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Overdose Prevention Act

Bill: 113-s-2755
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Overdose Prevention Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to enter into cooperative agreements to reduce deaths from drug overdoses by: (1) purchasing and distributing naloxone (a medication that rapidly reverses overdose from heroin or other opioids, which are drugs with effects similar to opium) or a similar drug; and (2) educating or training the public, first responders, or health professionals on drug overdose prevention or response. Requires the CDC to improve drug overdose surveillance by entering into cooperative agreements to: (1) provide training to improve identification of drug overdose as the cause of death, and (2) establish a national program for reporting drug overdoses.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a coordinating center and develop a plan to reduce drug overdose deaths by educating the public about overdose prevention and recommending improvements to overdose prevention programs.
 Requires the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to prioritize, conduct, and support research on circumstances that contribute to drug overdose, drugs associated with fatal overdose, and overdose prevention methods. Directs NIDA to support research on drug overdose treatments that can be administered by lay persons or first responders.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5233-5234)
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2756
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Medical ethics
Prescription drugs
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2014 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to require prescribers of animal drugs to verify prescriptions and provide copies of prescriptions to pet owners, pet owner designees, and pharmacies, without the prescriber demanding payment or establishing other conditions. 
 Treats a violation of this Act as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to modernize C-130 aircraft using alternative communication, navigation, surveillance, and air traffic management program kits and to ensure that such aircraft meet applicable regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration.

Bill: 113-s-2758
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force, for purposes of modernizing the C-130 aircraft fleet, to install alternative communication, navigation, surveillance, and air traffic management program kits in lieu of C-130 aircraft avionics modernization program kits if the Secretary determines, on a case-by-case basis, that such alternative program is appropriate and notifies Congress of such determination.
 
Requires the Secretary to ensure that all C-130 aircraft are capable of meeting applicable regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) by January 1, 2020.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to use amounts made available for FY2013 or FY2014 for the Air Force for the C-130 aircraft avionics modernization program that remain available for obligation to carry out this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Local Empowerment Act

Bill: 113-s-2761
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Performance measurement
Regional and metropolitan planning
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Local Empowerment Act - Revises requirements for the apportionment of state planning funds to metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs). 
 
Requires a state's apportionment to be distributed in accordance with a formula that prioritizes the needs of high performing MPOs.
 
Revises certain allocations of surface transportation program funds to states for: (1) any areas with a population of fewer (under current law, non-urban areas with more) than 5,000, and (2) urbanized areas with a population of more than 200,000 that have a high performing MPO.
 
Extends for FY2015-FY2018 a state's obligational authority to distribute a specified amount of surface transportation program funds for federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs in urbanized areas with a population over 200,000, including those areas that have a high performing MPO.
 
Makes permanent a special rule authorizing a state to obligate up to 15% of its apportionment of surface transportation program funds for each fiscal on roads functionally classified as minor collectors in areas of less than 5,000 population.
 
Defines &quot;consolidated metropolitan planning organization&quot; to mean a sole MPO that serves a metropolitan statistical area.
 
Prescribes requirements for the designation of new and consolidation of multiple MPOs within a metropolitan statistical area.
 
Allows a MPO for an urbanized area with a population of more than 200,000 to request that the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) designate it as a high performing MPO. Specifies criteria the Secretary shall consider in making such designation.
 
Makes similar changes to requirements for the transportation alternatives program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5234)
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Propane Supply and Security Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2762
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Alternative and renewable resources
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Emergency planning and evacuation
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Lighting, heating, cooling
Livestock
Oil and gas
Pipelines

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Propane Supply and Security Act of 2014 - Directs the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration (EIA) to publish weekly inventory data on propane storage and propane markets, including pricing data for residential customers in states that voluntarily choose to participate in the State Heating Oil and Propane Program (SHOPP) of the EIA.
 
Directs the Administrator to publish data on storage at: (1) major market centers, and (2) the regions reported in specified weekly and monthly inventory data.
 
Directs the Administrator to work with the states participating in SHOPP to develop a comparable program to collect data on wood pellets, firewood, and other biomass. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Energy to lead federal and state emergency response efforts regarding propane supply emergencies in any state or region characterized by either sudden increases in consumer prices for propane, or propane supply shortages that threaten public safety or livestock safety. 
 
Amends the Propane Education and Research Act of 1996 to direct the Propane Education and Research Council to develop for propane distributors and consumers training programs on strategies to mitigate negative effects of future propane price spikes.
 
Directs the Secretary to study the effectiveness and feasibility of establishing propane storage facilities operated separately from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to submit to Congress and the President a plan describing such regional propane reserve. 
 
Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to include within the storage facility loan program funding for propane storage and handling facilities used for drying and heating. 
 
Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to study facilities appurtenant to propane pipelines that are not subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to determine: (1) whether the nonjurisdictional nature of the facilities is injurious to shippers or consumers; and (2) whether the facilities can be placed under FERC jurisdiction or, if not, whether changes in law to place them under FERC jurisdiction are in the public interest.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
American Livestock Protection and Ranching Opportunity Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2764
Sponsor: Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance
Agricultural research
Agricultural trade
Animal and plant health
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Immunology and vaccination
Livestock
Meat
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Trade restrictions
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
American Livestock Protection and Ranching Opportunity Act of 2014 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: the majority of consumers in the United States want to know where animals used to produce the meat eaten are born, raised, and slaughtered; country-of-origin labeling provides information that consumers have a right to know; and country-of-origin labeling facilitates supply chain information critical for food safety.
 
Amends the Animal Health Protection Act to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from allowing or advancing regulations that allow the importation of fresh meat and meat products from a country until the Secretary certifies to Congress that a country is free of foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination.
 
Amends the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to establish a USDA livestock disease initiative to provide competitive grants for research and development related to surveillance methods, vaccines, vaccination delivery systems, or diagnostic tests for diseases in domestic livestock that present a potential concern to public health and safety. Makes federal agencies, national laboratories, institutions of higher education, research institutions, and state agricultural experiment stations eligible for grants. 
 
Amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to provide eligible livestock producers with assistance for losses due to brucellosis and to alter the payment rates USDA uses to provide agricultural disaster assistance under the Livestock Indemnity Program and the Livestock Forage Disaster Program. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
SBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2765
Sponsor: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business investment and capital
Financial services and investments
Licensing and registrations
Small business
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
SBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2014 - Amends the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to exempt specified advisers of small business investment companies (SBICs) from certain: (1) Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registration requirements with respect to the provision of investment advice relating to venture capital funds, and (2) SEC registration and reporting requirements with respect to assets under management of private funds.
 
Provides the same exemption with respect to any state or local law requiring the registration, licensing, or qualifications of investment advisers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Palestinian and United Nations Anti-Terrorism Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2766
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Gaza Strip
International organizations and cooperation
Israel
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military education and training
Palestinians
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Terrorism
United Nations
West Bank

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Palestinian and United Nations Anti-Terrorism Act of 2014 - States that it shall be U.S. policy to: (1) deny U.S. assistance to any entity or international organization that collaborates with Hamas until Hamas agrees to recognize Israel, renounces violence, disarms, and accepts prior Israeli-Palestinian agreements; (2) seek a negotiated settlement only if Hamas and any U.S.-designated terrorist groups are required to disarm entirely; and (3) provide security assistance to Israel. 
 
Considers any power-sharing government, including the current government, formed in connection with the April 23, 2014, agreement between the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and Hamas to be a &quot;Hamas-controlled Palestinian Authority (PA)&quot; and thus subject to specified restrictions under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
 
States that until the Secretary of State certifies to Congress that the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)'s agenda does not include a permanent item related to Israel or the Palestinian territories: (1) the U.S. contribution to the regular budget of the United Nations (U.N.) shall be reduced by a specified amount, (2) the Secretary shall not make a voluntary contribution to UNHRC, and (3) the United States shall not run for an UNHRC seat.
 
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit U.S. contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) for programs in the West Bank and Gaza until the Secretary certifies to Congress that:
 
 
no official, employee, consultant, or affiliate of UNRWA is a member of Hamas or any U.S.-designated terrorist group, or has propagated or incited anti-Israel or anti-Semitic rhetoric; 
 
no UNRWA facility or resource is being used by Hamas or an affiliated group for any purpose;
 
UNRWA is subject to audits by an internationally recognized third party auditing firm and has implemented an oversight system to prevent the use of UNRWA resources by Hamas or any U.S.-designated terrorist group; and
 
no recipient of UNRWA funds or loans is a member of Hamas or any U.S.-designated terrorist group.
 
 
 Authorizes the equivalent amount of all U.S. contributions withheld from the PA, UNHRC, and UNRWA under this Act to be provided to Israel for Iron Dome and other missile defense systems and for underground warfare training and technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Combating Fraudulent Child Transfers Act

Bill: 113-s-2767
Sponsor: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Crimes against children
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Separation, divorce, custody, support

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Combating Fraudulent Child Transfers Act - Amends federal criminal law to make it unlawful for a person to obtain custody of an unaccompanied alien child if the person: (1) makes any materially false or fraudulent statement, or knowingly makes or uses any false writing or document; and (2) intends to subject the child to an offense relating to peonage, slavery, or trafficking in persons. 
 
Subjects any person who violates or attempts or conspires to violate such provision to a fine and imprisonment of up to 15 years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2768
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Birds
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2014 - Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to categorically exclude an authorized hazardous fuel reduction project from the environmental review requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) if the project: 
 
 
 involves the removal of insect-infested trees, dead or dying trees, trees presenting a threat to public safety or electrical reliability, or the removal of other hazardous fuels near certain infrastructure; 
 
 is intended to treat 10,000 acres or less of public land or National Forest System land that contains threatened and endangered species habitat, or provides conservation benefits to a state-listed species, a special concern species, or candidates for a listing under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; or
 
 is proposed to be conducted on federal land that is adjacent to non-federal land and on which conditions are determined to pose a risk to the non-federal land, or is recommended in a community wildfire protection plan if certain conditions are met. 
 
 
Excludes from treatment under this Act land: (1) that is a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, (2) on which the removal of vegetation is specifically prohibited by federal law, or (3) that is within a national monument. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to ensure appropriate judicial review of Federal Government actions by amending the prohibition on the exercise of jurisdiction by the United States Court of Federal Claims of certain claims pending in other courts.

Bill: 113-s-2769
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Government liability
Judicial review and appeals
Jurisdiction and venue

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: 
Amends the federal judicial code with respect to the jurisdiction of federal courts over civil actions pending in, or on appeal from, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (USCFC) when the plaintiff also has pending in another federal court a civil action that includes a claim against the United States (or an agency or officer of the United States) arising from the same set of operative facts.
 
 Requires the court presiding over the action that was filed later to stay the later action until the action that was filed first is no longer pending. (Currently, the USCFC is prohibited from having jurisdiction of any claim in which the plaintiff has pending in any other court any suit or process against the United States or any person who was acting or professing to act under the authority of the United States.)
 
Provides an exception to the requirement to stay the later action if: (1) the parties in each of the actions agree, or (2) the required stay is not in the interests of justice.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act

Bill: 113-s-2770
Sponsor: Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT]
Introduced: 2014-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government liability
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act - Amends the Equal Access to Justice Act and the federal judicial code to require the Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States to submit to Congress and make publicly available on an Internet website an annual report on the amount of fees and other expenses awarded to prevailing parties other than the United States in certain administrative proceedings and civil action court cases (excluding tort cases) to which the United States is a party, including settlement agreements. 
Requires such reports to describe the number, nature, and amount of the awards, the claims involved in the controversy, and any other relevant information that may aid Congress in evaluating the scope and impact of such awards.
 
Directs the Chairman to create and maintain a searchable database on an Internet website containing specified information with respect to each award, including: 
 
 
if available, the case name and number of, as well as a hyperlink to, any case in which the party other than the agency is not an individual; 
 
the name of the agency involved; 
 
for an award to an individual, a statement that excludes any personally identifiable information but indicates that the award was made to an individual; 
 
for an award made to a party other than an individual, the name of the party;
 
the amount of the award; and
 
the basis for finding that the position of the agency concerned was not substantially justified.
 
 
Directs the head of each agency (including, with respect to court cases, the Attorney General [DOJ] and the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts) to provide the Chairman all information requested to produce such reports.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate