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Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2453
Sponsor: Rep. Rothfus, Keith J. [R-PA-12]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to repeal the allowance for disenrollment, between January 1 and March 15 of each year, only from an MedicareAdvantage plan to elect enrollment in the original Medicare fee-for-service program.
 
Restores the option under previous law to elect to change from a MedicareAdvantage to the original Medicare fee-for-service plan, or from the original Medicare fee-for-service to a MedicareAdvantage plan, once a year during the first three months.
 

 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-06-20
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: 2013-06-20
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: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Aaron's Law Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2454
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
Aaron's Law Act of 2013 - Amends provisions of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) prohibiting computer fraud to replace the phrase &quot;exceeds authorized access&quot; with &quot;access without authorization,&quot; which is defined as obtaining information on a protected computer that the accesser lacks authorization to obtain by knowingly circumventing one or more technological or physical measures that are designed to exclude or prevent unauthorized individuals from obtaining that information.
 
Modifies CFAA penalty provisions to: (1) limit the imposition of enhanced penalties to subsequent offenses under such Act (currently, additional penalties are allowed if there is a conviction for another offense) and to criminal acts punishable under federal or state law by a term of imprisonment for more than one year; and (2) require the determination of the value of information for enhanced penalty purposes to be made by reference to fair market value.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
A PLUS Act

Bill: 113-hr-2456
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act or the A PLUS Act - Allows each state to submit to the Secretary of Education a declaration of intent, applicable for up to five years, permitting it to receive federal funds on a consolidated basis that would otherwise be directed toward specific programs furthering the stated purpose of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 
 
Requires each declaration to be formulated by a combination of specified State Authorizing Officials or by referendum and to list the programs for which consolidated funding is requested. Allows states to use such funds for any educational purpose permitted by state law, but requires them to make certain assurances that they will use fiscal control and fund accounting procedures, abide by federal civil rights laws, and advance educational opportunities for the disadvantaged. Allows states to amend their declarations. 
 
Allows each declaration state to adopt new academic assessments and standards or apply those described under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, but requires each state to have a single system of assessments and standards that includes student proficiency goals.
 
Requires each declaration state to: (1) inform the public about its student achievement assessment system; (2) report annually on student progress toward the state's proficiency standards, disaggregating performance data by specified student groups; and (3) keep aggregate spending on elementary and secondary education at no less than 90% of such spending for the school year coinciding with this Act's enactment.
 
 Limits administrative expenses.
 
Requires each declaration state to provide for the equitable participation of private school children and teachers in the activities assisted under its declaration of intent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Women's Preventive Health Awareness Campaign

Bill: 113-hr-2457
Sponsor: Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
Women's Preventive Health Awareness Campaign - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) provide for the planning and implementation of a national public outreach and educational campaign to raise public awareness, including provider awarenesss, of women's preventive health; and (2) establish a national media campaign and maintain and update an appropriate Internet website as part of such campaign.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3691)
To terminate any Federal employee who refuses to answer questions or gives false testimony in a congressional hearing.

Bill: 113-hr-2458
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Evidence and witnesses
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
Terminates from employment any federal employee who: (1) refuses to answer questions in a congressional hearing after being granted immunity; (2) in a congressional hearing, refuses to answer questions specifically, directly, and narrowly relating to his or her official duties, without being required to waive immunity with respect to the use of answers or the fruits thereof in a criminal prosecution; or (3) is found, by three-fourths of the congressional body to which testimony is given, to have willfully or knowingly given false testimony in a congressional hearing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Protect Overnight Delivery Act

Bill: 113-hr-2459
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
Protect Overnight Delivery Act - Repeals the service standards for market-dominant products implemented by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) on July 1, 2012, and directs USPS to reinstate the service standards that were in effect on December 31, 2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Ports as Small Business Incubators Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2460
Sponsor: Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Air quality
Environmental technology
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Small business
Transportation programs funding
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Water quality
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
Ports as Small Business Incubators Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish the Ports as Small Business Incubators Program. Requires the Administrator to award grants of at least $300,000 and up to $500,000 to port authorities selected by the Administrator.
 
Allows grant funds to be used only for the costs of providing selected small businesses with access to commercial real property. Requires each Program participant, in providing such access, to give a priority to small businesses owned and controlled by women, veterans, or socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, as well as those that the participant determines would create "green" jobs (jobs involving the development of clean energy and the improvement of air and water quality).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E953)
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
SBA Loan Paperwork Reduction Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2461
Sponsor: Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Small business
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
SBA Loan Paperwork Reduction Act of 2013 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to carry out a Small Loan Advantage Program in the same manner as, and as a replacement for, the SBA Small Loan Advantage loan initiative. (Under the loan initiative, SBA lenders make partially guaranteed, lower-dollar small business loans which often benefit businesses in underserved areas or markets.)
 
Makes pilot program loan guarantee percentage limits inapplicable to such Program.
 
Authorizes the Administrator to increase the Program's maximum loan amount, reduce the Program's fees, and further streamline the Program's loan approval process. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E946)
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Opportunity Acceleration Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2462
Sponsor: Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Small business
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
Small Business Opportunity Acceleration Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act to eliminate loan guarantee fees for certain small business loans that total $150,000 or less. (Currently, the Small Business Administration [SBA] is required to collect a guarantee fee, which is payable by the participating lender, and may be charged to the borrower, of up to 2% of the deferred participation share of a such a total loan amount that is $150,000 or less.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E928)
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to remove the exclusion of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from the definition of "consumer product" in order to permit the issuance of safety standards for such articles by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Bill: 113-hr-2464
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Firearms and explosives
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to remove from the definition of "consumer product" the exclusion for any article sold by a manufacturer, producer, or importer that would be subject to a firearms sales tax under the Internal Revenue Code for pistols, revolvers, and other firearms, including shells and cartridges, thereby permitting the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to issue safety standards for such articles. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
To require the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to submit to Congress an annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health.

Bill: 113-hr-2465
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Firearms and explosives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
Requires the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to report annually to Congress on the effects of gun violence on public health and the status of actions taken to address them. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Private Right of Action Against Theft of Trade Secrets Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2466
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Crimes against property
Trade secrets and economic espionage

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
Private Right of Action Against Theft of Trade Secrets Act of 2013 - Amends the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 to authorize any person who suffers injury by reason of a violation of prohibitions against the theft of trade secrets to maintain a civil action against the violator for appropriate compensatory damages and injunctive or other equitable relief. 
 
Prohibits such an action unless it is begun within two years of the date of the act complained of or the date of the discovery of the damage.
 
 Declares that the phrase &quot;without authorization&quot; in such Act's prohibitions shall not mean independent derivation or working backwards from a lawfully obtained known product or service to divine the process which aided its development or manufacture.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Safe Streets Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2468
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Access Board
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Disability and paralysis
Government information and archives
Motor carriers
Pedestrians and bicycling
Public transit
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
 Safe Streets Act of 2013 - Requires each state to have in effect within two years a law, or each state department of transportation and metropolitan planning organization (MPO) an explicit policy statement, that requires all federally-funded transportation projects, with certain exceptions, to accommodate the safety and convenience of all users in accordance with certain complete streets principles.
 
Defines &quot;complete streets principles&quot; as federal, state, local, or regional level transportation laws, policies, or principles which ensure that the safety and convenience of all users of a transportation system, including pedestrians, bicyclists, public transit users, children, older individuals, motorists, freight vehicles, and individuals with disabilities, are accommodated in all phases of project planning and development. 
 
Allows such law or policy to make project-specific exemptions from such principles only if: (1) affected roadways prohibit specified users by law from using them, the cost of a compliance project would be excessively disproportionate to the need, or the population, employment densities, traffic volumes, or level of transit service around a roadway is so low that the expected roadway users will not include pedestrians, public transportation, freight vehicles, or bicyclists; and (2) all such exemptions are properly approved.
 
Requires the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish a method for evaluating compliance by state departments of transportation and MPOs with complete streets principles. 
 
Requires the Access Board to issue final standards for accessibility of new construction and alterations of pedestrian facilities for public rights-of-way.
 
Requires the Secretary to conduct research regarding complete streets to: (1) assist states, MPOs, and local jurisdictions in developing and implementing complete streets-compliant plans, projects, procedures, policies, and training programs; and (2) establish benchmarks for, and provide technical guidance on, implementing complete streets policies and principles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Mayor of the District of Columbia to establish a District of Columbia National Guard Educational Assistance Program to encourage the enlistment and retention of persons in the District of Columbia National Guard by providing financial assistance to enable members of the National Guard of the District of Columbia to attend undergraduate, vocational, or technical courses.

Bill: 113-hr-2469
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: District of Columbia
Education programs funding
Higher education
National Guard and reserves
Student aid and college costs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
 Amends the District of Columbia Code to add provisions to be entitled the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. District of Columbia National Guard Retention and College Access Act. Directs the Mayor of the District of Columbia, in coordination with the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, to establish a program that allows the Mayor to provide educational assistance to members of the District of Columbia National Guard who have satisfactorily completed their initial active duty service and agree to serve for at least six years.
 
Requires such assistance to be used by members for expenses incurred in pursuing their first undergraduate, master's, vocational, or technical degree or certification at an approved institution of higher education.
 
Prohibits members who are receiving a Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarship from receiving this Act's assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E942)
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Expedite Our Economy Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2471
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Department of Energy
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Oil and gas
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
Expedite Our Economy Act of 2013 - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to transfer from the Secretary of Energy to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) the regulation of the exportation of natural gas under the Natural Gas Act.
 
Directs the Secretary of State to report to Congress on: (1) how the economic policies of foreign countries with natural gas resources and reserves relate to the development and production of their natural gas resources and reserves, as well as the extent and status of their natural gas resources and reserves; (2) the potential of such countries to export their natural gas production to the global market, including the impact of such exports upon the global market; and (3) U.S. actions to foster natural gas exports to foreign countries having an interest in importing natural gas from the United States.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
action_date: 2013-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in House