relations
Medical research
Research administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: 
 Family Asthma Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to collaborate with state and local health departments to: (1) conduct activities regarding asthma, including deterring the harmful consequences of uncontrolled asthma, and disseminating health education and information regarding prevention of asthma episodes and strategies for managing asthma; and (2) develop state plans incorporating public health responses to reduce the burden of asthma, particularly regarding disproportionately affected populations.
 
 Revises and expands requirements for asthma surveillance activities.
 
 Requires the Director to coordinate data collection activities to maximize the comparability of results.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to submit an assessment of current activities related to asthma prevention, management and surveillance along with recommendations for the future direction of asthma activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Billings, Montana, as the "Bear Root Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic".

Bill: 113-s-2805
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2014-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health facilities and institutions
Montana
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: 
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic located at 1766 Majestic Lane in Billings, Montana, as the "Bear Root Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Dependent Care Savings Account Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2806
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2014-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aging
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Child care and development
Disability and paralysis
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: 
Dependent Care Savings Account Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish tax-exempt dependent care savings accounts to pay the employment-related expenses of caring for a dependent of the taxpayer, (2) allow a deduction from gross income (above-the-line deduction) of up to $5,000 in a taxable year for cash contributions to such accounts, (3) set forth rules for the tax treatment of account distributions and for excess contributions to an account, and (4) impose a tax on employers who fail to make comparable contributions to a dependent savings account for all participating employees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-2807
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2014-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal justice information and records
Detention of persons
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: 
Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 [
sic
]- Requires states that receive certain criminal justice assistance grants to report to the Attorney General on a quarterly basis certain information regarding the death of any person who is detained, arrested, en route to incarceration, or incarcerated in state or local facilities or a boot camp prison. Imposes penalties on states that fail to comply with such reporting requirements.

Requires the head of each federal law enforcement agency to report to the Attorney General annually certain information regarding the death of any person who: (1) is detained or arrested by any officer of such agency (or by any state or local law enforcement officer for purposes of a federal law enforcement operation); or (2) is en route to be incarcerated or detained, or is incarcerated or detained, at any federal correctional facility or federal pretrial detention facility located within the United States or any other facility pursuant to a contract with or used by such agency.

Requires the Attorney General to study such information and report on means by which it can be used to reduce the number of such deaths.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Employee Health Care Protection Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2808
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2014-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: 
Employee Health Care Protection Act of 2014 - Permits a health insurance issuer that has in effect health insurance coverage in the group market on any date during 2013 to continue offering such coverage for sale during 2014 outside of a health care exchange established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Treats such coverage as a grandfathered health plan for purposes of an individual meeting the requirement to maintain minimum essential health coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Environmental Protection Agency to obtain a court order to garnish wages to pay a nontax debt.

Bill: 113-s-2809
Sponsor: Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE]
Introduced: 2014-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: 
Prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from garnishing the pay of an individual without a court order.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Service Members Transition Improvement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2810
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2014-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Personnel records
State and local government operations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: 
Service Members Transition Improvement Act of 2014 - Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to develop procedures to share with state veterans agencies information, in electronic data format, on members of the Armed Forces who are separating from service in order to facilitate the transition of such members to civilian life. Identifies that information as military service and separation data and specified contact information.
 
Requires the member's consent before that information may be shared.
 
Directs the Secretary to ensure that the state veterans agencies only share such information with county veterans service offices for such purposes as the Secretary specifies for the administration and delivery of benefits.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate