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Cavernous Angioma Research Resource Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2521
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2013-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Health information and medical records
Medical education
Medical research
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: 
Cavernous Angioma Research Resource Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), acting through the Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, to expand and intensify NIH programs regarding research and related activities concerning cavernous angioma. Authorizes grants and cooperative agreements to public or nonprofit private entities for such activities.
 
Authorizes the Director of NIH to: (1) conduct basic, clinical, and translational research on cavernous angioma; (2) identify and support the development of a clinical and research coordinating center with the potential of coordinating a multi-site clinical drug trial for cavernous angioma; and (3) identify and support the development of clinical and research participation centers with the potential to participate in such a trial. 
 
Requires coordinating and participation centers to expand training programs for medical and allied health clinicians and scientists in clinical practice and research relevant to cavernous angioma.
 
Authorizes the Director to provide for the participation of NIH agencies in a consortium (to include at least one patient advocacy organization) to facilitate the exchange of information and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the research effort.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants and cooperative agreements, including technical assistance, to public or nonprofit private entities for: (1) the collection, analysis, and reporting of data on cavernous angioma; and (2) epidemiological activities, including collecting and analyzing information on the number, incidence, correlates, and symptoms of cases and the clinical utility of specific practice patterns. Requires establishment of a national surveillance program as part of such activities.
 
Requires the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA) to: (1) work with clinical centers, investigators, and advocates to support appropriate investigational new drug applications under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act in order to hasten the pace of clinical trials for cavernous angioma; and (2) where applicable in rare subpopulations of cavernous angioma requiring unique pharmacological intervention, including those with the Common Hispanic Mutation or CCM3 gene mutations, support appropriate requests for designations of orphan drugs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Fair Access to Co-ops for Veterans Act

Bill: 113-hr-2522
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2013-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cooperative and condominium housing
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: 
Fair Access to Co-ops for Veterans Act - Revises the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) program that guarantees veterans' loans for the purchase of residential cooperative housing to remove a provision that limits to five years after a loan is guaranteed the use of loan proceeds to purchase stock or membership in a cooperative housing corporation. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that a loan used for such purchase in a corporation that has been reviewed and approved by a lender approved by the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) is not denied.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to advertise the availability of such loan guarantees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E973)
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Respect for Marriage Act

Bill: 113-hr-2523
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2013-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
Judicial procedure and administration
Marriage and family status
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: 
Respect for Marriage Act - Amends the Defense of Marriage Act to repeal a provision that prohibited a state, territory, possession, or Indian tribe from being required to recognize any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other state, territory, possession, or tribe respecting a same sex marriage.
 
Amends the federal rules of construction added by such Act concerning the definitions of &quot;marriage&quot; and &quot;spouse&quot; to provide that, for purposes of any federal law in which marital status is a factor, an individual shall be considered married if that individual's marriage is valid in the state where the marriage was entered into or, in the case of a marriage entered into outside any state, if the marriage is valid in the place where entered into and the marriage could have been entered into in a state. Removes the definition of &quot;spouse&quot; (currently, a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2524
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2013-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Income tax exclusion
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: 
Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a three-year Better Health Rewards Program under which incentives are provided to Medicare beneficiaries who voluntarily agree to participate in the Program.
 
 Directs the Secretary to establish standards for measuring better health targets and points for achieving them for participating Medicare beneficiaries, including those for: (1) an annual wellness visit, (2) tobacco cessation, (3) Body Mass Index (BMI), (4) a diabetes screening test, (5) cardiovascular disease screening, (6) cholesterol level screening, and (7) screening tests and specified vaccinations.
 
Requires the Secretary to make specified incentive payments to each participating Medicare beneficiary who achieves at least 20 points during a year.
 
Authorizes Medicare Advantage Plans, "Section 1876" health maintenance organization and competitive medical cost plans, and programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE) to make incentives to their enrollees to participate in a Better Health Rewards Program.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any payment made under: (1) the Medicare Better Health Rewards Program, and (2) any other Better Health Rewards Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Collaborative College Services Act

Bill: 113-hr-2525
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2013-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Business ethics
Consumer affairs
Contracts and agency
Higher education
Right of privacy
School administration
Student aid and college costs
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: 
Collaborative College Services Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize nonprofit institutions of higher education (IHEs) to make payments to third-party entities for services that include student recruitment and are based on the amount of tuition that the IHE generates from student enrollment if the third-party entity: (1) is not otherwise affiliated with the IHE, (2) does not provide incentive payments to its employees for their success in enrolling students or securing financial aid for them, (3) is paid by the IHE for services that are not limited to student recruitment services, and (4) will not make student recruitment information available to any other person or entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 28, United States Code, to add a Federal defender representative as a nonvoting member of the United States Sentencing Commission, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-2526
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2013-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Lawyers and legal services
U.S. Sentencing Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: 
Amends the federal judicial code to add a federal defender representative, designated by the Judicial Conference of the United States, as a nonvoting member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide veterans with counseling and treatment for sexual trauma that occurred during inactive duty training.

Bill: 113-hr-2527
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2013-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Mental health
Military education and training
National Guard and reserves
Sex offenses
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: 
Extends a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) program of counseling and care and services for veterans for sexual trauma that occurred during active duty or active duty for training to veterans who experienced such trauma during inactive duty training.

action_date: 2014-05-28
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Extends a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) program of counseling and care and services for veterans for sexual trauma that occurred during active duty or active duty for training to veterans who experienced such trauma during inactive duty training.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-02
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4861)
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4861)
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2527.
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4861)
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: Mr. Miller (FL) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3370)
To establish a task force in the Department of Veterans Affairs to assess the retention and training of claims processors.

Bill: 113-hr-2528
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2013-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Disability and paralysis
Employment and training programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Military personnel and dependents
Performance measurement
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a task force to assess retention and training of claims processors and adjudicators that are employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and other federal agencies.
 
Directs the task force to: 
 
 
 identify key skills required by claims processors and adjudicators throughout the federal government;
 
 identify reasons for employee attrition from claims processing positions;
 
 develop a government-wide strategic and operational plan for promoting employment of veterans in claims processing positions;
 
establish performance measures to assess such plan and its implementation and revise such plan as appropriate;
 
 coordinate with educational institutions to develop training and educational programs to prepare members of the Armed Forces for such employment;
 
 identify and coordinate offices of the Department of Defense (DOD) and the VA to provide information about, and promotion of, available claims processing positions to members of the Armed Forces transitioning to civilian life and to veterans with disabilities; and
 
 establish performance measures to evaluate the task force's effectiveness. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Veteran Spouses Equal Treatment Act

Bill: 113-hr-2529
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2013-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Marriage and family status
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: 
 Veteran Spouses Equal Treatment Act - Amends the definition of &quot;spouse&quot; for purposes of veterans' benefits provisions to require an individual to be considered a spouse if the marriage of the individual is valid in the state in which the marriage was entered into or, in the case of a marriage entered into outside any state, if the marriage is valid in the place in which the marriage was entered into and the marriage could have been entered into in a state. Includes as a state the District of Columbia, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, and U.S. territories and possessions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4096)
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Transparency and Efficient Audit Act

Bill: 113-hr-2530
Sponsor: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2013-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Government information and archives
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: 
Taxpayer Transparency and Efficient Audit Act - Requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS): (1) to provide a substantive written response (not merely an acknowledgment letter) to any written correspondence from a taxpayer not later than 30 days after receiving such correspondence; (2) within 30 days after disclosing taxpayer information to any federal, state, or local governmental entity, to provide to the taxpayer a written notification describing the information, to whom it was disclosed, and when it was disclosed; and (3) to conclude any audit of an individual taxpayer not later than 1 year after the audit is initiated and to not assess any tax with respect to such audit after it is concluded.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

action_date: 2014-02-25
text: 
Taxpayer Transparency and Efficient Audit Act - Requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS): (1) to provide a substantive written response (not merely an acknowledgment letter) to any written correspondence from a taxpayer not later than 30 days after receiving such correspondence; (2) within 30 days after disclosing taxpayer information to any federal, state, or local governmental entity, to provide to the taxpayer a written notification describing the information, to whom it was disclosed, and when it was disclosed; (3) to provide the taxpayer a written letter explaining why an audit of such taxpayer has taken more than one year to complete; and (4) to use amounts authorized or appropriated outside of this Act to carry out such requirements.
 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1917)
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1917)
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2530.
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1917-1919)
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: Mr. Roskam moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. (consideration: CR H1917)
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Taxpayers from Intrusive IRS Requests Act

Bill: 113-hr-2531
Sponsor: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2013-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Political movements and philosophies
Religion
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: 
Protecting Taxpayers from Intrusive IRS Requests Act - Prohibits the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from asking any taxpayer any question regarding religious, political, or social beliefs. 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) any exceptions to such prohibition should identify the specific questions authorized, the class of taxpayers to whom such questions may be asked, and the circumstances under which such questions may be asked; and (2) if the IRS Commissioner determines that asking such questions would aid in the efficient administration of the tax laws, the Commissioner should submit a report to Congress that includes such questions in verbatim form and describes such class of taxpayers and the circumstances under which such questions would be asked.
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Protecting Taxpayers from Intrusive IRS Requests Act - Prohibits the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from asking any taxpayer any question regarding religious, political, or social beliefs. 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) any exceptions to such prohibition should identify the specific questions authorized, the class of taxpayers to whom such questions may be asked, and the circumstances under which such questions may be asked; and (2) if the IRS Commissioner determines that asking such questions would aid in the efficient administration of the tax laws, the Commissioner should submit a report to Congress that includes such questions in verbatim form and describes such class of taxpayers and circumstances. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-02-26
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1919)
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1919)
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2531.
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1919-1921)
action_date: 2014-02-25
text: Mr. Roskam moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. (consideration: CR H1919)
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Introduced in House