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Huntington's Disease Parity Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-723
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-04-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Hereditary and development disorders
Medicare
Neurological disorders
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social Security Administration
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: 
Huntington's Disease Parity Act of 2013 - Directs the Commissioner of Social Security, for purposes of determining cognitive, behavioral, and physical disability under titles II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act (SSA), to amend specified Listings of Impairments by providing medical and evaluation criteria for Huntington's Disease. 
 
Amends SSA title II to waive the 24-month waiting period for coverage under the Medicare program for individuals diagnosed with Huntington's Disease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Essential Services Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-724
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2013-04-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Employee leave
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: 
Essential Services Act of 2013 - Requires executive agency heads to exempt essential employees from furloughs required by sequestration. Defines &quot;essential employee&quot; as an employee that performs work involving the safety of human life or the protection of property.
 
Allows agencies to transfer their budgetary resources to carry out this Act, but only to maintain essential employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Preventive Health Care Training Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-726
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2013-04-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical education
Public contracts and procurement
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: 
Rural Preventive Health Care Training Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants and enter into contracts for preventive health care training of rural health care practitioners.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2653-2654)
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act

Bill: 113-s-727
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2013-04-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Credit and credit markets
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
National Credit Union Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: 
Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act - Amends the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 to require a federal financial institutions regulatory agency to make a final examination report to a financial institution within 60 days of the later of: (1) the exit interview for an examination of the institution, or (2) the provision of additional information by the institution relating to the examination.
 
Sets a deadline for the exit interview if a financial institution is not subject to a resident examiner program.
 
Sets forth examination standards for financial institutions.
 
Prohibits federal financial institutions regulatory agencies from requiring a well capitalized financial institution to raise additional capital in lieu of an action prohibited by the examination standards.
 
 Establishes in the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council an Office of Examination Ombudsman.
 
Grants a financial institution the right to appeal a material supervisory determination contained in a final report of examination.
 
Requires the Ombudsman to determine the merits of the appeal on the record, after an opportunity for a hearing before an independent administrative law judge.
 
Declares the decision by the Ombudsman on an appeal to: (1) be the final agency action, and (2) bind the agency whose supervisory determination was the subject of the appeal and the financial institution making the appeal.
 
Amends the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 to require: (1) the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to establish an independent intra-agency appellate process in connection with the regulatory appeals process; and (2) appropriate safeguards to protect an insured depository institution or insured credit union from retaliation by the CFPB, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board, or any other federal banking agency for exercising its rights. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-16
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-728
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-04-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment taxes
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Income tax deferral
Income tax exclusion
Self-employed

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: 
Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from an employee's gross income employer-provided accident and health plan benefits extended to a domestic partner or non-dependent, non-spouse beneficiary eligible to receive such benefits under an employer plan (i.e., "eligible beneficiary"); (2) exempt such benefits paid to eligible beneficiaries from otherwise applicable employment and unemployment taxes; (3) allow self-employed individuals a tax deduction for the health insurance costs of their eligible beneficiaries; (4) allow tax-exempt voluntary employees' beneficiary associations to provide sick and accident benefits to the domestic partners and non-dependent, non-spouse beneficiaries of their members; (5) allow reimbursement of the medical expenses of an eligible beneficiary from a health savings account (HSA); and (6) extend tax-exempt medical benefits to the eligible beneficiaries of retired employees
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to provide guidance relating to reimbursements from a flexible spending arrangement and a health reimbursement arrangement attributable to an eligible beneficiary as defined by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Disarm Criminals and Protect Communities Act

Bill: 113-s-729
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2013-04-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Executive agency funding and structure
Firearms and explosives
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: 
Disarm Criminals and Protect Communities Act - Establishes within the Department of Justice (DOJ) the Felon and Fugitive Firearm Task Force to strengthen DOJ efforts to investigate and prosecute cases of convicted felons and fugitives who illegally attempt to purchase a firearm.
 
Requires the Task Force to provide direction for and recommendations to the Attorney General regarding such investigation and prosecution, including with respect to: (1) the allocation of DOJ resources; (2) enhancing cooperation among federal agencies and entities and among federal, state, and local authorities; (3) changes in rules, regulations, or policy to improve effectiveness; and (4) improvements through changes in rules, regulations, or policy. 
 
Makes specified sums in the DOJ Assets Forfeiture Fund available for: (1) the investigation and prosecution of cases of convicted felons and fugitives who illegally attempt to purchase a firearm, and (2) the Task Force.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 39.
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Basel III CASE Act

Bill: 113-s-731
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2013-04-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Department of the Treasury
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
Financial services and investments
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: 
Basel III Commonsense Approach for Small Entities Act or Basel III CASE Act - Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, before issuing any final rule in relation to proposals they have issued for the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, to conduct an empirical study that includes: (1) a quantitative analysis of the rule's impact on the U.S. financial services sector, specifically community, mid-size, and regional financial institutions; and (2) a determination of the long-term impact of the rule, including changes to the current risk weight framework.
 
Allows any financial institution to provide information for the study voluntarily upon agency request, but prohibits agencies from requiring it.
 
Requires the study to be made available to the public for notice and comment.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to modify the criteria used by the Corps of Engineers to dredge small ports.

Bill: 113-s-732
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2013-04-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Navigation, waterways, harbors

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: 
Sets the tonnage requirement for consideration of dredging of small ports by the Corps of Engineers at a minimum of 500,000 tons, as calculated by the relevant port authority.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: Introduced in Senate
ExaSCALE Computing Leadership Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-733
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2013-04-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Department of Energy
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: 
 Exascale Computing for Science, Competitiveness, Advanced Manufacturing, Leadership, and the Economy Act of 2013 or ExaSCALE Computing Leadership Act of 2013 - Renames the Department of Energy High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004 as the Exascale Computing for Science, Competitiveness, Advanced Manufacturing, Leadership, and the Economy Act of 2013.
 
Defines &quot;exascale computing&quot; as computing through the use of a computing machine that performs near or above 10 to the 18th power floating point operations per second.
 
Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to: (1) conduct a research program to develop exascale computing machines to promote DOE missions; (2) establish national laboratory-industry partnerships for the research and development of exascale computing machines across all applicable DOE agencies; (3) implement the program through an integration of application, computer science, and computer hardware architecture using public-private partnerships to ensure that exascale computing machines are capable of solving DOE target applications and scientific problems; and (4) use existing funds to carry out the program.
 
Authorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2016.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation.

Bill: 113-s-734
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2013-04-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: 
Repeals certain provisions which require the offset of amounts paid in dependency and indemnity compensation from Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuities for the surviving spouses of former military personnel who are entitled to military retired pay or would be entitled to such pay, except for being under 60 years of age.
 
Prohibits recoupment by the Secretary of Defense (DOD) of certain amounts previously paid to SBP recipients in the form of a retired pay refund.
 
Repeals the optional authority of (and instead requires) the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay an annuity to a member's dependent children when there is no eligible surviving spouse. Directs the Secretary concerned to restore annuity eligibility to a surviving spouse who earlier agreed to transfer such eligibility to a surviving child or children of a member.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Survivor Benefits Improvement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-735
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2013-04-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Child health
Conflicts and wars
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Hereditary and development disorders
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Marriage and family status
Mental health
Military personnel and dependents
Neurological disorders
Thailand
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: 
Survivor Benefits Improvement Act of 2013 - Allows dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) paid through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to the surviving spouses of veterans to be increased for months occurring during the five-year (under current law, two-year) period beginning on the date of entitlement.
 
Provides that the remarriage after age 55 of the surviving spouse of a veteran shall not bar the furnishing of VA DIC, health care, educational assistance, and housing loans.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide, to any spina bifida-affected child of a veteran who served on active duty in Thailand beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975, and was exposed to a herbicide agent during such service, the same health care, vocational training and rehabilitation, and monetary allowance required to be paid to a similarly-affected child of a Vietnam veteran.
 
Directs the Secretary to carry out a two-year pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of providing grief counseling services for the surviving spouses of veterans who die while serving on active duty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-111.
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2686-2687)
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2686)
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Basel III Impact Study Act

Bill: 113-s-737
Sponsor: Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL]
Introduced: 2013-04-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Credit and credit markets
Department of the Treasury
Economic performance and conditions
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
Financial services and investments
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: 
Basel III Impact Study Act - Directs the federal banking agencies (the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation [FDIC]), before issuing any final rule amending their general risk-based capital requirements for revising advanced-approaches risk-based capital requirements, determining risk-weighted assets, and determining minimum regulatory capital ratios as proposed in certain August and June 2012 notices of proposed rule making (NPRs), to study and report to Congress on the impact of the NPRs on the minimum regulatory capital requirements of insured depository institutions and insured depository institution holding companies.
 
 
Requires the banking agencies to determine current capital levels at covered financial institutions and separately identify specific provisions of: (1) the Basel III framework devised by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision; (2) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank); and (3) estimate and evaluate their impact as well as the cumulative impact of the NPRs and the identified provisions on required regulatory capital levels, capital quality, asset quality, and risk management at covered U.S. financial institutions. 
Permits the banking agencies to solicit participation in the study from insured depository institutions and insured depository institution holding companies provided that such request does not impose an undue burden upon participants and is entered into on a voluntary basis.
Amends the International Lending Supervision Act of 1983 to revise capital adequacy requirements by directing the banking agencies to seek to ensure that any differences in rules implementing the capital standards do not: (1) give competitive advantages to any class or group of institutions unless otherwise required by federal law, or (2) undermine Dodd-Frank requirements for enhanced supervision and prudential standards.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-738
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2013-04-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Birds
Hunting and fishing
Licensing and registrations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: 
 Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 - Grants the Secretary of the Interior permanent authority to authorize any state to issue electronic duck stamps. 
 
Sets forth state electronic duck stamp application requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: Introduced in Senate
National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act

Bill: 113-s-739
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2013-04-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Department of Health and Human Services
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hospital care
Medicaid
Medical education
Medicare
Nursing
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: 
National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require hospitals to implement a staffing plan that includes a minimum direct care registered nurse-to-patient ratio by unit, adjustments above the minimum ratio under appropriate circumstances, and compliance with minimum licensed practical nurse staffing requirements. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a national acuity tool to establish nurse staffing requirements above minimum ratios.
 
Directs the Secretary to adjust Medicare payments to hospitals (including hospitals operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs [VA] and long-term care hospitals) to cover additional costs incurred in providing services to Medicare beneficiaries that are attributable to compliance with such ratios.
 
Gives a nurse the right to act as the patient's advocate, including by: (1) initiating action to improve health care or to change decisions or activities that are against the interests and wishes of the patient, and (2) giving the patient an opportunity to make an informed decision about health care before it is provided. 
 
Authorizes a nurse to refuse to accept an assignment if it would violate minimum ratios under this Act or if the nurse is not prepared by education, training, or experience to fulfill the assignment without compromising the safety of any patient or jeopardizing the nurse's license. Prohibits a hospital from: (1) taking specified actions against a nurse based on the nurse's refusal to accept an assignment for such a reason; or (2) discriminating against any patient, employee, or any other individual for good faith complaints or grievances relating to the care, services, or conditions of the hospital or of any affiliated or related facilities. Prohibits actions by hospitals to restrain such rights.
 
Makes conforming amendments to titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act as well as to requirements for the VA health benefits program.
 
Includes stipends in the nurse workforce loan repayment and scholarship program. Expands the nurse retention grant program to authorize programs to implement nurse preceptorship and mentorship projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: Introduced in Senate