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Tinnitus Research and Treatment Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1443
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2013-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medical research
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: 
Tinnitus Research and Treatment Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) recognize tinnitus as a mandatory condition for research and treatment by Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Auditory Centers of Excellence, (2) ensure that research is conducted at VA facilities on the prevention and treatment of tinnitus, and (3) ensure VA cooperation with the Hearing Center of Excellence established by the Department of Defense (DOD) to further research on tinnitus.

action_date: 2013-10-22
text: 
Tinnitus Research and Treatment Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) recognize tinnitus as a condition for research and treatment by Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Auditory Centers of Excellence; (2) recognize the need to enhance the research and treatment of tinnitus and to ensure the allocation of appropriate resources for such research and treatment conducted by such Centers, commensurate with peer-review protocols; and (3) ensure VA cooperation with the Hearing Center of Excellence established by the Department of Defense (DOD) to further research on tinnitus.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-22
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 175.
action_date: 2013-10-22
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 113-247.
action_date: 2013-10-22
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 113-247.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-07-09
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Introduced in House
H-2A Improvement Act

Bill: 113-hr-1444
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2013-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Livestock
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: 
H-2A Improvement Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the H-2A nonimmigrant visa category (temporary agricultural workers) an alien coming temporarily to the United States to work as a sheepherder, goat herder, or dairy worker. 
 
Provides for a three-year initial period of admission with an additional three-year extension. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Introduced in House
Sandy Disaster Fisheries Relief Act

Bill: 113-hr-1445
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2013-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Connecticut
Department of Commerce
Disaster relief and insurance
Executive agency funding and structure
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Natural disasters
New Jersey
New York State
Rhode Island

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: 
Sandy Disaster Fisheries Relief Act - Makes supplemental appropriations of $193 billion, to remain available until September 30, 2014, to the Department of Commerce for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for operations, research, and facilities for necessary expenses related to fishery disasters during 2012 declared by the Secretary of Commerce as a direct result of impacts from Hurricane Sandy, provided that Congress designates such amount as an emergency requirement pursuant to discretionary spending limit adjustment procedures under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2013-04-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2013-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Introduced in House
REAL Space Act

Bill: 113-hr-1446
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2013-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Space flight and exploration

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: 
Reasserting American Leadership in Space Act or REAL Space Act - Directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to plan to return to the Moon by 2022 and to develop a sustained human presence there in order to promote exploration, commerce, science, and U.S. preeminence in space as a stepping stone for future exploration of Mars and other destinations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space.
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Introduced in House
FARMER Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1448
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
Introduced: 2013-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Farmland
Forests, forestry, trees
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: 
Farmers and Ranchers Minimizing Estate Regulations Act of 2013 or the FARMER Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the special use valuation of farms and other property used in a trade or business for estate tax purposes, to: (1) increase to $2 million the allowable reduction in the fair market value of such property for valuation purposes, (2) reduce the required holding period for such property for eligibility and recapture purposes, (3) allow rentals of such property by controlled entities to qualify as a special use, (4) repeal the requirement to use the gross cash rental method for valuing such property, and (5) exempt woodlands subject to a management plan from the additional tax for early dispositions of such property and for failure to comply with special use requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Introduced in House
Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1449
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2013-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Higher education
Housing and community development funding
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: 
Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax-exempt charitable or educational organizations to make collegiate housing and infrastructure improvement grants to certain tax-exempt social clubs (e.g., college fraternities and sororities) which apply such grants to their collegiate housing property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Introduced in House
Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Exist Act

Bill: 113-hr-1450
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2013-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Financial crises and stabilization
Financial services and investments
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: 
Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Exist Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) submit to Congress, within 90 days after enactment of this Act, a list of all commercial banks, investment banks, hedge funds, and insurance companies that the Secretary believes are too big to fail (&quot;Too Big To Fail List&quot;), including, but not limited to, any U.S. bank holding companies identified by the Financial Stability Board as systemically important banks; and (2) break up entities on the list so that their failure would no longer cause a catastrophic effect on the U.S. or global economy without a taxpayer bailout.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Introduced in House
Filipino Veterans Fairness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1452
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2013-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Philippines
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: 
Filipino Veterans Fairness Act of 2013 - Deems certain service performed before July 1, 1946, in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts as active military service for purposes of eligibility for veterans' benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in determining eligibility under this Act, to take into account any relevant service documentation, including documentation other than the Missouri List (the list of all discharged and deceased veterans from the 20th century).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Introduced in House
Work-Study for Student Veterans Act

Bill: 113-hr-1453
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2013-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: 
Work-Study for Student Veterans Act - Reauthorizes through June 30, 2018 (under current law, the authorization expires as of June 30, 2013) certain qualifying work-study activities for individuals receiving educational assistance through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Introduced in House
To make improvements to the Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act.

Bill: 113-hr-1456
Sponsor: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2013-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Oil and gas
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: 
Amends the Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act to require each portable fuel container manufactured for sale in the United States and intended for use by consumers to conform to American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International standard specifications for: (1) child resistance of portable fuel containers for consumer use; (2) cautionary labeling of portable gasoline, kerosene, and diesel containers for consumer use; and (3) portable kerosene and diesel containers for consumer use. Considers such standards to be a consumer product safety rule issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
 
Requires ASTM International to notify CPSC of any proposed revision to applicable standards. Requires the proposed revision to be incorporated in the consumer product safety rule unless CPSC notifies ASTM International that such revision does not carry out the purposes of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Introduced in House
FIVE Act

Bill: 113-hr-1457
Sponsor: Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27]
Introduced: 2013-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: 
Fiscal Instruction for a Vibrant Economy Act or FIVE Act - Requires, for FY2013, within 30 days after enactment of this Act, and for FY2014 and each subsequent fiscal year, within 30 days after the President's budget submission to Congress, each federal department and agency to report to the congressional appropriations committees an operating budget that reflects a 5% reduction from the amount requested for it in the President's most recent budget submission. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 Walter Hammond Place in Waldwick, New Jersey, as the "Staff Sergeant Joseph D'Augustine Post Office Building".

Bill: 113-hr-1458
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2013-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
New Jersey
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 Walter Hammond Place in Waldwick, New Jersey, as the "Staff Sergeant Joseph D'Augustine Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5378)
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5378)
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1458.
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5378-5379)
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Mr. Meadows moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2014-03-12
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-03-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers to revise certain authorized purposes described in the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System Master Water Control Manual.

Bill: 113-hr-1460
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2013-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aquatic ecology
Army Corps of Engineers
Dams and canals
Fishes
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives
Missouri River
Water storage
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: 
Directs the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers to revise the Missouri Mainstem Reservoir System Master Water Control Manual and any related regulations to delete fish and wildlife as an authorized purpose of the Corps.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Fuel Standard Elimination Act

Bill: 113-hr-1461
Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2013-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: 
Renewable Fuel Standard Elimination Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) renewable fuel program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E416)
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Introduced in House
RFS Reform Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1462
Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2013-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: 
RFS Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the Clean Air Act to revise the renewable fuel program. Requires "renewable fuel," beginning on January 1, 2014, to be advanced biofuel.
 
Revises the renewable fuel standards by: (1) decreasing the volume of renewable fuel that is required to be contained in gasoline sold or introduced into commerce in the United States in 2014 through 2022; and (2) eliminating the separate advanced biofuel volume requirements for those years. 
 
Requires the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, in estimating the projected volume of cellulosic biofuel production in the next year, to determine for each cellulosic biofuel production facility: (1) the average monthly volume of biofuel produced by such facility based on the actual volume produced through October 31 of the current year, and (2) the estimated annualized volume of biofuel production for such facility for the current year. Requires the estimate of cellulosic biofuel projected to be sold or introduced into commerce in the following year to equal the total of the estimated annual volumes of cellulosic biofuel production for all such facilities.
 
Requires (currently, authorizes) the Administrator, in any year in which the Administrator reduces the applicable volume of cellulosic biofuel required in gasoline, to also reduce the applicable volume of renewable fuel and advanced biofuels required by the same (currently, by the same or a lesser) volume.
 
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from allowing the introduction into commerce of gasoline containing greater than 10-volume-percent ethanol. Nullifies waivers from requirements for new fuels and fuel additives that were granted before this Act's enactment and that allow the introduction of such gasoline for use in motor vehicles.
 
Nullifies portions of the rule entitled, &quot;Regulation to Mitigate the Misfueling of Vehicles and Engines with Gasoline Containing Greater Than Ten Volume Percent Ethanol and Modifications to the Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline Programs.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E416)
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Introduced in House
Military Suicide Reduction Act

Bill: 113-hr-1463
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2013-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Defense
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Military medicine
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: 
Military Suicide Reduction Act - Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to provide a one-on-one mental health assessment for each member of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation once during each 180-day period of such deployment.
 
Requires that, if the Secretary determines that such assessment cannot be performed by personnel trained and certified to do so, the Secretary shall ensure that the assessment is conducted using an Internet-based questionnaire. Requires, in such case, that the commanding officer (CO) of such member also complete a separate questionnaire containing the CO's observations with respect to the mental health of that member. Requires such questionnaires to: (1) be reviewed and acted upon by trained and certified mental health personnel, and (2) be accorded appropriate privacy under requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Introduced in House
Military Mental Health Empowerment Act

Bill: 113-hr-1464
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2013-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Mental health
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: 
Military Mental Health Empowerment Act - Directs the Secretaries of the military departments to ensure that information concerning the availability of mental health services to members of the Armed Forces (members), as well as privacy rights related to the receipt of such services, is provided to: (1) each officer candidate during initial training, (2) each recruit during basic training, and (3) each other member at such time as the Secretary of Defense (DOD) considers appropriate.
 
Requires each department Secretary to: (1) seek to eliminate perceived stigma associated with seeking and receiving mental health services, and (2) promote the use of such services on a basis comparable to the use of other medical and health services.
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to ensure that the above information is also provided to current members, including members of the reserve components.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Introduced in House