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Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-137
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Department of Health and Human Services
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Licensing and registrations
Medical education
Medical ethics

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: 
Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to codify the prohibition against any action by the federal government and any state or local government receiving federal financial assistance to subject a health professional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a health maintenance organization, an accountable care organization, a health insurance plan, or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or plan to discrimination on the basis that the entity refuses to participate in abortion-related activities.
 
Creates a cause of action for any violation of the abortion discrimination prohibition. Gives federal courts jurisdiction to prevent and redress actual or threatened violations of such prohibition by issuing any form of legal or equitable relief, including injunctions and orders preventing the disbursement of all or a portion of federal financial assistance until the prohibited conduct has ceased. Gives standing to institute an action to affected health care entities and the Attorney General.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate the Director of the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to receive and investigate complaints alleging a violation of abortion discrimination prohibition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act

Bill: 113-s-139
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Medicare
State and local government operations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: 
Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act - Subjects to fines and/or imprisonment any physician who knowingly performs an abortion but fails to comply with this Act. Requires a physician who performs an abortion to: (1) have admitting privileges at a local hospital, and (2) notify the patient of the location of the hospital where the patient can receive follow-up care by the physician if complications arise. Exempts from these requirements a physician who performs an abortion that is necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself.
 
Prohibits a woman upon whom an abortion is performed from being prosecuted for conspiracy to violate this Act.
 
Requires each abortion clinic that receives federal funds or assistance to be licensed by the state and be in compliance with the requirements for ambulatory surgery centers under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, except for the requirement of a certificate of public need. Allows a state board of health to waive the application of certain structural requirements for licensing purposes in order to comply with this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the work opportunity credit to certain recently discharged veterans, to improve the coordination of veteran job training services between the Department of Labor, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Defense, to require transparency for Executive departments in meeting the Government-wide goals for contracting with small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-140
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2013-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Performance measurement
Personnel records
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: 
Veteran Employment Transition Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the definition of "qualified veteran" for purposes of the work opportunity tax credit to include recently discharged veterans.
 
Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) and the National Guard to inform military personnel who are discharged or released from active duty of the work opportunity tax credit and provide them with documentation relating to eligibility for and use of such credit.
 
Veterans Employment and Training Services Act of 2013 or the VETS Act - Requires the Secretaries of Labor, Veterans Affairs, and Defense to enter into an agreement to govern the coordination of veteran job training services. Requires the Secretaries of Labor and Veterans Affairs to prepare reports on the veteran job training programs of their respective departments. 
 
Amends the DOD pilot program for assessing the feasibility and advisability of permitting enlisted personnel to obtain civilian credentialing or licensing for skills required for military occupational specialties to require the designation as military occupational specialties of the MOS 31B Military Police, MOS 15Q AC-Air Traffic Controller, and the MOS 12M Fire Protection, in addition to not fewer than three and not more than five additional military occupational specialties. 
 
Honoring Promises to Service-Disabled Veterans Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the head of each executive department to submit an annual report to the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) containing the percentage of the total value of all prime contracts awarded by the executive department during the preceding one-year period to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Hyde Amendment Codification Act

Bill: 113-s-142
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2013-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Appropriations
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: 
Hyde Amendment Codification Act - Prohibits the expenditure for any abortion of funds authorized or appropriated by federal law or funds in any trust fund to which funds are authorized or appropriated by federal law .
 
Prohibits the use of federal funds for any health benefits coverage that includes abortion. (Currently, federal funds cannot be used for abortion services, and plans receiving federal funds must keep them segregated from any funds for abortion services.)
 
Excludes from such prohibitions an abortion if: (1) the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest; or (2) the woman suffers from a physical disorder, injury, or illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that would place her in danger of death unless an abortion is performed, as certified by a physician.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act

Bill: 113-s-143
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2013-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Department of Health and Human Services
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Licensing and registrations
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: 
 Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act - Prohibits the federal government and any state or local government that receives federal financial assistance from discriminating or retaliating against any individual or health care entity because of a refusal to recommend, refer for, provide coverage for, pay for, provide, perform, assist, or participate in any abortion. Includes within such prohibited discrimination: (1) denial, deprivation, or disqualification in licensing; (2) withholding accreditations, authorizations, loans, grants, aids, assistance, benefits, or privileges; and (3) withholding authorization to expand, improve, finance, or create facilities or programs.
 
Creates a cause of action for any violation of this Act. Gives federal courts jurisdiction to order any form of legal or equitable relief, including injunctive relief or an order preventing the disbursement of all or a portion of federal financial assistance to a state government until the prohibited conduct has ceased.
 
 Authorizes the Attorney General to file a civil action seeking injunctive or declaratory relief to enforce compliance with this Act. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate the Director of the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to receive and investigate complaints alleging a violation of this Act.
 
 Requires this Act to be construed in favor of broad conscience protection for individuals and health care entities to the maximum extent permitted by the terms of this Act and the Constitution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Pregnancy Assistance Fund Expansion Act

Bill: 113-s-144
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2013-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Teenage pregnancy
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: 
Pregnancy Assistance Fund Expansion Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to authorize additional funding for FY2014-FY2019 for the Pregnancy Assistance Fund for grants to states to assist pregnant and parenting teens and women.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Save Our Students Act

Bill: 113-s-145
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2013-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Crime prevention
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Military civil functions
National Guard and reserves
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: 
Save Our Students Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to provide funds to states submitting specified plans for using National Guard personnel to: (1) perform administrative functions normally performed by state and local law enforcement personnel in order to enable such law enforcement personnel to be dispatched to keep schools and students safe from violence, (2) help conduct school security assessments and safety plans, and (3) conduct capital improvements related to enhancing school and student safety.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Common Sense Concealed Firearms Permit Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-147
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2013-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: 
Common Sense Concealed Firearms Permit Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to direct each state that allows its residents to carry concealed firearms to establish a process through which a resident must obtain a permit to carry a concealed firearm. Requires a state to: (1) ensure that a local law enforcement agency participates in the process; and (2) require that an applicant be a legal resident of the United States, be not less than 21 years of age, demonstrate good cause for requesting the permit, and demonstrate that he or she is worthy of the public trust to carry a concealed firearm in public.
 
 Requires any such process that allows an agency other than a law enforcement agency to issue such permits to require: (1) a local law enforcement agency to submit to the agency responsible a written report that describes whether the applicant meets the state's standards to carry a concealed firearm, and (2) the agency responsible to maintain such report in the applicant's file.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to safeguard America's schools by using community policing strategies to prevent school violence and improve student and school safety.

Bill: 113-s-148
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2013-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services to make grants to local governments and Indian tribes to provide for school resource and safety officers at schools. Defines a &quot;school resource and safety officer&quot; as a career law enforcement officer who is assigned by the employing police department to protect schools and who works in and around schools for not less than 75% of the time the officer is on duty. 
 
Requires the Director to: (1) establish guidelines for programs that train school resource and safety officers, and (2) ensure an equitable geographic distribution of grants among regions of the United States and among urban, suburban, and rural areas.
 
Limits grants to: (1) $200,000 for each officer proposed to be hired or each training program proposed to be funded, subject to a waiver; and (2) three fiscal years. Authorizes the Director to make available additional funds if the funds were used in the manner required and the recipient demonstrates significant financial need. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Restoring America's Competitiveness in Enterprise (RACE) Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-151
Sponsor: Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE]
Introduced: 2013-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Income tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: 
Restoring America's Competitiveness in Enterprise (RACE) Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the maximum income tax rate on corporations, including personal service corporations, to 20% of taxable income over $50,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
America Needs Eielson Air Force Base Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-152
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2013-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alaska
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Military facilities and property
Military operations and strategy

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: 
America Needs Eielson Air Force Base Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to maintain the current leadership rank, aircraft, and core functions of the 354th Fighter Wing and 18th Aggressor Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, with the same mission elements, responsibilities, and capabilities as existed on November 1, 2011, until the later of: (1) 180 days after the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force submits an Air Force structure study report as required under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, and (2) the date on which the Secretary of Defense (DOD) submits to the congressional defense and appropriations committees a report on the strategic importance of Eielson Air Force Base (required under this Act).
 
Prohibits the Secretary of the Air Force from changing the aircraft or core functions of the 354th Wing and 18th Squadron at Eielson, or the existing mission elements, responsibilities, and capabilities of such installation, until the completion of an environmental impact statement and a record of decision relating to the proposed changes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Mental Health First Aid Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-153
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2013-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: 
Mental Health First Aid Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), to award grants to initiate and sustain mental health first aid training programs. Requires such a program to include: (1) core live training courses on the skills, resources, and knowledge necessary to assist individuals in crisis to connect with appropriate local mental health care services; (2) training on mental health resources, including the location of community mental health centers in the state and local community; and (3) training on action plans and protocols for referral to such resources.
 
States that the Secretary shall determine the categories of individuals to be trained.
 
Requires such programs to train individuals to accomplish: (1) safe de-escalation of crisis situations, (2) recognition of the signs and symptoms of mental illness, and (3) timely referral to mental health services in the early stages of developing mental disorders.
 
Requires the Secretary, in awarding grants, to: (1) ensure that grants are equitably distributed among the geographical regions of the United States, and (2) pay particular attention to the mental health training needs of populations and target audiences residing in rural areas.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S291)
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
PROTECT Act

Bill: 113-s-154
Sponsor: Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK]
Introduced: 2013-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Comprehensive health care
Federal preemption
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: 
Preventing the Offering of Elective Coverage of Taxpayer-Funded-Abortion Act of 2013 or PROTECT Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in entering into contracts with health insurance issuers, to ensure that no multi-state qualified health plan offered in a health benefit exchange provides coverage of abortion. Excepts from such limitation: (1) a pregnancy that results from rape or incest; or (2) a case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, injury, or illness that would place the her in danger of death unless an abortion is performed, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself.
 
Preempts any state law requiring coverage of or funding for abortions in multi-state qualified health plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate a mountain in the State of Alaska as Denali.

Bill: 113-s-155
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2013-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: 
Designates a specified mountain in Alaska as &quot;Denali.&quot;

action_date: 2013-09-10
text: 

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

 
Designates a specified mountain in Alaska as &quot;Denali.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 171.
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden without amendment. With written report No. 113-93.
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden without amendment. With written report No. 113-93.
action_date: 2013-06-18
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-27.
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S330)
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate