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Expedite Our Economy Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2771
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2013-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Department of Energy
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Oil and gas
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: 
Expedite Our Economy Act of 2013 - Amends the Natural Gas Act to repeal the authority of the Secretary of Energy over the exportation or importation of natural gas, including the related free trade agreements and applications and approval process.
 
Directs the Secretary of State to report to Congress on: (1) how the economic policies of foreign countries with natural gas resources and reserves relate to the development and production of their natural gas resources and reserves, as well as the extent and status of their natural gas resources and reserves; (2) the potential of such countries to export their natural gas production to the global market, including the impact of such exports upon the global market; and (3) U.S. actions to foster natural gas exports to foreign countries having an interest in importing natural gas from the United States.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
action_date: 2013-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Rape Survivor Child Custody Act

Bill: 113-hr-2772
Sponsor: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2013-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crimes against women
Evidence and witnesses
Family relationships
Law enforcement administration and funding
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: 
Rape Survivor Child Custody Act - Directs the Attorney General to make grants to states that have in place a law that allows the mother of any child that was conceived through rape to seek court-ordered termination of the parental rights of her rapist with regard to that child, which the court shall grant upon clear and convincing evidence of rape.
 
Limits such a grant to: (1) an amount that is not greater than 10% of the average of the total funding of the 3 most recent awards a state received under the STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program and the Sexual Assault Services Program; and (2) a 1-year term, subject to renewal for not more than 3 additional years.
 
Requires a state that receives such a grant to use: (1) 25% of grant funds for permissible uses under the STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program, and (2) 75% of funds for permissible uses under the Sexual Assault Services Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Hurricane and Tornado Mitigation Investment Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2774
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2013-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Natural disasters
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: 
Hurricane and Tornado Mitigation Investment Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual and business taxpayers a tax credit for 25% of their qualified hurricane and tornado mitigation property expenditures up to $5,000 for any taxable year. Defines such expenditures as expenditures in a dwelling unit to improve the strength of a roof deck attachment, create a secondary water barrier, improve the durability of a roof covering, brace gable-end walls, reinforce the connections between a roof and supporting wall, protect against windborne debris, or protect exterior doors and garages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1110)
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Review EPA's Language on Agriculture and Thoroughly Engage with the Farm Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2776
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2013-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Department of Agriculture
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: 
Review EPA's Language on Agriculture and Thoroughly Engage with the Farm Act of 2013 or the RELATE with the Farm Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to review publications that may give notice that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preparing or plans to prepare any guidance, policy, memorandum, regulation, or statement of general applicability and future effect that may have a significant impact on a substantial number of agricultural entities.
 
Requires the Secretary, for each publication item determined to have a possible significant impact, to: (1) solicit from the EPA Administrator information to facilitate a review of the item, (2) produce an economic impact statement, (3) identify representatives of potentially affected agricultural entities to obtain advice and recommendations about the potential impacts of the item, and (4) convene a review panel that includes the Secretary to analyze the publication item.
 
Provides procedures for submission by the Secretary of comments to the Administrator for inclusion in the administrative record and for waiver of a panel's initiation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Stop Pay for Violent Offenders Act

Bill: 113-hr-2777
Sponsor: Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2013-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Crime victims
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Military law
Military personnel and dependents
Sex offenses
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: 
Stop Pay for Violent Offenders Act - Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned (Secretary concerned) to suspend all or a portion of the pay and allowances of a member of the Armed Forces who is being held in confinement pending trial by court-martial or by civil authority for any sex-related or capital offense.
 
Entitles such member to: (1) written notice of the suspension, (2) a reasonable time (at least seven days) to request a suspension waiver and to furnish supporting evidence, (3) representation by an attorney or other representative in making such request, and (4) a written response by the Secretary concerned and the reasons for any denial of such request.
 
Requires any member who is subsequently acquitted of any such charges to be paid the full amount of the withheld pay and allowances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2778
Sponsor: Rep. Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2013-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: 
Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the identification requirements for the child tax credit to require taxpayers to provide valid identification numbers on their tax returns in addition to the names and identification numbers of each qualifying child.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Introduced in House
To establish a separate Inspector General for the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.

Bill: 113-hr-2779
Sponsor: Rep. Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2013-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: 
Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to create an Inspector General for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). 
 
Requires the President, within 60 days after enactment of this Act, to appoint a CFPB Inspector General. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2013-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2013-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Education for All Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2780
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2013-07-22 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Elementary and secondary education
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
International organizations and cooperation
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: 
Education for All Act of 2013 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to state that it is U.S. policy to work with foreign countries and international and civil society organizations to achieve universal basic education by: (1) assisting developing countries and nongovernmental and multilateral organizations to provide all children with a quality basic education, and (2) promoting education as the foundation for communities' development. 
 
Directs the President to develop a comprehensive U.S. strategy to promote quality universal basic education. 
 
Authorizes the President to provide funds and other assistance to qualifying foreign countries to create the policies, processes, and infrastructure to develop national basic quality education plans. 
 
Directs the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to designate a Coordinator of United States Government Actions to Provide Basic Education Assistance who shall have primary responsibility for the oversight and coordination of all U.S. government resources and international activities to promote quality universal basic education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Stop Paying Something for Nothing Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2781
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2013-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: 
Stop Paying Something for Nothing Act of 2013 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), by March 31 of each year, to report to the Chairs and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Budget Committees on: (1) each grant account exceeding three months past the grant end date; and (2) the total unexpended balance, the amount of obligated but unexpended funds, and the amount of unobligated funds in each such account for each agency. Requires the report to be made public on the OMB website.
 
Requires rescission and return to the Tresury general fund, on the date of the report's submittal, of any unobligated amounts in an expired grant account not listed in the report.
 
Requires the head of the relevant agency, within four months after a grant account is published on the OMB website, to close that grant account in the Payment Management System if the final report required by OMB Circular No. A-110 was filed more than 36 months before such date. Rescinds the unobligated amounts in such grant account and requires their return to the general fund.
 
Requires an agency to close any grant account in the System that has no unexpended balance remaining for the previous six months and, by June 15 of each year, report to the Chairs and Ranking Members on each closed account.
 
Authorizes OMB to prevent the closure of an account only after submitting to the Chairs and Ranking Members a report describing the reason for not closing the account.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2013-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2013-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Dr. R. Adams Cowley Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 113-hr-2782
Sponsor: Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Introduced: 2013-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: 
Dr. R. Adams Cowley Congressional Gold Medal Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for a posthumous presentation of a congressional gold medal in commemoration of Dr. R. Adams Cowley, recognizing his lifelong commitment to the advancement of trauma care.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell duplicates in bronze of such medal. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for continued eligibility for the health care tax credit for PBGC pension recipients eligible for the credit at the end of 2013.

Bill: 113-hr-2783
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2013-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to continue the eligibility of Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) pension recipients for the health care tax credit after 2013 if such recipients were eligible for such credit in December 2013. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Military Reserve Jobs Act

Bill: 113-hr-2785
Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]
Introduced: 2013-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Labor
Department of Veterans Affairs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military education and training
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: 
Military Reserve Jobs Act - Grants hiring preferences for federal employment to members of a reserve component of the Armed Forces who: (1) have successfully completed officer candidate training or entry level and skill training and have incurred, or are performing, a 6-year commitment with a reserve component (3 point preference); (2) have completed at least 10 years of service with a reserve component and have earned at least 50 retirement points per year (4 point preference); or (3) are retired from service in a reserve component and are eligible for, but have not yet begun receiving, retired pay for non-regular service (5 point preference). Extends the appeals process for veterans employed by the Veterans Health Administration for violations of preference rights. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act

Bill: 113-hr-2788
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2013-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: 
Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2015 the exclusion from gross income of income attributable to the discharge of indebtedness on a principal residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Introduced in House
DEFECT Act (Delaying Enrollment in Federal Exchanges to Certify Trust) of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2789
Sponsor: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2013-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Treasury
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: 
DEFECT Act (Delaying Enrollment in Federal Exchanges to Certify Trust) of 2013 - Prohibits the enrollment of any individual in a qualified health plan offered through a state Health Benefit Exchange or the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP Exchange) under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act until one year after publication in the Federal Register of final rules that establish procedures for: (1) verification of eligibility for participation in an Exchange and for the premium tax credit and cost-sharing reduction, and (2) reporting by individuals and large employers who provide minimum essential health care coverage. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Housing Assistance Efficiency Act

Bill: 113-hr-2790
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2013-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: 
Housing Assistance Efficiency Act - Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to allow (in addition to a state, local government, or public housing agency) a private nonprofit organization to administer permanent housing rental assistance provided through the Continuum of Care Program under the Act.
 
Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), at least once (currently, twice) during each fiscal year, to reallocate any housing assistance provided from the Emergency Solutions Grants Program that is unused or returned or that becomes available after the minimum allocation requirements under the Act.

action_date: 2014-12-02
text: 

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

 
Housing Assistance Efficiency Act - Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to allow (in addition to a state, local government, or public housing agency) a private nonprofit organization to administer permanent housing rental assistance provided through the Continuum of Care Program under the Act.
 
Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), at least once (currently, twice) during each fiscal year, to reallocate any housing assistance provided from the Emergency Solutions Grants Program that is unused or returned or that becomes available after the minimum allocation requirements under the Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-03
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2014-12-02
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2014-12-02
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8254)
action_date: 2014-12-02
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8254)
action_date: 2014-12-02
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2790.
action_date: 2014-12-02
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8254-8255)
action_date: 2014-12-02
text: Mr. Pearce moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Introduced in House