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To amend the Controlled Substances Act to make any substance containing hydrocodone a schedule II drug.

Bill: 113-hr-1285
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2013-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Health care coverage and access
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Prescription drugs
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: 
Amends the Controlled Substances Act to remove dihydrocodeinone (hydrocodone) from classification as a schedule III controlled substance.
 
Directs the Attorney General to immediately allow manufacturers and distributors to store hydrocodone compound products in accordance with the physical security requirements for schedule III, IV, and V controlled substances for three years beginning on the date enactment of this Act.
 
Requires the Comptroller General to submit a report on the reclassification of hydrocodone products under this Act, including: (1) an assessment of the degree to which the reclassification of such products under this Act impacts the ability of patients with legitimate medical needs, particularly those in rural areas and nursing home facilities, to access adequate pain management; and (2) recommendations necessary to address any issues relating to patient access to adequate pain management.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Sound Science Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1287
Sponsor: Rep. Fincher, Stephen Lee [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2013-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Medical research
Policy sciences
Product safety and quality
Public participation and lobbying
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: 
Sound Science Act of 2013 - Requires federal agencies, by January 1, 2014, to have in effect guidelines to ensure and maximize the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of the scientific information upon which the agencies rely. Prohibits any policy decision issued by an agency after January 1, 2014, from taking effect unless such agency has in effect guidelines for use of scientific information that have been approved by the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E344)
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
World War II Merchant Mariner Service Act

Bill: 113-hr-1288
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2013-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Government information and archives
Marine and inland water transportation
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Personnel records
Transportation employees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: 
World War II Merchant Mariner Service Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to accept additional documentation for verifying that an individual performed honorable service as a coastwise merchant seaman during the period beginning on December 7, 1941, and ending on December 31, 1946, for purposes of eligibility for veterans' benefits under the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977. Requires such documentation to include Social Security Administration (SSA) records and validated testimony in the case of the absence of Coast Guard shipping or discharge forms, ship logbooks, documents, or other official employment records.
 
Requires the Secretary, when determining whether to recognize service allegedly performed during such period, to recognize masters of seagoing vessels or other command officers who were authorized to document an individual for purposes of hiring for or discharging from the merchant marine.
 
Considers any service so recognized as active-duty service for purposes of veterans' burial benefits. Makes such veterans eligible for any appropriate military medals, ribbons, and decorations. Requires the Secretary to verify that an individual performed such service under honorable conditions without regard to their sex, age, or disability during the service period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
National Fab Lab Network Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1289
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2013-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Digital media
Federally chartered organizations
Manufacturing
Product development and innovation
Science and engineering education

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: 
National Fab Lab Network Act of 2013 - Grants a federal charter to the Fab Foundation for the National Fab Lab Network.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1710)
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition.

Bill: 113-hr-1290
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2013-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Firearms and explosives
Legal fees and court costs
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: 
Amends provisions of the federal criminal code governing interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition to require that whenever transported by any means other than a motor vehicle: (1) a firearm shall be in a locked container or secured by a secure gun storage or safety device, and (2) ammunition shall be in a locked container. 
 
Excludes from permitted transport of a firearm or ammunition any transportation: (1) with the intent to commit a crime punishable by imprisonment for more than one year that involves the use or threatened use of force against another; or (2) with knowledge or reasonable cause to believe that such a crime is to be committed in the course of, or arising from, the transportation.
 
Prohibits the arrest or detention of a person for a violation of any state or local law or regulation related to the possession, transportation, or carrying of firearms unless there is probable cause to believe that the person is doing so in a manner not provided for under federal law. Provides that when a person asserts this as a defense in a criminal proceeding: (1) the prosecution shall bear the burden of proving, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the person's conduct did not satisfy federal conditions; and (2) the court shall award the prevailing defendant a reasonable attorney's fee.
 
Authorizes a private right of action (and attorney fees) for deprivation of any right, privilege or immunity secured by federal firearms provisions under color of any state or local law or regulation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
To reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act.

Bill: 113-hr-1291
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2013-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Birds
Government trust funds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: 
Amends the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to authorize the appropriation to the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund of such sums as are necessary to carry out such Act for FY2014-FY2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
New IDEA Act

Bill: 113-hr-1292
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2013-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Employee benefits and pensions
Evidence and witnesses
Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Income tax deductions
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: 
New IDEA Act or the New Illegal Deduction Elimination Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for wages and benefits paid to or on behalf of an unauthorized alien. Extends to six years the period for assessing and collecting underpayments of tax due to deductions claimed for wages paid to unauthorized aliens.
 
Directs the Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretaries of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Treasury to jointly establish a program to share information that may lead to the identification of unauthorized aliens. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to provide taxpayer identity information to the Commissioner of Social Security and the DHS Secretary on employers who paid nondeductible wages to unauthorized aliens and on the aliens to whom such wages were paid.
 
Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to: (1) make permanent the E-Verify Program for verifying the employment eligibility of alien workers, (2) apply such program to current employees in addition to new hires, (3) establish a rebuttable presumption that employers who participate in the E-Verify Program and obtain confirmation of identity and employment eligibility have not violated hiring requirements under such Act, and (4) allow employers participating in the E-Verify Program to make a conditional offer of employment pending final verification of the identity and employment eligibility of the job applicant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayers' Cancer Research Funding Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1293
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2013-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cancer
Government trust funds
Medical research
Research administration and funding
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: 
Taxpayers' Cancer Research Funding Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to designate on their tax returns a $5 contribution to the Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Fund ($10 for joint returns). 
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Fund to award grants for breast or prostate cancer research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Self-Sufficient Community Lands Act

Bill: 113-hr-1294
Sponsor: Rep. Labrador, Raul R. [R-ID-1]
Introduced: 2013-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Forests, forestry, trees
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Rural conditions and development
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: 
 Self-Sufficient Community Lands Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the community forest demonstration area or areas of a state, consisting of National Forest System (NFS) land, at the request of a Board of Trustees appointed by a governor to manage such land in that state. 
 
Conditions establishment of an area upon: (1) inclusion of at least 200,000 acres of NFS land; (2) a state has a forest practices law or regulatory structure applicable to state or privately owned forest land; (3) agreement with the governor by the county in which the land is located requiring the county, in using revenues received from the area, to continue to meet obligations under applicable state law pursuant to the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 or other provisions concerning payment of receipts for the benefit of public schools and roads. 
 
Excludes from a community forest demonstration area land that is a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System or on which the removal of vegetation is specifically prohibited by federal law. 
 
Deems the administration and management of a community forest demonstration area, including implementing actions, not to be federal action and subject to federal laws only to the extent that they apply to the state administration and management of forest lands in which the community forest demonstration area is located. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2013-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Medical Device Tax Elimination Act

Bill: 113-hr-1295
Sponsor: Rep. Maffei, Daniel B. [D-NY-24]
Introduced: 2013-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Health technology, devices, supplies
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Oil and gas
Sales and excise taxes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: 
Medical Device Tax Elimination Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the excise tax on medical devices; (2) deny major integrated oil companies (companies which have an average daily worldwide annual production of crude oil of at least 500,000 barrels and annual gross receipts in excess of $1 billion) the tax deduction for income attributable to oil, natural gas, or primary products thereof; (3) prohibit the use of the last-in, first-out (LIFO) accounting method by major integrated oil companies; and (4) deny the foreign tax credit to major integrated oil companies that are dual taxpayers (companies that receive an economic benefit from a foreign country or a possession of the United States that does not impose a generally applicable income tax).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Flood Control Facility Maintenance Clarification Act

Bill: 113-hr-1296
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Gary G. [R-CA-31]
Introduced: 2013-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Dams and canals
Floods and storm protection
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: 
Flood Control Facility Maintenance Clarification Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to: (1) include the removal of sediment, debris, and vegetation as &quot;maintenance&quot; of a currently serviceable structure for which the discharge of dredged or fill material into the navigable waters at specified disposal sites is not prohibited; and (2) include a channel or basin as such a structure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Agricultural Credit Expansion Act

Bill: 113-hr-1297
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2013-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Disaster relief and insurance
Family relationships

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: 
Agricultural Credit Expansion Act - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to expand eligibility for Farm Service Agency operating loans, farm ownership loans, conservation loans, and emergency loans. 
 
Deems specified embedded entities (an entity owned wholly or in part by another entity) eligible for farm ownership and operating loans. 
 
Deems specified operating-only entities eligible for farm ownership loans.
 
Deems an entity that is an owner-operator or operator to meet the direct ownership loan requirement if it is owned in whole or in part by other entities and each individual that is an owner of the family farm involved has an ownership interest in each of the other entities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Export Apple Act to permit the export of apples to Canada in bulk bins without certification by the Department of Agriculture.

Bill: 113-hr-1298
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2013-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural trade
Canada
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fruit and vegetables
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: 
Amends the Export Apple Act to permit apples to be exported to Canada in bulk bins (a quantity of apples weighing more than 100 pounds) without complying with certain inspection and certification requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House