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BTU Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2715
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2013-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Lighting, heating, cooling
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-17
text: 
Biomass Thermal Utilization Act of 2013 or the BTU Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for residential energy efficient property, to make qualified biomass fuel property expenditures eligible for such credit. Defines &quot;qualified biomass fuel property expenditure&quot; as an expenditure for property which uses the burning of biomass fuel (a plant-derived fuel available on a renewable or recurring basis) to heat a dwelling used as a residence, or to heat water for use in such dwelling, and which has a thermal efficiency rating of at least 75%.
 
Allows an energy tax credit until 2017 for investment in open-loop biomass heating property, including boilers or furnaces which operate at thermal output efficiencies of not less than 65% and provide thermal energy. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for offsetting certain past-due local tax debts against income tax overpayments.

Bill: 113-hr-2716
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2013-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Treasury
Intergovernmental relations
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-17
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a state, on behalf of a local government, to submit to the Secretary of the Treasury notice of a past-due, legally enforceable local tax obligation for offset against a taxpayer's tax refund. Defines &quot;past-due, legally enforceable local tax obligation&quot; as any debt which: (1) resulted from a judgment determining an amount of tax due to a local government; (2) is no longer subject to judicial review; or (3) resulted from a tax imposed by a local government which has been assessed but not collected, the time for redetermination of which has expired, and which has not been delinquent for more than 10 years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-07-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1073-1074)
action_date: 2013-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-17
text: Introduced in House
United States-Israel Missile Defense Cooperation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2717
Sponsor: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2013-07-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Israel
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-17
text: 
United States-Israel Missile Defense Cooperation Act of 2013 - Authorizes the President, acting through the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and the Secretary of State, to provide assistance, upon request of the Israeli government, for the procurement of the Iron Dome anti-rocket defense system, as well as authorization for cooperation on the development, maintenance, enhancement, and sustainment of the David's Sling, Arrow, and Arrow 3 anti-missile defense systems, for the purposes of intercepting rockets, missiles, and projectiles launched against Israel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-17
text: Introduced in House
American Indian Empowerment Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2718
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-17
text: 
American Indian Empowerment Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to transfer land the federal government holds in trust for a federally recognized Indian tribe to such tribe as restricted fee tribal land, subject to a restriction against alienation and taxation, after receiving the Indian tribe's request for such transfer. (Restricted fee tribal land is land to which a tribe holds legal title, but which carries legal restrictions against alienation or encumbrance.)
 
Allows Indian tribes to lease, or grant an easement or right-of-way on, restricted fee tribal land for any period of time without the Secretary's review and approval.
 
Gives the laws of a federally recognized Indian tribe that establish a system of land tenure governing the use of the land the tribe holds precedence over any federal law or regulation governing the use of such land, excepting a federal restriction against its alienation and taxation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2013-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Alexis Agin Identity Theft Protection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2720
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2013-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Census and government statistics
Computer security and identity theft
Crime prevention
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Right of privacy
Social Security Administration
Social security and elderly assistance
State and local government operations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: 
Alexis Agin Identity Theft Protection Act of 2013 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to revise the treatment of death information furnished to or maintained by the Social Security Administration (SSA).
 
Authorizes the Commissioner of Social Security to use or provide such information to federal and state agencies for statistical and research activities or to any federal agency for law enforcement or tax administration purposes.
 
Authorizes disclosure of such information by: (1) federal and state agencies to contractors to assist with similar activities, (2) the Commissioner to entities concerning certain individuals who died more than three years earlier as well as to entities certified by the Commissioner, and (3) the Commissioner to the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to assist in the identification of remains. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4607)
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Pathways Back to Work Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2721
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2013-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Disability and paralysis
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Government trust funds
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations
Unemployment
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: 
Pathways Back to Work Act of 2013 - Establishes in the Treasury the Pathways Back to Work Fund, with an initial appropriation of $12.5 billion.
 
Requires the Secretary of Labor to make certain Fund allocations to states with approved plans, qualifying outlying areas (U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of Palau), and Native American program grantees to provide: (1) subsidized employment to unemployed, low-income adults; and (2) summer and year-round employment opportunities to low-income youth.
 
Requires the Secretary to award competitive grants to local entities for work-based training and other work-related and educational strategies and activities of demonstrated effectiveness to provide unemployed, low-income adults and low-income youths with skills that will lead to employment.
 
Subjects activities funded under this Act to federal labor standards and nondiscrimination protections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Ability to Repay Verification Enabling Act

Bill: 113-hr-2722
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2013-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Department of Labor
Government information and archives
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: 
Ability to Repay Verification Enabling Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from implementing, enforcing, or administering the requirement in the Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 19-12, dated May 23, 2012, that a third-party consumer reporting agency obtain an informed consent agreement from an individual in order to obtain from a state agency confidential unemployment compensation information about the individual, if the consumer reporting agency: (1) serves only as a secure conduit to data from state unemployment compensation agencies, and (2) is not an agent of the individual.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Mayflower Oil Spill Tax Relief Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2724
Sponsor: Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2013-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accidents
Arkansas
Disaster relief and insurance
Income tax exclusion
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Pollution liability

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: 
Mayflower Oil Spill Tax Relief Act of 2013 - Excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, any compensation provided to or for the benefit of a victim of the pipeline rupture and oil spill in Mayflower, Arkansas, on March 29, 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Food and Drug Administration Safety Over Sequestration Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2725
Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2013-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: 
Food and Drug Administration Safety Over Sequestration Act of 2013 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt from sequestration calculations (mandatory across-the-board spending cuts) user fees that fund salaries and other administrative expenses of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act

Bill: 113-hr-2726
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2013-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Home and outpatient care
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: 
Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to transfer a veteran for whom the Secretary is required to provide nursing home care to a medical foster home that meets VA standards pursuant to a contract or agreement with the VA, at such veteran's request. Requires such veteran to agree, as a transfer condition, to accept VA home health services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1089)
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide that not less than 40 percent of amounts available from the fund under that Act shall be available for the Land and Water Conservation Fund State Assistance Program.

Bill: 113-hr-2727
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2013-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Appropriations
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: 
Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to require that the comprehensive statement of estimated requirements submitted with the annual U.S. budget specify that not less than 40% of appropriations from the Land and Water Conservation Fund be made available for the Land and Water Conservation Fund State Assistance Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Housing Assistance Eligibility Verification Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2729
Sponsor: Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4]
Introduced: 2013-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Employee hiring
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
Poverty and welfare assistance
Right of privacy
Rural conditions and development
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: 
Housing Assistance Eligibility Verification Act of 2013 - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to furnish to the Secretary of Health and Human Service (HHS) information in the Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS) and other USDA sources for comparison with information in the National Directory of New Hires, in order to obtain information in the Directory with respect to individuals (including tenants) who are applying for or participating in any housing program under the Housing Act that extends financial assistance, through the Farmers Home Administration, to owners of farms and other real estate, among other such parties. 
 
Requires USDA to seek information, and make information disclosures, only to the extent necessary to verify an individual's employment and income. 
 
Requires the Secretary of HHS to: (1) compare information in the National Directory with information provided by USDA about such individuals; and (2) disclose to USDA, in turn, National Directory information about them.
 
Authorizes USDA to use the information resulting from a data match to: (1) verify the employment and income of such individuals; and (2) analyze such information after the removal of personal identifiers.
 
Sets forth rules for the types of disclosures permitted and conditions on disclosure.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to apply to farm housing programs under the Housing Act of 1949 the requirement that the Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary of the Treasury disclose return information on earned, retirement, and unearned income to federal, state, and local agencies administering certain programs under the Social Security Act, the Food Stamp Act of 1977, or veterans programs, or certain housing assistance programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2013-07-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
SAFE HAUL Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2730
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2013-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Life, casualty, property insurance
Motor carriers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: 
Safe And Fair Environment on Highways Achieved through Underwriting Levels Act of 2013 or SAFE HAUL Act of 2013 - Revises certain minimum financial responsibility requirements to increase from $750,000 to $4.422 million the minimum level of financial responsibility sufficient to satisfy established liability coverage for motor carriers or motor private carriers providing property transportation. Requires the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to adjust such amount annually for inflation relating to medical care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Songwriters Tax Simplification Reauthorization Act

Bill: 113-hr-2731
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2013-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Intellectual property
Music

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: 
Songwriters Tax Simplification Reauthorization Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax deduction for depreciation, to make permanent the taxpayer election to amortize over a five-year period expenses incurred in creating or acquiring a musical composition or any copyright with respect to such composition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a waiver of minimum required distribution rules applicable to pension plans for 2013 and 2014.

Bill: 113-hr-2732
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2013-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax deferral

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to waive minimum distribution requirements for tax-exempt retirement plans for calendar years 2013 and 2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2733
Sponsor: Rep. Campbell, John [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2013-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
Property rights
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: 
Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act, the National Housing Act, and the Housing Act of 1949, respectively, to prohibit the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) from purchasing, the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) from insuring, and the Department of Agriculture from newly guaranteeing, making, or insuring any mortgage secured by a structure or dwelling unit located in a county in which the state, including an agency or local government, has used the power of eminent domain to take a residential mortgage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Reauthorization of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2734
Sponsor: Rep. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2013-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Elementary and secondary education
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Mental health
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: 
Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Reauthorization of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and revise a research, training, and technical assistance resource center to prevent suicides (the Suicide Prevention Resource Center). Expands the program's focus from youth suicides to suicides among all ages, particularly among groups that are at high risk for suicide. Repeals authority for grants to establish research, training, and technical assistance centers related to mental health, substance abuse and the justice system. 
 
Reauthorizes a program of grants for the development of state or tribal youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies.
 
Reauthorizes and revises a grant program to enhance services for students with mental health or substance use disorders at institutions of higher education. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) (who currently is merely authorized), acting through the Director of the Center for Mental Health Services, to award grants to enhance such services and to develop best practices for the delivery of such services. Permits grant funds to be used for the provision of such services to students and to employ appropriately trained staff. Requires the Secretary to give special consideration to applications for grants that describe programs that demonstrate the greatest need for new or additional mental and substance use disorder services and the greatest potential for replication.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House