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Livestock Disaster Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-1607
Sponsor: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance
Disaster relief and insurance
Endangered and threatened species
Livestock
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: 
Livestock Disaster Protection Act - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to make FY2012-FY2018 livestock indemnity payments (at 75% of market value) to eligible producers on farms that have incurred livestock death losses in excess of the normal mortality due to: (1) attacks by animals reintroduced into the wild by the federal government or protected by federal law, including wolves and avian predators; or (2) adverse weather, including losses due to hurricanes, floods, blizzards, extreme heat, disease, or wildfires.
 
Provides FY2012-FY2018 compensation for losses to eligible livestock producers for livestock grazing losses due to specified drought or fire circumstances. Excludes from coverage grazing losses on conservation reserve program land used for haying or grazing. 
 
Provides FY2012-FY2018 emergency relief to eligible producers of livestock, honeybees, and farm-raised fish to reduce losses due to disease, adverse weather, or other conditions, such as blizzards and wildfires.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Cody Miller Initiative for Safer Prescriptions Act

Bill: 113-hr-1608
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2013-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: 
Cody Miller Initiative for Safer Prescriptions Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to promulgate regulations regarding the authorship, content, format, and dissemination requirements for patient medication information (PMI) for prescription drugs.
 
Requires such regulations to require the PMI for such a drug: (1) to be scientifically accurate and to be based on the approved professional labeling and authoritative, peer-reviewed literature; and (2) to include plain language that is not promotional in tone or content. Requires that such language include: (1) the established name of the drug; (2) drug uses and clinical benefits; (3) general directions for proper use; (4) contraindications, common side effects, and the most serious risks of the drug; (5) measures patients may take to reduce the side effects and risks; (6) when a patient should contact his or her health care professional; (7) instructions not to share medications; (8) any key storage requirements; (9) recommendations relating to proper disposal of any unused portion of the drug; and (10) known clinically important interactions with other drugs and substances.
 
Requires such regulations to: (1) include standards related to performing timely updates of drug information, ensuring that common information is applied consistently and simultaneously across similar drug products and for drugs within classes of medications, and developing a process to assess the quality and effectiveness of PMI in promoting patient understanding and safe and effective use; and (2) provide for the development of a publicly accessible electronic repository for all PMI. 
 
Requires the Secretary to publish on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) website a link to the Daily Med website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Campus Fire Safety Education Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1609
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2013-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Emergency planning and evacuation
Fires
Higher education

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: 
Campus Fire Safety Education Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a program to award grants, on a competitive basis, to institutions of higher education or consortiums of such institutions for: (1) initiating, expanding, or improving fire safety education programs; and (2) increasing fire safety awareness among enrolled students. 
 
Directs the Secretary to give priority to institutions that plan to use funds to initiate, expand, or improve fire safety education programs that include educational material specifically prepared for students with physical, sensory, or cognitive disabilities. Sets forth provisions regarding grant periods, limits on awards, and matching and other requirements.
 
Requires an institution to use grant funds to initiate, expand, or improve a fire safety education program that: (1) reaches all enrolled students; (2) ensures maximum exposure to and increased awareness of, and that effectuates change in behavior regarding, fire safety by students through conducting outreach to students a minimum of twice per academic year and through measures that provide fire safety information to any student upon request; (3) includes minimum instruction regarding fire behavior, fire injury and death, ignition scenarios, fire safety systems and equipment, the importance of means of egress, fire prevention techniques, and actions to be taken if a fire occurs to minimize the potential for death, injury, and property damage; and (4) includes a mechanism for carrying out evaluations of program effectiveness. 
 
Requires the Secretary to publish a report of best practices for initiating, expanding, or improving fire safety education programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Farming Flexibility Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1610
Sponsor: Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2013-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Fruit and vegetables

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: 
Farming Flexibility Act of 2013 - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to consider mung beans and pulse crops as covered commodities whose planting on base acres is prohibited unless the commodity, if planted, is destroyed before harvest.
 
Provides that: (1) as of crop year 2014 producers on a farm may reduce the base acres for any covered commodity for a crop year by one acre for each acre used for the production of fruits or vegetables (other than potatoes) for processing; (2) such acres devoted to fruits or vegetables shall be included in base acres for the covered commodity for the subsequent crop year unless the producers on the farm make the election to produce fruits and vegetables for the subsequent crop year; and (3) if a farm's base acres are recalculated the production of fruits or vegetables shall be considered to be the same as the planting, prevented planting, or production of a covered commodity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds derived from conservation-related programs executed on National Forest System lands to utilize the Agriculture Conservation Experienced Services Program.

Bill: 113-hr-1611
Sponsor: Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2013-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Aging
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Forests, forestry, trees
National and community service
Temporary and part-time employment

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), through the Forest Service, to use funds derived from conservation-related programs executed on National Forest System lands to utilize the Agriculture Conservation Experienced Services Program to provide technical services for conservation-related programs and authorities carried out by the Secretary on such lands. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2013-04-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to convey a parcel of land in Tuskegee, Alabama, to Tuskegee University, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-1612
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3]
Introduced: 2013-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alabama
Educational facilities and institutions
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Higher education
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to convey to Tuskegee University (Alabama) specified real property at 2400 Hospital Road in Tuskegee, for the purpose of permitting the University to use the property to further the educational and general welfare of its students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee 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: 2013-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
FRAME Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1614
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural insurance
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Farm Risk Abatement and Mitigation Election Act of 2013 or the FRAME Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish tax-exempt farm risk management accounts (FRAME Accounts) and allow taxpayers actively engaged in the business of farming or ranching to use distributions from such accounts to protect the solvency of the farm to which the FRAME Account relates and to procure revenue or crop insurance; (2) allow a deduction from gross income for cash contributions to such accounts; (3) specify minimum levels of contributions to, and maximum levels of distributions from, such accounts; (4) set forth tax rules relating to account distributions, excess contributions, and prohibited transactions; and (5) allow a variable business-related tax credit for contributions made to a FRAME Account in the first nine years after such Account 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
Examining America's Mental Health Services Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1615
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Medical research
Mental health
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Examining America's Mental Health Services Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to enter into an agreement with the Institute of Medicine (or, if the Institute declines to enter into such an arrangement, another appropriate entity) to conduct a comprehensive study on gaps in mental health services and how these gaps can increase the risk of violent acts.
 
Requires the study to include consideration of: (1) gaps in mental health treatment services for adults and children with severe and persistent mental illness; (2) barriers to receiving mental health services that result in high rates of untreated mental illness, and (3) the availability of interventions such as assisted outpatient treatment designed to reach individuals with untreated severe mental illness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the dollar limitation on employer-provided group term life insurance that can be excluded from the gross income of the employee.

Bill: 113-hr-1618
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Life, casualty, property insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $50,000 to $375,000 the amount of employer-provided group term life insurance that an employee can exclude from gross income. Indexes the $375,000 amount for inflation for taxable years beginning after 2013.


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
Making Investments Now for Dementia Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1619
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Making Investments Now for Dementia Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bonds to aid in the funding of Alzheimer's research.
 
Authorizes appropriations to the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for such research.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that any funds collected pursuant to this Act are in addition to yearly appropriated funds and are not to be used to supplement current funding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-04-18
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: 2013-04-18
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: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1620
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Licensing and registrations
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces (military spouse) who moves with such member to another state under a permanent change of station order a tax credit for up to $500 of qualified relicensing costs incurred by such spouse. Defines "qualified relicensing costs" as costs for a state license or certification to engage in the profession that such military spouse engaged in while residing in the former state. 


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
Help Entrepreneurs Create American Jobs Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1621
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Help Entrepreneurs Create American Jobs Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the increase (from $5,000 to $10,000) in the tax deduction for the start-up expenditures of an active trade or business permanent (currently, limited to taxable years beginning in 2010). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2148)
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Fairness and Transparency in Contracting Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1622
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Buy American requirements
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement
Small Business Administration
Small business
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Fairness and Transparency in Contracting Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act to exclude as a small business, for purposes of meeting federal agency contracting goals with small businesses, any small business (or subsidiary thereof) that is publicly traded, or any business (or subsidiary thereof) with more than 50% non-U.S. citizen ownership. Requires the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to notify the head of each federal department or agency regarding this Act and its amendments, and the department or agency head to then notify its contractors.
 
Directs the Administrator to: (1) publish a report regarding federal prime contracts awarded to businesses identified as small businesses for purposes of achieving small business contracting goals, and (2) establish procedures to ensure that the Central Contractor Registration database provides an adequate warning regarding criminal penalties for misrepresenting the status of a small business or person in order to obtain federal contracts.
 
Provides for enforcement of complaints about the classification of a business for such purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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 Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2148)
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
VA Claims Efficiency Through Information Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1623
Sponsor: Rep. Negrete McLeod, Gloria [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Census and government statistics
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government information and archives
Performance measurement
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
VA Claims Efficiency Through Information Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to maintain on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) website publicly accessible information concerning pending and completed claims of compensation for a veteran's service-connected disability or death. Requires such information to include the number of claims pending and completed, and the average number of days between submission and completion, within certain periods.
 
Requires the information provided to be updated at least every seven days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Crime Victims Fund Preservation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1624
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Budget process
Crime victims
Government trust funds
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Crime Victims Fund Preservation Act of 2013 - Excludes receipts and disbursements of the Crime Victims Fund from executive and congressional budgets.

Prohibits the consideration of any legislation in the House of Representatives or the Senate that would authorize the use of amounts in the Crime Victims Fund for a purpose not authorized by the Victims of Crime Act of 1984. Allows the Senate to waive or suspend such prohibition by a three-fifths vote. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House