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Legally Binding Budget Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1868
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2013-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: 
Legally Binding Budget Act of 2013 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) to require joint budget resolutions signed by the President instead of the concurrent resolutions now required (which do not have to be signed by the President). Revises accordingly the congressional procedures for considering joint budget resolutions.
 
Prohibits the consideration of budget-related legislation before the joint budget resolution becomes law.
 
Requires the joint budget resolution to set forth appropriate levels for the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of such year and for at least each of the four ensuing fiscal years for the public debt limit for display purposes only.
 
Permits revisions of joint budget resolutions already enacted.
 
Makes a conforming amendment to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
 
Makes it out of order in both chambers to consider any joint budget resolution, amendment, or conference report that contains certain matter prohibited by the CBA, particularly inclusion in the surplus or deficit totals of any outlays and revenue totals of the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program under title II of the Social Security Act.
 
Considers the joint budget resolution as enforceable upon enactment or 15 days following presentment to the President, whichever occurs earlier. (Thus creates an automatic standing order upon a presidential veto of a joint budget resolution.) 
 
Makes conforming amendments to: (1) the Rules of the House of Representatives, and (2) the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Expedited Legislative Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1870
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2013-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Executive agency funding and structure
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: 
Expedited Legislative Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2013 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (CBICA) to authorize the President to propose the rescission (line item veto) of all or any dollar amount of funding provided by any enacted bill or joint resolution.
 
Sets forth requirements for the President's transmittal to Congress of a special message regarding the proposed rescission.
 
Authorizes the President, except for his deferral of budget authority provided in CBICA, to withhold such rescinded funding temporarily from obligation, but only once per proposed rescission.
 
Dedicates the rescinded funds solely to deficit reduction or increase of a surplus.
 
Provides for adjustment of: (1) committee allocations resulting from such rescission, and (2) applicable limits under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) revised downward by the amount of such rescissions.
 
Sets forth procedures for expedited congressional consideration of a proposed rescission.
 
Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the House Committee on the Budget, whenever an approval bill passes the House of Representatives, to reduce the applicable committee allocations immediately by the total amount of reductions in budget authority and in outlays resulting from such approval. 
 
Terminates on December 15, 2015, the amendments made by this Act, with restoration of the provisions of part B of CBICA as in effect immediately before the enactment of this Act.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1875
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2013-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Mental health
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: 
Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning Act of 2013 - Amends title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include teacher and principal training in practices that address the social and emotional development needs of students among the activities funded under the Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund program.
 
Allows funded training to include training in classroom instruction and schoolwide initiatives that enable students to acquire the knowledge, attitudes, and skills most conducive to social and emotional competency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Stability to Ensure the American Dream for Youth Act

Bill: 113-hr-1876
Sponsor: Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2013-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: 
Stability to Ensure the American Dream for Youth Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the 3.4% interest rate on Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2013, to Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students before July 1, 2017. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1878
Sponsor: Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-25]
Introduced: 2013-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Building construction
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: 
Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2013 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act) to authorize the President to increase the maximum total of contributions for a major disaster by an amount equal to 4% of the estimated aggregate amount of grants to be made under the Act if, at the time of a declaration of a major disaster, the affected state certifies that it has in effect and is actively enforcing a state building code that: (1) is consistent with the most recent version of a nationally recognized model building code, (2) has been adopted by the state within six years of the most recent version of the nationally recognized code, and (3) uses the nationally recognized code as a minimum standard. Directs the President to approve the additional assistance upon determining that such certification is sufficient and is submitted not later than 90 days after the date of a declared disaster.
 
Requires the President, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to set appropriate standards for the periodic update, resubmittal, and approval of state building codes, consistent with similar mitigation planning requirements under the Stafford Act.
 
Makes this Act applicable to major disasters declared on or after October 24, 2012. Allows 90 days from this Act's enactment for submission of the required certification for disasters declared between October 24, 2012, and such enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Government Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Extension Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1879
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2013-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: New Mexico
Radioactive wastes and releases

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: 
Government Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Extension Act of 2013- Directs the Secretary of Energy to manage the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in such a way as to include the transportation and disposal of any non-defense federally-owned transuranic waste meeting certain criteria described in the document entitled &quot;Transuranic Waste Acceptance Criteria For The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant,&quot; published by the Department of Energy (DOE) on April 21, 2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
action_date: 2013-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Resort Cities from Discrimination Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1880
Sponsor: Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2013-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Economic performance and conditions
Executive agency funding and structure
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: 
Protecting Resort Cities from Discrimination Act of 2013 - Prohibits a federal agency from establishing or implementing an internal policy that discourages or prohibits the selection of a travel, event, meeting, or conference location because it is perceived to be a resort or vacation destination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Safety Net Abuse Prevention (SNAP) Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1882
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2013-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of Agriculture
Executive agency funding and structure
Food assistance and relief
International law and treaties
Latin America
Mexico
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: 
Safety Net Abuse Prevention (SNAP) Act of 2013 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to prohibit the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from using funds for any agreement with a foreign government to promote enrollment in the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program). 
 
Terminates the Partnership for Nutrition Assistance Initiative between the United States and Mexico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Secure Firearms Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1883
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]
Introduced: 2013-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: 
Secure Firearms Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a deduction, up to $1,200 in any taxable year, for the cost of secure gun storage or safety devices for the securing of firearms. Defines &quot;secure gun storage or safety device&quot; as: (1) a device that, when installed on a firearm, is designed to prevent the firearm from being operated; or (2) a safe, gun safe, gun case, lock box, or other device used to store a firearm that can only be unlocked by a key, a combination, or other similar means. Terminates such deduction after 2014. 
 
Requires that an amount equal to all amounts allowed as a deduction by this Act be rescinded each year from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Assets Forfeiture Fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Stop Pay for Members Act

Bill: 113-hr-1884
Sponsor: Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5]
Introduced: 2013-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: 
Stop Pay for Members Act - Prohibits the satisfaction of the obligation to pay basic pay of Members of Congress, if the U.S. public debt reaches the public debt limit, until: (1) all other obligations of the U.S. government then due have been satisfied; or (2) if earlier, the ability of the U.S. Treasury to satisfy such obligations in a timely manner is restored, whether by an increase in the public debt limit or otherwise.
 
Declares that each Member of Congress consents and agrees that payment of basic pay in accordance with this Act shall constitute a full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands for service as such a Member during the period covered by the payment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Home Loan Refinance Opportunity Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1885
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2013-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Securities
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: 
Veterans Home Loan Refinance Opportunity Act of 2013 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to tax-exempt veterans' mortgage bonds to permit: (1) proceeds from such bonds to refinance residences of veterans (currently, bond financing limited to new mortgages); (2) an annual inflation adjustment after 2013 to the amounts of veterans' mortgage bonds that states may issue; and (3) an increase from 1.125 % to 1.50% in the amount by which interest on veterans' mortgages may exceed the yield on a bond issue. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E618-619)
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Border Commerce and Travel Act

Bill: 113-hr-1886
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2013-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Canada
Government studies and investigations
Latin America
Mexico
Motor vehicles
Pedestrians and bicycling
Travel and tourism
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: 
Promoting Border Commerce and Travel Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from: (1) establishing, collecting, or otherwise imposing a border crossing fee for pedestrians or passenger vehicles at land ports of entry along the southern or northern border of the United States; or (2) conducting any study relating to such fee's imposition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Offending Oil Polluters Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1887
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2013-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Business ethics
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Water quality
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: 
Offending Oil Polluters Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny all income tax credits and deductions to an offending oil polluter. Defines &quot;offending oil polluter&quot; to mean any person responsible for a vessel or a facility from which oil is discharged, unless such person: (1) has met all obligations under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to provide compensation for covered removal costs and damages; (2) was not found during the seven-year period after the first oil discharge to have committed willful or repeated violations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; (3) was not convicted of a criminal violation for death or serious bodily injury; (4) did not have more than 10 fatalities at its facilities or refineries resulting from violations of federal or state health, safety, or environmental laws; and (5) was not required to pay fines of more than $10 million for violations of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) or the Clean Air Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Jamiel Shaw, Jr. Memorial Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1888
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2013-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Census and government statistics
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: 
Jamiel Shaw, Jr. Memorial Act of 2013 - Prohibits the payment of funds to a state or its political subdivisions under any program or activity administered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unless such state: (1) compiles statistics on each person arrested, charged, convicted of a crime, or incarcerated by such state, including the immigration status and country of origin of such persons and the crimes for which such persons were arrested, charged, convicted, or incarcerated; (2) reports such statistics monthly to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); and (3) certifies, on a monthly basis, compliance with the requirements of this Act. Requires each federal agency to compile similar statistics and report on such statistics monthly to the FBI.
 
Requires the FBI to annually publish all statistics reported under this Act as a separate data collection of its Uniform Crime Reports. Defines &quot;crime&quot; for purposes of this Act. 


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 Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House