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Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2013

To amend rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to improve attorney accountability, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2013 2. Attorney accountability (a) Sanctions under Rule 11 Rule 11(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking may shall (2) in paragraph (2), by striking Rule 5 motion. rule 5. (3) in paragraph (4), by striking situated situated, and to compensate the parties that were injured by such conduct. Subject to the limitations in paragraph (5), the sanction shall consist of an order to pay to the party or parties the amount of the reasonable expenses incurred as a direct result of the violation, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs. The court may also impose additional appropriate sanctions, such as striking the pleadings, dismissing the suit, or other directives of a nonmonetary nature, or, if warranted for effective deterrence, an order directing payment of a penalty into the court (b) Rule of Construction Nothing in this Act or an amendment made by this Act shall be construed to bar or impede the assertion or development of new claims, defenses, or remedies under Federal, State, or local laws, including civil rights laws, or under the Constitution of the United States.

Summary: Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2013 - Amends the sanctions provisions in Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to require the court to impose an appropriate sanction on any attorney, law firm, or party that has violated, or is responsible for the violation of, the rule with regard to representations to the court. Requires any sanction to compensate parties injured by the conduct in question. Removes a provision that prohibits filing a motion for sanctions if the challenged paper, claim, defense, contention, or denial is withdrawn or appropriately corrected within 21 days after service or within another time the court sets. Authorizes the court to impose additional sanctions, including striking the pleadings, dismissing the suit, nonmonetary directives, or penalty payments if warranted for effective deterrence.
A bill to retain the existing vehicle weight limitations for vehicles traveling along any segment of U.S. Highway 78 within Mississippi after such segment is incorporated into the Interstate Highway System.

To retain the existing vehicle weight limitations for vehicles traveling along any segment of U.S. Highway 78 within Mississippi after such segment is incorporated into the Interstate Highway System. 1. Retention of vehicle weight limitations on U.S. Highway 78 Section 127(a) (1) by redesignating paragraph (12) as paragraph (13); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (11) the following: (12) With respect to all segments of the Interstate Highway System within Mississippi that were previously designated as U.S. Highway 78, the single axle weight, tandem axle weight, gross vehicle weight, and bridge formula limits set forth in paragraph (2) shall not apply to a vehicle using any such segment if the vehicle could have legally operated on such segment before it was designated as part of the Interstate Highway System. .

Summary: Permits the continued operation of trucks on any segment of U.S. Highway 78 in Mississippi designated as a highway on the Interstate System. Prohibits application of federal weight limitations to those trucks that could operate legally on such a segment before that designation.
Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2013

To protect victims of stalking from gun violence. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2013 2. Addition of dating partners and individuals subject to restraining orders (a) Definition Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (32) and inserting the following: (32) The term intimate partner (A) means with respect to a person, the spouse of the person, a former spouse of the person, an individual who is a parent of a child of the person, and an individual who cohabitates or has cohabited with the person; and (B) includes— (i) a dating partner (as defined in section 2266); and (ii) any other person similarly situated to a spouse who is protected by the domestic or family violence laws of the State or tribal jurisdiction in which the injury occurred or where the victim resides. ; and (2) in paragraph (33)(A)(ii)— (A) by inserting intimate partner, former spouse, (B) by inserting intimate partner, a spouse, (b) Addition of stalking Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (8)(ii), by striking or (B) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or (C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following: (10) has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of stalking. ; and (2) in subsection (g)— (A) in paragraph (8)(C)(ii), by striking or (B) in paragraph (9), by striking the comma at the end and inserting ; or (C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following: (10) has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of stalking, .

Summary: Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2013 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to revise the definition of: (1) "intimate partner" to include a dating partner and any other person similarly situated to a spouse who is protected by the domestic or family violence laws of the state or tribal jurisdiction in which the injury occurred or where the victim resides; and (2) "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence” to include the use or attempted use of physical force or a deadly weapon by a current or former intimate partner. Prohibits: (1) the sale or other disposition of a firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of stalking; and (2) the shipment or possession of a firearm or ammunition in interstate or foreign commerce, or the receipt of a firearm or ammunition that has been transported in interstate or foreign commerce, by an individual who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of stalking.
Defund Obamacare Act of 2013

To prohibit the funding of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Defund Obamacare Act of 2013 2. Prohibition on funding (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds shall be made available to carry out any provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) or title I and subtitle B of title II of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 ( Public Law 111–152 (b) Limitation No entitlement to benefits under any provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Public Law 111–148 (c) Unobligated balances Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all unobligated balances available under the provisions of law referred to in subsection (a) are hereby rescinded. July 16 (legislative day, July 15), 2013 Read the second time and placed on the calendar

Summary: Defund Obamacare Act of 2013 - Prohibits any federal funds from being made available to carry out the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Prohibits any entitlement to benefits under such provisions from remaining in effect on and after the date of the enactment of this Act. Prohibits any payments from being awarded, owed, or made to any state, district, or territory under any such provision. Rescinds any unobligated balances available under such provisions.
Tennessee Wilderness Act

To designate as wilderness certain public land in the Cherokee National Forest in the State of Tennessee, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tennessee Wilderness Act 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Map The term Map Proposed Wilderness Areas and Additions-Cherokee National Forest (2) Secretary The term Secretary (3) State The term State 3. Additions to Cherokee National Forest (a) Designation of wilderness In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following parcels of Federal land in the Cherokee National Forest in the State of Tennessee are designated as wilderness and as additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Certain land comprising approximately 9,038 acres, as generally depicted as the Upper Bald River Wilderness Upper Bald River Wilderness (2) Certain land comprising approximately 348 acres, as generally depicted as the Big Frog Addition (3) Certain land comprising approximately 630 acres, as generally depicted as the Little Frog Mountain Addition NW (4) Certain land comprising approximately 336 acres, as generally depicted as the Little Frog Mountain Addition NE (5) Certain land comprising approximately 2,922 acres, as generally depicted as the Sampson Mountain Addition (6) Certain land comprising approximately 4,446 acres, as generally depicted as the Big Laurel Branch Addition (7) Certain land comprising approximately 1,836 acres, as generally depicted as the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Addition (b) Maps and legal descriptions (1) In general As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file maps and legal descriptions of the wilderness areas designated by subsection (a) with the appropriate committees of Congress. (2) Public availability The maps and legal descriptions filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief of the Forest Service and the office of the Supervisor of the Cherokee National Forest. (3) Force of law The maps and legal descriptions filed under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct typographical errors in the maps and descriptions. (c) Administration Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal land designated as wilderness by subsection (a) shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq. April 8, 2014 Reported without amendment

Summary: Tennessee Wilderness Act - Designates specified federal lands in Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee as wilderness and as additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System.
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide veterans with notice, when veterans electronically file claims for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary, that relevant services may be available from veterans service organizations, and for other purposes.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide veterans with notice, when veterans electronically file claims for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary, that relevant services may be available from veterans service organizations, and for other purposes. 1. Notice to veterans filing claims electronically of availability of services from veterans service organizations (a) In general Subchapter I of chapter 51 5103B. Notice to claimants filing claims electronically of availability of services from veterans service organizations (a) In general (1) To the degree practicable, the Secretary shall, during and as part of any electronic filing process established by the Secretary for the filing of applications for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary— (A) notify each claimant, or a representative of the claimant, who is filing an application for a benefit under a law administered by the Secretary using such electronic filing process that services may be available to the claimant from veterans service organizations with respect to the application or the benefit for which the claimant is applying; and (B) provide such claimant or representative with a list of veterans service organizations that provide such services. (2) When providing a list of veterans service organizations to a claimant or representative under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include contact information for each veterans service organization and, whenever applicable, the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the Internet website of each organization. (b) Collaboration To the degree practicable, the Secretary shall collaborate with veterans service organizations in carrying out this section. (c) Veterans service organization defined In this section, the term veterans service organization . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 51 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 5103A the following new item: 5103B. Notice to claimants filing claims electronically of availability of services from veterans service organizations. .

Summary: Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, during and as part of any electronic process for the filing of applications for benefits provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), to: (1) notify each claimant or claimant representative that application services may be available from veterans service organizations (VSOs), and (2) provide such claimant or representative with a list of such VSOs.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to adjust the limits on expensing of certain depreciable business assets.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to adjust the limits on expensing of certain depreciable business assets. 1. Expensing certain depreciable business assets (a) In general Section 179(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking $25,000 $250,000 (2) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking $200,000 $800,000 (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013.

Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase, for taxable years beginning after 2013: (1) the limitation on the amount of the expensing allowance for depreciable business assets from $25,000 to $200,000, and (2) the threshold amount over which such expensing allowance is reduced from $200,000 to $800,000.
A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to the operation of vehicles on certain Wisconsin highways, and for other purposes.

To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to the operation of vehicles on certain Wisconsin highways, and for other purposes. 1. Operation of vehicles on certain Wisconsin highways Section 127 (j) Operation of vehicles on certain Wisconsin highways If any segment of the United States Route 41 corridor, as described in section 1105(c)(57) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032; 119 Stat. 1211) is designated as a route on the Interstate System, a vehicle that could operate legally on that segment before the date of that designation may continue to operate on that segment, without regard to any requirement under subsection (a). .

Summary: Permits the continued operation of trucks on any segment of the U.S. Route 41 corridor in Wisconsin designated as a route on the Interstate System that could operate legally on such segment before that designation without regard to federal weight limitation requirements.
A bill to amend certain appropriations Acts to repeal the requirement directing the Administrator of General Services to sell Federal property and assets that support the operations of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center in Plum Island, New York, and for other purposes.

To amend certain appropriations Acts to repeal the requirement directing the Administrator of General Services to sell Federal property and assets that support the operations of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center in Plum Island, New York, and for other purposes. 1. Repeal of requirement to sell certain Federal property in Plum Island, New York (a) Repeal of requirement in Public Law 110–329 Section 540 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009 (division D of Public Law 110–329 (b) Repeal of requirement in Public Law 112–74 Section 538 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 ( 6 U.S.C. 190

Summary: Repeals provisions of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009, and the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012, authorizing the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to direct the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to sell all real and personal property and transportation assets of the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility at Plum Island, New York.
Lake Hill Administrative Site Affordable Housing Act

To provide for the conveyance of the Forest Service Lake Hill Administrative Site in Summit County, Colorado. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Lake Hill Administrative Site Affordable Housing Act 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) County The term County (2) Lake Hill Administrative Site The term Lake Hill Administrative Site Lake Hill Administrative Site (3) Secretary The term Secretary 3. Conveyance of Forest Service Lake Hill Administrative Site, Summit County, Colorado (a) Conveyance authority Upon receipt of an offer from the County in which the County agrees to the condition imposed by subsection (c), the Secretary shall use the authority provided by the Forest Service Facility Realignment and Enhancement Act of 2005 ( Public Law 109–54 (b) Application of law (1) Treatment as administrative site The Lake Hill Administrative Site is considered to be an administrative site under section 502(1)(A) of the Forest Service Facility Realignment and Enhancement Act of 2005 ( Public Law 109–54 16 U.S.C. 580d (2) Exception Section 502(1)(C) of that Act does not apply to the conveyance of the Lake Hill Administrative Site. (c) Costs The County shall be responsible for processing and transaction costs related to the direct sale under subsection (a).

Summary: Lake Hill Administrative Site Affordable Housing Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), upon receiving an offer from Summit County, Colorado, in which the county agrees to be responsible for the costs specified below, to convey to the county all interest of the United States in the approximately 40 acres of National Forest System land in the county identified as the Lake Hill Administrative Site. Makes Summit County responsible for the processing and transaction costs related to such direct sale of such Site.
CFPB-IG Act of 2013

To require Senate confirmation of Inspector General of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection-Inspector General Reform Act of 2013 CFPB-IG Act of 2013 2. Appointment of Inspector General The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— (1) in section 8G— (A) in subsection (a)(2), by striking and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (B) in subsection (c), by striking For the purposes of implementing this section (C) in subsection (g)(3), by striking and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (2) in section 12— (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection; the President of the Import-Export Bank; (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, the Import-Export Bank,

Summary: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection-Inspector General Reform Act of 2013 or CFPB-IG Act of 2013 - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to repeal the authority of the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to appoint the Inspector General of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Requires the CFPB Inspector General to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2013

To amend title 5, United States Code, to limit the circumstances in which official time may be used by a Federal employee. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2013 2. Repeal of certain provisions relating to official time Section 7131 (1) by striking subsections (a) and (c); (2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (d) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively; and (3) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated by paragraph (2)), by striking Except as provided in the preceding subsections of this section— Except as provided in subsection (a)—

Summary: Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2013 - Repeals provisions: (1) authorizing a federal employee representing an exclusive representative in the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement official time for such purpose during the time such employee otherwise would be in a duty status; and (2) requiring the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) to determine whether any employee participating for, or on behalf of, a labor organization in any phase of proceedings before it shall be authorized official time for that purpose.
Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act of 2013

To prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from enforcing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act of 2013 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) On May 10, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service admitted that it singled out advocacy groups, based on ideology, seeking tax-exempt status. (2) This action raises pertinent questions about the agency’s ability to implement and oversee the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Public Law 111–148 Public Law 111–152 (3) This action could be an indication of future Internal Revenue Service abuses in relation to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, given that it is their responsibility to enforce a key provision, the individual mandate. (4) Americans accept the principle that patients, families, and doctors should be making medical decisions, not the Federal Government. 3. Prohibiting enforcement of PPACA and HCERA The Secretary of the Treasury, or any delegate of the Secretary, shall not implement or enforce any provisions of or amendments made by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148) or the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–152). July 18, 2013 Read the second time and placed on the calendar

Summary: Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury, or any delegate of the Secretary, from implementing or enforcing any provisions of or amendments made by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2013

To repeal the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act of 2013 2. Repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board Effective as of the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Public Law 111–148 July 18, 2013 Read the second time and placed on the calendar

Summary: Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2013 - Repeals sections of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care (PPACA) (and restores provisions of law amended by such sections) related to the establishment of an Independent Payment Advisory Board to develop and submit detailed proposals to reduce the per capita rate of growth in Medicare spending to the President for Congress to consider.