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Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-846
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2013-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: 
Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to payments for physician services, to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from applying a multiple procedure payment reduction policy to the professional component of imaging services until the Secretary publishes in the Federal Register: (1) an analysis of the information used in the final rule to implement the physician fee schedule in 2013 to determine what, if any, efficiences exist within the professional component of imaging services when two or more studies are performed on the same patient on the same day; and (2) detailed information on which activities in the vignettes in such rule were assigned specified reduction percentages, how such percentage reductions for the pre-, intra-, and post-service work were determined and calculated, and the clinical aspects that went into those decisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-27
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: 2013-02-27
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: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act

Bill: 113-hr-847
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2013-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Department of Agriculture
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: 
Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to define a &quot;high volume retail breeder&quot; as a person who, in commerce, for compensation or profit: (1) has an ownership interest in or custody of one or more breeding female dogs; and (2) sells, via any means of conveyance, more than 50 of the offspring of such dogs for use as pets in any one-year period. Considers such a breeder of dogs to be a dealer. 
 
Requires dealers to include on licensing applications and annual renewals the total number of dogs exempted from exercise on the premises of the dealer in the preceding year by a licensed veterinarian.
 
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to promulgate requirements for the exercise of dogs at facilities owned or operated by a dealer, including requiring daily access to exercise that: (1) allows the dogs to move sufficiently in a way that is not forced, repetitive, or restrictive; and (2) is in an area that is spacious, cleaned at least once a day, free of infestation by pests or vermin, and designed to prevent the dogs from escaping. Allows an exemption if: (1) a licensed veterinarian determines that a dog should not exercise because of the health, condition, or well-being of the dog; and (2) such determination is reviewed and updated at least once every 30 days by the veterinarian, unless the basis for the determination is a permanent condition. Subjects such a determination to review and approval by the Secretary.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Armed Prohibited Persons Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-848
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2013-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: 
Armed Prohibited Persons Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to states to develop and operate systems to retrieve firearms from armed prohibited persons. 
 
Defines an "armed prohibited person" as a person whose possession of a lawfully purchased firearm became unlawful because of an act or omission committed by such person.
 
Requires a state's grant application to include assurances that: (1) the state's system will provide a reasonable opportunity for such a person to lawfully dispose of a firearm before the state takes any action to retrieve it, (2) the state will contribute pertinent information to the national instant criminal background check system, and (3) the state has a plan for the continued operation and maintenance of the system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Sequestration Relief Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-849
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2013-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: 
Sequestration Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Controlled Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011, to repeal automatic sequestration to enforce a specified budget goal.
 
Reduces the discretionary spending limits for security and nonsecurity categories by $320 billion for FY2014-FY2021.
 
Confines the current meaning of &quot;security category&quot; under the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act to FY2012-FY2013.
 
Revises the definition of &quot;security category&quot; for FY2014-FY2021 to mean discretionary appropriations in all of budget function 050 (national defense).
 
Amends the No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 to suspend through January 31, 2017, the current $16.394 trillion public debt limit.
 
Postpones until February 1, 2017, an automatic increase in the public debt limit to the extent that: (1) the face amount of obligations issued and the face amount of obligations whose principal and interest are guaranteed by the federal government (except guaranteed obligations held by the Secretary of the Treasury) outstanding on February 1, 2017, exceeds (2) the face amount of such obligations outstanding on the date of enactment of the No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 (February 24, 2013). Prohibits an obligation from being taken into account unless its issuance was necessary to fund a commitment incurred by the federal government that required payment before February 1, 2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Bring Jobs Home Act

Bill: 113-hr-851
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2013-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Employee hiring
Foreign and international corporations
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: 
Bring Jobs Home Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) grant business taxpayers a tax credit for up to 20% of insourcing expenses incurred for eliminating a business located outside the United States and relocating it within the United States, and (2) deny a tax deduction for outsourcing expenses incurred in relocating a U.S. business outside the United States. Requires an increase in the taxpayer's employment of full-time employees in the United States in order to claim the tax credit for insourcing expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 113-hr-852
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2013-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Members of Congress
Racial and ethnic relations
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: 
Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act - Authorizes the posthumous award of a congressional gold medal in commemoration of Shirley Chisholm, in recognition of her activism, independence, and groundbreaking achievements in politics, her election as the first African-American woman in Congress, and her campaign to be the first African-American to gain the nomination of a major political party for President of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E202)
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Qods Force Terrorist Designation Act

Bill: 113-hr-854
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2013-02-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Foreign and international banking
Immigration status and procedures
Iran
Middle East
Sanctions
Terrorism
Trade restrictions
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: 
 Qods Force Terrorist Designation Act - Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force as a foreign terrorist organization, and (2) report to Congress on Qods Force terrorist activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Optometric Equity in Medicaid Act

Bill: 113-hr-855
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2013-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: 
Optometric Equity in Medicaid Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require coverage under Medicaid of services of optometrists.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the social security number of the student and the employer identification number of the educational institution for purposes of education tax credits.

Bill: 113-hr-856
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2013-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Higher education
Income tax credits
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require: (1) individuals who claim a tax credit for qualified tuition and related expenses under the Hope Scholarship tax credit or the Lifetime Learning tax credit to include their social security numbers on their tax returns, and (2) the educational institutions of such individuals to provide their employer identification numbers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Protect Troops at War Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-857
Sponsor: Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8]
Introduced: 2013-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: 
Protect Troops at War Act of 2013 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate for FY2013-FY2014 the reductions to discretionary appropriations or direct spending for the defense function of the Department of Defense (DOD). Requires the reductions that would otherwise have occurred to be added to and distributed equally among the sequestration for such function for FY2015-FY2021.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transfer amounts appropriated for DOD by the Continuing Appropriations Resolution among DOD accounts. Requires account amounts, after such transfer, to be consistent with amounts appropriated or authorized for such accounts under a DOD appropriations or authorization Act for FY2013. Requires 15 days' advance notice of such transfers to the congressional defense and appropriations committees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-858
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2013-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: 
Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2013 - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to revise the requirements for consideration as rural areas with respect to assistance for farm housing.
 
 States that any area classified as &quot;rural&quot; or a &quot;rural area&quot; before October 1, 1990, and determined not to be &quot;rural&quot; or a &quot;rural area&quot; as a result of data received from or after the 1990, 2000, or 2010 (currently, only the 1990 or 2000) decennial census shall continue to be so classified until the receipt of data from the decennial census in the year 2020 (currently, 2010), if, as under current law, such area has a population of between 10,000 and 25,000, is rural in character, and has a serious lack of mortgage credit for lower and moderate-income families.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayers' COP Act

Bill: 113-hr-859
Sponsor: Rep. Jordan, Jim [R-OH-4]
Introduced: 2013-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: 
Taxpayers' Conference Overspending Prevention Act or the Taxpayers' COP Act - Requires each executive agency to submit an annual report to Congress listing the amount of funds such agency obligated for conferences in the previous fiscal year, including funds for pre-planning, travel, and subsistence costs. Requires the rescission of unobligated funds for agency conferences in excess of specified amounts unless such funds are certified as being for foreign travel that is critical to the agency's mission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Biogas Investment Tax Credit Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-860
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2013-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy research
Income tax credits
Oil and gas
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: 
Biogas Investment Tax Credit Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) an energy tax credit through 2018 for investment in qualified biogas property, and (2) financing of qualified biogas property with new clean renewable energy bonds. Defines "qualified biogas property" as property comprising a system which uses anaerobic digesters or other processes to convert biomas into a gas which consists of not less than 52% methane and which captures such gas for use as a fuel. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into an agreement with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to undertake a study of biogas and to submit a report to Congress on such study.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-861
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2013-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aging
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Executive agency funding and structure
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: 
Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2013 - Establishes within the Department of Justice (DOJ) an Office of Elder Justice, which shall address issues relating to elder abuse. Requires the Director of such Office to: (1) provide information, training, and technical assistance to assist states and local governments in preventing, investigating, prosecuting, and mitigating the impact of elder abuse, exploitation, and neglect and in addressing the physical and psychological trauma to victims of such abuse; (2) evaluate the efficacy of measures intended to prevent, detect, respond to, or redress elder abuse and the extent to which the needs of the victims in each state are met by crime victim services, programs, and sources of funding; (3) evaluate training models to determine best practices for investigating elder abuse, addressing evidentiary and legal issues, and interacting with victims; and (4) conduct, and regularly update, a study of state laws and practices relating to elder abuse.
 
Directs the Attorney General to annually: (1) collect from federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and prosecutor offices statistical data relating to the incidence of elder abuse; (2) identify common data points among federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and prosecutor offices that would allow for the collection of uniform national data related to elder abuse; (3) publish a summary of the data collected; (4) identify the types of elder abuse data that should be collected and what entity is most capable of collecting it; and (5) develop recommendations for collecting additional data.
 
Authorizes the Director to provide grants and technical assistance to assist not more than 15 states in establishing and operating programs designed to improve: (1) the response to elder abuse in a manner that limits additional trauma to victims, and (2) the investigation and prosecution of cases of elder abuse. Requires eligible states to: (1) have a qualified crime victims compensation program; and (2) establish or designate a multidisciplinary task force on elder justice.
 
Amends the Social Security Act to include the Director as the alternate for the Attorney General as a member of the Elder Justice Coordinating Council.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House