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Surveillance Order Reporting Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3035
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Consumer credit
Government information and archives
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Surveillance Order Reporting Act of 2013 - Permits each electronic service provider to report information to the public about requests and demands for information made by any government entity under a surveillance law and exempts such provider from liability with respect to that report even if the provider would otherwise be prohibited by a surveillance law from reporting that information.
 
Allows the provider to report such information not more often than quarterly and only to the extent that the report reveals estimates of the number of such demands and requests made, the number the service provider complied with, and the numbers of users and/or accounts for which information was demanded, requested, or provided.
 
Permits any estimate disclosed to be: (1) an overall estimate or broken down by categories of, or provisions of, authorizing surveillance laws; and (2) expressed in no greater detail than in a range of 100, rounded to the nearest 100s. 
 
 Defines "surveillance law" to include the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 and specified sections of the National Security Act of 1947, the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and the federal criminal code (dealing with counterintelligence access to telephone toll and transactional records).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Financial 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: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Financial 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: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Financial 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: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3036
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Federal Reserve System
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to authorize the Financial Stability Oversight Council to determine that a bank holding company shall be subject to enhanced supervision and prudential standards by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, if the Council makes a final determination that material financial distress at the bank holding company, or the nature, scope, size, scale, concentration, interconnectedness, or mix of its activities, could threaten the financial stability of the United States.
 
Prescribes an indicator-based measurement approach to be considered by the Council.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Government Litigation Savings Act

Bill: 113-hr-3037
Sponsor: Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Government liability
Inflation and prices
Judicial procedure and administration
Judicial review and appeals
Legal fees and court costs
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Government Litigation Savings Act - Revises provisions of the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) and the federal judicial code relating to the fees and other expenses of parties in agency proceedings and court cases against the federal government.
 
Restricts awards of fees and other expenses under EAJA to prevailing parties with a direct and personal interest in an adjudication, including because of medical costs, property damage, determination of benefits, an unpaid disbursement, and other expenses of adjudication, or because of a policy interest.
 
Requires (currently, authorizes) the reduction or denial of an award if the party during the course of the proceedings engaged in conduct which unduly or unreasonably (currently, unduly and unreasonably) protracted the final resolution of the matter in controversy.
 
Increases to $200 per hour the cap on attorney fees awarded under EAJA and eliminates the cost-of-living and special factor considerations for allowing an increase in the hourly rate for such fees. 
 
Eliminates the net worth exemption for determining eligibility for fees and expenses under EAJA for tax-exempt organizations and cooperative associations under the Agricultural Marketing Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
SOARS Act

Bill: 113-hr-3038
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-23]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Government studies and investigations
Licensing and registrations
Space flight and exploration
Spacecraft and satellites

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Suborbital and Orbital Advancement and Regulatory Streamlining Act or SOARS Act - Amends commercial space launch licensing requirements.
 
Revises the definition of &quot;launch services&quot; to include activities involved in the preparation of a launch vehicle (as under current law) or element thereof, including space flight participant training for a launch.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to issue a single license or permit for flight of a launch or reentry vehicle, or element thereof, in support of a launch or reentry, even when the vehicle or element is not being launched or reentered. Requires the Secretary to ensure that all DOT regulations for a licensed or permitted launch or reentry are satisfied under a single license or permit.
 
Authorizes the issuance of an experimental permit for a particular reusable suborbital rocket (as under current law) or rocket design after a license has been issued for the launch or reentry of a rocket of that design. Declares that any permits already issued shall remain valid for research and development (R&D) and other specified purposes.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish, under the Office of Commercial Space Transportation of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a demonstration project to evaluate the benefits of using experimental aircraft for both the direct and indirect support of commercial space launch and reentry activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Receipt Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3039
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Government information and archives
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Taxpayer Receipt Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to provide individual taxpayers via U.S. mail annual receipts for income taxes reported for the preceding taxable year. Requires such tax receipts to: (1) state the amount of taxes paid by the taxpayer, the taxpayer's filing status, earned income, taxable income, and other information; (2) contain tables listing expenditures in categories of the federal budget and the 10 most costly tax expenditures and related spending information; and (3) contain an annual budget review prepared by the Secretary, in consultation with the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), to assist taxpayers in understanding the federal budget and government spending.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1242)
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Safe Freight Act

Bill: 113-hr-3040
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Railroads
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Safe Freight Act - Prohibits the operation of a freight train or light locomotive engine used in the movement of freight unless it has a crew of at least two individuals, one of whom is certified by the Federal Railroad Administration as a locomotive operator and the other as a train conductor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
IRS Health Records Privacy Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3041
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of the Treasury
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Health information and medical records
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Right of privacy
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
IRS Health Records Privacy Act of 2013 - Prohibits any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from inspecting protected health information of any individual (defined as individually identifiable health information transmitted by or maintained in electronic or other form or medium, except for information contained in certain education and employment records) except to the extent that such health information directly relates to a criminal violation of the internal revenue laws. Provides for civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to notify any individual whose protected health information has been inspected in violation of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Taking Hold of Regulations to Increase Vital Employment In Energy Act

Bill: 113-hr-3042
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
 Taking Hold of Regulations to Increase Vital Employment In Energy Act - Prohibits a federal agency from using the social cost of carbon to incorporate any social benefits of reducing carbon dioxide emissions in any regulatory impact analysis unless and until a federal law is enacted authorizing such use. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that the Secretary of Defense provides each member of the Armed Forces, before the member separates from the Armed Forces, with an electronic copy of the medical records of the member and a physical examination.

Bill: 113-hr-3045
Sponsor: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health information and medical records
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to provide to each member of the Armed Forces who is scheduled to be separated from service a copy of such member's medical records in an electronic format.
 
Requires such records to include any medical records that, in connection with service in the National Guard, are maintained by the governor of the appropriate state, commonwealth, territory, or possession or the Commanding General of the National Guard of the District of Columbia.
 
Directs the Secretary concerned to provide to a member who is scheduled to be separated a comprehensive physical examination immediately before that separation. Repeals provisions authorizing the waiver of such examination if the member has otherwise undergone an examination within 12 months before the scheduled date of separation. Prohibits a member from being entitled to health care benefits solely by reason of being provided such examination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1233)
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Health Care Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3046
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Small Business Health Care Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for the health insurance expenses of small employers, to: (1) expand the eligibility of such employers for the credit by allowing them to have up to 50 full-time employees (currently, limited to no more than 25 full-time employees); (2) modify the phaseout of such credit based upon increases in the number of eligible employees and the employer's average annual wages; (3) increase the average annual wage limitation for 2013 and subsequent years; (4) repeal the requirement that employers make uniform contributions of at least 50% of each employee's premium to qualify for the tax credit; and (5) repeal the limitation on such credit based on the average premium in the small group market in the rating area in which an employee enrolls for coverage. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
To authorize borrowers of loans under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program to modify the interest rate of such loans to be equal to the interest rate for such loans at the time of modification.

Bill: 113-hr-3047
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow a borrower of a loan under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program to modify the interest rate on such a loan so that its interest rate is equal to the interest rate it would bear if first disbursed at the time of modification.
 
Fixes that interest rate for the life of the loan, unless the borrower elects to modify it again.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Maximize Our Highways Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3048
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Maximize Our Highways Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to study the economically beneficial uses of rights-of-way associated with federal-aid highways, including: (1) the identification of economically beneficial activities that may be carried out to ensure those rights-of-way are used in the most economically beneficial manner; and (2) an analysis of the costs and benefits of, barriers to, and revenue generated by carrying out such activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Justice for Fort Hood and Little Rock Heroes Act

Bill: 113-hr-3049
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Arkansas
Crime victims
Military personnel and dependents
State and local government operations
Terrorism
Texas
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Justice for Fort Hood and Little Rock Heroes Act - Requires an individual who, while a member of the Armed Forces, was killed or wounded in the attack at Fort Hood, Texas, on November 5, 2009, or in the attack at the recruiting station in Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 1, 2009, to be treated as if the individual has been awarded a Purple Heart as of the date of this Act's enactment for purposes of all applicable federal laws, regulations, and policies.
 
Requires such an individual who was wounded in either such attack to be treated as an "eligible combat-related disabled uniformed services retiree" for purposes of determining that individual's eligibility for combat-related special compensation.
 
Disqualifies an individual whose death or wound was the result of the individual's willful misconduct.
 
Encourages each state and local government to treat such an individual as eligible for any benefits provided to individuals by reason of being killed or wounded while serving in the line of duty as a member of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Equality Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3050
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Marriage and family status
Social Security Administration
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Social Security Equality Act of 2013 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to authorize the treatment of permanent partnerships between individuals of the same gender as marriage for purposes of determining entitlement to OASDI benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House