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To authorize the ground burial at Arlington National Cemetery of members of the United States Army who served honorably in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier platoon, Third Infantry Regiment (Old Guard), United States Army.

Bill: 113-hr-2157
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Makes eligible for interment at Arlington National Cemetery (Virginia) an individual who: (1) served honorably in the U.S. Army, (2) served at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as a Tomb Guard, and (3) was awarded the Tomb Guard Identification Badge or a certificate of participation if service occurred prior to the introduction of such Badge.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-23
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: 2013-05-23
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: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Expedited Departure of Certain Snake Species Act

Bill: 113-hr-2158
Sponsor: Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Pest management
Reptiles
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Expedited Departure of Certain Snake Species Act - Eases restrictions on transporting invasive animals under the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 for the transport of the Burmese python, Indian python, Northern African python, Southern African python, and Yellow anaconda. Allows an intermediate stop during the transport of those snakes if: (1) the stop is made in a designated airport in the course of transport that begins at a designated airport and ends at a place outside of the United States no later than 48 hours after the transport begins, (2) the transport does not include a stop in Hawaii, and (3) the snake is in a secure container during transport.
 
Allows the stop to include a: (1) stop at an airport that is not a designated airport to refuel or take on additional cargo or passenger, or (2) a transfer of the container in an airport between aircraft used to transport of the snake outside of the United States.

action_date: 2014-09-15
text: 
Expedited Departure of Certain Snake Species Act - Eases restrictions on transporting invasive animals under the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 for the transport of the Burmese python, Indian python, Northern African python, Southern African python, and Yellow anaconda. Allows an intermediate stop during the transport of those snakes if: (1) the stop is made in a designated airport in the course of transport that begins at a designated airport and ends at a place outside of the United States no later than 48 hours after the transport begins, (2) the transport does not include a stop in Hawaii, or (3) the snake is in a qualified secure container during transport between aircraft used to transport the snake outside of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 443.
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-596.
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-596.
action_date: 2014-07-16
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-07-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-07-16
text: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.
action_date: 2013-07-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
21st Century STEM Competitive Jobs Act

Bill: 113-hr-2159
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
21st Century STEM Competitive Jobs Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to improve science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.
 
Requires grantees to use grant funds to collaborate with institutions of higher education and local, regional, or national employers in STEM fields to: (1) carry out dual-credit courses that offer both secondary school and college credit and incorporate STEM education and STEM workplace training, (2) assist students in being placed in internships or apprenticeships with those employers, and (3) develop STEM curricula and metrics. 
 
Permits grantees to use grant funds for: (1) STEM tutoring and mentoring programs; (2) STEM outside-the-classroom, after-school, or summer programs; and (3) STEM instructional materials or equipment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Health as Youth Skills In Classrooms And Life Act

Bill: 113-hr-2160
Sponsor: Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Health promotion and preventive care
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Promoting Health as Youth Skills In Classrooms And Life Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include health education and physical education in the definition of "core academic subjects."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Assisting Students with Loans Act

Bill: 113-hr-2161
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Appropriations
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
 Assisting Students with Loans Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the 3.4% interest rate on Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2013, to Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2015. 
 
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal provisions establishing and appropriating funds to the Prevention and Public Health Fund (a Fund to provide for expanded and sustained national investment in prevention and public health programs to improve health and help restrain the rate of growth in private and public sector health care costs). Rescinds any unobligated balances appropriated to such Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Environmental Compliance Cost Transparency Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2162
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Alternative and renewable resources
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fishes
Public utilities and utility rates
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Environmental Compliance Cost Transparency Act of 2013 - Requires the Administrators of each of the Bonneville Power Administration, the Western Area Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, and the Southeastern Power Administration to: (1) include in monthly billing statements sent to customers estimates of each customer's share of such Administration's direct and indirect costs for compliance with any relevant federal environmental laws impacting the conservation of fish and wildlife; and (2) provide to appropriate congressional committees an annual report estimating the total direct and indirect costs incurred by the Administration related to compliance with such laws, sources of replacement power, and integrating wind energy resources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Port Opportunity Reinvestment and Training Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2163
Sponsor: Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Temporary and part-time employment
Transportation employees
Transportation programs funding
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Port Opportunity Reinvestment and Training Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to award renewable one-year grants to ports to provide summer jobs to high school students who live within each port's Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).
 
Requires the Secretary, when considering grant applications and amounts, to favor ports located in cities with high unemployment rates and also consider each port's cargo volume and the size of its MSA.
 
Allows ports to use the grants to provide job training to such students, provided no more than 15% of the students' time is spent training and they are compensated at their normal pay rate while training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E755-756)
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2012

Bill: 113-hr-2164
Sponsor: Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Cell biology and embryology
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Genetics
Medical ethics
Medical research
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2012 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit any public or private person or entity, in or affecting interstate commerce, from: (1) performing or attempting to perform human cloning; (2) participating in an attempt to perform human cloning; or (3) shipping, receiving, or importing the product of human cloning for any purpose. Sets forth criminal and civil penalties for violations.

Provides that nothing in this Act shall restrict areas of scientific research not specifically prohibited by this Act, including research in the use of nuclear transfer or other cloning techniques to produce molecules, DNA, cells other than human embryos, tissues, organs, plants, or animals other than humans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Helping Heroes Vote Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2168
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional elections
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Military personnel and dependents
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Helping Heroes Vote Act of 2013 - Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (the Act) to direct the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to notify the appropriate election official of the state in which a servicemember is registered to vote of any change in the servicemember's current mailing address due to being deployed on active duty for more than 30 days away from his or her permanent duty station or being redeployed without first returning to such duty station.
 
Repeals a state's authority to waive ballot transmission requirements with respect to absentee military voters and overseas citizens who request such ballots within 45 days of a federal election. Requires the use of express delivery in the case of a failure to meet such requirement.
 
Requires each state to establish alternative procedures to accept and process absentee ballots of military voters and overseas citizens in the event of a major disaster in that state.
 
Prohibits a state from refusing to accept voter registration and absentee ballot applications from overseas voters (under current law, only from absent servicemember voters) on the grounds of early submission.
 
Authorizes additional funding to carry out the Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Education Flexibility Act

Bill: 113-hr-2169
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Veterans Education Flexibility Act - Provides that if an individual eligible for educational assistance under the all-volunteer force educational assistance program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is enrolled in an educational institution and the period of such individual's entitlement (ten years after discharge or release from active duty) would expire during a quarter or semester of enrollment, that period shall be extended to the end of that quarter or semester. Allows such an extension until the earlier of the end of the course or 12 weeks, in the case of an educational institution not regularly operated on a quarter or semester basis.
 
Repeals the delimiting period for the use of assistance under the post-Vietnam era veterans' educational assistance program (generally 10 years after the veteran's last discharge or release from active duty).
 
Applies the assistance extension provided under the all-volunteer force educational assistance program to the post-9/11 veterans' educational assistance program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3367)
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Foreign Language Education Partnership Program Act

Bill: 113-hr-2170
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Area studies and international education
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Higher education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Foreign Language Education Partnership Program Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to replace the program providing incentive payments to public elementary schools for foreign language instruction with a partnership program in foreign languages that provides matching grants to partnerships composed of state or local educational agencies and institutions of higher education.
 
Requires such partnerships to establish, improve, or expand model programs of foreign language learning from kindergarten through grade 12 that increase the number of high school graduates who attain advanced proficiency in at least one foreign language.
 
Requires each model program to have a dimension allowing the student to gain an understanding of the historic, geographic, cultural, economic, and other contextual factors of countries whose people speak the language studied. Conditions a partnership's continued funding for two additional five-year periods, after an initial four-year funding period, on its demonstrating its program's effectiveness based on nationally recognized standardized foreign language assessments.
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to collect and analyze data on such programs annually and disseminate aggregated program data nationally, as well as information on successful programs and practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Lifetime Income Disclosure Act

Bill: 113-hr-2171
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Lifetime Income Disclosure Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require the quarterly pension benefit statement furnished to a participant or beneficiary with the right to direct the investment of assets in his or her account under an individual account plan to include a lifetime income disclosure at least once during any 12-month period.
 
Requires such lifetime income disclosure to set forth the lifetime income stream equivalent of the participant's or beneficiary's total benefits accrued. Defines a lifetime income stream equivalent of the total benefits accrued as the monthly annuity payment the participant or beneficiary would receive if those total accrued benefits were used to provide lifetime income streams to a qualified joint and survivor annuitant.
 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) issue a model lifetime income disclosure, written in a manner which can be understood by the average plan participant; and (2) prescribe assumptions that plan administrators may use in converting total accrued benefits into lifetime income stream equivalents.
 
Declares that no plan fiduciary, plan sponsor, or other person shall have any liability under ERISA solely by reason of the provision of lifetime income stream equivalents derived in accordance with such assumptions and related rules and including explanations contained in the model lifetime income disclosure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House