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Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-249
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2013-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: 
Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2013 - Requires the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (government sponsored enterprises or GSEs), in carrying out the Home Affordable Refinance Program, to adopt specified criteria pertaining to: (1) borrower eligibility, (2) representations and warranties, (3) prohibition on up-front fees, (4) alternative streamlined methods to determine the value of a property, (5) the purchase or guarantee of any new mortgage resulting from the refinancing of an eligible mortgage, and (6) guarantee fees.
 
Requires the GSEs to notify all borrowers with a mortgage owned or guaranteed by a GSE about the Program and its eligibility criteria, and inform borrowers of the website required below.
 
Directs the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to establish a single website where borrowers may: (1) determine their potential eligibility for participation in the Program, (2) see a complete list of and links to qualified lenders, (3) use a mortgage refinance calculator to calculate potential payment savings based on different interest rates, and (4) obtain tips on refinancing their loan. 
 
Directs the Director of FHFA to issue guidance to require the GSEs to make their refinancing guidelines consistent to ease the compliance requirements of qualified lenders, and in particular with respect to loans with less than 80% loan-to-value ratio and closing cost policies of the GSEs, which regulations or guidance shall be put into effect not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Acts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act

Bill: 113-s-250
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2013-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Foreign and international corporations
Income tax credits
Income tax deferral
Oil and gas
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: 
Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the taxation of the foreign-source income of domestic corporations, to: (1) eliminate the deferral of tax on the foreign-source income of U.S. corporations for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013, (2) deny the foreign tax credit to large integrated oil companies that are dual capacity taxpayers, (3) limit the offset of the foreign tax credit to income that is subject to U.S. tax, and (4) treat foreign corporations managed and controlled in the United States as domestic corporations for U.S. tax purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Phantom Fuel Reform Act

Bill: 113-s-251
Sponsor: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2013-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: 
Phantom Fuel Reform Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to revise the renewable fuel program by requiring the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, in estimating the projected volume of cellulosic biofuel to be sold or introduced into commerce in the next year, to determine for each facility producing such biofuel during the current year: (1) the average monthly volume of biofuel produced by such facility based on the actual volume produced through October 31, and (2) the estimated annualized volume of biofuel production for such facility for the current year based on such average monthly production. Requires the estimate of cellulosic biofuel projected to be sold or introduced into commerce in the following year to equal the total of the estimated annual volumes of cellulosic biofuel production for all such facilities.
 
Requires (currently, authorizes) the Administrator, in any year in which the Administrator reduces the applicable volume of cellulosic biofuel required in gasoline, to also reduce the applicable volume of renewable fuel and advanced biofuels required by the same (currently, by the same or a lesser) volume.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill establishing the Committee to Reduce Government Waste.

Bill: 113-s-253
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]
Introduced: 2013-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committees
Congressional operations and organization
Executive agency funding and structure
Performance measurement
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: 
Establishes the Senate Committee to Reduce Government Waste to: (1) research, review, and study federal programs that are underperforming or nonessential; (2) determine which ones should be modified or eliminated; and (3) recommend to the Senate actions designed to modify or eliminate them, including legislation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Cardiomyopathy Health Education, Awareness, Risk Assessment, and Training in the Schools (HEARTS) Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-254
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2013-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Preschool education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: 
Cardiomyopathy Health Education, Awareness, Risk Assessment, and Training in the Schools (HEARTS) Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in conjunction with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop and disseminate to school administrators, educators, school health professionals, coaches, and families, as well as to state and local health departments, pediatricians, hospitals, and other health professionals, of public education and awareness materials and resources that include: (1) background information to increase education and awareness of cardiomyopathy (a disease of the heart muscle) and other related causes of sudden cardiac death among school administrators, educators, and families; (2) a cardiomyopathy risk assessment worksheet for use by parents, guardians, or other caregivers; (3) guidelines regarding the placement of automated external defibrillators in schools and child care centers; (4) training information on defibrillators and cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and (5) recommendations for how schools and child care centers can develop and implement a cardiac emergency response plan.
 
Encourages the Secretary, in support of such effort, to: (1) establish an advisory panel, and (2) engage in a memorandum of understanding or cooperative agreement with a national nonprofit advocacy organization expert in all forms of cardiomyopathy.
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
North Fork Watershed Protection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-255
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2013-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Lakes and rivers
Land use and conservation
Mining
Montana
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: 
North Fork Watershed Protection Act of 2013 - Withdraws federally owned land or interest in land within the North Fork Lands Withdrawal Area in Montana from: (1) all forms of location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (2) disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing.

action_date: 2013-09-10
text: 
North Fork Watershed Protection Act of 2013 - Withdraws federally owned land or interest in land within the North Fork Lands Withdrawal Area in Montana from: (1) all forms of location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (2) disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing.
 
Provides that nothing in this Act prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from taking any action necessary to complete any requirement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) or the Endangered Species Act of 1973 concerning surface-disturbing activity that occurs on any lease issued before this Act's enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 173.
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden with an amendment. With written report No. 113-95.
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden with an amendment. With written report No. 113-95.
action_date: 2013-06-18
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-28.
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
GI Bill Tuition Fairness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-257
Sponsor: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced: 2013-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: 
GI Bill Tuition Fairness Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), for purposes of the educational assistance programs administered by the Secretary, to disapprove courses of education provided by public institutions of higher education that do not charge tuition and fees for veterans at the same rate that is charged for in-state residents, regardless of the veteran's state of residence.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-111.
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Assuring Contracting Equity Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-259
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2013-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Economic development
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: 
Assuring Contracting Equity Act of 2013 - Increases from: (1) 23% to 25% the government-wide small business procurement contract goal, (2) 5% to 10% the government-wide procurement goal for small disadvantaged businesses and women-owned businesses, and (3) 3% to 6% the government-wide procurement goal for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses and HUBZONE (historically underutilized business zone) small businesses. Limits the number of categories for which a small business may qualify under such goals. Requires, for purposes of such goals, the total value of all prime contracts for a fiscal year to include the value of each contract awarded, regardless of whether it was awarded as the result of unrestricted competition or any determination by the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) with respect to the potential for a small business to perform the contract or a subcontract.
 
Directs the Administrator to consult with the heads of other federal agencies to develop and implement standards for procurement officers to take into consideration the past compliance of potential contractors with small business subcontracting goals when making contract awards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S525)
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Immigration Enforcement Transparency Act

Bill: 113-s-260
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Detention of persons
Immigration status and procedures
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: 
Immigration Enforcement Transparency Act - Requires a law enforcement official enforcing an immigration law to collect specified data, including: (1) the basis for such enforcement action; (2) the individual's identifying characteristics, including race, gender, ethnicity, and age; (3) how long a stop or search lasted and whether consent was obtained; (4) a description of any items seized; (5) whether an arrest or detention was made, the justification for such arrest or detention, and the ultimate disposition of such arrest or detention; (6) the individual's immigration status and whether removal proceedings were subsequently initiated against that individual; and (7) whether the individual filed a complaint.
 
Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to compile such data and submit a related report to Congress annually.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
No Firearms for Foreign Felons Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-261
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2013-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Domestic violence and child abuse
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: 
No Firearms for Foreign Felons Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to prevent any individual convicted of a felony or crime of domestic violence in a foreign court from possessing a firearm in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S525-526)
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Education Equity Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-262
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2013-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: 
Veterans Education Equity Act of 2013 - Revises the formula for the payment by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of tuition and fees for individuals entitled to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program and pursuing programs of education at public institutions of higher learning to include, as an additional payment formula, the greater of: (1) the actual net costs for in-state tuition after applying the receipt of any tuition waivers, reductions, scholarships, or other assistance; or (2) $17,500 for the academic year beginning on August 1, 2011 (such amount to be increased each subsequent year by the average percentage increase in undergraduate tuition costs).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-111.
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S526)
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S526)
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Down Payment to Protect National Security Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-263
Sponsor: Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH]
Introduced: 2013-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: 
Down Payment to Protect National Security Act of 2013 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to determine the number of full-time employees employed in each federal agency. Prohibits a federal agency head from hiring more than 1 employee for every 3 full-time employees who leave employment in such agency until the OMB Director makes a determination that the number of full-time federal employees is 10% less than the initial level as determined by OMB. Allows a waiver of such workforce limitation by the President for national security reasons or in the case of an extraordinary emergency.
 
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011, to offset mandatory sequestration in security and nonsecurity categories with revenues resulting from reductions in the federal workforce and the pay freeze under this Act. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to transfer amounts appropriated for DOD by the Continuing Appropriations Resolution (P.L. 112-175) among accounts of DOD.
 
Prohibits a cost-of-living adjustment to the pay of Members of Congress in any year in which there is a budget deficit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Excellence in Mental Health Act

Bill: 113-s-264
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2013-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Indian social and development programs
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Minority health
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: 
Excellence in Mental Health Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to set forth criteria for the certification of federally-qualified community behavioral health centers. Requires the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to certify, and recertify at least every five years, federally qualified community behavioral health centers as meeting the criteria.
 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to make such centers eligible for payments for services under Medicaid.
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award matching grants to states or Indian tribes to expend funds for the construction or modernization of facilities used to provide community-based mental health and substance abuse services to individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Community-Based Mental Health Infrastructure Improvements Act

Bill: 113-s-265
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2013-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Indian social and development programs
Mental health
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: 
Community-Based Mental Health Infrastructure Improvements Act - Amends Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award matching grants to states or Indian tribes to expend funds for the construction or modernization of facilities used to provide community-based mental health and substance abuse services to individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S526-527)
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Visa Waiver for Israel Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-266
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2013-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Israel
Middle East
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: 
Visa Waiver for Israel Act of 2013 - Includes Israel in the visa waiver program upon the Secretary of Homeland Security's (DHS) determination that Israel: (1) has complied with all the visa waiver program requirements, with an exception for the low nonimmigrant visa refusal rate; and (2) has made every reasonable effort, without jeopardizing Israeli security, to ensure that reciprocal privileges are extended to all U.S. citizens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
United States Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-270
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2013-02-11 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arctic Ocean
Arctic and polar regions
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
International organizations and cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-11
text: 
United States Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs Act of 2013 - Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to establish within the Department of State an Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2013-02-11
text: Introduced in Senate