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21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps Act

Bill: 113-hr-188
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2013-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Animal and plant health
Employment and training programs
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: 
21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps Act - Authorizes the President, in order to relieve widespread unemployment, restore depleted natural resources in the United States, and advance public works programs, to establish a Civilian Conservation Corps to employ unemployed or underemployed U.S. citizens in the construction, maintenance, and carrying on of works of a public nature, such as forestation of U.S. and state lands, prevention of forest fires, floods, and soil erosion, and construction and repair of National Park System paths and trails.
 
Authorizes the President to extend Corps activities to state- and private-owned lands to prevent and control forest fires and floods and attacks of forest tree pests and diseases.
 
Requires the President, based on certain criteria, to give preference to the employment of additional persons in the Corps in the following order: (1) unemployed Armed Forces veterans (including Reserve members); (2) unemployed U.S. citizens who have exhausted their unemployment compensation; (3) unemployed U.S. citizens who are eligible for unemployment compensation immediately before employment in the Corps, including any additional compensation or extended compensation; and (4) other unemployed or underemployed U.S. citizens.
 
Authorizes the President to provide housing and transportation for Corps employees. Prohibits discrimination in the hiring of Corps employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Transparency and Security in Mortgage Registration Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-189
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2013-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership
Land transfers
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: 
Transparency and Security in Mortgage Registration Act of 2013 - Amends the National Housing Act to prohibit the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) from purchasing, acquiring, newly lending on the security of, newly investing in securities consisting of, or otherwise newly dealing in any Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc. (MERS) mortgage or mortgages.
 
Prohibits the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) from newly guaranteeing the payment of principal of or interest on any trust certificate or other security based or backed by a trust or pool that contains, or purchase or acquire, any MERS mortgage.
 
Directs Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae to require all their current MERS mortgages to be assigned to the proper servicer, holder, or creditor.
 
Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to study: (1) the impacts of the lack of electronic records and uniform standards found in local land title recordation systems currently used in the various states; (2) any progress states have made in developing electronic land title recordation systems containing uniform standards; (3) the current oversight role of the federal government in the transfer and recordation of land titles; and (4) the feasibility of creating a federal land title recordation system for property transfers that would maintain all previous records of the land-property without invalidating, interfering with, or preempting state real property law governing the transfer and perfection of land title. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Produce the Note Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-190
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2013-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Housing finance and home ownership
Judicial procedure and administration

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: 
Produce the Note Act of 2013 - Prohibits commencement of any foreclosure in connection with certain residential mortgages unless the person commencing the foreclosure complies with specified prerequisites, including identification of the actual holder of the mortgage note, the originating mortgage lender and all subsequent assignees, and other all parties who have an interest in the real estate subject to the mortgage or in the mortgage or its proceeds.
 
Requires the person commencing the foreclosure to: (1) notify the mortgagor, in writing, not less than five days before any action is taken to commence foreclosure; and (2) certify to the court, in the case of a judicial foreclosure, or to the office of the state to which notice is required under state law, that such notice has been provided. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
NAFTA Accountability Act

Bill: 113-hr-191
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2013-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agricultural trade
Air quality
Arizona
California
Canada
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Free trade and trade barriers
Human rights
International monetary system and foreign exchange
Latin America
Mexico
New Mexico
News media and reporting
Rule of law and government transparency
Tariffs
Texas
Trade agreements and negotiations
Trade restrictions
Unemployment
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: 
NAFTA Accountability Act - Provides that unless the specified conditions set forth in this Act are met: (1) Congress withdraws its approval of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) effective one year after enactment of this Act; and (2) the President, not later than 200 days after enactment of such Act, shall provide written notice of withdrawal to the governments of Canada and Mexico.
 
Specifies among such conditions that the President confers with the governments of Canada and Mexico and renegotiates NAFTA to correct: (1) trade deficits, (2) currency distortions, and (3) the impact of agricultural imports on U.S. production. Prescribes requirements also for: (1) gains in U.S. jobs and living standards, (2) increased domestic manufacturing, (3) health and environmental standards, (4) a non-increase in crime with illegal drugs, and (5) democracy and human freedoms.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that until such conditions are met: (1) the President should not engage in negotiations to expand NAFTA to include other countries, and (2) trade promotion authority should not be renewed with respect to approval of any such NAFTA expansion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Balancing Trade Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-192
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2013-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: 
Balancing Trade Act of 2013 - Requires the President, if in three consecutive calendar years the United States has a trade deficit with another country of $10 billion or more, to take the necessary steps to create a trading relationship that would eliminate or substantially reduce that trade deficit by entering into an agreement with that country. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Seed Availability and Competition Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-193
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2013-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural trade
Genetics
Government trust funds
Horticulture and plants
Intellectual property
Tariffs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: 
Seed Availability and Competition Act of 2013 - Permits a person who plants patented seed or seed derived from patented seed to retain harvested seed for replanting by such person if that person: (1) notifies the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) of the type and quantity of seed to be retained, and (2) pays the appropriate fee established by the Secretary. 
 
Establishes the Patented Seed Fund in the Treasury into which such fees shall be deposited and from which the Secretary shall pay appropriate fees to patent holders.
 
Imposes an additional duty on the imported product of exported genetically modified seed on which royalties or other fees are charged by the patent owner to purchasers of the seed in the United States and on which no fees or lesser fees are charged to purchasers of the exported seed in a foreign country. Requires that such duties be deposited in the Fund for distribution to the appropriate patent holders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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 Agriculture, 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
Congressional Made in America Promise Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-194
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2013-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Congressional agencies
Congressional operations and organization
House of Representatives
Public contracts and procurement
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: 
Congressional Made in America Promise Act of 2013 - Amends the Buy American Act to apply Buy American requirements to articles, materials, and supplies acquired for the use of any legislative branch office, including the House of Representatives and the Senate, in the same manner as the Act applies with respect to articles, materials, and supplies acquired for the use of a department or independent establishment.
 
Prescribes a special rule in the case of any product which bears an official congressional insignia (including a mark resembling an official seal) that is acquired for the use of a legislative branch office. Prohibits the head of such office from making a determination under the Act that it is inconsistent with the public interest to enter into a contract in accordance with the Act.
 
Makes inapplicable to products with an official congressional insignia the exceptions to the Buy American rule for: (1) articles, materials, or supplies not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities and of satisfactory quality; or (2) manufactured articles, materials, or supplies procured under any contract the award value of which is less than or equal to the micro-purchase threshold. (Thus applies the Buy American rule to any legislative branch office purchase of products with an official congressional insignia, without exception.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Ethics in Foreign Lobbying Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-195
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2013-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign and international corporations
Government information and archives
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: 
Ethics in Foreign Lobbying Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit contributions and expenditures in federal elections by multicandidate political committees or separate segregated funds sponsored by foreign-controlled corporations and associations (at least 50% owned by a non-U.S. citizen or foreign national). Sets forth ownership and operating fund reporting requirements. 
 
Prohibits a foreign national from participating in the decision-making process of any person's election-related activities (such as those of a corporation, labor organization, or political committee). Establishes within the Federal Election Commission (FEC) a clearinghouse of existing public information regarding the political activities of foreign principals and agents of foreign principals. Amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to: (1) revise foreign agents' supplemental reporting requirements, and (2) provide civil penalties for specified reporting violations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-196
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2013-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: 
Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Food Assistance to Improve Reintegration Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-197
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2013-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Food assistance and relief
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: 
Food Assistance to Improve Reintegration Act of 2013 - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to repeal the denial of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) eligibility of a person convicted of a felony which has as an element the possession, use, or distribution of a controlled substance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Repeal of the Authorization for Use of Military Force

Bill: 113-hr-198
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2013-01-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Terrorism
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: 
Repeal of the Authorization for Use of Military Force - States that the Authorization for Use of Military Force (P.L. 107-40) has been used to justify an open-ended authorization for the use of military force and such an interpretation is inconsistent with the authority of Congress to declare war and make all laws for executing powers vested by the Constitution in the U.S. government.
 
Repeals the Authorization for Use of Military Force, effective 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
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
Income Equity Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-199
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2013-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business records
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax deductions
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Income Equity Act of 2013- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) deny employers a tax deduction for payments of excessive compensation to any full-time employee (i.e., compensation for services exceeding the greater of 25 times the lowest compensation paid to any other employee or $500,000), and (2) require such employers to file a report with the Secretary of the Treasury on excessive compensation (as defined by this Act) paid to their employees. Defines "compensation" to include wages, salary, deferred compensation, retirement contributions, options, bonuses, property, and other forms of compensation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Responsible End to the War in Afghanistan Act

Bill: 113-hr-200
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2013-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Appropriations
Asia
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Military operations and strategy

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: 
Responsible End to the War in Afghanistan Act - States that it is the policy of the United States to ensure that funds made available for operations of the Armed Forces in Afghanistan are to be used only for providing for the safe and orderly withdrawal of all U.S. military personnel and Department of Defense (DOD) contractor personnel in Afghanistan.
 
Allows such funds to be obligated and expended only for such purpose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Poverty Impact Trigger Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-201
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2013-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Congressional agencies
Congressional operations and organization
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: 
Poverty Impact Trigger Act of 2013 - Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order to consider a public bill or joint resolution authorizing an appropriation of $10 million or more, unless: (1) the accompanying committee report includes a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Poverty Impact Division impact statement, or (2) the chair of the committee reporting the legislation submits such statement for publication in the Congressional Record before consideration of the measure.
 
Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish the CBO Poverty Impact Division to prepare and submit poverty impact statements to the chair of House committees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-04
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: 2013-01-04
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: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House