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Rural Hospital Fairness Act of 2013

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend for one year the hold harmless provision for small rural hospitals and sole community hospitals under the Medicare prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Hospital Fairness Act of 2013 2. One-year extension of outpatient hold harmless provision (a) In general Section 1833(t)(7)(D)(i) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395l(t)(7)(D)(i) Public Law 112–96 (1) in subclause (II)— (A) in the first sentence, by striking January 1, 2013 January 1, 2014 (B) in the second sentence, by striking or 2012 , 2012, or 2013 (2) in subclause (III)— (A) in the first sentence, by striking January 1, 2013 January 1, 2014 (B) in the second sentence, by striking March 1, 2012 January 1, 2014 (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 3002 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–96).

Summary: Rural Hospital Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, to extend from January 1, 2013 to January 1, 2014, specified "hold harmless" payments for small rural hospitals and sole community hospitals under the Medicare prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services.
Stolen Valor Act of 2013

To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to fraudulent representations about having received military declarations or medals. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stolen Valor Act of 2013 2. Fraudulent representations about receipt of military decorations or medals (a) In general Section 704 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking wears, (2) so that subsection (b) reads as follows: (b) Fraudulent representations about receipt of military decorations or medals Whoever, with intent to obtain money, property, or other tangible benefit, fraudulently holds oneself out to be a recipient of a decoration or medal described in subsection (c)(2) or (d) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than one year, or both. . (b) Addition of certain other medals Section 704(d) (1) by striking If a decoration (1) In general If a decoration ; (2) by inserting a combat badge, 1129 of title 10, (3) by adding at the end the following: (2) Combat badge defined In this subsection, the term combat badge . (c) Conforming amendment Section 704 or (b) May 20, 2013 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Summary: Stolen Valor Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to rewrite provisions relating to fraudulent claims about military service to subject to a fine, imprisonment for not more than one year, or both an individual who, with intent to obtain money, property, or other tangible benefit, fraudulently holds himself or herself out to be a recipient of: a Congressional Medal of Honor, a distinguished-service cross, a Navy cross, an Air Force cross, a silver star, a Purple Heart, a Combat Infantryman's Badge, a Combat Action Badge, a Combat Medical Badge, a Combat Action Ribbon, a Combat Action Medal, or any replacement or duplicate medal for such medal as authorized by law.
Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2013

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to permit requirements for dredged or fill material. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2013 2. Permits for dredged or fill material Section 404(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1344(f) (1) in paragraph (1), by striking Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the discharge The discharge (2) in paragraph (2), by striking having as its purpose bringing an area of the navigable waters into a use to which it was not previously subject, where the flow or circulation of navigable waters may be impaired or the reach of such waters be reduced, having as its purpose bringing an area into a use not described in paragraph (1)

Summary: Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to replace a requirement that a permit be obtained for any discharge of dredged or fill material into the navigable waters incidental to any activity having as its purpose bringing an area of such waters into a use to which it was not previously subject and where the flow or circulation of such waters may be impaired or the reach of such waters may be reduced with a requirement that a permit be obtained for any such discharge that is not currently exempted from permit requirements.
PATENT Jobs Act

To end the application of sequestration to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Patents and Trademarks Encourage New Technology Jobs Act PATENT Jobs Act 2. Termination of sequestration in fiscal year 2013 for the Patent and Trademark Office Notwithstanding the Presidential order issued on March 1, 2013, under section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 901a 3. Exemption from sequestration in fiscal years 2014 through 2021 (a) In general Section 255(g)(1)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act is amended by adding at the end the following: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (13–1006–0–1–376). . (b) Application The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to any sequestration order issued by the President under section 254 of such Act.

Summary: Patents and Trademarks Encourage New Technology Jobs Act or the PATENT Jobs Act - Requires, notwithstanding the presidential sequestration order issued on March 1, 2013, that the budgetary resources sequestered with respect to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) be available for obligation for the same purpose and in the same manner as if such order had not been issued. Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to expand the list of budget accounts exempt from reduction under certain sequestration orders issued by the President to include the USPTO.
To reauthorize the matching grant program for school security in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.

To reauthorize the matching grant program for school security in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. 1. Matching grant program for school security Part AA of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797a et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 2701— (A) in subsection (a), by striking and other deterrent measures , other deterrent measures, and emergency notification and response technologies (B) in subsection (b)— (i) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and (ii) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following: (5) Acquisition and installation of technology for expedited notification of local law enforcement during an emergency. ; and (2) in section 2705, by striking 2001 through 2009 2014 through 2018

Summary: Amends the the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) authorize appropriations for the matching grant program for school security through FY2018, and (2) authorize such grants to be used for emergency notification and response technologies and the acquisition and installation of technology for expedited notification of local law enforcement during an emergency.
Higher Education and Employment Transparency Act

To require institutions of higher education to provide students with information from the Occupational Employment Statistics program and the Occupational Outlook Handbook of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Higher Education and Employment Transparency Act 2. Occupational Employment Statistics (a) Requirements for the Secretary of Education Section 132(i)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1015a(i)(1) (1) in subparagraph (V), by adding at the end the following new clause: (iv) Placement information required to be provided by the institution under section 485(a)(R), as amended by the Higher Education and Employment Transparency Act, with respect to graduates of the institution’s degree or certificate programs. ; and (2) in subparagraph (W), by inserting before the period at the end the following: and a link to the appropriate section of such website that provides information from the Occupational Employment Statistics program and the Occupational Outlook Handbook of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (b) Requirements for institutions of higher education (1) Institutional and financial assistance information for students Section 485(a)(R) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1092(a)(R)) is amended by inserting after , certificate programs, including whether such employment is paid or unpaid and whether such employment requires any postsecondary education (2) Program participation agreements Section 487(a) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (30) The institution will provide a link prominently, and near any institutional statistics (such as job placement rates), on the institution’s website to the appropriate section of the Bureau of Labor Statistics website that provides information from the Occupational Employment Statistics program and the Occupational Outlook Handbook of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. . (3) Effective date The amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be effective for academic year 2013–2014 and succeeding academic years.

Summary: Higher Education and Employment Transparency Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make publicly available on the College Navigator website the job placement information that schools who are participating in that Act's title IV (Student Assistance) programs are required to provide to prospective and enrolled students. Requires those schools to supplement that job placement information by indicating whether or not the jobs their graduates obtain are paid jobs or require any postsecondary education. Requires those schools to include on their websites, and the Secretary to include on the College Navigator website, a link to the appropriate section of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) website that provides information from the Occupational Employment Statistics program and the Occupational Outlook Handbook of the BLS.
Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2013

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to enhance the use of Juvenile Accountability Block Grants for programs to prevent and address occurrences of bullying and to reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2013 2. Bullying prevention and intervention programs; Reauthorization of juvenile accountability block grants (a) Bullying prevention and intervention (1) In general Paragraph (13) of section 1801(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3796ee(b) (13) establishing and maintaining accountability-based programs that are designed to enhance school safety, which programs may include research-based bullying prevention, cyberbullying prevention, and gang prevention programs, as well as intervention programs regarding bullying; . (2) Sense of Congress It is the sense of the Congress that the use of best practices is encouraged for all activities for which grants under part R of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 may be used. (b) Reauthorization of Juvenile Accountability Block Grants Section 1810(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796ee–10(a)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: and such funds as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018

Summary: Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) expand the juvenile accountability block grant program with respect to programs for the prevention of bullying to include intervention programs, and (2) authorize appropriations for such grant program for FY2014-FY2018. Encourages the use of best practices for all activities under such grant program.
Freedom of Travel Act of 2013

To prohibit the Transportation Security Administration from performing security screening operations for surface transportation, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Freedom of Travel Act of 2013 2. Limitation on authorities of the Transportation Security Administration (a) Prohibition Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Transportation Security Administration may not perform security screening operations other than pursuant to sections 44901 44935 (b) Nullification of other Federal laws Any Act authorizing the Transportation Security Administration to perform security screening operations not described in subsection (a) shall have no force or effect. (c) VIPR teams Section 1303 of Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 ( 6 U.S.C. 1112 Public Law 110–53

Summary: Freedom of Travel Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from performing any security screening operations except: (1) screening passengers and property; and (2) prescribing standards for the employment of air carrier personnel and, as appropriate, airport security personnel. Nullifies any Act authorizing the TSA to perform any other security screening operations. Amends the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 to repeal the authority of the DHS Secretary, acting through the TSA Administrator, to develop Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR) teams to augment security of public transportation.
Cost-Benefit and Regulatory Transparency Enhancement Act of 2013

To require reports on the results of and methods used to calculate any cost-benefit or regulatory impact analysis, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cost-Benefit and Regulatory Transparency Enhancement Act of 2013 2. Cost-benefit and regulatory impact report requirement (a) In general As soon as practicable after the completion by an agency of any cost-benefit or regulatory impact analysis used to promulgate rules or guidelines or to determine administrative actions, the head of the agency, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget— (1) shall submit to the relevant committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the result of and methods (including any key method) used to calculate the cost-benefit or regulatory impact analysis; and (2) shall publish such report in the Federal Register. (b) Interim period (1) In general Any cost-benefit or regulatory impact analysis that is the subject of a report submitted pursuant to subsection (a) may not be finalized during the 60-day period starting on the date of submission of the report. (2) Waiver authority The head of the agency concerned may waive the 60-day period described in paragraph (1) in an emergency situation. (c) Valuation of Benefits During the 60-day period described in subsection (b)(1), the potential benefits of each cost-benefit or regulatory impact analysis shall be appropriately informed through the following: (1) An opportunity for public comment on the results of the cost-benefit or regulatory impact analysis. (2) Agency consideration of public comments. (3) A summary of public comments and agency responses in the Federal Register. (d) Definitions In this section: (1) Agency The term agency section 551 section 3502(5) (2) Key method The term key method

Summary: Cost-Benefit and Regulatory Transparency Enhancement Act of 2013 - Requires the head of a federal agency, after completing any cost-benefit or regulatory impact analysis used to promulgate rules or guidelines or to determine administrative actions, to: (1) submit to relevant congressional committees a report on the result of and methods used to calculate the cost-benefit or regulatory impact analysis, and (2) publish such report in the Federal Register.
Revolving Door Pension Prevention Act

To provide that a former Member of Congress receiving compensation as a highly-paid lobbyist shall be ineligible to concurrently receive Federal retirement benefits. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Revolving Door Pension Prevention Act 2. Prohibition on taxpayer-funded pensions for Members of Congress who become highly-paid lobbyists (a) In general Any former Member of Congress who is registered as a lobbyist, and whose annual income from lobbying activities exceeds $1,000,000, shall not be eligible to receive benefits under either the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees Retirement System for the period of time during which such former Member is employed as such a lobbyist and receiving from lobbying activities an annual income that exceeds $1,000,000. (b) Definition For purposes of this section, the term former Member of Congress

Summary: Revolving Door Pension Prevention Act - Prohibits any former Member of Congress who is registered as a lobbyist from receiving pension benefits under either the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) while such former Member is employed as a lobbyist and is receiving an annual income from lobbying activities in excess of $1 million.
American Parks American Products Act

To help ensure that all items offered for sale in any gift shop of the National Park Service or of the National Archives and Records Administration are produced in the United States, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the American Parks American Products Act 2. Requiring that items sold in certain Federal gift shops are produced in the United States (a) National Park Service The Secretary of the Interior shall ensure that all items offered for sale in any gift shop or visitor’s center located within a unit of the National Park System are produced in the United States. (b) National Archives and Records Administration The Archivist of the United States shall ensure that all items offered for sale in any gift shop of the National Archives and Records Administration are produced in the United States.

Summary: American Parks American Products Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior or the Archivist of the United States to ensure that the items offered for sale in gift shops or visitor centers in units of the National Park System or of the National Archives and Records Administration, respectively, are U.S.- produced.
PASS Act

To amend title 28, United States Code, to authorize the Attorney General to share information with agencies of State and local governments that conduct criminal background checks when issuing licenses to taxi drivers, chauffeurs, and other public passenger vehicle operators. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Passenger Safety and Security Act PASS Act 2. Authority of Attorney General to share information with State and local government agencies Section 534 of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (e)— (A) by striking and (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting ; and (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) agencies of State or local governments, including agencies of State or local governments acting through a qualified transportation regulation association, that conduct criminal background investigations as a condition of issuing a taxi, chauffeur, public passenger, or other similar license. ; and (2) in subsection (f)(3)— (A) by striking and (B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting ; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (C) the term qualified transportation regulation association .

Summary: Passenger Safety and Security Act or the PASS Act - Amends the federal judicial code to include state and local agencies among institutions with which the Attorney General shall exchange identification records and information, including agencies acting through a qualified transportation regulation association to conduct criminal background investigations as a condition of issuing a taxi, chauffeur, public passenger, or other similar license.
Relevancy Act

To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to allow access to certain business records only if an investigation relates to a specific individual or specific group of individuals. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Relevancy Act 2. Limitation on access to certain business records under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to investigations of specific individuals or groups of individuals Section 501(a) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1861(a) (1) in paragraph (1), by striking for an investigation related to a specific person that is the subject of an investigation (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and inserting ; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (C) be conducted of a specific person or specific group of persons. .

Summary: Relevancy Act - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to authorize the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to apply for an order requiring the production of tangible things pursuant to an investigation to obtain foreign intelligence information not concerning a U.S. person or to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities only if the subject of such investigation is a specific person or a specific group of persons.
For the relief of Flavia Maboloc Cahoon.

For the relief of Flavia Maboloc Cahoon. 1. Permanent resident status for Flavia Maboloc Cahoon (a) In general Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of section 201, and section 245(d), of the Immigration and Nationality Act (b) Adjustment of status Notwithstanding subsection (d) of section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, if Flavia Maboloc Cahoon enters the United States before the filing deadline specified in subsection (c) of this Act, she shall be considered to have entered and remained lawfully and shall, if otherwise eligible, be eligible for adjustment of status under such section 245 as of the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) Deadline for application and payment of fees Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the application for issuance of an immigrant visa or the application for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. (d) Reduction of immigrant visa number Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent residence to Flavia Maboloc Cahoon, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper officer to reduce by 1, during the current or next following fiscal year, the total number of immigrant visas that are made available to natives of the country of the alien’s birth under section 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (e) Denial of preferential immigration treatment for certain relatives The natural parents, brothers, and sisters of Flavia Maboloc Cahoon shall not, by virtue of such relationship, be accorded any right, privilege, or status under the Immigration and Nationality Act

Summary: Provides for the relief of Flavia Maboloc Cahoon.