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Coal Tar Sealants Reduction Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1625
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Coal
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Coal Tar Sealants Reduction Act of 2013 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to prohibit any person from: (1) manufacturing any coal tar sealant beginning one year after this Act's enactment, (2) processing or distributing in commerce any such sealant beginning one and one-half years after such enactment, or (3) using any such sealant beginning two and one-half years after such enactment. 
 
Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate rules to prescribe methods for the transportation, storage, and disposal of such sealants.
 
Defines &quot;coal tar sealant&quot; to mean any product intended for use on a paved surface that contains any substance identified by the Chemical Abstracts Service number 65996-93-2, including ingredients listed as coal tar, refined coal tar, refined tar, or refined coal tar pitch.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Focusing the SEC on Its Mission Act

Bill: 113-hr-1626
Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business records
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Financial services and investments
Political advertising
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Focusing the SEC on Its Mission Act - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission from requiring the disclosure by an issuer of any political expenditure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Investment Adviser Examination Improvement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1627
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Investment Adviser Examination Improvement Act of 2013 - Declares the sense of Congress that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) should increase the number and frequency of examinations of investment advisers.
 
Amends the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to direct the SEC to collect an annual fee from investment advisers subject to SEC inspection or examination to defray the cost of such inspections and examinations. Exempts certain state-regulated investment advisers from the requirement to pay an annual fee.
 
Prescribes a fee calculation formula. Requires the SEC to make the formula publicly available on its website along with the factors used to reach the fee determination.
 
Requires the Comptroller General to audit biennially the use of such fees, SEC reviews of the fee formula, and any adjustments to it.
 
Makes such fees available to the SEC, without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation, to pay costs associated with inspecting and examining investment advisers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Public Employee Pension Transparency Act

Bill: 113-hr-1628
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-22]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Securities
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Public Employee Pension Transparency Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny tax benefits relating to bonds issued by a state or political subdivision during any period in which such state or political subdivision is noncompliant with specified reporting requirements for state or local government employee pension benefit plans. 
 
Requires plan sponsors of a state or local government employee pension benefit plan to file with the Secretary of the Treasury a report for each plan year beginning on or after January 1, 2014, setting forth: (1) a schedule of the funding status of the plan, (2) a schedule of contributions by the plan sponsor for the plan year, (3) alternative projections for each of the next 60 plan years of the cash flows associated with the current plan liability, (4) a statement of the actuarial assumptions used for the plan year, (5) a statement of the number of plan participants who are retired or separated from service and are either receiving benefits or are entitled to future benefits and those who are active under the plan, (6) a statement of the plan's investment returns, (7) a statement of the degree to which unfunded liabilities are expected to be eliminated, (8) a statement of the amount of pension obligation bonds outstanding, and (9) a statement of the current cost of the plan for the plan year.
 
Directs the Secretary to develop model reporting statements and create and maintain a public website, with searchable capabilities, for purposes of posting plan information required by this Act.
 
Exempts the United States from liability for any future shortfall in any state or local government employee pension plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Rebuilding America's Schools Act

Bill: 113-hr-1629
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Income tax credits
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Rebuilding America's Schools Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to tax-exempt bond funding for educational facilities, to: (1) reinstate the national qualified school construction bond limitation amount for calendar years after 2013, (2) make permanent the qualified zone academy bond (QZAB) limitation amount, (3) permit private entities to waive the 10% matching requirement for QZABs, and (4) permit QZAB proceeds to be used for constructing a public school facility in which such an academy is established.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act

Bill: 113-hr-1630
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Utah
Water use and supply
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: America's Red Rock Wilderness Act - Designates specified lands in the following areas of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Great Basin, (2) Grand Staircase-Escalante, (3) Moab-La Sal Canyons, (4) Henry Mountains, (5) Glen Canyon, (6) San Juan-Anasazi, (7) Canyonlands Basin, (8) San Rafael Swell, and (9) Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin. 
Sets forth administrative provisions regarding: (1) the exchange of state-owned lands within such areas, (2) federal reservation of water rights, (3) measurement of setbacks for roads with wilderness, (4) authorized livestock grazing, and (5) withdrawal of such lands from disposition under certain public land laws.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E496)
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Accessing Military Education Benefits Act

Bill: 113-hr-1631
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Accessing Military Education Benefits Act - Provides that when a member of the Armed Forces is assigned to duty in an area for which hostile fire, imminent danger, or hazardous duty pay is authorized, the Secretary of Defense (DOD) shall ensure that, if such member has any direct student loans, the member shall automatically obtain the benefits of the Higher Education Act of 1965 which prohibit the accrual of student loan interest for active-duty military personnel.
 
Requires the Secretary to submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for the implementation of such requirement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Building Rural Communities Act

Bill: 113-hr-1632
Sponsor: Rep. Southerland, Steve II [R-FL-2]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Infrastructure development
Rural conditions and development
Solid waste and recycling
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Building Rural Communities Act - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to make grants to rural area-serving public bodies and private nonprofit corporations for technical assistance and training to: (1) assist communities in identifying and planning for community facility needs; (2) identify public and private financial resources; (3) prepare financial assistance applications and related documents; (4) improve management, including financial management; or (5) assist with other areas of need identified by the Secretary.
 
Gives priority to private nonprofit organizations that have experience in providing technical assistance and training to rural entities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Medical FSA Improvement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1634
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Medical FSA Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow amounts in a flexible spending arrangement (FSA) that are not spent for medical care to be distributed to the FSA participant as taxable income after the close of a plan year (currently, such unspent amounts are forfeited). Includes such FSAs in the definition of tax-exempt cafeteria plans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Federal Election Integrity Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1636
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Family relationships
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Federal Election Integrity Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to make it unlawful for a chief state election administration official to take active part in political management or in a political campaign with respect to any election for federal office over which the official has supervisory authority.
 
Waives application of this Act if the chief state election administration official himself or herself, or an immediate family member, is a candidate.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Adjusting Davis-Bacon for Inflation Act

Bill: 113-hr-1637
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Inflation and prices
Labor standards
Public contracts and procurement
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Adjusting Davis-Bacon for Inflation Act - Increases from $2,000 to $50,000 the contract threshold requiring the locally prevailing wage rate to be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works (Davis-Bacon Act).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Census Reform Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1638
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Census and government statistics
Economic performance and conditions
General agriculture matters
Government information and archives
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Census Reform Act of 2013 - Repeals various census programs of the Department of Commerce, including: (1) the collection and publication of agricultural statistics; (2) the census of manufactures, mineral industries, and other businesses; (3) the mid-decade census, and (4) the census of governments. Repeals the authority of the Secretary of Commerce to conduct any surveys, sampling, or questionnaires other than those necessary to conduct the decennial census of population.
 
Repeals the Census of Agriculture Act of 1997. Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from carrying out any activities required to be conducted in 2013 under such Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Appropriations, 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: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Appropriations, 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: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Appropriations, 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: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-1639
Sponsor: Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Department of Agriculture
Executive agency funding and structure
Government lending and loan guarantees
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Rural conditions and development
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to provide grants, in addition to loans and loan guarantees, for the costs of construction, improvement, and acquisition of facilities and equipment for broadband service in rural areas.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to make a grant to an entity for a project with respect to which a loan or loan guarantee is also made.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.
action_date: 2013-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Cyber Warrior Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1640
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Homeland security
Military civil functions
Military command and structure
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Cyber Warrior Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to establish in each state and the District of Columbia a separate team of National Guard members to be known as the Cyber and Computer Network Incident Response Team to perform analysis and protection in support of programs to prepare for and respond to emergencies involving an attack or natural disaster impacting a computer, electronic, or cyber network. 
 
Authorizes National Guard members to assist the combatant commands in developing and expanding their capacity to prepare for and respond to such events.
 
Prohibits members from performing such duties unless the Secretary certifies to Congress that the members possess the requisite skills, training, and equipment to be proficient in all mission requirements.
 
Requires the homeland defense activities for which the Secretary is authorized to provide funds to a governor for National Guard units to include: (1) the National Guard's provision of cyber emergency education and training for state and local law enforcement and governmental personnel; and (2) upon a governor's order, the National Guard's performance of activities undertaken by state and local governments to prepare for and respond to such emergencies.
 
Sets forth requirements for the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force to provide appropriate cyber training to members of the Army National Guard and Air National Guard.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats & Capabilities.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Weekend Voting Act

Bill: 113-hr-1641
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Weekend Voting Act - Amends the Revised Statutes with respect to the time of election to establish the first Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday in November, in every even numbered year, as the days for the election, in each state and territory, of Delegates to, or Members of, Congress.
 
Amends federal law with respect to presidential elections and vacancies to establish the first Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday in November, in every fourth year, as the days for the election of the President and Vice President of the United States.
 
Amends such federal laws to establish the same polling place hours in the United States for both congressional and presidential elections, namely from 10:00 a.m. EST on Saturday till 6:00 p.m. EST on Sunday, with polls allowed to close between the hours of 10:00 p.m. local time on Saturday and 6:00 a.m. local time on Sunday as provided by the law of the state in which the polling place is located. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Security Clearance Protection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1642
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Security Clearance Protection Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to ensure that any financial hardship incurred by a DOD civilian employee due to a furlough required by sequestration will not affect such employee's: (1) eligibility for continued suitability for employment at DOD, (2) access to classified information, or (3) suitability to hold a position critical to national security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House