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Combating Prescription Drug Abuse Act

Bill: 113-s-1277
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2013-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Crime prevention
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health promotion and preventive care
Law enforcement administration and funding
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: 
Combating Prescription Drug Abuse Act - Establishes the Combating Prescription Drug Abuse Commission, whose duties shall be to: (1) review and report to Congress on federal initiatives regarding efforts to prevent and reduce prescription drug abuse, (2) identify gaps and opportunities regarding the safe use of prescription drugs with the potential for diversion and abuse, and (3) make recommendations on specific ways to reduce diversion and abuse of prescription drugs.
 
Requires the report to describe Commission efforts to prevent or reduce drug diversion and abuse to ensure that patients continue to have access to medications and include specific recommendations for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and other federal and state agencies concerning prescription drug monitoring and abuse.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5706)
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Egyptian Military Coup Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1278
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2013-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Egypt
Foreign aid and international relief
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Sanctions
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: 
Egyptian Military Coup Act of 2013 - Prohibits U.S. government assistance from being provided to Egypt pursuant to the coup d'etat restriction under the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Act, 2012.
 
 Suspends the provision of specified defense articles and services, and the processing of letters of offer and acceptance for future arms sales, until the President certifies to Congress that democratic national elections have taken place in Egypt followed by a peaceful transfer of power.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Freedom to Pray Act

Bill: 113-s-1279
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2013-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: First Amendment rights
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: 
Freedom to Pray Act - Prohibits the federal government from revoking or withholding federal financial assistance that would otherwise be provided to any recipient on the basis of religious activities that are conducted voluntarily and initiated by participants in a program or activity carried out by such recipient.
 
Prohibits this Act from being construed to authorize the United States or any state or political subdivision to: (1) sponsor a religious activity, (2) prohibit a recipient of federal financial assistance from ensuring that a religious activity does not materially and substantially interfere with the orderly conduct of the program or activities carried out by such recipient, (3) require any person to participate in prayer or other religious activity, or (4) compel any employee or agent of a program or activity that is carried out by a recipient of federal financial assistance to participate in an activity if the content of the speech at the activity is contrary to their beliefs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Charitable Agricultural Research Act

Bill: 113-s-1280
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2013-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural research
Charitable contributions
Higher education
Income tax deductions
Public participation and lobbying
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: 
Charitable Agricultural Research Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax deduction for a charitable contribution to an agricultural research organization directly engaged in the continuous active conduct of agricultural research, and (2) make prohibitions against expenditures to influence legislation applicable to such organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Innovation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1285
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2013-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Agricultural practices and innovations
Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Computers and information technology
Digital media
Environmental technology
Financial services and investments
Health technology, devices, supplies
Manufacturing
Public-private cooperation
Securities
Small business
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: 
Small Business Innovation Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to guarantee the payment of up to $4 billion per fiscal year for debentures or participating securities issued by small business investment companies (SBICs) to encourage the formation and growth of small businesses. Increases from $225 million to $350 million the maximum amount of outstanding leverage for two or more commonly-controlled SBICs.
 
Direct the Administrator to establish and carry out an early-stage investment program to provide, through participating investment companies, equity financing to support early-stage businesses (gross annual sales of $15 million or less in any of the previous three years). Outlines investment company application requirements and selection and approval procedures. Allows the Administrator to make one or more equity financings to a participating company, with a limit of $100 million to any one company. Requires the company to make all of its investments in small businesses, of which at least 50% shall be early-stage small businesses in specified targeted industries. Establishes in the Treasury a separate account for equity financings under the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
MITECH Act

Bill: 113-s-1286
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2013-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: 
Medicaid Information Technology to Enhance Community Health Act of 2013 or MITECH Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to extend payments to encourage the adoption and use of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology to qualified safety net clinics (QSNCs).
 
Defines a QSNC as a clinic or network of clinics operated by a private non-profit or public entity at least 30% percent of whose patient volume is attributable to needy individuals.
 
Defines a "QSNC-based" individual as one who furnishes substantially all of his or her professional services in a QSNC and through use of the clinic's facilities and equipment, including qualified EHRs.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a procedure through which a QSNC may demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR technology in order to receive incentive payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5671)
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to raise the limitation on the election to accelerate the AMT credit in lieu of bonus depreciation for 2013.

Bill: 113-s-1287
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2013-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for an increase in the limitation on the election to accelerate the alternative minimum tax (AMT) credit in lieu of bonus depreciation for certain property placed in service by a corporation after December 31, 2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1288
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2013-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Judicial procedure and administration
Lawyers and legal services
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: 
Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2013 - Amends the sanctions provisions in Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to require the court to impose an appropriate sanction on any attorney, law firm, or party that has violated, or is responsible for the violation of, the rule with regard to representations to the court. Requires any sanction to compensate parties injured by the conduct in question.
 
Removes a provision that prohibits filing a motion for sanctions if the challenged paper, claim, defense, contention, or denial is withdrawn or appropriately corrected within 21 days after service or within another time the court sets. 
 
Authorizes the court to impose additional sanctions, including striking the pleadings, dismissing the suit, nonmonetary directives, or penalty payments if warranted for effective deterrence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to retain the existing vehicle weight limitations for vehicles traveling along any segment of U.S. Highway 78 within Mississippi after such segment is incorporated into the Interstate Highway System.

Bill: 113-s-1289
Sponsor: Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS]
Introduced: 2013-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Mississippi
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: 
Permits the continued operation of trucks on any segment of U.S. Highway 78 in Mississippi designated as a highway on the Interstate System. Prohibits application of federal weight limitations to those trucks that could operate legally on such a segment before that designation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1290
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2013-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Domestic violence and child abuse
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: 
Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2013 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to revise the definition of: (1) &quot;intimate partner&quot; to include a dating partner and any other person similarly situated to a spouse who is protected by the domestic or family violence laws of the state or tribal jurisdiction in which the injury occurred or where the victim resides; and (2) &quot;misdemeanor crime of domestic violence&rdquo; to include the use or attempted use of physical force or a deadly weapon by a current or former intimate partner.
 
Prohibits: (1) the sale or other disposition of a firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of stalking; and (2) the shipment or possession of a firearm or ammunition in interstate or foreign commerce, or the receipt of a firearm or ammunition that has been transported in interstate or foreign commerce, by an individual who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of stalking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Defund Obamacare Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1292
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2013-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: 
Defund Obamacare Act of 2013 - Prohibits any federal funds from being made available to carry out the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
 
Prohibits any entitlement to benefits under such provisions from remaining in effect on and after the date of the enactment of this Act. Prohibits any payments from being awarded, owed, or made to any state, district, or territory under any such provision.
 
Rescinds any unobligated balances available under such provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-16
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 135.
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
BUILD Career and Technical Education Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1293
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2013-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Public-private cooperation
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: 
Building Understanding, Investment, Learning, and Direction Career and Technical Education Act of 2013 or the BUILD Career and Technical Education Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive two-year grants to local educational agencies to support career and technical education exploration programs that provide middle and high school students with experiential learning opportunities that are connected to their education and career pathways.
 
Requires grant funds to be used for: (1) leasing, purchasing, upgrading, or adapting equipment related to program activities; (2) staff expenses in coordinating or implementing program activities; (3) consultation services that are directly aligned to program goals; (4) professional development programs that are aligned to program goals; (5) minor remodeling to accommodate program equipment; and/or (6) program evaluation.
 
Requires each grantee to develop a plan to evaluate grant activities that includes an evaluation of specified outcomes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Tennessee Wilderness Act

Bill: 113-s-1294
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2013-07-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Tennessee
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: 
Tennessee Wilderness Act - Designates specified federal lands in Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee as wilderness and as additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System. 

action_date: 2014-04-08
text: 

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

 
Tennessee Wilderness Act - Designates specified federal lands in Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee as wilderness and as additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 351.
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Stabenow without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Stabenow without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide veterans with notice, when veterans electronically file claims for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary, that relevant services may be available from veterans service organizations, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-1295
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2013-07-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, during and as part of any electronic process for the filing of applications for benefits provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), to: (1) notify each claimant or claimant representative that application services may be available from veterans service organizations (VSOs), and (2) provide such claimant or representative with a list of such VSOs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-280.
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Servicemember's Electronic Health Records Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1296
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2013-07-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health information and medical records
Military medicine
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: 
Servicemember's Electronic Health Records Act of 2013 - Amends the Wounded Warrior Act to require the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs, in implementing electronic health record systems that provide for the full interoperability of personal health care information between the Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), to ensure that: (1) a health data authoritative source that can be accessed by multiple providers and that standardizes the input of new medical information is created by the Departments within 180 days, (2) the ability of patients of both Departments to download their medical records is achieved within 180 days, (3) full interoperability of personal health care information between the Departments is achieved within one year, (4) acceleration of the exchange of real-time data between the Departments is achieved within one year, (5) the upgrade of the graphical user interface to display a joint common graphical user interface is achieved within one year, and (6) current members of the Armed Forces and their dependents may elect to receive an electronic copy of their health care records beginning not later than June 30, 2015.
 
Requires the Secretaries to assess the feasibility and advisability of establishing a secure, remote, network-accessible computer storage system (commonly referred to as cloud storage) to: (1) provide members of the Armed Forces and veterans the ability to upload their health care records, and (2) allow DOD and VA medical providers of the Departments to access such records.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-280.
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5688)
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Government Transformation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1297
Sponsor: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL]
Introduced: 2013-07-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Legislative rules and procedure
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-16
text: 
Government Transformation Act of 2013 - Establishes the Government Transformation Commission as an independent commission. Directs the Commission to:
 
 
 make specific and actionable recommendations to congressional committees for legislative changes, including opportunities to increase efficiency and reduce government costs, proposals to reduce government expenditures and indebtedness and improve personnel management, and proposals to make the federal government more economical, efficient, and effective;
 
 make recommendations to the President for the elimination, consolidation, or improvement of federal programs and for reinvestment and opportunities for innovation in federal agencies;
 
 provide advice and recommendations to federal agencies to make programs more economical, efficient, and effective, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to improve and report on agency performance plans, and to Congress, OMB, and federal agencies on the design and implementation of significant new federal programs; 
 
 provide a mechanism whereby federal employees, citizens, and other interested parties can offer ideas and recommendations for reviewing and improving federal programs;
 
 conduct research into best organization practices and government reform efforts and provide a repository for such information; 
 
develop and maintain criteria and a schedule for assessing federal agencies and programs;
 
 assess program evaluations;
 
maintain the privacy and security of any data used by the Commission; and 
 
 support requests made under the Freedom of Information Act. 
 
 
Requires the Commission to make interim and annual reports on its activities to the President and Congress.
 
Provides for expedited congressional consideration of legislation to implement recommendations of the Commission.
 
Terminates the Commission seven years after the enactment of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2013-07-16
text: Introduced in Senate