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Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act

Bill: 113-hr-40
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Government liability
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act - Establishes the Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African Americans to examine slavery and discrimination in the colonies and the United States from 1619 to the present and recommend appropriate remedies.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E10-11)
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Military Health Care Affordability Act

Bill: 113-hr-42
Sponsor: Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Military Health Care Affordability Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) so long as the United States sends men and women into battle, the United States will be faithful to care for them upon their return; (2) as the veteran answered the call of duty, so too, is the United States duty-bound to answer the call of the veteran; and (3) the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have the tools and ingenuity to provide continued excellent health care without increasing TRICARE payments from the veteran before fiscal year 2014.
 
Extends through FY2015 (under current law, through FY2011) the prohibition on increases in certain health care costs and restrictions on health benefit adjustments for members of the Armed Forces, retirees, and their dependents, including charges and premiums under TRICARE (a DOD managed care program) and cost-sharing requirements under the DOD pharmacy benefits program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act

Bill: 113-hr-44
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Asia
Civil actions and liability
Conflicts and wars
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Department of Justice
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Guam
Human trafficking
Japan
Legal fees and court costs
Monuments and memorials
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
World history

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act - Recognizes the suffering and the loyalty of the residents of Guam during the Japanese occupation of Guam in World War II. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a Fund for the payment of claims submitted by compensable Guam victims and survivors of compensable Guam decedents. 
 
Directs the Secretary to make specified payments to: (1) living Guam residents who were raped, injured, interned, or subjected to forced labor or marches, or internment resulting from, or incident to, such occupation and subsequent liberation; and (2) survivors of compensable residents who died in war (such payments to be made after payments have been made to surviving Guam residents).
 
Directs the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission to specify injuries that would constitute a severe personal injury or a personal injury and adjudicate claims and determine payment eligibility. 
 
Requires claims to be filed within one year after the Commission publishes notice of the filing period in the Federal Register and in the Guam media.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a grant program for research, educational, and media activities that memorialize the events surrounding the occupation of Guam during World War II or honor the loyalty of the people of Guam during such occupation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E3)
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Farmland Preservation and Land Conservation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-47
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Farmland
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Farmland Preservation and Land Conservation Act of 2013- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an estate and gift tax exclusion for real property located in the United States which at the time of a decedent's death was being used as a farm for farming purposes or exclusively for conservation purposes. Imposes: (1) an additional estate or gift tax with respect to such property if an heir or donee disposes of or uses such property for other than farming or conservation purposes, and (2) a federal tax lien on such property until liability for estate or gift tax with respect to such property has been satisfied or has become unenforceable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Open Space Preservation Promotion Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-48
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Income tax deferral
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Open Space Preservation Promotion Act of 2013- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow installment sales treatment for land sold to a governmental unit or tax-exempt charitable organization for conservation purposes even though the purchase funds for such sale are held in a sinking or similar fund, as required by state law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Streamlined and Improved Methods at Polling Locations and Early (SIMPLE) Voting Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-50
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Congressional elections
Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Legal fees and court costs
Public transit
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Streamlined and Improved Methods at Polling Locations and Early (SIMPLE) Voting Act of 2013 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) to require each state to allow individuals to vote in a federal election on each day during the 15-day period ending on the second day immediately preceding the election date in the same manner as voting is allowed on election day.
 
Requires a state to ensure that each polling place that allows early voting in a federal election is located within reasonable walking distance of a stop on a public transportation route.
 
Requires the Election Assistance Commission to issue standards for the administration of early voting in a federal election.
 
Requires each state to provide a sufficient number of voting systems, poll workers, and other election resources (including physical resources) at a polling place used in a federal election to ensure: (1) a fair and equitable waiting time for all voters in the state, and (2) that no individual will be required to wait longer than one hour to cast a ballot at the polling place.
 
Requires each state to develop, and implement to the greatest extent practicable, a contingency plan under which it shall provide any polling place on a federal election day whose waiting times exceed one hour with additional poll workers, machines, ballots, and other equipment and supplies, including a polling place at which individuals may cast ballots before the election date.
 
 Requires the Commission to report to Congress biennially on the impact of this Act's early voting and waiting time provisions on the administration of elections for federal office.
 
Prescribes requirements for the counting of provisional ballots that will be treated as votes.
 
Allows civil money penalties, intervention by aggrieved parties, and private actions to address HAVA violations by a state or jurisdiction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Hire Just One Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-51
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Employment taxes
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Hire Just One Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow states, for a 120-day period beginning on the enactment date of this Act, to implement an employment assistance voucher program, in lieu of paying unemployment compensation directly to employees, under which an eligible individual is issued an employment assistance voucher and is hired by a participating employer who receives a subsidy from the state for the wages paid to the employee. Defines an &quot;eligible employee&quot; as an individual who has been unemployed for at least six months, who is eligible for unemployment compensation, and who is likely to exhaust such compensation. 
 
Requires a state program issuing employment assistance vouchers to have in effect measures to recoup subsidies made to an employer if such employer has terminated more employees during the 120-day period than such employer has hired under the program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the termination of further retirement coverage of Members of Congress, except for the right to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-52
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Amends the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) to exclude Members of Congress from further CSRS and FERS retirement coverage.
 
Prohibits further government contributions or deductions from such Member's basic pay for deposit in the Treasury to the credit of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund.
 
States that nothing in this Act shall: (1) be considered to nullify, modify, or otherwise affect any right, entitlement, or benefit under CSRS or FERS for any Member covering any period before the first day of the first Congress beginning after enactment of this Act; or (2) affect the eligibility of a Member to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) in accordance with otherwise applicable law.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase from 1 to 2 years the post employment restrictions on Members of the House of Representatives.

Bill: 113-hr-53
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Amends the federal criminal code to increase from one year to two years after leaving office the period during which former Members of the House of Representatives may not engage in certain lobbying activities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To provide that no pay adjustment for Members of Congress shall be made with respect to any pay period occurring during the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress.

Bill: 113-hr-54
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Eliminates automatic cost of living adjustments to the rate of pay for Members of Congress during the 113th Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence, and Essential Law Enforcement Departments Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-55
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Coast guard
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence, and Essential Law Enforcement Departments Act of 2013 or the SHIELD Act of 2013 - Requires, in the event that the U.S. public debt limit is reached, priority payment of the pay and allowances of: (1) members of the Armed Forces, including reserves, who perform active service; and (2) critical law enforcement officers employed by federal agencies.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, during a period of lapsed appropriations for the Armed Forces or federal agencies employing critical law enforcement officers, to make available necessary amounts to continue such pay and allowances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, and the Judiciary, 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.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, and the Judiciary, 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.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, and the Judiciary, 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.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, and the Judiciary, 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.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To make 1 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending for each of the fiscal years 2013 and 2014.

Bill: 113-hr-56
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Makes 1% across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans affairs discretionary spending for FY2013-FY2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To make 15 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending for each of the fiscal years 2013 and 2014.

Bill: 113-hr-57
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Makes 15% across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans affairs discretionary spending for FY2013-FY2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To make 10 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending for each of the fiscal years 2013 and 2014.

Bill: 113-hr-58
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Makes 10% across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans affairs discretionary spending for FY2013-FY2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To make 5 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending for each of the fiscal years 2013 and 2014.

Bill: 113-hr-59
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Makes 5% across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans affairs discretionary spending for FY2013-FY2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Malala Yousufzai, in recognition of her devoted service to education, justice, and equality in Pakistan.

Bill: 113-hr-60
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Congressional tributes
Human rights
Pakistan
Women's education
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Malala Yousufzai in recognition of her devoted service to education, justice, and equality in Pakistan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act

Bill: 113-hr-61
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Congressional oversight
Family planning and birth control
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Service (HHS) from providing any federal family planning assistance to an entity unless the entity certifies that, during the period of such assistance, the entity will not perform, and will not provide any funds to any other entity that performs, an abortion. Excludes an abortion where: (1) the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest; or (2) a physician certifies that the woman suffered from a physical disorder, injury, or illness that would place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed, including a condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy. Excludes hospitals from such requirement so long as the hospital does not provide funds to any non-hospital entity that performs an abortion.
 
Requires the Secretary to provide Congress annually: (1) information on grantees who performed abortions under the exceptions, and (2) a list of entities to which grant funds are made available. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H76)
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House