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Paid Vacation Act

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to require that employers provide a minimum of 1 week of paid annual leave to employees. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Paid Vacation Act 2. Entitlement to vacation Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act ( 29 U.S.C. 207 (c) (1) Beginning on the date of enactment of the Paid Vacation Act (2) Beginning on the date that is 3 years after the date of enactment of the Paid Vacation Act (3) An eligible employee shall provide the employer with not less than 30 days' notice, before the date the paid vacation under paragraph (1) or (2) is to begin, of the employee's intention to take paid vacation under such paragraph, and identify the date such paid vacation shall begin. (4) For purposes of this subsection— (A) the term eligible employee (B) the term 1 workweek of paid vacation (5) The exemptions to this section provided in section 13 shall not apply to this subsection. . 3. Public awareness campaign by Department of Labor The Secretary of Labor is authorized to conduct a public awareness campaign, through the Internet and other media, to inform the public of the entitlement to leave afforded by this Act. There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the public awareness campaign. 4. Study on productivity The Secretary of Labor shall conduct a study on workplace productivity and the effect on productivity of the leave requirement in this Act. The study shall also address any benefits to public health and psychological well-being as a result of such leave. Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report containing the findings of the study, and shall publish such findings on the website of the Department of Labor.

Summary: Paid Vacation Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to require: (1) upon enactment of this Act, each employer who employs 100 or more employees to provide each employee one week of paid vacation during each 12-month period; and (2) beginning three years after enactment of this Act, each employer who employs 50 or more employees to provide each employee one week of paid vacation during each 12-month period, and each employer that employs 100 or more employees to provide each employee two weeks paid vacation during each 12-month period, beginning on the employee's first anniversary of employment. Requires an employee to provide the employer not less than 30 days' prior notice of his or her intent to take paid vacation, including the date the paid vacation will begin. Requires the Secretary of Labor to conduct: (1) a public awareness campaign, through the Internet and other media, to inform the public of the entitlement to paid leave under the Act; and (2) a study on workplace productivity and the effect of paid leave on such productivity.
To provide for an accounting of total United States contributions to the United Nations.

To provide for an accounting of total United States contributions to the United Nations. 1. Report on United States contributions to the United Nations (a) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to Congress a report on all assessed and voluntary contributions, including in-kind, of the United States Government to the United Nations and its affiliated agencies and related bodies during the previous fiscal year. (b) Content The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following elements: (1) The total amount of all assessed and voluntary contributions, including in-kind, of the United States Government to the United Nations and its affiliated agencies and related bodies during the previous fiscal year. (2) The approximate percentage of United States Government contributions to each United Nations affiliated agency or body in such fiscal year when compared with all contributions to each such agency or body from any source in such fiscal year. (3) For each such United States Government contribution— (A) the amount of each such contribution; (B) a description of each such contribution (including whether assessed or voluntary); (C) the department or agency of the United States Government responsible for each such contribution; (D) the purpose of each such contribution; and (E) the United Nations or its affiliated agency or related body receiving the contribution. (c) Scope of initial report The first report required under subsection (a) shall include the information required under this section for the previous three fiscal years. (d) Public availability of information Not later than 14 days after submitting a report required under subsection (a), the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall post a public version of the report on a text-based, searchable, and publicly available Internet Web site.

Summary: Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to report annually to Congress regarding all assessed and voluntary U.S. contributions to the United Nations (U.N.) and its affiliated agencies and related bodies during the previous fiscal year. Requires the report to include the following: (1) the total amount of all assessed and voluntary U.S. contributions to the U.N. and its affiliated agencies and related bodies; (2) the approximate percentage of U.S. contributions to each such agency or body in a fiscal year when compared with all such contributions in that fiscal year; and (3) the amount, description, and purpose of each contribution, the identity of the donating U.S. department or agency, and the identity of the recipient U.N. agency or body. Requires the first report to include information for the previous three fiscal years. Requires OMB to post a version of such report on a publicly available Internet website.
To require retail establishments that use mobile device tracking technology to display notices to that effect.

To require retail establishments that use mobile device tracking technology to display notices to that effect. 1. Notices regarding use of mobile device tracking technology by retail establishments (a) In general A person who owns or operates a retail establishment and uses mobile device tracking technology in such establishment shall display in a prominent location in such establishment a notice that such technology is in use and that individuals can avoid being tracked by turning off their mobile devices. (b) Regulations Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall promulgate regulations under section 553 2. Enforcement by Federal Trade Commission (a) Unfair or deceptive acts or practices A violation of section 1(a) or a regulation promulgated pursuant to section 1(b) shall be treated as an unfair or deceptive act or practice in violation of a regulation under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)) regarding unfair or deceptive acts or practices. (b) Powers of Commission The Federal Trade Commission shall enforce this Act in the same manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act ( 15 U.S.C. 41 et seq. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Mobile device The term mobile device (A) a mobile telephone; or (B) any device that uses or provides access to commercial mobile data service (as defined in section 6001 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1401)). (2) Mobile device tracking technology The term mobile device tracking technology 4. Effective date This Act shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Requires a person who owns or operates a retail establishment and uses mobile device tracking technology in the establishment to display in a prominent location a notice that such technology is in use and that individuals can avoid being tracked by turning off their mobile devices. Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate regulations to implement such requirement. Provides for FTC enforcement of violations.
Helping Communities Rebuild After Deadly School Shootings and Other Traumatic Events Act

To provide financial assistance for school construction after a violent or traumatic crisis. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Helping Communities Rebuild After Deadly School Shootings and Other Traumatic Events Act 2. Grant authority for school construction Section 4121 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7131 (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph (10); (B) in paragraph (8), by striking and (C) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following: (9) from the funds appropriated under subsection (c), and notwithstanding section 4154(1), the provision of financial assistance (not to exceed 50 percent of the total cost specified in the application) for a local educational agency that has an application approved by the Secretary and serves a school in which the learning environment has been disrupted due to a violent or traumatic crisis that took place on the school campus, to enable such local educational agency to carry out— (A) the acquisition (by purchase, lease, donation, or otherwise) of an interest in improved or unimproved real property that the local educational agency deems necessary to commence or continue an appropriate learning environment in a public elementary or secondary school, as a result of damage incurred by a violent or traumatic crisis; and (B) the construction of new facilities, or the renovation, repair, or alteration of existing facilities, that the local educational agency deems necessary to commence or continue an appropriate learning environment in a public elementary or secondary school, as a result of damage incurred by a violent or traumatic crisis; and ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (c) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the activities described in subsection (a)(9) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years. Funds made available to carry out subsection (a)(9) shall remain available until expended. .

Summary: Helping Communities Rebuild After Deadly School Shootings and Other Traumatic Events Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to fund certain actions they deem necessary to improve the learning environment at a school that has experienced a violent or traumatic crisis on campus. Requires LEAs to use that grant to: (1) acquire real property; (2) construct new facilities; or (3) renovate, repair, or alter existing facilities for an elementary and secondary school that has experienced such a crisis. Prohibits the grant from covering more than 50% of an LEA's cost in taking such actions.
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the National Urban Search and Rescue System.

To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the National Urban Search and Rescue System. 1. Addition of team to national urban search and rescue system (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, demonstrated the importance of enhancing national domestic terrorism preparedness. (2) Twenty-six of the 28 urban search and rescue teams included in the National Urban Search and Rescue System of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were called into action in the wake of the events of September 11th. (3) Highly qualified, urban search and rescue teams not included in the National Urban Search and Rescue System were the first teams in New York City on September 11th. (4) The continuing threat of a possible domestic terrorist attack remains an important mission for which the Nation must prepare to respond. (5) Part of that response should be to increase the number of urban search and rescue teams included in the National Urban Search and Rescue System. (b) Addition of new jersey task force 1 The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the National Urban Search and Rescue System.

Summary: Requires the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the National Urban Search and Rescue System.
ITEP Act of 2013

To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 to extend the pilot program for the temporary exchange of information technology personnel. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Information Technology Exchange Program Act of 2013 ITEP Act of 2013 2. Extension of exchange program (a) In general Section 1110(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 ( 5 U.S.C. 3702 2013 2023 (b) Reporting requirement Section 1110(i) of such Act is amended by striking 2015, 2024,

Summary: Information Technology Exchange Program Act of 2013 or ITEP Act of 2013 - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 to extend through FY2023 a pilot program for the temporary exchange of information technology personnel between the Department of Defense (DOD) and the private sector. Extends a related reporting requirement.
To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing for acts of valor during the Civil War.

To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing for acts of valor during the Civil War. 1. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) Alonzo H. Cushing was born in Delafield, Wisconsin, on January 19, 1841. (2) Alonzo H. Cushing graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, on June 24, 1861. (3) On July 3, 1863, First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing commanded Battery A, 4th United States Artillery, Army of the Potomac, in the defense of the Angle (4) During the battle, First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing was shot multiple times, but refused to retreat. (5) First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing continued to command his battery until he was shot and killed. (6) The Union victory at the Battle of Gettysburg was one of the key turning points in the Civil War. (7) The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of Defense have determined that the actions of First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing do merit the award of the Medal of Honor. 2. Authorization for award of the Medal of Honor to First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing for acts of valor during the Civil War (a) Authorization Notwithstanding the time limitations specified in section 3744 (b) Acts of valor described The acts of valor referred to in subsection (a) are the actions of then First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing while in command of Battery A, 4th United States Artillery, Army of the Potomac, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on July 3, 1863, during the American Civil War.

Summary: Authorizes and requests the President to award the Medal of Honor to First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing for acts of valor during the Civil War.
Foster Youth Higher Education Opportunities Act

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide information to foster youth on their potential eligibility for Federal student aid. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Foster Youth Higher Education Opportunities Act 2. Informing foster youth of their potential eligibility for Federal student aid Section 483 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1090 (i) Informing foster youth of their potential eligibility for Federal student aid The Secretary shall inform each student who indicates on a FAFSA form, in either paper or electronic format, that the student is a foster youth or was in the foster care system of the student's potential eligibility for Federal student aid, including the specific Federal programs under which such student may be eligible to receive assistance such as the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program under section 477 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 677 . 3. Information for foster youth on Department Web site Section 485E(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1092f(b) (5) Information for foster youth on department Web site The Secretary shall include on the Department's Web site information for foster youth regarding such youth's potential eligibility for Federal student aid, including the specific Federal programs under which such youth may be eligible to receive assistance. .

Summary: Foster Youth Higher Education Opportunities Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to inform students who indicate on their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form that they are or were in the foster care system of their potential eligibility for federal student aid, including the specific federal programs under which they may be eligible for assistance. Requires the Secretary to provide foster youth with that same information on the Department of Education's website.
Medicaid Newborn Coverage Act of 2013

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to waive the requirement for proof of citizenship during the first year of life for children born in the United States to a Medicaid-eligible mother. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicaid Newborn Coverage Act of 2013 2. Waiver of requirement of proof of citizenship during first year of life for children born in the United States to a Medicaid-eligible mother (a) In general Section 1903(x)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396b(x)(2) (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph: (D) and is a child born to a woman eligible for and receiving medical assistance under this title on the date of the child’s birth, without regard to the child’s basis of eligibility for medical assistance, but only with respect to medical assistance for items and services furnished during the child’s first year of life; . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and section 1903(x)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act, as inserted by subsection (a)(2), shall apply to children born on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Medicaid Newborn Coverage Act of 2013 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to waive the requirement for proof of citizenship during the first year of life for children born in the United States to a Medicaid-eligible mother.
Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2013

To provide the Department of Justice with additional tools to target extraterritorial drug trafficking activity, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2013 2. Possession, manufacture or distribution for purposes of unlawful importations Section 1009 of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act ( 21 U.S.C. 959 (1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and (2) in subsection (a), by striking It shall (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture or distribute a listed chemical— (1) intending or knowing that the listed chemical will be used to manufacture a controlled substance; and (2) intending, knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe that the controlled substance will be unlawfully imported into the United States. . 3. Trafficking in counterfeit goods or services Chapter 113 (1) in section 2318(b)(2), by striking section 2320(e) section 2320(f) (2) in section 2320— (A) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following: (4) traffics in a drug and knowingly uses a counterfeit mark on or in connection with such drug, ; (B) in subsection (b)(3), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking counterfeit drug drug that uses a counterfeit mark on or in connection with the drug (C) in subsection (f), by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the following: (6) the term drug 21 U.S.C. 321 .

Summary: Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2013 - Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to prohibit the manufacture or distribution of a controlled substance in schedule I or II, flunitrazepam, or a listed chemical by individuals having reasonable cause to believe that such substance or chemical will be unlawfully imported into the United States or into waters within 12 miles of the U.S. coast. Prohibits the manufacture or distribution of a listed chemical: (1) intending or knowing that it will be used to manufacture a controlled substance; and (2) intending, knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe that the substance will be unlawfully imported into the United States. Amends the federal criminal code to revise the prohibition against, and penalties for, intentionally trafficking in a counterfeit drug to apply to intentionally trafficking in a drug and knowingly using a counterfeit mark on or in connection with such drug.