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To require a report on procurement supply chain vulnerabilities within the Department of Defense.

Bill: 113-hr-5855
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2014-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Financial crises and stabilization
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Military readiness
Natural disasters
Strategic materials and reserves
Terrorism
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to report to Congress regarding how sole source suppliers of components to the DOD procurement supply chain create vulnerabilities to military attack, terrorism, natural disaster, industrial shock, financial crisis, or geopolitical crisis, such as an embargo of key raw materials or industrial inputs.
 
Requires the report to include: (1) a list of the supply chain components for which there is a supplier that controls over 50% of the global market; (2) a list of parts of the supply chain where there is inadequate information to ascertain whether there is a single source supplier of components; and (3) the Secretary's recommendations on which single source suppliers create vulnerabilities and on how to reduce those vulnerabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
No Armed Drones for DHS Act

Bill: 113-hr-5856
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2014-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Department of Homeland Security
Homeland security
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: 
No Armed Drones for DHS Act - Prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from purchasing, operating, or maintaining armed unmanned aerial vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
Build TRUST Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5858
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2014-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Justice
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Racial and ethnic relations
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: 
Building Bridges and Transforming Resentment and Unfairness to Support and Trust for Municipal Law Enforcement Act of 2014 or the Build TRUST Act of 2014 - Reduces the amount that would otherwise be awarded to a unit of local government under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program: (1) by 75% for any such unit that, during the previous three fiscal years, funded an amount that on average was greater than 18% of its operating budget using revenue generated from collecting fines and other fees related to violations of traffic laws; and (2) by 95% for any such unit for which, during the previous fiscal year, the percentage of individuals who identify as a race who were employees of the law enforcement agency for that unit and the percentage of individuals who identify as that race who live in the jurisdiction such agency serves differ by greater than 30%.
 
Reduces by 50% the amount that would otherwise be awarded under such Program to a state that did not reduce a subgrant award to a unit of local government in accordance with this Act in the preceding fiscal year.
 
Requires the Attorney General to reallocate funds withheld from a state or unit of local government pursuant to this Act in accordance with the Program.
 
Exempts any local governmental unit which certifies that it serves a population of less than 15,000 or to which the Attorney General has granted a waiver for good cause shown based on specified factors, including that: (1) such unit has taken affirmative action to ensure that adequate practices and procedures are in place to increase public trust and confidence in the impartial and equitable administration of justice, and (2) the minority community is equitably represented in the unit's legislative body and executive departments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Healthcare Relief Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5860
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2014-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax exclusion
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: 
Small Business Healthcare Relief Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat employer payments for employee health care premiums and for amounts paid on behalf of an employee to a health reimbursement arrangement as medical expenses under an accident or health plan and thus excludible from gross income for income tax purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
Guarding Our Great Lakes Act

Bill: 113-hr-5861
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2014-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Dams and canals
Fishes
Great Lakes
Illinois
Indiana
Lakes and rivers
Marine and inland water transportation
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi River
New York State
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water storage
Watersheds
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: 
Guarding Our Great Lakes Act - Requires the Chief of Engineers, the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and each other applicable federal agency to take actions to prevent the transfer of aquatic invasive species, with a focus on Asian carp species, through the Brandon Road Lock and Dam on the Illinois River. 
 
Directs the Chief to: (1) construct measures to prevent the upstream transfer of swimming aquatic invasive species through the Lock and Dam; and (2) submit a cost estimate for, and schedule for completion of, measures to be constructed.
 
Requires the Director of the USFWS to implement all appropriate measures in compliance with applicable state and federal law around the Lock and Dam to prevent the upstream and downstream transfer of swimming and floating aquatic invasive species, with a focus on Asian carp species.
 
Authorizes the Chief, the Director of the USFWS, and the Director of the USGS to acquire real estate to carry out this Act. 
 
Directs the EPA Administrator, acting through the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force, to coordinate with the governor of Illinois, the city of Chicago, and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to carry out engineering and construction of flood mitigation and water quality measures on the Chicago Area Waterway System related to permanent prevention of the transfer of aquatic nuisance species between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins. Permits the federal share of the cost of a project to be up to 100%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2014-12-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
Improvements in Global MOMS Act

Bill: 113-hr-5862
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2014-12-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Allied health services
Blood and blood diseases
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Drug therapy
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Family planning and birth control
Foreign aid and international relief
HIV/AIDS
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Marriage and family status
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Nutrition and diet
Sex and reproductive health
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Women's health
Women's rights
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: 
Improvements in Global Maternal and Newborn Health Outcomes while Maximizing Successes Act or Improvements in Global MOMS Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to furnish assistance to reduce newborn mortality and improve maternal health and the health of newborns in developing countries, including HIV/AIDS prevention programs. 
 
Directs the President to implement a comprehensive strategy to reduce mortality and improve the health of mothers and newborns in developing countries that integrates U.S. government efforts on improving maternal and newborn health, including strategies with respect to HIV/AIDS, gender, child survival.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
Federal Protective Service Parity Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5863
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2014-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Homeland Security
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement officers
Protection of officials

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: 
Federal Protective Service Parity Act of 2014 - Includes Federal Protective Service (FPS) law enforcement officers within the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees Retirement System. Defines "Federal Protective Service law enforcement officer" as an FPS employee who holds a position within specified General Schedule job series and is authorized to carry firearms and empowered to make arrests related to the protection of buildings, grounds, and property owned by the federal government and persons on the property.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to determine and fix the maximum age limit for an original appointment to a position as an FPS officer. Establishes a minimum annuity amount for individuals serving as FPS officers on the effective date of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
FPS Improvement Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5864
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2014-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Executive agency funding and structure
Firearms and explosives
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Protection of officials
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: 
FPS Improvement Act of 2014 - Assigns responsibility to the Federal Protective Service (FPS) for the protection of federal buildings, grounds, and property and persons on the property. Authorizes FPS to: (1) designate Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees with enhanced law enforcement powers for duty in connection with the protection of federal property and persons on the property, (2) authorize protective service guards for the protection of federal buildings and grounds, and (3) assess security charges to owners or tenants of a federal facility protected by FPS that is not in compliance with federal security standards. Requires tenants at federal facilities to maintain a Facility Security Committee.
 
Establishes the Interagency Security Committee to develop safety and security standards and best practices to mitigate the effects of natural and manmade hazards in federal facilities. 
 
Requires reports on: (1) FPS personnel needs, (2) the feasibility of federalizing the protective service guard workforce, (3) a method for funding FPS, and (4) methods to detect or prevent explosives from entering federal facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
CAM Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5865
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2014-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Military facilities and property
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: 
Camera Authorization and Maintenance Act of 2014 or the CAM Act of 2014 - Prohibits a state or local government that does not require its law enforcement officers to use body-worn cameras from receiving any grant from the Attorney General in the following fiscal year, subject to a financial hardship waiver.
 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes for the acquisition, operation, and maintenance of body-worn cameras for law enforcement officers. Sets forth requirements for the wearing and use of such body cameras and for recordings made. Requires funds to be awarded to each qualifying local government with fewer than 100,000 residents, with any remaining funds awarded to other qualifying applicants on a pro rata basis. 
 
Establishes in the Department of Justice (DOJ) a task force to:
 
 
provide recommendations on community policing;
 
develop proper body-worn camera training protocol;
 
study the impact that citizen review boards could have on investigating cases of alleged police misconduct; and 
 
conduct a survey, one year after implementation of the body camera requirement policy, to determine best practices and policy effectiveness.
 
 
Directs the Comptroller General to submit a report on the Department of Defense Excess Personal Property Program that includes information on which jurisdictions equipment is sent to, the value of equipment sent to each jurisdiction, the level of training provided, and how the equipment is used.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
National Statistics on Deadly Force Transparency Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5866
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2014-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Census and government statistics
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: 
National Statistics on Deadly Force Transparency Act of 2014 - Requires the Attorney General to issue regulations for the collection and compilation of data pertaining to the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers, which shall require:
 
 
 the collection of data on all instances wherein deadly force was used;
 
 the data to include information on the characteristics of the officer and the person who was the target of deadly force (excluding personally identifiable information), the alleged criminal activity of such person, when and where the deadly force occurred, the nature of the deadly force used, the law enforcement agency's explanation of why deadly force was used, any deadly force guidelines of the law enforcement agency in effect at the time, and any non-lethal efforts employed to apprehend or subdue the person before deadly force was used;
 
 a standardized form be made available to law enforcement agencies for the submission of data collected to the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics; and
 
 law enforcement agencies to maintain all data collected for not less than four years.
 
 
Requires the Bureau to provide the data to Congress and make it available to the public. Restricts the disclosure of the name or identifying information of a law enforcement officer, person who was the target of deadly force, or any other individual involved in any activity for which such data is collected.
 
Directs the Attorney General to reduce by 10% the amount that would otherwise be awarded under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to a state or local government that fails to comply with the requirements of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
To extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving the Gibson Dam.

Bill: 113-hr-5867
Sponsor: Rep. Daines, Steve [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Licensing and registrations
Montana

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: 
Authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), upon the request of the licensee for the project numbered 12478-003 (Gibson Dam, Montana), to extend for six years the time period during which the licensee is required to commence construction.
 
Commences such time period upon expiration of the previous extension issued by FERC before enactment of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
To provide for a study by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies on the impact of diverting certain freight rail traffic to avoid urban areas, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-5868
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2014-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Oil and gas
Railroads
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to make appropriate arrangements with the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council to study the cost and impact of rerouting freight rail traffic of hazardous material to avoid its transportation through urban areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
Lynnette's Law

Bill: 113-hr-5869
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2014-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: 
Lynnette's Law - Amends the federal criminal code to make an interstate act to conceal (or attempt to conceal) a homicide a federal offense punishable by imprisonment for any term of years or for life.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the negotiation of trade agreements that include waivers of the "Buy American Act".

Bill: 113-hr-5870
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2014-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Public contracts and procurement
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: 
Prohibits the use of funds appropriated for FY2015 or any ensuing fiscal year for negotiating a trade agreement that includes a waiver of Buy American Act requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
Dollar is a Dollar Act

Bill: 113-hr-5871
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2014-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Income tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: 
Dollar is a Dollar Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal provisions allowing a lower income tax rate for capital gains income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Introduced in House