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| 113-s-3010 | 113 | s | 3010 | Robocall Enforcement Improvements Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-12-12 | 2014-12-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] | MO | D | M001170 | 0 | Robocall Enforcement Improvements Act of 2014 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to impose forfeiture penalties without first sending a citation regarding the charged violation against persons not licensed by the FCC who violate prohibitions on the use of automated telephone equipment. (Currently, if existing exceptions do not apply, forfeiture penalties may not be imposed unless the person is sent a citation prior to a notice of apparent liability and that person subsequently engages in the same type of conduct described in the citation.) Expands the statute of limitations period and increases the maximum forfeiture penalty applicable to non-licensed automated telephone equipment violations. Expands prohibitions on the provision of inaccurate caller identification information to persons outside the United States if the recipient is within the United States. Directs providers of spoofing services to take such steps as the FCC may prescribe to verify that users do not engage in caller identification information violations. Defines "spoofing service" as a service that substitutes, or permits a user to substitute, another name or any number for display as the caller identification information for a call or text message. Requires the FCC to impose recordkeeping and reporting obligations on spoofing service providers. Authorizes the FCC to subpoena caller identification information transmitted by a subscriber to or customer of the spoofing service. Expands the definition "caller identification information" to include text messages. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) telecommunications carriers have the legal authority to offer consumers services that block or filter robocalls, and (2) the federal government should encourage telecommunications carriers to develop and implement such services. | 2023-01-11T13:25:03Z | |
| 113-hr-5834 | 113 | hr | 5834 | Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-12-10 | 2014-12-10 | Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. | House | Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] | IL | D | F000454 | 1 | Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2014 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require high-speed Internet service costs to be included in public housing utility allowances for households with children who qualify for free and reduced price school lunches. Prohibits a dwelling unit's Internet cost allowance from: (1) exceeding the lowest cost available in the area, and (2) including costs for cable or satellite television or for joint packages for Internet service together with cable or satellite television. Conditions Internet cost allowances on the service including technology to block visual depictions that are obscene or harmful to minors. | 2023-01-11T13:25:11Z | |
| 113-hr-5819 | 113 | hr | 5819 | Funding Scientists at the Peak Age of Discovery Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-12-09 | 2014-12-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1] | MD | R | H001052 | 0 | Funding Scientists at the Peak Age of Discovery Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to ensure that the median age of first-time researchers receiving R series (research) grants is under 40 years of age by January 1, 2019, under 39 years of age by January 1, 2022, and under 38 years of age by January 1, 2025. Excludes grants for small business innovation research, small business technology transfer, or clinical trial planning. | 2023-01-11T13:25:13Z | |
| 113-hr-5820 | 113 | hr | 5820 | YES to Cures Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-12-09 | 2014-12-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1] | MD | R | H001052 | 0 | YES to Cures Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to allocate for research by emerging scientists funds that otherwise would be used to evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of National Institutes of Health (NIH) programs. Requires NIH to explain why there has been an increase in the average age of grant recipients over the past 30 years and describe the steps taken to address this trend. | 2023-01-11T13:25:12Z | |
| 113-hr-5800 | 113 | hr | 5800 | Secure Data Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-12-04 | 2014-12-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. | House | Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19] | CA | D | L000397 | 9 | Secure Data Act of 2014 - Prohibits a federal agency from requiring a manufacturer, developer, or seller of any computer hardware, software, or electronic device made available to the general public to design or alter the security functions in such products to allow the surveillance of any user or the physical search of such product by any agency. Exempt from such prohibition products used by law enforcement agencies for electronic surveillance as authorized under the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act. | 2023-01-11T13:25:14Z | |
| 113-s-2973 | 113 | s | 2973 | National Laboratory Technology Maturation Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-12-04 | 2014-12-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] | NM | D | H001046 | 0 | National Laboratory Technology Maturation Act of 2014 - Requires the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to establish the National Laboratory technology maturation program to make grants of up to $5 million per fiscal year to National Laboratories to increase the successful transfer of technologies licensed from National Laboratories to small businesses by providing a link between an innovative process or technology and a practical application with potential to be successful in commercial markets. Requires grant recipients to use the funds to provide vouchers of up to $250,000 each to small businesses that hold a technology license from a National Laboratory to pay the cost of providing assistance from its scientists and engineers to assist in the development of the licensed technology and further develop related products and services until they are market-ready or sufficiently developed to attract private investment. Requires a National Laboratory that awards a voucher to carry out such a project to: (1) establish a procedure to monitor interim progress of the project toward commercialization milestones, and (2) discontinue providing such funding or assistance if it determines that a project is not making adequate progress toward such milestones under the procedure. | 2023-01-11T13:25:05Z | |
| 113-s-2981 | 113 | s | 2981 | Secure Data Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-12-04 | 2014-12-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 0 | Secure Data Act of 2014 - Prohibits a federal agency from requiring a manufacturer, developer, or seller of any computer hardware, software, or electronic device made available to the general public to design or alter the security functions in such products to allow the surveillance of any user or the physical search of such product by any agency. Exempt from such prohibition products used by law enforcement agencies for electronic surveillance as authorized under the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act. | 2023-01-11T13:25:05Z | |
| 113-hres-767 | 113 | hres | 767 | Expressing support for designation of December 3, 2014, as the "National Day of 3D Printing". | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-12-02 | 2014-12-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. | House | Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] | IL | D | F000454 | 9 | Supports the designation of a National Day of 3D printing. Recognizes the economic impact of 3D printing and its positive implications for the U.S. advanced manufacturing sector. Encourages the promotion and celebration of 3D printing technology. | 2023-01-11T13:25:08Z | |
| 113-s-2956 | 113 | s | 2956 | Phone Scam Prevention Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-11-20 | 2014-11-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6208-6209) | Senate | Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] | FL | D | N000032 | 3 | Phone Scam Prevention Act of 2014 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require voice communications service providers to offer subscribers the option to designate a list of approved telephone numbers for which calls originating from those numbers are permitted to connect directly with the subscriber's telephone and other customer premises equipment. Requires providers to ensure that any call for termination that is not from a number on the subscriber's list is processed according to the subscriber's preferences, including by limiting or disabling the ability of an incoming call to connect with the subscriber's equipment. Exempts government and public interest calls from being subject to a subscriber's preferences. Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to develop authentication standards for providers to validate caller information so that subscribers may obtain secure assurances of a call's origin, including the calling party's number and identification. Extends the prohibition on the provision of inaccurate caller identification information to persons outside the United States if the recipient is within the United States. Expands the definition "caller identification information" to include text messages. Revises caller identification requirements to make standards applicable to voice communications using resources from the North American Numbering Plan (currently, the requirements apply to telecommunications or IP-enabled voice services). | 2023-01-11T13:25:18Z | |
| 113-s-2957 | 113 | s | 2957 | Do Not Disturb Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-11-20 | 2014-11-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] | AK | D | B001265 | 0 | Do Not Disturb Act of 2014 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to expand the list of entities prohibited from making telephone calls to numbers on the FTC's "do-not-call" registry to include: (1) political committees that accept donations or contributions that do not comply with contribution limits or source prohibitions (commonly known as Super PACs), and (2) tax exempt non-profit social welfare organizations engaged in political activities. Requires the FTC to expand rules against abusive telemarking to prohibit: (1) computer-dialed telephone calls with prerecorded messages (robo-calls) to numbers on the registry, and (2) push-polling calls regarding a candidate for public office in which voters are asked certain questions about opposing candidates or are likely to construe the call as a survey for an independent organization. Provides exceptions to allow robo-calls for emergencies or with the consent of the called party. | 2023-01-11T13:25:18Z | |
| 113-hr-5737 | 113 | hr | 5737 | Defending Internet Freedom Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-11-19 | 2014-11-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. | House | Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3] | PA | R | K000376 | 4 | Defending Internet Freedom Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information from relinquishing the responsibilities of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) with respect to Internet domain name functions (including Internet Assigned Numbers Authority [IANA] functions) unless the Assistant Secretary certifies to Congress that a proposal has been received that ensures: control over the management of the Internet domain name system (DNS) will not be exercised by a governmental or intergovernmental body; standards for freedoms of speech, of the press, of assembly, and of association are at least as protective as the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will increase the transparency of its deliberations and adopt disclosure procedures that are at least as protective of public access as the Freedom of Information Act; a private, nonprofit corporation, to be known as the IANA Consortium, will be established to manage the content of root zones listing DNS domains available on the Internet; an Internet Freedom Panel will be established to review and veto DNS changes proposed by ICANN that the Panel considers a threat to freedom of expression, the openness, stability, resiliency, or security of the Internet, responsiveness to the user community, or other commitments undertaken by ICANN in the Affirmation of Commitments in effect between the NTIA and ICANN; ICANN will remain subject to U.S. law; the U.S. government will be granted ownership of the ".gov" and ".mil" top-level domains and specified servers will be maintained in the United States; audits of ICANN and the IANA Consortium; and establishment of a joint office of inspector general for ICANN and the IANA Consortium. Requires such a certification to also ensure amendments to ICANN bylaws concerning: (1) advice from the Governmental Advisory Committee; (2) a required supermajority of the boar… | 2023-01-11T13:25:21Z | |
| 113-hr-5728 | 113 | hr | 5728 | STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-11-18 | 2014-12-04 | Became Public Law No: 113-200. | House | Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] | MI | R | U000031 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.) STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Title I: Communications Provisions - (Sec. 101) Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to reauthorize and revise provisions expiring under the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA). Extends until December 31, 2019, the exemption from retransmission consent requirements (which prohibit multichannel video programming distributors [MVPDs] from retransmitting broadcasting station signals without the authority of the originating station) for satellite retransmissions of network station signals to subscribers located outside of a station's local market who reside in unserved households (commonly referred to as "distant signals"). Extends until January 1, 2020: (1) the prohibition on exclusive retransmission consent contracts, and (2) the requirement that television broadcast stations and MVPDs negotiate in good faith. (Sec. 102) Allows the FCC, following a written request with respect to a particular commercial television broadcast station, to add communities to or exclude communities from a station's local market. Directs the FCC to afford particular attention to the value of localism by taking into account: (1) whether the station has been carried historically within such community; (2) whether the station provides coverage or other local service to such community; (3) whether modifying the local market of the television station would promote consumers' access to television broadcast station signals that originate in their state of residence; (4) whether any other television station that is eligible to be carried by a satellite carrier in such community covers news, sporting, and other events of interest to the community; and (5) viewing patterns in households that subscribe and do not subscribe to MVPD services. Permits the FCC to determine that communities are part of more than one local market. Prohibits the FCC's market determ… | 2023-03-22T18:49:21Z | |
| 113-hr-5718 | 113 | hr | 5718 | Stockman Effect Act | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-11-14 | 2014-12-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment. | House | Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36] | TX | R | S000937 | 0 | Stockman Effect Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the impact that a shift in the Earth's magnetic field could have on the weather. | 2023-01-11T13:25:21Z | |
| 113-hr-5527 | 113 | hr | 5527 | Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-09-18 | 2014-12-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. | House | Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5] | CT | D | E000293 | 1 | Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act - Amends the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act to authorize the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support entrepreneurial programs that recruit and support women to extend their focus beyond the laboratory and into the commercial world. | 2023-01-11T13:25:35Z | |
| 113-hr-5585 | 113 | hr | 5585 | GO PACC Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-09-18 | 2014-10-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. | House | Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7] | WI | R | D000614 | 0 | Granting Our People Access to Channel Choice Act of 2014 or the GO PACC Act of 2014 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require a cable operator or satellite carrier to provide to certain subscribers in specified Wisconsin counties who elect to receive a television network: (1) retransmission of the signal of any local network station that such operator or carrier is otherwise required to retransmit; (2) an in-state, adjacent-market network station retransmission; or (3) both such retransmissions. Subjects satellite carriers to such requirements only to the extent that such retransmissions are technically feasible. Defines "in-state, adjacent-market network station retransmission" as the secondary transmission by a cable operator or satellite carrier of the primary transmission of any network station whose community of license is located: (1) in a subscriber's state, and (2) in a local market that is adjacent to the subscriber's local market. Provides for this Act to apply, with respect to such an in-state, adjacent-market network station retransmission to a subscriber, to specified Wisconsin counties (Barron, Burnett, Dunn, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix, and Washburn) that are not in the local market of any television broadcast station that is affiliated with the same network and whose community of license is located in the subscriber's state. Exempts in-state, adjacent-market network station retransmissions in such counties from: (1) retransmission consent requirements that prohibit cable operators from retransmitting broadcast stations without the authority of the originating station, and (2) statutory licensing limitations under federal copyright laws concerning satellite retransmissions to unserved households and secondary transmissions of distant signals. | 2023-01-11T13:25:33Z | |
| 113-hr-5666 | 113 | hr | 5666 | To strengthen United States-Israel science and technology cooperation. | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-09-18 | 2014-12-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. | House | Rep. Weber, Randy K., Sr. [R-TX-14] | TX | R | W000814 | 1 | Authorizes the U.S.-Israel Science and Technology Foundation, created pursuant to the 1994 Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Israeli Ministry of Industry and Trade (now the Ministry of Economy), to facilitate research and development and technology partnerships among U.S. and Israeli researchers, and business and industrial entities for purposes of advancing technologies, leading to commercialization and domestic manufacturing, and creating benefits for both nations. Instructs the Department of Commerce, through the Deputy Secretary's office and in conjunction with Israel's Ministry of Economy's Chief Scientist, to ensure that the U.S.-Israel Science and Technology Foundation maintains its role as the facilitator of the reauthorized 1994 Memorandum of Understanding to create and execute joint research and development agreements between Israel and U.S. entities, including U.S. federal agencies, states, cities, businesses, academic institutions, and scientific foundations. | 2023-01-11T13:25:31Z | |
| 113-s-2879 | 113 | s | 2879 | Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] | DE | D | C001088 | 3 | Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2014 - Directs the President to establish an interagency Sustainable Chemistry Program to promote and coordinate federal sustainable chemistry research, development, demonstration, technology transfer, commercialization, education, and training activities. Directs the President to establish an Interagency Working Group that includes representatives from specified federal agencies to oversee the planning, management, and coordination of the Program. Requires the Interagency Working Group to establish an Advisory Council on Sustainable Chemistry to make recommendations to it and provide it with advice and assistance. Requires participating agencies to report to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Program activities and appropriations. Requires the Interagency Working Group to submit a report to Congress, as well as to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Instructs the Interagency Working Group to lead agencies in awarding grants to institutions of higher education to establish partnerships with companies across the value chain in the chemical industry to: (1) create collaborative research, development, demonstration, technology transfer, and commercialization programs; and (2) train students and retrain professional scientists and engineers in the use of sustainable chemistry concepts and strategies. Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to contract with the National Research Council to assess the current status of sustainable chemistry research in the United States. Directs the Interagency Working Group to produce a national strategy for sustainable chemistry that provides a framework for advancing sustainable chemistry research. | 2023-01-11T13:25:25Z | |
| 113-s-2883 | 113 | s | 2883 | A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to Congress a report on the entrepreneurial impact of technology transfer at the National Laboratories. | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] | NM | D | H001046 | 0 | Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to report to Congress on the entrepreneurial impact of technology transfer at the National Laboratories. Requires such report to be based on an evaluation of quantitative performance metrics, including: the number of licenses granted to small businesses, the numbers of start-up businesses created, the number of cooperative research and development agreements and collaborations involving small businesses and the total number of businesses involved in those agreements and collaborations, the period of time required for the execution of a license, and the number of jobs created. | 2023-01-11T13:25:25Z | |
| 113-s-2836 | 113 | s | 2836 | Integrated Space Launch Policy Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-09-17 | 2014-09-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] | PA | R | T000461 | 0 | Integrated Space Launch Policy Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to jointly, in coordination with the National Security Council, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), and the heads of other appropriate agencies, develop the Integrated Federal Space Launch Plan to achieve the effective planning, coordination, and execution of the civilian and national security space launch activities of the federal government in order to ensure that the mission needs of the government for reliable, timely, and affordable access to space are met in a cost-effective manner. Requires the Secretary and the Administrator to jointly submit the developed plan to Congress. Directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to submit a report to Congress setting forth an assessment of the adequacy of the plan, including the extent to which it includes the launch needs and capabilities of the civilian agencies and the national security agencies of the government. | 2023-01-11T13:25:27Z | |
| 113-sres-553 | 113 | sres | 553 | A resolution recognizing the 250th anniversary of the Hartford Courant newspaper. | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-09-17 | 2014-09-17 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5720; text as passed Senate: CR S5703) | Senate | Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] | CT | D | M001169 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Recognizes the 250th anniversary of the Hartford Courant and the positive impact of such newspaper throughout U.S. history. Acknowledges the importance of a vibrant free press to democracy. | 2019-02-20T12:29:02Z | |
| 113-sres-559 | 113 | sres | 559 | A resolution designating the week beginning on October 19, 2014, as "National Chemistry Week". | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-09-17 | 2014-09-17 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5720; text as passed Senate: CR S5705-5706) | Senate | Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] | DE | D | C001088 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates the week beginning on October 19, 2014, as National Chemistry Week. Recognizes the need to promote the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and to encourage youth to pursue careers in such fields. | 2022-03-03T21:28:40Z | |
| 113-s-2817 | 113 | s | 2817 | Helping Innovation and Reviving Entrepreneurship Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-09-16 | 2014-09-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] | NE | R | F000463 | 0 | Helping Innovation and Reviving Entrepreneurship Act of 2014 or the HIRE Act - Requires the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to: (1) ensure that the FCC complies with deadlines for determining whether proposed new technologies or services are in the public interest; and (2) analyze the impact of each FCC-proposed regulation on innovation, economic growth, and job creation. Directs the FCC to: (1) report to Congress regarding any failure to comply with such a deadline, and (2) update Congress regarding the reason for the delay at specified intervals until the FCC complies. | 2023-01-11T13:25:27Z | |
| 113-s-2799 | 113 | s | 2799 | Satellite Television Access and Viewer Rights Act | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-09-11 | 2014-12-12 | By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-322. | Senate | Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] | WV | D | R000361 | 1 | Satellite Television Access and Viewer Rights Act - Title I: Satellite Television - (Sec. 101) Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to extend until December 31, 2019, the exemption from retransmission consent requirements (which prohibit cable systems or other multichannel video programming distributors [MVPDs] from retransmitting broadcasting station signals without the authority of the originating station) for satellite retransmissions of network station signals to subscribers located outside of a station's local market who reside in unserved households (commonly referred to as "distant signals"). Extends until January 1, 2020: (1) the prohibition on exclusive retransmission consent contracts, and (2) the requirement that television broadcast stations and MVPDs negotiate in good faith. (Sec. 102) Limits the definition of "local market," in the case of both commercial and noncommercial television broadcast stations, to the designated market area in which a television broadcast station is located, including with respect to a commercial television broadcast station any modifications made by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under procedures set forth in this Act to add communities to or exclude communities from a station's local market following a written request. (Currently, the definition incorporates federal copyright laws that expand the definition of a local market to include all commercial television broadcast stations licensed to a community within the same designated market area, stations licensed to a community within the same designated market area as a noncommercial educational television broadcast station, and the county in which the station's community of license is located.) Requires designated market areas, for purposes of determining a satellite carrier's obligations to carry local television signals, to be determined by Nielsen Media Research. Allows the FCC, following a written request with respect to a particular commercial television broadcast station, to add comm… | 2023-01-11T13:25:28Z | |
| 113-s-2787 | 113 | s | 2787 | Caller ID Scam Prevention Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-09-10 | 2014-09-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] | MN | D | K000367 | 2 | Caller ID Scam Prevention Act of 2014 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to expand the prohibition on the provision of inaccurate caller identification information (which makes it unlawful to cause a caller identification service to knowingly transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information with the intent to defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value) to persons outside the United States if the recipient is within the United States. Revises the definitions of "caller identification information" and "caller identification service" to include text messages sent using a text messaging service. Defines "text message" as real-time or near real-time messages consisting of text, images, sounds, or other information transmitted from or received by a device identified by a telephone number. Excludes from such definition a real-time, two-way voice or video communication. Expands the categories of IP-enabled voice services that are subject to such prohibition to include services with interconnection capability, whether part of a bundle of services or separately, that can originate traffic to the public switched telephone network. | 2023-01-11T13:25:28Z | |
| 113-hr-5426 | 113 | hr | 5426 | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Amendments Act of 2013 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-09-09 | 2014-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. | House | Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] | FL | D | G000556 | 0 | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Amendments Act of 2013 - Reauthorizes and amends authorities relating to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Commissioned Officer Corps (NOAA Corps). Directs the Department of Commerce to prescribe obligated service requirements for appointments, training, promotions, separations, continuations, and retirement of officers not otherwise covered by law. Revises provisions concerning appointment and promotion of officers, including by requiring certain reappointments and temporary appointments to be made only by the President. Directs the Department to coordinate with the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating to promote and streamline inter-service transfers. Establishes: (1) training, fitness, and academic standards; (2) membership criteria for personnel boards; and (3) guidelines for officer candidate appointments and a basic officer training program. Applies specified rights and benefits of the Armed Forces to the NOAA Corps. Establishes programs to provide financial assistance for student loans in exchange for active duty service obligations. | 2023-01-11T13:25:38Z | |
| 113-hr-5429 | 113 | hr | 5429 | Open Internet Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-09-09 | 2014-09-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. | House | Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52] | CA | D | P000608 | 0 | Open Internet Act of 2014 - Amends the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to authorize the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt the rules adopted on December 21, 2010, in the Report and Order in the matter of preserving the open Internet and broadband industry practices. Requires the FCC to restore portions of such rules that were vacated by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Verizon v. Federal Communications Commission (decided on January 14, 2014). | 2023-01-11T13:25:38Z | |
| 113-hr-5309 | 113 | hr | 5309 | Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-07-31 | 2014-09-09 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | House | Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] | OR | D | B001278 | 5 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act of 2014 - (Sec. 4) Amends the Tsunami Warning and Education Act to expand the tsunami forecasting and warning program operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) through the National Weather Service (NWS). Consolidates separate tsunami warning systems into a single warning system capable of: (1) forecasting tsunami anywhere in the Pacific and Arctic Ocean regions and providing adequate warnings; and (2) forecasting and providing adequate warnings in areas of the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico. Requires the system to support international tsunami forecasting and warning efforts. Requires: (1) NOAA to support or maintain tsunami warning centers as part of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction and develop uniform operational procedures for the centers, (2) warning centers to maintain a fail-safe warning capability and an ability to perform back-up duties for each other, and (3) the NWS to coordinate with the centers. (Sec. 5) Modifies the tsunami hazard mitigation program to provide for: (1) technical and financial assistance; (2) the integration of tsunami preparedness and mitigation programs into ongoing state-based hazard warning, resilience planning, and risk management activities; (3) activities to support the development of regional risk assessments; and (4) dissemination of guidelines and standards for community planning, education, and training products, programs, and tools. (Sec. 6) Expands the tsunami research program, including by adding a standards development component, requiring development of the technical basis for validation of tsunami maps and models, and authorizing NOAA to develop a pilot project for near-field tsunami forecast development for the west coast's Cascadia region. (Sec. 7) Revises requirements for support of the International Tsunami Warning System and … | 2023-01-11T13:25:39Z | |
| 113-hr-5376 | 113 | hr | 5376 | Stop Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-07-31 | 2014-08-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. | House | Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8] | GA | R | S001189 | 0 | Stop Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2014 - Prohibits a provider of commercial mobile service or commercial mobile data service from receiving universal service support under specified provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 for the provision of such service through the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline program (a program that provides discounts on monthly telephone service to qualifying low-income consumers). | 2023-01-11T13:25:51Z | |
| 113-s-2757 | 113 | s | 2757 | America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Reauthorization Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-07-31 | 2014-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] | WV | D | R000361 | 6 | America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2014 or America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Establishes, revises, and extends specified science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs, as well as education, research, and training programs. Amends the America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2010 to revise requirements for updating the five-year STEM education strategic plan and require the Office of Science and Technology Policy to convene a subcommittee on research productivity. Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to revise requirements for prize competitions to stimulate innovation. Establishes requirements for educational and outreach activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Reauthorizes specified National Institute of Standards and Technology programs and amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to modify the Manufacturing Extension Partnership. Reauthorizes specified National Science Foundation (NSF) programs and establishes requirements for grants and educational programs. Establishes grants and requirements for specified activities to promote STEM education and teacher training. Requires the NSF to encourage the development of the Innovation Corps and other training programs that focus on graduate student professional development. Establishes grants for traineeship programs. Requires the National Science Board to assess metrics for evaluating science and engineering comprehension in grades K-12. Requires the Department of Education (DOE) to award grants for STEM secondary schools. Reauthorizes the Department of Commerce's Regional Innovation Program and permits loan guarantees for science park infrastructure. National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2014 - Amends the 21st Century Nanotechnology R… | 2023-01-11T13:25:43Z | |
| 113-hr-5161 | 113 | hr | 5161 | Enhance Labeling, Accessing, and Branding of Electronic Licenses Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-07-22 | 2014-09-15 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | House | Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] | OH | R | L000566 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Enhance Labeling, Accessing, and Branding of Electronic Licenses Act of 2014 or the E-LABEL Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promulgate regulations or take other appropriate action to allow manufacturers of radiofrequency devices with display the option to use electronic labeling for the equipment in place of affixing physical labels to the equipment. Defines "radiofrequency device with display" as any equipment or device that: (1) requires the FCC's authorization before the equipment or device may be marketed or sold within the United States, and (2) is capable of digitally displaying required labeling and regulatory information. | 2023-01-11T13:25:39Z | |
| 113-s-2643 | 113 | s | 2643 | A bill to require a report by the Federal Communications Commission on designated market areas. | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-07-22 | 2014-07-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | B001288 | 2 | Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to submit to Congress a report containing an analysis of: (1) the extent to which consumers in each local market have access to broadcast programming from television broadcast stations located outside their local market; (2) whether there are alternatives to the use of designated market areas to define markets that would provide consumers with more local programming options; and (3) the potential impact that such alternatives could have on localism and on broadcast television locally, regionally, and nationally. Requires such report to include recommendations on how to foster increased localism in states served by out-of-state designated market areas. | 2023-01-11T13:25:46Z | |
| 113-hr-5125 | 113 | hr | 5125 | Wi-Fi Innovation Act | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-07-16 | 2014-07-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. | House | Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] | OH | R | L000566 | 3 | Wi-Fi Innovation Act - Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to provide additional unlicensed spectrum in the 5850-5925 megahertz band under technical rules suitable for the widespread commercial development of unlicensed operations. Provides for such technical rules to permit outdoor unlicensed operations without requiring devices to dynamically detect signals from other systems. Directs the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology to seek public comments on proposals for interference-mitigation techniques and potential rechannelization that would accommodate both incumbent licensees and widespread commercial unlicensed operations in such band. Sets forth a process for the FCC to test mitigation measures and methods of sharing spectrum with unlicensed devices within such band in a manner that would not cause harmful interference to incumbent licensees. Directs the FCC, if it determines that existing licensees would not be harmed by interference, to modify regulations to adopt technical rules for widespread commercial deployment of unlicensed operations for such band. Prohibits modification of such regulations if the FCC determines that mitigation, rechannelization, or sharing would not prevent harmful interference. Requires the FCC to notify Congress, the Department of Transportation (DOT), and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of a harmful interference determination. Requires the FCC to modify regulations relating to Intelligent Transportation Systems radio service and dedicated short-range communications service on-board units if such modification would maximize utility of such band while protecting existing licensees. Directs the FCC to make recommendations to Congress regarding the availability of broadband Internet access using unlicensed spectrum and wireless networks in low income neighborhoods. | 2023-01-11T13:25:59Z | |
| 113-hr-5099 | 113 | hr | 5099 | To amend the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to remove the National Security Agency from the list of the entities consulted during the development of information systems standards and guidelines. | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-07-14 | 2014-07-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. | House | Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] | FL | D | G000556 | 0 | Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to remove the National Security Agency (NSA) from the list of agencies and offices that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is required to consult during the development of security standards for information systems. | 2023-01-11T13:25:59Z | |
| 113-hr-5056 | 113 | hr | 5056 | Research and Development Efficiency Act | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-07-10 | 2014-07-15 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | House | Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8] | IN | R | B001275 | 13 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Research and Development Efficiency Act - Requires the Director of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to establish a working group under the authority of the National Science and Technology Council that includes the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Makes the working group responsible for reviewing federal regulations affecting research and research universities and making recommendations on how to: (1) harmonize, streamline, and eliminate duplicative federal regulations and reporting requirements; and (2) minimize the regulatory burden on U.S. institutions of higher education performing federally funded research while maintaining accountability for federal tax dollars. Instructs the working group to take into account input and recommendations from specified non-federal stakeholders in ensuring effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability in the performance of scientific research. Requires the Director to report to Congress on what steps have been taken to carry out the recommendations of the working group. | 2023-01-11T13:26:00Z | |
| 113-hr-5063 | 113 | hr | 5063 | ASTEROIDS Act | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-07-10 | 2014-07-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Space. | House | Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8] | FL | R | P000599 | 18 | American Space Technology for Exploring Resource Opportunities In Deep Space Act or the ASTEROIDS Act - Directs the President through the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and other appropriate federal agencies to facilitate the commercial exploration and utilization of asteroid resources to meet national needs; discourage government barriers to the development of economically viable, safe, and stable industries for the exploration and utilization of asteroid resources in outer space in manners consistent with the existing international obligations of the United States; promote the right of U.S. commercial entities to explore and utilize resources from asteroids in outer space, in accordance with such obligations, free from harmful interference, and to transfer or sell such resources; and develop the frameworks necessary to meet the international obligations of the United States. | 2023-01-11T13:26:00Z | |
| 113-s-2583 | 113 | s | 2583 | Enhance Labeling, Accessing, and Branding of Electronic Licenses Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-07-10 | 2014-12-01 | By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-280. | Senate | Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] | NE | R | F000463 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Enhance Labeling, Accessing, and Branding of Electronic Licenses Act of 2014 or the E-LABEL Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promulgate regulations or take other appropriate action to allow manufacturers of radiofrequency devices with display the option to use electronic labeling for the equipment in place of affixing physical labels to the equipment. Defines "radiofrequency device with display" as any equipment or device that: (1) requires the FCC's authorization before the equipment or device may be marketed or sold within the United States, and (2) is capable of digitally displaying required labeling and regulatory information. | 2023-03-22T18:49:24Z | |
| 113-hr-5035 | 113 | hr | 5035 | NIST Reauthorization Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-07-09 | 2014-07-23 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | House | Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8] | IN | R | B001275 | 2 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) NIST Reauthorization Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Reauthorizes the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) through FY2015. (Sec. 3) Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to authorize the Director of the NIST to: (1) serve as the President's principal advisor on standards policy pertaining to technological competitiveness and innovation ability, (2) facilitate standards-related information sharing and cooperation between federal agencies, (3) support scientific and technical conferences, and (4) perform pre-competitive measurement research with institutions of higher education and industry. (Sec. 4) Revises the membership of the Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology, including by requiring that at least two-thirds of members be from U.S. industry. Authorizes the Committee to consult with the National Research Council (NRC) in making recommendations regarding general policy for NIST. Removes the requirement that the Technology Innovation Program be included in the Committee's annual reports on policy issues or matters affecting NIST. (Sec. 5) Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to undertake activities to protect NIST buildings and other plant facilities, equipment, and property and persons located in them or associated with them. (Sec. 6) Revises requirements for research fellowships. Authorizes the Director to support, promote, and coordinate activities and efforts to enhance awareness and understanding of measurement sciences, standards, and technology. Requires the Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program to include no fewer than 20 fellows per fiscal year (currently, no fewer than 20 nor more than 120 new fellows per fiscal year). Removes provisions for the separate manufacturing fellowship and teacher science and technology enhancement programs. (Sec. 7) Requires the three-year programmatic planning document for NIST to also describe how the Direc… | 2023-01-11T13:26:01Z | |
| 113-hr-5029 | 113 | hr | 5029 | International Science and Technology Cooperation Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-07-08 | 2014-07-15 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | House | Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] | IL | D | L000563 | 8 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) International Science and Technology Cooperation Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to establish a body under the National Science and Technology Council that has the responsibility of identifying and coordinating international science and technology cooperation that can strengthen U.S. science and technology enterprise, improve economic and national security, and support U.S. foreign policy goals. Requires the body to be co-chaired by senior level officials from OSTP and the Department of State. Requires the body to: (1) coordinate interagency international science and technology cooperative research and training activities and partnerships supported or managed by federal agencies, (2) establish federal priorities and policies for aligning such international science and technology cooperative research and training activities and partnerships with the foreign policy goals of the United States, (3) identify opportunities for new international science and technology cooperative research and training partnerships that advance science and technology and U.S. foreign policy priorities, (4) solicit recommendations from non-federal science and technology stakeholders, and (5) identify broad issues that influence the ability of U.S. scientists and engineers to collaborate with foreign counterparts. Requires the Director to report annually on the body's activities. | 2023-01-11T13:26:01Z | |
| 113-hr-4969 | 113 | hr | 4969 | Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-06-25 | 2014-06-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. | House | Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16] | IL | R | K000378 | 69 | Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2014 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to amend regulations concerning the height and dimensions of station antenna structures to prohibit a private land use restriction from applying to amateur service communications if the restriction precludes such communications, fails to accommodate such communications, or does not constitute the minimum practicable restriction on such communications to accomplish the legitimate purpose of the private entity seeking to enforce such restriction. | 2023-01-11T13:26:12Z | |
| 113-hr-4952 | 113 | hr | 4952 | Cell Phone Freedom Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-06-24 | 2014-07-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. | House | Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] | VA | R | G000568 | 1 | Cell Phone Freedom Act of 2014 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit any government official or employee from knowingly causing a mobile device phone to be shut down without the consent of the owner or account holder of that phone or without a court order authorizing such shutdown. Prescribes penalties for violating such prohibition, including removal from employment. | 2023-01-11T13:26:13Z | |
| 113-s-2500 | 113 | s | 2500 | American Digital Security and Commerce Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-06-19 | 2014-06-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT] | MT | D | W000818 | 2 | American Digital Security and Commerce Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in coordinating standards and guidelines under the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act with agencies and offices operating or exercising control of national security systems (including the National Security Agency [NSA]), to assure that such agencies or offices do not intentionally weaken, circumvent, undermine, or create any mechanism through which a federal agency may bypass the privacy, security, or encryption protections included in any standard or guideline. Prohibits agencies and offices that consult with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on information security policies from undermining such protective mechanisms. Prohibits federal agencies from intercepting shipments of computer or electronic products for the purpose of intentionally introducing into the products a mechanism or device that would allow a federal agency to circumvent a product's privacy, security, or encryption protections. Bars elements of the intelligence community from requiring, or contracting with, a manufacturer or developer of such products to place such a mechanism or device into its products. Exempts from such mechanism placement prohibitions certain lawful surveillance activities pursuant to a court order under specified provisions of the federal criminal code or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (except with respect to procedures for targeting persons outside the United States other than U.S. persons). Permits persons (including certain associations and corporations, but excluding foreign powers) who suffer an injury relating to a mechanism placed into product to bring a civil action against the United States to recover money damages. | 2023-01-11T13:26:07Z | |
| 113-s-2505 | 113 | s | 2505 | Wi-Fi Innovation Act | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-06-19 | 2014-06-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] | FL | R | R000595 | 1 | Wi-Fi Innovation Act - Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to provide additional unlicensed spectrum in the 5850-5925 megahertz band under technical rules suitable for the widespread commercial development of unlicensed operations. Provides for such technical rules to permit outdoor unlicensed operations without requiring devices to dynamically detect signals from other systems. Directs the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology to seek public comments on proposals for interference-mitigation techniques and potential rechannelization that would accommodate both incumbent licensees and widespread commercial unlicensed operations in such band. Sets forth a process for the FCC to test mitigation measures and methods of sharing spectrum with unlicensed devices within such band in a manner that would not cause harmful interference to incumbent licensees. Directs the FCC, if it determines that existing licensees would not be harmed by interference, to modify regulations to adopt technical rules for widespread commercial deployment of unlicensed operations for such band. Prohibits modification of such regulations if the FCC determines that mitigation, rechannelization, or sharing would not prevent harmful interference. Requires the FCC to notify Congress, the Department of Transportation (DOT), and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of a harmful interference determination. Requires the FCC to modify regulations relating to Intelligent Transportation Systems radio service and dedicated short-range communications service on-board units if such modification would maximize utility of such band while protecting existing licensees. Directs the FCC to make recommendations to Congress regarding the availability of broadband Internet access using unlicensed spectrum and wireless networks in low income neighborhoods. | 2023-01-11T13:26:06Z | |
| 113-hr-4880 | 113 | hr | 4880 | Online Competition and Consumer Choice Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-06-17 | 2014-06-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. | House | Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6] | CA | D | M001163 | 10 | Online Competition and Consumer Choice Act of 2014 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promulgate regulations that prohibit broadband providers, in transmitting network traffic over the broadband Internet access service of an end user, from: (1) entering an agreement with an edge provider (a provider of Internet content, applications, services, or access devices) to give preferential treatment or priority to the traffic of such edge provider in exchange for consideration (commonly referred to as "paid prioritization"); and (2) giving preferential treatment or priority to content, applications, services, or devices that are provided or operated by such broadband provider or an affiliate of such broadband provider. Prohibits this Act from superseding any obligation or authorization of a broadband provider to address the needs of emergency communications, law enforcement, public safety, or national security authorities. Sets forth enforcement authority under the Communications Act of 1934, with modified forfeiture standards. | 2023-01-11T13:26:15Z | |
| 113-s-2476 | 113 | s | 2476 | Online Competition and Consumer Choice Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-06-17 | 2014-09-17 | Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-845. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 4 | Online Competition and Consumer Choice Act of 2014 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promulgate regulations that prohibit broadband providers, in transmitting network traffic over the broadband Internet access service of an end user, from: (1) entering an agreement with an edge provider (a provider of Internet content, applications, services, or access devices) to give preferential treatment or priority to the traffic of such edge provider in exchange for consideration (commonly referred to as "paid prioritization"); and (2) giving preferential treatment or priority to content, applications, services, or devices that are provided or operated by such broadband provider or an affiliate of such broadband provider. Prohibits this Act from superseding any obligation or authorization of a broadband provider to address the needs of emergency communications, law enforcement, public safety, or national security authorities. Sets forth enforcement authority under the Communications Act of 1934, with modified forfeiture standards. | 2023-01-11T13:26:07Z | |
| 113-hr-4869 | 113 | hr | 4869 | Department of Energy Research and Development Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-06-13 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. | House | Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large] | WY | R | L000571 | 7 | Department of Energy Research and Development Act of 2014 - Enabling Innovation for Science, Technology, and Energy in America Act of 2014 or the EINSTEIN Act - Authorizes and modified Department of Energy (DOE) programs related to science, basic research, and applied energy research and development. Authorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2015 for these purposes. Directs the DOE Office of Science to carry out research programs related to: basic energy sciences, including materials sciences and engineering, chemical sciences, physical biosciences, and geosciences; advanced scientific computing; high energy physics; biological and environmental research; fusion energy; and nuclear physics. Requires the Office of Science to carry out a program to improve the safety, efficiency, and mission readiness of infrastructure at its laboratories. Directs the Secretary of Energy to make public specified details related to cost-share waivers, technology transfer agreements, and financial awards. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to set forth policies related to technology transfer activities. Requires the Secretary to review all DOE science and technology activities and develop a plan to improve collaboration and coordination in research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities. Directs DOE to carry out nuclear energy research and development, including research related to reactor concepts, small modular reactors, conventional improvements to nuclear power plants, and fuel cycles. | 2023-01-11T13:26:15Z | |
| 113-s-2473 | 113 | s | 2473 | Wireless Innovation Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-06-12 | 2014-06-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] | FL | R | R000595 | 0 | Wireless Innovation Act of 2014 - Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to require the Secretary of Commerce to report to the President and Congress with recommendations to reallocate a span of at least 200 megahertz of spectrum, located below 5 gigahertz, from federal government use to: (1) commercial use on an exclusive, licensed basis; (2) unlicensed use to protect licensed services from harmful interference; and (3) shared use between federal government stations and non-federal stations. Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to begin auctioning specified amounts of such spectrum beginning not later than December 31, 2018, and to continue such auctions at 18-month intervals according to a staggered schedule. Authorizes the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to use a percentage of the proceeds from the first auction to pay federal entities to: (1) conduct feasibility analyses regarding the potential future reallocation of additional spectrum from federal use to exclusive non-federal use or shared use; and (2) develop efficiency guidelines to increase the flexibility of federal spectrum-dependent systems through multiple-band tuning capabilities, the use of commercial systems, and public-private partnerships. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to establish a presumption under which an application to the FCC for the transfer of a construction permit or station license is deemed to be in the public interest, convenient, and necessary, unless the FCC acts to deny the application, if the application does not: (1) involve a broadcast, common carrier, aeronautical en route, or aeronautical fixed radio station license that is prohibited from being granted to or held by an alien or foreign corporation; (2) require a premerger notification and waiting period under the Clayton Act; and (3) concern a merger, acquisition, or takeover subject to review under the Defense Production Act of 1950. Requires applications qualifying for such … | 2023-01-11T13:26:07Z | |
| 113-hr-4794 | 113 | hr | 4794 | To prohibit the National Science Foundation from providing financial support for travel to Antarctica by writers and artists. | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-05-30 | 2014-07-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. | House | Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5] | AZ | R | S000018 | 0 | Prohibits the National Science Foundation (NSF) from providing financial support for writers and artists to travel to Antarctica. | 2023-01-11T13:26:24Z | |
| 113-hr-4752 | 113 | hr | 4752 | To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to limit the authority of the Federal Communications Commission over providers of broadband Internet access service. | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-05-28 | 2014-05-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. | House | Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] | OH | R | L000566 | 2 | Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to exclude from the definition of "common carrier" (regulated by the Federal Communications Commission [FCC] under the common carrier regulatory authority provided under title II of such Act) a provider of an information service or of advanced telecommunications capability when engaged in the provision of such service or capability. Classifies broadband Internet access service as an "information service" under such Act (regulated by the FCC under title I of such Act using what is commonly referred to as a general "ancillary jurisdiction" to regulate only as may be necessary in the execution of its statutory functions). Defines "broadband Internet access service" as a mass-market retail service by wire or radio that provides the capability to transmit data to, and receive data from, all or substantially all Internet endpoints, including any capabilities that are incidental to, and enable the operation of, the communications service, but excluding dial-up Internet access service. Provides for such definition to include a service utilizing advanced telecommunications capability under the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Prohibits a provider of an information service from being: (1) treated as a telecommunications carrier when engaged in the provision of an information service, or (2) required to offer such service or any component of such service as a telecommunications service. Excludes from the definition of: (1) "telecommunications carrier" (treated as a common carrier only to the extent that it is engaged in providing telecommunications services, except that the FCC determines whether the provision of fixed and mobile satellite service is treated as common carriage) a provider of an information service or of advanced telecommunications capability; and (2) "telecommunications service" any service that is an information service, any component of an information service, or advanced telecommunications capability. | 2023-01-11T13:26:26Z | |
| 113-hr-4732 | 113 | hr | 4732 | Ocean Acidification Innovation Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-05-22 | 2014-07-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment. | House | Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] | WA | D | K000381 | 13 | Ocean Acidification Innovation Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 to authorize any federal agency with a representative serving on the Interagency Working Group on Ocean Acidification, either individually or in cooperation with other agencies, to carry out a program to award prizes competitively under the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 for the purpose of stimulating innovation to advance the nation's ability to understand, research, or monitor ocean acidification or its impacts or to develop management or adaptation options for responding to ocean acidification. Grants priority to establishing programs that address communities, environments, or industries that are in distress due to the impacts of ocean acidification. | 2023-01-11T13:26:26Z | |
| 113-s-2375 | 113 | s | 2375 | Colorado News, Emergency, Weather, and Sports Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-05-21 | 2014-05-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] | CO | D | U000038 | 1 | Colorado News, Emergency, Weather, and Sports Act of 2014 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 and federal copyright law to allow cable operators or satellite carriers to offer certain Colorado-based television broadcast stations to eligible Colorado counties located in a New Mexico-based designated market area if the counties meet specified criteria according to U.S. television household estimates by Nielsen Media Research. | 2023-01-11T13:26:20Z | |
| 113-hr-4635 | 113 | hr | 4635 | Orphan County Telecommunications Rights Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-05-09 | 2014-07-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. | House | Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4] | AL | R | A000055 | 5 | Orphan County Telecommunications Rights Act of 2014 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to permit an adjacent underserved county of a television broadcast station to file a petition with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to be included in the local market of such station. Defines "adjacent underserved county" as a county within a television broadcast station's adjacent market that is: (1) located in the same state as the station's community of license, and (2) not within the local market of any other station that is affiliated with the same television network and located in the same state. Defines "adjacent market" as any designated market area adjacent to, and partially but not entirely in the same state as, the designated market area in which the station's community of license is located. Requires a county that is not within the local or adjacent market of any network station licensed to a community in the county's state to be considered within the adjacent market of any station licensed to a community in the nearest designated market area: (1) that is located in whole or in part within such state, and (2) with respect to which the community of license of at least one network station is located both in such designated market area and in such state. Allows the FCC to determine that a particular county is part of the local market of more than one television broadcast station affiliated with the same television network. Prohibits a multichannel video programming distributor, during the pendency of a proceeding on a county's petition for inclusion in the local market of a television broadcast station, from deleting the signal of a station that: (1) is affiliated with the same television network, and (2) has a local market that includes such county. Directs the FCC, if the local market of a television broadcast station is modified to include a petitioning county, to include within the television market of such station all of the communities within such county for purposes of ca… | 2023-01-11T13:26:29Z | |
| 113-hr-4588 | 113 | hr | 4588 | Protecting the Rights of Musicians Act | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-05-07 | 2014-05-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. | House | Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7] | TN | R | B001243 | 1 | Protecting the Rights of Musicians Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to exempt from retransmission consent requirements under which cable systems or other multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) are prohibited from retransmitting the signal of a television broadcasting station without the originating station's consent (which is generally obtained through a retransmission consent agreement under which the cable system or other MVPD provides a negotiated payment or other consideration to the station in exchange for retransmission authority) the retransmission of the signal of a television broadcast station if the licensee of such station is also the licensee of an AM or FM radio broadcast station that has transmitted a sound recording over such radio station without providing compensation for all programming carried over the signal. | 2023-01-11T13:26:30Z | |
| 113-hr-4572 | 113 | hr | 4572 | STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-05-06 | 2014-07-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | House | Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] | OR | R | W000791 | 3 | STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Title I: Communications Provisions - (Sec. 101) Amends the Communications Act of 1934, as amended by the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA), to extend until December 31, 2019, the exemption from retransmission consent requirements (which prohibit cable systems or other multichannel video programming distributors [MVPDs] from retransmitting broadcasting station signals without the authority of the originating station) for satellite retransmissions of network station signals to subscribers located outside of a station's local market who reside in unserved households (commonly referred to as "distant signals"). Extends until January 1, 2020: (1) the prohibition on exclusive retransmission consent contracts, and (2) the requirement that television broadcast stations and MVPDs negotiate in good faith. (Sec. 102) Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prohibit television broadcast stations from coordinating their negotiations or negotiating jointly in the same local market to grant retransmission consent to an MVPD, unless such stations are directly or indirectly under common de jure control permitted under FCC regulations. (Sec. 103) Establishes a process to delay application of the FCC's amendments to joint sales agreement (JSA) rules under which a television station that sells more than 15% of the weekly advertising time of another station in the same market is attributed an ownership interest subject to ownership limitation rules. Prohibits a JSA party that submits a petition to the FCC for a waiver of such attribution rules from being considered in violation of ownership limits until the later of: (1) 18 months after the FCC denies such petition, or (2) December 31, 2016. (Currently, the FCC requires compliance with ownership limits within two years of the FCC's order adopting such amended attribution rules.) (Sec. 104) Removes a prohibition against deletion or reposition of a local commercial television station during perio… | 2023-01-11T13:26:02Z | |
| 113-sres-439 | 113 | sres | 439 | A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Safe Digging Month. | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-05-06 | 2014-05-06 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2740; text as passed Senate: CR S2721-2722) | Senate | Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] | CT | D | B001277 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Expresses support for the goals of National Safe Digging Month. Encourages homeowners and excavators to call 811 (the toll-free, nationwide number to call to obtain information on the location of underground utility lines) before digging. | 2019-02-20T12:28:48Z | |
| 113-hr-4455 | 113 | hr | 4455 | Learning Opportunities With Creation of Open Source Textbooks (LOW COST) Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-04-10 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] | IL | D | F000454 | 2 | Learning Opportunities With Creation of Open Source Textbooks (LOW COST) Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop high quality, college freshman-level, open source materials that: (1) contain, at minimum, a comprehensive set of textbooks or other educational materials covering topics in physics, chemistry, and calculus; (2) are posted on the Federal Open Source Material Website (Website); and (3) are free of copyright violations. Requires the Director to establish and maintain the Website. Requires materials on the Website to be made available free of charge. Allows those materials to be downloaded, redistributed, or revised by the public. Directs the head of each federal agency that spends more than a specified amount in a fiscal year on scientific education or research to use at least 2% of those funds to collaborate with the heads of other such agencies or any federally funded research and development center to develop and implement procedures for checking the veracity, accuracy, and educational effectiveness of open source materials that are posted on the Website. | 2023-01-11T13:26:39Z | |
| 113-hr-4412 | 113 | hr | 4412 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-04-07 | 2014-06-23 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | House | Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4] | MS | R | P000601 | 1 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2014 - Title I: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2014 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for: (1) space exploration, (2) space operations, (3) science, (4) aeronautics, (5) space technology, (6) education, (7) cross-agency support, (8) construction and environmental compliance and restoration, and (9) the Inspector General. Title II: Human Space Flight - Subtitle A: Exploration (Sec. 201) Makes human exploration deeper into the solar system a core mission of NASA. Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 to expand the key objectives of the United States for human expansion into space to include accelerating the development of capabilities to enable a human exploration mission to the surface of Mars and beyond. Bars NASA from obtaining non-U.S. human space flight capabilities unless no domestic commercial or public/private partnership provider is available that meets safety and affordability requirements. Repeals provisions that required NASA to ensure the continued capability to restart the Space Shuttle missions. (Sec. 202) Instructs NASA to develop a Human Exploration Roadmap to define the capabilities and technologies necessary to extend human presence to the surface of Mars and the sets and sequences of missions required to demonstrate such capabilities and technologies. Calls on the President to invite the U.S. partners in the International Space Station (ISS) program and other nations, as appropriate, to participate in an international initiative under U.S. leadership to conduct a crewed mission to the surface of Mars. (Sec. 203) Directs NASA to make the expeditious development, test, and achievement of the operational readiness of the Space Launch System and the Orion crew capsule the highest priority of the exploration program. Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to transmit a report on NASA's acquisition of ground systems … | 2023-01-11T13:26:18Z | |
| 113-hr-4398 | 113 | hr | 4398 | GIF Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-04-04 | 2014-04-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. | House | Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7] | WI | R | D000614 | 4 | Global Internet Freedom Act of 2014 or the GIF Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information from relinquishing the responsibility of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) with respect to Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions, including: (1) coordination of the assignment of technical Internet protocol parameters, (2) performance of administrative functions associated with Internet domain name system root zone management, and (3) allocation of Internet numbering resources. | 2023-01-11T13:26:40Z | |
| 113-s-2206 | 113 | s | 2206 | Let Me Google That For You Act | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-04-03 | 2014-04-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] | OK | R | C000560 | 6 | Let Me Google That For You Act - Repeals the National Technical Information Act of 1988, effective one year after the enactment of this Act (thus abolishes the National Technical Information Service [NTIS]). Directs: (1) the Secretary of Commerce, the Archivist of the United States, the Comptroller General (GAO), and the Commissioner of Social Security to consult with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to determine if any NTIS function is critical to the U.S. economy; (2) the Comptroller General to determine which of any such critical functions are not being carried out by any other agency or instrumentality of the federal government; and (3) the Secretary of Commerce, prior to the effective date of this Act, to submit to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Finance a written certification that all NTIS operations have been terminated. | 2023-01-11T13:26:35Z | |
| 113-hr-4367 | 113 | hr | 4367 | Internet Stewardship Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-04-02 | 2014-04-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. | House | Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3] | PA | R | K000376 | 4 | Internet Stewardship Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information from relinquishing or agreeing to relinquish the responsibilities of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) with respect to Internet domain name functions (including the authoritative root zone file, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions, or the related root zone management functions) unless such relinquishment is permitted by a statute enacted after the enactment of this Act. | 2023-01-11T13:26:41Z | |
| 113-hr-4382 | 113 | hr | 4382 | To streamline the collection and distribution of government information. | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-04-02 | 2014-04-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. | House | Rep. Bridenstine, Jim [R-OK-1] | OK | R | B001283 | 12 | Repeals the National Technical Information Act of 1988, effective one year after the enactment of this Act (thus abolishes the National Technical Information Service [NTIS]). Directs: (1) the Secretary of Commerce, the Archivist of the United States, the Comptroller General (GAO), and the Commissioner of Social Security to consult with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to determine if any NTIS function is critical to the U.S. economy; (2) the Comptroller General to determine which of any such critical functions are not being carried out by any other agency or instrumentality of the federal government; and (3) the Secretary of Commerce, prior to the effective date of this Act, to submit to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Finance a written certification that all NTIS operations have been terminated. | 2023-01-11T13:26:41Z | |
| 113-hres-536 | 113 | hres | 536 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that telephone service must be improved in rural areas of the United States and that no entity may unreasonably discriminate against telephone users in those areas. | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-04-02 | 2014-04-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. | House | Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] | OH | R | L000566 | 17 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) all telephone service providers must appropriately complete calls to all areas of the United States regardless of the technology used by such providers, and (2) no entity may unreasonably discriminate against telephone users in rural areas. Declares that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should: (1) pursue entities whose violations of FCC rules contribute to a lack of quality telecommunications services in rural areas, (2) impose enforcement actions to discourage such uncompleted calls and unreasonable discrimination, and (3) establish a definitive solution to such discrimination. | 2023-01-11T13:26:36Z | |
| 113-hr-4342 | 113 | hr | 4342 | DOTCOM Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-03-27 | 2014-12-23 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 546. | House | Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-15] | IL | R | S000364 | 28 | Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters Act of 2014 or the DOTCOM Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information from relinquishing or agreeing to any proposal relating to the relinquishment of the responsibility of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) over Internet domain name system functions (including the authoritative root zone file, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions, and related root zone management functions) until the Comptroller General (GAO), within one year after the NTIA receives a relinquishment proposal developed in a process convened by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) at the request of the NTIA, submits a report to Congress regarding the role of the NTIA with respect to the Internet domain name system. Requires such GAO report to include: (1) advantages and disadvantages of such relinquishment of NTIA responsibility; (2) any principles or criteria that the NTIA sets for relinquishment proposals, as well as an analysis of each proposal received by the NTIA; (3) the processes used by the NTIA and any other federal agencies for evaluating proposals; (4) any national security concerns; and (5) a definition of "multistakeholder model" as used by the NTIA with respect to Internet policymaking and governance. | 2023-01-11T13:25:17Z | |
| 113-s-2181 | 113 | s | 2181 | Tsunami Warning and Education Reauthorization Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-03-27 | 2014-03-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] | AK | D | B001265 | 2 | Tsunami Warning and Education Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Reauthorizes the Tsunami Warning and Education Act with specified appropriations for FY2015-FY2019. Expands the tsunami forecasting and warning program operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), through the National Weather Service (NWS), to include: (1) tsunami inundation models and maps for use in safeguarding port and harbor operations, (2) a requirement that the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) provide NOAA with information from regional seismic networks previously installed in areas of sparse instrumentation, (3) the capability to disseminate graphical warning products and wireless emergency alerts to at-risk states and tsunami communities in coordination with existing warning systems, and (4) the integration of commercial and federal undersea communications cables with other environmental observing technologies. Consolidates separate tsunami warning systems into a single warning system capable of: (1) forecasting tsunamis anywhere in the Pacific and Arctic Ocean regions and providing adequate warnings; and (2) providing adequate warnings in specified areas of the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico. Requires such warning system to support international tsunami forecasting and warning efforts. Requires NOAA to establish or maintain tsunami warning centers, including existing centers in Alaska and Hawaii, as part of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction. Requires tsunami warning centers to maintain redundant warning capabilities and an ability to perform back-up duties for each other. Requires NWS regions and local forecast offices to coordinate with such centers. Directs NOAA to establish uniform operational procedures for such centers, including standardized software applications, checklists, decision support tools, and tsunami warning products. Requires NOAA to ensure that such centers carry out formal outreach plans. Requires NOAA to acquire the assistan… | 2023-01-11T13:26:44Z | |
| 113-s-2155 | 113 | s | 2155 | Maximizing Spectrum Efficiency and Value Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-03-25 | 2014-03-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] | IL | R | K000360 | 0 | Maximizing Spectrum Efficiency and Value Act of 2014 - Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to establish a Federal Spectrum Reallocation Commission to make recommendations to the President on the reallocation of federal spectrum over a specified time period. Directs each federal agency to include a spectrum utilization plan as part of the budget justification documents submitted to Congress each fiscal year. Requires copies of the plan to be submitted to the Reallocation Commission, the Secretary of Commerce, and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress, the Comptroller General (GAO), and the Reallocation Commission a report identifying and recommending for reallocation bands of frequencies that: (1) are allocated primarily for federal government use, (2) are not required for federal government needs, and (3) can feasibly be made available for assignment through a competitive bidding system under the Communications Act of 1934 during the five-year period beginning on the date of submission of the report. Directs the Reallocation Commission to hold public hearings and submit to the President and Congress a review and analysis of the Secretary's recommendations with an explanation and justification of any Reallocation Commission recommendation for federal spectrum reallocation that is different from the Secretary's recommendations. Directs the President to determine whether to approve the Reallocation Commission recommendations and to submit a report on such determination to Congress and the Reallocation Commission. Sets forth a process requiring the Reallocation Commission, if the President disapproves the recommendations, to continue submitting a revised list of recommendations until the President approves it. Terminates the Reallocation Commission 60 days after the President approves the recommendations. Directs the President to submit the approved recommendations to Congress. Directs t… | 2023-01-11T13:26:44Z | |
| 113-s-2125 | 113 | s | 2125 | Public Safety and Economic Security Communications Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-03-13 | 2014-03-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] | SD | D | J000177 | 11 | Public Safety and Economic Security Communications Act of 2014 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require an intermediate provider that offers the capability to transmit certain voice communications and signaling information from one destination to another, and that charges a rate to any other entity (including an affiliated entity) for the transmission, to: (1) register with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and (2) comply with service quality standards to be established by the FCC. Defines "intermediate provider" as any entity that: (1) carries or processes traffic that is generated from the placement of a call from a connection using a North American Numbering Plan resource or a call placed to a connection using such a numbering resource, and (2) does not itself originate or terminate such traffic in the context of the carriage or processing. Prohibits certain long-distance voice service providers (including local exchange carriers, interexchange carriers, commercial mobile radio services, interconnected voice over Internet Protocol [VoIP] services, and certain non-interconnected VoIP services) from using an intermediate provider to transmit voice communications and signals unless the intermediate provider is so registered. Directs the FCC, in promulgating rules for such standards, to: (1) ensure the integrity of the transmission of voice communications to all customers in the United States, (2) prevent unjust or unreasonable discrimination among areas of the United States in the delivery of such voice communications, and (3) make a registry of intermediate providers publicly available on the FCC website. | 2023-01-11T13:26:45Z | |
| 113-s-2140 | 113 | s | 2140 | A bill to improve the transition between experimental permits and commercial licenses for commercial reusable launch vehicles. | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-03-13 | 2014-12-12 | By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-318. | Senate | Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] | NM | D | H001046 | 5 | Revises requirements for experimental permits related to commercial space launch activities. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to issue an experimental permit for a particular reusable suborbital vehicle (RSV) for research and development to test design concepts, equipment, or operating techniques, regardless of whether they are new (as under current law) or already existing. Strikes the requirement that crew training for which the permit may be used must occur before a commercial license for launch or reentry is obtained. Allows a permit to authorize an unlimited number of launches and reentries for a particular RSV rocket design (as well as for a particular RSV, as under current law). Repeals the prohibition against issuance of a permit, and the automatic invalidation of an existing permit, after a license has been issued for the launch or reentry of an RSV of a particular design. Authorizes the Secretary to issue a permit regardless of whether a license has already been issued. Declares that the issuance of a license may not invalidate a permit. | 2023-01-11T13:25:07Z | |
| 113-hr-4186 | 113 | hr | 4186 | FIRST Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-03-10 | 2014-05-28 | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8] | IN | R | B001275 | 3 | Frontiers in Innovation, Research, Science, and Technology Act of 2014 or FIRST Act of 2014 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2015 to the National Science Foundation (NSF). Specifies policy objectives for the NSF in allocating resources. Directs the NSF to award federal funding for basic research and education in the sciences through a new research grant or cooperative agreement only if it makes, and justifies in writing, an affirmative determination that the grant or agreement is worthy of federal funding and meets certain other criteria. Authorizes the NSF Director to increase funding for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship program (or any successor) over the previous fiscal year's funding level only at the same rate as a corresponding funding increase for the NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship program (or any successor). Allows any Education and Human Resources Directorate grant to support informal education to be used to: (1) support the participation of students in nonprofit competitions, out-of-school activities, and field experiences related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects; and (2) broaden secondary school students' access to, and interest in, careers that require academic preparation in STEM subjects. Requires the Director of the NSF to provide merit-reviewed, competitive grants for research on programming that engages underrepresented students in grades kindergarten through 8 in STEM to prepare them to pursue undergraduate and graduate STEM degrees or careers. Requires such grants to be used toward research to advance the engagement of these students in STEM through providing before-school, after-school, out-of-school, or summer activities designed to encourage interest, engagement, and skills development of underrepresented students in STEM. Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to study the use of NSF-funded scientific computing resources at institutions of higher education. Requires the NSF Director to place a high priority on des… | 2023-01-11T13:26:51Z | |
| 113-hr-4159 | 113 | hr | 4159 | America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-03-06 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] | TX | D | J000126 | 26 | America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Establishes, revises, and extends specified science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs, as well as education, research, and training programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY2015-FY2019 for: (1) the National Science Foundation (NSF), (2) the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and (3) the Department of Energy (DOE) for activities of the Office of Science. | 2023-01-11T13:26:52Z | |
| 113-hr-4161 | 113 | hr | 4161 | 21st Century STEM for Underrepresented Students Act | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-03-06 | 2014-03-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. | House | Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23] | FL | D | W000797 | 3 | 21st Century STEM for Underrepresented Students Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to provide merit-reviewed, competitive grants for research on programming that engages underrepresented students in grades kindergarten through 8 in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) in order to prepare these groups to pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees or careers in STEM. Requires such grants to be used toward research to advance the engagement of these students in STEM through providing before-school, after-school, out-of-school, or summer activities designed to encourage interest, engagement, and skills development of underrepresented students in STEM. Requires the Director to give priority to applicants which, for the purpose of grant activity, include or partner with a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that has extensive experience and expertise in increasing the participation of underrepresented students in STEM. | 2023-01-11T13:26:52Z | |
| 113-hr-4176 | 113 | hr | 4176 | Science Laureates of the United States Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-03-06 | 2014-03-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. | House | Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19] | CA | D | L000397 | 19 | Science Laureates of the United States Act of 2014 - Establishes the position of Science Laureate of the United States. Requires the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to appoint a Science Laureate on the basis of merit, particularly the ability of such individual to foster and enhance public awareness and interest in science and to provide ongoing significant scientific contributions. Encourages each Science Laureate to continue his or her scientific work and directs the NAS to facilitate his or her duties. Limits the term of a Science Laureate to one year. | 2023-01-11T13:26:51Z | |
| 113-hr-4070 | 113 | hr | 4070 | Internet Freedom Act | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-02-21 | 2014-02-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. | House | Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7] | TN | R | B001243 | 37 | Internet Freedom Act - Prohibits regulations adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the Report and Order in the matter of preserving the open Internet and broadband industry practices (adopted December 21, 2010) from having any force or effect. Prohibits the FCC from reissuing such regulations in substantially the same form, or from issuing new regulations that are substantially the same, unless such regulations are specifically authorized by a law enacted after the enactment of this Act. Exempts from such prohibitions any regulations that the FCC determines are necessary to: (1) prevent damage to U.S. national security, (2) ensure public safety, or (3) assist or facilitate actions taken by a federal or state law enforcement agency. | 2023-01-11T13:26:59Z | |
| 113-hr-4065 | 113 | hr | 4065 | Smartphone Theft Prevention Act | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-02-14 | 2014-02-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. | House | Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15] | NY | D | S000248 | 17 | Smartphone Theft Prevention Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require commercial mobile service providers to make available on mobile devices a function that an account holder may use remotely to: (1) delete or render inaccessible all information relating to the account holder that has been placed on the device; (2) render the device inoperable on the global networks of such service providers, even if the device is turned off or has the data storage medium removed; (3) prevent the device from being reactivated or reprogrammed without a passcode or similar authorization after the device has been rendered inoperable or has been subject to an unauthorized factory reset; and (4) reverse any such actions if the device is recovered by the account holder. Prohibits a mobile device from being manufactured in the United States or imported into the United States for sale or resale to the public, unless the device is configured in such a manner that a service provider may make such remote deletion and inoperability functions available on the device. Allows the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to waive such requirements with respect to any low-cost mobile device that: (1) is intended primarily for voice-only mobile service, and (2) may have limited data consumption functions focused on text messaging or short message service. Prohibits service providers from charging a fee for making such remote deletion and inoperability functions available. | 2023-01-11T13:26:59Z | |
| 113-s-2022 | 113 | s | 2022 | Forensic Science and Standards Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-02-12 | 2014-12-12 | By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-320. | Senate | Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] | WV | D | R000361 | 1 | Forensic Science and Standards Act of 2014 - (Sec. 4) Establishes a National Forensic Science Research Initiative to improve, expand, and coordinate federal research in forensic sciences (scientific research and its application to the recognition, collection, preservation, evaluation, and analysis of evidence for use in investigations and legal proceedings). Includes the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and other federal departments, agencies, and offices contributing to research in forensic science in the Initiative. Establishes a National Forensic Science Coordinating Office with a full-time director to be located at the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). Makes the Director responsible for carrying out the provisions of this section, including the development and implementation of a unified federal research strategy. Requires the federal agencies participating in the Initiative to share responsibility for funding the Office and permits the agencies to dedicate staff to the Office. Establishes an interagency forensic science committee to be co-chaired by the Director of the Coordinating Office and a senior scientist from an agency participating in the Initiative. Requires the NSF to contract with the National Academy of Sciences, or a similar independent science entity, to develop a report that: (1) identifies the most critical forensic science disciplines that require further research, and (2) makes recommendations for research to strengthen the scientific foundation in the disciplines. Requires the Director of the Coordinating Office, in coordination with the Interagency Committee, to oversee: the development of a unified federal research strategy; a five-year roadmap for the implementation of the strategy; and any necessary programs, policies, and budgets to support the implementation of the roadmap. Requires the Director of the Coordinating Office, in coordination with the Interagency Committee, to … | 2023-01-11T13:25:07Z | |
| 113-s-2032 | 113 | s | 2032 | Smartphone Theft Prevention Act | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-02-12 | 2014-02-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] | MN | D | K000367 | 3 | Smartphone Theft Prevention Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require commercial mobile service providers to make available on mobile devices a function that an account holder may use remotely to: (1) delete or render inaccessible all information relating to the account holder that has been placed on the device; (2) render the device inoperable on the global networks of such service providers, even if the device is turned off or has the data storage medium removed; (3) prevent the device from being reactivated or reprogrammed without a passcode or similar authorization after the device has been rendered inoperable or has been subject to an unauthorized factory reset; and (4) reverse any such actions if the device is recovered by the account holder. Prohibits a mobile device from being manufactured in the United States or imported into the United States for sale or resale to the public, unless the device is configured in such a manner that a service provider may make such remote deletion and inoperability functions available on the device. Allows the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to waive such requirements with respect to any low-cost mobile device that: (1) is intended primarily for voice-only mobile service, and (2) may have limited data consumption functions focused on text messaging or short message service. Prohibits service providers from charging a fee for making such remote deletion and inoperability functions available. | 2023-01-11T13:26:55Z | |
| 113-hr-4048 | 113 | hr | 4048 | SNAP Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-02-11 | 2014-02-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. | House | Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7] | WI | R | D000614 | 1 | Securing Our Nation's Application Privacy Act of 2014 or the SNAP Act of 2014 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate regulations that require any person who develops, sells or offers for sale, or makes available to consumers: (1) a software program that runs on the mobile platform or operating system of a mobile device (mobile application) to ensure that such application does not access specified content or functions stored on a mobile device while the application is not actively in use, unless the application triggers disclosure and consent functions of the mobile platform or operating system and the user grants affirmative express consent; and (2) a mobile platform or operating system to ensure that such platform or operating system provides device users with a disclosure immediately before any application that is not actively in use accesses any such content or functions and prevents such access unless the user grants such express consent. Specifies categories of content and functions prohibited from being accessed without consent, including: (1) geographic location; (2) contact information; (3) photographs, videos, or audio recordings; (4) events or notations stored in a calendar application; and (5) a camera, microphone, or any information obtained from such a camera or microphone. Requires violations of such regulations to be treated as unfair or deceptive acts or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act. | 2023-01-11T13:26:59Z | |
| 113-hres-483 | 113 | hres | 483 | Supporting the goals and ideals of National Engineers Week. | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-02-11 | 2014-02-11 | Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] | IL | D | L000563 | 25 | Supports the goals and ideals of National Engineers Week to increase understanding of, and interest in, engineering and technology careers. Recognizes that engineering education is a critical component of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education. | 2023-01-11T13:26:56Z | |
| 113-s-1989 | 113 | s | 1989 | Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-02-04 | 2014-02-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] | NV | R | H001041 | 1 | Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2014 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to complete a rulemaking proceeding to adopt rules establishing: minimum comment and reply periods for rulemakings; policies to ensure that the public has notice and an opportunity to respond to comments, ex parte communications, or materials submitted toward the end of, or after, the comment period; procedures for publishing the status of open rulemakings and items circulated for Commissioners' review; deadlines for public notice, and guidelines for disposition, of certain petitions; and procedures to include the specific language of proposed rules or amendments in proposed rulemaking notices. Requires performance measures to be included in notices of proposed rulemakings or orders that would create or substantially change a program activity. Defines "program activity" as a specific activity or project as listed in the program and financing schedules of the U.S. annual budget, including any annual collection or distribution or related series of collections or distributions by the FCC of $100 million or more. Directs the FCC to seek public comment regarding whether the FCC should: (1) establish procedures for allowing a bipartisan majority of Commissioners to place items on an open meeting agenda and for publishing in advance of such meetings the text of agenda items on which the FCC will vote; (2) establish deadlines for the disposition of certain license applications; and (3) publish orders, decisions, reports, and actions within 30 days after adoption. Requires the FCC to initiate a new rulemaking proceeding every five years to continue its consideration of procedural rule changes. Allows a bipartisan majority of Commissioners to hold a nonpublic meeting, including a meeting to collaborate with joint boards or conferences, if: (1) no votes or actions are taken, and (2) an attorney from the FCC's Office of General Counsel is present. Requires … | 2023-01-11T13:26:56Z | |
| 113-hr-3982 | 113 | hr | 3982 | Open Internet Preservation Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-02-03 | 2014-02-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33] | CA | D | W000215 | 36 | Open Internet Preservation Act of 2014 - Restores rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the Report and Order in the matter of preserving the open Internet and broadband industry practices (adopted on December 21, 2010) that were vacated by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Verizon v. Federal Communications Commission (decided on January 14, 2014). Requires such rules to remain in effect until the FCC takes final action in the proceedings remanded to the FCC in such D.C. Circuit decision. | 2023-01-11T13:27:01Z | |
| 113-s-1981 | 113 | s | 1981 | Open Internet Preservation Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-02-03 | 2014-02-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] | MA | D | M000133 | 6 | Open Internet Preservation Act of 2014 - Restores rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the Report and Order in the matter of preserving the open Internet and broadband industry practices (adopted on December 21, 2010) that were vacated by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Verizon v. Federal Communications Commission (decided on January 14, 2014). Requires such rules to remain in effect until the FCC takes final action in the proceedings remanded to the FCC in such D.C. Circuit decision. | 2023-01-11T13:26:56Z | |
| 113-hres-467 | 113 | hres | 467 | Expressing support for designation of February 12, 2014, as "Darwin Day" and recognizing the importance of science in the betterment of humanity. | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-01-29 | 2014-02-11 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1760) | House | Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] | NJ | D | H001032 | 13 | Supports the designation of Darwin Day (February 12, 2014, the anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin in 1809). Recognizes Charles Darwin as a worthy symbol on which to celebrate the achievements of reason, science, and the advancement of human knowledge. | 2023-01-11T13:27:04Z | |
| 113-s-1973 | 113 | s | 1973 | America INNOVATES Act | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-01-29 | 2014-01-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] | DE | D | C001088 | 3 | America Implementing New National Opportunities To Vigorously Accelerate Technology, Energy, and Science Act or America INNOVATES Act - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to: (1) rename the position of the Under Secretary for Science the Under Secretary for Science and Energy, and (2) require the Under Secretary to establish appropriate linkages between offices under his or her jurisdiction and perform functions and duties prescribed by the Secretary of Energy (DOE). Directs the Secretary to ensure that the following duties and responsibilities are carried out through one or more appropriate statutory or administrative entities: (1) evaluation, coordination, and promotion of the transfer of National Laboratory research and development (R&D) results to the market in collaboration with the Technology Transfer Coordinator; (2) recommendations to the Secretary of best practices for the National Laboratories; and (3) implementation of other appropriate duties to improve National Laboratory operations and performance. Expresses the sense of the Senate regarding the development of a coordinated strategy for the national laboratories in the 21st century. Directs the Secretary to carry out the three-year DOE pilot program under the Agreements for Commercializing Technology. Requires each agreement entered into under the pilot program to increase the authority of the contractor of the applicable National Laboratory to negotiate contract terms, such as intellectual property rights, indemnification, payment structures, performance guarantees, and multiparty collaborations. Directs the Secretary to delegate to the directors of the National Laboratories signature authority with respect to any cooperative R&D agreement, non-federal work-for-others agreement, or any other appropriate agreement, the total cost of which (including National Laboratory contributions and project recipient cost share) is less than $1 million. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to permit the directors of the National La… | 2023-01-11T13:27:02Z | |
| 113-hconres-76 | 113 | hconres | 76 | Recognizing the significance of the anniversary of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy Fellowship program, and reaffirming the commitment to support the use of science in governmental decisionmaking through such program. | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-01-16 | 2014-01-16 | Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. | House | Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] | NJ | D | H001032 | 27 | Recognizes the significance of the anniversary of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy Fellowship program. Acknowledges the value of 40 years of participation by the AAAS's Science and Technology Policy Fellows. Reaffirms the commitment of the House of Representatives to support the use of science in governmental decisionmaking through such program. | 2023-01-11T13:23:29Z | |
| 113-hr-3916 | 113 | hr | 3916 | Promoting Rural Broadband Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-01-16 | 2014-01-16 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] | WA | D | K000381 | 1 | Promoting Rural Broadband Act of 2014 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), when prescribing regulations concerning the competitive bidding system under which electromagnetic spectrum licenses are auctioned to qualified bidders, to promote the expansion of spectrum-based services to exceptionally hard-to-serve populations in unserved and underserved geographic locations. | 2023-01-11T13:27:08Z | |
| 113-hr-3918 | 113 | hr | 3918 | Regional Innovation and Entrepreneurship Enhancement Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-01-16 | 2014-03-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. | House | Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] | WA | D | K000381 | 4 | Regional Innovation and Entrepreneurship Enhancement Act of 2014 - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to: (1) expand the duties and reporting requirements of the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, including by requiring the development of a strategic plan to guide the activities of the Office; (2) authorize appropriations for such Office for FY2014-FY2018; and (3) modify the Regional Innovation Program established by such Act to eliminate provisions relating to science and research parks and require outreach to public and private sector entities in rural communities to encourage participation in Program activities. | 2023-01-11T13:27:08Z | |
| 113-hr-3845 | 113 | hr | 3845 | Assessing NASA Science Mission Extensions Act | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-01-10 | 2014-03-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Space. | House | Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] | FL | D | G000556 | 0 | Assessing NASA Science Mission Extensions Act - Instructs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), in conducting assessments of the costs and benefits of extending the date of the termination of data collection for those science missions that have exceeded their planned mission lifetime, to consider: (1) the potential continued benefit of instruments on such missions; and (2) the cost and schedule impacts, if any, of mission extension on other NASA activities and science missions. | 2023-01-11T13:27:11Z | |
| 113-sres-329 | 113 | sres | 329 | A resolution expressing support for the goals and ideals of the biennial USA Science & Engineering Festival in Washington, DC and designating April 21 through April 27, 2014, as "National Science and Technology Week". | Science, Technology, Communications | 2014-01-07 | 2014-01-07 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S83; text as passed Senate: CR S70) | Senate | Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] | DE | D | C001088 | 8 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Expresses the support of the Senate for the goals and ideals of the USA Science & Engineering Festival to promote scholarship in science and an interest in scientific research and development as the cornerstones of innovation and competition in the United States. Supports festivals, such as the USA Science & Engineering Festival, that focus on the importance of science and engineering to the daily lives of individuals in the United States through exhibits on topics that include human spaceflight, medicine, engineering, biotechnology, physics, and astronomy. Congratulates all the individuals and organizations whose efforts will make possible the USA Science & Engineering Festival, highlighting the accomplishments of the United States in science and engineering. Designates April 21-27, 2014, as National Science and Technology Week. | 2019-02-20T12:28:34Z | |
| 113-s-1858 | 113 | s | 1858 | RBI Act of 2013 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2013-12-18 | 2013-12-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] | AK | D | B001265 | 0 | Rural Broadband Investment Act of 2013 or the RBI Act of 2013 - Suspends regulations of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that resulted in a revised method of determining levels of support for rural telephone carriers under the Universal Service Fund by allowing study area unseparated loop cost to be limited annually pursuant to a schedule announced by the Wireline Competition Bureau. (Thus, eliminates a distribution analysis method provided for in the FCC's Transformation Order known as the Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking of the Federal Communications Commission adopted on October 27, 2011.) Requires the FCC to initiate a rulemaking to adopt a revised proposal for rural support that does not deprive a rural rate-of-return carrier (a rural telephone company that is an incumbent local exchange carrier not subject to price cap regulation) of the opportunity to recover reasonable investments and operating expenses incurred prior to the proposal's adoption. Directs the FCC, to the extent required under the Communications Act of 1934, to consult with: (1) the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service; and (2) if the limitations in the proposal submitted by the FCC to such Board result in a revision of the jurisdictional allocation of expenses, the Federal-State Joint Board on Separations. Directs the FCC to submit to Congress: (1) the revised proposal for rural support published in the notice of proposed rulemaking, and (2) a report that describes the amount of universal service funding necessary to achieve universal service objectives during the next 10 years. Requires the report to include a quantitative and qualitative analysis as well as an identification of the unique circumstances and resulting high-cost loop support required to provide and maintain universal service in Alaska and on tribal lands. Sets forth interim limitations on study area total unseparated loop costs that are to apply until the final rule takes effect. Directs the FCC to amend regulations relating to… | 2023-01-11T13:23:32Z | |
| 113-hr-3719 | 113 | hr | 3719 | Video CHOICE Act of 2013 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2013-12-12 | 2013-12-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. | House | Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18] | CA | D | E000215 | 1 | Video Consumers Have Options in Choosing Entertainment Act of 2013 or the Video CHOICE Act of 2013 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to allow the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), if a negotiation for a replacement or extended retransmission consent agreement between a television broadcast station and a multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD) reaches an impasse resulting in the expiration of the carriage rights of the MVPD, to authorize interim carriage of such station by the MVPD pending the conclusion of a new agreement. Prohibits a station that elects to grant retransmission consent from entering into an agreement with an MVPD that is conditioned on carriage of any other programming affiliated with such station (or with a person who owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common ownership or control with such station). Directs the FCC to complete a rulemaking proceeding to determine whether, during retransmission consent negotiations or after the parties to such negotiations reach an impasse resulting in the expiration of an existing agreement, the blocking of online content owned by or affiliated with a television broadcast station constitutes a failure to negotiate in good faith under communications laws addressing false, fraudulent, or unauthorized transmissions. Removes from the minimum contents of a basic service tier a requirement for cable system operators to provide to subscribers any signal of any television broadcast station that is provided by the cable operator to any subscriber, thereby enabling subscribers to obtain basic cable television service without receiving broadcast stations that elect to collect fees through retransmission consent agreements. Requires each cable system operator to offer its subscribers a separately available retransmission consent service tier that consists only of the signal of each television broadcast station electing retransmission consent that is carried on the cable system. Makes such retransmission consent service tier sub… | 2023-01-11T13:23:37Z | |
| 113-hr-3720 | 113 | hr | 3720 | Next Generation Television Marketplace Act | Science, Technology, Communications | 2013-12-12 | 2014-01-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. | House | Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1] | LA | R | S001176 | 1 | Next Generation Television Marketplace Act - Repeals provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 concerning: (1) the carriage of distant television stations and significantly viewed signals by satellite carriers, (2) the retransmittal of television signals to eligible state counties in the designated market area of another state by cable operators or satellite carriers, (3) the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) qualified carrier certification process, (4) the designation of cable channels for commercial video programming use, (5) the carriage of local commercial television signals and qualified low power stations by cable operators, (6) the FCC's authority to adopt syndicated exclusivity rules for private home viewing of secondary transmissions by satellite of broadcast station signals, and (7) the requirement that cable systems or other multichannel video programming distributors obtain consent to retransmit a broadcasting station signal. Repeals and revises provisions concerning: (1) the carriage of local television signals by satellite carriers, and (2) the regulation of rates and broadcast signal carriage. Makes several existing requirements concerning the carriage of local television broadcast stations applicable only to qualified noncommercial educational television stations. Repeals federal copyright laws requiring statutory licenses for certain secondary transmissions of distant and local television programming by satellite carriers. Eliminates certain categories of remedies relating to alteration of programming violations by cable systems. Extends exemptions from copyright infringement laws to certain secondary transmissions by cable systems and satellite carriers. Repeals provisions concerning cable system: (1) nonsimultaneous transmission infringement, and (2) statutory licenses for secondary transmissions. Directs the FCC to repeal related FCC rules and eliminate: (1) restrictions on the number of broadcast television stations that a person or entity may own, operate, or control in the same… | 2023-01-11T13:23:37Z | |
| 113-hr-3696 | 113 | hr | 3696 | National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2013-12-11 | 2014-07-29 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | House | Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] | TX | R | M001157 | 3 | National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2014 - Title I: Securing the Nation Against Cyber Attack - (Sec. 102) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (HSA) to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct cybersecurity activities, including the provision of shared situational awareness among federal entities to enable real-time, integrated, and operational actions to protect from, prevent, mitigate, respond to, and recover from cyber incidents. Defines “cyber incident” as an incident, or an attempt to cause an incident, that if successful, would: (1) jeopardize the security, integrity, confidentiality, or availability of an information system or network or any information stored on, processed on, or transiting such a system; (2) violate laws or procedures relating to system security, acceptable use policies, or acts of terrorism against such a system or network; or (3) deny access to or degrade, disrupt, or destruct such a system or network or defeat an operations or technical control of such a system or network. (Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary to coordinate with federal, state, and local governments, national laboratories, critical infrastructure owners and operators, and other cross-sector coordinating entities to: (1) facilitate a national effort to strengthen and maintain critical infrastructure from cyber threats; (2) ensure that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policies and procedures enable critical infrastructure owners and operators to receive appropriate and timely cyber threat information; (3) seek industry sector-specific expertise to develop voluntary security and resiliency strategies and to ensure that the allocation of federal resources is cost effective and reduces burdens on critical infrastructure owners and operators; (4) upon request, provide risk management assistance to entities and education to critical infrastructure owners and operators; and (5) coordinate a research and development strategy for cybersecurity technologies. Directs t… | 2023-01-11T13:23:37Z | |
| 113-s-1789 | 113 | s | 1789 | A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to establish signal quality and content requirements for the carriage of public, educational, and governmental channels, to preserve support of such channels, and for other purposes. | Science, Technology, Communications | 2013-12-10 | 2013-12-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] | WI | D | B001230 | 1 | Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require certain cable system operators, with channel capacity for public, educational, or governmental (PEG) use that is designated by a franchising authority under existing code provisions or required to be provided under this Act, to: (1) carry PEG-use signals to subscribers without material degradation and without altering or removing content or data; (2) provide viewable signals to every cable subscriber without additional service or equipment charges; and (3) provide to the appropriate local government subdivision (LGS), free of charge, any transmission services and the use of any transmission facilities necessary to meet such requirements. Requires a cable operator in a state adopting applicable franchising legislation that becomes effective after May 31, 2005, to: (1) owe any LGS in which the operator provides cable service during a year beginning after enactment of this Act an LGS-determined amount for such year, within specified limits, notwithstanding requirements relating to support for cable system PEG use in such state legislation; and (2) provide a certain number of channels for PEG use in an LGS, notwithstanding requirements relating to the number of PEG-use cable channels in such state legislation. Defines "local government subdivision" (referred to above as an LGS) as a franchising authority deriving its power to grant a franchise from state or local law or an entity considered such a franchising authority as of the day before the effective date of such state legislation relating to support. Specifies forms of support as cash payments, in-kind support, and free services provided by the cable system operator, or its predecessor, to the LGS for the cable system's PEG use. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) LGS or state enforcement, and (2) nonbinding mediation and court proceedings concerning disputed support amounts. Revises the definition of "franchise fee" including by striking a provision prohibiting such a fee from including (in t… | 2023-01-11T13:23:28Z | |
| 113-hr-3674 | 113 | hr | 3674 | Federal Spectrum Incentive Act of 2013 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2013-12-09 | 2014-12-12 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 502. | House | Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2] | KY | R | G000558 | 4 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Federal Spectrum Incentive Act of 2013 - Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to allow federal entities that utilize government station licenses to participate in the incentive auction program under which licensees of electromagnetic spectrum voluntarily relinquish their spectrum rights in order for such spectrum to be auctioned for a repurposed commercial use in exchange for a percentage of the auction proceeds. Permits such federal entities, instead of being reimbursed for the costs of sharing frequencies with nonfederal users or relocating to other frequencies as provided for under current law, to receive a percentage of the proceeds from spectrum it relinquishes for auction by electing to: (1) discontinue operations on eligible frequencies without relocating to other frequencies, or (2) relocate operations to frequencies assigned to another federal entity in order for such entities to share frequencies. Establishes in the U.S. Treasury a Federal Spectrum Incentive Fund to be administered by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in consultation with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Requires 1% of the proceeds from such auctions to be deposited in such Fund and the remainder to be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury for the sole purpose of deficit reduction. Directs OMB to transfer from the Fund to a federal entity a specified amount attributable to the auction of frequencies vacated by such entity. Permits federal entities to use such amounts for: (1) any purposes permitted under the terms and conditions of an appropriations account that was subject to sequestration for any fiscal year under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, provided that the amount used does not exceed the amount by which the account was reduced by sequestration for such fiscal year; or (2) a transfer of amou… | 2023-01-11T13:23:38Z | |
| 113-hr-3675 | 113 | hr | 3675 | Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2013-12-09 | 2014-03-12 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | House | Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] | OR | R | W000791 | 1 | Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to complete a rulemaking proceeding to adopt rules establishing: minimum comment and reply periods for rulemakings; policies to ensure that the public has notice and an opportunity to respond to comments, ex parte communications, or materials submitted toward the end of, or after, the comment period; procedures for publishing the status of open rulemakings and items circulated for Commissioners' review; deadlines for public notice, and guidelines for disposition, of certain petitions; and procedures to include the specific language of proposed rules or amendments in proposed rulemaking notices. Requires performance measures to be included in notices of proposed rulemakings or orders that would create or substantially change a program activity. Defines "program activity" as a specific activity or project as listed in the program and financing schedules of the U.S. annual budget, including any annual collection or distribution or related series of collections or distributions by the FCC of $100 million or more. Directs the FCC to seek public comment regarding whether the FCC should: (1) establish procedures for allowing a bipartisan majority of Commissioners to place items on an open meeting agenda and for publishing in advance of such meetings the text of agenda items on which the FCC will vote; (2) establish deadlines for the disposition of certain license applications; and (3) publish orders, decisions, reports, and actions within 30 days after adoption. Requires the FCC to initiate a new rulemaking proceeding every five years to continue its consideration of procedural rule changes. Allows a bipartisan majority of Commissioners to hold a nonpublic meeting, including a meeting to collaborate with joint boards or conferences, if: (1) no votes or actions are taken, and (2) an attorney from the FCC's Office of General Counsel is present. … | 2023-01-11T13:23:31Z | |
| 113-hr-3670 | 113 | hr | 3670 | Anti-Spoofing Act of 2014 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2013-12-05 | 2014-09-10 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | House | Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] | NY | D | M001188 | 24 | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 8, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Anti-Spoofing Act of 2014 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to expand the prohibition on the provision of inaccurate caller identification information (which makes it unlawful to cause a caller identification service to knowingly transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information with the intent to defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value) to persons outside the United States if the recipient is within the United States. Revises the definitions of "caller identification information" and "caller identification service" to include text messages sent using a text messaging service. Defines "text message" as real-time or near real-time messages consisting of text, images, sounds, or other information transmitted from or received by a device identified by a telephone number. Excludes from such definition a real-time, two-way voice or video communication. Expands the categories of IP-enabled voice services that are subject to such prohibition to include services with interconnection capability, whether part of a bundle of services or separately, that can originate traffic to the public switched telephone network. | 2023-01-11T13:23:38Z | |
| 113-hr-3655 | 113 | hr | 3655 | To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Simeon Booker in recognition of his achievements in the field of journalism, including reporting during the Civil Rights movement, as well as social and political commentary. | Science, Technology, Communications | 2013-12-04 | 2013-12-04 | Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. | House | Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] | OH | D | R000577 | 11 | Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Simeon Saunders Booker, Jr., in recognition of his achievements in the field of journalism, including his reporting during the Civil Rights movement and his social and political commentary. | 2023-01-11T13:23:39Z | |
| 113-hr-3625 | 113 | hr | 3625 | To provide for termination liability costs for certain National Aeronautics and Space Administration projects, and for other purposes. | Science, Technology, Communications | 2013-12-02 | 2013-12-11 | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5] | AL | R | B001274 | 16 | Declares that termination liability costs for the International Space Station (ISS), the Space Launch System, and the Orion crew capsule (covered programs) shall be provided only pursuant to this Act. Prohibits the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from reserving funds from amounts appropriated for a covered program, and instructs the Administrator to direct prime contractors not to reserve funds for potential termination liability costs respecting such a program. Declares that it is the intent of Congress that funds authorized to be appropriated for covered programs be applied in meeting established technical goals and schedule milestones. Declares void and unenforceable any provision in a prime contract entered into before enactment of this Act that provides for the payment of termination liability costs through any other means than as provided in this Act. Bars the Administrator from initiating termination of a prime contract on a covered program for the convenience of the government unless it is authorized or required by a law enacted after this Act's enactment. Requires notice to specified congressional committees before initiating termination of a prime contract for cause. Requires the Administrator to notify Congress if an authorization of appropriations is necessary in advance of a proposed program termination because sufficient unobligated appropriations are not available in the appropriations account funding the contract. | 2023-01-11T13:23:40Z | |
| 113-hr-3603 | 113 | hr | 3603 | To limit the construction on United States soil of satellite positioning ground monitoring stations of foreign governments, and for other purposes. | Science, Technology, Communications | 2013-11-21 | 2014-01-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces. | House | Rep. Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1] | GA | R | K000220 | 2 | Prohibits the President from authorizing or permitting the construction of a satellite positioning ground monitoring station directly or indirectly controlled by a foreign government on U.S. soil until the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) jointly certify to Congress that such station will not possess the capability or potential to be used to gather intelligence or improve foreign weapons systems. Directs the Secretary, DNI, and the Commander of the U.S. Strategic Command to jointly report to Congress regarding the use of such stations by foreign governments to gather intelligence or improve the accuracy of missile guidance systems. | 2023-01-11T13:23:47Z | |
| 113-s-1766 | 113 | s | 1766 | USF Equitable Distribution Act of 2013 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2013-11-21 | 2013-11-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] | NH | R | A000368 | 1 | USF Equitable Distribution Act of 2013 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require at least 75% of all amounts collected by interstate telecommunications providers from consumers in a rural state for the purpose of making certain contributions to universal service funds established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to be allocated to consumers in that rural state. Defines "rural state" as a state in which the total population density is not more than 200 people per square mile, as determined by the latest available decennial census. Prohibits this Act from being construed to require an increase in amounts collected by interstate telecommunications providers from consumers for the purpose of making such contributions. | 2023-01-11T13:23:41Z | |
| 113-s-1776 | 113 | s | 1776 | Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act of 2013 | Science, Technology, Communications | 2013-11-21 | 2013-11-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] | MN | D | K000367 | 1 | Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act of 2013 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a program under which a wireless carrier receiving a license under specified provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 may partition or disaggregate the license in order to make unused spectrum available to small carriers or carriers serving certain rural areas. Defines "small carrier" as a carrier with not more than 1,500 employees as calculated under regulatory standards used by the Small Business Administration (SBA) to determine the number of individuals employed by a business concern on a full-time, part-time, or other basis. Provides carriers receiving such licenses and participating in the program with a three-year extension of licenses granted under this Act. | 2023-01-11T13:23:41Z | |
| 113-s-1753 | 113 | s | 1753 | A bill to extend Government liability, subject to appropriation, for certain third-party claims arising from commercial space launches. | Science, Technology, Communications | 2013-11-20 | 2013-11-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] | FL | D | N000032 | 10 | Extends through December 31, 2016, the application deadline for licenses with respect to which the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) is required to pay third-party claims in excess of a commercial space launcher's required insurance coverage. | 2023-01-11T13:23:42Z |
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