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| 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-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-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-hres-769 | 113 | hres | 769 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the healthcare, energy, telecommunications, and other sectors of the United States economy should continue their sector-specific efforts to protect critical infrastructure, to prevent information security breaches, and to prevent cybersecurity breaches. | Commerce | 2014-12-02 | 2014-12-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. | House | Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2] | NE | R | T000459 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the health care, energy, telecommunications, and other industry sectors should continue their sector-specific efforts to protect critical infrastructure and prevent information security and cybersecurity breaches (other than for research and development purposes). | 2023-01-11T13:25:08Z | |
| 113-sres-582 | 113 | sres | 582 | A resolution expressing support for designation of the third Tuesday of November as "National Entrepreneurs Day". | Commerce | 2014-11-18 | 2014-11-18 | Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6097-6098) | Senate | Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] | KS | R | M000934 | 1 | Expresses support for the designation of National Entrepreneurs Day. | 2023-01-11T13:25:18Z | |
| 113-s-2919 | 113 | s | 2919 | Copyright and Marriage Equality Act | Commerce | 2014-11-12 | 2014-11-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5921) | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 0 | Copyright and Marriage Equality Act - Amends federal copyright law to revise the definition of "widow" or "widower" for purposes of provisions concerning the transfer of a copyright to an author's spouse or other next of kin following the author's death. Declares that an individual is the widow or widower of an author if the courts of the state in which the individual and the author were married (or, if the individual and the author were not married in any state but were validly married in another jurisdiction, the courts of any state) would find that the individual and the author were validly married at the time of the author's death. (Currently, only the author's surviving spouse under the law of the author's domicile at the time of death is considered a widow.) | 2023-01-11T13:25:19Z | |
| 113-hr-5548 | 113 | hr | 5548 | Consortia-Led Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Networks Act | Commerce | 2014-09-18 | 2014-12-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. | House | Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] | PA | D | C001090 | 3 | Consortia-Led Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Networks Act - Directs the Department of Commerce to carry out a program to establish clean technology consortia to enhance U.S. economic, environmental, and energy security by promoting domestic development, manufacture, and deployment of clean technologies, production processes, or methodologies that: produce energy from renewable energy sources; transmit, distribute, or store energy more efficiently; enhance energy efficiency for buildings and industry; enable the development of a Smart Grid (an electric power system to maintain a reliable and secure electricity infrastructure that can meet future demand growth, including by deploying demand-side resources that enable consumers to reduce or shift their electricity usage during peak periods); produce an advanced or sustainable material with energy or energy efficiency applications; improve energy efficiency for transportation, including electric vehicles; or enhance water security through improved water management, conservation, distribution, or end use applications. Requires Commerce to award grants for the establishment and operation of consortia. Establishes the role of consortia, including promoting new innovative clean technologies, providing technical or financial assistance, and accelerating investment in and deployment of clean technologies through public-private partnerships. | 2023-01-11T13:25:35Z | |
| 113-hr-5584 | 113 | hr | 5584 | Women's Small Business Ownership Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-18 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] | WA | D | D000617 | 10 | Women's Small Business Ownership Act of 2014 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Office of Women's Business Ownership within the Small Business Administration (SBA) to address issues concerning specified disciplines required for starting, operating, and increasing a small business. Authorizes the SBA Administrator to provide annual training for women's business ownership representatives. Authorizes the Administrator to provide financial assistance to qualifying entities to conduct projects designed to provide training and counseling meeting the needs of women business owners, especially socially and economically disadvantaged women business owners. Specifies assistance amounts of up to $250,000 per project year. Directs the Administrator to seek advice, input, and recommendations for policy changes from any association of women's business centers to develop: (1) a training program for the staff of such centers, and (2) recommendations to improve the policies and procedures for governing the general operations and administration of the women's business center program. Authorizes the Administrator, upon request by a recipient organization, to waive for a fiscal year (but not more than two consecutive fiscal years) the requirement to obtain matching non-federal funds for the organization's technical assistance and counseling activities carried out using financial assistance under the women's business center program. Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to study: (1) the unique economic issues facing women's business centers located in predominately rural, urban, or insular areas; and (2) SBA oversight of women's business centers. Authorizes a contracting officer to award a sole source contract under this Act to small businesses owned and controlled by women if each of the businesses is at least 51% owned by one or more women who are economically disadvantaged (and such ownership is determined without regard to any community property law), and meets specified additional criteria. Authorizes a contracting o… | 2023-01-11T13:25:33Z | |
| 113-hr-5586 | 113 | hr | 5586 | You Own Devices Act | Commerce | 2014-09-18 | 2014-10-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. | House | Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27] | TX | R | F000460 | 0 | You Own Devices Act - Amends federal copyright law to allow the owner of a machine or other product operated in any part by a computer program to transfer an authorized copy of the computer program, or the right to obtain such copy, when the owner sells, leases, or otherwise transfers the machine or product to another person. Prohibits such right to transfer the computer program from being waived by any agreement. Requires any right to receive modifications to such a computer program relating to security or error correction that applied to the owner of the machine or product to apply to the person to whom the machine or product and the copy of the computer program are transferred. Prohibits this Act from being construed to permit the owner to retain an unauthorized copy of the computer program after such a transfer. | 2023-01-11T13:25:33Z | |
| 113-hr-5599 | 113 | hr | 5599 | Small Business Loan Simplification Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-18 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] | MO | R | G000546 | 11 | Small Business Loan Simplification Act of 2014 - Amends the Small Business Act to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to: (1) amend regulations and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to authorize the SBA and participants in specified lending programs to use electronic signatures and records for the programs, and (2) accept such electronic signatures and records associated with SBA management and closing processes. | 2023-01-11T13:25:33Z | |
| 113-hr-5600 | 113 | hr | 5600 | Franchise Financing Improvement Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-18 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] | MO | R | G000546 | 0 | Franchise Financing Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make financial assistance available to franchisees under the Act or the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 if the franchisee is not affiliated with the franchisor. Declares that a franchisee shall not be considered affiliated with the franchisor if: the franchisor has filed a disclosure document pursuant to specified federal regulations; and the franchisee, upon default on a loan (whether guaranteed by the SBA or not), has no ability to obtain financial assistance from the franchisor to repay the loan. Declares further that a franchisor's authority to repurchase the franchise for noncompliance with its terms and conditions, or to have the right of first refusal to purchase it from the franchisee, shall not be considered financial assistance to repay loans issued to the franchisee. | 2023-01-11T13:25:33Z | |
| 113-hr-5617 | 113 | hr | 5617 | Copyright and Marriage Equality Act | Commerce | 2014-09-18 | 2014-10-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. | House | Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] | WA | D | K000381 | 35 | Copyright and Marriage Equality Act - Amends federal copyright law to revise the definition of "widow" or "widower" for purposes of provisions concerning the transfer of a copyright to an author's spouse or other next of kin following the author's death. Declares that an individual is the widow or widower of an author if the courts of the state in which the individual and the author were married (or, if the individual and the author were not married in any state but were validly married in another jurisdiction, the courts of any state) would find that the individual and the author were validly married at the time of the author's death. (Currently, only the author's surviving spouse under the law of the author's domicile at the time of death is considered a widow.) | 2023-01-11T13:25:32Z | |
| 113-hr-5514 | 113 | hr | 5514 | Bring the Jobs Home Loan Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-09-17 | 2014-09-17 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3] | NY | D | I000057 | 0 | Bring the Jobs Home Loan Act of 2014 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a loan program to assist small businesses involved in manufacturing to begin the U.S. production of products that would otherwise be imported. Requires small businesses receiving these loans to report to the Administrator on: (1) facility and equipment changes made using the loans, and (2) progress made in such production. Allows the Administrator to consider the report information in determining whether to provide an additional loan or loan assistance under another SBA program. Prohibits an individual loan greater than 5% of the total amount available for such loans. | 2023-01-11T13:25:36Z | |
| 113-s-2850 | 113 | s | 2850 | SOAR Act | Commerce | 2014-09-17 | 2014-09-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. | Senate | Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | B001288 | 0 | Startup Opportunity Accelerator Act of 2014 or the SOAR Act - Amends the Small Business Act to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to develop a program to award cash prizes of up to $50,000 to organizations in the United States whose primary purpose is to support new small businesses that have been in operation for five years or less. Authorizes the use of a prize for construction costs, space acquisition, and programmatic purposes. Prohibits its use for capital or professional services to new small businesses. Requires a prize recipient to provide assistance to at least 10 new small businesses per year. | 2023-01-11T13:25:26Z | |
| 113-hr-5486 | 113 | hr | 5486 | Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-09-16 | 2014-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. | House | Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5] | CT | D | E000293 | 18 | Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2014 - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to promulgate a rule requiring liquid nicotine containers to be designed with special packaging that is difficult for children under five years of age to open or to obtain harmful contents from. | 2023-01-11T13:25:36Z | |
| 113-hr-5499 | 113 | hr | 5499 | Consumer Review Freedom Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-09-16 | 2014-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. | House | Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15] | CA | D | S001193 | 5 | Consumer Review Freedom Act of 2014 - Declares a provision of a form contract to be void from the inception if it: (1) prohibits or restricts a person who is a party to the contract from engaging in written, verbal, or pictorial reviews, or other similar performance assessments or analyses of, the products, services, or conduct of a business that is a party to the contract; (2) imposes penalties or fees against such a person for engaging in such communications; or (3) assigns or provides an exclusive license, or requires such a person to assign or provide an exclusive license, to any of the person's intellectual property rights in such communications. (Thus, bars certain contract provisions that prohibit consumers from commenting publicly about businesses.) Sets forth exceptions under which a provision shall not be considered void under this Act if the provision prohibits disclosure of certain: (1) trade secrets or commercial or financial information, (2) personnel and medical files, or (3) law enforcement records. Provides for this Act to be inapplicable to contracts establishing an employer-employee or independent contractor relationship. Prohibits businesses from offering or entering into form contracts containing a provision that is considered void under this Act. Treats violations by businesses as unfair or deceptive acts or practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act. Sets forth authority for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and state attorneys general to enforce such violations. | 2023-01-11T13:25:36Z | |
| 113-hres-728 | 113 | hres | 728 | Expressing support for the designation of a "Small Business Saturday" and supporting efforts to increase awareness of the value of locally owned small businesses. | Commerce | 2014-09-16 | 2014-09-16 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] | MO | R | G000546 | 57 | Expresses support for: (1) the designation of a Small Business Saturday, (2) efforts to encourage consumers to shop locally, and (3) efforts to increase awareness of the value of locally owned small businesses and their impact on the U.S. economy. | 2023-01-11T13:25:30Z | |
| 113-sres-548 | 113 | sres | 548 | A resolution designating November 29, 2014, as "Small Business Saturday" and supporting efforts to increase awareness of the value of locally owned small businesses. | Commerce | 2014-09-16 | 2014-09-16 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5650; text as passed Senate: CR S5635) | Senate | Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] | WA | D | C000127 | 46 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates November 29, 2014, as Small Business Saturday. Expresses support for efforts to: (1) encourage consumers to shop locally, and (2) increase awareness of the value of locally owned small businesses and the impact of such businesses on the U.S. economy. | 2019-02-20T12:29:01Z | |
| 113-s-2811 | 113 | s | 2811 | Children and Firefighters Protection Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-09-15 | 2014-09-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 1 | Children and Firefighters Protection Act of 2014 - Prohibits manufacturers, distributors, or retailers from selling, manufacturing for sale, distributing in commerce, or importing into the United States any children's product or upholstered furniture that contains a flame retardant exceeding a specified amount of the total chemical content by weight for any part of the product or furniture. Specifies flame retardants that are subject to such prohibitions. Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to appoint a chronic hazard advisory panel to study the effects on human health of all chemical flame retardants as used in such products or upholstered furniture. Directs the CPSC, after receiving a report from the advisory panel evaluating the full range of such retardants, to promulgate a final rule specifying retardants that are not already listed in this Act that may cause substantial personal injury or illness. Makes such CPSC-specified retardants subject to the prohibitions of this Act. | 2023-01-11T13:25:27Z | |
| 113-s-2794 | 113 | s | 2794 | Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-09-11 | 2014-09-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5565) | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 1 | Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2014 - Amends the Small Business Act to require the interagency task force that is responsible for coordinating federal efforts to improve the business development and federal contracting opportunities available to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans to coordinate administrative and regulatory activities and develop proposals to provide access to, and manage the distribution of, excess or surplus U.S. property located outside the United States to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding with the applicable state agency. | 2023-01-11T13:25:28Z | |
| 113-hr-5402 | 113 | hr | 5402 | Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-09-08 | 2014-12-11 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 495. | House | Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27] | TX | R | F000460 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2014 - Amends the Clayton Act with respect to actions brought by the Attorney General for violations of antitrust laws. Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), but only under the Clayton Act, to exercise the same authority and procedures of the Attorney General specified in the Act with respect to the prohibition against acquisition by one corporation of the stock of another (merger) that may substantially lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly. Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTCA) to exclude proposed mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, or similar transactions from FTC proceedings. Grants jurisdiction to the U.S. district courts to issue writs of mandamus commanding compliance with the FTCA or any FTC order, if the FTC applies to such courts with respect to any activity related to consummation of a merger, acquisition, joint venture, or similar transaction that results in an unfair method of competition. | 2023-01-11T13:25:39Z | |
| 113-hr-5360 | 113 | hr | 5360 | American Renaissance in Manufacturing Act | Commerce | 2014-07-31 | 2014-09-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. | House | Rep. Mulvaney, Mick [R-SC-5] | SC | R | M001182 | 19 | American Renaissance in Manufacturing Act - Title I: Creating a More Competitive Tax Code - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce to 25% of taxable income the income tax rate for corporations (currently, the maximum rate is 35%). Makes permanent: (1) the reduction in the recognition period for the built-in gains of S corporations, (2) the basis adjustments to the stock of S corporations making charitable contributions of appreciated property, (3) the expensing allowance for depreciable business assets, (4) the research tax credit, and (5) the additional depreciation allowance (bonus depreciation) for business assets. Title II: Reining In Job-Killing Washington Red Tape - States that the purpose of this title is to increase accountability for and transparency in the federal regulatory process by requiring Congress to approve all new major regulations. Revises provisions relating to congressional review of agency rulemaking to require a federal agency promulgating a rule to include in its report to Congress and to the Comptroller General (GAO) a classification of the rule as a major or nonmajor rule. Sets forth a congressional approval procedure for major rules and a congressional disapproval procedure for nonmajor rules. Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide that any rule subject to such congressional approval procedure affecting budget authority, outlays, or receipts shall be assumed to be effective unless it is not approved in accordance with such procedure. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), before promulgating as final an energy-related rule that is estimated to cost more than $1 billion, to report to Congress on the effects of such rule on the economy and on employment. Prohibits the Administrator from: (1) using the social cost of carbon in any cost-benefit analysis relating to such energy-related rule; and (2) issuing, implementing, or enforcing any proposed or final rule under the Clean Air Act that establishes a performa… | 2023-01-11T13:25:51Z | |
| 113-s-2756 | 113 | s | 2756 | Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-07-31 | 2014-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] | CT | D | B001277 | 2 | Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2014 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to require prescribers of animal drugs to verify prescriptions and provide copies of prescriptions to pet owners, pet owner designees, and pharmacies, without the prescriber demanding payment or establishing other conditions. Treats a violation of this Act as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act. | 2023-01-11T13:25:43Z | |
| 113-s-2693 | 113 | s | 2693 | Women's Small Business Ownership Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-07-30 | 2014-07-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5138-5142) | Senate | Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] | WA | D | C000127 | 10 | Women's Small Business Ownership Act of 2014 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Office of Women's Business Ownership within the Small Business Administration (SBA) to address issues concerning specified disciplines required for starting, operating, and increasing a small business. Authorizes the SBA Administrator to provide annual training for women's business ownership representatives. Authorizes the Administrator to provide financial assistance to qualifying entities to conduct projects designed to provide training and counseling meeting the needs of women business owners, especially socially and economically disadvantaged women business owners. Specifies assistance amounts of up to $250,000 per project year. Directs the Administrator to seek advice, input, and recommendations for policy changes from any association of women's business centers to develop: (1) a training program for the staff of such centers, and (2) recommendations to improve the policies and procedures for governing the general operations and administration of the women's business center program. Authorizes the Administrator, upon request by a recipient organization, to waive for a fiscal year (but not more than two consecutive fiscal years) the requirement to obtain matching non-federal funds for the organization's technical assistance and counseling activities carried out using financial assistance under the women's business center program. Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to study: (1) the unique economic issues facing women's business centers located in predominately rural, urban, or insular areas; and (2) SBA oversight of women's business centers. Authorizes a contracting officer to award a sole source contract under this Act to small businesses owned and controlled by women if each of the businesses is at least 51% owned by one or more women who are economically disadvantaged (and such ownership is determined without regard to any community property law), and meets specified additional criteria. Authorizes a contracting o… | 2023-01-11T13:25:44Z | |
| 113-hr-5231 | 113 | hr | 5231 | Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-07-29 | 2014-07-29 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Bentivolio, Kerry L. [R-MI-11] | MI | R | B001280 | 11 | Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2014 - Amends the Small Business Act to require the interagency task force that is responsible for coordinating federal efforts to improve the business development and federal contracting opportunities available to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans to coordinate administrative and regulatory activities and develop proposals to provide access to, and manage the distribution of, excess or surplus U.S. property to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding with the appropriate state agency. | 2023-01-11T13:25:56Z | |
| 113-s-2680 | 113 | s | 2680 | Buy it in America Act | Commerce | 2014-07-29 | 2014-07-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] | AR | D | P000590 | 1 | Buy it in America Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish the America Star Program as a voluntary program under which manufacturers may have products certified as meeting the standards of a label (i.e., America Star label) that indicates to consumers the extent to which such products are manufactured in the United States. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a new tax credit (angel investment tax credit) for up to 25% of equity investment in a small business entity that is located in the United States and engages in a qualified high technology trade or business; (2) make permanent the 100% exclusion from gross income of gain from the sale or exchange of qualified small business stock; and (3) establish tax-exempt small business startup savings accounts to make distributions for small business operating capital, the purchase of equipment or facilities, marketing, training, incorporation, and accounting fees. | 2023-01-11T13:25:45Z | |
| 113-s-2637 | 113 | s | 2637 | SBA Intermediary Lending Program Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-07-22 | 2014-07-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. | Senate | Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] | MI | D | L000261 | 0 | SBA Intermediary Lending Program Act of 2014 - Amends the Small Business Act to make permanent the Small Business Administration (SBA) Intermediary Lending Program (ILP). Limits to a maximum of: (1) $1 million a single ILP loan to an eligible intermediary, (2) $5 million the total amount outstanding and committed to the intermediary by the Administrator under the program, and (3) $20 million the total amount of all ILP loans during each of FY2015-FY2017. Authorizes the Administrator, during FY2018 and each ensuing fiscal year, to use amounts made available for the program. | 2023-01-11T13:25:46Z | |
| 113-hr-5154 | 113 | hr | 5154 | Open Government Technology Work to More Businesses Act | Commerce | 2014-07-17 | 2014-07-17 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52] | CA | D | P000608 | 1 | Open Government Technology Work to More Businesses Act - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to jointly make rules to: (1) streamline and simplify the registration system used by small businesses to be considered for an award of any federal contract, (2) establish procedures by which a small business may self-certify its eligibility for a federal contract under the Small Business Act, and (3) establish procedures by which a majority of small businesses may complete the registration process within four weeks after beginning it. Requires both Administrators to make the registration system available in a unified electronic format accessible through the Internet. | 2023-01-11T13:25:58Z | |
| 113-hr-5084 | 113 | hr | 5084 | HUBZone Equity Act | Commerce | 2014-07-11 | 2014-07-11 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] | CA | D | C001097 | 16 | HUBZone Equity Act - Amends the Small Business Act to redefine "HUBZone small business concern" as a small business concern that is at least 51% owned and controlled by U.S. citizens (as under current law) or lawful permanent residents of the United States. | 2023-01-11T13:26:00Z | |
| 113-s-2581 | 113 | s | 2581 | Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-07-10 | 2014-12-12 | By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-311. | Senate | Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] | FL | D | N000032 | 17 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2014 - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to promulgate a rule requiring liquid nicotine containers to be designed with special packaging that is difficult for children under five years of age to open or to obtain harmful contents from. | 2023-01-11T13:25:29Z | |
| 113-s-2582 | 113 | s | 2582 | ADAPT Act | Commerce | 2014-07-10 | 2014-07-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. | Senate | Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] | NM | D | U000039 | 0 | American Diversification and Progress in Trade Act of 2014 or the ADAPT Act - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a pilot program to assist in expanding and diversifying the business of small businesses the majority of whose business consists of amounts awarded under federal contracts and subcontracts, particularly in geographic areas, including rural areas, where amounts awarded for federal contracts and subcontracts are a significant driver of the local economy. Requires the Administrator to report to Congress on how SBA is addressing the need for such small businesses to expand and diversify business during periods of decline in appropriations for federal contracting, including an analysis of how such declines would impact growth among such small businesses, particularly those owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, women, or socially and economically disadvantaged. | 2023-01-11T13:25:47Z | |
| 113-hr-5036 | 113 | hr | 5036 | Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-07-09 | 2014-07-22 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 410. | House | Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] | NC | R | C000556 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends federal copyright law, as amended by the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA), to extend until December 31, 2019, the statutory license under which satellite carriers retransmit distant television broadcast stations to viewers who are unable to receive signals for such stations in their local market. (Currently, the statutory licensing authority for such satellite retransmissions is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2014.) | 2023-01-11T13:26:01Z | |
| 113-hr-5045 | 113 | hr | 5045 | Veterans Small Business Support Act | Commerce | 2014-07-09 | 2014-07-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI-14] | MI | D | P000595 | 0 | Veterans Small Business Support Act - Amends the Small Business Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) from assessing a guarantee fee in connection with a loan made under the SBA Express Program to a veteran or spouse of a veteran on or after October 1, 2014. Directs the Administrator to report to Congress on: (1) the feasibility of providing financial planning and counseling to owners of small business concerns who are members of a reserve component prior to deployment; (2) the level of outreach to and consultation with female veterans by women's business centers and veterans business outreach centers; and (3) the Military Reservists Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program, which shall include a discussion of SBA outreach efforts to increase participation, the number of loans made, and an analysis of the effectiveness of, and recommendations for improving, the Program. | 2023-01-11T13:26:01Z | |
| 113-s-2551 | 113 | s | 2551 | TRANSFER Act | Commerce | 2014-06-26 | 2014-06-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. | Senate | Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] | NY | D | G000555 | 1 | Technology and Research Accelerating National Security and Future Economic Resiliency Act of 2013 or the TRANSFER Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act to revise the requirement that the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) use funds for a Proof of Concept Partnership pilot program to accelerate the creation of small businesses and the commercialization of research innovations made by certain institutions. Directs the head of each covered federal agency required to establish a small business technology transfer (STTR) program to establish an Innovative Approaches to Technology Transfer Grant Program to make grants to institutions of higher education, technology transfer organizations that facilitate the commercialization of technologies developed by one or more of the institutions, federal laboratories, public or private nonprofit entities, or a consortium of any of these entities in order to improve or accelerate the commercialization of high quality and commercially viable federally funded research and technology by small businesses. Outlines activities eligible for funding, application requirements, and award procedures and amounts. Requires grant recipients to assemble an oversight board to establish award programs for individual projects and evaluate project applications. Prescribes the percentage of each covered agency's extramural budget for research, or research development required to be expended on such Program for FY2015-FY2017. Directs each covered agency to develop a Program evaluation plan to collect data to identify outcomes resulting from the transfer of technology under its Program. Requires the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to include information on each covered agency's Program on the public database of small businesses participating in STTR or Small Business Innovation Research programs. | 2023-01-11T13:26:05Z | |
| 113-s-2487 | 113 | s | 2487 | Access to Capital, Access to Opportunity Act | Commerce | 2014-06-18 | 2014-06-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. | Senate | Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] | NE | R | F000463 | 1 | Access to Capital, Access to Opportunity Act - Amends the Small Business Act to increase from $50,000 to $100,000 the maximum amount of a loan under the microloan program. Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to use amounts made available for administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs to pay for any costs associated with these increases. Requires the Administrator to develop and adopt outcome-oriented standards to measure the microloan program's performance, including the recommendations provided in the SBA Office of Inspector General Memorandum ROM-10-10, "SBA's Administration of the Microloan Program under the Recovery Act," issued December 28, 2009. Authorizes the Administrator to educate individuals, including owners and operators of small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs, about the microloan program. | 2023-01-11T13:26:07Z | |
| 113-hr-4876 | 113 | hr | 4876 | Emerging Business Encouragement Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-06-17 | 2014-06-17 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] | IN | D | C001072 | 7 | Emerging Business Encouragement Act of 2014 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), for each industry category for which the Administrator established a size standard, to establish procedures, by rule, for designating a small business in that industry category as an emerging business enterprise (EBE). Requires the procedures to include specified criteria and a process for appealing the Administrator's decisions on designations. Requires the designation to expire when the small business is no longer in compliance with the criteria, except that: in the case of an EBE which existed as a business entity before its EBE designation, the designation shall not expire until five years after it was made; and if the EBE exceeds the required size limitation its designation shall expire only if the size is 50% or more of the maximum size of a small business within that industry category. Directs the Administrator to establish criteria for designation of an EBE, including: a maximum number of employees determined according to a certain formula, an age of not more than five years, and a specified salary limitation for any individual who owns any part of the small business or who is in a management position. Requires the head of each federal agency to establish goals for participation by the designated EBEs in at least 5% of all contracts, including prime contracts and subcontracts, for each fiscal year. Authorizes the Administrator to make a loan to a designated EBE under the SBA Express Loan Program, but only in accordance with specified terms. Requires the Administrator, by rule, to establish a process for initial self-certification of EBEs for purposes of participation in federal contracts and eligibility for the Express Loans. | 2023-01-11T13:26:15Z | |
| 113-s-2481 | 113 | s | 2481 | Women's Small Business Procurement Parity Act | Commerce | 2014-06-17 | 2014-06-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. | Senate | Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] | NH | D | S001181 | 12 | Women's Small Business Procurement Parity Act - Amends the Small Business Act to revise procurement program requirements for women-owned small businesses. Authorizes a contracting officer to award a sole source contract under this Act to small businesses owned and controlled by women if each of the businesses is at least 51% owned by one or more women who are economically disadvantaged (and such ownership is determined without regard to any community property law), and if: the small business is in an industry in which it is underrepresented, as determined by the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA); the contracting officer determines that it is a responsible contractor; the anticipated award price of the contract, including options, is not more than: (1) $6.5 million, in the case of a contract opportunity assigned a North American Industry Classification System code for manufacturing; or (2) $4 million, in the case of any other contract opportunity; and the contract award can be made at a fair and reasonable price. Authorizes a contracting officer to award a sole source contract to a small business owned and controlled by women meeting the same criteria in an industry in which such businesses are substantially underrepresented if the small business also meets specified certification requirements. | 2023-01-11T13:26:07Z | |
| 113-hr-4856 | 113 | hr | 4856 | Energy Star Program Integrity Act | Commerce | 2014-06-12 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] | OH | R | L000566 | 3 | Energy Star Program Integrity Act - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit any disclosure relating to participation of a product in the Energy Star program from creating a warranty or giving rise to any private claims or rights of action under state or federal law relating to disqualification of the product from Energy Star if: (1) the product has been certified by a certification body recognized by the program, (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved corrective measures, and (3) the responsible party has fully complied with all approved corrective measures. Prohibits this Act from being construed to require the Administrator to modify any procedure or take any other action. | 2023-01-11T13:26:16Z | |
| 113-hr-4864 | 113 | hr | 4864 | Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-06-12 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. | House | Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] | NH | D | K000382 | 17 | Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2014 - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to establish a grant program to provide assistance to states that require compliant carbon monoxide alarms to be installed in dwelling units. Defines "compliant carbon monoxide alarm" as an alarm that complies with the American National Standard for Single and Multiple Station Carbon Monoxide Alarms as well as the American National Standard for Gas and Vapor Detectors and Sensors. Permits states receiving grants to use such funds to: (1) purchase and install such alarms in dwelling units of low-income families or elderly persons, childcare facilities, public schools, senior centers, or student dwelling units owned by public universities; (2) train state or local fire code enforcement officials regarding compliance and installation; and (3) educate the public about the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. | 2023-01-11T13:26:15Z | |
| 113-hr-4825 | 113 | hr | 4825 | Presidential Make it in America Awards Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-06-10 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. | House | Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | N000127 | 0 | Presidential Make it in America Awards Act of 2014 - Establishes the following presidential awards: the Presidential Reshoring Award, for the best example of a U.S. company that returns manufacturing jobs and operations from overseas to the United States; the Presidential Invest in America Award, for the best example of a U.S. company that invests in significant new domestic manufacturing jobs and operations, and the Presidential Foreign Direct Investment Award, for the best example of a foreign company that invests in U.S. manufacturing jobs and operations. Authorizes the awards, subject to modification, in the categories of: (1) small business, (2) company or its subsidiary, (3) company which primarily provides services, (4) health care provider, (5) education provider, and (6) nonprofit organization. Limits the awards to one of each in any year to a qualified organization in each eligible category. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to publish on the departmental website information on the successful strategies and programs of organizations that receive these awards. | 2023-01-11T13:26:17Z | |
| 113-s-2454 | 113 | s | 2454 | Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-06-10 | 2014-06-26 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 445. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 1 | Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends federal copyright law, as amended by the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA), to extend until December 31, 2019, the statutory license under which satellite carriers retransmit distant television broadcast stations to viewers who are unable to receive signals for such stations in their local market. (Currently, the statutory licensing authority for such satellite retransmissions is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2014.) Expands the local service area for cable retransmissions of low power television stations. | 2023-01-11T13:26:08Z | |
| 113-s-2396 | 113 | s | 2396 | Veteran Entrepreneurship and Training Opportunities Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-05-22 | 2014-05-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. | Senate | Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] | AR | D | P000590 | 4 | Veteran Entrepreneurship and Training Opportunities Act of 2014 - Amends the Small Business Act to the repeal the requirement that the Associate Administrator for Veterans Business Development of the Small Business Administration (SBA) increase veteran outreach by ensuring that Veteran Business Outreach Centers regularly participate, on a nationwide basis, in the workshops of the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) of the Department of Labor (DOL). Establishes the Boots to Business Program under which the SBA Administrator shall provide entrepreneurship training to: members of the Armed Forces, individuals who separated from the Armed Forces during the one-year period ending on the date on which the individuals receive assistance under this Act, as well as their spouses or dependents. Requires the Administrator to make available electronically to the Secretary of Defense (DOD) all course materials created for this Program for inclusion in the TAP manual. Requires the Administrator to establish a Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship Program to provide specific training for female members of the Armed Forces, veterans, or female spouses or dependents of Armed Forces members or veterans who are interested in exploring careers as small business owners. Requires the Administrator to establish an Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities Program to provide specific training for service-disabled veterans interested in exploring careers as small business owners. Directs the Associate Administrator to establish an online mechanism to assist, and coordinate and leverage the work of, veterans' assistance providers. Requires the Associate Administrator to establish a veterans' business outreach center program to provide financial assistance of between $100,000 and $300,000 per fiscal year to educational institutions, veterans' nonprofit community-based organizations, and federal, state, and local departments and agencies to conduct renewable five-year projects for the benefit of small busine… | 2023-01-11T13:26:19Z | |
| 113-hr-4711 | 113 | hr | 4711 | To establish a regulatory framework for the comprehensive protection of personal data for individuals under the aegis of the Federal Trade Commission, to amend the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to improve provisions relating to collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 2014-05-21 | 2014-05-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. | House | Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | S001165 | 2 | Title I: Commercial Privacy - Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2014 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to initiate a rulemaking to require covered entities to carry out security measures to protect personally identifiable information, unique identifier information, and other information that may be used to identify a specific individual. Defines "covered entity" as a person (a person, partnership, or corporation over which the FTC has authority under the Federal Trade Commission Act, a common carrier subject to the Communications Act of 1934, or a nonprofit organization) who collects, uses, transfers, or stores such information concerning more than 5,000 individuals during any consecutive 12-month period. Directs the FTC to require covered entities to: (1) notify individuals of their practices regarding the collection, use, transfer, and storage of such information; (2) provide timely notice before implementing a material change in such practices; (3) offer individuals a mechanism to provide opt-in consent for any unauthorized use of such information or a third party's use for behavioral advertising or marketing; and (4) provide access to, and methods to correct, stored information. Permits covered entities to execute contracts with service providers to collect, use, and store information on behalf of the covered entity. Restricts covered entities to the collection of only as much information relating to an individual as reasonably necessary to: (1) process or enforce a transaction or deliver a requested service, including inventory management, financial reporting and accounting, planning, product or service improvement, forecasting, and customer support; (2) prevent or detect fraud or provide for a secure environment; (3) investigate a possible crime or comply with a law; (4) market or advertise to such individual if the information used for such marketing or advertising was collected directly by the covered entity; and (5) conduct internal operations and customer research, includi… | 2023-01-11T13:26:27Z | |
| 113-s-2378 | 113 | s | 2378 | Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-05-21 | 2014-05-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] | NJ | D | M000639 | 0 | Title I: Commercial Privacy - Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2014 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to initiate a rulemaking to require covered entities to carry out security measures to protect personally identifiable information, unique identifier information, and other information that may be used to identify a specific individual. Defines "covered entity" as a person (a person, partnership, or corporation over which the FTC has authority under the Federal Trade Commission Act, a common carrier subject to the Communications Act of 1934, or a nonprofit organization) who collects, uses, transfers, or stores such information concerning more than 5,000 individuals during any consecutive 12-month period. Directs the FTC to require covered entities to: (1) notify individuals of their practices regarding the collection, use, transfer, and storage of such information; (2) provide timely notice before implementing a material change in such practices; (3) offer individuals a mechanism to provide opt-in consent for any unauthorized use of such information or a third party's use for behavioral advertising or marketing; and (4) provide access to, and methods to correct, stored information. Permits covered entities to execute contracts with service providers to collect, use, and store information on behalf of the covered entity. Restricts covered entities to the collection of only as much information relating to an individual as reasonably necessary to: (1) process or enforce a transaction or deliver a requested service, including inventory management, financial reporting and accounting, planning, product or service improvement, forecasting, and customer support; (2) prevent or detect fraud or provide for a secure environment; (3) investigate a possible crime or comply with a law; (4) market or advertise to such individual if the information used for such marketing or advertising was collected directly by the covered entity; and (5) conduct internal operations and customer research, includi… | 2023-01-11T13:26:20Z | |
| 113-s-2334 | 113 | s | 2334 | Improving Opportunities for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-05-14 | 2014-05-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. | Senate | Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] | ME | I | K000383 | 1 | Improving Opportunities for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses Act of 2014 - Amends the Small Business Act to expand the definition of "small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans" for purposes of federal agencies awarding small business contracts pursuant to Small Business Administration (SBA) programs to include: (1) a small business concern not less than 51% of which is owned by one or more veterans with service-connected disabilities that are permanent and total who are unable to manage the daily business operations of such concern; or (2) in the case of a publicly owned business, a small business concern not less than 51% of the stock of which is owned by one or more such veterans. (Currently, such veterans with permanent and total disabilities are provided for in a separate small business program under veterans' benefits laws carried out by the Department of Veterans Affairs [VA].) Revises the VA definition of "small business concern owned and controlled by veterans" to be the same as the SBA definition of such term, thereby making the eligibility requirements for participation in veteran-owned small business contracting programs consistent for both SBA programs and VA programs. Provides that if the death of a service-disabled veteran causes a small business concern to be less than 51% owned by one or more such veterans, the surviving spouse of such veteran who acquires ownership rights in such small business concern shall be treated as if the surviving spouse were that veteran for the purpose of maintaining the business's eligibility for such contracting programs until the earliest of the following dates: (1) the date on which the surviving spouse either remarries or relinquishes the ownership interest, (2) 10 years after the veteran's death in the case of a surviving spouse of a veteran with a service-connected disability rated as 100% disabling or who dies as a result of a service-connected disability, or (3) 3 years after the veteran's … | 2023-01-11T13:26:21Z | |
| 113-hres-583 | 113 | hres | 583 | Honoring the vital role of small business and the passion of entrepreneurs in the United States during "National Small Business Week", beginning on May 12, through May 16, 2014. | Commerce | 2014-05-13 | 2014-05-13 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] | AZ | R | G000565 | 46 | Expresses support for: (1) the designation of National Small Business Week, (2) efforts to encourage consumers to shop locally, and (3) efforts to increase awareness of the value of locally owned small businesses and the impact of locally owned small business on the U.S. economy. Honors the vital role of small business and entrepreneurs in the United States during such week. Recognizes: (1) the important role of the Small Business Administration (SBA) as a valuable resource for the U.S. entrepreneur, (2) the importance of creating policies that promote a business friendly environment for small business owners free of unnecessary regulations, and (3) the National Small Business Person of the Year and the National Lender of the Year. Encourages young entrepreneurs to pursue their passions and create more start-up businesses. | 2023-01-11T13:26:24Z | |
| 113-s-2321 | 113 | s | 2321 | Songwriter Equity Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-05-12 | 2014-05-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] | TN | R | A000360 | 3 | Songwriter Equity Act of 2014 - Amends federal copyright law regarding the exclusive rights of sound recording copyright owners to remove a provision that prohibits license fees payable for the public performance of sound recordings, by means of a digital audio transmission, from being taken into account in any administrative, judicial, or other governmental proceeding to set or adjust the royalties payable to copyright owners of musical works for the public performance of their works. Requires Copyright Royalty Judges (CRJs), when setting royalty rates under the compulsory license available for the reproduction and distribution of musical works (commonly referred to as a "mechanical license"), to establish rates and terms that most clearly represent the rates and terms that would have been negotiated in the marketplace between a willing buyer and seller. Requires CRJs, in establishing such rates and terms, to base their decision on marketplace, economic, and use information presented by the participants. Allows consideration of comparable uses and circumstances under voluntary license agreements. | 2023-01-11T13:26:21Z | |
| 113-hr-4652 | 113 | hr | 4652 | Increasing Small Business Lending Act | Commerce | 2014-05-09 | 2014-05-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6] | MA | D | T000266 | 23 | Increasing Small Business Lending Act - Amends the Small Business Act to suspend, until September 30, 2015, fees under the 7(a) program (SBA-guaranteed loans to small businesses) and the 504 program (financing to small businesses backed by SBA-guaranteed debentures issued by any qualified state or local development company). Authorizes the SBA to guarantee up to 90% of a loan made by a private lender to a small business eligible for a loan guarantee under the Small Business Act or the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. Prohibits such guarantees with respect to small businesses: (1) in which an unlawful alien has an ownership interest, or (2) in violation of immigration laws. | 2023-01-11T13:26:28Z | |
| 113-hr-4613 | 113 | hr | 4613 | Empowering Encore Entrepreneurs Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-05-08 | 2014-05-09 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4046-4047) | House | Rep. Garcia, Joe [D-FL-26] | FL | D | G000573 | 8 | Empowering Encore Entrepreneurs Act of 2014 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a program under which the Administrator may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, or make grants to, nonprofit organizations to provide technical assistance, mentoring, and other specialized training activities for encore entrepreneurs. Defines "encore entrepreneur" to mean an entrepreneur, business person, or owner of a small business concern who: (1) is seeking to start a new small business concern or expand an existing one, and (2) is at least age 50 or has at least 20 years of experience in a workplace. Directs the Administrator to give special consideration to applications seeking funding for programs for: (1) members of the Armed Forces impacted by base closures or realignment, or (2) encore entrepreneurs unemployed for a period of not less than one year. Terminates the program on September 30, 2017. Requires the Administrator to submit to specified congressional committees a report that describes the barriers and obstacles faced by encore entrepreneurs in starting new small business concerns or expanding existing small business concerns. | 2023-01-11T13:26:29Z | |
| 113-hr-4552 | 113 | hr | 4552 | Christen O'Donnell Equestrian Helmet Safety Act of 2013 | Commerce | 2014-05-01 | 2014-05-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. | House | Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4] | CT | D | H001047 | 5 | Christen O'Donnell Equestrian Helmet Safety Act of 2013 [sic] - Establishes an interim standard for equestrian helmets manufactured nine months after enactment of this Act, pending establishment of a final standard. Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to begin rulemaking proceedings for development of a final standard. Excludes such proceedings from specified laws governing the CPSC's reliance on voluntary standards, the development of consumer product safety rules, and the CPSC's regulation of consumer products in accordance with other laws. Prohibits application of judicial review provisions to any standard issued pursuant to such proceedings. Requires any failure to meet the interim standard to be treated as a violation of a consumer product safety standard promulgated under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA). Requires any final standard to be considered a CPSA consumer product safety standard. | 2023-01-11T13:26:31Z | |
| 113-hr-4556 | 113 | hr | 4556 | Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-05-01 | 2014-05-01 | Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. | House | Rep. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI-14] | MI | D | P000595 | 5 | Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2014 - Amends the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 to extend for an additional eight fiscal years the State Small Business Credit Initiative to assist participating states to give collateral support and other innovative credit access and guarantee initiatives for small businesses and manufacturers. Prescribes allocations of federal funds to participating states. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to award, on a competitive basis, up to a total of $1 billion in two tranches, according to specified criteria, to participating states and consortiums of participating states for use: (1) for making federal contributions to, or for the account of, an approved state program; and (2) as collateral for a qualifying loan or swap funding facility. | 2023-01-11T13:26:31Z | |
| 113-s-2285 | 113 | s | 2285 | Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-05-01 | 2014-05-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] | NH | D | S001181 | 6 | Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2014 - Amends the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 to extend for an additional eight fiscal years the State Small Business Credit Initiative to assist participating states to give collateral support and other innovative credit access and guarantee initiatives for small businesses and manufacturers. Prescribes allocations of federal funds to participating states. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to award, on a competitive basis, up to a total of $1 billion in two tranches, according to specified criteria, to participating states and consortiums of participating states for use: (1) for making federal contributions to, or for the account of, an approved state program; and (2) as collateral for a qualifying loan or swap funding facility. | 2023-01-11T13:26:22Z | |
| 113-hr-4476 | 113 | hr | 4476 | Cleaning Product Right to Know Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-04-10 | 2014-04-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. | House | Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3] | NY | D | I000057 | 0 | Cleaning Product Right to Know Act of 2014 - Requires a cleaning product manufactured or offered for sale, distributed in commerce, or imported into the United States to bear a label listing each of its ingredients: (1) by the name assigned by the International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients or, if there is no such name, by the name assigned by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry or, if there is none, by its common chemical name; and (2) in descending order of predominance by weight, except that ingredients that constitute less than 1% of the product can be listed at the end in any order. Allows the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to exempt from such labeling requirement: (1) an ingredient that is present in a product at such low levels that detection is not technologically feasible; or (2) for five-year periods, an ingredient that a manufacturer demonstrates to be a trade secret. Sets forth required disclosures for, and limitations to, a manufacturer's claim that an ingredient is a trade secret. Requires a product that is not in conformity with the labeling requirements and not exempt to be treated as a misbranded hazardous substance under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA). Increases penalties for violations of FHSA. Authorizes any person to petition the CPSC to investigate claims that a product does not satisfy the labeling requirements. Requires: (1) each cleaning product manufacturer to make available on its website a complete list of ingredients for each product, including any potential adverse health effect of each ingredient; and (2) CPSC to provide on its website aggregated information that allows users to compare products made by different manufacturers. | 2023-01-11T13:26:38Z | |
| 113-s-2216 | 113 | s | 2216 | Protect Small Business Jobs Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-04-07 | 2014-04-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] | KY | R | P000603 | 0 | Protect Small Business Jobs Act of 2014 - Requires a federal agency, before any enforcement action is taken on any sanction on a small business for any violation of a rule or pursuant to an adjudication, to: (1) notify the small business that it may be subject to a sanction at the end of a six-month grace period following such notification; (2) delay further action for 15 days after such notification; (3) defer further action for the six-month period (allowing an additional three-month period upon application by the small business demonstrating reasonable good-faith efforts to remedy the violation or other conduct giving rise to the sanction); (4) make a further determination at the end of the applicable grace period as to whether the small business would still be subject to the sanction; and (5) upon a negative determination, waive the sanction. Makes the grace period inapplicable with respect to a violation that puts anyone in imminent danger, as defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Renders any sanction imposed in violation of the requirements of this Act as having no force or effect. Requires: (1) federal agencies to report annually to the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman on the implementation of the requirements of this Act, and (2) the Ombudsman to include such information in a currently-required annual report to Congress. | 2023-01-11T13:26:35Z | |
| 113-hr-4400 | 113 | hr | 4400 | Data Accountability and Trust Act | Commerce | 2014-04-04 | 2014-04-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. | House | Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] | IL | D | R000515 | 5 | Data Accountability and Trust Act - Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate regulations requiring each person engaged in interstate commerce that owns or possesses data containing personal information to establish specified security policies and procedures to treat and protect such information. Requires the regulations to include methods for disposing of both electronic and nonelectronic data. Requires information brokers to submit their security policies to the FTC in conjunction with a notification of a security breach notification or on FTC request. Authorizes the FTC to conduct information security practices audits of brokers who have had a security breach or require such brokers to conduct independent audits. Requires information brokers to: (1) establish procedures to verify the accuracy of information that identifies individuals, (2) provide to individuals whose personal information it maintains a means to review it, (3) place a conspicuous notice on the Internet instructing individuals how to request access to such information, and (4) correct inaccurate information. Directs the FTC to require information brokers to establish measures which facilitate the auditing or retracing of access to, or transmissions of, any data containing personal information. Makes it unlawful for information brokers to obtain or disclose personal information by false pretenses (pretexting). Requires such person to notify the FTC and affected individuals of information security breaches. Sets forth requirements concerning such notification, including method of notification requirements and timeliness requirements. Allows an exemption from notification requirements if such person determines that there is no reasonable risk of identity theft, fraud, or other unlawful conduct. Preempts state information security laws. | 2023-01-11T13:26:40Z | |
| 113-hr-4325 | 113 | hr | 4325 | Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-03-27 | 2014-03-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. | House | Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5] | CT | D | E000293 | 38 | Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act of 2014 - Prohibits advertisement, promotion, or marketing in commerce of electronic cigarettes in a manner that is known, or should be known, to increase the use of electronic cigarettes by children under the age of 18. Defines "electronic cigarette" as a battery-operated product designed to: (1) deliver nicotine, flavor, or other chemicals; and (2) turn chemicals, such as nicotine, into an aerosol that is inhaled by the user. Sets forth authority for: (1) the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce violations as an unfair or deceptive act or practice, and (2) states to bring civil actions on behalf of residents threatened or adversely affected by such a violation. Establishes a civil penalty to be available in state actions that is calculated by multiplying the number of days that a person is not in compliance with such prohibition by an amount up to $16,000, adjusted annually for inflation. Allows the FTC to intervene and appeal in state actions. | 2023-01-11T13:26:48Z | |
| 113-hr-4341 | 113 | hr | 4341 | Truth in Advertising Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-03-27 | 2014-04-29 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3251) | House | Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27] | FL | R | R000435 | 9 | Truth in Advertising Act of 2014 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to submit a report to Congress that contains: (1) a strategy to reduce the use, in advertising and other media for the promotion of commercial products, of images that have been altered to materially change the physical characteristics of the faces and bodies of the individuals depicted; and (2) recommendations for a risk-based regulatory framework with respect to such use. Requires the FTC to solicit input from external stakeholders and experts including, to the extent practicable, from: (1) stakeholders that are geographically and culturally diverse; and (2) experts from physical and mental health, business, and consumer advocacy communities. | 2023-01-11T13:26:47Z | |
| 113-hr-4287 | 113 | hr | 4287 | Independent Innovator and Repurposing Act | Commerce | 2014-03-24 | 2014-04-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. | House | Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20] | TX | D | C001091 | 1 | Independent Innovator and Repurposing Act - Establishes procedures under which the term of an unexpired patent claiming a method of using a biological product shall be extended for five years from its original expiration date. Requires an application for such an extension to demonstrate that: (1) the patent was issued to an independent innovator, and (2) the owner of record is the independent innovator or a small business (with fewer than 500 employees and which is not affiliated with the holder of the marketing application approved under licensing requirements of the Public Health Service Act for the commercial marketing of such biological product) in which the independent innovator has an ownership interest. Defines "independent innovator" as a person or entity that obtains a method of use patent for a biological product and is not, at the time of invention or patent filing, affiliated with the holder of an approved application for the commercial marketing of the product. | 2023-01-11T13:26:49Z | |
| 113-s-2150 | 113 | s | 2150 | Independent Innovator and Repurposing Act | Commerce | 2014-03-24 | 2014-03-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] | CT | D | B001277 | 1 | Independent Innovator and Repurposing Act - Establishes procedures under which the term of an unexpired patent claiming a method of using a biological product shall be extended for five years from its original expiration date. Requires an application for such an extension to demonstrate that: (1) the patent was issued to an independent innovator, and (2) the owner of record is the independent innovator or a small business (with fewer than 500 employees and which is not affiliated with the holder of the marketing application approved under licensing requirements of the Public Health Service Act for the commercial marketing of such biological product) in which the independent innovator has an ownership interest. Defines "independent innovator" as a person or entity that obtains a method of use patent for a biological product and is not, at the time of invention or patent filing, affiliated with the holder of an approved application for the commercial marketing of the product. | 2023-01-11T13:26:45Z | |
| 113-s-2143 | 113 | s | 2143 | Veterans Entrepreneurship Act | Commerce | 2014-03-13 | 2014-06-04 | Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] | NH | D | S001181 | 2 | Veterans Entrepreneurship Act - Amends the Small Business Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) from assessing a guarantee fee in connection with a loan made under the SBA Express Program to a veteran or spouse of a veteran on or after October 1, 2014. Directs the Administrator to report to Congress on: (1) the feasibility of providing financial planning and counseling to owners of small business concerns who are members of a reserve component prior to deployment; (2) the level of outreach to and consultation with female veterans by women's business centers and veterans business outreach centers; and (3) the Military Reservists Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program, which shall include a discussion of SBA outreach efforts to increase participation, the number of loans made, and an analysis of the effectiveness of, and recommendations for improving, the Program. | 2023-01-11T13:26:45Z | |
| 113-s-2146 | 113 | s | 2146 | Patent Fee Integrity Act | Commerce | 2014-03-13 | 2014-03-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 4 | Patent Fee Integrity Act - Establishes in the Treasury the United States Patent and Trademark Office Innovation Promotion Fund (Innovation Promotion Fund) to be used as a revolving fund by the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) without fiscal year limitation. Requires to be credited to or deposited in the Innovation Promotion Fund: (1) appropriations for defraying the costs of USPTO activities; (2) fees collected under federal patent and trademark laws; and (3) any available unobligated balances remaining in the Patent and Trademark Office Appropriation Account and in the Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund. (Replaces the Patent and Trademark Office Appropriation Account, eliminates the Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund, and provides a source of permanent funding for the USPTO.) Requires fees collected by the Director to remain available to the Director until expended. Makes the Public Enterprise Fund available to cover: (1) ordinary and reasonable administrative, operating, and other expenses incurred by the Director for the continued operation of USPTO services, programs, activities, and duties relating to patents and trademarks; and (2) expenses incurred pursuant to obligations, representations, or other commitments of the USPTO. Requires the Director, on an annual basis, to: (1) report to Congress with operation and spending plans for the current and next fiscal year, including financial details and staff levels broken down by each major activity; (2) provide for an independent audit of USPTO financial statements; and (3) submit a budget to the President. | 2023-01-11T13:26:45Z | |
| 113-hr-4213 | 113 | hr | 4213 | Funeral Rule Improvement Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-03-12 | 2014-03-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. | House | Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1] | KY | R | W000413 | 13 | Funeral Rule Improvement Act of 2014 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to revise funeral industry regulations concerning funeral providers and services. Revises the definition of "funeral provider" to: (1) include trusts (currently, only persons, partnerships, or corporations), and (2) apply to the sale of funeral or burial goods or services to the public (currently, such definition is limited to entities that sell both funeral goods and funeral services). Excludes from such definition: (1) religious denominations, middle judicatories, houses of worship, or similar religious organizations; (2) states or political subdivisions; (3) cemeteries with 25 or fewer burials per year; and (4) certain non-profit cemetery companies and burial or cremation corporations exempt from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code. Amends the definition of "funeral services" to define "funeral or burial services" as any services that are sold or offered for sale directly to the public for use in connection with: (1) the care and preparation of deceased human remains for burial, cremation, or other final disposition; or (2) the arrangement, supervision, or carrying out the funeral ceremony or final disposition of deceased human bodies. | 2023-01-11T13:26:51Z | |
| 113-hres-514 | 113 | hres | 514 | Honoring Thomas Jennings of New York City as the first African-American to be granted a patent by the United States. | Commerce | 2014-03-12 | 2014-03-12 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8] | NY | D | J000294 | 18 | Honors Thomas Jennings as the first African-American to be granted a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and commends his economic contributions to the United States through use of the patent system. Acknowledges that his inventive contributions encourage Americans to continue with innovations in science, technology, engineering, and math. | 2023-01-11T13:26:47Z | |
| 113-s-2120 | 113 | s | 2120 | A bill to expand the prohibition on the manufacture, distribution, and importation of children's products that contain phthalates, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 2014-03-12 | 2014-03-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] | NY | D | G000555 | 0 | Amends the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 to expand the prohibition against the manufacture, distribution, or importation of any children's toy or child care articles containing specified phthalates to include any children's products containing those chemicals. Expands also the list of prohibited phthalates. Declares that such prohibition shall not apply to any component of a children's product (currently, only of a children's toy or child care article) that is not accessible to a child through normal and reasonably foreseeable use and abuse of that product. | 2023-01-11T13:26:45Z | |
| 113-hres-502 | 113 | hres | 502 | Congratulating the Minority Business Development Agency on its 45th anniversary and commending its achievements in fostering the establishment and growth of minority businesses in the United States. | Commerce | 2014-03-05 | 2014-03-05 | Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] | IL | D | R000515 | 0 | Congratulates the Minority Business Development Agency on its 45th anniversary. Commends the Agency for its achievements in fostering the establishment and growth of minority businesses. Encourages the Agency to continue its efforts to assist such businesses as they continue to strengthen communities, create jobs, and contribute to the health of the U.S. economy. | 2023-01-11T13:26:47Z | |
| 113-hr-4121 | 113 | hr | 4121 | Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-02-28 | 2014-05-21 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 341. | House | Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] | NY | D | V000081 | 1 | Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Small Business Act with respect to the authority of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to use certain SBA programs, including the small business development center (SBDC) program, to provide grants, financial assistance, loans, export assistance, and subcontracting opportunities on federal contracts to specified small businesses, organizations, state governments, universities, companies, and other entities that provide assistance to smaller enterprises. Declares that the SBA shall only use such programs to deliver entrepreneurial development services, entrepreneurial education, business incubation services, growth acceleration services, support for the development and maintenance of clusters, or business training. Makes such program requirements inapplicable to services provided to assist small business concerns owned by an Indian tribe. Directs the SBA to report annually to specified congressional committees regarding all entrepreneurial development activities undertaken in the current fiscal year. Requires such report to include: (1) a description of the process used to award grants under each program and activity; (2) a list of all awardees, contractors, and vendors; and (3) the amount of funding obligated for the current fiscal year for each program and activity. (Sec. 3) Bars the SBA from prohibiting applicants receiving grants under the SBDC program from marketing and advertising their services to individuals and small businesses. (Sec. 4) Revises privacy requirements under such program to specify that SBDCs (including consortia and affiliated contractors or agents) are prohibited, subject to existing exceptions, from disclosing the name, address, or telephone number of any individual or small business concern receiving assistance to any state, local, or federal agency or third party. (Sec. 5) Directs the SBA to consult with SBDC associations to develop documents governing data collection activities related to applicants r… | 2023-01-11T13:26:32Z | |
| 113-hr-4093 | 113 | hr | 4093 | Greater Opportunities for Small Business Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-02-26 | 2014-04-09 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 301. | House | Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] | MO | R | G000546 | 2 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Greater Opportunities for Small Business Act of 2014 - Amends the Small Business Act to require subcontracting plans for certain contracts with federal agencies exceeding a specified amount to include a minimum percentage goal of at least 40% for the utilization of small businesses as subcontractors. Increases from 23% to 25% the minimum government-wide percentage goal for participation by small businesses in the total value of all procurement contracts awarded as prime contracts for each fiscal year. Repeals a requirement under which first tier subcontracts (contracts in which a subcontractor has a subcontract directly with the prime contractor) awarded to small businesses by management and operating contractors sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE) are considered toward the annually established agency and government-wide goals for procurement contracts awarded. Delays the effective date of the 40% goal until the Small Business Administration (SBA) has promulgated any regulations necessary, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation has been revised, to implement specified provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 concerning the standards for determining whether a prime contractor has attained small business subcontracting percentage goals. | 2023-01-11T13:26:42Z | |
| 113-hr-4094 | 113 | hr | 4094 | Contracting Data and Bundling Accountability Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-02-26 | 2014-04-09 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 302. | House | Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] | MO | R | G000546 | 6 | Contracting Data and Bundling Accountability Act of 2014 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to develop a plan to improve the quality of data reported on bundled and consolidated contracts in the federal procurement data system. Requires the plan to: (1) describe the roles and responsibilities of the Administrator, the Directors of the Offices of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, the Small Business Procurement Advisory Council, the Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, the Administrator of the General Services Administration, the senior procurement executives, and Chief Acquisition Officers in implementing the plan and contributing to the annual report; (2) make necessary changes to policies and procedures on proper identification and mitigation of contract bundling and consolidation, and to training procedures of relevant personnel on proper identification and mitigation of contract bundling and consolidation; (3) establish consequences for failure to properly identify contracts as bundled or consolidated; (4) establish requirements for periodic and statistically valid data verification and validation; and (5) assign clear data verification responsibilities. Requires the finalized plan to be presented to the House and Senate small business committees by not later than 90 days prior to implementation. Directs the Administrator to: (1) implement the plan by the first day of FY2017, and (2) annually provide to such committees certification of the accuracy and completeness of data reported on bundled and consolidated contracts. Directs the Comptroller General (GAO): (1) to initiate a study by the first day of FY2018 on the effectiveness of the plan that shall assess whether contracts were accurately labeled as bundled or consolidated; and (2) not later than 12 months after initiating the study, to report to the small business committees on the results from such study and, if warranted, any recommendations on how to im… | 2023-01-11T13:26:42Z | |
| 113-hr-4103 | 113 | hr | 4103 | American Royalties Too Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-02-26 | 2014-03-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. | House | Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10] | NY | D | N000002 | 15 | American Royalties Too Act of 2014 - Expands copyright owners' exclusive rights, in the case of a work of visual art, to include the right to collect or authorize the collection of a royalty if the work is sold by a person other than the author for at least $5,000 in an auction. Defines "auction" as a public sale of visual art to the highest bidder run by an entity that sold at least $1 million of works of visual art during the previous year. Revises the term "work of visual art" to make requirements for photographs consistent with requirements for paintings, drawings, and prints. (Currently, a photograph must be a still photographic image produced for exhibition purposes only.) Limits the amount of such a royalty to the lesser of: (1) 5% of the purchase price; or (2) $35,000, subject to cost-of-living adjustments. Directs entities conducting such auctions to collect and pay the royalties to a visual artists' copyright collecting society. Requires the collecting society, at least four times each year, to distribute the appropriate royalties (minus administrative expenses) to authors or successor copyright owners. Requires an author of a work of visual art, in order to be eligible to receive such a royalty, to: (1) be a citizen of, or domiciled in, the United States or a country that provides resale royalty rights; or (2) have first created the work in the United States or a country that provides such royalty rights. Establishes a copyright infringement offense for the failure to pay such a royalty. Subjects infringers to: (1) statutory damages, and (2) liability for the full royalty. Prohibits the sale, assignment, or waiver of the right to collect such a royalty, subject to exceptions for works made for hire and transfers of copyright ownership. Directs the Register of Copyrights to issue regulations governing visual artists' copyright collecting societies. | 2023-01-11T13:26:58Z | |
| 113-s-2045 | 113 | s | 2045 | American Royalties Too Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-02-26 | 2014-02-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] | WI | D | B001230 | 1 | American Royalties Too Act of 2014 - Expands copyright owners' exclusive rights, in the case of a work of visual art, to include the right to collect or authorize the collection of a royalty if the work is sold by a person other than the author for at least $5,000 in an auction. Defines "auction" as a public sale of visual art to the highest bidder run by an entity that sold at least $1 million of works of visual art during the previous year. Revises the term "work of visual art" to make requirements for photographs consistent with requirements for paintings, drawings, and prints. (Currently, a photograph must be a still photographic image produced for exhibition purposes only.) Limits the amount of such a royalty to the lesser of: (1) 5% of the purchase price; or (2) $35,000, subject to cost-of-living adjustments. Directs entities conducting such auctions to collect and pay the royalties to a visual artists' copyright collecting society. Requires the collecting society, at least four times each year, to distribute the appropriate royalties (minus administrative expenses) to authors or successor copyright owners. Requires an author of a work of visual art, in order to be eligible to receive such a royalty, to: (1) be a citizen of, or domiciled in, the United States or a country that provides resale royalty rights; or (2) have first created the work in the United States or a country that provides such royalty rights. Establishes a copyright infringement offense for the failure to pay such a royalty. Subjects infringers to: (1) statutory damages, and (2) liability for the full royalty. Prohibits the sale, assignment, or waiver of the right to collect such a royalty, subject to exceptions for works made for hire and transfers of copyright ownership. Directs the Register of Copyrights to issue regulations governing visual artists' copyright collecting societies. | 2023-01-11T13:26:54Z | |
| 113-s-2047 | 113 | s | 2047 | Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-02-26 | 2014-02-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 9 | Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act of 2014 - Prohibits advertisement, promotion, or marketing in commerce of electronic cigarettes in a manner that is known, or should be known, to increase the use of electronic cigarettes by children under the age of 18. Defines "electronic cigarette" as a battery-operated product designed to: (1) deliver nicotine, flavor, or other chemicals; and (2) turn chemicals, such as nicotine, into an aerosol that is inhaled by the user. Sets forth authority for: (1) the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce violations as an unfair or deceptive act or practice, and (2) states to bring civil actions on behalf of residents threatened or adversely affected by such a violation. Establishes a civil penalty to be available in state actions that is calculated by multiplying the number of days that a person is not in compliance with such prohibition by an amount up to $16,000, adjusted annually for inflation. Allows the FTC to intervene and appeal in state actions. | 2023-01-11T13:26:54Z | |
| 113-s-2049 | 113 | s | 2049 | Transparency in Assertion of Patents Act | Commerce | 2014-02-26 | 2014-02-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] | MO | D | M001170 | 2 | Transparency in Assertion of Patents Act - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate rules prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts and practices in the sending of written communications (commonly referred to as "demand letters") stating that the intended recipient, or any person affiliated with the intended recipient: (1) is infringing, or may be infringing, the patent of another; and (2) bears liability or owes compensation. Requires such rules to establish disclosures that such written communications must contain, including: each claim of each patent allegedly infringed; each product, device, business method, service, or technology that allegedly infringes each claim; a notice that the intended recipient may have the right to have the product manufacturer defend against the infringement; contact information necessary to determine the identity of a person with the right to enforce the patent or with a direct financial interest in the patent, including each owner, co-owner, assignee, exclusive licensee, and entity with the authority to enforce the patent, as well as the ultimate parent entity with such authority; any licensing commitment or obligation (such as reasonable and non-discriminatory terms) that applies to the patent or claim; the method used to calculate any proposed compensation; and each current instance of reexamination or other post-grant review of the patent at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), any litigation involving the patent, and the status of such review and any determinations as to the invalidity of the patent or any of its claims. Directs the FTC to: (1) prohibit unfair or deceptive assertions in such written communications, and (2) provide education and awareness to the public regarding deceptive communications. Sets forth the enforcement authority of the FTC and authorizes civil actions by states. Establishes civil penalties applicable to state actions. | 2023-01-11T13:26:54Z | |
| 113-hr-4079 | 113 | hr | 4079 | Songwriter Equity Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-02-25 | 2014-03-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. | House | Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9] | GA | R | C001093 | 22 | Songwriter Equity Act of 2014 - Amends federal copyright law regarding the exclusive rights of sound recording copyright owners to remove a provision that prohibits license fees payable for the public performance of sound recordings, by means of a digital audio transmission, from being taken into account in any administrative, judicial, or other governmental proceeding to set or adjust the royalties payable to copyright owners of musical works for the public performance of their works. Requires Copyright Royalty Judges (CRJs), when setting royalty rates under the compulsory license available for the reproduction and distribution of musical works (commonly referred to as a "mechanical license"), to establish rates and terms that most clearly represent the rates and terms that would have been negotiated in the marketplace between a willing buyer and seller. Requires CRJs, in establishing such rates and terms, to base their decision on marketplace, economic, and use information presented by the participants. Allows consideration of comparable uses and circumstances under voluntary license agreements. | 2023-01-11T13:26:59Z | |
| 113-hr-4059 | 113 | hr | 4059 | Accelerate Our Startups Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-02-14 | 2014-02-14 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] | IL | D | S001190 | 2 | Accelerate Our Startups Act of 2014 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to develop and implement a grant program for state and local governmental and other nonprofit organizations located in the United States that support startup businesses by providing assistance for construction costs, space acquisition, and programmatic purposes. Requires a grant recipient to: (1) demonstrate that it will use the grant to provide assistance to at least five client businesses per year that have been in business for less than five years, (2) require client businesses to pay an entry fee to participate in the program, and (3) submit annual progress reports. Directs the Administrator: (1) to establish grant criteria favoring recipients that provide startups with office, manufacturing, or warehouse space, access to capital and professional services, and a formal structured mentorship or developmental program that assists with building business skills and competencies; and (2) in determining whether to make a grant, to take into account promoting growth in underserviced areas with sufficient population density and the organization's entrepreneurial leadership experience, ability to utilize and leverage local strengths, and record with regard to client business participation. Directs the SBA to condition receipt of a grant under this Act on the recipient obtaining matching funding for the same purposes from a local or state government grant and nonpublic funding. | 2023-01-11T13:26:59Z | |
| 113-s-2025 | 113 | s | 2025 | Data Broker Accountability and Transparency Act | Commerce | 2014-02-12 | 2014-02-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] | WV | D | R000361 | 3 | Data Broker Accountability and Transparency Act - Prohibits a data broker from obtaining or causing to be disclosed personal information or any other information relating to any person by making a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation to any person, including by providing to any person any document that the data broker knows or should know to be forged, counterfeit, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained or that contains a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation. Defines "data broker" as a commercial entity that collects, assembles, or maintains personal information concerning an individual who is not a customer or an employee in order to sell, or provide third-party access to, such information. Requires data brokers to establish procedures to ensure the accuracy of the personal information they collect, assemble, or maintain and of any other information that specifically identifies an individual, unless the information identifies only names or addresses. Exempts from such requirements information that may be inaccurate if it is collected or maintained solely to: (1) indicate whether there may be a discrepancy or irregularity in the personal information associated with an individual; (2) identify or authenticate the identity of an individual; or (3) protect against or investigate fraud or other unlawful conduct. Requires data brokers to provide individuals a means to review certain information collected, assembled, or maintained on such individuals, unless a regulatory exception promulgated by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) applies. Requires data brokers to maintain an Internet website that instructs individuals how to: (1) review their information, and (2) express a preference with respect to the use of their personal information for marketing purposes. Permits individuals to dispute the accuracy of their information with a written request that the data broker make a correction. Requires a data broker, with regard to disputed public record information, t… | 2023-01-11T13:26:55Z | |
| 113-hr-4023 | 113 | hr | 4023 | Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-02-10 | 2014-02-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. | House | Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-4] | UT | D | M001142 | 4 | Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2014 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to require prescribers of animal drugs to verify prescriptions and provide copies of prescriptions to pet owners, pet owner designees, and pharmacies, without the prescriber demanding payment or establishing other conditions. Applies these requirements to medication for a domesticated household animal that consumers are not allowed to purchase without a prescription. Treats a violation of this Act as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act. | 2023-01-11T13:27:00Z | |
| 113-s-2008 | 113 | s | 2008 | SCORE for Small Business Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-02-10 | 2014-02-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. | Senate | Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] | LA | D | L000550 | 6 | SCORE for Small Business Act of 2014 - Amends the Small Business Act, with respect to the SCORE program (Service Corps of Retired Executives), to: (1) reauthorize such program for FY2015-FY2017; (2) modify requirements of such program with respect to the role of participating volunteers, program plans and goals, and reporting; and (3) outline privacy requirements pertaining to the disclosure of information of businesses assisted under such program. Amends the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 to repeal the program of assistance to microenterprises (i.e., businesses that have fewer than five employees and generally lack access to conventional loans, equity, or other banking services). | 2023-01-11T13:26:55Z | |
| 113-s-1995 | 113 | s | 1995 | Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-02-04 | 2014-02-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] | CT | D | B001277 | 1 | Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2014 - Title I: Enhancing Punishment for Identity Theft and Other Violations of Data Privacy and Security - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to five years for intentionally or willfully concealing a security breach involving sensitive personally identifiable information when such breach results in economic harm or substantial emotional distress to one or more persons. Makes it unlawful for a service provider to knowingly or intentionally redirect web searches or otherwise monitor, manipulate, aggregate, and market data from websites without the consent of the Internet user. Imposes a civil fine of up to $500,000 for a violation of this provision and an increased fine of up to $1 million for engaging in a pattern or practice of activity that violates this provision. Title II: Privacy and Security of Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information - Makes any interstate business entity that collects, accesses, transmits, uses, stores, or disposes of sensitive personally identifiable information on 10,000 or more U.S. persons subject to the requirements for a data privacy and security program under this Act. Exempts public records not otherwise subject to a confidentiality or nondisclosure requirement, certain financial institutions subject to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, business entities subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and service providers exclusively engaged in the transmission, routing, or storage of data. Requires business entities that are subject to personal data privacy and security requirements of this Act to implement a comprehensive program that: (1) ensures the privacy, security, and confidentiality of sensitive personally identifiable information; (2) protects against any anticipated vulnerabilities to the privacy, security, or integrity of such information; and (3) protects against unauthorized access to such information that could create… | 2023-01-11T13:26:55Z | |
| 113-s-1976 | 113 | s | 1976 | Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2014 | Commerce | 2014-01-30 | 2014-01-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] | WV | D | R000361 | 3 | Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2014 - Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate regulations requiring each covered entity (proprietorships, partnerships, estates, trusts, cooperatives, and nonprofit and for-profit corporations) that owns or possesses data containing personal information to implement policies and procedures regarding information security practices for the treatment and protection of such information. Establishes procedures to be followed in the event of an information security breach. Requires a covered entity that discovers a breach to notify the FTC (unless the covered entity has already notified a federal entity designated by the Department of Homeland Security [DHS] to receive such information) and affected individuals. Sets forth requirements concerning such notification, including methods of notification and timeliness requirements. Allows an exemption from notification requirements if such entity reasonably concludes that there is no reasonable risk of identity theft, fraud, or other unlawful conduct. Establishes a presumption that there is no such risk for encrypted data. Directs DHS to designate a federal entity that covered entities would be required to notify if a security breach involves: (1) the personal information of more than 10,000 individuals, (2) a database containing the personal information of more than 1 million individuals, (3) federal government databases, or (4) the personal information of federal employees or contractors known to be involved in national security or law enforcement. Requires the designated entity to provide each notice it receives to: the U.S. Secret Service; the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); the FTC; the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, if mail fraud is involved; attorneys general of affected states; and appropriate federal agencies for law enforcement, national security, or data security purposes. Sets forth enforcement provisions for the FTC, state attorneys general, and the Attorney General (DOJ). Establishes cr… | 2023-01-11T13:27:02Z | |
| 113-hr-3956 | 113 | hr | 3956 | Community Investment and Empowerment Act | Commerce | 2014-01-28 | 2014-01-28 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] | IL | D | K000385 | 1 | Community Investment and Empowerment Act - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make grants on a competitive basis to communities for: the creation of a grant and/or revolving loan fund program that helps develop financing packages for Class 1 commercial investment (defined as retail grocery chains, food service retailers, restaurants and franchises, retail stores, cafes, shopping malls, and other shops); lowering real estate property tax rates; conducting community-wide market analysis to help recruit and/or retain Class 1 commercial investment; creating employment training programs for Class 1 business customer service, sales, and managerial positions; retail marketing strategies to solicit new Class 1 commercial investment starts in the community; program allowances for activities such as the publication of marketing materials, development of economic development web pages, and educational outreach activities with retail trade associations; and hiring business recruitment specialists. Authorizes the Administrator to only make such a grant to communities: (1) whose demographics include a median per capita income no higher than $35,000 and a lack of Class 1 commercial investment; (2) that submit an application that describes the activities the community carries out, and the difficulty the community has faced, to recruit, retain and grow their economy through Class 1 commercial investment; and (3) that agree to match 10% of grant funds with certain non-federal contributions. Allows the Administrator to waive or reduce the non-federal contribution if the community involved demonstrates that it cannot meet the contribution requirement due to financial hardship. | 2023-01-11T13:27:06Z | |
| 113-hr-3828 | 113 | hr | 3828 | Notification of Your Eldercare Rights Act | Commerce | 2014-01-09 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] | PA | D | C001090 | 0 | Notification of Your Eldercare Rights - Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) draft disclosures which describe the rights and liabilities of customers and providers of domestic care services; (2) require that any provider of domestic care services give such disclosures to each customer before entering into a contract with the customer; and (3) disclose to the customer whether the individual or individuals who will provide such services are employees of the provider of domestic care services or independent contractors. Makes it unlawful for any provider of domestic care services to enter into contract with a customer without first providing the disclosure document required by this Act. Prescribes penalties for violations of this Act. | 2023-01-11T13:23:30Z | |
| 113-s-1887 | 113 | s | 1887 | A bill to clarify terms of cooperation between the Consumer Product Safety Commission and foreign government agencies in order to improve safety of imported products, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 2013-12-20 | 2013-12-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] | MO | D | M001170 | 0 | Allows the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), when sharing information obtained under the federal-state cooperation program with a foreign government agency for official law enforcement or consumer protection purposes, to authorize a foreign government agency to make that information available to another agency of the same foreign government (including a political subdivision of that foreign government that is located within the same territory or administrative area as the agency disclosing the information) if an appropriate official of the foreign government agency disclosing the information certifies (by prior agreement, memorandum of understanding with the CPSC, or other written certification) that it will establish and apply specified confidentiality restrictions under the Consumer Product Safety Act. | 2023-01-11T13:23:31Z | |
| 113-sres-325 | 113 | sres | 325 | A resolution designating the week of December 22 through December 28, 2013, as "National Toy Week". | Commerce | 2013-12-20 | 2013-12-20 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9114-9115; text as passed Senate: CR S9108-9109) | Senate | Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] | AR | D | P000590 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates the week of December 22-December 28, 2013, as National Toy Week. Recognizes: (1) the necessary role of toys and play in the development of children across the United States; and (2) that, for 97 years, the toy industry has promoted fun and safe play. | 2022-03-03T21:27:53Z | |
| 113-s-1830 | 113 | s | 1830 | TOTAL Act of 2013 | Commerce | 2013-12-16 | 2013-12-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] | NJ | D | M000639 | 0 | Tallying of the Actual Liabilities Act of 2013 or the TOTAL Act of 2013 - Prohibits a retailer under the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from selling a product or service through an Internet website without presenting the total transaction amount it expects to collect from the potential purchaser (including all fees, taxes, and shipping and handling charges) before the person commits to the purchase. Sets forth authority for: (1) the FTC to enforce a violation of this Act as an unfair or deceptive act or practice, and (2) states to bring civil actions on behalf of residents threatened or adversely affected by such a violation. | 2023-01-11T13:23:33Z | |
| 113-hr-3713 | 113 | hr | 3713 | To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to provide for the registration of marks consisting of a flag, coat of arms, or other official insignia of the United States or of any State or local government, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 2013-12-12 | 2014-01-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. | House | Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8] | NY | D | J000294 | 1 | Amends trademark registration criteria under the Trademark Act of 1946 to specify that the United States, or any state, municipality, county, political subdivision, or other governmental authority in the United States, may register with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) a trademark that consists of, or comprises, its own flag, coat of arms, or other official insignia. (Currently, an applicant's trademark registration is subject to refusal if the mark consists of, or comprises, the flag or coat of arms or other insignia of the United States, or of any state or municipality, or of any foreign nation.) | 2023-01-11T13:23:37Z | |
| 113-hr-3736 | 113 | hr | 3736 | PACES Act | Commerce | 2013-12-12 | 2014-01-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. | House | Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] | CO | D | D000197 | 1 | Protect Advanced Communications for Emergency Services Act of 2013 or the PACES Act - Requires any patent infringement action against certain wireless carriers (excluding mobile satellite service operators) or IP-enabled voice service providers based on their use of technologies complying with requirements of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to provide 9-1-1, enhanced 9-1-1, or other emergency communication services (such as the delivery of 9-1-1 calls with next generation text, picture, and video technologies capable of automatically identifying number and location information to emergency service personnel) to be filed in accordance with federal judicial code procedures under which a patent or copyright owner's remedy is by an action against the United States in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. (Thus, specifies that such 9-1-1 services are provided by or for the United States with authorization or consent of the United States.) | 2023-01-11T13:23:36Z | |
| 113-s-1816 | 113 | s | 1816 | A bill to amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to provide for the registration of marks consisting of a flag, coat of arms, or other insignia of the United States, or any State or local government, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 2013-12-12 | 2013-12-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] | MN | D | K000367 | 2 | Amends trademark registration criteria under the Trademark Act of 1946 to specify that the United States, or any state, municipality, county, political subdivision, or other governmental authority in the United States, may register with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) a trademark that consists of, or comprises, its own flag, coat of arms, or other official insignia. (Currently, an applicant's trademark registration is subject to refusal if the mark consists of, or comprises, the flag or coat of arms or other insignia of the United States, or of any state or municipality, or of any foreign nation.) | 2023-01-11T13:23:33Z | |
| 113-hr-3709 | 113 | hr | 3709 | Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2013 | Commerce | 2013-12-11 | 2014-01-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. | House | Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] | IL | D | R000515 | 5 | Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2013 - Prohibits, as an unfair and deceptive act or practice and an unfair method of competition in or affecting interstate commerce, any person from being a party to any agreement resolving or settling a patent infringement claim in which: (1) an abbreviated new drug (generic) application filer receives anything of value; and (2) such filer agrees not to research, develop, manufacture, market or sell the generic drug. Excludes a resolution or settlement that includes no more than: (1) the right to market the generic drug before the expiration of the patent or other exclusivity period, or (2) the waiver of a patent infringement claim for damages. Authorizes the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to exempt agreements in furtherance of market competition and for the benefit of consumers. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem an applicant to have forfeited market exclusivity if the applicant enters into an agreement that violates this Act. Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to revise reporting requirements related to agreements between a generic drug applicant and a brand name drug company to include: (1) a description of the subject matter of other agreements between the parties; and (2) a certification that the materials filed represent the complete, final, and exclusive agreement between the parties. | 2023-01-11T13:23:37Z | |
| 113-s-1793 | 113 | s | 1793 | Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2013 | Commerce | 2013-12-10 | 2014-11-12 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 583. | Senate | Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] | MN | D | K000367 | 6 | Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2013 - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to establish a grant program to provide assistance to states that require compliant carbon monoxide alarms to be installed in dwelling units. Defines "compliant carbon monoxide alarm" as an alarm that complies with the American National Standard for Single and Multiple Station Carbon Monoxide Alarms as well as the American National Standard for Gas and Vapor Detectors and Sensors. Directs the CPSC, in selecting grant recipients, to give favorable consideration to states that: (1) require compliant alarms in specified facilities with fuel-burning appliances or attached garages, including educational facilities, childcare facilities, health care facilities, adult dependent care facilities, government buildings, restaurants, theaters, lodging establishments, or dwelling units; and (2) have strategies to protect vulnerable populations such as children, the elderly, or low-income households. Permits states receiving grants to use such funds to: (1) purchase and install such alarms in dwelling units of low-income families or elderly persons, childcare facilities, public schools, senior centers, or student dwelling units owned by public universities; (2) train state or local fire code enforcement officials regarding compliance and installation; and (3) educate the public about the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. Authorizes appropriations for FY2015-FY2019 to carry out this Act. Requires the CPSC to submit reports to Congress regarding the implementation of the grant program. | 2023-01-11T13:23:28Z | |
| 113-sres-313 | 113 | sres | 313 | A resolution designating November 30, 2013, as "Small Business Saturday" and supporting efforts to increase awareness of the value of locally owned small business. | Commerce | 2013-12-09 | 2013-12-09 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8573) | Senate | Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] | LA | D | L000550 | 43 | Designates November 30, 2013, as Small Business Saturday. Expresses support for efforts to: (1) encourage consumers to shop locally, and (2) increase awareness of the value of locally owned small businesses and the impact of such businesses on the U.S. economy. | 2023-01-11T13:23:29Z | |
| 113-hr-3619 | 113 | hr | 3619 | STEP A Act of 2013 | Commerce | 2013-11-22 | 2013-11-22 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] | CA | D | B001270 | 5 | STEP A Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act to extend the three-year pilot State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program originally established under the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010. | 2023-01-11T13:23:46Z | |
| 113-s-1770 | 113 | s | 1770 | FAIR Act | Commerce | 2013-11-21 | 2013-11-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] | AZ | R | F000444 | 1 | Future of American Innovation and Research Act of 2013 or the FAIR Act - Authorizes the owner or lawful possessor of a covered trade secret (that is related to or included in a product or service that is used in or reasonably anticipated to be used in interstate or foreign commerce) to bring a civil action in a U.S. district court against a person (including a legal or commercial entity) who misappropriates, threatens to misappropriate, or conspires to misappropriate such trade secret: (1) while located outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States; or (2) on behalf of, or for the benefit of, a person located outside such territorial jurisdiction. Defines "misappropriate" as the acquisition or disclosure of a trade secret under specified circumstances through improper means, including theft, bribery, misrepresentation, breach or inducement of a breach of a duty to maintain secrecy, and espionage through electronic means. Excludes reverse engineering or independent derivation from the categories of improper means when such activity alone is the only alleged conduct. Permits an action to arise from conduct outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States if the conduct, either by itself or in combination with conduct within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, causes or is reasonably anticipated to cause an injury: (1) within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, or (2) to a U.S. person. Provides for an affirmative defense to such an action if each alleged trade secret in dispute was readily ascertainable through proper means by other persons who did not already know the trade secret at the time of the alleged conduct. Authorizes a court, upon an ex parte application, to order the seizure of any property used to commit or facilitate specified conduct alleged in the civil action. | 2023-01-11T13:23:41Z | |
| 113-hr-3540 | 113 | hr | 3540 | Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2013 | Commerce | 2013-11-19 | 2014-01-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. | House | Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] | CO | D | P000598 | 2 | Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2013 - Requires any entity that sends a specified number of demand letters during any 365-day period to submit to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), with respect to each patent that was the subject in each letter, a disclosure identifying: the patent, including a confirmation that the entity that sent the letter is the owner of the patent and is the last recorded entity in USPTO records for purposes of assignment, grant, or conveyance; the entity that has the right to license the patent or the name of the exclusive licensee; each entity asserting a claim with regard to the patent; each obligation to license the patent and the financial terms at which such patent has been licensed; the ultimate parent entity of such entity; the number of recipients of the letter; any case that has been filed by such entity relating to such patent; and any ex parte review or inter partes review of such patent. Defines "demand letter" as any written communication directed to an unaffiliated third party stating or indicating that the intended recipient, or anyone affiliated with that recipient, is or may be infringing a patent, or may bear liability or owe compensation to another because of such patent. Authorizes a court, in a patent infringement or validity action brought by an entity that does not meet such USPTO disclosure requirements, to sanction such entity for an amount to be awarded to the adverse party to cover any costs incurred as a result of such violation. Exempts from such disclosure requirements: (1) original or joint inventors, (2) institutions of higher education, and (3) technology transfer organizations facilitating the commercialization of technology developed by institutions of higher education. Directs the USPTO to establish a publicly accessible and searchable database of the information obtained pursuant to such disclosures. Requires any demand letter sent to another entity to include specified information concerning: each claim of each patent allege… | 2023-01-11T13:23:49Z | |
| 113-s-1720 | 113 | s | 1720 | Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013 | Commerce | 2013-11-18 | 2013-12-17 | Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 3 | Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013 - Directs a court to require a patentee who has filed a civil action for patent infringement to disclose to the court and to all adverse parties any persons, associations, corporations (including parent corporations), or other entities known by the patentee to have: (1) a financial interest in the subject matter in controversy or in a party to the proceeding, or (2) any other interest that could be substantially affected by the outcome of the proceeding. Requires any assignment of all substantial rights in an issued patent that results in a change to the ultimate parent entity to be recorded in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) within three months of the assignment. Prohibits a party asserting infringement from recovering increased damages or attorney's fees with respect to infringing activities taking place during any period of noncompliance in which the ultimate parent entity of an assignee has not been disclosed to the USPTO. Requires courts, if such an assignment has not been disclosed, to award a prevailing accused infringer reasonable attorney's fees and expenses incurred in discovering any previously undisclosed ultimate parent entities. Directs courts to grant a motion to stay an action against a customer accused of infringing a patent based on a product or process under specified conditions when: (1) the manufacturer is a party to the action or to a separate action involving the same patent relating to the same product or process, and (2) the customer agrees to be bound under principles of collateral estoppel by any common issues finally decided as to such manufacturer. Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to: (1) exercise enforcement authority with respect to bad-faith demand letters (widespread written communications with false or misleading information stating that the intended recipients or affiliated persons are infringing or have infringed a patent and bear liability or owe compensation), and (2) treat such letters as unfair or dece… | 2023-01-11T13:23:43Z | |
| 113-hr-3481 | 113 | hr | 3481 | Do Not Track Kids Act of 2013 | Commerce | 2013-11-14 | 2013-11-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. | House | Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] | TX | R | B000213 | 46 | Do Not Track Kids Act of 2013 - Amends the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to apply the prohibitions against collecting personal information from children to online applications and mobile applications directed to children. Establishes additional privacy protections against the collection of personal or geolocation information from children and minors. Revises the definition of: "operator" to include online and mobile applications (currently, only Internet websites and online services) and to make such definition apply specifically to operators and providers of such websites, services, or applications who, for commercial purposes, in interstate or foreign commerce: (1) collect or maintain, directly or through a service provider, personal information from or about their users; (2) allow another person to collect such personal information; or (3) allow users of such websites, services, or applications to publicly disclose personal information; and "disclosure" as the release of personal information (currently, the release of personal information collected from a child in identifiable form). Requires verifiable parental consent, under specified circumstances, for the collection, use, or disclosure of personal information of a child, including certain online contact information collected in response to a specific request from a child when such information is used to contact a different child. Prohibits, without verifiable parental consent in the case of a child or without consent of the minor in the case of a minor, an operator of a website, online service, online application, or mobile application directed to children or minors, or an operator having actual knowledge that personal information being collected is from children or minors, from: (1) using, disclosing to third parties, or compiling personal information collected from children or minors for targeted marketing purposes; and (2) collecting geolocation information in a manner that violates the regulations prescribed… | 2023-01-11T13:23:50Z | |
| 113-s-1700 | 113 | s | 1700 | Do Not Track Kids Act of 2013 | Commerce | 2013-11-14 | 2013-11-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] | MA | D | M000133 | 4 | Do Not Track Kids Act of 2013 - Amends the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to apply the prohibitions against collecting personal information from children to online applications and mobile applications directed to children. Establishes additional privacy protections against the collection of personal or geolocation information from children and minors. Revises the definition of: "operator" to include online and mobile applications (currently, only Internet websites and online services) and to make such definition apply specifically to operators and providers of such websites, services, or applications who, for commercial purposes, in interstate or foreign commerce: (1) collect or maintain, directly or through a service provider, personal information from or about their users; (2) allow another person to collect such personal information; or (3) allow users of such websites, services, or applications to publicly disclose personal information; and "disclosure" as the release of personal information (currently, the release of personal information collected from a child in identifiable form). Requires verifiable parental consent, under specified circumstances, for the collection, use, or disclosure of personal information of a child, including certain online contact information collected in response to a specific request from a child when such information is used to contact a different child. Prohibits, without verifiable parental consent in the case of a child or without consent of the minor in the case of a minor, an operator of a website, online service, online application, or mobile application directed to children or minors, or an operator having actual knowledge that personal information being collected is from children or minors, from: (1) using, disclosing to third parties, or compiling personal information collected from children or minors for targeted marketing purposes; and (2) collecting geolocation information in a manner that violates the regulations prescribed… | 2023-01-11T13:23:43Z | |
| 113-s-1709 | 113 | s | 1709 | American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2013 | Commerce | 2013-11-14 | 2013-11-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] | IL | R | K000360 | 6 | American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2013 - Directs the Committee on Technology under the National Science and Technology Council to develop, in coordination with the National Economic Council, in lieu of the currently required strategic plan to guide federal programs and activities in support of advanced manufacturing research and development, a national manufacturing competitiveness strategic plan to improve government coordination and provide long-term guidance for federal programs and activities in support of U.S. manufacturing competitiveness, including advanced manufacturing research and development. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, in developing and updating the plan quadrennially, to serve as the chairperson of the Committee. Specifies the goals of the plan to be to: (1) promote growth, job creation, sustainability, and competitiveness in the U.S. manufacturing sector; (2) support the development of a skilled manufacturing workforce; (3) enable innovation and investment in domestic manufacturing; and (4) support national security. Requires the Committee, as part of the development of the plan, to conduct an analysis of specified factors that impact the competitiveness and growth of the U.S. manufacturing sector. Permits the chairperson of the Committee to appoint an advisory panel of private sector and nonprofit leaders to provide input, perspective, and recommendations to assist in the development of the plan. Requires the President to submit the plan to Congress and publish it on an Internet website accessible to the public. | 2023-01-11T13:23:43Z | |
| 113-hres-410 | 113 | hres | 410 | Expressing support for the designation of a "Small Business Saturday" and supporting efforts to increase awareness of the value of locally owned small businesses. | Commerce | 2013-11-13 | 2013-11-13 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] | MO | R | G000546 | 14 | Expresses support for: (1) the designation of a Small Business Saturday, (2) efforts to encourage consumers to shop locally, and (3) efforts to increase awareness of the value of locally owned small businesses and their impact on the U.S. economy. | 2023-01-11T13:23:46Z | |
| 113-hres-401 | 113 | hres | 401 | Expressing support for designation of the third Tuesday of November as "National Entrepreneurs Day". | Commerce | 2013-10-30 | 2013-11-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. | House | Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52] | CA | D | P000608 | 50 | Expresses support for the designation of National Entrepreneurs Day. Recognizes the considerable contributions of entrepreneurs to the United States. Honors those entrepreneurs who ignite innovation and inspire the next generation. | 2023-01-11T13:23:54Z | |
| 113-s-1612 | 113 | s | 1612 | Patent Litigation Integrity Act of 2013 | Commerce | 2013-10-30 | 2013-12-17 | Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Patent Litigation Integrity Act of 2013 - Requires courts to award a prevailing party reasonable fees and other expenses, including attorney fees, incurred in connection with a civil action in which any party asserts a claim for relief arising under any Act of Congress relating to patents, unless the court finds that the position and conduct of the nonprevailing party were substantially justified or that special circumstances make an award unjust. (Currently, in exceptional cases, the court is permitted but not required to award reasonable attorney fees.) Authorizes courts, in response to a motion, to order the party alleging infringement to post a bond sufficient to ensure payment of such fees and expenses of the accused infringer. Directs a court, in determining whether such a bond would be unreasonable or unnecessary, to consider whether: the bond will burden the ability of the party alleging infringement to pursue activities unrelated to the assertion, acquisition, litigation, or licensing of any patent; the party alleging infringement is an institution of higher education or a non-profit technology transfer organization; a licensee, who has an exclusive right under a patent held by such an institution of higher education or non-profit organization, conducts further research or development to make the subject matter more licensable; the party alleging infringement: (1) is a named inventor of or an original assignee to an asserted patent, (2) makes or sells a product related to the subject matter described in an asserted patent, or (3) can demonstrate that it has and will have the ability to pay the accused infringer's fees and other expenses if so ordered; and any party will agree to pay the accused infringer's shifted fees and other expenses, provided that the party can demonstrate an ability to pay. | 2023-01-11T13:23:52Z |
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