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Original Living Wage Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4839
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2014-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Labor standards
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: 
Original Living Wage Act of 2014 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the federal minimum wage should, as a minimum, be adjusted every four years so that a person working for it may earn an annual income at least 15% higher than the federal poverty threshold for a family of four; (2) it should be set at a level high enough to allow two full-time minimum wage workers to earn an income above the national housing wage; and (3) Congress, any of the several states, the District of Columbia, any U.S. territories or possessions, any Indian tribe, or local or state government may establish a higher minimum wage requirement than that established in this Act.
 
Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the federal minimum wage to at least the amount determined by the Secretary of Labor according to the formula prescribed by this Act beginning September 1, 2014.
 
Requires the Secretary to determine such minimum wage rate by June 1, 2014, and once every four years thereafter. Prohibits any adjustment if the determination would result in a minimum wage lower than the current one.
 
Requires the minimum wage so determined to be the minimum hourly wage sufficient for a person working for it 40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, to earn an annual income 15% higher than the federal poverty threshold for a four-person household, with two children under age 18, and living in the 48 contiguous states, as published for each such year by the Census Bureau.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Seniors' Identity Protection Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4840
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2014-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Child health
Computer security and identity theft
Crime prevention
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Medicaid
Medicare
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: 
Seniors' Identity Protection Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to prohibit the use of Social Security account numbers on identification cards issued by the U.S. government in connection with benefits under SSA titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP). 
 
Declares the sense of Congress that private entities should not use Social Security account numbers as a method identifying individuals on documents made available to the public or on personal identification cards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4842
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2014-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business ethics
Business records
Corporate finance and management
Crimes against children
Foreign and international corporations
Government information and archives
Human rights
Human trafficking
Labor standards
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Sex offenses
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: 
Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2014 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) legislation is necessary to provide consumers information on products that are free of child labor, forced labor, slavery, and human trafficking; and (2) businesses and consumers, by means of publicly available disclosures, can avoid inadvertently promoting or sanctioning these crimes through production and purchase of goods and products that have been tainted in the supply chains.
 
Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), within one year after enactment of the Global Supply Chain Transparency for Trafficking, Forced Labor, and Child Labor Eradication Act, to promulgate regulations requiring that mandatory annual reports include a disclosure whether the covered issuer has taken any measures during the year to identify and address conditions of forced labor, slavery, human trafficking, and the worst forms of child labor within the issuer's supply chains.
 
Requires any business entity filing such disclosures to make them available on its Internet website. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to develop and publish annually on the Internet website of the Department of Labor a list of top 100 companies adhering to supply chain labor standards, as established under federal and international guidelines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2014-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2014-06-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E960)
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Native CARE Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4843
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2014-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Indian social and development programs
Medicare
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: 
Native Contract and Rate Expenditure Act of 2014 or the Native CARE Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove the restriction to hospitals furnishing inpatient Medicare services and allow all service providers to participate under: (1) the Purchased/Referred Care program (formerly called the contract health services program) funded and operated by the Indian Health Service (IHS), and (2) any program funded by IHS and operated by an urban Indian organization. 
 
Prohibits Medicare payment for an item or service furnished by a supplier unless the supplier agrees to participate under both such programs.
 
Prohibits any reduction, offset, or limitation to any appropriations made to IHS under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, the Snyder Act, or any other provision of law as a result of this Act.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of IHS, to study the impact of this Act on access to care under the IHS Purchased/Referred Care program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, 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: 2014-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, 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: 2014-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, 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: 2014-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Fountainhead Property Land Transfer Act

Bill: 113-hr-4844
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2014-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Oklahoma
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: 
Fountainhead Property Land Transfer Act - Requires the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over specified federal property in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, within the boundary of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation (the Tribe), from the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary of the Interior, who shall take such land into trust for the benefit of the Tribe. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for mortgage insurance premiums.

Bill: 113-hr-4845
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-22]
Introduced: 2014-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax deduction for mortgage insurance premiums.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Repeal and Rebuild Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4848
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2014-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government trust funds
Income tax credits
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles
Oil and gas
Public transit
Roads and highways
Sales and excise taxes
Securities
Soil pollution
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: 
Repeal and Rebuild Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the excise tax on gasoline and tires after 2014, (2) impose an additional $6.75 per barrel tax on crude oil and petroleum products, and (3) provide for double indexation (i.e., the sum of the highway construction cost adjustment and the CAFE fuel saved adjustment) of the diesel fuel tax rate. Transfers revenues from the increased petroleum tax to the Highway Trust Fund. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue transportation bonds with a term of 10 years and transfer bond proceeds to the Highway Trust Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Phantom Fuels Elimination Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4849
Sponsor: Rep. Lankford, James [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2014-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: 
Phantom Fuels Elimination Act of 2014 - Amends the Clean Air Act to revise the renewable fuel program by requiring advanced biofuel, biomass-based diesel, and cellulosic biofuel to be produced in the United States. 
 
Directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for any year in which the projected volume of advanced biofuel and biomass-based diesel production is less than the applicable volume standard established under the program, to reduce the volume of advanced biofuel and biomass-based diesel required to be blended into transportation fuel to the projected volume available for that year.
 
Directs the Energy Information Administration to provide the EPA an estimate, with respect to the following year, of the volumes of advanced biofuel projected to be sold or introduced into commerce.
 
Eliminates the volume standards under the program applicable to corn-starch ethanol.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Coal Jobs and Affordable Energy Protection Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4850
Sponsor: Rep. Daines, Steve [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Economic performance and conditions
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy prices
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Oil and gas
Public utilities and utility rates
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: 
Coal Jobs and Affordable Energy Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from promulgating any regulation or guidance that limits or prohibits new carbon dioxide emissions from a fossil fuel-fired power plant until it is certified: (1) by the Secretary of Labor that the regulation or guidance will not generate a loss of employment, (2) by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that it will not result in a loss in the gross domestic product, (3) by the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration that it will not generate an increase in electricity rates, and (4) by the Chairperson of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the President of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation that it will not effect the reliability of electricity delivery. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4851
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2014-06-12 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government studies and investigations
Immigration status and procedures
News media and reporting
Sanctions
Tibet
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: 
Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of State to submit an annual, publicly-available report to Congress containing: (1) an assessment of the level of access Chinese authorities granted U.S. diplomats, journalists, and tourists to Tibetan areas in China; (2) a list of the persons in senior leadership positions in Tibet Autonomous Region and other specified provinces, prefectures, and autonomous entities; and (3) a list of the persons in senior leadership positions at the national and regional levels as defined by this Act.
 
Makes certain listed persons ineligible for U.S entry under specified circumstances.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) reciprocity forms the basis of diplomatic law and the practice of mutual exchanges between countries; (2) consular access should be given on a reciprocal basis; and (3) the Secretary, when granting Chinese diplomats access to parts of the United States, should take into account the extent to which China grants U.S. diplomats access to parts of China, including the level of access to Tibetan areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
action_date: 2014-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2014-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2014-06-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5343-5344)
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Wounded Warrior Research Enhancement Act

Bill: 113-hr-4852
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2014-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aging
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Materials
Medical research
Military medicine
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: 
Wounded Warrior Research Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to award grants to carry out research for the advancement of orthotic and prosthetic clinical care for members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and civilians who have undergone amputation, traumatic brain injury, and other serious physical injury as a result of combat or military experience. Includes under such research the prevention of amputations, orthotic and prosthetic intervention, and orthotics and prosthetic materials and technology research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Better Efficiency and Administrative Simplification Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4853
Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2014-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicare
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: 
Better Efficiency and Administrative Simplification Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow individuals the option to receive the Medicare Summary Notice (explanation of benefits) electronically.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) apply a similar option to other Medicare statements and notifications, and (2) provide such Medicare Summary Notice and any other such statements and notifications on a more frequent basis than is otherwise required under Medicare.
 
Extends from at least once every 5 years to at least once every 10 years the application of competitive procedures when the contract of a Medicare administrative contractor comes up for renewal. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exception from the passive loss rules for investments in high technology research small business pass-thru entities.

Bill: 113-hr-4855
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2014-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Business investment and capital
Capital gains tax
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Inflation and prices
Research and development
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the definition of "passive activity," for purposes of the passive loss tax rules, any qualified research activity carried on by a high technology research small business pass-thru entity.
 
Defines "high technology research small business pass-thru entity" as any domestic pass-thru entity if: (1) more than 75% of the entity's expenditures are paid or incurred in connection with qualified research, or (2) more than 50% of the entity's expenditures constitute qualified research expenses. Designates a high technology research entity as a small business if such entity has 250 or fewer full-time employees and does not have aggregate gross assets in excess of $150 million. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Energy Star Program Integrity Act

Bill: 113-hr-4856
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2014-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: 
Energy Star Program Integrity Act - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit any disclosure relating to participation of a product in the Energy Star program from creating a warranty or giving rise to any private claims or rights of action under state or federal law relating to disqualification of the product from Energy Star if: (1) the product has been certified by a certification body recognized by the program, (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved corrective measures, and (3) the responsible party has fully complied with all approved corrective measures.
 
Prohibits this Act from being construed to require the Administrator to modify any procedure or take any other action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-06-12
text: Introduced in House