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Social Security and Medicare Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-1713
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18]
Introduced: 2013-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Government trust funds
Legislative rules and procedure
Medicare
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: 
Social Security and Medicare Protection Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any concurrent resolution on the budget (or related measure) that would set forth a surplus for any fiscal year less than the combined surpluses of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for that fiscal year. 
 
Makes it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any (spending or tax) measure if its enactment would cause the surplus for any fiscal year covered by the most recently agreed to budget resolution to be less than such combined Fund surpluses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2013-04-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Shelter Our Servicemembers Act

Bill: 113-hr-1714
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2013-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: 
Shelter Our Servicemembers Act - Directs the Secretaries of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to jointly establish a two-year pilot program of grants to nonprofit organizations to provide elderly homeless veterans with non-transitional housing. Authorizes the Secretaries to award two grants of up to $25 million each under the program. Allows recipients to use such grant to: (1) purchase real property to provide up to 200 homeless veterans with non-transitional housing, and (2) refurbish or renovate such property.
 
Makes eligible for such housing veterans of at least 55 years of age who: (1) have been continuously homeless for a year or more or, during the last three years, had at least four separate periods of living on the streets, in an emergency shelter, or a combination thereof; and (2) have a condition that limits their ability to work or perform activities of daily living. Directs the VA Secretary to provide case management for elderly veterans receiving such assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial 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: 2013-04-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial 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: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Expedited Consideration of Cuts, Consolidations, and Savings Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1715
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2013-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: 
Expedited Consideration of Cuts, Consolidations, and Savings Act of 2013 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to authorize the President to propose to carry out all or part of the recommendations contained in the most recent Cuts, Consolidations, and Savings prepared by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
 
Sets forth requirements for the President's transmittal to Congress of a special message regarding such proposal, including a draft bill or joint resolution to carry it out.
 
Prescribes procedures for expedited congressional consideration of the legislation.
 
Makes it out of order in both chambers to: (1) consider an amendment to such legislation; or (2) entertain a motion to suspend this prohibition, including by unanimous consent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2013-04-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
United States Postal Service Shipping Equity Act

Bill: 113-hr-1718
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2013-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alcoholic beverages
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: 
United States Postal Service Shipping Equity Act - Authorizes the mailing of wine or malt beverages by licensed wineries or breweries in accordance with the law of the state, territory, or district of the United States where the addressee or duly authorized agent takes delivery. 
 
Directs the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to prescribe regulations: (1) requiring such mailing to be through a means established by the USPS to ensure direct delivery to the addressee or a duly authorized agent at a postal facility; (2) requiring the addressee and any agent to be at least 21 years of age and to present a valid, government-issued photo identification at the time of delivery; (3) prohibiting such wine or malt beverages from being for resale or any other commercial purpose; and (4) requiring such wineries or breweries to certify that the mailing is not in violation of applicable laws or USPS regulations and to provide other information as directed by the USPS, including with respect to the prepayment of state alcohol beverage taxes. 
 
Revises the federal criminal code to allow for the mailing of wine and malt beverages pursuant to this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Cents and Sensibility Act

Bill: 113-hr-1719
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2013-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Currency
Metals
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: 
Cents and Sensibility Act - Requires that the one-cent, five-cent, dime, and quarter-dollar coins be: (1) produced primarily of steel, and (2) treated to impart a color so that its appearance is similar to coins produced before enactment of this Act.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in minting such coins, to use only steel produced in the United States unless: (1) the Secretary determines doing so would be inconsistent with the public interest, or (2) an adequate supply of the appropriate grade of steel is not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities.
 
Prohibits the Secretary, in setting specifications for such coin, from: (1) requiring more than one change to coin-accepting and coin-handling equipment to accommodate all coins produced pursuant to this Act; (2) facilitating or allowing the use of a coin with a lesser value produced by another country, or the use of any token or other easily or regularly produced metal device of minimal value, in the place of a circulating coin produced by the Secretary; or (3) requiring non-trivial changes to coin-accepting or coin-handling equipment to easily accommodate continued co-circulation of both coins produced with the new specifications and coins produced on or before a specified date. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Local School Foods Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1720
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Fruit and vegetables
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: 
Local School Foods Act of 2013 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to conduct a pilot program under which the Secretary will give up to five participating states the option of receiving a grant in an amount equal to the value of the USDA-provided commodities that the participating state would otherwise receive for each of FY2014-FY2018.
 
States that a grant shall be used to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables for distribution to schools and service institutions that participate in the food service programs under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2013-04-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
AT HOME Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1721
Sponsor: Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2013-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Aviation and airports
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: 
Aviation Teams Helping Our Municipalities' Economies Act of 2013 or AT HOME Act of 2013 - Prohibits any funds available to the Secretary of Defense (DOD) for FY2014-FY2015 from being used for the performance of flight demonstration teams under DOD jurisdiction at any location outside the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Burdensome Paperwork Reduction for Our Miners Act

Bill: 113-hr-1722
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2013-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Coal
Disability assistance
Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives
Mining

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: 
Burdensome Paperwork Reduction for Our Miners Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Director of the Division of Coal Mine Workers' Compensation and the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Labor, to review forms for obtaining workers' compensation benefits under the Federal Black Lung Benefits Program to determine whether it is feasible to combine or reduce such forms in order to further the purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
 
Directs the Secretary to implement any feasible combination or reduction of such forms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Fairness in Taxation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1723
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2013-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Income tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: 
Fairness in Taxation Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase individual income tax rates for taxpayers whose taxable income exceeds $1 million, and (2) provide for an adjustment in the capital gains tax of taxpayers whose taxable income is subject to the 45% tax bracket. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act

Bill: 113-hr-1725
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2013-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Health care coverage and access
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: 
Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act - Makes any veteran who served on active duty in a theater of combat operations during World War II, the Korean conflict, the Vietnam era, the Persian Gulf War, Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom, or any other period of war after the Persian Gulf War, or in combat against a hostile force during a period of hostilities, eligible for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for any mental illness through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), notwithstanding insufficient medical evidence to conclude that the mental illness is attributable to such service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Enforce Existing Gun Laws Act

Bill: 113-hr-1728
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2013-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Appropriations
Business records
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Freedom of information
Historical and cultural resources
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: 
Enforce Existing Gun Laws Act - Repeals provisions of specified consolidated appropriations acts that:
 
 
prohibit the use of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) appropriations for salaries or administrative expenses in connection with consolidating or centralizing, within the Department of Justice (DOJ), records of the acquisition and disposition of firearms maintained by federal firearms licensees;
 
prohibit expending funds appropriated to ATF to promulgate or implement any rule requiring a physical inventory of any firearms business;
 
prohibit using appropriated funds for any criminal background check system that does not require the destruction of identifying information submitted for a transferee within 24 hours after the system advises a licensee that the transferee's receipt of a firearm is not prohibited;
 
prohibit the use of ATF appropriations to disclose the contents of the Firearms Trace System database or any information required to be kept or reported on the acquisition and disposition of firearms by firearms licencees, except to a law enforcement agency, a prosecutor in connection with in a criminal investigation or prosecution;
 
prohibit using appropriations to take any action on a Freedom of Information Act request with respect to certain records collected, maintained, or provided by law enforcement agencies in connection with arson or explosives incidents or the tracing of a firearm;
 
require ATF data releases to include language that would make clear that firearms trace data cannot be used to draw broad conclusions about firearms-related crime;
 
prohibit the use of appropriations to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any federal employee to implement an amendment to regulations permitting the importation of certain firearms classified as curios or relics, to change the definition of "curios or relics" under such regulations, or to deny an application for a permit to import U.S.-origin curios or relics firearms, parts, or ammunition; and 
 
prohibit the use of ATF appropriations to deny issuance or renewal of a firearms license due to a licensee's lack of business activity.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
VA Claims, Operations, and Records Efficiency Act

Bill: 113-hr-1729
Sponsor: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2013-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Health information and medical records
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Personnel records
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: 
VA Claims, Operations, and Records Efficiency Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to make the service treatment records, personal records, unit records, and medical records (service records) of each member of the Armed Forces available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) in an electronic format. Provides post-discharge or release timelines for such availability. Requires each service record provided to include a DOD certification of the record's completeness.
 
Deems such service record release a permitted disclosure under requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2329)
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Cell Phone Theft Prevention Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1730
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2013-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Crimes against property
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: 
Cell Phone Theft Prevention Act of 2013 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit a provider of commercial mobile or commercial mobile data service from providing service on a mobile device that has been reported to such provider as stolen: (1) by the person who holds the account with respect to such service, or (2) by another service provider receiving a report that the device has been stolen. 
 
Requires service providers receiving a report that a device has been stolen to inform all other providers. 
 
Directs service providers to make available to the account holders the capability of deleting, from a remote location, all information that was placed on a mobile device after its manufacture. 
 
Prohibits the manufacturing of a mobile device, or the importation of such a device into the United States for sale or resale to the public, unless the device is equipped with an identification number and configured with remote deletion capability.
 
Establishes criminal penalties for the alteration or removal of a mobile device identification number or for the knowing use, production, trafficking in, control, custody, or possession of hardware or software configured to engage in the alteration or removal of such numbers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1731
Sponsor: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2013-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural trade
Air quality
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Birds
California
Federal preemption
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Livestock
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: 
Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013 - Amends the Egg Products Inspection Act to revise provisions concerning housing and treatment of egg-laying hens and enforcement of such requirements.
 
Sets forth separate caging device and environmental and housing conversion provisions for California. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to delegate to the California Department of Food and Agriculture certain enforcement authority with respect to eggs produced, shipped, handled, transported, or received in California prior to the date that is 15 years after the date of enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House