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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Transportation Security Administration should, in accordance with existing law, enhance security against terrorist attack and other security threats to our Nation's rail and mass transit systems and other modes of surface transportation; and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hres-15
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Firearms and explosives
Homeland security
Law enforcement officers
Mammals
Public transit
Railroads
Service animals
Terrorism
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) should: (1) continue to enhance security against terrorist attack and other security threats to our nation's rail and mass transit systems and other modes of surface transportation, (2) continue development of the National Explosives Detection Canine Team program, and (3) improve upon the success of the Online Learning Center by providing increased person-to-person professional development programs for persons responsible for securing our surface transportation systems against such attacks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the consideration of any bill or joint resolution carrying more than one subject.

Bill: 113-hres-16
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order in the House to consider any bill or joint resolution that carries more than one subject.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.

Bill: 113-hres-17
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2013-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committees
House Committee on Agriculture
House Committee on Appropriations
House Committee on Armed Services
House Committee on Education and the Workforce
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
House Committee on Financial Services
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
House Committee on Homeland Security
House Committee on Natural Resources
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
House Committee on Small Business
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
House Committee on Ways and Means
House Committee on the Judiciary
House of Representatives
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: 
Elects specified named Members to the following House Committees: (1) Agriculture; (2) Appropriations; (3) Armed Services; (4) Education and the Workforce; (5) Energy and Commerce; (6) Financial Services; (7) Foreign Affairs; (8) Homeland Security; (9) the Judiciary; (10) Natural Resources; (11) Oversight and Government Reform; (12) Science, Space, and Technology; (13) Small Business; (14) Transportation and Infrastructure; (15) Veterans' Affairs; and (16) Ways and Means.

action_date: 2013-01-04
text: 

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

 
Elects specified named Members to the following House Committees: (1) Agriculture; (2) Appropriations; (3) Armed Services; (4) Education and the Workforce; (5) Energy and Commerce; (6) Financial Services; (7) Foreign Affairs; (8) Homeland Security; (9) the Judiciary; (10) Natural Resources; (11) Oversight and Government Reform; (12) Science, Space, and Technology; (13) Small Business; (14) Transportation and Infrastructure; (15) Veterans' Affairs; and (16) Ways and Means.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H48-49)
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H48-49)
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H48-49)
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Honoring the memory of Poland's President, national leaders, and cultural leaders who were killed in the tragic plane crash at Smolensk, Russia on April 10, 2010.

Bill: 113-hres-18
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2013-01-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Accidents
Aviation and airports
Congressional tributes
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Europe
Poland
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: 
Honors the memory of Poland's President, national leaders, and cultural leaders who were killed in the April 2010 plane crash at Smolensk, Russia.
 
Expresses: (1) sympathies to the people of Poland and the families of those who perished in the crash, (2) solidarity with the people of Poland and all persons of Polish descent, and (3) support for the government of Poland as it works to overcome the loss of many key public officials and as it continues to seek information regarding the crash.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats.
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Senate should ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

Bill: 113-hres-19
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2013-01-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Human rights
International law and treaties
Senate
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: 
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the full realization of the rights of women is vital to the development and well-being of people of all nations; and (2) the Senate should, therefore, give its advice and consent to the ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E19)
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Providing that the House of Representatives is committed to restoring America's financial foundation by achieving a Federal spending target of 20 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and a Federal revenue target of 20 percent of GDP by the end of calendar year 2020.

Bill: 113-hres-20
Sponsor: Rep. Rigell, E. Scott [R-VA-2]
Introduced: 2013-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: 
 Declares that the House of Representatives is committed to the pursuit of policies that achieve a federal spending target of 20% of GDP and a federal revenue target of 20% of GDP by the end of the calendar year 2020.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Providing for the attendance of the House at the Inaugural Ceremonies of the President and Vice President of the United States.

Bill: 113-hres-21
Sponsor: Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2013-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional operations and organization
House of Representatives
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: 
Requires: (1) at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, January 21, 2013, the House to proceed to the West Front of the Capitol to attend the inaugural ceremonies of the President and Vice President of the United States; and (2) upon the conclusion of the ceremonies, the House to adjourn until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 22, 2013.
 

action_date: 2013-01-14
text: 

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

 
Requires: (1) at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, January 21, 2013, the House to proceed to the West Front of the Capitol to attend the inaugural ceremonies of the President and Vice President of the United States; and (2) upon the conclusion of the ceremonies, the House to adjourn until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 22, 2013.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H73)
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H73)
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H73)
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.

Bill: 113-hres-22
Sponsor: Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2013-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committees
House Committee on Agriculture
House Committee on Appropriations
House Committee on Armed Services
House Committee on Financial Services
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
House Committee on Homeland Security
House Committee on Natural Resources
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
House Committee on Small Business
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
House Committee on the Budget
House Committee on the Judiciary
House of Representatives
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: 
Elects specified named Members to the following House Committees: (1) Agriculture; (2)Appropriations; (3) Armed Services; (4) the Budget; (5) Financial Services; (6) Foreign Affairs; (7) Homeland Security; (8) the Judiciary; (9) Natural Resources; (10) Oversight and Government Reform; (11) Science, Space, and Technology; (12) Small Business; and (13) Veterans' Affairs.

action_date: 2013-01-14
text: 

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

 
Elects specified named Members to the following House Committees: (1) Agriculture; (2)Appropriations; (3) Armed Services; (4) the Budget; (5) Financial Services; (6) Foreign Affairs; (7) Homeland Security; (8) the Judiciary; (9) Natural Resources; (10) Oversight and Government Reform; (11) Science, Space, and Technology; (12) Small Business; and (13) Veterans' Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H75)
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H75)
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H75)
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 152) making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hres-23
Sponsor: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2013-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 152) making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 367 - 52 (Roll no. 12). (text: CR H99-100)
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 367 - 52 (Roll no. 12).(text: CR H99-100)
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: On ordering the previous question Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 293 - 127 (Roll no. 11). (consideration: CR H108)
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 23.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H99-108)
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 1.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The resolution provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in part A of this report shall be considered as an original bill. The resolution waives all points of order against the amendment in the nature of a substitute. The resolution provides that if the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in Part A is not adopted, the Committee of the Whole shall rise and report that it has come to no resolution on the bill. The resolution provides that each such amendment printed in part B and part C of this report shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or the Committee of the Whole. Finally, the resolution directs the Clerk to, in the engrossment of H.R. 152, add the text of H.R. 219, as passed by the
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 113-1, by Mr. Cole.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 113-1, by Mr. Cole.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the deep disappointment of the House of Representatives in the enactment by the Russia Government of a law ending inter-country adoptions of Russian children by United States citizens and urging the Russia Government to reconsider the law and prioritize the processing of inter-country adoptions involving parentless Russian children who were already matched with United States families before the enactment of the law.

Bill: 113-hres-24
Sponsor: Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2013-01-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: 
Affirms that all children deserve a permanent, protective family.
 
 Values the long tradition of the United States and Russia working together to find permanent homes for unparented children.
 
 Disapproves of the Russian law ending inter-country adoptions of Russian children by U.S. citizens because it primarily harms vulnerable and voiceless children.
 
 Urges Russia to reconsider the law on humanitarian grounds and prioritize the processing of inter-country adoptions of Russian children by U.S. citizens that were initiated before the law's enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing Linemen, the profession of Linemen, and the contributions of these brave men and women to protect public safety, and expressing support for designation of April 18, 2013, as National Lineman Appreciation Day.

Bill: 113-hres-25
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2013-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
Electric power generation and transmission

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: 
Recognizes the efforts of linemen in keeping the electrical power on and protecting public safety.
 
 Expresses support for the designation of National Linemen Appreciation Day.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the States should enact a temporary moratorium on residential mortgage foreclosures.

Bill: 113-hres-26
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2013-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
State and local government operations
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: 
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the President should declare a national residential mortgage foreclosure emergency and, through such declaration, encourage the states, by use of their police power, to enact a moratorium on residential mortgage foreclosures; and (2) the states should enact such a moratorium. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Supporting the establishment and full funding of a staff exchange program between the House of Representatives and the Parliament of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada, as soon as possible.

Bill: 113-hres-27
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2013-01-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Europe
House of Representatives
International exchange and broadcasting
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: 
Supports the establishment and full funding of a staff exchange program between the House of Representatives and the Parliament of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada, as soon as possible.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Condemning the persecution of political opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko as well as other political prisoners, among them former internal affairs minister Yuri Lutsenko.

Bill: 113-hres-28
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2013-01-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Europe
Human rights
Political movements and philosophies
Rule of law and government transparency
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: 
Condemns the verdict against Yulia Tymoshenko and requests that she be released from custody while the verdict is appealed.
 
 Demands that Ukraine: (1) release all political prisoners and provide medical care to those that have been imprisoned; and (2) adhere to the principles of democracy and rule of law by respecting human rights, freedom of the press, and the protection of free speech and the right to peaceful assembly.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Urging the Federal Aviation Administration to continue its cooperation with airports across the United States seeking to implement noise mitigation plans, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hres-29
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2013-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Noise pollution
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: 
Urges the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to continue its cooperation with U.S. airports that are seeking to implement noise mitigation plans.
 
Encourages the FAA to continue to implement the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) and other efforts to enhance air travel safety and help decrease noise levels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of its 6-day mail delivery service.

Bill: 113-hres-30
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2013-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: 
Urges the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of its six-day mail delivery service. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House