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No Taxation Without Verification Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2927
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Employee benefits and pensions
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Sales and excise taxes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
No Taxation Without Verification Act of 2013 - Decalres that no tax or fee imposed by, and no reduction in a deduction, exclusion or other tax benefit made by, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (or its amendments) shall be implemented for any period before the Secretary of the Treasury (or designee) certifies that the reporting requirements relating to employer status and employee income levels and health care status may be made with 100% accuracy and without fraud.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Fair and Independent Redistricting (FAIR) Act

Bill: 113-hr-2928
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional districts and representation
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Fair and Independent Redistricting (Fair) Act - Directs the Election Assistance Commission to: (1) publish a report containing best practice recommendations that states may use in establishing and operating independent commissions to develop congressional redistricting plans, and (2) ensure that the report is available to the public online.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Creating Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2929
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Creating Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish tax-exempt housing equity savings accounts to assist individual taxpayers under the age of 55 in paying the costs of acquiring, constructing, or reconstructing a principal residence. Allows: (1) a deduction from gross income for cash contributions to such accounts for the lesser of $10,000 or the compensation includible in the taxpayer's gross income for a taxable year, (2) an exclusion from gross income of amounts distributed from such accounts that are used by an account beneficiary to purchase a principal residence or make payments to such beneficiary's individual retirement account (IRA), and (3) a tax-free rollover of account funds into an IRA if an account beneficiary reaches age 55 or has maintained an account for 20 years without purchasing a residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Transition-to-Success Mentoring Act

Bill: 113-hr-2930
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Employee hiring
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Transition-to-Success Mentoring Act - Amends title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to reauthorize appropriations under part H (School Dropout Prevention).
 
Establishes a transition-to-success mentoring program under part H of the ESEA requiring the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or partnerships between LEAs and community-based nonprofit organizations to establish, expand, or provide technical support to school-based mentoring programs to assist at-risk students in transitioning from middle to high school.
 
Requires grantees to assign to each at-risk student in his or her middle school a success coach who: 
 
 
 creates a plan of success for the student; 
 
 enters into an agreement with the student's parents regarding their role in implementing such plan; 
 
 meets with the student at least once a month to assess and assist the student's progress; 
 
 meets at least once a month with the student and the student's parents, teachers, or counselors to evaluate the student's progress and revise or establish new goals for the next academic year; and 
 
 serves as the student's advocate between the student's parents and teachers.
 
 
Authorizes the use of grant funds to: (1) train success coaches, (2) cover the cost of any materials they use under the mentoring program, and (3) hire staff to perform or support program objectives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Fairness in Health Care Claims, Guidance, and Investigations Act

Bill: 113-hr-2931
Sponsor: Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Comprehensive health care
Evidence and witnesses
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Judicial procedure and administration
Medicaid
Medicare
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Fairness in Health Care Claims, Guidance, and Investigations Act - Amends the False Claims Act to set forth special rules for the investigation and prosecution of false claims submitted with respect to a federal health care program (i.e., a health care program funded by the federal government, a state health care program defined by the Social Security Act, or a health plan offered under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act).
 
Requires the Attorney General to certify in writing, prior to requesting any information from a physician, hospital, or other provider or supplier of health care services in connection with an investigation reasonably expected to concern 10 or more claims submitted to a federal health care program by or on behalf of a single entity, that: (1) each agency responsible for promulgating relevant regulations, guidelines, and billing instructions relevant to any allegations of fraud has examined such regulations, guidelines, and instructions, all communications between the alleged perpetrator of the fraud and the agency, and each of the allegedly false claims; (2) the allegations under investigation are viewed as viable based on unambiguous regulations, guidelines, and billing instructions issued during the relevant time period; and (3) if proven to be true, the allegations will be pursued under the False Claims Act. 
 
Prohibits an action against a health care provider or supplier under the False Claims Act: (1) unless the amount of damages alleged to have been sustained by the government is a material amount, (2) if a claim is submitted in good faith reliance on erroneous information or written statements of federal policy provided by a federal agency or in good faith reliance on an audit or review by an agency of the entity submitting the claim or retaining an overpayment, or (3) if a claim is submitted in substantial compliance with a model compliance plan issued by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). 
 
Establishes the standard of proof necessary for a civil prosecution of a claim submitted with respect to a federal health care program as clear and convincing evidence (currently, a preponderance of the evidence is required for all other claims). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
United States Coast Guard Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 113-hr-2932
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Building construction
Coast guard
Currency
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
United States Coast Guard Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue in commemoration of the United States Coast Guard: (1) $5 gold coins, (2) $1 silver coins, and (3) half-dollar clad coins. 
 
Requires the design of such coins to be emblematic of the traditions, history, and heritage of the Coast Guard, and its role in securing our nation since 1790. 
 
Prescribes design requirements. 
 
Restricts the issuance of such coins to the one-year period beginning on January 1, 2017. 
 
Prescribes the sale price of the coins and coin surcharges. Requires such surcharges to be paid by the Secretary to the National Coast Guard Museum Foundation to help finance the design and construction of the National Coast Guard Museum.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Helping Military Children Succeed in Schools Act

Bill: 113-hr-2933
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Helping Military Children Succeed in Schools Act - Amends the school improvement program under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states to include in their annual state report cards, by the 2015-2016 school year, information on: (1) the number of their military-connected students, and (2) how those students performed in comparison to all their other students on the assessments of student progress toward state academic achievement standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Decrease Unsafe Toxins Act

Bill: 113-hr-2934
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Decrease Unsafe Toxins Act - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 to ban as a hazardous substance under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act any children's cushioned product manufactured on or after the date that is one year after enactment of this Act that contains more than 1,000 parts per million flame retardant chemical by weight in the filling material used to make such product.
 
Defines: (1) &quot;children's cushioned product&quot; as a children's product under the Consumer Product Safety Act containing resilient filling materials, such as high chairs, strollers, infant walkers, booster seats, car seats, changing pads, floor play mats, highchair pads, highchairs, infant swings, bassinets, infant seats, infant bouncers, nursing pads, playards, playpen side pads, infant mattresses, infant mattress pads, and portable hook-on chairs; and (2) &quot;flame retardant chemical&quot; as an organohalogen or organophosphorous compound.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1195-1198)
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Commonsense Permitting for Job Creation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2937
Sponsor: Rep. Hurt, Robert [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aquatic ecology
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Industrial facilities
Licensing and registrations
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Commonsense Permitting for Job Creation Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prevent guidelines applicable to permits for the discharge of dredged or fill material into the navigable waters at disposal sites from prohibiting specification of a site due to the lack of a final site plan resulting from the lack of an identified end user or industry or industrial classification when determining whether there is a practicable alternative to a proposed discharge that would result in less adverse impact on the aquatic ecosystem.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Exchange Sunset Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2938
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Exchange Sunset Act of 2013 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to make inapplicable provisions concerning Health Benefit Exchanges if one or more Exchanges fail to accept applications for enrollment in qualified health plans beginning on October 1, 2013.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate the requirement that individuals maintain minimum essential coverage upon such a determination by the Secretary of the Treasury.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-08-01
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: 2013-08-01
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: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
To award the Congressional Gold Medal to Shimon Peres.

Bill: 113-hr-2939
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Israel
Middle East

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
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 in honor of President Shimon Peres of Israel.

action_date: 2014-05-19
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 in honor of President Shimon Peres of Israel.

action_date: 2014-05-20
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on May 19, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
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 in honor of President Shimon Peres of Israel.

action_date: 2014-06-09
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on May 19, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
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 in honor of President Shimon Peres of Israel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-09
text: Became Public Law No: 113-114.
action_date: 2014-06-09
text: Became Public Law No: 113-114.
action_date: 2014-06-09
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2014-06-09
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2014-05-30
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2014-05-30
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3192)
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3192)
action_date: 2014-05-19
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4447)
action_date: 2014-05-19
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4447)
action_date: 2014-05-19
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2939.
action_date: 2014-05-19
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4447-4449)
action_date: 2014-05-19
text: Mr. Huizenga (MI) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 113-114
Rebuilding American Manufacturing Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2940
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Rebuilding American Manufacturing Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers engaged in domestic manufacturing in the United States a tax deduction equal to 50.5% (43% for C corporations) of the lesser of their domestic manufacturing income or their taxable income for the taxable year (thus effectively reducing their income tax rate to approximately 20%). Limits the amount of such deduction to 25% of such taxpayer's qualifying domestic investment (defined as the sum of the taxpayer's W-2 wages and certain allowable tax deductions, excluding any amounts not properly allocable to the taxpayer's domestic manufacturing gross receipts).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make certain grants to assist nursing homes for veterans located on tribal lands.

Bill: 113-hr-2941
Sponsor: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Building construction
Health programs administration and funding
Indian social and development programs
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Defines &quot;state homes&quot; to include homes established by federally recognized Indian tribes for veterans who, by reason of disability, are incapable of earning a living. 
 
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay those tribes for the hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, and medical care they provide to veterans in those homes.
 
Makes those tribes eligible for grants from the Secretary for the construction of state homes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to reestablish the Professional Certification and Licensure Advisory Committee of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 113-hr-2942
Sponsor: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Licensing and registrations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
 Reestablishes the Professional Certification and Licensure Advisory Committee of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) through December 31, 2019. (The Committee terminated on December 31, 2006.)

action_date: 2014-05-28
text: 

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

Reestablishes the Professional Certification and Licensure Advisory Committee of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) through December 31, 2019. (The Committee terminated on December 31, 2006.)

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-02
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4861-4862)
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4861-4862)
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2942.
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4861-4863)
action_date: 2014-05-28
text: Mr. Miller (FL) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2014-03-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House