bill_id,congress,bill_type,bill_number,title,policy_area,introduced_date,latest_action_date,latest_action_text,origin_chamber,sponsor_name,sponsor_state,sponsor_party,sponsor_bioguide_id,cosponsor_count,summary_text,update_date,url
113-s-3018,113,s,3018,Partnership Auditing Fairness Act,Taxation,2014-12-16,2014-12-16,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]",MI,D,L000261,0,"Partnership Auditing Fairness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise rules for audits of large for-profit partnerships (partnerships with more than 100 partners). Repeals existing audit rules under Chapter 1 and Chapter 63 of the Internal Revenue Code. Allows partnerships with 100 or fewer partners to elect not to be covered by this provisions of this Act.  Provides that items of partnership income, gain, loss, deductions, or credits shall be determined at the partnership level, instead of for each individual partner. Makes adjustments to partnership taxes applicable in the tax year in which such adjustments are finalized.  Sets forth new procedures for notifying a partnership of an audit or an adjustment of partnership taxes. Requires partnerships to participate in an audit through a designated partnership representative.  Allows partnerships to include audit adjustments on tax returns for the year in which such adjustments are finalized. Provides for the collection of additional taxes resulting from an audit and tax penalties from the partnership, instead of from individual partners.  Permits partnerships to request judicial review of audit adjustments by filing a petition with the Tax Court, a district court, or the Court of Claims. Grants such courts jurisdiction to determine all items of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit of the partnership. Establishes a three-year limitation period for making adjustments to partnership tax returns.",2023-01-11T13:25:03Z,
113-s-3019,113,s,3019,War Powers Against Non-State Actors Act of 2014,International Affairs,2014-12-16,2014-12-16,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.,Senate,"Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]",MI,D,L000261,0,"War Powers Against Non-State Actors Act of 2014 - Amends the War Powers Resolution to declare that the authority to use U.S. Armed Forces against non-state actors would terminate 60 days after submission of a specified presidential report explaining that use, unless: (1) the President's actions are based on a law providing for the use of military force against a non-state actor; or (2) the President notifies Congress that continued use of military force is necessary because the non-state actor poses a continuing and imminent threat to the United States or U.S. persons, and Congress does not enact a joint resolution of disapproval under expedited procedures.",2023-01-11T13:25:03Z,
113-s-3020,113,s,3020,A bill to establish the composition known as America the Beautiful as the national anthem.,Government Operations and Politics,2014-12-16,2014-12-16,Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]",IA,D,H000206,0,"Designates the composition consisting of the words and music known as "America the Beautiful" as the national anthem. (Under current law, the composition known as the Star-Spangled Banner is recognized as the nation's national anthem.)",2023-01-11T13:25:03Z,
113-s-3009,113,s,3009,Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act of 2014,Health,2014-12-12,2014-12-12,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]",CT,D,B001277,1,"Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act of 2014 - Directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish and operate directly, or by grant, contract, or interagency agreement, a 24-hour toll free telephone hotline to provide consumer information regarding advance care planning, which is the process of determining an individual's wishes for care in the future when the individual is no longer able to express his or her wishes. Directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop an online clearinghouse to provide comprehensive information on advance care planning and pediatric advance care planning.  Directs HHS to develop an online advance care planning toolkit for availability on specified websites. Requires the CDC, directly or through grants, contracts, or interagency agreements, to develop a national campaign to inform the public of the importance of advance care planning and of the right of individuals to direct their health care decisions. Directs HHS and the Social Security Administration to update the online versions of the "Plan Ahead for Long-Term Care" section of the Medicare & You Handbook and the Social Security Handbook to include information about advance care planning and advance directives and provide this information in subsequently published paper and online versions. Amends the Legal Services Corporation Act to authorize financial and legal assistance for advance care planning. Directs HHS to award grants to states for certain state health insurance assistance programs to provide advance care planning services to Medicare beneficiaries, their personal representatives, and their families. Authorizes Medicaid transformation grants for advance care planning and advance care planning community training grants.  Directs HHS to make grants to establish new or expand existing state or local programs for orders regarding life sustaining treatment.  Directs the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to establish a website for providers under Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the Indian Health Service, and other public health providers on each individual's right to make decisions concerning medical care, including the right to refuse treatment, and the existence of advance directives, which are legal documents that indicate an individual's wishes regarding medical treatment in the event of future incompetence (e.g., living will). Requires the Health Resources and Services Administration to develop a curriculum for continuing education that states may adopt for physicians and nurses on advance care planning and end-of-life care. Amends titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XXI (CHIP) of the Social Security Act with respect to inclusion of advance directives in patient medical records, discussion of advance directives with patients, the portability of advance directives, and actual knowledge of a patient's desires. Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to require the CDC to award competitive grants to establish and operate state advance directive registries to store and make available to medical providers advance directive documents.  Requires the CDC to award grants to states to establish a mechanism to include notice of an advance directive on driver's licenses. Requires various specified studies and reports to Congress by the Government Accountability Office and HHS.Amends the PHSA to direct HHS to establish within the National Health Service Corps a National Geriatric and Palliative Care Services Corps to provide geriatric and palliative care services in health professional shortage areas. Exempts palliative medicine fellowship training from Medicare graduate medical education caps. Directs HHS to establish guidelines for the imposition by medical schools of a minimum amount of end-of-life training as a requirement for obtaining a Doctor of Medicine degree in the field of allopathic or osteopathic medicine.  Authorizes coverage of advance care planning under Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP. Revises Medicare requirements for hospice payments and related matters. Allows Medicare to make payments for an individual's hospice care and treatments for their terminal illness if the individual is 18 years of age or younger. Makes hospice care a required Medicaid and CHIP benefit. Requires CMS, HHS, and the CDC to survey patient satisfaction with end-of-life care, hospice programs, and end-of-life care, respectively. Directs the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to designate an entity to develop requirements, standards, and procedures for accreditation of hospital-based palliative care programs. Amends the PHSA to establish, within the National Institutes of Health, a National Center on Palliative and End-of-Life Care. Directs HHS to establish a demonstration program for the use of telemedicine services in advance care planning.",2023-01-11T13:25:03Z,
113-s-3010,113,s,3010,Robocall Enforcement Improvements Act of 2014,"Science, Technology, Communications",2014-12-12,2014-12-12,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.",Senate,"Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]",MO,D,M001170,0,"Robocall Enforcement Improvements Act of 2014 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to impose forfeiture penalties without first sending a citation regarding the charged violation against persons not licensed by the FCC who violate prohibitions on the use of automated telephone equipment. (Currently, if existing exceptions do not apply, forfeiture penalties may not be imposed unless the person is sent a citation prior to a notice of apparent liability and that person subsequently engages in the same type of conduct described in the citation.) Expands the statute of limitations period and increases the maximum forfeiture penalty applicable to non-licensed automated telephone equipment violations. Expands prohibitions on the provision of inaccurate caller identification information to persons outside the United States if the recipient is within the United States. Directs providers of spoofing services to take such steps as the FCC may prescribe to verify that users do not engage in caller identification information violations. Defines "spoofing service" as a service that substitutes, or permits a user to substitute, another name or any number for display as the caller identification information for a call or text message.  Requires the FCC to impose recordkeeping and reporting obligations on spoofing service providers. Authorizes the FCC to subpoena caller identification information transmitted by a subscriber to or customer of the spoofing service. Expands the definition "caller identification information" to include text messages. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) telecommunications carriers have the legal authority to offer consumers services that block or filter robocalls, and (2) the federal government should encourage telecommunications carriers to develop and implement such services.",2023-01-11T13:25:03Z,
113-s-3011,113,s,3011,SCRUB Act of 2014,Government Operations and Politics,2014-12-12,2014-12-12,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]",UT,R,H000338,0,"Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act of 2014 or the SCRUB Act of 2014 - Establishes the Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission to review the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to identify, using specified criteria, rules and sets of rules that collectively implement a regulatory program that should be repealed to lower the cost of regulation to the economy, giving priority to major rules that: (1) have been in effect more than 15 years, (2) impose paperwork burdens that could be reduced substantially without significantly diminishing regulatory effectiveness, (3) impose disproportionately high costs on small business entities, and (4) could be strengthened in their effectiveness while reducing regulatory costs. Requires the Commission to establish a public website to make regulatory information accessible to the public at no cost.  Requires a federal agency that makes a new rule to: (1) repeal rules identified by the Commission to offset the cost to the economy of such new rule (cut-go procedures), and (2) include in the final issuance of such rule a plan for reviewing the rule not later than 10 years after it is promulgated. Requires the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to review and certify the accuracy of agency determinations of the cost of new rules. Makes agency compliance with the requirements of this Act subject to judicial review.",2023-01-11T13:25:04Z,
113-s-3012,113,s,3012,North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2014,International Affairs,2014-12-12,2014-12-12,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.,Senate,"Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]",NJ,D,M000639,0,"North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2014 - Authorizes the President to investigate credible information of sanctionable activities involving North Korea and to designate and apply sanctions with respect to any person (including business entities, nongovernmental organizations, and governmental entities operating as business enterprises) the President determines knowingly:  contributes, through the export to or import from North Korea of any controlled goods, services, or technology, to the use, development, production, stockpiling, or acquisition of nuclear, radiological, chemical, or biological weapons, or any device or system designed to deliver such weapons; provided training, advice, or other services or assistance, or engaged in significant financial transactions, relating to the manufacture, maintenance, or use of any such weapon or system to be imported, exported, or reexported to, into, or from North Korea; imported, exported, or reexported luxury goods to or into North Korea;  engaged in money laundering, the counterfeiting of goods or currency, bulk cash smuggling, or narcotics trafficking that supports the government of North Korea or any of its senior officials;  engaging in or being responsbile censorship by North Korea;  committing or being responsbile for serious human rights abuses by North Korea; or attempted to engage in any of these activities.  Specifies addtional financial activities for which the President may designate a person. Directs the President to exercise all powers granted under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in property and interests in property of a designated person if that property and those property interests are in the United States, come within the United States, or are or come within the possession or control of a U.S. person. Subjects such property to civil and criminal forfeiture. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) determine whether reasonable grounds exist for concluding that North Korea is a jurisdiction of primary money laundering concern, and if so (2) impose one or more of certain special measures.         Requires a validated license for exports to North Korea under the Export Administration Act of 1979. Prohibits approval of defense articles for North Korea. Directs the President to withhold assistance to the governments of countries providing lethal military equipment to North Korea.  Bars U.S. government contracts with designated persons. Directs the President to identify annually to the appropriate congressional committees any foreign ports and airports whose inspections of ships, aircraft, and conveyances originating in North Korea, carrying North Korean property, or operated by the government of North Korea are not sufficient effectively to prevent the facilitation of any of the activities sanctionable under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to require enhanced inspections of any cargo landed in the United States or entering the stream of interstate commerce that has been transported through any of such ports or airports. Authorizes the seizure or forfeiture of vessels or aircraft used to facilitate sanctionable activities. Authorizes the Secretary of State to deny a visa, and the DHS Secretary to deny entry into the Unite States, to any alien who is a designated person or a corporate officer or principal shareholder with a controlling interest in one. Exempts certain activities from sanctions and authorizes the President to waive them, for up to one year, for national security, law enforcement, or humanitarian reasons.  Amends the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 to require the President to report to the appropriate congressional committees: (1) a detailed plan for making unrestricted, unmonitored, and inexpensive electronic mass communications available to the people of North Korea; and (2) a description of the population, geographical coordinates, primary industries and products, and responsible persons and agencies in each political prison camp in North Korea. Requires the Secretary of State to brief the appropriate congressional committees on serious human rights abuses or serious censorship undertaken by the North Korean government in the most recent year. Prescribes circumstances in which sanctions or measures under this Act may be suspended for up to one year or terminated altogether. Establishes the North Korea Enforcement and Humanitarian Fund in which assets subject to criminal, civil, or administrative forfeiture or penalties are to be deposited for the enforcement of this Act and to carry out humanitarian activities under the North Korea Human Rights Act of 2004.",2023-01-11T13:25:03Z,
113-s-3013,113,s,3013,Ending Insider Trading in Commodities Act,Finance and Financial Sector,2014-12-12,2014-12-12,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.",Senate,"Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]",MI,D,L000261,1,"Ending Insider Trading in Commodities Act - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to make it unlawful for any large financial institution, either directly or indirectly, to purchase or sell any swap, any commodity in interstate commerce, or any contract for future delivery of any commodity while in possession of material, nonpublic information related to the storage, shipment, or use of the commodity arising from the institution's ownership or interest in a business or facility used to store, ship, or use the commodity.",2023-01-11T13:25:03Z,
113-s-3014,113,s,3014,Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2014,Armed Forces and National Security,2014-12-12,2014-12-12,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH]",NH,R,A000368,1,"Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to alter the reporting requirements under the pilot program to assess the effectiveness of providing assistance to eligible veterans with traumatic brain injury to enhance their rehabilitation, quality of life, and community integration. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to submit reports to the congressional veterans committees on the pilot program for each quarter occurring between January 1, 2015, and September 30, 2017. Requires each quarterly report to include for the preceding quarter:   the number of individuals who participated in the pilot program, the number of individuals who successfully completed the program, the degree to which pilot program participants and their family members were satisfied with the program, and the interim findings and conclusions of the Secretary regarding the success of the program and recommendations for improving it. Requires the Secretary to include in the report the Secretary submits to the congressional veterans committees after the completion of the pilot program:    an evaluation of the pilot program in light of the VA's independent living programs, including an assessment of whether  the pilot program should be incorporated into such independent living programs; and   recommendations for improving the pilot program. Replaces references to ""assisted living"" with the term ""community-based brain injury residential rehabilitative care,"" including rehabilitation services within the meaning of such care. Requires this Act and its amendments to be carried out using funds already available for such purposes.",2023-01-11T13:25:03Z,
113-s-3015,113,s,3015,Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2014,Immigration,2014-12-12,2014-12-12,Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]",KY,R,P000603,1,"Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2014 - Prohibits the executive branch of the government from:   exempting or deferring from removal, by executive order, regulation, or any other means, categories of aliens considered under the immigration laws to be unlawfully present in the United States;  treating such aliens as if they were lawfully present or had a lawful immigration status; or treating them other than as unauthorized aliens.   States that such prohibition shall not apply:   to the extent prohibited by the Constitution;  upon the request of federal, state, or local law enforcement agencies for purposes of maintaining aliens in the United States to be tried for crimes or to be trial witnesses; or  for humanitarian purposes where the aliens are at imminent risk of serious bodily harm or death.   Declares that any executive branch action intending to circumvent the objectives of this Act shall be null and void and without legal effect. States that this Act shall take effect as if enacted on November 20, 2014, and shall apply to requests (whether the request is original or for reopening of a previously denied request) submitted on or after that date for: (1) work authorization; or (2) exemption from, or deferral of, removal.",2023-01-11T13:25:03Z,
113-s-3016,113,s,3016,Mineral Materials Contracts Termination Act,Public Lands and Natural Resources,2014-12-12,2014-12-12,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]",NM,D,H001046,0,"Mineral Materials Contracts Termination Act - Amends the Materials Act of 1947 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to terminate a mineral materials contract and to return to the contract holder any bid deposit and performance bond paid to the Bureau of Land Management if the contract holder submits a request to terminate the contract before production is initiated and before any surface disturbance has occurred. States that the contract holder's acceptance of the amount returned by the Secretary to terminate the contract constitutes: (1) full and final settlement of the contract, and (2) an agreement not to bring a civil action against the United States with respect to it.",2023-01-11T13:25:03Z,
113-s-3017,113,s,3017,Sage-Grouse Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2014,Environmental Protection,2014-12-12,2014-12-12,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]",UT,R,H000338,0,"Sage-Grouse Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2014 - Provides a categorical  exclusion under the National Environmental  Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) for a vegetation management project by the  Bureau of Land  Management (BLM) or the Forest Service involving removal or  treatment of  any Pinyon or Juniper tree to conserve or restore the  habitat of the greater sage-grouse. (Under NEPA a categorical exclusion is a category of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and which have been found to have no such effect in procedures adopted by a federal agency in implementing environmental regulations and for which, therefore, neither an Environmental Assessment nor an Environmental Impact Statement is required.)",2023-01-11T13:25:03Z,
113-s-2998,113,s,2998,Expanding School Choice Act,Education,2014-12-11,2014-12-11,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.",Senate,"Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]",LA,R,V000127,0,Expanding School Choice Act - Amends part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow states to allocate school improvement grant funds among their local educational agencies (LEAs) on the basis of the number of children aged 5 through 17 whose family income lies below the federal poverty level and who are enrolled in the public and state-accredited private schools within each LEA's geographic jurisdiction.,2023-01-11T13:25:04Z,
113-s-2999,113,s,2999,Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2014,Crime and Law Enforcement,2014-12-11,2014-12-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]",RI,D,W000802,1,"Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to:   reauthorize such Act for FY2015-FY2019;   include as one of the purposes of such Act the support of a trauma-informed continuum of programs to address the needs of at-risk youth and youth who come into contact the the justice system;  require states to implement plans to ensure fairness and reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the detention of juveniles;  enhance requirements for separating juveniles from sight or sound contact with adult lock-ups;  terminate, three years after the enactment of this Act, the authority of a court to issue an order detaining juveniles who have not been charged with adult criminal offenses (status offenders) in secure detention or correctional facilities ;  require the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to report annually on policies and procedures to eliminate dangerous practices and unreasonable use of restraints in the detention of juveniles;  expand requirements for state plans for juvenile justice and delinquency prevention to include community-based alternatives to the detention of juveniles in correctional facilities;  provide technical assistance to states and local governments for achieving compliance with the requirements of this Act; and  authorize the Administrator to make incentive grants to states and local governments to increase the use of evidence-based or promising prevention and intervention programs for juveniles who enter the criminal justice system and for the recruitment and training of professional personnel.  Amends the Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs Act of 2002 to include mentoring programs in delinquency prevention grant programs. Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to conduct: (1) a comprehensive evaluation of the performance of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; and (2) a comprehensive audit and evaluation of selected grant recipients, including a review of internal controls to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse. Requires states, as a condition of receiving juvenile accountability block grants, to provide assurances of compliance with the core requirement of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 applicable to the detention and confinement of juveniles.",2023-01-11T13:25:04Z,
113-s-3000,113,s,3000,Hurricane Sand Dunes National Recreation Area Act of 2014,Public Lands and Natural Resources,2014-12-11,2014-12-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]",UT,R,H000338,0,"Hurricane Sand Dunes National Recreation Area Act of 2014 - Establishes the Hurricane Sand Dunes National Recreation Area in Utah to provide for the enhancement of recreational uses and the use of off-highway vehicles. Provides for the conveyance of federal lands in Washington County in an equal-value exchange for certain state lands identified on a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) map for the area dated November 14, 2014.",2023-01-11T13:25:04Z,
113-s-3001,113,s,3001,Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2014,Government Operations and Politics,2014-12-11,2014-12-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]",MT,D,T000464,1,"Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2014 - Entitles any federal employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 30% or more, during the 12-month period beginning on the first day of employment, to up to 104 hours of leave, without loss or reduction in pay, for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disability for which sick leave could regularly be used. Requires the forfeiture of any such leave that is not used during such 12-month period. Requires such employee to submit to the head of the employing agency certification that such employee used such leave for purposes of being furnished treatment for such disability by a health care provider.",2023-01-11T13:25:04Z,
113-s-3002,113,s,3002,Guarding Our Great Lakes Act,Environmental Protection,2014-12-11,2014-12-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]",MI,D,S000770,3,"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%.",2023-01-11T13:25:04Z,
113-s-3003,113,s,3003,Protecting Social Security Disability Act of 2014,Social Welfare,2014-12-11,2014-12-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK]",OK,R,C000560,0,"Protecting Social Security Disability Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Old, Age and Survivors Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to revise the Disability Insurance program to declare any individual who is entitled to both an old-age insurance benefit and a disability insurance benefit for a month to be entitled only to the old-age insurance benefit for that month, except those whose medical improvement is not expected. Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to establish a system for classifying any individual who is determined to be entitled to disability insurance benefits or to monthly OASDI benefits in a specified manner on the basis of the expectation of medical improvement.  Revises continuing disability review standards.  Time-limits disability benefits for certain individuals.  Prohibits age from being considered a vocational factor for any individual who has not attained the age 12 years below the retirement age.   Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require all W-2s to be submitted electronically, with a hardship exception for certain small businesses. Amends SSAct title II to: (1) eliminate the reconsideration review level for an initial adverse determination of an application for disability insurance benefits, and (2) require any such determination to be reviewed before an administrative law judge (ALJ). Modifies the deadline for the submission of medical evidence.  Directs the Commissioner to establish: (1) disability hearing attorney positions within the Office of Appellate Operations of the Social Security Administration (SSA), as well as (2) procedural rules for hearings. Requires attorneys to certify to the Commissioner that they have never been disbarred or suspended from any court or relinquished a license in the face of a misconduct investigation. Subjects ALJs to the Code of Conduct for United States Judges. Directs the Commissioner to ensure that all ALJs within the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review receive training on how to evaluate medical evidence appropriately. Requires the Commissioner to establish rules and regulations relating to the fees payable to representatives of individuals claiming entitlement to disability insurance benefits, in particular to prohibit SSA reimbursement of a representative for travel expenses. Requires the Inspector General to review the practices of a sample of the highest-earning claimant representatives to ensure compliance with SSA policies.  Directs the Division of Quality of the SSA Office of Appellate Operations to: (1) review a sample of determinations by outlier ALJs that individuals are entitled to disability insurance benefits, and (2) identify any determinations not supported by the evidence.  Requires any amounts made available by the SSA for Social Security program integrity spending to be included in a separate account within the federal budget and funded in a separate account in the appropriate annual appropriations bill. Requires the Commissioner to consult the National Directory of New Hires when determining whether an individual is making above the substantial gainful activity limits. Amends SSA title XI to eliminate the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program. Directs the Commissioner to: (1) establish a Work Incentive Benefit System under which an eligible individual entitled to a disability insurance benefit may elect to return to employment and receive an adjusted disability insurance benefit amount, and (2) conduct a demonstration project designed to examine the effectiveness of providing targeted early-intervention support to eligible individuals. Prohibits an eligible individual who elects to participate in such demonstration project from being eligible for disability assistance for as long as the individual receives assistance through the demonstration project. Directs the Commissioner to study whether reducing the rate at which an employer is taxed with respect to OASDI in exchange for the employer's offering its employees private disability insurance, and other disability supports, would be an effective means of reducing the rate at which such employees enter the disability insurance program.",2023-01-11T13:25:04Z,
113-s-3004,113,s,3004,Dormant Therapies Act of 2014,Health,2014-12-11,2014-12-11,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.",Senate,"Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]",UT,R,H000338,1,"Dormant Therapies Act of 2014 - Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to designate medicines being, or intended to be, investigated to address unmet medical needs as dormant therapies. Gives a dormant therapy a 15-year protection period during which no drug can be approved by relying on the approval of the dormant therapy absent a right of reference from the holder of the approved application for the dormant therapy. Requires the sponsor of a potential dormant therapy to have a clinical plan to investigate the medicine and intend to file an application for approval or licensure of the medicine as a new drug or biological product. Prohibits the active moiety of the medicine from being the same as an active moiety in a drug or highly similar to one in a biological product for which an application has been submitted. Requires the sponsor of a potential dormant therapy to list their patents that apply to the medicine and waive rights to those patents at the end of the dormant therapy protection period if the medicine is approved. Allows a sponsor to withdraw a dormant therapy designation request unless the medicine has been approved or licensed. Entitles the sponsor of a dormant therapy to extend patents that apply to the medicine to the end of the protection period. Prohibits a dormant therapy from receiving specified protections that apply to pediatric, infectious disease, or rare disease or condition medicines. Directs HHS to require a sponsor to certify that the clinical plan for a dormant therapy has been completed and that approval was based on investigations in the clinical plan.",2023-01-11T13:25:04Z,
113-s-3005,113,s,3005,Progressive Consumption Tax Act of 2014,Taxation,2014-12-11,2014-12-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]",MD,D,C000141,0,"Progressive Consumption Tax Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a consumption tax of 10% of the taxable amount of domestic goods and services. Exempts from such tax certain goods and services exported or used outside the United States.  Lowers individual and corporate income tax rates. Repeals specified income tax credits and deductions, except for the deductions for mortgage interest, charitable contributions, state and local income taxes, gambling losses, alimony payments, and investment interest.  Provides for a family allowance of up to $100,000 for married individuals filing a joint tax return.  Allows a rebate for U.S. taxpayers consisting of an earned income amount and a child benefit amount.  Provides for a refund of excess consumption tax revenue (net consumption tax revenues that exceed 10% of gross domestic product in a calendar year) to individual taxpayers.",2023-01-11T13:25:04Z,
113-s-3006,113,s,3006,A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use existing authorities to furnish health care at non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities to veterans who live more than 40 miles driving distance from the closest medical facility of the Department that furnishes the care sought by the veteran.,Armed Forces and National Security,2014-12-11,2014-12-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]",KS,R,M000934,0,Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to use the Secretary's existing authority to furnish health care to veterans at non-VA facilities to provide health care at non-VA facilities to veterans who reside more than 40 miles driving distance from the closest VA medical facility providing the care they seek.,2023-01-11T13:25:04Z,
113-s-3007,113,s,3007,Ensuring Enhanced Access to Primary Care Act,Health,2014-12-11,2014-12-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]",MN,D,K000367,1,"Ensuring Enhanced Access to Primary Care Act - Extends through calendar 2016 the requirement that state plans under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act provide for payment of 100% of the payment rate for primary care services. Adds physicians with primary specialties in neurology, psychiatry, obstetrics and gynecology to the types of those eligible for reimbursement for providing such services.",2023-01-11T13:25:04Z,
113-s-3008,113,s,3008,Foreclosure Relief and Extension for Servicemembers Act of 2014,Armed Forces and National Security,2014-12-11,2014-12-18,Became Public Law No: 113-286.,Senate,"Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]",RI,D,W000802,0,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)  Foreclosure Relief and Extension for Servicemembers Act of 2014 - Amends the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 to extend through calendar year 2015 the one-year period after a service member's military service during which: (1) a court may stay proceedings to enforce an obligation on real or personal property owned by the service member before such military service; and (2) any sale, foreclosure, or seizure of such property shall be invalid without a court order or waiver agreement signed by the service member. Revives, effective January 1, 2016 (currently, January 1, 2015), the old nine-month period in place of the one-year period granted by such Act.",2023-03-22T18:49:24Z,
113-s-2993,113,s,2993,Students Before Profits Act,Education,2014-12-10,2014-12-10,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.",Senate,"Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]",CT,D,M001169,1,"Students Before Profits Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to require the Secretary of Education to: (1) use corrected data and information to recalculate the cohort default rates for institutions of higher education (IHEs) that have engaged in default manipulation, and (2) use the recalculated cohort default rates to redetermine whether those IHEs are disqualified from participating in title IV programs. (The cohort default rate represents the percentage of a school's borrowers who begin to repay Federal Family Education Loans [FFELs] or William D. Ford Federal Direct Loans [DLs] in a fiscal year but default on those loans before the end of the second fiscal year following the fiscal year they began repaying them.) Directs the Secretary to establish an Institutional Risk-Sharing Commission to study and make recommendations for the implementation of a new risk-sharing system that holds IHEs that participate in the DL program financially accountable for poor student outcomes. Authorizes the Secretary to:    impose a civil penalty on IHEs that engage in certain substantial misrepresentations or other serious HEA violations;   impose smaller civil penalties on IHEs that engage in less serious title IV violations;   impose employment sanctions and civil penalties against the officer of an IHE who knowingly and willfully, or with gross negligence, violates a title IV provision;  limit, suspend, or terminate an IHE's participation in title IV programs for violating a title IV provision or any applicable special arrangement, agreement, or limitation; and take emergency action to withhold funds from an IHE or its students and withdraw the IHE's authority to obligate title IV funds in certain circumstances where immediate action is required to prevent the misuse of federal funds.  Provides for the use of the civil penalties to: (1) conduct program reviews and ensure the integrity of IHEs participating or seeking to participate in title IV programs; and (2) finance a Student Relief Fund that is to be used to provide financial relief to any student enrolled in an IHE that fails to comply with the HEA's eligibility requirements or the terms of its title IV program participation agreement or that has been sanctioned pursuant to this Act's penalty provisions.",2023-01-11T13:25:04Z,
113-s-2994,113,s,2994,Leveling the Playing Field Act,Foreign Trade and International Finance,2014-12-10,2014-12-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]",OH,D,B000944,0,"Leveling the Playing Field Act - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to the administration and enforcement of antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders.  Declares that neither the administering authority (the Secretary of Commerce, or another U.S. officer given the responsibility by law) nor the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC), as the case may be, is required to determine, or make any adjustments to, a countervailable subsidy rate or weighted average dumping margin based on any assumptions about information the interested party would have provided if it had complied with a request for information. Specifies circumstances in which neither the administering authority nor the USITC is required to corroborate information, including that relating to any dumping margin or subsidy rate calculated on the basis of it, when the administering authority or the USITC uses an inference adverse to the interests of a party that has failed to cooperate with an investigation, even if the information was submitted by that party in a separate proceeding or a separate segment of the same proceeding. Prescribes requirements for the kinds of subsidy rates or dumping margins used in the relevant proceedings when the administering authority uses an inference adverse to a party's interests. Prescribes additional economic factors for the USITC to evaluate when determining whether imports have caused or threatened material injury to a domestic industry. Requires such factors to be evaluated within the context of the business cycle and conditions of competition that are distinct to the affected industry. Repeals the requirement that, in the course of a review of an AD or CVD order for merchandise a new exporter or producer claims it did not export to the United States, the administering authority direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to allow the importer to post a bond or security in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry of the subject merchandise. Makes an exporter or producer eligible for an individual weighted average dumping margin or individual countervailing duty rate in such a review only if the exporter or producer demonstrates that all its sales of the subject merchandise in the United States, or for exportation to the United States, during the period in question are bona fide and the buyer is not affiliated with that exporter or producer. Directs CBP to require merchandise, upon entry into U.S. customs territory, to be accompanied by any mandatory importer or exporter certification that the merchandise is not subject to a duty because it does not fall within the scope of any AD or CVD order. Prescribes civil and criminal penalties for failure to comply with the requirement. Specifies factors for the administering authority to consider when deciding, in CVD or AD investigations and reviews, whether it would be unduly burdensome to: (1) accept voluntary responses from exporters or producers not initially selected for examination, and so (2) determine not to establish an individual countervailable subsidy rate or an individual weighted average dumping margin for them. Authorizes the administering authority, in valuing the factors of production to determine the normal value of merchandise exported from a nonmarket economy country, to disregard price or cost values if there is reason to believe or suspect that the subject merchandise is being subsidized or dumped, without actually investigating and determining that subsidization or dumping has occurred. Requires the administering authority to take into account, when determining whether a foreign country has a nonmarket economy, to consider the extent to which the country's government enforces and administers its laws, legal and administrative procedures, and other policies in an open and transparent manner that affords all parties, whether foreign or domestic, due process and equal and non-discriminatory treatment. Applies the requirements of this Act to goods from Canada and Mexico.",2023-01-11T13:25:04Z,
113-s-2995,113,s,2995,Clean Water Compliance and Affordability Act,Environmental Protection,2014-12-10,2014-12-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]",OH,D,B000944,1,"Clean Water Compliance and Affordability Act - Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to carry out a pilot program to work with and facilitate the efforts of eligible municipalities to develop and implement integrated plans to meet wastewater and stormwater obligations under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) in a cost-effective and flexible manner and consistent with the Integrated Municipal Stormwater and Wastewater Approach Framework issued by EPA in May 2012. Directs the EPA to select at least 15 municipalities to participate in the program. Sets forth eligibility and selection factors. Prescribes standards for approval of a municipality's integrated plan under the pilot program. Allows priority to be given to municipalities seeking to develop and implement approaches that adapt to changed or future uncertain circumstances. Authorizes the EPA to: (1) extend the allowable national pollutant discharge elimination system permit term to a maximum of 25 years, (2) modify the implementation terms of a consent decree, and (3) provide additional regulatory flexibility in approving and implementing an integrated plan that includes adaptive approaches.",2023-01-11T13:25:04Z,
113-s-2996,113,s,2996,PATH Act,Health,2014-12-10,2014-12-10,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.",Senate,"Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]",CO,D,B001267,1,"Promise for Antibiotics and Therapeutics for Health Act or the PATH Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program to approve an antibacterial drug intended to treat a serious medical condition and address an unmet medical need within an identifiable limited population as a limited population antibacterial drug. Requires the sponsor of a drug eligible for approval as a limited population antibacterial drug to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of the drug for its intended use. Requires an HHS determination of the safety and effectiveness of a limited population antibacterial drug to reflect the drug's benefit-risk profile in the intended limited population. Prohibits a lack of evidence of a favorable benefit-risk profile in a broader population from resulting in a denial of approval. Directs HHS to require: (1) the labeling of a limited population antibacterial drug to indicate that the drug has been approved for use only in a limited population, and (2) submission of promotional materials related to the drug prior to dissemination. Directs HHS to describe considerations for demonstrating the safety and effectiveness of limited population antibacterial drugs and how the limited population pathway can be expanded to other therapeutic areas. Requires HHS to conduct postapproval monitoring programs to study how antibacterial drugs approved through the limited population pathway are used and to monitor changes in bacterial drug resistance. Allows HHS to remove the labeling, marketing, and postapproval monitoring requirements of a limited population antibacterial drug if the drug is approved for broader use. Allows the limited population pathway to be expanded to other drugs intended to treat serious illness beginning October 1, 2016.",2023-01-11T13:25:04Z,
113-s-2997,113,s,2997,Child and Dependent Care FSA Enhancement Act,Taxation,2014-12-10,2014-12-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]",NC,R,B001135,1,"Child and Dependent Care FSA Enhancement Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase to $7,500 the amount of employer-provided dependent care assistance that an employee may exclude from gross income. Allows an annual inflation adjustment to such increased amount after 2015.",2023-01-11T13:25:04Z,
113-s-2990,113,s,2990,STEP UP for American Small Businesses Act,Commerce,2014-12-09,2014-12-09,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.,Senate,"Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]",WA,D,C000127,3,"State Trade and Export Promotion Utilization Program for American Small Businesses Act or the STEP UP for American Small Businesses Act - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Associate Administrator for International Trade within the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program. Authorizes the Associate Administrator to make competitive grants to states to carry out export promotion programs to increase: (1) the number of eligible small businesses that export (including rural small businesses and small businesses owned and controlled by women and socially and economically disadvantaged individuals), as well as (2) the value of their exports. Amends the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to require the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC) to include one or more members appointed by the President who are representatives of state trade promotion agencies.",2023-01-11T13:25:04Z,
113-s-2991,113,s,2991,Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2014,Public Lands and Natural Resources,2014-12-09,2014-12-09,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.",Senate,"Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]",AK,D,B001265,0,"Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Reauthorizes and revises the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act, the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986, the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act, the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act, the Yukon River Salmon Act of 2000, the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975, and the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act through FY2021. Reauthorizes the South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988. Reauthorizes the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act of 1995 through FY2020.  Extends permanently the authority of Washington, Oregon, and California to manage any Dungeness crab fishery that does not have a fishery management plan under the MSA and is in the exclusive economic zone adjacent to the state.   Revises the MSA, including by:   providing for the role of tribal governments in managing fish,  adding subsistence fishing to the types of fishing managed under the Act,  giving regional fishery management councils the authority to use alternative fishery management measures in a recreational fishery,  providing for the management of depleted fisheries,  increasing civil and criminal penalties,  establishing a Fisheries Enforcement Fund, and  revising requirements governing fishery management plans and regional fishery management councils.",2023-01-11T13:25:04Z,
113-s-2992,113,s,2992,Military Justice Improvement Act of 2014,Armed Forces and National Security,2014-12-09,2014-12-10,Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 644.,Senate,"Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]",NY,D,G000555,0,"Military Justice Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to direct the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Homeland Security (DHS) to require the Secretaries of the military departments to modify the process for determining whether to try by court-martial a member accused of: (1) certain UCMJ offenses for which the maximum punishment includes confinement for more than one year; (2) a conspiracy, solicitation, or attempt to commit such offenses; or (3) retaliation or obstruction of justice offenses regardless of the maximum authorized punishment.  Requires courts-martial determinations for such offenses to be made by a commissioned officer available for detail as trial counsel who is outside the chain of command of the member subject to the charges. (Currently, courts-martial decisions are made by commanding officers of accused members.) Excludes from the revised procedures that require counsel outside the chain of command to make such courts-martial determinations certain UCMJ offenses relating specifically to military service, including absence without leave, insubordination, and aiding the enemy.  Prohibits an outside counsel's determination not to proceed to trial by general or special court-martial from altering the authority of commanding officers to: (1) refer noncapital offenses to summary courts-martial with limits on the punishments that may be imposed; or (2) impose non-judicial admonitions, reprimands, or disciplinary punishment for minor offenses.  Requires military chiefs of staff to establish offices to convene general and special courts-martial. Prohibits officers in the chain of command of an accused or a victim from detailing members to serve on a resulting trial by court-martial. Codifies as an offense under the UCMJ a person's retaliation against a person subject to his or her orders for reporting a criminal offense. Establishes an offense for obstruction of justice.   ",2019-02-20T12:35:52Z,
113-s-2987,113,s,2987,Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary Expansion Act of 2014,Public Lands and Natural Resources,2014-12-08,2014-12-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA]",GA,R,C000286,1,"Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary Expansion Act of 2014 - Expands the boundary of the Fort Frederica National Monument on Saint Simon Island, Georgia. Increases the maximum number of acres that may be included in the monument from 250 to 525 acres.",2023-01-11T13:25:04Z,
113-s-2988,113,s,2988,Regulatory Cost Assessment Act of 2014,Government Operations and Politics,2014-12-08,2014-12-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]",UT,R,L000577,0,"Regulatory Cost Assessment Act of 2014 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish and enforce a federal regulatory budget.  Requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to submit jointly to the President and Congress an analysis of the cost and economic effects of federal regulations, including recommendations for improvements to the regulatory budgeting process.  Requires CBO to submit: (1) a baseline projecting the federal regulatory cost over at least five fiscal years, (2) analysis of the regulatory cost of legislation reported by congressional committees, and (3) look-back reviews comparing CBO estimates with actual costs. Requires a concurrent resolution on the budget to include levels for the federal regulatory cost for at least five fiscal years. Establishes a process for allocating the totals among congressional committees and subcommittees, programs, and major functional categories. Establishes a point of order against legislation that would cause the allocations to be exceeded and specifies requirements for waiving the point of order.  Requires the President's budget to include an analysis of the cost of compliance with current and proposed federal regulations and proposals for complying with the levels and allocations established under this Act.  Amends the Regulatory Flexibility Act to require agencies to provide additional analysis of the private sector costs for compliance with new regulations.  Requires federal agencies and the Government Accountability Office to provide reports and cost estimates for specified regulations.",2023-01-11T13:25:04Z,
113-s-2989,113,s,2989,PREPARE Act,Energy,2014-12-08,2014-12-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]",HI,D,S001194,1,"Promoting Regional Energy Partnerships for Advancing Resilient Energy Systems Act or the PREPARE Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) and the Secretary of the Interior (acting through specified Assistant Secretaries) to provide technical assistance to governmental entities, Indian tribes, and regional and nonprofit organizations to develop energy strategies that harmonize and promote national, regional, and state energy goals.  Sets forth an awards program addressing the uniqueness of the energy challenges facing states and Indian tribes.",2023-01-11T13:25:04Z,
113-s-2973,113,s,2973,National Laboratory Technology Maturation Act of 2014,"Science, Technology, Communications",2014-12-04,2014-12-04,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]",NM,D,H001046,0,"National Laboratory Technology Maturation Act of 2014 - Requires the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to establish the National Laboratory technology maturation program to make grants of up to $5 million per fiscal year to National Laboratories to increase the successful transfer of technologies licensed from National Laboratories to small businesses by providing a link between an innovative process or technology and a practical application with potential to be successful in commercial markets. Requires grant recipients to use the funds to provide vouchers of up to $250,000 each to small businesses that hold a technology license from a National Laboratory to pay the cost of providing assistance from its scientists and engineers to assist in the development of the licensed technology and further develop related products and services until they are market-ready or sufficiently developed to attract private investment. Requires a National Laboratory that awards a voucher to carry out such a project to: (1) establish a procedure to monitor interim progress of the project toward commercialization milestones, and (2) discontinue providing such funding or assistance if it determines that a project is not making adequate progress toward such milestones under the procedure.",2023-01-11T13:25:05Z,
113-s-2974,113,s,2974,SPORTS Act,Commerce,2014-12-04,2014-12-04,Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]",CT,D,B001277,0,"Sustained Promotion of Responsibility in Team Sports Act or the SPORTS Act - Amends the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 to repeal the existing antitrust exemption for agreements covering the telecasting of sports contests and the combining of professional football leagues with respect to professional football, baseball, basketball, and hockey. Removes specific mention of these four sports and applies the antitrust exemption to agreements for the telecasting of any professional sports contests. Delays the effective date of this repeal until one year after enactment. Applies antitrust laws to any league of clubs participating in professional baseball in connection with any agreement relating to the sponsored telecasting of baseball games. Establishes the Advisory Commission on Sports and the Public Interest. Sets forth procedures for expedited consideration every five years of a joint resolution to extend the antitrust exemption for professional sports teams.",2023-01-11T13:25:05Z,
113-s-2975,113,s,2975,Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2014,Health,2014-12-04,2014-12-04,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]",OH,R,P000449,2,"Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the Medicare durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from accepting a bid from an entity for an area unless it: (1) meets state licensure requirements for the area for all items in the submitted bid for a product category, and (2) has obtained a bid surety bond of between $50,000 and $100,000 for each such area. Prescribes requirements for the treatment of losing bidders and successful bidders that do not accept a contract.",2023-01-11T13:25:05Z,
113-s-2976,113,s,2976,Derivatives End-Users Clarification Act,Finance and Financial Sector,2014-12-04,2014-12-04,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.",Senate,"Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]",ME,R,C001035,1,"Derivatives End-Users Clarification Act - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to revise the treatment of affiliate transactions that may be exempt from clearing requirements to authorize such an exemption only if the affiliate enters into the swap to hedge or mitigate the commercial risk of the person that is not a financial entity (as under current law), on the condition that an appropriate credit support measure or other mechanism shall be used if the hedge or mitigation of commercial risk is addressed by entering into: (1) a swap with either a swap dealer or major swap participant, or (2) a security-based swap with a security-based swap dealer or major security-based swap participant.  Applies this subtitle only to swaps or security-based swaps entered into after enactment of this Act.",2023-01-11T13:25:05Z,
113-s-2977,113,s,2977,MEDTECH Act,Health,2014-12-04,2014-12-04,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.",Senate,"Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]",CO,D,B001267,1,"Medical Electronic Data Technology Enhancement for Consumers’ Health Act or the MEDTECH Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exclude from regulation as a medical device:  administrative, operational, or financial records software used in health care settings; products intended for health maintenance outside of medical treatment; electronic patient records, excluding diagnostic image data, provided that related software is validated prior to marketing, consistent with the standards for devices; software for clinical laboratory test reports; and  software that provides medical recommendations and the basis for those recommendations to health care professionals, with exceptions for products related to regulated devices.",2023-01-11T13:25:05Z,
113-s-2978,113,s,2978,"A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to designate at least one city in the United States each year as an American World War II City, and for other purposes.",Armed Forces and National Security,2014-12-04,2014-12-04,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]",NC,R,B001135,0,"Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to designate at least one city in the United States each year as an "American World War II City" based on: (1) contributions to the war effort during World War II; and (2) efforts to preserve the history of such contributions, including preservation organizations or museums, restoration of World War II facilities, and recognition of World War II veterans. Designates Wilmington, North Carolina, as the first such city.",2023-01-11T13:25:05Z,
113-s-2979,113,s,2979,"A bill to extend eligibility for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home and domiciliary care for certain veterans who served in a theater of combat operations.",Armed Forces and National Security,2014-12-04,2014-12-04,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT]",MT,D,W000818,1,"Extends from 5 to 10 years after discharge or release from active duty after January 28, 2003, a combat veteran's eligibility for veterans' hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for illnesses that have not been medically proven to be attributable to such veteran's service.",2023-01-11T13:25:05Z,
113-s-2980,113,s,2980,Ensuring Equal Access to Treatments Act of 2014,Health,2014-12-04,2014-12-04,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]",NJ,D,M000639,2,"Ensuring Equal Access to Treatments Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create certain additional groups of covered OPD services that classify separately, from those that do not utilize such a drug, procedures that utilize a drug (other than contrast agents and diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals) that both has a cost above the drug packaging threshold and functions as a supply when used in a diagnostic test or procedure.",2023-01-11T13:25:05Z,
113-s-2981,113,s,2981,Secure Data Act of 2014,"Science, Technology, Communications",2014-12-04,2014-12-04,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.",Senate,"Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]",OR,D,W000779,0,"Secure Data Act of 2014 - Prohibits a federal agency from requiring a manufacturer, developer, or seller of any computer hardware, software, or electronic device made available to the general public to design or alter the security functions in such products to allow the surveillance of any user or the physical search of such product by any agency. Exempt from such prohibition products used by law enforcement agencies for electronic surveillance as authorized under the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act.",2023-01-11T13:25:05Z,
113-s-2982,113,s,2982,Perpetual POW/MIA Stamp Act of 2014,Government Operations and Politics,2014-12-04,2014-12-04,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]",PA,R,T000461,0,"Perpetual POW/MIA Stamp Act of 2014 - Directs the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to issue a forever stamp that: (1) honors the sacrifices of the members of the Armed Forces who have been prisoners of war, missing in action, or unaccounted for; and (2) depicts the National League of Families POW/MIA flag.",2023-01-11T13:25:05Z,
113-s-2983,113,s,2983,U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Improvement Act of 2014,Transportation and Public Works,2014-12-04,2014-12-12,Held at the desk.,Senate,"Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]",MS,R,W000437,0,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Improvement Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Maritime Administration to:   accept a gift of money from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association and Foundation, Inc. in order to renovate Melville Hall on the campus of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy; and  enter into a contract with the Foundation for the Hall's operation.",2023-01-11T13:25:05Z,
113-s-2984,113,s,2984,A bill to modify the definition of cotton futures contracts in the United States Cotton Futures Act.,Agriculture and Food,2014-12-04,2014-12-04,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.",Senate,"Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA]",GA,R,C000286,0,"Amends the United States Cotton Futures Act to exclude cotton future contracts involving cotton that is grown outside of the United States and tendered for delivery from coverage under the Act, including the requirement that the cotton be classified by the Department of Agriculture (USDA).",2023-01-11T13:25:05Z,
113-s-2985,113,s,2985,"A bill to designate a segment of Interstate Route 35 in the State of Minnesota as the ""James L. Oberstar Memorial Highway"".",Transportation and Public Works,2014-12-04,2014-12-04,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]",MN,D,K000367,1,"Designates the segment of Interstate Route 35 between milepost 133 at Forest Lake, Minnesota, and milepost 259 at Duluth, Minnesota, as the "James L. Oberstar Memorial Highway."",2023-01-11T13:25:05Z,
113-s-2986,113,s,2986,"A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United States and the Freely Associated States through the development of energy action plans aimed at promoting access to affordable, reliable energy, including increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources, and for other purposes.",Energy,2014-12-04,2014-12-04,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]",HI,D,S001194,0,"Requires the Department of the Interior to establish within the Empowering Insular Communities activity a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to: (1) develop an energy action plan addressing the energy needs of each of the insular areas (American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands) and Freely Associated States (Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau); and (2) assist each of the insular areas and Freely Associated States in implementing the plan.  Requires the plan to include: (1) recommendations to reduce reliance and expenditures on fuel shipped to the insular areas and Freely Associated States from ports outside the United States, to develop and utilize domestic fuel energy sources, and to improve performance of energy infrastructure and overall energy efficiency; (2) a schedule for implementation of the recommendations and identification and prioritization of specific projects; (3) a financial and engineering plan for implementing and sustaining projects; and (4) benchmarks for measuring progress toward implementation. Requires Interior to approve the plan before it is implemented. Extends the federal immigration law transition period for the Northern Mariana Islands through December 31, 2019, including the annual reduction of nonimmigrant workers who may be admitted during such period.",2023-01-11T13:25:05Z,
113-s-2971,113,s,2971,Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2014,Energy,2014-12-03,2014-12-03,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]",NH,D,S001181,8,"Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015 - Better Buildings Act of 2014 - Requires the General Services Administration (GSA) to: (1) develop and publish model leasing provisions to encourage building owners and tenants to use greater cost-effective energy efficiency and water efficiency measures in commercial buildings, and (2) develop policies and best practices to implement the measures for the realty services provided by the GSA to federal agencies.  Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop a voluntary Tenant Star program within the Energy Star program to recognize tenants of spaces in commercial buildings that voluntarily achieve high levels of energy efficiency. Authorizes the EPA to develop a voluntary program to recognize commercial building owners and tenants that use high-performance energy efficiency measures in the design and construction of leased spaces. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prescribe additional energy conservation standards for grid-enabled water heaters for use as part of an electric thermal storage or demand response program, which is a program that enables customers to reduce or shift their power use during peak demand periods. Energy Efficient Government Technology Act - Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to require: (1) each federal agency to coordinate with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Department of Energy (DOE), and the EPA to develop an implementation strategy for the maintenance, purchase, and use of energy-efficient and energy-saving information technologies; (2) DOE to maintain a data center energy practitioner program that leads to the certification of energy practitioners qualified to evaluate the energy usage and efficiency opportunities in federal data centers; and (3) DOE to establish an open data initiative to make information about federal data center energy usage available and accessible in a manner that encourages data center innovation, optimization, and consolidation.  Requires DOE to maintain, and if necessary create, a database for storing and making available public energy-related information on commercial and multifamily buildings.",2023-01-11T13:25:05Z,
113-s-2972,113,s,2972,Christen O'Donnell Equestrian Helmet Safety Act of 2014,Commerce,2014-12-03,2014-12-03,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.",Senate,"Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]",CT,D,B001277,3,"Christen O'Donnell Equestrian Helmet Safety Act of 2014 - Requires equestrian helmets manufactured after a specified date to meet: (1) certain ASTM International standards if the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has not established a standard, and (2) CPSC standards incorporating those ASTM standards if the CPSC has established a standard. Authorizes the CPSC to promulgate equestrian helmet standards incorporating ASTM standards. Exempts any such CPSC-promulgated standard from judicial review, a reliance on voluntary standards, and other procedural requirements that normally apply to such proceedings.  Requires helmets that fail to meet standards required by this Act to be treated as a violation of a consumer product safety standard promulgated under the Consumer Product Safety Act.",2023-01-11T13:25:05Z,
113-s-2967,113,s,2967,Local Control of Education Act,Education,2014-12-02,2014-12-02,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.",Senate,"Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]",LA,R,V000127,0,"Local Control of Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to prohibit the federal government from directly or indirectly mandating, directing, controlling, incentivizing, or conditioning federal support on a state's, local educational agency's (LEA's), or school's adoption of:   the Common Core State Standards, any other academic standards common to a number of states, or any statewide or nationally recognized content standards; or   any assessment, instructional content, or curriculum aligned to, or based on, specific academic standards.  Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to make those prohibitions applicable to grants awarded under the Race to the Top program for innovations and reforms in elementary and secondary education. Prohibits the Secretary of Education from conditioning the provision of a statutory or regulatory waiver under the ESEA on a state, LEA, Indian tribe, or school adopting any specific instructional content, academic standard, assessment, curriculum, or program of instruction. Makes that prohibition applicable to future and previously issued waivers.",2023-01-11T13:25:05Z,
113-s-2968,113,s,2968,Community Partnerships in Education Act,Education,2014-12-02,2014-12-02,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.",Senate,"Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]",RI,D,W000802,0,"Community Partnerships in Education Act - Amends the school improvement program under part A of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to:  allow states and local educational agencies (LEAs) to measure students' attainment of 21st Century skills (such as critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration) in assessing students' progress toward state academic performance standards, require LEAs to describe the data-sharing agreements they have entered into with other agencies and organizations, and prioritize the provision of school improvement funds to LEAs with the lowest-achieving schools that demonstrate a commitment to involving community partners and intermediary organizations in school improvement efforts.  Amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to:   allow states to measure students' attainment of 21st century skills in assessing the career and technical education programs funded under such Act, require states to include community partners and intermediary organizations in the development of their plans for career and technical education programs, require career and technical education providers to describe how they will involve such entities in their programs, and  require those providers to develop and implement data-sharing agreements with other agencies and organizations.  Amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to:  require local workforce development boards to include representatives of community partners and intermediary organizations; require local workforce development plans to describe the data-sharing agreements that the local board has entered into with other agencies and organizations; allow state workforce development program performance indicators to include assessments of students' acquisition of 21st Century skills;  include the development of 21st Century skills as an element of the youth workforce investment activities and adult and dislocated worker training services funded by local workforce development programs; and require states providing funding to adult education and literacy providers under the Act to consider the extent to which those providers coordinate their activities with other education, training, and social service resources in the community, including through data-sharing arrangements.  Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to:  require TRIO program providers to work, to the extent feasible, with community partners and intermediary organizations; require the Secretary of Education to encourage TRIO program providers to enter into data-sharing agreements with other agencies and organizations; require the Secretary to consider students' acquisition of 21st Century skills in assessing TRIO program effectiveness; include community partners and intermediary organizations in the partnerships for grants under the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate programs (GEAR UP); require GEAR UP providers, to the extent feasible, to enter into data-sharing agreements with other organizations or agencies; and include among GEAR UP activities those that improve the number of participating students who acquire 21st Century skills.  Requires secondary and postsecondary high school equivalency programs and college assistance migrant programs to: (1) be implemented in partnership with community partners and with the involvement of intermediary organizations, and (2) include data-sharing agreements between program grantees and other organizations or agencies. Includes as part of the high school equivalency program activities that enable students to acquire 21st Century skills.",2023-01-11T13:25:05Z,
113-s-2969,113,s,2969,General of the Army Omar Bradley Property Transfer Act of 2014,Armed Forces and National Security,2014-12-02,2014-12-02,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]",PA,R,T000461,0,"General of the Army Omar Bradley Property Transfer Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Omar Bradley Foundation, Pennsylvania, to transfer, without consideration, to the child of General of the Army Omar Nelson Bradley and his first wife, Mary Elizabeth Quayle Bradley, such items of the Omar Bradley estate under the control of the Foundation as the Secretary of the Army determines to be without historic value to the Army, provided a claim for such a transfer is submitted within 180 days after enactment of this Act.",2023-01-11T13:25:05Z,
113-s-2970,113,s,2970,Military Justice Improvement Act of 2014,Armed Forces and National Security,2014-12-02,2014-12-03,Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 611.,Senate,"Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]",NY,D,G000555,0,"Military Justice Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to direct the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Homeland Security (DHS) to require the Secretaries of the military departments to modify the process for determining whether to try by court-martial a member accused of: (1) certain UCMJ offenses for which the maximum punishment includes confinement for more than one year; or (2) a conspiracy, solicitation, or attempt to commit such offenses.   Requires courts-martial determinations for such offenses to be made by a commissioned officer available for detail as trial counsel who is outside the chain of command of the member subject to the charges. (Currently, courts-martial decisions are made by commanding officers of accused members.) Excludes from the revised procedures that require counsel outside the chain of command to make such courts-martial determinations certain UCMJ offenses relating specifically to military service, including absence without leave, insubordination, and aiding the enemy.  Prohibits an outside counsel's determination not to proceed to trial by general or special court-martial from altering the authority of commanding officers to: (1) refer noncapital offenses to summary courts-martial with limits on the punishments that may be imposed; or (2) impose non-judicial admonitions, reprimands, or disciplinary punishment for minor offenses.  Requires military chiefs of staff to establish offices to convene general and special courts-martial. Prohibits officers in the chain of command of an accused or a victim from detailing members to serve on a resulting trial by court-martial.",2019-02-20T12:35:50Z,
113-s-2947,113,s,2947,"A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to clarify the authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to prescribe just, reasonable, and not unduly discriminatory or preferential terms, conditions, and compensation applicable to wholesale demand response resource participation in organized wholesale energy, capacity, and ancillary service markets.",Energy,2014-11-20,2014-11-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]",NM,D,H001046,0,"Amends the Federal Power Act to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to prescribe just, reasonable, and not unduly discriminatory or preferential terms, conditions, and compensation applicable to wholesale demand response resource participation in organized wholesale energy, capacity, and ancillary service markets. Defines "demand response" as a reduction in customer consumption of electric energy from the expected consumption in response to either increased electric energy prices or to incentive payments designed to induce lower electric energy consumption.",2023-01-11T13:25:18Z,
113-s-2948,113,s,2948,Medicaid Generic Drug Price Fairness Act,Health,2014-11-20,2014-11-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]",VT,I,S000033,0,Medicaid Generic Drug Price Fairness Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to extend to manufacturers of generic drugs the requirement that drug manufacturers in certain circumstances pay an additional rebate to state Medicaid programs.,2023-01-11T13:25:18Z,
113-s-2949,113,s,2949,Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act,Transportation and Public Works,2014-11-20,2014-11-20,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.",Senate,"Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]",SD,R,T000250,5,"Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act - Prescribes certain whistleblower incentives and protections for motor vehicle manufacturer, part supplier, or dealership employees or contractors who voluntarily provide the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) information relating to any motor vehicle defect, noncompliance, or any violation of any notification or reporting requirement which is likely to cause unreasonable risk of death or serious physical injury. Authorizes the Secretary to pay awards to one or more whistleblowers in an aggregate amount of up to 30% of total monetary sanctions collected pursuant to an administrative or judicial action resulting in aggregate monetary sanctions exceeding $1 million. Prohibits an award to any whistleblower who knowingly and willfully makes false representations. Subjects such a whistleblower to criminal penalties.",2023-01-11T13:25:18Z,
113-s-2950,113,s,2950,Physician Ambassadors Helping Veterans Act,Armed Forces and National Security,2014-11-20,2014-11-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]",KS,R,M000934,0,"Physician Ambassadors Helping Veterans Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to use the Secretary's authority to employ certain personnel without regard to civil service or classification laws, rules, or regulations to employ physicians on a without compensation basis in any practice area or specialty for which: (1) the average waiting time for veterans seeking an appointment with a physician exceeds the VA's waiting time goals, or (2) the VA facility where the physician will be employed has demonstrated staffing shortages. Requires each VA medical facility to have a volunteer coordinator who: (1) seeks to establish relationships with medical associations serving the area, (2) recruits physicians for uncompensated employment at the facility, and (3) serves as the initial point of contact for physicians seeking uncompensated employment at the facility. Conditions an uncompensated physician's receipt of a credential or privilege to practice medicine in a VA facility on the physician's commitment to serve at least 40 hours in the facility during the ensuing 12-month period. Requires the Secretary to decide whether to grant an uncompensated physician's request for a credential or privilege to practice medicine in the VA facility within 60 days. Requires the director of a VA medical facility to approve, and accept the uncompensated services of, any physician who has made the requisite service commitment and receives a credential or privilege to practice medicine in such facility.",2023-01-11T13:25:18Z,
113-s-2951,113,s,2951,Veterans Dignified Burial Act,Armed Forces and National Security,2014-11-20,2014-11-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]",NV,R,H001041,0,"Veterans Dignified Burial Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA): (1) upon confirming the veteran status of a deceased veteran in the custody of a local medical examiner, funeral director, county service group, or other similar entity, to request from such entity the specific date of the scheduled interment of such veteran; and (2) during each 30-day period following such request, to repeat the request until such entity confirms that such veteran has been interred. Requires the Secretary, by January 31 of each year, to submit to the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees a report on deceased veterans who were interred after the 30-day period following the date on which the Secretary made such request. Requires the report to include: (1) the number of deceased veterans who were not interred in such 30-day period during the prior year, (2) the number of such deceased veterans who are not interred as of the date of the report, and (3) the entity with custody of each such deceased veteran.",2023-01-11T13:25:18Z,
113-s-2952,113,s,2952,Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act of 2014,Government Operations and Politics,2014-11-20,2014-11-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]",WA,D,M001111,0,"Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act of 2014 - Establishes in the executive branch a Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking. Directs the Commission to conduct a comprehensive study of the data inventory, data infrastructure, and statistical protocols related to federal policymaking and the statistical and programmatic agencies responsible for maintaining that data to:   determine the optimal arrangement for which administrative data on federal programs and tax expenditures and related data series may be integrated and made available to facilitate program evaluation, policy-relevant research, and cost-benefit analyses by qualified researchers and institutions;   make recommendations on how data infrastructure and protocols should be modified to best fulfill those objectives; and  make recommendations on how best to incorporate outcomes measurement, institutionalize randomized controlled trials, and rigorous impact analysis into program design.  Requires the Commission to consider if and how to create a clearinghouse for program and survey data.  Terminates the Commission not later than 18 months after enactment of this Act.",2023-01-11T13:25:18Z,
113-s-2953,113,s,2953,Keeping America Safe from Ebola Act of 2014,Immigration,2014-11-20,2014-11-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]",FL,R,R000595,5,"Keeping America Safe from Ebola Act of 2014 - Defines "covered alien" as an alien: (1) who is a national or a resident of a country designated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as one with widespread transmission of the Ebola virus; and (2) whose last habitual residence, or last habitual residence before residence in the United States if the alien is seeking to reenter the United States, was a designated country.  States that a covered alien is ineligible to: (1) receive a U.S. visa or otherwise be admitted to the United States; or (2) enter the United States if the alien was lawfully present in the United States, departed the United States and visited a designated country, and is seeking to reenter the United States. Requires the Secretary of State to revoke the visa of each covered alien.  Exempts from such coverage and requirements: (1) certain aid workers, and (2) persons authorized by the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to travel to the United States for training. Directs the President to report to Congress every 30 days regarding the spread of Ebola.",2023-01-11T13:25:18Z,
113-s-2954,113,s,2954,Higher Education Affordability Act,Education,2014-11-20,2014-11-20,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.",Senate,"Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]",IA,D,H000206,0,"Higher Education Affordability Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise and reauthorize HEA programs. Title I: General Provisions - Requires proprietary institutions of higher education, for student aid eligibility purposes, to derive at least 15% of their revenue from sources other than federal funds. Prohibits institutions of higher education (IHEs) that are affiliated with a consumer financial product or service from receiving HEA funds unless they take specified steps to avoid conflicts of interest. Prohibits IHEs or other postsecondary educational institutions from using revenues derived from federal educational assistance funds for recruiting or marketing activities. Requires the establishment of new college cost and assistance information resources for students, parents, and the public and the enhancement of existing resources. Prohibits a state from charging certain active duty military personnel and homeless and foster care youth tuition for attending a public institution of higher education at a rate that is greater than the rate charged for state residents. Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a complaint tracking system to collect, monitor, and respond to complaints or inquiries regarding the educational practices and services, and recruiting and marketing practices, of all postsecondary educational institutions. Establishes the Proprietary Education Oversight Coordination Committee to oversee proprietary IHEs and publish an annual Warning List for Parents and Students regarding certain issues facing such schools. Title II: Improving Educator Preparation - Revises title II of the HEA to establish a new part A program awarding grants to partnerships of high-need local educational agencies (LEAs), high-need schools, IHEs, and high-need early childhood education programs to design and implement effective educator residency programs that prepare educators for success in high-need schools. Establishes a new part B program awarding grants to states to reform and improve educator preparation programs. Establishes a new part C requiring educator preparation programs to set annual quantifiable goals for increasing the number of prospective educators trained in educator shortage areas designated by the Secretary or the applicable state. Requires states to identify and assist low-performing educator preparation programs. Cuts off federal funding for those programs that lose state support or funding due to low performance. Preserves the Honorable Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence program and the Teach to Reach grant program in a new part D. Title III: Institutional Aid - Revises and reauthorizes the Institutional Aid programs, under title III of the HEA, that provide grants to IHEs serving high percentages of minority and low-income students. Alters the authorized uses of the grant funds. Requires the Secretary and states to cover the costs that certain IHEs that are required to provide a tuition-free education to Indian students incur in providing such an education to out-of-state Indian students. Raises the principal limit on outstanding federally-insured bonds used to finance historically Black colleges and universities. Title IV: Student Assistance - Revises and reauthorizes Student Assistance programs under title IV of the HEA. Establishes a year-round Federal Pell Grant program to allow eligible students to accelerate the time needed to earn a degree. Establishes demonstration programs to:  encourage IHEs to improve their performance in enrolling and graduating a significant number of low- and moderate-income students on time; explore the effectiveness of providing secondary school students with early notification of their postsecondary financial aid options and the cost of postsecondary education; explore the effectiveness of providing adult students with information regarding their postsecondary financial aid options and the cost of postsecondary education; and explore ways of delivering competency-based postsecondary education programs that assess student competencies rather than credit hours to potentially reduce the costs students incur, and the time they need, to attain a postsecondary degree.  Establishes an American Dream grants program allotting grants to states to offer Dreamer students in-state tuition and expand their access to in-state financial aid. Provides loan forgiveness under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (DL) programs for certain Indian teachers employed by Indian schools or LEAs that serve a high percentage of Indian students. Reduces, from 75% to 50%, the federal share of Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity grants and the federal share of the compensation provided to students employed in Federal Work-Study programs. Raises the required IHE contribution of funds for Federal Perkins Loans from one-third to one-half of the federal contributions. Increases the income protection allowances used in determining dependent and independent students' need for title IV assistance. Directs the Secretary to develop standard formats for: (1) notifying any borrower who is delinquent, or at risk of becoming delinquent, on an FFEL or DL of repayment options; (2) IHE financial aid award letters to students and parents. Requires the Secretary to publicize fiscal year FFEL and DL repayment and default rates for each IHE participating in a title IV program. Establishes a One-Time FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) pilot program to: (1) streamline the process by which students apply for federal financial assistance, and (2) reduce the need for students to apply for such assistance each year. Allows students who have not graduated from secondary school to receive title IV assistance if they: (1) are enrolled in an eligible career pathway program, and (2) are determined or demonstrate the ability to benefit from the education or training being offered. Requires IHEs to provide students with: (1) information regarding their policy on harassment, and (2) additional and more frequent and personalized information regarding student assistance. Bans IHEs participating in title IV programs from: (1) providing incentive compensation to persons or entities based on their success in recruiting, enrolling, or educating students or placing them in employment; or (2) including a predispute arbitration agreement in any contract with a student. Authorizes the Secretary to impose civil penalties and sanctions on IHEs that engage in substantial misrepresentations or other serious violations of title IV requirements. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures to automatically enroll delinquent FFEL or DL borrowers who have a partial financial hardship into an income-based repayment plan. Requires each IHE that enrolls a student who receives title IV assistance to establish a system to disburse credit balances through electronic payments to a deposit account or a general use prepaid card with the protections afforded under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act. Requires IHEs to provide, and the Secretary to collect, specified student unit record data. Prohibits accreditors from requiring IHEs to enter into predispute arbitration agreements with their students. Requires them to publicly disclose their finalized accreditation documents relating to academic and institutional quality. Directs the Secretary to conduct program reviews of IHEs that pose a significant risk of failing to comply with title IV requirements. Establishes a State-Federal College Affordability Partnership program to award block grants to states to incentivize their investment in public higher education. Title V: Developing Institutions - Revises and reauthorizes the Developing Institutions grant program for Hispanic-serving IHEs under title V of the HEA. Alters the authorized uses of grant funds. Title VI: International Education Programs  - Reauthorizes the International Education programs under title VI of the HEA. Title VII: Graduate and Postsecondary Improvement Programs - Reauthorizes the Graduate and Postsecondary Improvement programs under title VII of the HEA. Establishes:   a First In The World Competitive Grant program to help IHEs implement innovative strategies designed to increase postsecondary education access, affordability, and completion; Dual Enrollment and Early College High School programs;  a Minority-Serving Institutions Innovation Fund to assist minority-serving institutions in developing, implementing, and replicating innovations that enable economically and educationally disadvantaged students to enroll in, persist through, and graduate from their schools; and  a program providing competitive grants to states to establish or implement a comprehensive state plan to increase students' access to, and completion of, postsecondary education.  Title VIII: Additional Programs - Strikes the following parts of title VIII of the HEA:  E (American History for Freedom),  H (Improving College Enrollment by Secondary Schools),  I (Early Childhood Education Professional Development and Career Task Force),  K (Pilot Programs to Increase College Persistence and Success),  M (Low Tuition), N (Cooperative Education), O (College Partnership Grants),  R (Campus-Based Digital Theft Prevention),  U (University Sustainability Programs),  V (Modeling and Simulation Programs), X (School of Veterinary Medicine Competitive Grant Program), and  Y (Early Federal Pell Grant Commitment Demonstration Program).  Replaces the program under part C (Business Workforce Partnerships for Job Skills Training in High-Growth Occupations or Industries) with a Community College and Industry Partnerships program for the development, improvement, or provision of educational or career training programs. Reauthorizes the remaining title VIII programs. Establishes the Tyler Clementi Program to award competitive grants to IHEs to address and prevent student harassment. Title IX: Higher Education Opportunities and Supports for Students with Disabilities - Provides for the establishment and support of: (1) a National Technical Assistance Center for College Students With Disabilities and Their Families, (2) a National Technical Assistance Center for Disability Support Services at Institutions of Higher Education, (3) a National Data Center on Higher Education and Disability. Establishes a competitive grant program to enable IHEs to create or expand high quality, inclusive, higher education programs for students with intellectual disabilities. Requires the establishment of a coordinating center for such programs that provides them with information, technical assistance, and evaluations. Establishes a competitive grant program to enable IHEs to create or expand high quality, inclusive, model comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs for students who are deaf-blind. Requires the establishment of a coordinating center for such programs that provides them with information, technical assistance, and evaluations. Directs the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board to establish, regularly review, and amend guidelines regarding the accessibility of all instructional materials for students who are attending IHEs that receive title IV funding.  Establishes a competitive grant program to support model demonstration programs to improve the access of postsecondary students with print disabilities to quality postsecondary instructional materials in specialized formats. Requires certain producers of instructional materials for the postsecondary education market to include closed captions or subtitles in materials that incorporate synchronized audio and visual formats. Directs the Secretary to establish the Advisory Commission on Serving and Supporting Students with Psychiatric Disabilities in Institutions of Higher Education to conduct a comprehensive study aimed at improving the opportunities for postsecondary students with psychiatric disabilities to receive services and supports that optimize their rates of retention and graduation. Title X: Amendments to Other Laws - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to:  require a lender, before issuing a private education loan for a student attending an IHE, to obtain specified certifications from the IHE; impose specified reporting requirements on issuers of private education loans; bar borrowers from making a pre-dispute waiver of their rights or remedies relating to a private education loan; require a private education lender to discharge the liability of borrowers in the event of their death or disability; subject postsecondary education lenders, loan holders, and loan servicers to civil liability; impose specified reporting requirements on financial institutions regarding any agreement they have with an IHE or its affiliates to offer consumer financial products or services to students; prohibit a financial institution that offers a consumer financial product or service that is affiliated with an IHE from entering into a revenue-sharing arrangement with the IHE; and  impose specified consumer protection and disclosure requirements on student loan servicers.  Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the disclosure of tax return information to the Department of Education on student borrowers who are more than 150 days delinquent on an FFEL or DL. Revises federal bankruptcy law to limit the hardship exception to the exemption of educational debts from discharge in bankruptcy to: (1) an educational benefit overpayment or loan made, insured, or guaranteed by a governmental unit or made under any program funded in whole or in part by a governmental unit; or (2) an obligation to repay funds received from a governmental unit as an educational benefit, scholarship, or stipend. Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to set a 6% limitation on the interest rate that can be charged a servicemember during the servicemember's military service and one year thereafter on the student loans incurred by the servicemember prior to his or her military service, including student loans incurred prior to such service but consolidated or refinanced during that service. Amends the United States Institute of Peace Act to reauthorize funding for the United States Institute of Peace. Title XI: Reports, Studies, and Miscellaneous Provisions - Prohibits IHEs from participating in a federal financial assistance program unless they meet certain consumer protection requirements with respect to any of their students who are in a program of postsecondary education or training that is designed to prepare them for entry into a recognized occupation or profession that has pre-conditions for entry. Requires:  a longitudinal study of the effectiveness of student loan counseling, a study on public service loan forgiveness, a longitudinal study of the causes of student loan default, and a study on the impact of federal financial aid changes on graduate students.  Directs the Secretaries of Education, Defense (DOD), and Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to establish and maintain a working group to assess and improve the resources available to federal personnel to assist members of the Armed Forces and their spouses in using DOD tuition assistance programs. Directs the Secretary to establish an Institutional Risk-Sharing Commission to study and make recommendations for the implementation of a new risk-sharing system for IHEs that participate in the DL program through which IHEs would be held financially accountable for poor student outcomes. Requires the the Comptroller General (GAO) to report to Congress on the educational attainment of homeless and foster care youth. American Dream Accounts Act - Directs the Secretary to establish a competitive grant program enabling specified eligible entities to establish American Dream Accounts for a group of low-income students. Defines an "American Dream Account" as a personal online account for low-income students that monitors their readiness for higher education and includes a college savings account.",2023-01-11T13:25:18Z,
113-s-2955,113,s,2955,A bill to revise the Inland Waterways Trust Fund financing rate.,Taxation,2014-11-20,2014-11-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]",PA,D,C001070,4,Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the Inland Waterways Trust Fund financing rate to 29 cents per gallon.,2023-01-11T13:25:18Z,
113-s-2956,113,s,2956,Phone Scam Prevention Act of 2014,"Science, Technology, Communications",2014-11-20,2014-11-20,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6208-6209)",Senate,"Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]",FL,D,N000032,3,"Phone Scam Prevention Act of 2014 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require voice communications service providers to offer subscribers the option to designate a list of approved telephone numbers for which calls originating from those numbers are permitted to connect directly with the subscriber's telephone and other customer premises equipment.  Requires providers to ensure that any call for termination that is not from a number on the subscriber's list is processed according to the subscriber's preferences, including by limiting or disabling the ability of an incoming call to connect with the subscriber's equipment.  Exempts government and public interest calls from being subject to a subscriber's preferences.  Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to develop authentication standards for providers to validate caller information so that subscribers may obtain secure assurances of a call's origin, including the calling party's number and identification.  Extends the prohibition on the provision of inaccurate caller identification information to persons outside the United States if the recipient is within the United States. Expands the definition "caller identification information" to include text messages. Revises caller identification requirements to make standards applicable to voice communications using resources from the North American Numbering Plan (currently, the requirements apply to telecommunications or IP-enabled voice services).",2023-01-11T13:25:18Z,
113-s-2957,113,s,2957,Do Not Disturb Act of 2014,"Science, Technology, Communications",2014-11-20,2014-11-20,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.",Senate,"Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]",AK,D,B001265,0,"Do Not Disturb Act of 2014 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to expand the list of entities prohibited from making telephone calls to numbers on the FTC's "do-not-call" registry to include: (1) political committees that accept donations or contributions that do not comply with contribution limits or source prohibitions (commonly known as Super PACs), and (2) tax exempt non-profit social welfare organizations engaged in political activities. Requires the FTC to expand rules against abusive telemarking to prohibit: (1) computer-dialed telephone calls with prerecorded messages (robo-calls) to numbers on the registry, and (2) push-polling calls regarding a candidate for public office in which voters are asked certain questions about opposing candidates or are likely to construe the call as a survey for an independent organization. Provides exceptions to allow robo-calls for emergencies or with the consent of the called party.",2023-01-11T13:25:18Z,
113-s-2958,113,s,2958,Guard and Military Reservist Pay Security Act,Taxation,2014-11-20,2014-11-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]",PA,R,T000461,0,"Guard and Military Reservist Pay Security Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for differential wage payments to active duty members of the Uniformed Services, to: (1) make such credit permanent; (2) increase the rate of such credit to 100%; (3) require an annual adjustment for inflation to credit amounts after 2015; and (4) make such credit available to all employers, not just small business employers.",2023-01-11T13:25:18Z,
113-s-2959,113,s,2959,Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2014,Labor and Employment,2014-11-20,2014-11-20,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.",Senate,"Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]",PA,D,C001070,6,"Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Black Lung Benefits Act to revise requirements with regard to miners' claims for pneumoconiosis (black lung) benefits. Requires a mine operator to deliver within 21 days a complete copy of the examining physician's report to any miner required to submit to a medical examination regarding his or her respiratory or pulmonary condition.  Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish an attorneys' fee payment program to pay attorneys' fees of up to $4,500 to the attorneys of prevailing parties on a qualifying black lung benefit claim.  Establishes an irrebuttable presumption that a miner is totally disabled due to black lung disease, that the miner's death was due to black lung, or that at the time of death the miner was totally disabled by black lung disease if a chest radiograph, biopsy, autopsy, or other medically accepted test or procedure has diagnosed such miner with complicated black lung or progressive massive fibrosis. Allows a party to rebut this presumption only in cases where:   the miner was employed for 15 years or more in one or more coal mines (including surface mines), there is a negative chest radiograph,  other evidence demonstrates the existence of a totally disabling respiratory or pulmonary impairment, but no part of the miner's respiratory or pulmonary impairment was caused by black lung disease.  Revises requirements for the payment of benefits to miners (including their dependents) totally disabled by black lung disease. Authorizes black lung clinics to use a portion of their federal funding to assist miners, surviving spouses, dependents, and other family members in the filing of black lung benefit claims. Prohibits any claimant, physician, operator, duly authorized agent of such operator, or employee of an insurance carrier, subject to certain civil and criminal penalties, from:   knowingly and willfully making a false statement or misrepresentation in obtaining or denying benefits, or threatening or knowingly misleading anyone participating in a proceeding regarding such benefits.  Requires the Secretary, upon request, to give a claimant the opportunity to substantiate a claim for benefits through a complete pulmonary evaluation of the miner that includes an initial qualified physician's report and, if certain conditions are met, any supplemental medical evidence developed after the report. Requires the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to establish in NIOSH a pilot program to establish B Reader Panels to assure accurate International Labor Organization classifications for chest radiographs in black lung disease cases where there is a factual dispute regarding a diagnosis of complicated black lung or progressive massive fibrosis. Directs the Secretary, in coordination with NIOSH, to establish a program to educate district directors, claims examiners, administrative law judges and supporting attorney advisors, and Benefits Review Board members about medical evidence relevant to black lung benefit claims. Revises black lung eligibility requirements to replace the terms "wife" and "widow" with "spouse" and "surviving spouse." Allows a covered miner or survivor to file a claim for black lung benefits within one year after enactment of this Act if the claim was been denied before enactment of this Act. Requires adjudication of the claim on its merits and excludes consideration of any negative chest radiograph for simple black lung disease, complicated black lung disease, or progressive massive fibrosis. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress a strategy to reduce the backlog of black lung cases pending before the Office of Administrative Law Judges of the Department of Labor. Directs the Government Accountability Office to report to Congress on any barriers to health care faced by coal miners with black lung disease. Amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to direct the Secretary to conduct a retrospective study evaluating data collected using continuous dust monitors to determine whether to lower the applicable standard for respirable dust concentration for miners, among other possible actions. Establishes in the Department of Labor an Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) (codifying the existing establishment of OWCP in the Department of Labor.)",2023-01-11T13:25:18Z,
113-s-2960,113,s,2960,A bill to provide for rental assistance for homeless or at-risk Indian veterans.,Housing and Community Development,2014-11-20,2014-11-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]",MT,D,T000464,4,"Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to carry out a rental assistance and supportive housing program, in conjunction with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), for the benefit of Indian veterans who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness and who are residing on or near Indian areas. Requires rental assistance under such program to be: (1) made available to recipients eligible for housing assistance block grants under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996; and (2) awarded based on need, administrative capacity, and any other funding criteria established by the HUD Secretary in a notice published in the Federal Register after consulting with the VA Secretary.",2023-01-11T13:25:18Z,
113-s-2961,113,s,2961,Office of Planning for Future Intercity Transportation Act,Transportation and Public Works,2014-11-20,2014-11-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]",AK,D,B001265,0,"Office of Planning for Future Intercity Transportation Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish within the Office of the Secretary the Office of Planning for Future Intercity Transportation (Office), headed by the Assistant Secretary for Intercity Transportation Planning.  Requires the Office to be composed of:  the Office of High-Speed Rail Policy, the Office of High-Speed Planning, and  the Office of High-Speed Rail Operations and Safety.  Requires the Assistant Secretary to oversee the planning, development, construction, financing, funding, and operation of high-speed rail in selected corridors throughout the United States. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress the results of a feasibility study that identifies and prioritizes corridors that offer the best opportunity to provide point-to-point high-speed intercity passenger rail service.",2023-01-11T13:25:18Z,
113-s-2962,113,s,2962,Medical Expense Deduction Act,Taxation,2014-11-20,2014-11-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]",PA,R,T000461,0,Medical Expense Deduction Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce from 10% to 7.5% of adjusted gross income the threshold after which medical expenses are fully deductible.,2023-01-11T13:25:18Z,
113-s-2963,113,s,2963,A bill to remove a limitation on a prohibition relating to permits for discharges incidental to normal operation of vessels.,Environmental Protection,2014-11-20,2014-12-04,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 613.,Senate,"Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]",CA,D,B000711,14,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Makes permanent a provision which prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from requiring a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) for a vessel that is less than 79 feet in length or a fishing vessel for any discharge: (1) of effluent from properly functioning marine engines; (2) of laundry, shower, and galley sink wastes; or (3) that is incidental to the normal operation of those vessels. (Currently, the prohibition is temporary and the time period in which the EPA is prohibited from requiring a NPDES permit ends on December 18, 2014. This prohibition does not apply with respect to garbage discharged overboard, other discharges when the vessel is operating in a capacity other than as a means of transportation, discharges of ballast water held in ships to increase stability, or any discharge that contributes to a violation of a water quality standard or poses an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment.)",2023-01-11T13:25:05Z,
113-s-2964,113,s,2964,Trade Adjustment Assistance Act of 2014,Foreign Trade and International Finance,2014-11-20,2014-11-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]",OH,D,B000944,12,"Trade Adjustment Assistance Act of 2014 - Amends the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 to repeal the declaration that trade adjustment assistance (TAA) program requirements in effect as of February 13, 2011, under the Trade Act of 1974 shall apply to petitions for certification to apply for TAA for workers, firms, and farmers that are filed before January 1, 2014. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend through December 31, 2020: (1) the TAA program, and (2) the reemployment trade adjustment assistance (RTAA) program. Makes funds available through FY2020, and for the period beginning October 1-December 31, 2020 (first quarter of FY2021), for training of adversely affected workers, employment and case management services, and job search expenses and relocation expenses. Reauthorizes appropriations: (1) through December 31, 2020, for the TAA program for workers; and (2) through FY2020, and for the first quarter of FY2021, for the TAA program for firms, communities, and farmers.  Prescribes TAA eligibility requirements for adversely affected workers in public agencies. Revises trade readjustment allowance (TRA) program requirements. Limits to 130 weeks the length of TRA payments for an adversely affected worker who requires a program of remedial education or of prerequisite education in order to complete approved training. Increases from 65 to 78 additional weeks of TRA payments in a 78-week period the length of additional time permissible to complete training. Repeals the authority of a state to use funds for employment and case management services and relocation allowances to allow an adversely affected worker who is certified to file an application for a job search allowance and relocation allowance. (Continues to authorize adversely affected workers to apply for the job search allowance as well as the relocation allowance.) Revises the reemployment trade adjustment assistance (RTAA) program.  Increases from: (1) $50,000 to $55,000 the maximum amount an RTAA-eligible worker may earn in wages from reemployment, and (2) $10,000 to $12,000 the maximum payment of RTAA (or wage subsidy) to an eligible older worker. Specifies criteria the Secretary must use to determine the eligibility of workers to apply for TAA if no determination has been made, upon enactment of this Act, as to whether to certify a group of workers or firms as eligible pursuant to a petition filed between January 1, 2014, and enactment of this Act. Requires the Secretary to reconsider any determination made before enactment of this Act not to certify such workers or firms, and to certify them as eligible if they meet the specified requirements. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through calendar 2021, and increase from 72.5% to 80%, the tax credit for the health insurance coverage costs of Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) pension and TAA recipients and their dependents. Amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Public Health Service Act to extend through December 31, 2020, the TAA pre-certification period rule disregarding, for a specified period, any 63-day lapse in creditable health care coverage for TAA workers. Extends also through December 31, 2020, the continued eligibility of certain qualified TAA-eligible individuals and PBGC pension recipients for COBRA premium assistance.",2023-01-11T13:25:18Z,
113-s-2965,113,s,2965,Operation United Assistance Tax Exclusion Act of 2014,Taxation,2014-11-20,2014-11-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]",TX,R,C001098,1,"Operation United Assistance Tax Exclusion Act of 2014 - Provides for a tax exclusion of compensation paid to a member of the Armed Forces serving in Operation United Assistance in the Ebola virus disease outbreak area (i.e. Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and any other region designated as experiencing a widespread Ebola virus disease outbreak). Requires that such service member undergo a program of not less than 21 days of controlled monitoring upon return from the outbreak area.",2023-01-11T13:25:18Z,
113-s-2966,113,s,2966,Critical Care Assessment and Improvement Act of 2014,Health,2014-11-20,2014-11-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]",WI,D,B001230,2,"Critical Care Assessment and Improvement Act of 2014 - Requires studies on critical care health services by the Institute of Medicine and the Health Resources and Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).  Directs HHS to establish the Critical Care Coordinating Working Group within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to: (1) advance research and research training in the critical care setting across NIH and HHS; (2) coordinate funding opportunities that involve multiple components of HHS; (3) catalyze the development of new funding opportunities; (4) inform investigators about funding opportunities; (5) represent NIH in government-wide efforts to improve the critical care system; (6) coordinate the collection and analysis of information on NIH research relating to critical care and identify gaps in this research; (7) report annually to the Director of NIH on NIH research efforts relating to critical care; and (8) make recommendations on how to strengthen partnerships within NIH and HHS and public and private entities to expand collaborative, cross-cutting research. Requires HHS to carry out a demonstration project to improve the quality and efficiency of critical care in acute care hospitals.",2023-01-11T13:25:18Z,
113-s-2940,113,s,2940,American Opportunity Carbon Fee Act,Taxation,2014-11-19,2014-11-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]",RI,D,W000802,1,"American Opportunity Carbon Fee Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a fee on: (1) fossil fuel products, including coal, petroleum products, and natural gas, for carbon dioxide emissions; and (2) emissions of any greenhouse gas other than carbon dioxide from any greenhouse gas emission source.  Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish, implement, and report on a program to collect data on methane emissions by major non-natural sources, including emissions attributable to the extraction and distribution of coal, petroleum products, and natural gas.  Establishes the American Opportunity Trust Fund to provide economic assistance to low-income families and businesses using tax revenues generated by this Act.",2023-01-11T13:25:19Z,
113-s-2941,113,s,2941,Combat Human Trafficking Act of 2014,Crime and Law Enforcement,2014-11-19,2014-11-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6154),Senate,"Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]",CA,D,F000062,2,"Combat Human Trafficking Act of 2014 - Amends the federal criminal code, with respect to sex trafficking of children, to: (1) subject to criminal prosecution buyers, as well as sellers, of commercial sex involving sex trafficking victims; (2) provide that in prosecutions of sex trafficking crimes, the government is not required to prove that a sex trafficking defendant knew or recklessly disregarded the fact that a victim was under age 18; (3) equalize the period of supervised release for sex trafficking offenders convicted of conspiracy; (4) expand wiretap authority for investigating crimes related to sex trafficking, including slavery, involuntary servitude, and forced labor; (5) grant crime victims the right to be informed in a timely manner of any plea agreement or deferred prosecution agreement; and (6) require an appellate court to apply ordinary standards of review in reviewing appeals filed by crime victims.    Requires the Director of Justice Statistics in the Department of Justice (DOJ) to prepare and report annually on: (1) the rates of arrests by state law enforcement officers for sex trafficking crimes involving buyers of commercial sex involving sex trafficking victims, and (2) prosecutions and convictions for such crimes in state courts.  Directs the Attorney General to ensure that DOJ anti-human trafficking training programs, including programs for federal, state, or local law enforcement officers, include technical training on effective methods for investigating and prosecuting buyers of commercial sex involving sex trafficking victims.",2023-01-11T13:25:19Z,
113-s-2942,113,s,2942,Infectious Disease Hospital Hubs Act,Health,2014-11-19,2014-11-19,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.",Senate,"Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]",MA,D,M000133,1,"Infectious Disease Hospital Hubs Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in an emergency or significant potential emergency which involves a specific infectious disease that requires the isolation and specialized treatment of patients, to award grants to states to improve surge capacity at hospitals designated by the state and enhance community and hospital preparedness. Allows HHS to award additional grants to compensate designated hospitals for unreimbursed costs for treating infectious disease patients or for damages for lost business activity or lost services attributable to the treatment of those patients.",2023-01-11T13:25:18Z,
113-s-2943,113,s,2943,A bill to amend Public Law 110-299 to extend the time period during which permits are not required for certain discharges incidental to the normal operation of vessels.,Environmental Protection,2014-11-19,2014-11-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]",FL,R,R000595,6,"Extends the time period during which both the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and any state with a state permit program are prohibited from requiring a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) for a vessel that is less than 79 feet in length or a fishing vessel for any discharge: (1) of effluent from properly functioning marine engines, or of laundry, shower, and galley sink wastes; or (2) that is incidental to the normal operation of those vessels. Ends the prohibition on December 18, 2015, instead of December 18, 2014. (This prohibition does not apply with respect to garbage discharged overboard, other discharges when the vessel is operating in a capacity other than as a means of transportation, ballast water [water held in ships to increase stability] discharges, or any discharge that contributes to a violation of a water quality standard or poses an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment.)",2023-01-11T13:25:19Z,
113-s-2944,113,s,2944,No Social Security for Nazis Act,Social Welfare,2014-11-19,2014-11-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]",UT,R,H000338,19,"No Social Security for Nazis Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to consider the following individuals to be removed under the Immigration and Nationality Act and so to have their OASDI benefits terminated:  an individual with respect to whom an order admitting the individual to citizenship has been revoked and set aside where such action is based on conduct relating to participation in Nazi persecution, concealment of a material fact about such conduct, or willful misrepresentation about such conduct; and an individual who, pursuant to a settlement agreement with the Attorney General (AG), has admitted to such conduct and has lost status as a U.S. national by renouncing that status.  Requires such individuals to have been considered removed under such Act as of the date of the revocation, setting aside, or renunciation. Prohibits such individuals from receiving other Social Security benefits based on the wages and self-employment income of any other individual. Prohibits the payment to such individuals also of any benefits under SSA tile XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI). Requires the AG or the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to notify the Commissioner of Social Security of such revocations, setting asides, and renunciations of nationality.",2023-01-11T13:25:18Z,
113-s-2945,113,s,2945,A bill to repeal section 910 of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013.,Native Americans,2014-11-19,2014-11-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]",AK,R,M001153,1,Amends the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 to repeal a provision prohibiting Alaska tribes other than the Metlakatla Indian Community from issuing and enforcing domestic violence protective orders against non-member Alaska Natives and non-Natives.,2023-01-11T13:25:18Z,
113-s-2946,113,s,2946,Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2014,International Affairs,2014-11-19,2014-12-08,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 625.,Senate,"Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]",IL,D,D000563,4,"Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) water and sanitation are critically important resources that impact many aspects of human life, and (2) the United States should be a global leader in helping provide sustainable access to clean water and sanitation for the world's most vulnerable populations.  (Sec. 3) Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as added by the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005, to include the provision of safe hygiene among the goals of the program providing assistance for safe water and sanitation.  (Sec. 4) Directs the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), or the Administrator's designee, to serve concurrently as the USAID Global Water Coordinator, and to:   oversee USAID water, sanitation, and hygiene programs;  lead the implementation and revision, at least once every five years, of USAID's portion of the Global Water Strategy; and  expand USAID's program capacity in high priority countries.   Directs the Secretary of State, or the Secretary's designee, to serve concurrently as the Department of State Special Advisor for Water Resources, and serve similar functions in the Department of State as the Global Water Coordinator does in USAID.  (Sec. 5) Directs the Administrator to ensure that USAID projects and programs are designed to achieve maximum impact and long-term sustainability by prioritizing countries based upon:   the population using unimproved drinking water or sanitation sources;  the number of children younger than five years of age who died from diarrheal disease; and  the government's capacity and commitment to work with the United States to improve access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene.   Directs the President to: (1) designate by October 1, 2015, at least 10 countries as high priority countries to be the primary recipients of U.S. government assistance under this Act during FY2016, and notify Congress of such designations; and (2) make new designations each year.  (Sec. 6) Directs the President, not later than October 1, 2017, and every five years thereafter, through the Secretary, the Administrator, and the heads of other federal departments and agencies, to submit a single government-wide Global Water Strategy to Congress that describes how the United States intends to:   increase access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene in high priority countries;  improve the management of water resources and watersheds in such countries; and  work to prevent and resolve intra- and trans-boundary conflicts over water resources in such countries.   Requires: (1) the Global Water Strategy to include plans by USAID and the Department on how each entity carries out its responsibilities under this Act, and (2) the Administrator to develop for each high priority country a plan to increase access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene.",2023-01-11T13:25:05Z,
113-s-2936,113,s,2936,"A bill to provide that in the case of leases to local education agencies and elementary and secondary schools, consideration may be at or below fair market value or for no consideration.",Armed Forces and National Security,2014-11-18,2014-11-18,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]",SC,R,S001184,0,Authorizes the Department of Defense (DOD) to lease non-excess military property to local educational agencies or elementary or secondary schools at or below fair market value or for no consideration.,2023-01-11T13:25:19Z,
113-s-2937,113,s,2937,"A bill to require the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.",Finance and Financial Sector,2014-11-18,2014-11-18,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.",Senate,"Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]",RI,D,R000122,0,"Amends the Federal Reserve Act to require the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for terms of five years.  Requires the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to testify annually to certain congressional committees.",2023-01-11T13:25:19Z,
113-s-2938,113,s,2938,Soledad Canyon Settlement Act,Public Lands and Natural Resources,2014-11-18,2014-11-18,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]",CA,D,B000711,1,"Soledad Canyon Settlement Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to offer to cancel Bureau of Land Management (BLM) mineral contracts CA-20139 and CA-22901 (located in Soledad Canyon, California) and compensate the contract holder for the cancellation with proceeds from the sale of lands near Victorville, California. Withdraws affected areas from mineral leasing.",2023-01-11T13:25:19Z,
113-s-2939,113,s,2939,Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits (SUN) Act,Taxation,2014-11-18,2014-11-18,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]",MT,D,T000464,0,"Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits (SUN) Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require: (1) the annual tax return information for tax-exempt organizations and deferred compensation plans to be made available to the public at no charge and in an open structured data format that is processable by computers, with the information easy to find, access, reuse, and download in bulk; and (2) the disclosure of the names and addresses of contributors of $5,000 or more to tax-exempt organizations that participate or intervene in political campaigns on behalf of, or in opposition to, any candidate for public office.",2023-01-11T13:25:19Z,
113-s-2929,113,s,2929,Providing Opportunities to Work for Energy Reliability Act,Energy,2014-11-17,2014-11-17,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]",MI,D,S000770,0,"Providing Opportunities to Work for Energy Reliability Act or the POWER Act - Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to review any decision by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NAERC) to approve a new balancing authority that would alter cost allocations under an existing system support resources agreement.  Precludes such new balancing authority from taking effect until approved by FERC. Requires FERC to publish a cost-benefit analysis of the proposed NAERC decision, including its likely financial impact upon ratepayers, before issuing a decision to approve, disapprove, or modify the NAERC decision.",2023-01-11T13:25:19Z,
113-s-2930,113,s,2930,Clay Hunt SAV Act,Armed Forces and National Security,2014-11-17,2014-11-17,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]",AZ,R,M000303,21,"Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act or the Clay Hunt SAV Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to each arrange for an independent third party evaluation of, respectively, the VA and DOD mental health care and suicide prevention programs. Directs the VA Secretary to publish an Internet website that serves as a centralized source to provide veterans with regularly updated information regarding all of the VA's mental health care services. Requires the VA Secretary and the DOD Secretary to enter into certain strategic relationships to facilitate:   the mental health referrals of members of the reserve components who have a service-connected disability and are being discharged or released from the Armed Forces,   timely behavioral health services for such members,   communication when such members are at risk for behavioral health reasons, and   the transfer of documentation for line-of-duty and fitness-for-duty determinations.  Requires the VA Secretary to carry out a three-year pilot program to repay the education loans relating to psychiatric medicine that are incurred by individuals who:  are eligible to practice psychiatric medicine in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) or are enrolled in the final year of a residency program leading to a specialty qualification in psychiatric medicine,  demonstrate a commitment to a long-term career as a psychiatrist in the VHA, and agree to a period of obligated service with the VHA in the field of psychiatric medicine in exchange for the repayment of such loans.  Requires the DOD Secretary to submit to Congress a review of the staffing requirements for individual State National Guard Commands with respect to Directors of Psychological Health. Authorizes the VA Secretary to collaborate with nonprofit mental health organizations to prevent suicide among veterans. Requires the collaborators to exchange training sessions, best practices, and other resources to enhance their suicide prevention efforts. Directs the Secretary to select a Director of Suicide Prevention Coordination within the VA to undertake any collaboration with nonprofit mental health organizations.",2023-01-11T13:25:19Z,
113-s-2931,113,s,2931,Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act of 2014,Government Operations and Politics,2014-11-17,2014-11-17,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]",OH,R,P000449,2,"Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act of 2014 - Revises rulemaking requirements under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) to: (1) require federal agencies to prepare and publish in the Federal Register an initial and final regulatory impact analysis prior to promulgating any proposed or final rule that may have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more (adjusted for inflation); (2) make consideration of the least burdensome alternative to a rule mandatory and require the selection of the least costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome alternative; (3) extend UMRA requirements to independent regulatory agencies; and (4) expand judicial review of agency rulemaking. Exempts from UMRA requirements rules that concern monetary policy proposed or implemented by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Open Market Committee.",2023-01-11T13:25:19Z,
113-s-2932,113,s,2932,Microlab Technology Commercialization Act of 2014,Energy,2014-11-17,2014-11-17,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]",NM,D,H001046,0,"Microlab Technology Commercialization Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (DOE), in collaboration with the directors of national laboratories, to establish a program meeting specified criteria under which DOE sets up microlabs located in close proximity to national laboratories and accessible to the public in order to: (1) enhance collaboration with regional research groups, such as institutions of higher education and industry groups; and (2) accelerate technology transfer from national laboratories to the marketplace.",2023-01-11T13:25:19Z,
113-s-2933,113,s,2933,A bill to prohibit the unauthorized use of electronic tracking devices.,Crime and Law Enforcement,2014-11-17,2014-11-17,Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]",NY,D,S000148,0,"Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly using an electronic tracking device to determine the location or movement of an individual with the intent to place the individual under surveillance without such individual's consent, except: (1) by a law enforcement agency if the use is not otherwise prohibited by law, (2) by an individual to track a dependent of the individual, or (3) to reasonably protect the health or safety of the individual being tracked.  Defines "electronic tracking device" to mean a device attached to a vehicle that reveals the location or movement of the device through the transmission of electronic signals.",2023-01-11T13:25:19Z,
113-s-2934,113,s,2934,A bill to prohibit trespassing on critical infrastructure used in or affecting interstate commerce to commit a criminal offense.,Crime and Law Enforcement,2014-11-17,2014-11-17,Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]",NY,D,S000148,0,"Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly going upon any critical infrastructure used in or affecting interstate commerce to commit a criminal offense. Defines ""critical infrastructure"" as a vital physical system or asset, including a national monument, the incapacity or destruction of which would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, or national public health or safety.",2023-01-11T13:25:19Z,
113-s-2935,113,s,2935,STOP Act,Health,2014-11-17,2014-11-17,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.",Senate,"Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]",NY,D,S000148,0,"Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Reauthorization Act or STOP Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the program to reduce underage drinking for FY2015-FY2018. Revises reporting requirements for state programs on underage drinking.  Specifies additional requirements for the development of the national media campaign to prevent underage drinking. Directs the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to make grants to professional pediatric provider organizations to increase effective practices, including the screening of children and adolescents for alcohol use, to reduce the prevalence of alcohol use among individuals under the age of 21, including college students. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to collect data and conduct or support new research on underage drinking that improves and conducts public health surveillance of alcohol use and alcohol-related conditions in states among individuals between age 18 and 20 by increasing the use of surveys, such as the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, to monitor binge and excessive drinking and related harms. Amends the Federal Alcohol Administration Act to prohibit the manufacture, sale, distribution, or possession of powdered alcohol.",2023-01-11T13:25:19Z,
113-s-2920,113,s,2920,Nazi Social Security Benefits Termination Act of 2014,Social Welfare,2014-11-13,2014-11-13,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]",PA,D,C001070,4,"Nazi Social Security Benefits Termination Act of 2014 - Makes any participant in Nazi persecution ineligible for: (1) Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits under title II of the Social Security Act (SSA), and (2) Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits under SSA title XVI. Requires the Attorney General (AG), as soon as practicable after determining that an individual is a participant in Nazi persecution, to notify the Commissioner of Social Security of the individual's identity and residence. Directs the AG, in cooperation with the Commissioner, to report to Congress specified information regarding such individuals.",2023-01-11T13:25:19Z,
113-s-2921,113,s,2921,"A bill to designate the community based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs located at 310 Home Boulevard in Galesburg, Illinois, as the ""Lane A. Evans VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic"".",Armed Forces and National Security,2014-11-13,2014-12-16,Became Public Law No: 113-234.,Senate,"Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]",IL,D,D000563,1,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates the community based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) located at 310 Home Boulevard in Galesburg, Illinois, as the "Lane A. Evans VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic."",2023-03-22T18:49:24Z,
113-s-2922,113,s,2922,Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act,International Affairs,2014-11-13,2014-12-12,By Senator Menendez from Committee on Foreign Relations filed written report. Report No. 113-313.,Senate,"Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]",OH,D,B000944,5,"Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act - States that it is U.S. policy to:    reaffirm the principles set forth in the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992;   support the democratic aspirations of the people of Hong Kong;  urge China's government to uphold its commitments to Hong Kong;  support the establishment by 2017 of a democratic option to nominate and elect the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, and the establishment by 2020 of democratic elections for all members of the Hong Kong Legislative Council; and  support freedom of the press.   Amends the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 to direct the Secretary of State to report by March 31, 2015, to Congress on conditions in Hong Kong that are of U.S. interest, and annually thereafter for 10 years or until the Secretary certifies that Hong Kong has held free and fair elections for 2 consecutive Chief Executive and 2 consecutive Legislative Council periods.   Directs the Secretary to certify annually to Congress whether Hong Kong is sufficiently autonomous to justify separate treatment different from that accorded to China in any new laws, agreements, treaties, or arrangements entered into between the United States and Hong Kong.   Exempts from the certification requirement new laws, agreements, treaties, or arrangements that support human rights, rule of law, or democracy in Hong Kong.   Authorizes the Secretary to waive the certification requirement if in U.S. national interests, and with congressional notification.",2023-01-11T13:25:05Z,
113-s-2923,113,s,2923,Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Settlement Act,Native Americans,2014-11-13,2014-11-13,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]",MT,D,T000464,0,Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Settlement Act - Amends the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to repeal a provision prohibiting the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas from conducting gaming activities on its lands if those gaming activities are prohibited by Texas.  Requires the United States and the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe to execute and file in each applicable court a motion for dismissal of any pending claim arising out of or relating to the aboriginal land of the Tribe or an interest in that land. Deems any claim by or on behalf of the Tribe against the United States or the state of Texas for the loss of aboriginal title to be extinguished.,2023-01-11T13:25:19Z,
113-s-2924,113,s,2924,"A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to exempt old vessels that only operate within inland waterways from the fire-retardant materials requirement if the owners of such vessels make annual structural alterations to at least 10 percent of the areas of the vessels that are not constructed of fire-retardant materials.",Transportation and Public Works,2014-11-13,2014-11-13,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.",Senate,"Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]",OH,D,B000944,8,"Amends federal shipping law to extend through October 31, 2028, the exemption of certain vessels from the requirement that U.S. passenger vessels having berth or stateroom accommodations for at least 50 passengers be constructed of fire-retardant materials in order to be granted a certificate of inspection. Continues to apply this exemption only to vessels in operation before January 1, 1968, which operate only within the Boundary Line (the dividing point between inland waters and high seas). Requires the owner or managing operator of an exempt vessel to:   notify crew members that the vessel does not comply with applicable fire safety standards due primarily to the wooden construction of passenger berthing areas, and make annual structural alterations to at least 10% of vessel areas that are not constructed of fire-retardant materials.  Requires any noncombustible material requirements prescribed by the Coast Guard (with which an exempt vessel is still required to comply) to be consistent with the preservation of a vessel's historic integrity in areas carrying or accessible to passengers or generally visible to the public.",2023-01-11T13:25:19Z,
113-s-2925,113,s,2925,Reports Reduction Act of 2014,Government Operations and Politics,2014-11-13,2014-11-13,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]",VA,D,W000805,1,"Reports Reduction Act of 2014 - Eliminates or modifies reporting requirements for programs of the: (1) Department of Agriculture (USDA), (2) Department of Defense (DOD), (3) Department of Education, (4) Department of Homeland Security (DHS), (5) U.S. Coast Guard, (6) Department of State, (7) Executive Office of the President, (8) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and (9) National Science Foundation (NSF).  Amends the Children's Health Act of 2000 to eliminate the report on blood lead screening tests received by children.  Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to eliminate the annual reporting requirement on disbursements from the Oil Pollution Fund and the biennial report on the oil pollution research and development program. Eliminates the annual report of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on the number of federally-assisted housing units under lease and their per unit cost to HUD.  Amends the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act to eliminate the reporting requirement on labor obligations. Eliminates the annual report on investigations of travel costs of federal employees on official business.  Eliminates the requirement that the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States be compiled and published in printed form.",2023-01-11T13:25:19Z,
113-s-2926,113,s,2926,"A bill to revise the boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Sachuest Point Unit RI-04P, Easton Beach Unit RI-05P, Almy Pond Unit RI-06, and Hazards Beach Unit RI-07 in the State of Rhode Island.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,2014-11-13,2014-11-13,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]",RI,D,R000122,0,Revises the boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units in Rhode Island.,2023-01-11T13:25:19Z,
113-s-2927,113,s,2927,Inspectors General Streamlining Act,Government Operations and Politics,2014-11-13,2014-11-13,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK]",OK,R,C000560,0,"Inspectors General Streamlining Act - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to authorize each federal agency inspector general, in conducting an audit, investigation, inspection, evaluation, or other review authorized by such Act, to compare any records with other records or non-federal records. Provides that such comparison of records shall not be considered a matching program for purposes of the Privacy Act of 1974 or any other provision of law.",2023-01-11T13:25:19Z,