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Market Based Manufacturing Incentives Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-615
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2013-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Economic performance and conditions
Income tax credits
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: 
Market Based Manufacturing Incentives Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for the purchase (during a specified period of between 5 and 10 years based on the incentive needed with respect to each product) of new products certified as assembled in the United States and consisting of at least 60% of components assembled or otherwise arising in the United States. Directs the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to report to Congress on the economic effects of such credit. 
 
Establishes the 21st Century American Manufacturing Commission to conduct research to designate products eligible for the tax credit allowed by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Scaling Up Manufacturing Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-616
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2013-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: 
 Scaling Up Manufacturing Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain corporations or partnerships that are headquartered in the United States a tax credit for up to 25% of their costs for the construction of a manufacturing facility and for the purchase of specialized equipment for use at such facility. 
 

 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Introduced in House
To designate the Federal Building and United States Courthouse located at 1125 Chapline Street in Wheeling, West Virginia, as the "Frederick P. Stamp, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse".

Bill: 113-hr-617
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2013-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: 
Designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 1125 Chapline Street in Wheeling, West Virginia, as the &quot;Frederick P. Stamp, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse.&quot; 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Default Prevention Act

Bill: 113-hr-618
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2013-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Financial literacy
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Public contracts and procurement
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: 
Student Loan Default Prevention Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education, upon the request of an eligible guaranty agency, to enter into or revise a voluntary, flexible agreement with that agency to provide services to borrowers and potential borrowers of Federal Family Education Loans (FFELs) or Direct Loans (DLs).
 
Treats guaranty agencies as eligible to participate in such agreements if they have extensive and relevant experience and demonstrated effectiveness in providing such services.
 
Authorizes those guaranty agencies to provide services that include: (1) delinquency prevention and default aversion activities, (2) collecting defaulted loans, (3) monitoring institutions that participate in the DL program, (4) training financial aid officials, and (5) informational outreach to schools and students that supports access to higher education and financial literacy.
 
Requires the Secretary to pay fees to such agencies that are cost neutral and take into account the savings projected from the provision of such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Keep Kids Safe Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-619
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2013-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against children
Firearms and explosives
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: 
Keep Kids Safe Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the possession of a firearm by, or the sale or transfer of a firearm to, any person who has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor sex offense against a minor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Rachel Carson Nature Trail Designation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-620
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Congressional tributes
District of Columbia
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: 
Rachel Carson Nature Trail Designation Act of 2013 - Designates a trail located in Glover Archbold Park in the District of Columbia from Canal Road to Van Ness Street as the &quot;Rachel Carson Nature Trail.&quot;
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to post signs on or near the Trail that include one or more of the following: (1) information on Rachel Carson and her contributions to the environmental movement; (2) images of her; and (3) references to her efforts to educate others about the importance of environmental protection, conservation, and sustainability. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E130)
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Affordable Energy Act

Bill: 113-hr-621
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2013-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Appropriations
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Executive agency funding and structure
Industrial facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: 
Ensuring Affordable Energy Act - Prohibits any funds appropriated or otherwise available for the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from being used to implement or enforce: (1) a cap-and-trade program; or (2) any statutory or regulatory requirement pertaining to emissions of one or more greenhouse gases from stationary sources that is issued or becomes applicable or effective after the date of enactment of this Act.
 
Defines: (1) "cap-and-trade program" as any regulatory program established after the date of enactment of this Act that provides for the sale, auction, or other distribution of a limited amount of allowances that permit the emission of one or more greenhouse gases; and (2) "greenhouse gas" to include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, or any other designated anthropogenic gas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Introduced in House
American Memorial Park Tinian Annex Act

Bill: 113-hr-622
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Historic sites and heritage areas
Japan
Military history
Monuments and memorials
Northern Mariana Islands
Parks, recreation areas, trails
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: 
American Memorial Park Tinian Annex Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, using existing facilities instead of developing new facilities, to develop an annex in Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as an extension of the American Memorial Park on the island of Saipan. 
 
Requires the annex to be used to interpret the important aspects of the North Field Tinian by highlighting the historic events related to the Mariana Islands Campaign during World War II and to serve as a curatorial storage of artifacts of World War II. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E123-124)
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Sports Gaming Opportunity Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-625
Sponsor: Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Gambling
Professional sports
School athletics
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Sports Gaming Opportunity Act of 2013 - Amends the federal judicial code to exempt a lottery, sweepstakes, or other betting, gambling, or wagering scheme authorized by a state by a statute enacted on or after January 1, 2013, and in effect not later than January 1, 2017, from the prohibition against a governmental entity, or a person acting pursuant to the law or compact of

 

a governmental entity, sponsoring, operating, advertising, or promoting sports gambling.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
New Jersey Betting and Equal Treatment Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-626
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Gambling
New Jersey
Professional sports
School athletics
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
New Jersey Betting and Equal Treatment Act of 2013 - Amends the federal judicial code to exempt a lottery, sweepstakes, or other betting, gambling, or waging scheme operating exclusively in New Jersey, to the extent such scheme is approved by that state's legislature by statute, from the prohibition against a governmental entity, or a person acting pursuant to the law or compact of

 

a governmental entity, sponsoring, operating, advertising, or promoting sports gambling.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Mental Health in Schools Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-628
Sponsor: Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Health programs administration and funding
Mental health
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Mental Health in Schools Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise a community children and violence program to assist local communities and schools in applying a public health approach to mental health services, including by: (1) revising eligibility requirements for a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement; and (2) providing for comprehensive school mental health programs that are culturally and linguistically appropriate, trauma-informed, and age appropriate. Requires a comprehensive school mental health program funded under this Act to assist children in dealing with trauma and violence. Makes only a partnership between a local educational agency and at least one community program or agency that is involved in mental health eligible for such funding. 
 
 Sets forth assurances required for eligibility, including that: (1) the local education agency will enter into a memorandum of understanding with at least one relevant community-based entity that clearly states the responsibilities of each partner; (2) the program will include training of all school personnel, family members of children with mental health disorders, and concerned members of the community; and (3) the program will demonstrate the measures to be taken to sustain the program after funding terminates.
 
Requires grantees to comply with the health information privacy requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
 
Requires the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to develop a fiscally appropriate process for evaluating grant program activities, including: (1) the development of guidelines for the submission of program data by recipients; and (2) the development of measures of outcomes to be applied by recipients in evaluating programs, to include student and family measures and local educational measures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Servicemembers' Choice in Transition Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-631
Sponsor: Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Servicemembers' Choice in Transition Act of 2013 - Amends provisions concerning the Transition Assistance Program of the Department of Defense (DOD) (employment and job training assistance and related services for members of the Armed Forces being separated from active duty, and for their spouses) to require such Program to consist of at least five days of instruction as follows: (1) at least one day of service-specific pre-separation training; (2) up to one day each for instruction in preparation for employment, preparation for education or career or technical training, preparation for entrepreneurship, or other options determined by the Secretary of the military department concerned; (3) at least two days of in-depth instruction of the participant's choice in any of the subjects described under (2), above; and (4) up to one day in benefits provided under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) and in other subjects determined by the Secretary concerned.
 
Requires the VA Secretary to submit to the congressional veterans committees the results of a study to determine the feasibility of providing veterans' benefits instruction at all overseas locations where such instruction is provided through a joint contract with the Secretary of Labor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-02-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Voluntary Protection Program Act

Bill: 113-hr-632
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Small business
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Voluntary Protection Program Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to enter into cooperative agreements with employers to: (1) encourage establishment of comprehensive safety and health management systems to protect employees from occupational hazards, and (2) establish a voluntary protection program to encourage excellence and recognize its achievement in both the technical and managerial protection of employees from occupational hazards.
 
Requires the Secretary to take necessary steps for the orderly transition from Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cooperative agreements and voluntary protection programs existing before enactment of this Act to agreements and programs authorized under this Act.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a program to increase small business participation in the voluntary protection program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E136)
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-633
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the per country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, and (2) increase the per country numerical limitation for family based immigrants from 7% to 15% of the total number of family-sponsored visas. 
 
Amends the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 to eliminate the provision requiring the reduction of annual Chinese (PRC) immigrant visas to offset status adjustments under such Act.
 
Sets forth the following transition period for employment-based second and third preference (EB-2 and EB-3) immigrant visas: (1) for FY2013, 15% of such visas allotted to natives of countries other than the two countries with the largest aggregate numbers of natives obtaining such visas in FY2011; (2) for FY2014, 10% of such visas allotted in each category to natives of countries other than the two with the largest aggregate numbers of natives obtaining such visas in FY2012; and (3) for FY2015, 10% of such visas allotted in each category to natives of countries other than the two with the largest aggregate numbers of natives obtaining such visas in FY2013.
 
Sets forth the following per country distribution rules: (1) for transition period visas, not more than 25% of the total number of EB-2 and EB-3 visas for natives of a single country; and (2) for non-transition period visas, not more than 85% of EB-2 and EB-3 visas for natives of a single country.
 Provides that the amendments made by this Act will take place as if enacted on September 30, 2012, and shall apply beginning in FY2013.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Help Establish Access to Local Timely Healthcare for Your Vets Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-635
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Public contracts and procurement
Rural conditions and development
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Help Establish Access to Local Timely Healthcare for Your Vets Act of 2013 or HEALTHY Vets Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in the case of a veteran for whom Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities are geographically inaccessible (as defined under this Act), to contract for the provision of the following care: (1) primary care; (2) acute or chronic symptom management; (3) nontherapeutic medical services; and (4) other medical services determined appropriate by the director of the appropriate VA service region, after consultation with the VA physician responsible for such veteran's primary care.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to waive such requirement upon demonstrating, on an individual basis, that the costs of providing the contract care significantly outweigh the benefits of localized health care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit Members of Congress from receiving any automatic pay adjustments through the end of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress.

Bill: 113-hr-636
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Eliminates automatic cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress during the 113th Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in House