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Taxpayer Nondiscrimination & Protection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1950
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2013-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Department of the Treasury
First Amendment rights
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-13
text: 
Taxpayer Nondiscrimination and Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to establish penalties for misconduct against a taxpayer by an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee during the performance of official duties, specifically including a violation of the protections and guarantees afforded under the First Amendment of the Constitution to political speech and political expression.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Spread Pricing Liquidity Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1952
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2013-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments
Government studies and investigations
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-13
text: 
Spread Pricing Liquidity Act of 2013 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 concerning the national market system for securities to authorize the board of directors of an issuer with a public float of $500 million or less to select to have the issuer's securities quoted and traded using an increment (tick) of either $0.05 or $0.10.
 
Prohibits selection of the $0.05 tick unless the average trading price in the most recent 1-month period for the securities of an issuer is between $1 and $2. Limits the tick selection to $0.05 for the issuer of any such security.
 
Prescribes trading requirements. Permits a issuer that has made the selection under this Act to choose to opt out at any time after the six-month period beginning on the date the selection was made.
 
States that, if the public float of an issuer that has made such a tick selection rises above $500 million (based on a rolling average over the course of a 3-month period), or its average daily trading volume rises above $500 million, then after the end of the 3-month period beginning on the date of such occurrence the issuer: (1) shall no longer be considered to have made the tick selection; and (2) shall be ineligible to make such a tick selection for 2 years after such 3-month period.
 
Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to study the quoting and trading of securities in increments of $0.05 and $0.10, and the extent to which such system increases liquidity by incentivizing capital commitment, research coverage, and brokerage support.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1953
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2013-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aging
Business ethics
Consumer affairs
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-13
text: 
Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2013 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to establish an office within the Bureau of Consumer Protection to advise the FTC on the prevention of fraud targeting seniors and to assist the FTC in monitoring the market for mail, television, Internet, and telemarketing fraud including recorded message telephone calls (robocalls) targeting seniors.
 
Requires the FTC, through such office, to: (1) disseminate to seniors and their families and caregivers information on the most common fraud schemes, including methods of reporting complaints either to the FTC's national toll-free telephone number or to the FTC's Consumer Sentinel Network, where complaints become immediately available to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), state attorneys general, and other appropriate law enforcement agencies; (2) provide, in response to a specific request about a particular entity or individual, publicly available information regarding the FTC's enforcement action; and (3) maintain a website as a resource for information on fraud targeting seniors. 
 
Directs the FTC to establish procedures through such office to: (1) log and acknowledge the receipt of complaints by individuals who believe they have been a victim of such fraud in the Consumer Sentinel Network, and to make such complaints immediately available to federal, state, and local law enforcement authorities; and (2) provide individuals with information on such fraud as well as the most common schemes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2013-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Sunset Wasteful Executive Expenditures and Programs Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1954
Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2013-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Freedom of information
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Legislative rules and procedure
Public participation and lobbying
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-13
text: 
Sunset Wasteful Executive Expenditures and Programs Act of 2013 - Requires the Comptroller General (GAO): (1) each year, beginning in 2014, to review three executive departments to identify agencies and programs that perform similar or related functions and that no longer serve a public need; (2) to review every executive department at least once every five years; and (3) each year, beginning on February 1, 2015, to report to Congress on the results of the reviews of executive departments carried out during the preceding year with recommendations for abolishing agencies and programs that perform similar or related functions and no longer serve a public need. 
 
Abolishes by December 31 of each year, beginning with 2015, the three executive departments reviewed by the Comptroller General during the preceding year. Requires the President to direct procedures for the winding down of the operations of each abolished department. Allows Congress to authorize the continued existence of an executive department scheduled for abolishment. 
 
Sets forth the process for congressional consideration of the Comptroller General's report, including an expedited procedure for consideration of resulting legislation to be known as a wasteful expenditures bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2013-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2013-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Long Island Aviation History Act

Bill: 113-hr-1955
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2013-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
New York State
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-13
text: 
Long Island Aviation History Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the aviation history of Long Island, with a particular focus on the Hempstead Plains, the areas surrounding Suffolk County Air Force Base, the hamlet of Bethpage, the hamlet of Port Washington, and the village of Farmingdale. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-13
text: Introduced in House
War on Debt Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1956
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2013-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Securities
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-13
text: 
War on Debt Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to establish and administer a new series of U.S. savings bonds to be known as &quot;War on Debt Bonds,&quot; to be used first solely to reduce the amount of foreign-held public debt, and then to reduce other public debt.
 
 Sets the maturity and redemption date of a War on Debt Bond at 50 years from the date of issue. Requires certain annual principal and interest payments, which shall not be includible in gross income under the Internal Revenue Code.
 
Allows redemption of such a Bond before 50 years if during any fiscal year during which it is outstanding: (1) the federal budget deficit exceeds 3% of gross domestic product (GDP), or (2) the public debt exceeds 10% of GDP.
 
Limits the holding of a War on Debt Bond to: (1) U.S. citizens or residents; (2) domestic partnerships, or domestic corporations (not more than 1% of the ownership interest of which is held, directly or indirectly, by a person who is not a U.S. person); or (3) estates or trusts which are U.S. persons, unless there is a trust beneficiary who is not a U.S. person.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Volunteer Veterans for Cemetery Service Act

Bill: 113-hr-1957
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2013-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-13
text: 
Volunteer Veterans for Cemetery Service Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) or the Secretary of the military department concerned to accept voluntary services performed by a veteran or veterans organization at a national cemetery, including the veteran's sharing with visitors of the story of the veteran's military service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2013-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2013-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Gray Market Drug Reform and Transparency Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1958
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2013-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government information and archives
Prescription drugs
Retail and wholesale trades
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: 
Gray Market Drug Reform and Transparency Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to: (1) make it a prohibited act and a misbranding for a wholesale distributor of prescription drugs to purchase or receive a prescription drug from a pharmacy or a pharmacist, (2) require annual reporting by wholesale distributors of prescription drugs, (3) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and maintain a national database of information reported by wholesale distributors of prescription drugs and to require such database to include information on actions taken by states against wholesale distributors (e.g., disciplinary actions and license revocations), (4) require the Secretary to assess and collect fees from wholesale distributors of prescription drugs, and (5) require wholesale distributors of prescription drugs to provide to recipients of a prescription drug in shortage the sales price for such drug at the time of its sale and at the time of any prior sale of such drug when it was in shortage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Domestic Alternative Fuels Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1959
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2013-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: 
Domestic Alternative Fuels Act of 2013 - Amends the Clean Air Act to revise the Renewable Fuel Program to: (1) provide that the applicable volume of renewable fuel required in transportation fuel sold or introduced into commerce in the United States for 2013 through 2022 shall apply in the aggregate to renewable fuel and domestic alternative fuel, and (2) define &quot;domestic alternative fuel&quot; as ethanol that is produced from natural gas and that is used to replace or reduce the quantity of petroleum present in a transportation fuel. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Virgin Islands Visa Waiver Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1966
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Caribbean area
Cayman Islands
Department of Homeland Security
Dominica
Grenada
Guyana
Haiti
Immigration status and procedures
Jamaica
Latin America
Montserrat
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: 
Virgin Islands Visa Waiver Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a visa waiver program for the United States Virgin Islands for a national of a country that is a member or an associate member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) listed in regulations under this Act and who is applying for admission as a nonimmigrant business or pleasure visitor solely for entry into and stay in the United States Virgin Islands for not more than 30 days, if the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) determines that such waiver does not represent a threat to the welfare or security of the United States or its territories and commonwealths.
 
Directs the Secretary to suspend the admission of nationals of a country if such admissions have resulted in an unacceptable number of visitors remaining unlawfully in the United States Virgin Islands, unlawfully obtaining entry to other parts of the United States, or seeking withholding of removal or asylum, or that visitors from such country pose a risk to law enforcement or security interests of the United States Virgin Islands or of the United States. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to suspend the program at any time, on a country-by-country basis, for other good cause.
 
Provides for the addition of program countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Right to Counsel and Taxpayer Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-1967
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2013-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Due process and equal protection
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government liability
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: 
Right to Counsel and Taxpayer Protection Act - Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to apply provisions that prohibit any governmental authority from engaging in a pattern or practice of conduct by law enforcement officers or by officials or employees of a governmental agency with responsibility for the administration of juvenile justice or the incarceration of juveniles that deprives persons of rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States to such conduct relating to adults as well as juveniles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Hospital Energy Conservation Act

Bill: 113-hr-1968
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2013-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: 
Hospital Energy Conservation Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to establish a pilot program to award grants and loan guarantees to no more than six hospitals during FY2014-FY2015 to carry out energy conservation projects for: (1) significantly improving energy efficiency; and (2) encouraging on-site power generation and energy storage, capable of operating independent of the grid, and providing sufficient on-site emergency backup power for essential hospital functions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1969
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2013-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Family relationships
First responders and emergency personnel
Higher education
Law enforcement officers
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: 
Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act of 2013 - Amends the Higher Educaton Act of 1965 to eliminate the expected family contribution used in determining Pell Grant eligibility in the case of a student applicant whose parent or guardian died as a result of performing service as a police officer, firefighter, or other public safety officer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide certain TRICARE beneficiaries with the opportunity to retain access to TRICARE Prime.

Bill: 113-hr-1971
Sponsor: Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2]
Introduced: 2013-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: 
Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 to direct the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to ensure that each beneficiary other than an active-duty beneficiary who is enrolled in TRICARE Prime (a DOD managed health care program), as of September 30, 2013, may make a one-time election to continue such enrollment, notwithstanding that an existing TRICARE contract does not allow for such enrollment based on the location in which the beneficiary resides. Allows the beneficiary to continue in such enrollment while residing in the same ZIP Code in which the beneficiary resided at the time of election.
 
Allows such a beneficiary to elect, at any time, to instead enroll in TRICARE Standard.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House