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Preventing an Unrealistic FMAP Act

Bill: 113-s-963
Sponsor: Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK]
Introduced: 2013-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: 
Preventing an Unrealistic FMAP Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to repeal amendments by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act with respect to increased federal medical percentages (FMAPs, or federal matching amounts) for: (1) newly eligible mandatory individuals, and (2) certain states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require a comprehensive review of the adequacy of the training, qualifications, and experience of the Department of Defense personnel responsible for sexual assault prevention and response for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-964
Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2013-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Assault and harassment offenses
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Department of Defense
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to review the adequacy of the training, qualifications, and experience of each member of the Armed Forces and civilian DOD employee who is currently responsible for sexual assault prevention and response within the Armed Forces. Includes in such review an assessment of the adequacy of the training and certifications required of Sexual Assault Response Coordinators and Sexual Assault Victim Advocates by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012.
 
Requires the Secretary, upon a determination that any member or civilian employee responsible for sexual assault prevention and response does not have the training, qualifications, or experience required to discharge such responsibilities, to take appropriate responsive actions that include: (1) retraining or recertification, or (2) reassignment and replacement of the member or employee.
 
Directs the Secretary, following the review required by this Act, to prescribe in regulations: (1) appropriate minimum levels of training, qualifications, and experience for such personnel; and (2) requirements for improvements in training, including of Sexual Assault Response Coordinators and Sexual Assault Victim Advocates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Committee on Armed Services. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-320.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Iran Sanctions Implementation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-965
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2013-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Iran
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Middle East
Oil and gas
Sanctions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: 
Iran Sanctions Implementation Act of 2013 - Directs the President to designate any appropriate area of federal land, including any necessary for transportation of the oil produced there to market, as an Iranian Oil Replacement Zone. Requires the President to keep making such designations until the total daily production of oil from all the Zones reaches 1.25 million barrels per day.
 
Subjects each Zone (including each portion of a multi-state Zone) to the rules and regulations of the state in which it is located.
 
Exempts any such designation from judicial review, including review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3555)
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Medical FSA Improvement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-966
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2013-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: 
Medical FSA Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow amounts in a flexible spending arrangement (FSA) that are not spent for medical care to be distributed to the FSA participant as taxable income after the close of a plan year (currently, such unspent amounts are forfeited). Includes such FSAs in the definition of tax-exempt cafeteria plans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3533-3534)
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-968
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]
Introduced: 2013-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Credit and credit markets
National Credit Union Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: 
Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to prohibit an insured credit union from making any member business loan that would result in the total amount of such loans outstanding at that credit union at any one time exceeding either: (1) 1.75 times the actual net worth of the credit union, or (2) 12.25% of the total assets of the credit union.
 
Authorizes the National Credit Union Administration Board to approve an application by an insured credit union to make one or more member business loans that would result in a total amount of such loans outstanding at any one time of up to 27.5 % of the total assets of the credit union, if the credit union meets specified safety and soundness criteria. Prohibits an insured credit union that has made such a member business loan but that is not well capitalized from making any new member business loans until it becomes well capitalized and obtains Board approval.
 
Directs the Board to develop a tiered approval process, including lending standards, under which an insured credit union gradually increases the amount of member business lending in a manner that is consistent with safe and sound operations.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to study the status of member business lending by insured credit unions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to reauthorize the Act.

Bill: 113-s-969
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2013-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Birds
Government trust funds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: 
Amends the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to authorize such appropriations as are necessary to carry out such Act for FY2014-FY2019.

action_date: 2014-06-05
text: 
Amends the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to authorize $6.5 million for each of FY2014-FY2019 to carry out such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 419.
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with amendments. With written report No. 113-188.
action_date: 2014-06-05
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with amendments. With written report No. 113-188.
action_date: 2014-02-06
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3572)
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3571-3572)
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act

Bill: 113-s-971
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2013-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Forests, forestry, trees
Licensing and registrations
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: 
Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from requiring, or from promulgating regulations that direct a state to require, a permit under the national pollutant discharge elimination system for a discharge of stormwater runoff resulting from the conduct of the following silvicultural activities: nursery operations, site preparation, reforestation, thinning, prescribed burning, pest and fire control, harvesting operations, surface drainage, and road use, construction, and maintenance.
 
 Specifies that nothing in this Act exempts a silvicultural activity resulting in the discharge of dredged of fill material from permit requirements for discharges into navigable waters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3573)
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3573)
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-972
Sponsor: Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK]
Introduced: 2013-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: 
Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from implementing, administering, or enforcing specified regulations insofar as they would replace International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9 with ICD-10 as a standard for code sets for appropriate data elements for financial and administrative transactions involving the electronic exchange of health information.
 
(The ICD is a health care classification system of diagnostic codes for classifying diseases.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-973
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2013-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Gambling
Mammals
Medical ethics
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: 
Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2013 - Requires: (1) there to be an independent anti-doping organization with responsibility for ensuring the integrity and safety of horse races that are the subject of interstate off-track wagers, and (2) the independent anti-doping organization designated pursuant to the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 to serve as such organization.
 
Sets forth as the duties of such organization: (1) developing, publishing, and maintaining rules regarding substances, methods, and treatments that may and may not be administered to a horse participating in such a race; (2) implementing programing relating to anti-doping education, research, testing, and adjudication to prevent any horse participating in such a race from racing under the effect of any prohibited substance, method, or treatment; and (3) excluding from participation in any such race any person who is determined to have violated such a rule or who is subject to a suspension from horse racing activities by any state racing commission. 
 
Prescribes conditions under which such organization may: (1) suspend the period a person is excluded from participation; and (2) permit the use of furosemide by a horse participating in such a race during the two-year period following enactment of this Act.
 
Permits a host racing association to conduct a horse race that is the subject of an interstate off-track wager, and permits an interstate off-track wager to be accepted by an off-track betting system, only if consent is obtained from such organization. Requires such organization to ensure that all costs incurred in carrying its duties are defrayed pursuant to agreements for such consent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Fit to Serve Act

Bill: 113-s-976
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]
Introduced: 2013-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Military education and training
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Sports and recreation facilities
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: 
Fit to Serve Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to provide for the dissemination to potential military recruits of information on healthy body weight. Includes in the information that may be provided healthy weight according to age, height, and gender, the risks of obesity, and achieving and maintaining a healthy weight. Authorizes the dissemination of such information both electronically and in writing.
 
Authorizes each military department Secretary to enter into joint use agreements with local governments in the vicinity of military installations in order to permit the use of athletic facilities at such installations by local civilians.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Foreign Fuels Reduction Act

Bill: 113-s-977
Sponsor: Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN]
Introduced: 2013-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: 
Foreign Fuels Reduction Act - Amends Clean Air Act provisions governing the Renewable Fuel Program to require (current law authorizes) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), when reducing the volume of cellulosic biofuel required under such Program to the projected volume available during that calendar year, to reduce the applicable volume of renewable fuel and advanced biofuels required under the Program by the same (currently, the same or a lesser) volume.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for an accounting of total United States contributions to the United Nations.

Bill: 113-s-978
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2013-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Government information and archives
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: 
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to report annually to Congress regarding all assessed and voluntary U.S. contributions to the United Nations (U.N.) and its affiliated agencies and related bodies during the previous fiscal year. 
 
Requires the report to include the following: (1) the total amount of all assessed and voluntary U.S. contributions to the U.N. and its affiliated agencies and related bodies; (2) the approximate percentage of U.S. contributions to each such agency or body in a fiscal year when compared with all such contributions in that fiscal year; and (3) the amount, description, and purpose of each contribution, the identity of the donating U.S. department or agency, and the identity of the recipient U.N. agency or body.
 
Requires OMB to post a version of such report on a publicly available Internet website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Drunk Driving Repeat Offender Prevention Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-979
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2013-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: 
Drunk Driving Repeat Offender Prevention Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to withhold specified graduated percentages of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway funds for FY2015-FY2017 if the state has not enacted and is not enforcing a law requiring the installation of an ignition interlock device for a minimum of 180 days on each motor vehicle operated by an individual convicted of driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence.
 
Defines &quot;driving while intoxicated&quot; and &quot;driving under the influence&quot; as driving or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while having a blood alcohol concentration greater than or equal to the lesser of: (1) the blood alcohol concentration limit of the state in which the individual is driving, or (2) 0.08%.
 
Requires an ignition interlock device to: (1) require a driver to provide a breath sample before the motor vehicle starts, and (2) prevent a motor vehicle from starting if the alcohol concentration of the driver is above the legal limit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-981
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2013-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Abortion
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: 
Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act of 2013 - Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate rules to prohibit, as an unfair and deceptive act or practice, a person from advertising with the intent to deceptively create the impression that: (1) such person is a provider of abortion services if such person does not provide such services, or (2) such person is not a provider of abortion services if such person does provide such services.
 
Defines &quot;abortion services&quot; as providing surgical and non-surgical procedures to terminate a pregnancy, or providing referrals for such procedures.
 
Sets forth the enforcement authority of the FTC, including with respect to nonprofit organizations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-983
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2013-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Department of the Treasury
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: 
 Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury, or any delegate of the Secretary, from implementing or enforcing any provisions of or amendments made by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3580)
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Conditioning United States-Egypt Military Exercises Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-984
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2013-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Arab-Israeli relations
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Egypt
International law and treaties
Israel
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: 
Conditioning United States-Egypt Military Exercises Act of 2013 - Prohibits funds from being used for U.S. participation in joint military exercises with Egypt if Egypt abrogates, terminates, or withdraws from the 1979 Egypt-Israel peace treaty. 
 
Authorizes the President to waive such limitation if the President certifies to Congress that the waiver is in U.S. national security interests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate