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Preserving Access to Orphan Drugs Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1128
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2013-06-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Prescription drugs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: 
Preserving Access to Orphan Drugs Act of 2013 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to exclude any drug or biological product which is approved or licensed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for marketing solely for one or more rare diseases or conditions (orphan drug) from the annual fee on manufacturers or importers with branded prescription drug sales exceeding $5 million. 
 
Makes this Act effective as if included in PPACA. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Introduced in Senate
STEM 2 Act

Bill: 113-s-1129
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2013-06-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Advisory bodies
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
Performance measurement
Rural conditions and development
School administration
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: 
STEM Support for Teachers in Education and Mentoring (STEM) Act or the STEM 2 Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award competitive planning grants to states, Indian tribes or tribal organizations, nonprofit organizations, or institutions of higher education (IHEs) to develop effective state or tribal science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) networks that coordinate STEM education efforts by: (1) facilitating communication and collaboration among public and private STEM stakeholders, and (2) identifying STEM occupational skills needed in the future.
 
Directs the Secretary to award competitive grants to states, Indian tribes or tribal organizations, local educational agencies (LEAs), IHEs, or nonprofit organizations to develop, implement, and evaluate STEM education training programs for teachers and administrators in elementary, middle, and secondary schools and for preservice teachers in postsecondary schools.
 
Requires the Secretary to award competitive grants to states, Indian tribes or tribal organizations, LEAs, public charter schools, IHEs, or nonprofit organizations to support curriculum development, assessments, or related activities that enable states to adopt new mathematics and science academic standards. 
 
Requires the Secretary to establish a national panel to identify and recommend the most effective STEM curricula models for kindergarten through grade 12.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Ending Secret Law Act

Bill: 113-s-1130
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2013-06-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Government information and archives
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Specialized courts

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Ending Secret Law Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that each decision, order, or opinion (&quot;decision,&quot; for purposes of this Act) issued by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review that includes significant construction or interpretation of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) provisions concerning access to business records and the targeting of persons reasonably believed to be located outside the United States to acquire foreign intelligence information should be declassified in a manner consistent with the protection of national security, intelligence sources and methods, and other properly classified and sensitive information. 
Amends FISA provisions concerning access to business records and the targeting of persons reasonably believed to be located outside the United States to require the Attorney General, with exceptions, to declassify and make publicly available decisions concerning certain surveillance orders required for inclusion in a semiannual report to Congress. Requires release to the public of unclassified summaries and reports if the Attorney General determines that a decision may not be declassified.
 
Requires the Attorney General, in cases in which an unclassified summary may not be made available, to make publicly available an unclassified report on the status of the internal deliberations and process regarding the declassification by executive branch personnel of such decisions, including estimates of the number of decisions that will be declassified or remain classified.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Lumbee Recognition Act

Bill: 113-s-1132
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2013-06-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Indian lands and resources rights
North Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: 
Lumbee Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, which makes its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to Indians because of their status as members of a federally recognized tribe. 
 
Deems members of the Tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland Counties in North Carolina to be within the delivery area for such services.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for the Tribe.
 
Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities.
 
Requires North Carolina to exercise jurisdiction over all criminal offenses committed, and all civil actions that arise, on North Carolina lands owned by, or held in trust for, the Lumbee Tribe or any dependent Indian community of the Tribe.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-219.
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Introduced in Senate
New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1133
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2013-06-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Economic development
Financial services and investments
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: 
New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the new markets tax credit, (2) provide for an inflation adjustment to the limitation amount for such credit after 2013, and (3) allow an offset against the alternative minimum tax (AMT) for such credit (determined with respect to qualified equity investments initially made before January 1, 2014).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Enrolled Agents Credential Act

Bill: 113-s-1134
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2013-06-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Licensing and registrations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: 
Enrolled Agents Credential Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations to regulate the conduct of enrolled agents in their practice before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Allows properly licensed enrolled agents to use the credentials or designation as &quot;enrolled agent,&quot; &quot;EA,&quot; or &quot;E.A.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Introduced in Senate
FRAC Act

Bill: 113-s-1135
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2013-06-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health information and medical records
Oil and gas
State and local government operations
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: 
Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act or FRAC Act - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to repeal the exemption from restrictions on underground injection of fluids or propping agents granted to hydraulic fracturing operations relating to oil and natural gas production activities under such Act. 
 
Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to allow the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prescribe regulations that authorize a state, one year after such regulations are promulgated, to seek primary enforcement responsibility for hydraulic fracturing operations for oil and natural gas without seeking to assume primary enforcement responsibility for other types of underground injection control wells, including underground injection control wells that inject brine or other fluids that are brought to the surface in connection with oil and natural gas production or any underground injection for the secondary or tertiary recovery of oil or natural gas.
 
Requires: (1) state underground injection programs to direct a person conducting hydraulic fracturing operations to disclose to the state (or the Administrator if the Administrator has primary enforcement responsibility in such state) the chemicals and proppants intended for use in underground injections before the commencement of such operations and the chemicals actually used after the end of such operations; and (2) a state or the Administrator to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the disclosed information and make it available to the public.
 
Requires the applicable person using hydraulic fracturing, when a medical emergency exists and the proprietary chemical formula of a chemical used in such hydraulic fracturing is necessary for medical diagnosis, treatment, or emergency response to disclose such formula or the specific chemical identity of a trade secret chemical to the state, the Administrator, a first responder, or healthcare practitioner upon request, regardless of the existence of a written statement of need or a confidentiality agreement. Authorizes such person to require the execution of such statement and agreement as soon as practicable. Authorizes first responders or healthcare practitioners to share any information disclosed with other persons if the information is medically necessary, but prohibits such personnel from making such information publicly available.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Nicaraguan Tariff Preference Level Extension Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1136
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2013-06-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Latin America
Nicaragua
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: 
Nicaraguan Tariff Preference Level Extension Act of 2013 - Directs the President to proclaim an extension through December 31, 2024, of the preferential tariff treatment provided certain apparel goods imported into the United States from Nicaragua.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4214-4215)
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1137
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2013-06-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Advisory bodies
Department of Health and Human Services
Government information and archives
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Performance measurement
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: 
Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require alignment of updates for ambulatory surgical center (ASC) services under a revised prospective payment system (PPS) with updates for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services. 
 
Revises requirements for the reporting and applying of quality measure data by ASCs and hospital OPDs.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish an ASC value-based purchasing program under which each ASC that the Secretary determines meets (or exceeds) performance standards established, with respect to selected quality measures, for the performance period for a calendar year is eligible for shared savings in the form of a payment increase determined according to a specified formula.
 
Revises requirements for the composition of the expert outside advisory panel the Secretary is required to consult during the annual review of the clinical integrity of the groups and payment weights in the PPS for hospital OPD services. Requires the panel to include suppliers subject to the PPS as well as at least one ASC representative.
 
Requires the Secretary, when excluding from a final rule updating ASC lists a procedure whose inclusion was requested during the public comment period, to cite in the final rule specific criteria based on which the procedure was excluded. Requires the Secretary also to identify the peer reviewed research or the evidence upon which the exclusion is based if certain of those criteria are cited for it. Prohibits the Secretary from using or citing as a criterion or a basis for an exclusion that the procedure can only be reported using a Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) unlisted surgical procedure code. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4215-4216)
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reauthorize the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area.

Bill: 113-s-1138
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-06-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Lakes and rivers
New York State

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: 
Amends the Hudson Valley National Heritage Area Act of 1996 to extend through FY2022 the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to make grants or provide assistance for the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area in New York.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-93.
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Hudson River Valley Special Resource Study Act

Bill: 113-s-1139
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-06-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Economic development
Government studies and investigations
Historical and cultural resources
Lakes and rivers
New York State
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Travel and tourism
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: 
Hudson River Valley Special Resource Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the Hudson River Valley in the state of New York to evaluate: (1) the national significance of the part of the Hudson River that flows from Rodgers Island at Fort Edward to the southernmost boundary of Westchester County, New York (the study area); and (2) the suitability and feasibility of designating the study area as a unit of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the authorization of the Highlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2024.

Bill: 113-s-1140
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-06-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Connecticut
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
New Jersey
New York State
Pennsylvania
Water quality
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: 
Amends the Highlands Conservation Act to extend, through FY2024, funding for: (1) land conservation partnership projects in the highlands regions of Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; and (2) Forest Service and Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs to assist such states, units of local government, and private forest and farm landowners in the conservation of land and natural resources in that region. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1141
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2013-06-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Building construction
Department of the Treasury
Energy efficiency and conservation
Historic sites and heritage areas
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: 
Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to tax credits for building rehabilitation expenditures, to: (1) allow an increased 30% credit for projects involving $7.5 million or less in rehabilitation expenditures, (2) provide for an additional 2% credit amount for a building that is a qualified energy efficient rehabilitated building (increased energy efficiency of 30% or more), (3) change the placed-in-service requirement for non-historic rehabilitated buildings from before 1936 to 50 years prior to the year in which qualified rehabilitation expenditures are taken into account, and (4) exempt from tax the proceeds of a state historic tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Pay Your Bills or Lose Your Pay Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1142
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2013-06-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: 
Pay Your Bills or Lose Your Pay Act of 2013 - Requires the appropriate payroll administrator of each house of Congress to deposit in an escrow account all mandatory payments for compensation of Members of Congress serving in that house during a specified period beginning when the federal government is unable to make payments or meet obligations because the public debt has been reached. Requires release of such payments to those Members only upon the earlier of: (1) the date on which both chambers present a bill to the President to increase the public debt, or (2) the last day of the 113th Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act

Bill: 113-s-1143
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2013-06-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: 
Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to state that, except with respect to high-risk or complex medical services requiring direct levels of supervision, if the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) requires supervision by a physician or non-physician practitioner for Medicare payment for therapeutic hospital outpatient services, that requirement is met if such services are furnished under the physician's or non-physician practitioner's general supervision.
 
Directs the Secretary of HHS to establish a process for designating therapeutic hospital outpatient services for which direct supervision may be required for the entire service or direct supervision during the initiation of the service followed by general supervision for the remainder of the service.
 
Declares without force or effect in law regarding Medicare requirements for direct supervision by physicians for therapeutic hospital outpatient services a specified restatement and clarification under the final rulemaking changes to the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system and calendar year 2009 payment rates, which was published in the Federal Register on November 18, 2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in Senate