Savings, Accountability, Value, and Efficiency III Act of 2014
Latest action · Aug 15, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 17, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Savings, Accountability, Value, and Efficiency III Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue software licensing policies for federal agencies.
Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to expand the definition of "energy or water conservation measure" under such Act to include, in the case of a contract in which the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is a party: (1) the purchase or lease of low emission and fuel efficient vehicles; (2) the upgrade of USPS vehicles to increase average fuel economy and reduce carbon dioxide emissions; or (3) the construction of infrastructure to support such vehicles, including electric vehicle charging stations.
Directs the Postmaster General to develop guidelines for USPS vehicles that provide for specified carbon dioxide emissions and fuel economy standards.
Requires the head of each federal agency to ensure that agency desktop computers are shut down for at least 4 hours out of each 24-hour time period, except for certain computers that are in use for 16 or more hours per day.
Denies payment of civil service retirement benefits and requires forfeiture of thrift saving plan (TSP) agency contributions for federal employees who are convicted of certain public corruption offenses.
Requires the Secretary of Defense to implement specified criteria in requests for overseas contingency operations.
Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to direct each federal facility energy manager, not later than two years after completion of a comprehensive energy evaluation of a federal agency's facilities, to consider: (1) implementing any energy-saving or conservation measure that the agency identified in the evaluation that is life cycle cost-effective, and (2) bundling individual measures of varying paybacks together into combined projects.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to examine, and report to Congress on, which payments may be made under both the Medicare Advantage Program and the veterans health care system or the TRICARE program for health care furnished to individuals eligible under such health care programs.
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare beneficiaries with an option to receive statements of benefits in a electronic format.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 17, 2014.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Jul 17, 2014 |
| R-FL | David W. Jolly | Original | Jul 17, 2014 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Jul 17, 2014 |
| D-UT | Jim Matheson | Original | Jul 17, 2014 |
| D-FL | Joe Garcia | Original | Jul 17, 2014 |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Original | Jul 17, 2014 |
| R-NC | Mark Meadows | Original | Jul 17, 2014 |
| R-SC | Mick Mulvaney | Original | Jul 17, 2014 |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Original | Jul 17, 2014 |
| R-SC | Tom Rice | Original | Jul 17, 2014 |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Original | Jul 17, 2014 |
Committees 5
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jul 17, 2014 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jul 17, 2014 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jul 18, 2014 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Jul 17, 2014 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jul 17, 2014 |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 17, 2014 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Aug 15, 2014 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 15, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 18, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 17, 2014Introduced in House
- Jul 17, 2014Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, Ways and Means, and Veterans' Affairs, 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H6399.
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1308 | Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2013 | Related bill | Jul 16, 2013 |
| HR 2689 | Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2014 | Related bill | Nov 19, 2014 |
| HR 3963 | FLEET Act | Related bill | Feb 7, 2014 |
| HR 4853 | Better Efficiency and Administrative Simplification Act of 2014 | Related bill | Jun 13, 2014 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To save the Federal Government money by reducing duplication and increasing efficiency, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Savings, Accountability, Value, and Efficiency III Act of 2014
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Air quality
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Defense spending
- Department of Defense
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government studies and investigations
- Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
- Licensing and registrations
- Medicare
- Military facilities and property
- Military medicine
- Military operations and strategy
- Oil and gas
- Organized crime
- Postal service
- Public contracts and procurement
- U.S. Postal Service
- Veterans' medical care
- Violent crime
- Water use and supply
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 17, 2014Introduced in House
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