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BRIDGE Act

Bill: 113-s-1716
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2013-11-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infrastructure development
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Public transit
Public-private cooperation
Railroads
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development
Transportation programs funding
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-14
text: 
Building and Renewing Infrastructure for Development and Growth in Employment Act or BRIDGE Act - Establishes the Infrastructure Financing Authority (IFA) as a wholly-owned government corporation, headed by a Chief Executive Officer and managed by a Board of Directors, which shall provide direct loans and loan guarantees to facilitate the construction, consolidation, alteration, or repair of transportation, water, and energy infrastructure projects. Requires infrastructure projects assisted under this Act to have costs that are reasonably anticipated to equal or exceed $50 million ($10 million for rural infrastructure projects). 
 
Sets forth special requirements for infrastructure projects in rural areas. Establishes an Office of Technical and Rural Assistance to provide technical assistance to state and local governments and parties in public-private partnerships in the development and financing of eligible infrastructure projects, including rural infrastructure projects.
 
Establishes an Office of Special Inspector General to conduct, supervise, and coordinate audits and investigations of the business activities of IFA. 
 
Prohibits financial assistance from IFA for any private project for which no public benefit is created. Sets forth terms for loans or loan guarantees for eligible infrastructure projects and for the repayment of such loans. Requires an annual independent audit of IFA finances. 
 
Requires the Chief Executive Officer of IFA to: (1) establish fees with respect to loans and loan guarantees that are sufficient to cover IFA's administrative costs; and (2) take actions to make IFA a self-sustaining entity, with administrative and federal credit subsidy costs fully funded by fees and risk premiums on loans and loan guarantees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2013-11-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to modify the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-1718
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2013-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Military history
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-18
text: 
Petersburg National Battlefield Boundary Modification Act - Modifies the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield in Virginia to include the land and interests in land identified on the map titled &quot;Petersburg National Battlefield Boundary Expansion,&quot; and dated June 2007. 
 
Transfers from the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to the Secretary of the Army administrative jurisdiction over approximately 1.170 acres of land for the Fort Lee Military Reservation.
 
Transfers from the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary administrative jurisdiction over approximately 1.171 acres of land for the Battlefield. 
 
Requires inclusion of the conveyed land within the boundary of the Petersburg National Battlefield. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-493.
action_date: 2013-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Poison Center Network Act

Bill: 113-s-1719
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2013-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Emergency communications systems
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-18
text: 
Poison Center Network Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize through FY2019: (1) a poison control nationwide-toll free phone number; and (2) a national media campaign to educate the public and health care providers about poison prevention and the availability of poison control center resources in local communities and to conduct advertising campaigns about the nationwide toll-free number.
 
Revises and reauthorizes through FY2019 a grant program for accredited (currently, certified) poison control centers. Allows grant funds to be used to research, improve, and enhance the communications and response capability and capacity of the poison control centers to facilitate increased access to such centers through the integration and modernization of communications and data systems.

action_date: 2013-12-19
text: 

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

 
Poison Center Network Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize through FY2019: (1) a poison control nationwide-toll free phone number; and (2) a national media campaign to educate the public and health care providers about poison prevention and the availability of poison control center resources in local communities and to conduct advertising campaigns about the nationwide toll-free number.
 
Revises and reauthorizes through FY2019 a grant program for accredited (currently, certified) poison control centers. Allows grant funds to be used to research, improve, and enhance the communications and response capability and capacity of the poison control centers to facilitate increased access to such centers through the integration and modernization of communications and data systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 281.
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Harkin without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Harkin without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2013-12-18
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2013-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
FANS Act

Bill: 113-s-1721
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2013-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Competition and antitrust
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Professional sports
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-18
text: 
Furthering Access and Networks for Sports Act or the FANS Act - Amends the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 to deny the antitrust exemption for joint agreements covering the telecasting of sports contests to any league of clubs participating in professional football, baseball, basketball, or hockey contests that does not: (1) expressly prohibit sponsored telecast licensees of such league, and any agreement with any video licensee, from intentionally removing the live content of such league from a multichannel video programming distributor when such removal occurs during, or is related to a negotiation regarding, carriage of the league's games by such distributor; or (2) make a sponsored telecast of a game that is played in the home territory of a member club available to consumers, using an Internet platform, in any territory in which the game is not available for private viewing through a local television broadcast station or any available multichannel video programming distributor. Repeals the exception that allows the antitrust exemption for such a joint agreement that prohibits televising games within the home territory of a member club on a day when such club is playing at home.
 
Amends the Clayton Act to: (1) subject the conduct, acts, practices, or agreements of persons in the business of organized professional major league baseball (currently, only such conduct, acts, practices, or agreements directly relating to or affecting employment of major league baseball players at the major league level) to the antitrust laws to the same extent that such conduct, acts, practices, or agreements engaged in by persons in any other professional sports business affecting interstate commerce are subject to such laws; and (2) repeal provisions granting only a major league baseball player standing to sue. Eliminates provisions specifying that such Act does not create, permit, or imply a cause of action by which to challenge under the antitrust laws: (1) the relationship between the Office of the Commissioner and franchise owners, the marketing or sales of the entertainment product of organized professional baseball, and the licensing of intellectual property rights owned or held by organized professional baseball teams; or (2) any conduct, acts, practices, or agreements protected by the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-04
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-847.
action_date: 2013-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
National Child Protection Training Act

Bill: 113-s-1722
Sponsor: Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2013-11-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Domestic violence and child abuse
Education programs funding
Higher education
Medical education
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: 
National Child Protection Training Act - Directs the Attorney General, through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, to establish a program to sustain at least four regional training centers affiliated with institutions of higher education. 
 
Requires the regional training centers to: (1) develop model interdisciplinary undergraduate curricula on recognizing and responding to cases of child maltreatment that consists of at least a three-course certificate program or minor degree; (2) develop related model graduate curricula for medical schools, law schools, seminaries, and other institutions of higher education that instruct students likely to become child protection professionals or other professionals required by law to report cases of child maltreatment; (3) disseminate such curricula, upon the Attorney General's approval, to institutions of higher education; (4) develop "laboratory" training facilities that allow for simulated, interactive, and intensive training of students preparing for child protection careers as well as child protection professionals currently in the field; (5) assist communities in developing evidence-based prevention programs; and (6) assist states in developing and maintaining forensic interview training programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in Senate
No Obamacare Kickbacks Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1723
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-11-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: 
No Obamacare Kickbacks Act of 2013 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act, with respect to criminal penalties for acts involving federal health care programs, to include any plan or program established or funded under subtitles D (Available Coverage Choices for All Americans) or E (Affordable Coverage Choices for All Americans) of title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
 
Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Comptroller General (GAO) to jointly study, and report to Congress on, the effect of applying the anti-kickback laws and other prohibitions involving federal health care programs to qualified health plans, federally-facilitated marketplaces, state health care exchanges, and any other plan or program established or funded under the provisions described above.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Union Tax Fairness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1724
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2013-11-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: 
Union Tax Fairness Act of 2013 - Requires that the payments to an applicable reinsurance entity for any plan year beginning in the three-year period beginning January 1, 2014, required under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act be applied equally to all health insurance issuers and third party administrators (on behalf of group health plans). Prohibits such payments from being waived on behalf of any such issuer, administrator, or group health plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8189-8190)
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act

Bill: 113-s-1726
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2013-11-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: 
Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act - Repeals the provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and administer a program of risk corridors for calendar years 2014, 2015, and 2016 under which a qualified health plan offered in the individual or small group market is required to participate in a payment adjustment system based on the ratio of the allowable costs of the plan to the plan's aggregate premiums.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Army Combat Vehicle Industrial Base Study Validation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1727
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2013-11-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: 
Army Combat Vehicle Industrial Base Study Validation Act of 2013 - Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to report to the congressional defense committees on the Army's study of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle industrial base submitted to Congress pursuant to the conference report on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013. Requires such report to: (1) address each of the combat vehicles included in the study, (2) include an assessment of the reasonableness of the study's methods, and (3) include findings and recommendations on the combat vehicle industrial base. 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Expanded Consumer Choice Act

Bill: 113-s-1729
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2013-11-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Comprehensive health care
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: 
Expanded Consumer Choice Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide a new &quot;copper&quot; level of coverage under qualified health plans, designed to provide benefits that are actuarially equivalent to 50% of the full actuarial value of the benefits provided under the plan. Requires cost-sharing under such a plan to exceed the amount applicable to a plan at the bronze level.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health Human Services (HHS) to promulgate regulations providing for annual limits on deductibles and cost-sharing for copper-level plans to ensure that the limits are reasonable for every marketplace and to consider the feasibility of the relative plan design in each local insurance marketplace.
 
Allows qualification of copper-level plans as multi-state plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the conveyance of certain public land within the boundaries of Camp Williams, Utah, to support the training and readiness of the Utah National Guard.

Bill: 113-s-1732
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2013-11-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Land transfers
Military facilities and property
National Guard and reserves
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to convey to the state of Utah, without consideration, certain lands located within the boundaries of the public lands currently withdrawn for military use by the Utah National Guard and known as "Camp Williams" in order to permit the Utah National Guard to use such conveyed land for National Guard and national defense purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Seniors' Financial Bill of Rights Act

Bill: 113-s-1734
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2013-11-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Crime victims
Financial literacy
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Lawyers and legal services
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: 
Seniors' Financial Bill of Rights Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 (OAA) to make it a duty of the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) for Aging to coordinate with other federal agencies any activities and research related to the economic security and financial exploitation of older individuals and to use them to make available to states and local organizations resources, technical assistance, and information to carry out the State Seniors' Financial Bills of Rights, as well as certain other activities.
 
Requires the state OAA plan to include an assurance that the state will establish a State Seniors' Financial Bill of Rights meeting specified criteria.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Self-Insurance Protection Act

Bill: 113-s-1735
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2013-11-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: 
Self-Insurance Protection Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the definition of &quot;health insurance coverage&quot; a stop loss policy obtained by a self-insured health plan or a plan sponsor of a group health plan that self-insures the health risks of its plan participants to reimburse the plan or sponsor for losses incurred in providing health or medical benefits to such plan participants in excess of a predetermined level set forth in the stop loss policy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in Senate
SERVe Act

Bill: 113-s-1736
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2013-11-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military education and training
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: 
Support Earned Recognition for Veterans Act or the SERVe Act - Excludes from the definitions of &quot;active duty,&quot; &quot;active duty for training,&quot; and &quot;inactive duty training,&quot; for veteran benefit or employment preference purposes, any service performed at a preparatory school of a service academy by a student who is not otherwise a member of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8193)
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in Senate