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Military Installations Enhancement Act of 2013 [S.1749]
Military Installations Enhancement Act of 2013 - Requires each major military installation master plan to include consideration of: (1) planning for redevelopment and infill development to reduce consumption of undeveloped land on installations, (2) horizontal and vertical mixed-use development, (3) the full lifecycle costs of planning decisions, (4) capacity planning through the establishment of growth boundaries around cantonment areas to focus development towards the core and preserve range and training space, and (5) ways to diversify and connect
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Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Schatz
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 11/20/2013
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Domestic Energy and Jobs Act [S.1401]
Domestic Energy and Jobs Act - Gasoline Regulations Act of 2013 - Directs the President to establish the Transportation Fuels Regulatory Committee to analyze and report on the cumulative impacts of certain covered rules and actions under the Clean Air Act. Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from finalizing specified rules until at least six months after the Committee submits its final report. Amends the Clean Air Act to: (1) authorize the Administrator to waive temporarily a control or prohibition governing
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Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Manchin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 07/31/2013
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 [S.1197]
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2014 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for procurement for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and defense-wide activities in amounts specified in the funding table in Division D of this Act. Subtitle C [sic]: Navy Programs - (Sec. 121) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy, beginning with the FY2014 program year, to enter
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Sponsored by: Sen. Carl Levin
S.amdt.2307 Considered By Senate. (consideration: Cr S8548) on 12/09/2013
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 [S.1034]
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY2014. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for: (1) procurement, including aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, other procurement, and purchases under the Defense Production Act of 1950; (2) research, development, test, and evaluation; (3) operation and maintenance; (4) active and reserve military personnel; (5) the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund; (6) Working Capital
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Sponsored by: Sen. James Inhofe
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S3849) on 05/23/2013
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Strongly condemning the actions of the Russian Federation, under President Vladimir Putin, which has carried out a policy of aggression against neighboring countries aimed at political and economic domination. [HR-758]
Supports the efforts by President Poroshenko and the people of Ukraine to establish a lasting peace for Ukraine that includes: full withdrawal of Russian forces from its territory, full control of its international borders, disarming of separatist and paramilitary forces in eastern Ukraine, adoption of policies to reduce the Russian Federation's ability to use energy exports and trade barriers as weapons to apply economic and political pressure, and an end to interference by the Russian Federation in Ukraine's internal affairs. Affirms the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Considered As Unfinished Business. (consideration: Cr H8385) on 12/04/2014
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National Emergency Selective Service Act [HB-978]
National Emergency Selective Service Act - Deauthorizes the Military Selective Service Act (requiring registration under the Selective Service System [System] for possible military induction) except during a period of national emergency declared by the President. Provides for the suspension of local military selection boards, appeal boards, and other selective service system agencies and activities during non-emergency periods. Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD), when System operations are suspended, to assume responsibility for the security
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Sponsored by: Rep. Peter DeFazio
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 03/14/2013
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Smarter Than Sequester Defense Spending Reduction Act [HB-804]
Smarter Than Sequester Defense Spending Reduction Act - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to nullify the presidential sequestration order issued for the revised security category (discretionary appropriations in budget function 050) for FY2013-FY2021 to enforce a specified budget goal. Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to formulate and implement a plan with specified actions to reduce spending by specified minimum amounts over the 10-year period beginning upon enactment of this
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Coffman
Referred To The House Committee On The Budget. on 02/25/2013
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Universal National Service Act [HB-748]
Universal National Service Act - Declares that it is the obligation of every U.S. citizen, and every other person residing in the United States, between the ages of 18 and 25 to perform a 2-year period of national service, unless exempted, either through military service or through civilian service in a federal, state, or local government program or with a community-based agency or entity engaged in meeting human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs. Requires induction into national service by the President. Allows persons to be inducted
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Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Rangel
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 03/06/2013
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To amend the Military Selective Service Act to require the registration of women with the Selective Service System in light of the Department of Defense elimination of the rule excluding women from direct ground combat assignments in the Armed Forces. [HB-747]
Amends the Military Selective Service Act to include females (under current law, only males) between the ages of 18 and 26 within military service registration requirements. Makes such amendment effective 60 days after the enactment of this Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Rangel
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 03/06/2013
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To require a report on procurement supply chain vulnerabilities within the Department of Defense. [HB-5855]
Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to report to Congress regarding how sole source suppliers of components to the DOD procurement supply chain create vulnerabilities to military attack, terrorism, natural disaster, industrial shock, financial crisis, or geopolitical crisis, such as an embargo of key raw materials or industrial inputs. Requires the report to include: (1) a list of the supply chain components for which there is a supplier that controls over 50% of the global market; (2) a list of parts of the supply chain where there is inadequate
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alan Grayson
Referred To The House Committee On Armed Services. on 12/11/2014
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Safely Exacting Cautious Useful Rules for Immigration This Year (SECURITY) Act [HB-5316]
Safely Exacting Cautious Useful Rules for Immigration This Year (SECURITY) Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary) to submit to Congress a plan to achieve operational control of the international land and maritime borders of the United States. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a plan to construct and finish within 10 years double-layered reinforced fencing on the southern border. Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to: (1) deploy at least an additional 10,000 members of the National Guard for border control
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Stockman
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 09/26/2014
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Balancing Act [HB-505]
Balancing Act - Title I: Repeal Sequester - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011, to repeal certain sequestration requirements for enforcement of a specified budget goal. Title II: Close Tax Loopholes to Achieve Balance - Subtitle A: 28 Percent Limitation on Certain Deductions and Exclusions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit tax deductions and other tax exclusions for taxpayers whose adjusted gross income exceeds $200,000 ($250,000
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 04/23/2013
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Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015 [HB-4870]
Highlights: The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015 provides regular annual appropriations for the military functions of the Department of Defense (DOD), including the pay, allowances, and support of military personnel; operation and maintenance of the forces; procurement of equipment and systems; and research, development, test and evaluation. The bill also includes funding for overseas contingency operations (OCO) to support the Global War on Terrorism. The bill increases funding above FY2014 levels for operation and maintenance.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen
Committee On Appropriations. Ordered To Be Reported With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute Favorably. on 07/17/2014
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To reauthorize the Defense Production Act, to improve the Defense Production Act Committee, and for other purposes. [HB-4809]
(Sec. 1) Reauthorizes provisions of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (provides authority for the President and federal agencies to prepare for national defense, military conflicts, disasters, or acts of terrorism using the domestic industrial base to supply materials and services) through September 30, 2019. Reinstates authorities under which the President may provide for loans to private business enterprises or authorize a guaranteeing agency to guarantee loans by private institutions to contractors, providers of critical infrastructure, or other
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Campbell
Signed By President. on 09/26/2014
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Space Protection Strategy Extension Act [HB-4702]
Space Protection Strategy Extension Act - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2008 to extend the time period required to be covered by the United States Space Protection Strategy through FY2030 (currently, FY2025).
Sponsored by: Rep. Alan Grayson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Strategic Forces. on 06/20/2014
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Asia-Pacific Region Priority Act [HB-4495]
Asia-Pacific Region Priority Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to: (1) report to the congressional defense committees on the U.S. Pacific Command's munitions strategy for the next ten years, (2) appoint a Director of Defense Unmanned Systems, and (3) enter into an agreement with an independent entity to assess anti-access and area-denial capabilities that pose a threat to the United States and its allies in the Asia-Pacific region and strategies to mitigate such threats. Requires the Director of DOD's Office of Net Assessment to assess
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Sponsored by: Rep. Colleen Hanabusa
Referred To The Subcommittee On Asia And The Pacific. on 06/10/2014
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Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 [HB-4435]
Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2015 for procurement for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and Defense-wide activities, as specified in the funding tables in Division D, Title XLI, of this Act. Subtitle B: Army Programs - (Sec. 111) Prohibits any funds authorized or made available for FY2015 for aircraft procurement, Army, for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Smith
Received In The Senate. Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 425. on 06/05/2014
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Africa Counter Terrorism Initiative Act [HB-4434]
Africa Counter Terrorism Initiative Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to develop, submit to Congress, and implement within one year after enactment of this Act a plan to transfer the headquarters of AFRICOM from Stuttgart, Germany, to a location in the continental United States. Requires the plan to provide for: (1) the 65th Air Base Wing to be an AFRICOM asset; (2) AFRICOM permanent assets to be located at Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal; (3) the transfer of U.S. assets at Lajes Field from United States European Command to AFRICOM for
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao
Referred To The House Committee On Armed Services. on 04/09/2014
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Forging Peace Through Strength in Ukraine and the Transatlantic Alliance Act [HB-4433]
Forging Peace Through Strength in Ukraine and the Transatlantic Alliance Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the continuing practice by the Russian Federation of physical, diplomatic, and economic aggression toward neighboring countries is clearly intended to undermine regional security and stability; (2) the Russian military build-up and aggressive posture on the eastern border of Ukraine represents an intent to intimidate Ukraine and its citizens to submit to Russian control; (3) the Russian Federation should immediately cease all
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Stivers
Referred To The Committee On Foreign Affairs, And In Addition To The Committees On Armed Services, And Intelligence (permanent Select), 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. on 04/09/2014
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To amend the Sikes Act to make certain improvements to the administration of cooperative agreements for land management related to Department of Defense readiness activities, and for other purposes. [HB-4309]
Amends the Sikes Act (conservation programs on federal lands) to allow funds appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD) that are obligated to cooperative agreements with states, local governments, Indian tribes, nongovernmental organizations, and individuals for maintenance and improvement of natural resources located off of military or state-owned National Guard installations (but that are related to current or anticipated military activities) to be: paid in a lump sum and include an amount intended to cover the future costs of the activities
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Sponsored by: Rep. Madeleine Bordallo
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-647, Part I. on 12/08/2014