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Never Forget 9/11 Heroes Act

Bill: 113-s-377
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Civil actions and liability
Crime victims
Disability assistance
First responders and emergency personnel
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health care costs and insurance
Law enforcement officers
New York City
Pennsylvania
Terrorism
Virginia
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: 
Never Forget 9/11 Heroes Act - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to add the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund and the World Trade Center Health Program Fund to the list of programs exempt from any presidential sequestration order.
 
Requires the President, if the amendment made by this Act takes effect after the final sequester order for FY2014 is issued, to revise the order to account for the amendment and issue a new order.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Travel Reimbursement for Inactive Duty Training Personnel (TRIP) Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-378
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2013-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: 
 Travel Reimbursement for Inactive Duty Training Personnel (TRIP) Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to reimburse a member of the reserves for transportation expenses incurred in connection with: (1) round-trip travel in excess of 100 miles to an inactive duty training location, regardless of the method of transportation; and (2) round-trip travel of any distance to an inactive duty training location, if such travel requires a commercial method of transportation other than ground transportation. Requires the Secretary, in determining the amount of the allowance or reimbursement, to use the reimbursement rate for the use of privately-owned vehicles by government employees on official business.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Decrease Spending Now Act

Bill: 113-s-379
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2013-02-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: 
Decrease Spending Now Act - Rescinds $45 billion of unobligated balances of current discretionary appropriations.
 
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) determine which appropriation accounts the rescission shall apply to and the amount that each such account shall be reduced, and (2) report to the Secretary of the Treasury and Congress a list of the accounts reduced by the rescission, including the amounts rescinded from each such account.
 
Exempts from such rescission the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the Social Security Administration (SSA).
 

 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Children's Recovery from Trauma Act

Bill: 113-s-380
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2013-02-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: 
Children's Recovery from Trauma Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and revise the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (NCTSI). Requires the NCTSI coordinating center to: (1) collect, analyze, and report NCTSI child outcome and process data for the purpose of establishing the effectiveness, implementation, and clinical utility of early identification and delivery of treatment and services delivered to children and families served by the NCTSI grantees; (2) oversee interprofessional training initiatives in treatments, interventions, and practices offered to NCTSI grantees and providers in all child-serving systems; and (3) collaborate with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the dissemination of interventions, treatments, products, and other resources to all child-serving systems and policymakers. 
 
Directs the Secretary to establish consensus-driven, in-person or teleconference review of NCTSI applications by child trauma experts and review criteria related to expertise and experience related to child trauma and evidence-based practices.
 
Requires the Secretary, in awarding grants under NCTSI, to prioritize expertise and experience in the field of trauma-related disorders over geographic distribution of grantees. 
 
Extends the duration of a grant from five years to six years. Gives expertise and experience in the field of trauma-related disorders priority for new and continuing awards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title  XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs.

Bill: 113-s-382
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-02-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Health personnel
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

Bill: 113-s-383
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2013-02-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Washington State
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: 
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a specified segment of the Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 

action_date: 2013-04-22
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a specified segment of the Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 

action_date: 2013-06-19
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)

 
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a specified segment of the Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4717-4722; text as passed Senate: CR S4721)
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4717-4722; text as passed Senate: CR S4721)
action_date: 2013-04-22
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 61.
action_date: 2013-04-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden without amendment. With written report No. 113-30.
action_date: 2013-04-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden without amendment. With written report No. 113-30.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to exempt National Forest System land in the State of Alaska from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.

Bill: 113-s-384
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2013-02-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alaska
Department of Agriculture
Forests, forestry, trees
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: 
Makes the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (and successor regulations) inapplicable with respect to National Forest System land in the state of Alaska. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to deem the submission of certain claims to an Indian Health Service contracting officer as timely.

Bill: 113-s-385
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2013-02-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Federal-Indian relations
Health programs administration and funding
Indian social and development programs
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: 
Deems a claim submitted to an Indian Health Service contracting officer pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act on or before October 31, 2005, involving a claim that accrued after October 1, 1995, and on or before September 30, 1999, to have been timely submitted. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Educator and American Community Housing Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-386
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2013-02-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
First responders and emergency personnel
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health personnel
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Law enforcement officers
Rural conditions and development
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: 
Rural Educator and American Community Housing Act of 2013 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide grants, loan guarantees, or other financial mechanisms to eligible educators, medical providers, and public safety officers to carry out a qualified project in a qualified community.
 
Defines a &quot;qualified project&quot; as: (1) the construction, modernization, renovation, or repair of qualified housing for such eligible individuals; (2) the payment of interest on bonds or other financing instruments (except refinancing instruments) issued for such activities; or (3) the repayment of a loan used for such construction and so forth, or to purchase or lease real property for qualified housing purposes. 
 
Defines a &quot;qualified community&quot; as any open country, or any place, town, village, or city that is not part of or associated with an urban area and that has a population between 2,500 to 10,000, and is not accessible by a motor vehicle.
 
Authorizes the State Director of Rural Development for a state to evaluate for the Secretary any application for a qualified project in the state. Requires the Secretary to take the evaluation into consideration in determining whether to provide such assistance.
 
Requires the Secretary to give priority to: (1) a state education agency (SEA) or local educational agency (LEA), (2) a state or local housing authority, (3) an Indian tribe or tribal organization, (4) a tribally designated housing entity, (5) a local government, or (6) a consortium of any such entities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Introduced in Senate
American Infrastructure Investment Fund Act

Bill: 113-s-387
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2013-02-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Aviation and airports
Building construction
Buy American requirements
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infrastructure development
Labor standards
Manufacturing
Marine and inland water transportation
Metals
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Pipelines
Public contracts and procurement
Public transit
Railroads
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development
Transportation programs funding
Wages and earnings
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: 
American Infrastructure Investment Fund Act - Establishes the American Infrastructure Investment Fund in the Department of Transportation (DOT) to: (1) invest in infrastructure projects that increase or otherwise improve U.S. economic output, productivity, or competitive commercial advantage; (2) provide funding for projects that face significant funding barriers because of the need to combine resources across multiple jurisdictions or modes of transportation; and (3) improve the efficiency or throughput, the safety, and the environmental sustainability of a national or regional transportation network.
 
Requires the Fund to publish: (1) a detailed description of its strategy in an Investment Prospectus, and (2) its Operating Guidance for the Fund's management.
 
Requires the President to appoint the Fund's Executive Director, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, as well as a Fund Advisory Committee. 
 
Authorizes the Fund to provide direct loans and loan guarantees to eligible recipients for activities related to the planning, preparation, or design of an eligible project proposal.
 
Prohibits the use of funds for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public building or public work unless all of the iron and steel used in the project is domestic, except in certain circumstances. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish: (1) a competitive national infrastructure investment grant program, and (2) an oversight program to monitor the effective and efficient use of funds authorized under this Act.
 
Sets forth the federal share of net project costs at 80%.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Freedom Fuels Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-389
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2013-02-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Aviation and airports
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Motor fuels
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: 
Freedom Fuels Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to enter into one or more contracts for the procurement of liquid transportation fuel, including jet fuel, that: (1) meets requirements of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 relating to the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels; (2) uses a feedstock produced within a state; and (3) is refined, manufactured, or produced in a state.
 
Prohibits any contract options that extend the overall contract period beyond 10 years.
 
Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on performance under each contract.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Care and Resources Education Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-390
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2013-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child care and development
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: 
Child Care and Resources Education Act of 2013 - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reserve at least $1 million of annual child care and development block grant appropriations for operation of a national toll-free referral line and website to develop and disseminate child care consumer education information for parents and help them access safe, affordable, and quality child care in their community. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include vaccines against seasonal influenza within the definition of taxable vaccines.

Bill: 113-s-391
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2013-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to add vaccines against seasonal influenza to the list of those vaccines subject to the excise tax on taxable vaccines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Promoting Health as Youth Skills In Classrooms And Life Act

Bill: 113-s-392
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2013-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Health promotion and preventive care
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: 
Promoting Health as Youth Skills In Classrooms And Life Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include health education and physical education in the definition of "core academic subjects."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic River Expansion Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-393
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2013-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Delaware
Pennsylvania
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: 
 White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic River Expansion Act of 2013 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate additional segments and tributaries of the White Clay Creek in Delaware and Pennsylvania as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 

action_date: 2013-04-22
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
 White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic River Expansion Act of 2013 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate additional segments and tributaries of the White Clay Creek in Delaware and Pennsylvania as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 
 
Applies the White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic Rivers System Act to such additional segments and tributaries of White Clay Creek. 

action_date: 2013-06-19
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)

 
 White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic River Expansion Act of 2013 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate additional segments and tributaries of the White Clay Creek in Delaware and Pennsylvania as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 
 
Applies the White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic Rivers System Act to such additional segments and tributaries of White Clay Creek. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4717-4722; text as passed Senate: CR S4721)
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4717-4722; text as passed Senate: CR S4721)
action_date: 2013-04-22
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 62.
action_date: 2013-04-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden without amendment. With written report No. 113-31.
action_date: 2013-04-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden without amendment. With written report No. 113-31.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate