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Planting STEM in the Classroom Act

Bill: 113-hr-2587
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2013-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Science and engineering education
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: 
Planting STEM in the Classroom Act - Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to develop a policy to: (1) encourage federal employees engaged in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) activities to volunteer in STEM education activities by providing them with the administrative leave and support they need to do so; and (2) support increased communication and partnerships between federal scientists and engineers and elementary and secondary schools and teachers through volunteerism in STEM education activities.
 
Requires each federal science agency to report to Congress on efforts it will make to promote widespread public understanding of career opportunities in the STEM fields specific to the workforce needs of that agency.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Fulfilling Our Responsibility for Efficient and Sustainable Timber Supply Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2588
Sponsor: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2013-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
General public lands matters
Intergovernmental relations
Pest management
Public contracts and procurement
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: 
 Fulfilling Our Responsibility for Efficient and Sustainable Timber Supply Act of 2013 or the FORESTS Act of 2013 - Extends through FY2023 the authority for the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to enter into stewardship end result contracting projects with private persons or other public or private entities to perform services to achieve land management goals for national forests and public lands that meet local and rural community needs. 
 
Prohibits a multiyear stewardship contract from exceeding a 20-year period (under current law, a 10-year period). 
 
Bars the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) and the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretaries) from being required to obligate funds to cover the costs of cancelling or terminating multiyear stewardship contracts or agreements until they are cancelled or terminated. Specifies the funding sources from which the costs of cancelling or terminating a multiyear stewardship contract may be paid. 
 
Requires 25% of timber sale receipts from a multiyear stewardship contract or agreement to be paid to the county within whose boundaries the receipts are derived. 
 
Authorizes the Secretaries to enter into cooperative agreements and contracts with state foresters to provide forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration and protection services. Permits state foresters to enter into subcontracts to provide such restoration and protection services. Prohibits the extension of such an agreement or contract beyond a 20-year period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Freedom of Travel Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2589
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2013-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Homeland security
Public transit
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: 
Freedom of Travel Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from performing any security screening operations except: (1) screening passengers and property; and (2) prescribing standards for the employment of air carrier personnel and, as appropriate, airport security personnel. Nullifies any Act authorizing the TSA to perform any other security screening operations.
 
Amends the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 to repeal the authority of the DHS Secretary, acting through the TSA Administrator, to develop Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR) teams to augment security of public transportation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
21st Century Health Care for Heroes Act

Bill: 113-hr-2590
Sponsor: Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2013-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health information and medical records
Military medicine
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: 
21st Century Health Care for Heroes Act - Amends the Wounded Warrior Act to direct the Secretaries of Defenseand 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 is created within 180 days, (2) the ability of patients of both Departments to download their medical records is achieved within 365 days, (3) seamless integration of personal health care information between the Departments is achieved within 365 days, (4) standardization of health care data of the Departments is achieved within 365 days, (5) acceleration of the exchange of real-time data between the Departments is achieved within 365 days, (6) the upgrade of the graphical user interface to display the new standardized health care data of the Departments is achieved within 365 days, (7) incoming members of the Armed Forces and their dependents may elect to receive an electronic copy of their health care records beginning not later than October 1, 2014, and (8) 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 October 1, 2015.
 
Requires such Secretaries to study the feasibility of establishing a secure, remote, and 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 to access such records.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
STEM Innovation Networks Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2592
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2013-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Performance measurement
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: 
STEM Innovation Networks Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to state-based science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) networks or similar organizations of STEM stakeholders to expand STEM education and STEM educator development. 
Includes among grant uses:
 

testing, sharing, and scaling up STEM education research, promising practices, and exemplary programs;
 
identifying state STEM education weaknesses and prioritizing strategies to address them; 
 
implementing rigorous career and college ready standards in STEM education; 
developing and implementing innovative STEM assessments that measure student progress toward those career and college ready standards; 
promoting and developing pre- and in-service STEM teacher training; 
developing STEM career pathways and workforce education and training programs that reflect 21st century workforce needs; 
facilitating the implementation of expanded STEM learning opportunities on school sites; and
 
promoting, supporting, and designing programs that develop STEM content coaches and master educators in order to strengthen core competencies of the classroom practitioner.
 
 
Requires grantees to conduct periodic independent evaluations of their effectiveness in accomplishing those activities.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from: (1) endorsing or approving any STEM curriculum designed for use in an elementary school, secondary school, or institution of higher education; or (2) requiring a state, local educational agency, or school to adopt a specific STEM program or instructional materials.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Cost-Benefit and Regulatory Transparency Enhancement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2593
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2013-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: 
Cost-Benefit and Regulatory Transparency Enhancement Act of 2013 - Requires the head of a federal agency, after completing any cost-benefit or regulatory impact analysis used to promulgate rules or guidelines or to determine administrative actions, to: (1) submit to relevant congressional committees a report on the result of and methods used to calculate the cost-benefit or regulatory impact analysis, and (2) publish such report in the Federal Register.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Revolving Door Pension Prevention Act

Bill: 113-hr-2594
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2013-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Members of Congress
Public participation and lobbying
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: 
Revolving Door Pension Prevention Act - Prohibits any former Member of Congress who is registered as a lobbyist from receiving pension benefits under either the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) while such former Member is employed as a lobbyist and is receiving an annual income from lobbying activities in excess of $1 million.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-28
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: 2013-06-28
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: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
American Parks American Products Act

Bill: 113-hr-2595
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2013-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Department of the Interior
Government buildings, facilities, and property
National Archives and Records Administration
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Public contracts and procurement
Retail and wholesale trades
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: 
American Parks American Products Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior or the Archivist of the United States to ensure that the items offered for sale in gift shops or visitor centers in units of the National Park System or of the National Archives and Records Administration, respectively, are U.S.- produced. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
PASS Act

Bill: 113-hr-2596
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2013-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Motor carriers
State and local government operations
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: 
Passenger Safety and Security Act or the PASS Act - Amends the federal judicial code to include state and local agencies among institutions with which the Attorney General shall exchange identification records and information, including agencies acting through a qualified transportation regulation association to conduct criminal background investigations as a condition of issuing a taxi, chauffeur, public passenger, or other similar license.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit Federal funding of National Public Radio and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content.

Bill: 113-hr-2597
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2013-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
International exchange and broadcasting
News media and reporting

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: 
Prohibits federal funding to organizations incorporated for specified purposes related to: (1) broadcasting, transmitting, and programming over noncommercial educational radio broadcast stations, networks, and systems; (2) cooperating with foreign broadcasting systems and networks in international radio programming and broadcasting; (3) assisting and supporting such noncommercial educational radio broadcasting pursuant to the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967; (4) paying dues to such organizations; or (5) acquiring radio programs by or for the use of a radio broadcast station that is a public broadcast station as defined in the Communications Act of 1934.
 
Revises the Public Broadcasting Fund allocation formula.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Building Efficiently Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2598
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2013-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Building construction
Business investment and capital
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Housing industry and standards
Income tax deductions
Industrial facilities
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: 
Building Efficiently Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish, for depreciation purposes: (1) a 25-year recovery period for qualified energy efficient nonresidential real property, and (2) a 20-year recovery period for qualified energy efficient residential rental property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Timely Repatriation Act

Bill: 113-hr-2602
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2013-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Criminal justice information and records
Immigration status and procedures
Sanctions
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: 
Timely Repatriation Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to publish a report every six months listing countries that have: (1) refused or unreasonably delayed repatriation of an alien who is a national of that country, and the total number of such aliens; and (2) an excessive repatriation failure rate.
 
Directs the Secretary of Statewith respect to a listed country: (1) to not issue visas to attendants, servants, and personal employees of such country's diplomats and officials/employees; and (2) reduce the number of visas available for such country's diplomats and officials/employees by 10% for each six months that a country is listed.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to exempt a country from inclusion if the total number of nonrepatriations outstanding is less than 10% for the preceding 3-year period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Relevancy Act

Bill: 113-hr-2603
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2013-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: 
Relevancy Act - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to authorize the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to apply for an order requiring the production of tangible things pursuant to an investigation to obtain foreign intelligence information not concerning a U.S. person or to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities only if the subject of such investigation is a specific person or a specific group of persons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House