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TOTAL Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1830
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2013-12-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Federal preemption
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Retail and wholesale trades
Sales and excise taxes
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-16
text: 
Tallying of the Actual Liabilities Act of 2013 or the TOTAL Act of 2013 - Prohibits a retailer under the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from selling a product or service through an Internet website without presenting the total transaction amount it expects to collect from the potential purchaser (including all fees, taxes, and shipping and handling charges) before the person commits to the purchase.
 
Sets forth authority for: (1) the FTC to enforce a violation of this Act as an unfair or deceptive act or practice, and (2) states to bring civil actions on behalf of residents threatened or adversely affected by such a violation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2013-12-16
text: Introduced in Senate
National Yellow Dot Program Act

Bill: 113-s-1831
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2013-12-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Emergency medical services and trauma care
First responders and emergency personnel
Health information and medical records
Law enforcement officers
Motor vehicles
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-16
text: 
National Yellow Dot Program Act - Directs the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of the Department of Transportation (DOT) to: (1) establish a national Yellow Dot Program to assist law enforcement and emergency services personnel to efficiently gather relevant medical information in the event of a motor vehicle accident or other medical emergency involving motor vehicles, and (2) designate a DOT employee to serve as the national coordinator of the Program (Coordinator).
 
Directs the Coordinator to: (1) provide information, training, and materials for the Program to assist the state officials designated in the implementation of the Program; (2) compile national statistics on Program participation rates; and (3) collaborate with states that have similar programs to improve national consistency in training materials, participant forms and information, and data collection methods.
 
Requires each state that elects to participate in the Program to notify the Coordinator and designate a state official to oversee the Program throughout the state. Requires each participating state to: (1) work with local law enforcement and emergency services agencies to publicize the Program; (2) distribute to Program participants a yellow sticker and a yellow folder for each motor vehicle the participant anticipates driving or riding in regularly and a blank form on which to enter medical conditions, prescriptions, and other vital information for each driver or passenger; (3) instruct local law enforcement and emergency services personnel about Program purposes and requirements; and (4) report annually to the Coordinator on Program participants.
 
Requires each participant to: (1) place the sticker in the bottom left corner of the rear window of each vehicle the participant anticipates driving or riding in regularly, (2) place the completed form in the folder, and (3) place the folder in the glove compartment of each vehicle.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2013-12-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Esther Karinge.

Bill: 113-s-1832
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2013-12-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-16
text: Provides for the relief of Esther Karinge.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-12-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the taxable income limit on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties.

Bill: 113-s-1833
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2013-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the suspension of the taxable income limitation on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8915)
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation.

Bill: 113-s-1834
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2013-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Indian social and development programs
Minority and disadvantaged businesses

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the special rules for the accelerated depreciation of business property used on Indian reservations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8916)
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8915-8916)
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Jobs Score Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1835
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2013-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget process
Economic performance and conditions
Employee hiring
Legislative rules and procedure
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: 
Jobs Score Act of 2013 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis of any public bill or resolution reported from a congressional committee (except each chamber's Committee on Appropriations) to estimate the number of jobs which would be created, sustained, or lost in carrying out such measure in the fiscal year in which it is to become effective and in each of the four ensuing fiscal years, together with the basis for each such estimate.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Department of Commerce and the Workforce Consolidation Act

Bill: 113-s-1836
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2013-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather
Census and government statistics
Department of Commerce
Department of Labor
Department of the Interior
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government lending and loan guarantees
Manufacturing
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Metals
Small Business Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: 
Department of Commerce and the Workforce Consolidation Act - Establishes the Department of Commerce and the Workforce, headed by a Secretary of Commerce and the Workforce, as an executive department for the advancement of economic growth and job opportunities. Consolidates in such Department: (1) the Office of the Workforce, (2) the Patent and Trademark Office, (3) the Small Business Administration (SBA), (4) the Office of Economic Affairs and Statistics, (5) the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), (6) the International Trade Administration, (7) the Bureau of Industry and Security, (8) the Economic Development and Training Administration, (9) the Communications and Information Administration, and (10) the Office of Inspector General. Sets forth the powers and responsibilities of the Secretary.
 
Transfers: (1) specified functions and programs of the Departments of Commerce and Labor to the Department of Commerce and the Workforce, (2) all functions of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to the Department of the Interior, and (3) all functions of the National Marine Fisheries Service of NOAA to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
 
Eliminates: (1) the International Labor Comparisons program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, (2) the career pathways innovation fund established under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, (3) the Enhanced Transitional Jobs Demonstration program (4) grants for public telecommunications facilities, (5) the Baldridge Performance Excellence Program, (6) the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award, (6) the Emergency Steel Guaranteed Loan Program, and (7) certain functions and programs of the Bureau of the Census.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Equal Employment for All Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1837
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2013-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Consumer credit
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Personnel records

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: 
Equal Employment for All Act of 2013 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit a current or prospective employer from using a consumer report or an investigative consumer report, or from causing one to be procured, for either employment purposes or for making an adverse action, if the report contains information that bears upon the consumer's creditworthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity.
 
Makes exceptions to such prohibition when: (1) the consumer applies for, or currently holds, employment that requires a national security clearance; or (2) a consumer report is otherwise required by law.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8916)
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
National Historic Preservation Act Amendment Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1838
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2013-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Education programs funding
Higher education
Historic sites and heritage areas
Minority education

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: 
National Historic Preservation Act Amendment Act of 2013 - Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to make Hispanic-serving institutions eligible for technical and financial assistance to establish preservation training and degree programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
GSP UPDATE Act

Bill: 113-s-1839
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2013-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: 
GSP Update for Production Diversification and Trade Enhancement Act or GSP UPDATE Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize the President to designate certain luggage and travel articles as eligible for duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Money Remittances Improvement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1840
Sponsor: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL]
Introduced: 2013-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Department of the Treasury
Federal officials
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: 
Money Remittances Improvement Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, with respect to compliance with reporting requirements for monetary instrument transactions of certain financial institutions, to rely upon examinations conducted by the relevant state supervisory agency if: (1) the category of financial institution is required by state law to comply with federal requirements, or (2) the state supervisory agency is authorized to ensure that the financial institution complies with such federal requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to mitigate the reduction in the readiness of our Armed Forces by reducing the defense sequestration cuts for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 but implementing the cuts, in their entirety, over the duration of sequestration.

Bill: 113-s-1841
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2013-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: 
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to prohibit the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from implementing the otherwise required 50% sequestrations for FY2014 and FY2015 of discretionary appropriations and direct spending accounts within function 050 (defense function) under the Act.
 
Requires OMB instead to reduce such discretionary appropriations and direct spending amounts by $15 billion for FY2014 and $30 billion for FY2015.
 
Requires OMB for each of FY2016-FY2021 to increase the otherwise applicable amount of the reduction to such discretionary appropriations and direct spending accounts by different specified amounts. (Thus implements the originally required cuts, in their entirety, over the duration of sequestration.)
 
Requires: 
 
 
OMB to issue a revised sequestration preview report for FY2014 and a revised report on the Joint Committee reductions for FY2014 to reflect the amendments made by this Act, and
 
the President to issue a revised sequestration order of direct spending budgetary reductions for FY2014.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Pro Football Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 113-s-1842
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2013-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Currency
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Professional sports

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: 
Pro Football Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 50,000 $5-gold coins, 400,000 $1-silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar coins emblematic of the game of professional football. 
 
 Requires all sales of such coins to include specified surcharges, which shall be paid by the Secretary to the Pro Football Hall of Fame to help finance the construction of a new building and the renovation of existing Pro Football Hall of Fame facilities.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Information Technology Savings, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1843
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2013-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Appropriations
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: 
Federal Information Technology Savings, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2013 - Modifies provisions relating to the position of Chief Information Officer (CIO) in federal agencies to require the appointment of not more than one CIO in the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy (DOE), Health and Human Services (HHS), Interior, Justice (DOJ), Labor, State, Transportation (DOT), Treasury, and Veterans Affairs (VA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). 
 
Requires CIOs to: (1) be appointed or designated by the President, in consultation with relevant agency heads; (2) be chosen from among individuals who have demonstrated knowledge of information technology management practices and ability to manage such practices in large entities; and (3) be given enhanced authority in the budget planning process of an agency and the hiring of personnel who will have information technology responsibilities. 
 
Expands the responsibilities of the Chief Information Officers Council to require the Council to: (1) develop cross-agency portfolio management practices and issue guidelines and practices for expansion of the federal enterprise architecture process, and (2) report to specified congressional committees on its activities. Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to examine and report on the effectiveness of the Council.
 
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to make available to the public the cost, schedule, and performance data for at least 80% of all information technology investments in each federal agency to which this Act applies, unless the Director or the agency CIO determines that a waiver or limitation of such disclosure requirement is in the interests of national security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Military Retirement Restoration Act

Bill: 113-s-1844
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2013-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Foreign and international corporations
Inflation and prices
Military personnel and dependents
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. and foreign investments
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: 
Military Retirement Restoration Act - Repeals the provision of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 that reduces the cost-of-living adjustment to the retirement pay of members of the Armed Forces under age 62.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat a foreign corporation managed and controlled, directly or indirectly, primarily in the United States as a domestic corporation for U.S. tax purposes if the stock of such corporation is regularly traded on an established securities market or the aggregate gross assets of such corporation during the taxable year or any preceding taxable year is $50 million or more. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the redesignation of the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies as the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies.

Bill: 113-s-1847
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2013-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Congressional tributes
Hawaii
Members of Congress
Military operations and strategy
Policy sciences
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: 
Renames the Department of Defense (DOD) regional center for security studies, currently known as the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, as the &quot;Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies.&quot; 

action_date: 2013-12-17
text: 

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

 
Renames the Department of Defense (DOD) regional center for security studies, currently known as the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, as the &quot;Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies.&quot; 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2013-12-18
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8917; text as passed Senate: CR S8917)
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8917; text as passed Senate: CR S8917)
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1848
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2013-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Consumer affairs
Health care costs and insurance
Insurance industry and regulation
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-18
text: 
Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2013 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, with respect to abortion coverage in qualified plans offered through a health care exchange in a state, to modify the notice rules to require that:
 
 
in the case of services regarding abortions both for which public funding is prohibited and allowed, the extent of coverage shall be prominently displayed in any marketing or advertising materials, comparison tools, or summaries of benefits and coverage explanations made available by the issuer of the plan, by an exchange, or by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), including information made available through an Internet portal or exchange; and
 
in the case of abortions for which public funding is prohibited and where the premium for the plan is disclosed, the surcharge attributable to such services, consisting of an amount equal to the actuarial value of the coverage, shall be disclosed and identified separately.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate