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Nuclear Workers Health Advisory Board Act

Bill: 113-hr-2905
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Energy
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government liability
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health information and medical records
Nuclear weapons
Public contracts and procurement
Radiation
Radioactive wastes and releases
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Nuclear Workers Health Advisory Board Act - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to require the President to establish an Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health.
 
Requires the Board to provide advice to the President on the review and approval of the Department of Labor site exposure matrix (SEM) used to determine the eligibility of Department of Energy (DOE) employee contractor claims for compensation for lung disease resulting from exposure to toxic substances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2906
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Public contracts and procurement
Public transit
Roads and highways
Small business
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013 - Amends MAP-21 to revise the requirement that 10% of the award of contracts for federal-aid highway, federal public transportation, and highway safety research and development programs be set-aside for small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Requires the set-aside to include veteran-owned small business concerns.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
National Guardsmen and Reservists Parity for Patriots Act

Bill: 113-hr-2907
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Iraq
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
National Guardsmen and Reservists Parity for Patriots Act - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to back-date to September 11, 2001, the period of active duty or performed active service, in support of a contingency operation or in other emergency situations, for which members of Ready Reserve components of the armed forces shall receive credit in determining eligibility for early receipt of non-regular service retired pay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Tornado Family Safety Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2908
Sponsor: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather
Building construction
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Government lending and loan guarantees
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Tornado Family Safety Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act to allow Small Business Administration (SBA) physical disaster loans to be used for the construction of safe rooms or similar storm shelters designed to protect property and occupants from tornadoes or other natural disasters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Wireless Microphone Users Interference Protection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2911
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Educational facilities and institutions
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Food industry and services
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Outdoor recreation
Religion
Sound recording
Sports and recreation facilities
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Wireless Microphone Users Interference Protection Act of 2013 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to expand eligibility for specified licenses authorizing the operation of low power auxiliary stations to the owners of, and operators of events and performances at:
 
 
amusement parks,
 
 arenas,
 
 convention centers,
 
educational facilities,
 
houses of worship,
 
lodging facilities,
 
museums,
 
outdoor venues,
 
recording studios, and 
 
theaters. 
 
 
Requires the FCC to: (1) expand scope of service and permissible transmission regulations to include the use of wireless microphones in rehearsals and live or recorded events and performances by such licensees, and (2) establish two safe haven channels for exclusive use by wireless microphone users.
 
Directs the FCC to authorize owners and operators of wireless microphones to have access to TV bands databases to protect wireless microphone operations from interference. (The purpose of the TV bands database is to provide unlicensed Television Band Devices [TVBDs] with the available TV channels at the TVBD's location and to register fixed TVBDs and other locations protected from interference that are not otherwise recorded in FCC licensing databases.)
 
Permits restaurants, as well as the persons and entities made eligible for licenses by this Act, to be registered in such databases as sites where wireless microphone operations shall be protected from interference.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Local Access Act

Bill: 113-hr-2913
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Arizona
California
Caribbean area
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Hawaii
Health facilities and institutions
Illinois
Kansas
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Missouri
Nebraska
New Jersey
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Public contracts and procurement
Puerto Rico
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
U.S. territories and protectorates
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Veterans' Local Access Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out specified major medical facility leases in: (1) New Mexico, New Jersey, South Carolina, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Louisiana, Florida, Puerto Rico, Texas, California, Connecticut, and Massachusetts in FY2013; and (2) Missouri, Tennessee, California, Illinois, Texas, Nebraska, South Carolina, Arizona, and Oklahoma in FY2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Protect Children from Sex Tourism Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2915
Sponsor: Rep. Cotton, Tom [R-AR-4]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Evidence and witnesses
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Protect Children from Sex Tourism Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) eliminate as a defense to a criminal prosecution of transportation or travel in interstate commerce to engage in commercial sex act, proof by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant reasonably believed that the person with whom the defendant engaged in such act had attained the age of 18; and (2) declare that the government need not prove that the defendant knew the minor engaging in such act had not attained age 18.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Financial Security Credit Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2917
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Securities
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Financial Security Credit Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income-based tax credit equal to the lesser of $500 or 50% of the total amount deposited or contributed into designated savings products in a taxable year. Defines &quot;designated savings products&quot; as a qualified retirement plan, a qualified tuition plan, a Coverdell education savings account, a U.S. savings bond, a certificate of deposit with a duration of at least 8 months, a savings account, or other savings product considered appropriate by the Secretary of the Treasury. Directs the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to notify individual taxpayers who may qualify for a savings product tax credit that they have the option of an electronic direct deposit of any portion of their tax refund into a designated savings product. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Coal Healthcare and Pensions Protection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2918
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Coal
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment taxes
Health care costs and insurance
Mining

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Coal Healthcare and Pensions Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to address potential shortages in the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan for payment of health care benefits to retired coal miners by expanding the eligible uses of interest transferable to the plan from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund, and supplemental payments from the General Fund of the Treasury.
 
Requires calculation of such amount by taking into account only those beneficiaries who are actually enrolled in the plan as of enactment of this Act, as well as those retirees whose health benefits, payable directly by an employer in the bituminous coal industry under a coal wage agreement as a result of a bankruptcy proceeding commenced in 2012, would be denied or reduced.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer to the trustees of the 1974 United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Pension Plan a certain additional amount of funds, to pay pension benefits required under that plan, if the $490 million limitation on certain transfers to the UMWA Combined Benefit Fund and distributions to states and Indian tribes exceeds the aggregate amount required to be transferred to them.
 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe a special rule that employer contributions to an employees' trust or annuity benefit plan providing supplemental benefits solely to participants in a pension plan are neither deductible nor nondeductible as such from the employer's gross income. Subjects such contributions, on the other hand, to deduction as an allowable trade or business expense. 
 
Treats a trust holding the assets of such a pension benefit plan as a tax-exempt organization. 
 
Excludes from taxable wages any payments made to, or on behalf of, an employee or his or her beneficiary under such a plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Financial Literacy for Students Act

Bill: 113-hr-2920
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Economic theory
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Financial literacy
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Financial Literacy for Students Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education of 1965 (ESEA) to authorize the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to states to: (1) integrate financial literacy education into each of their public elementary and secondary schools that are eligible for school improvement funds under title I of the ESEA, and (2) train their secondary school financial literacy or entrepreneurship teachers to teach financial literacy in core academic subjects.
 
Prohibits states from using over 20% of their grant funds to train those teachers, develop curricula, and evaluate the impact of financial literacy or personal finance education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
CIDER Act

Bill: 113-hr-2921
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages
Fruit and vegetables
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Cider Industry Deserves Equal Regulation Act or the CIDER Act - Amends the Internal Revenue to revise the definition of &quot;hard cider,&quot; for purposes of the excise tax on distilled spirits, wines, and beer, to mean any wine: (1) the carbonation level of which does not exceed 6.4 grams per liter; (2) which is derived primarily from apples, apple juice concentrate and water, pears, or pear juice concentrate and water; (3) which contains no fruit product or fruit flavoring other than apple or pear; and (4) which contains at least one-half of 1% and less than 8.5% alcohol by volume. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1201)
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Disclosure of Taxpayer Rights Act

Bill: 113-hr-2923
Sponsor: Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government information and archives
Judicial review and appeals
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Disclosure of Taxpayer Rights Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to include in its acknowledgment of receipt of an application of a charitable organization for tax-exempt status a notice of the right of an organization to obtain a declaratory judgment relating to its qualification and classification as a tax-exempt organization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Strict Standards and Accountability Act

Bill: 113-hr-2924
Sponsor: Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Strict Standards and Accountability Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) acknowledge in writing the receipt of an application submitted by a non-profit social welfare organization for recognition of its tax-exempt status within 28 days; (2) inform such organization of the status of its application if the Secretary has not approved or denied such application within six months after acknowledgment of receipt, enumerate the reasons for such delay, provide an estimate of when a final decision may be made, and consider such application under fast track procedures; (3) inform such organization in writing as to the status of its application if it is not approved or denied within 365 days after acknowledgment of receipt and enumerate reasons specific to the application for its delay; and (4) report to the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee on extenuating circumstances that prevent a timely determination of pending applications and on the number of applications pending for over 365 days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening Medicare Anti-Fraud Measures Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2925
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health care quality
Medicaid
Medical ethics
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Strengthening Medicare Anti-Fraud Measures Act of 2013 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to exclude from participation in any federal health care program entities affiliated with a sanctioned entity, as well as any officer or managing employee of an affiliated entity (currently, only individuals with an ownership or control interest in a sanctioned entity), if the affiliated entity was so affiliated at the time of any of the conduct forming the basis for the conviction or exclusion of the sanctioned entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1200)
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Freedom to Pray Act

Bill: 113-hr-2926
Sponsor: Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: First Amendment rights
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Freedom to Pray Act - Prohibits the federal government from revoking or withholding federal financial assistance that would otherwise be provided to any recipient on the basis of religious activities that are conducted voluntarily and initiated by participants in a program or activity carried out by such recipient.
 
Prohibits this Act from being construed to authorize the United States or any state or political subdivision to: (1) sponsor a religious activity, (2) prohibit a recipient of federal financial assistance from ensuring that a religious activity does not materially and substantially interfere with the orderly conduct of the program or activities carried out by such recipient, (3) require any person to participate in prayer or other religious activity, or (4) compel any employee or agent of a program or activity that is carried out by a recipient of federal financial assistance to participate in an activity if the content of the speech at the activity is contrary to their beliefs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House