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National Commission on Employment and Economic Security Act

Bill: 113-hr-3651
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2013-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Medical research
Mental health
Unemployment
Violent crime
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-04
text: 
National Commission on Employment and Economic Security Act - Establishes the National Commission on Employment and Economic Security to: (1) examine the effects of economic and psychological insecurity caused by employment displacement and the decreasing number of well-paid jobs on U.S. workers and their families; and (2) recommend to the President and Congress potential solutions, including legislative and administrative action, to alleviate such problems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2013-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-12-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1790)
action_date: 2013-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-04
text: Introduced in House
No Identity Theft in Health Care Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3652
Sponsor: Rep. Holding, George [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2013-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-04
text: 
No Identity Theft in Health Care Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose an additional five-year prison sentence for committing a felony offense of aggravated identity theft, if such offense was facilitated by being a U.S. officer or employee charged with implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7692)
action_date: 2013-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Jobs for Veterans Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3653
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2013-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Income tax credits
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-04
text: 
Jobs for Veterans Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an increased work opportunity tax credit for the hiring in 2013 or 2014 of veterans discharged or released from active military duty after September 11, 2001.
 
Reduces amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs for general administration in FY2013 and FY2014 to offset the cost of the increased credit allowed by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2013-12-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-12-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3654
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2013-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Forests, forestry, trees
Government trust funds
Public utilities and utility rates
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-04
text: 
Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) to require a retail electric supplier to submit to the Secretary of Energy (DOE) for 2014 and thereafter one or more of the following: (1) specified federal renewable energy credits, (2) certification of the renewable energy generated and electricity savings, and (3) specified alternative compliance payments. Prescribes, for 2014 through 2039, a schedule of graduated annual percentages of a retail electric supplier's base amount that shall be generated from renewable energy resources (increasing from 6% in 2014 to 25% in 2025). 
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a program to: (1) verify and issue federal renewable energy credits to generators of renewable energy; (2) track the sale, exchange, and retirement of the credits; and (3) enforce the federal renewable energy credits program.
 
Directs the Secretary to issue a generator of electric energy one federal renewable energy credit for each kilowatt hour of electric energy generated by the use of a renewable energy resource at an eligible facility.
 
Prescribes rules for federal renewable energy credit trading and for borrowing and repayment of federal renewable energy credits.
 
Provides that this Act does not diminish the authority of a state or its political subdivision to: (1) adopt or enforce any law (including regulations) respecting renewable energy, or (2) regulate the acquisition and disposition of federal renewable energy credits by retail electric suppliers.
 
Permits an electric utility that has sales of electric energy subject to rate regulation to recover the full cost of renewable energy obtained to comply with this Act.
 
Establishes in the Treasury a state renewable energy account for a grant program for promoting renewable energy production and providing energy assistance and weatherization services to low-income consumers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-04
text: Introduced in House
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Simeon Booker in recognition of his achievements in the field of journalism, including reporting during the Civil Rights movement, as well as social and political commentary.

Bill: 113-hr-3655
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2013-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional tributes
News media and reporting
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-04
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Simeon Saunders Booker, Jr., in recognition of his achievements in the field of journalism, including his reporting during the Civil Rights movement and his social and political commentary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Small Business and Community Investments Expansion Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3656
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2013-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Credit and credit markets
Housing and community development funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: 
The Small Business and Community Investments Expansion Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to authorize Federal Home Loan Banks to make long-term secured advances to their members to provide funds to community development financial institutions.
 
Requires a Bank, at the time of origination or renewal of a loan or advance, to obtain and maintain a security interest in collateral eligible pursuant to any secured loan for any community development financial institution. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: Introduced in House
To limit the retirement of A-10 aircraft.

Bill: 113-hr-3657
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2013-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: 
Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of any Department of Defense (DOD) funds to retire, prepare to retire, or place in storage any A-10 aircraft until: (1) the Secretary of the Air Force certifies that the F-35A aircraft has achieved full operational capability and Block 4A capabilities and that a sufficient number of F-35A aircraft exists in the Air Force inventory to replace the A-10 aircraft in order to meet close air support capability requirements of the combatant commands; and (2) the Comptroller General submits a report that assesses whether each such certification is comprehensive, fully supported, and sufficiently detailed and that identifies any shortcomings, limitations, or other reportable matters that affect the quality or findings of any such certification.
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces.
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Alerting Local Leaders and Ensuring Responsible Guidelines for Youth Act

Bill: 113-hr-3660
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2013-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Allergies
Assault and harassment offenses
Disability and health-based discrimination
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: 
Alerting Local Leaders and Ensuring Responsible Guidelines for Youth Act or the ALLERGY Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to condition each local educational agency's (LEA's) receipt of funds under the ESEA on the LEA establishing and implementing a policy on allergy bullying that requires its schools to:
 
 
educate students, school personnel, and parents about allergy bullying and about such bullying being against school rules;
 
clearly define what the punishment or response may be for violating the rule against allergy bullying, which may include a therapeutic response, where appropriate;
 
 encourage each victim of allergy bullying to report such bullying to school personnel; and
 
remain in compliance with the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 in carrying out these requirements.
 
 
Requires the LEAs to submit an annual written certification to their state that they have established and implemented such policy.
 
Defines &quot;allergy bullying&quot; as unwanted, aggressive behavior by a student toward another student with an allergy, including: (1) a real or perceived imbalance of power due to such other student's allergy; and (2) actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, making physical or verbal attacks, and excluding such other student from a group on purpose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Public Access to Public Land Guarantee Act

Bill: 113-hr-3661
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2013-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Forests, forestry, trees
Intergovernmental relations
Parks, recreation areas, trails
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: 
Public Access to Public Land Guarantee Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), with respect to land under their respective jurisdictions, pursuant to a state or local government offer, to enter into an agreement under which the United States may accept funds from the state or local government to reopen any unit of the National Park System, the National Wildlife Refuge System, or the National Forest System within the state or local government during any period in which there is a lapse in available funds for that unit as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution.
 
Makes such authority effective only during a period in which the Secretary is unable to operate and manage covered units at normal levels. 
 
Requires the appropriate Secretary to refund to the state or local government all amounts it provided to the United States under such an agreement: (1) upon enactment of an Act retroactively appropriating amounts sufficient to maintain normal operating levels at the reopened covered unit, or (2) on the date on which the state or local government establishes that the Secretary collected entrance or user fees for the covered units during the period in which the agreement was in effect. 
 
Allows the appropriate Secretary, if such refund requirements are not met, to reimburse the state or local government voluntarily for any amounts it provided to the United States under such an agreement. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2013-12-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-12-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-12-05
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: 2013-12-05
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: 2013-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3662
Sponsor: Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2013-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Mental health
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: 
Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance), particularly those provided in rural health clinics, federally qualified health centers, and in hospice programs.
 
Amends Medicare part E (Miscellaneous) to exclude such services from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system.
 
Authorizes marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors to develop discharge plans for post-hospital services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Reducing Federal Mandates on School Lunch Act

Bill: 113-hr-3663
Sponsor: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Meat
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: 
Reducing Federal Mandates on School Lunch Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from implementing, administering, or enforcing a specified regulation, or promulgating or enforcing any new rule or regulation, establishing a maximum calorie limit or quantity of grains, meat, or meat alternatives for the school lunch program.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from implementing, administering, or enforcing specified rules and regulations with respect to any school food authority that certifies to its state that it: (1) has calculated the costs of complying with such rules and regulations; and (2) has determined, in a manner consistent with school district operational procedures, that it cannot operate a food service program without incurring increased costs for complying with those rules and regulations.
 
Identifies those rules and regulations as:
 
 
the rule entitled &quot;National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Nutrition Standards for All Foods Sold in School as Required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010&quot;;
 
any new rule regarding foods sold in schools that are not foods provided under the school lunch or breakfast programs;
 
a specified regulation and any new rule or regulation regarding school lunch price increases; and 
 
a specified regulation and any new rule or regulation which establishes new food-based meal patterns, nutrition standards, or meal planning approaches for the school breakfast program.
 
 
Prohibits the Secretary from defining the phrase &quot;costs of complying&quot; or establishing or suggesting how a school food authority is to calculate those costs or increased costs for complying.
 
Maintains these prohibitions until a law is enacted that extends by at least five fiscal years the authorization or duration of one or more school lunch or breakfast programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: Introduced in House
ACCESS Act

Bill: 113-hr-3664
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1]
Introduced: 2013-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: 
Allowing Commerce to Continue in the Event of Successive Shutdowns Act or the ACCESS Act - Prohibits any federal department or agency from preventing a private business from operating during a government shutdown (i.e., a lapse in appropriations due to a failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution) if the business is located on property leased by the business from the federal government. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase by 10 percentage points the required State match for certain newly eligible individuals under the Medicaid program and to apply savings against sequestration reductions otherwise required, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-3667
Sponsor: Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1]
Introduced: 2013-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Defense spending
Executive agency funding and structure
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to increase by 10% the required state matching funds for certain newly eligible individuals under the Medicaid program who, as of January 1, 2014, are under age 65, not pregnant, not entitled to or enrolled for benefits under SSA title XVIII (Medicare), and whose income does not exceed 133% of the poverty line for a family of the size involved.
 
Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to increase the discretionary spending limit under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) for the security category by $20 billion for FY2014 and then to increase the security and nonsecurity categories for that fiscal year each by half of the remaining estimated reduction in new budget authority resulting from enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2013-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2013-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 to make permanent the exemption of grandfathered long-term care hospitals from the Medicare 25 percent threshold payment adjustment.

Bill: 113-hr-3668
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2013-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: 
Amends the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 to make permanent the exemption of grandfathered long-term care hospitals from the 25% patient threshold payment adjustment under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: Introduced in House