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Support Our Armed Forces Act

Bill: 113-hr-3232
Sponsor: Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8]
Introduced: 2013-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Coast guard
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
Military procurement, research, weapons development
National Guard and reserves
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-02
text: 
Support Our Armed Forces Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) all Department of Defense (DOD) and Coast Guard civilian employees, including military technicians (dual status), and all defense contractor employees provide vital support to the Armed Forces; and (2) all members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who perform inactive-duty training or annual training during a government shutdown should be paid for performing such duty, just as other members of the Armed Forces who perform active service will be paid. 
 
Amends the Pay Our Military Act (P.L. 113-39) to make FY2014 continuing appropriations for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2014 are not in effect to provide for:
 
 
 pay and allowances to members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components, who perform inactive-duty training or annual training (under such Act only members performing active service) during such period; 
 
pay and allowances to all civilian personnel of DOD (and the Department of Homeland Security [DHS] in the case of the Coast Guard), including military technicians (dual status), non-dual status technicians, and federally-reimbursed state civilian employees supporting the National Guard (under such Act only personnel whom the Secretary concerned determines are providing support to members of the Armed Forces performing active service); and
 
compensation to all employees of DOD and DHS contractors who are performing activities under a contract with DOD, or DHS in the case of the Coast Guard (under such Act only contractors whom the Secretary concerned determines are providing support to members of the Armed Forces performing active service).
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2013-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-02
text: Introduced in House
Pay Accountability Act

Bill: 113-hr-3234
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2013-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-02
text: 
Pay Accountability Act - Requires the pay of Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President to be withheld during any period of: (1) a lapse in appropriations for any federal agency as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution, or (2) the federal government's inability to make payments or meet obligations because the public debt limit.
 
Provides for such withheld amounts to be deposited in an escrow account to be transferred (on the last day of the Congress involved with respect to a Member, or the last day of the term of office involved with respect to the President or Vice President) to the Secretary of the Treasury and deposited in the Treasury for deficit reduction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-10-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-02
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the compensation of any Federal, State, or local employee furloughed due to a lapse in appropriations which began on or about October 1, 2013.

Bill: 113-hr-3235
Sponsor: Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2013-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-02
text: 
Provides for federal, state, and local employees furloughed due to a lapse in appropriations (from the Treasury) that began on or about October 1, 2013, to be compensated at their standard rate for the period of such lapse in appropriations.
 
Defines &quot;state or local employee&quot; as an individual employed by the government of a state, municipality, or political subdivision, or by the government of the District of Columbia, whose principal employment is in connection with an activity financed in whole or in part by loans or grants made by the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-02
text: Introduced in House
Hold Congress Accountable Act

Bill: 113-hr-3236
Sponsor: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2013-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-02
text: 
Hold Congress Accountable Act - Requires a reduction in the annual rate of pay of a Member of Congress during a government shutdown equal to the product of 1 day's worth of pay under such annual rate and the number of 24-hour periods during which the government shutdown is in effect. Makes such reduction applicable to days occurring after the date of the general election for federal office held in November 2014. 
 
Requires any amount of pay of a Member of Congress in the 113th Congress that is reduced due to a government shutdown to be held in escrow until the last day of the 113th Congress and released for payment to Members at that time. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-02
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-10-02
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-02
text: Introduced in House
GARDS Act

Bill: 113-hr-3237
Sponsor: Rep. Stutzman, Marlin A. [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2013-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Disaster relief and insurance
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-02
text: 
Guard Appropriation Restoration During Shutdown Act or the GARDS Act - Amends the Pay Our Military Act (P.L. 113-39) to make FY2014 continuing appropriations for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2014 are not in effect to provide for: (1) members of the National Guard who perform inactive-duty training or other service for which members would otherwise be entitled to pay and allowances (under such Act only members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components, who perform active service); and (2) civilian personnel of the National Guard, including military technicians (dual status), without regard to any determination by the Secretary of Defense (DOD) or the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) that such personnel are providing support to members of the Armed Forces performing active service. 
 
Makes appropriations for FY2014, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2014 are not in effect, such sums as are necessary to provide for the operation and maintenance of the National Guard, including necessary sums to prevent any interruption or delay in the performance by the National Guard of domestic disaster relief and recovery operations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2013-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-02
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Simeon Simeonov, Stela Simeonova, Stoyan Simeonov, and Vania Simeonova.

Bill: 113-hr-3238
Sponsor: Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2013-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-02
text: Provides for the relief of Simeon Simeonov, Stela Simeonova, Stoyan Simeonov, and Vania Simeonova.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-02
text: Introduced in House
Making automatic continuing appropriations for the continuation of FBI emergency and critical training programs in the event of a Government shutdown.

Bill: 113-hr-3239
Sponsor: Rep. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2013-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of Justice
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
International organizations and cooperation
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-03
text: 
Appropriates for FY2014, for any period during which a joint resolution or other Act making appropriations for commerce, justice, science, and related agencies is not in effect, such sums as may be necessary to continue emergency training and critical training by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), at a rate for operations as provided by the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6), as reduced by the presidential sequestration order dated March 1, 2013.
 
Defines: (1) &quot;emergency training&quot; as training of new employees in positions designated as &quot;emergency&quot;; and (2) &quot;critical training&quot; as training of state and local officers, training for international law enforcement officers occurring in the United States, and training of international law enforcement officers abroad (such as the training of officers who will be working in a combat zone) that is deemed necessary to protect human life or property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2013-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-03
text: Introduced in House
Pay our Guardsmen and Civilian Defense Personnel Act

Bill: 113-hr-3241
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
Introduced: 2013-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Coast guard
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-03
text: 
Pay our Guardsmen and Civilian Defense Personnel Act - Amends the Pay Our Military Act (P.L. 113-39) to make FY2014 continuing appropriations for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2014 are not in effect to provide for pay and allowances to: (1) members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components, who perform inactive-duty training (under such Act only members performing active service) during such period; and (2) all civilian personnel of DOD (and the Department of Homeland Security [DHS] in the case of the Coast Guard), including all military technicians (dual status).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6242)
action_date: 2013-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2013-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the election to treat the cost of qualified film and television productions as an expense which is not chargeable to capital account.

Bill: 113-hr-3242
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2013-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-03
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2015 the taxpayer election to expense qualified film or television production costs in the current taxable year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-03
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Training for Employment Potential Act

Bill: 113-hr-3244
Sponsor: Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2013-10-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Manufacturing
Public-private cooperation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-04
text: 
First STEP Act or the Supporting Training for Employment Potential Act - Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to direct the Secretary of Commerce to provide support and assistance to programs that promote the Manufacturing Skills Certification System (a collaborative federal-private industry effort to create universally recognizable manufacturing employee credentials), including by: (1) promoting collaboration between community colleges, technical schools, and local businesses to help such colleges and schools better understand business needs and and to help businesses better understand the skill sets learned in college and school programs; (2) educating businesses and students on the value of universally recognized credential programs and apprenticeship opportunities; (3) providing support and assistance for state programs looking to implement the System; and (4) providing support and assistance for programs to collaborate at a national level.
 
Extends through FY2016 a program of assistance for the creation and support of regional centers for the transfer of manufacturing technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2013-10-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2013-10-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-04
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Home Health Fraud Reduction Act

Bill: 113-hr-3245
Sponsor: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-4]
Introduced: 2013-10-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Home and outpatient care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-04
text: 
Medicare Home Health Fraud Reduction Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit payments to a skilled home health agency under the prospective payment system for any episode of care to the extent that it exceeds the applicable episode utilization limit established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).
 
Specifies the formula for establishing an episode utilization limit for a skilled home health agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-10-04
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: 2013-10-04
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: 2013-10-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-04
text: Introduced in House
Support Our Department of Defense Civilian Employees Act

Bill: 113-hr-3246
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2013-10-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Coast guard
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-04
text: 
Support Our Department of Defense Civilian Employees Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that all civilian employees and contractors of the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Coast Guard serve to provide support to members of the Armed Forces. 
 
Amends the Pay Our Military Act (P.L. 113-39) to make FY2014 continuing appropriations for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2014 are not in effect to provide for: (1) pay and allowances to all civilian personnel of DOD (and the Department of Homeland Security [DHS] in the case of the Coast Guard) (under such Act only personnel whom the Secretary concerned determines are providing support to members of the Armed Forces performing active service); and (2) compensation to all employees of contractors of DOD, and DHS in the case of the Coast Guard (under such Act only contractors whom the Secretary concerned determines are providing support to members of the Armed Forces performing active service). 
 
Requires the Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard) to ensure that all civilian personnel of DOD and the Coast Guard who were not in &quot;retained&quot; or &quot;excepted&quot; status at any time during the period beginning on October 1, 2013, are treated as retained or excepted during the period for which such continuing appropriations are made available, effective as of the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2013-10-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2013-10-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2013-10-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-04
text: Introduced in House
Fiscal Sanity Act for Appropriations

Bill: 113-hr-3247
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2013-10-05 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Food assistance and relief
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-05
text: 
Fiscal Sanity Act for Appropriations - Makes appropriations for 30 days for: (1) each project or activity for which budget authority was provided in the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6) in an amount equal to the authority provided in such Act, as reduced pursuant to the presidential sequestration order dated March 1, 2013, to remain available for a comparable period of availability; and (2) entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for FY2013, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, in such amounts as may be necessary to maintain program levels as they existed on September 30, 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2013-10-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-05
text: Introduced in House
Fiscal Sanity Act for Appropriations

Bill: 113-hr-3248
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2013-10-05 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Food assistance and relief

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-05
text: 
Fiscal Sanity Act for Appropriations - Makes appropriations for 60 days for: (1) each project or activity for which budget authority was provided in the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6) in an amount equal to the authority provided in such Act, as reduced pursuant to the presidential sequestration order dated March 1, 2013, to remain available for a comparable period of availability; and (2) entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for FY2013, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, in such amounts as may be necessary to maintain program levels as they existed on September 30, 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2013-10-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-05
text: Introduced in House
Fiscal Sanity Act for Appropriations

Bill: 113-hr-3249
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2013-10-05 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Food assistance and relief

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-05
text: 
Fiscal Sanity Act for Appropriations - Makes appropriations for 90 days for: (1) each project or activity for which budget authority was provided in the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6) in an amount equal to the authority provided in such Act, as reduced pursuant to the presidential sequestration order dated March 1, 2013, to remain available for a comparable period of availability; and (2) entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for FY2013, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, in such amounts as may be necessary to maintain program levels as they existed on September 30, 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2013-10-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-05
text: Introduced in House