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To declare that certain agency actions by the National Labor Relations Board shall have no force or effect until final disposition is made in certain actions relating to the appointment of individuals to such Board that are pending in Federal court, and to prohibit further actions by such Board until such time.

Bill: 113-hr-976
Sponsor: Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2013-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Judicial review and appeals
Labor-management relations
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: 
Declares that any agency action taken by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) since January 4, 2012, shall be void unless each NLRB member has been appointed: (1) by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or (2) by the President to fill a vacancy during a recess of the Senate. 
 
Terminates such requirements upon final disposition of all actions alleging as a material fact the unconstitutionality of the appointment of individuals to the NLRB that are pending before a federal court as of enactment of this Act.
 
Prohibits the NLRB from taking any agency action until final disposition is made in all such actions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Esther Karinge.

Bill: 113-hr-977
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2013-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Provides for the relief of Esther Karinge.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Introduced in House
National Emergency Selective Service Act

Bill: 113-hr-978
Sponsor: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Military readiness
Selective Service System

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
National Emergency Selective Service Act - Deauthorizes the Military Selective Service Act (requiring registration under the Selective Service System [System] for possible military induction) except during a period of national emergency declared by the President. 
 
Provides for the suspension of local military selection boards, appeal boards, and other selective service system agencies and activities during non-emergency periods. Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD), when System operations are suspended, to assume responsibility for the security of System databases.
 
Suspends sanctions against persons failing to register under the System, unless such failure occurs during a national emergency.
 
Permits the authorization of appropriations under the Military Selective Service Act only during periods of national emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Forest Products Fairness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-979
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural practices and innovations
Alternative and renewable resources
Energy research
Forests, forestry, trees
Research and development
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
Forest Products Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include in the definition of &quot;biobased product&quot; forest products that meet biobased content requirements, notwithstanding the market share the product holds, the product's age, or whether the market for the product is new or emerging. 
 
Defines &quot;forest product&quot; as a product made from materials derived from the practice of forestry or the management of growing timber, including: (1) pulp, paper, paperboard, pellets, and wood products; and (2) any recycled products derived from forest materials.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
CARE Act

Bill: 113-hr-980
Sponsor: Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Coal
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment taxes
Health care costs and insurance
Land use and conservation
Mining
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Unemployment
User charges and fees
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act of 2013 or CARE Act - Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to transfer specified excess funds derived from coal mine operator-paid reclamation fees to the trustees of the 1974 United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Pension Plan for use solely to pay pension benefits required under such Plan.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise 1992 UMWA Benefit Plan eligibility requirements.
 
Makes eligible for health benefits from the 1992 UMWA Benefit Plan an individual who would be eligible to receive benefits from the 1974 UMWA Benefit Plan (with a specified exception) following a bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding of a coal mine operator, but who does not receive from that operator or any related person health benefits at least equal to those received under the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.
 
Prescribes a special rule to state that employer contributions to an employees' trust or annuity benefit plan providing supplemental benefits solely to participants in a pension plan are neither deductible nor nondeductible as such from the employer's gross income. Subjects such contributions, on the other hand, to the requirements for deduction as an allowable trade or business expense.
 
Treats a trust holding the assets of such a pension benefit plan as a tax-exempt organization.
 
Excludes from wages any payments made to, or on behalf of, an employee or his or her beneficiary under such a plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
RARE Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-981
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Earth sciences
Government studies and investigations
Metals
Mining
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
 Resource Assessment of Rare Earths Act of 2013 or RARE Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), to submit a comprehensive report on global rare earth element resources and the potential future global supply of such resources. 
 
Requires the report to include recommendations on areas of need for future geologic research related to rare earth elements and other minerals that are critical based on the impact of a potential supply restriction and the likelihood of one.

action_date: 2014-04-01
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
 Resource Assessment of Rare Earths Act of 2013 or RARE Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), to submit a comprehensive report on global rare earth element resources and the potential future global supply of such resources. 
 
Requires the report to include recommendations on areas of need for future geologic research related to rare earth elements and other minerals that are critical based on the impact of a potential supply restriction and the likelihood of one. 
 
Authorizes appropriations through FY2016.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 288.
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-389.
action_date: 2014-04-01
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-389.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a task force on urotrauma.

Bill: 113-hr-984
Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government studies and investigations
Health promotion and preventive care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical research
Sex and reproductive health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD), in order to continue and expand the DOD report submitted in 2011, to establish the Task Force on Urotrauma to: (1) conduct a study on urotrauma (injury to the urinary tract from a penetrating, blunt, blast, thermal, chemical, or biological cause) among members of the Armed Forces and veterans; and (2) provide an interim and final report to the congressional defense and veterans committees on such study.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Asian Carp Prevention Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-985
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Dams and canals
Fishes
Great Lakes
Illinois
Lakes and rivers
Pest management
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
Asian Carp Prevention Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of the Army to coordinate and lead federal actions with respect to preventing the spread of Asian carp in the Great Lakes and its tributaries.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to carry out projects to prevent the spread of Asian carp in the Great Lakes and its tributaries, including: (1) installing electric, acoustic, air bubble, and other barriers; (2) applying pesticides; (3) improving locks; and (4) taking actions at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam, Illinois, to prevent the spread of Asian carp.
 
Requires the Secretary to implement measures recommended in the dispersal barrier efficacy study, or provided in interim reports, authorized under the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 to prevent aquatic nuisance species from bypassing the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Dispersal Barrier Project and dispersing into the Great Lakes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Rural Health Clinic Fairness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-986
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
Rural Health Clinic Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend Medicare: (1) electronic health record (EHR) incentives to eligible professionals practicing in rural health clinics, and (2) electronic prescribing (eRx) and quality reporting incentives to such clinics. 
 
Revises requirements for incentive payments to such professionals who are meaningful EHR users or who submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) satisfactory quality data reports. Directs the Secretary to reduce the applicable incentive payments that would otherwise be determined by a budget-neutral amount calculated according to a specified formula to ensure that estimated aggregate payments are not increased as a result of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
TANF Extension Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-987
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Appropriations
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
TANF Extension Act of 2013 - Extends the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and related programs under part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-988
Sponsor: Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend through FY2017 the grant program for armor vests for law enforcement officers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of funds for the Lifeline program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-989
Sponsor: Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Appropriations
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Poverty and welfare assistance
Telecommunication rates and fees
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
Rescinds $2.2 billion from the unobligated balances of funds available to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for salaries and expenses for FY2013.
 
Prohibits the funds made available to the FCC for FY2013 salaries and expenses from being used for the Lifeline program (a program that provides discounts on telephone service to qualifying low-income consumers).
 
Increases the FY2013 amounts otherwise made available to: (1) the Department of Transportation (DOT) for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operations by $500 million, and (2) the Department of Defense (DOD) for Navy operation and maintenance by $1.6 billion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
SAFE Lending Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-990
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Jurisdiction and venue

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic Lending Act of 2013 or SAFE Lending Act of 2013 - Amends the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to authorize the issuance of remotely created checks only if the consumer has designated in writing a person to issue them.
 
Defines a &quot;remotely created check&quot; as one that: (1) is not created by the financial institution that holds the customer account from which the check is to be paid; and (2) does not bear a signature applied, or purported to be applied, by the person from whose account the check is to be paid. 
 
 Treats as a preauthorized electronic fund transfer (EFT) subject to the protections of such Act any voluntary repayment by a consumer of an extension of a small-dollar ($5,000 or less) consumer credit transaction by means of an EFT.
 
Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require any small-dollar consumer credit transaction made over the Internet, telephone, FAX, mail, electronic mail, or other electronic communication, as well as any conducted by a national bank, to comply with the laws of the state in which the consumer resides with respect to annual percentage rates, interest, fees, charges, and such other matters as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) may determine.
 
Prohibits a person from facilitating, brokering, arranging, gathering applications for, distributing sensitive personal financial information, or extending credit in connection with a small-dollar consumer credit transaction unless that person is directly providing the small-dollar consumer credit to the consumer. 
 
 Empowers the CFPB to investigate violations of this Act. Sets forth investigative and cease-and-desist enforcement procedures, particularly with respect to both covered onshore persons (state governments or Indian tribes) or offshore persons (which conduct business directed to U.S. residents but from a location outside, and without a domain name registered or assigned by an authority within, any U.S. judicial district).
 
Directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study the availability of capital on Indian reservations and the impact that small-dollar consumer credit extended through Internet and non-Internet means to members of Indian tribes has had upon economic opportunity and wealth for tribal members. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House