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A bill to reauthorize the Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Canalway.

Bill: 113-s-1339
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2013-07-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Dams and canals
Historic sites and heritage areas
Ohio
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: 
Amends the Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor Act of 1996 to extend through FY2022 the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to make grants or provide financial assistance for the Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Canalway in Ohio. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-93.
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Investment Promotion Act

Bill: 113-s-1342
Sponsor: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2013-07-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Computers and information technology
Food industry and services
Income tax deductions
Inflation and prices
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: 
Small Business Investment Promotion Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the expensing allowance for depreciable business property, to make permanent: (1) the increased $200,000 expensing allowance for such property, (2) the increased $800,000 threshold amount for such property over which the expensing allowance is reduced, (3) expensing of computer software, and (4) rules for the expensing of qualified real property. Eliminates the termination date for exercising an election to expense property. Allows an inflation adjustment to the dollar amounts of the expensing allowance for taxable years beginning after 2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Farmer Identity Protection Act

Bill: 113-s-1343
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2013-07-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Livestock
Right of privacy
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: 
Farmer Identity Protection Act - Prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), or any EPA contractor or cooperator, from disclosing the information of any owner, operator, or employee of a livestock operation provided to EPA by a livestock producer or a state agency in accordance with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) or any other law, including: (1) names; (2) telephone numbers; (3) e-mail addresses; (4) physical addresses; (5) global positioning system coordinates; or (6) other information regarding the location of the owner, operator, livestock, or employee.
 
Prescribes criteria for such a disclosure, however, in a statistical or aggregate form without specifically identifying information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5842-5843)
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Dr. R. Adams Cowley Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 113-s-1345
Sponsor: Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2013-07-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: 
Dr. R. Adams Cowley Congressional Gold Medal Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for a posthumous presentation of a congressional gold medal in commemoration of Dr. R. Adams Cowley, recognizing his lifelong commitment to the advancement of trauma care.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell duplicates in bronze of such medal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the alternative tax liability limitation for small property and casualty insurance companies.

Bill: 113-s-1346
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2013-07-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Insurance industry and regulation
Life, casualty, property insurance
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the eligibility of certain small insurance companies (other than life insurance companies) for the alternative corporate income tax by increasing the premium limitation used to determine such eligibility to $2.012 million (from $1.2 million), with an annual inflation adjustment after 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1349
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2013-07-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Credit and credit markets
Federal Reserve System
Housing finance and home ownership
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: 
Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act of 2013 or CLEAR Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to exempt from its rules regarding management assessment of internal controls the following institutions which, as of the end of the preceding fiscal year, had total consolidated assets of $1 billion or less (adjusted annually according to a certain formula): (1) a bank holding company, (2) a savings and loan holding company, or (3) an insured depository institution.
 
Declares the &quot;Small Bank Holding Company Statement&quot; of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) applicable to a financial institution that: (1) is otherwise subject to that policy statement, and (2) has consolidated assets of less than $5 billion.
 
Amends the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) to require the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to exempt from requirements governing escrow or impound accounts affecting certain consumer credit transactions any loans secured by a first lien on the principal dwelling of a consumer, if such loans are held by an insured depository institution having assets of $10 billion or less.
 
Includes as a qualified mortgage, with respect to the presumption that a qualified residential mortgage loan meets certain minimum standards, any mortgage loan originated and retained in portfolio for at least three years by a depository institution having less than $10 billion in total assets.
 
Requires the CFPB (which currently is merely authorized) to provide by regulation that a &quot;qualified mortgage&quot; includes a balloon loan extended by an insured depository institution that: (1) originates and retains balloon loans in portfolio for at least three years, and (2) together with its affiliates has less than $10 billion in total consolidated assets.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-16
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Mayflower Oil Spill Tax Relief Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1350
Sponsor: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced: 2013-07-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accidents
Arkansas
Disaster relief and insurance
Income tax exclusion
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Pollution liability

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: 
Mayflower Oil Spill Tax Relief Act of 2013 - Excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, any compensation provided to or for the benefit of a victim of the pipeline rupture and oil spill in Mayflower, Arkansas, on March 29, 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5909)
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5908-5909)
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Introduced in Senate
INFORM Act

Bill: 113-s-1351
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2013-07-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Economic performance and conditions
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government information and archives
Income tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: 
Intergenerational Financial Obligations Reform Act or INFORM Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to provide certain information on any legislation or resolution considered in either chamber which would impact revenues or mandatory spending by greater than 0.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) over the following 10-fiscal-year period, and upon request by the Chairmen or Ranking Members of the congressional budget committees.
 
Requires such information to comprise:
 
 
 a fiscal gap and generational accounting analysis, including any change in the analysis relative to the baseline; and
 
 the federal deficit, at current spending levels, in the fiscal year that is 75 years after the fiscal year in which the legislation is being considered, as well as the stock of the debt in that 75th year.
 
 
Requires: (1) CBO to produce an annual fiscal gap and generational accounting analysis within its annual &quot;Long-Term Budget Outlook&quot; and post it on the CBO public website, and (2) the Comptroller General to produce a separate similar analysis within its annual &quot;Long-Term Fiscal Outlook&quot; and post it on the General Accountability Office (GAO) public website.
 
Requires the President's budget submission to Congress to include:
 
 
 a fiscal gap and generational accounting analysis of the full budget proposal;
 
 the same kind of analysis of specific policy changes that would impact revenues or mandatory spending by greater than 0.5% of GDP over the following 10-fiscal year period; and
 
 the federal deficit, at current spending levels, in the fiscal year that is 75 years after the fiscal year in which the legislation is being considered, as well as the stock of the debt in that 75th year.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Introduced in Senate
End Sex Trafficking Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1354
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2013-07-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Human trafficking
Law enforcement administration and funding
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: 
End Sex Trafficking Act of 2013 - Amends: (1) the federal criminal code to expand the scope of prohibitions against sex trafficking to include patronizing or soliciting a commercial sex act with a victim of sex trafficking, and (2) the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to expand the definition of "sex trafficking" to include patronizing or soliciting a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act.
 
Directs the Attorney General to ensure that all task forces and working groups within the Innocence Lost National Initiative engage in activities, programs, or operations to increase the investigative capabilities of state and local law enforcement officers in the detection, investigation, and prosecution of persons who patronize or solicit children for sex.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide regulatory parity among alternative fuel vehicles, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-1355
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2013-07-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Motor fuels
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: 
Modifies average vehicle fuel economy standards, with respect to alternative fuel automobiles, by: 
 
 
excepting natural gas automobiles from maximum fuel economy increase requirements for model years 1993 through 2019 and from minimum driving range requirements for dual fueled automobiles;
 
allowing inclusion in an alternative fuel vehicle of a reserve gasoline tank for incidental or emergency use;
 
requiring reasonably comparable energy efficiency, as compared to a gasoline- or diesel fuel-vehicle (under current law, &quot;equal or superior energy efficiency&quot;); and
 
revising the formula for measuring the fuel economy of a model of gaseous fuel dual fueled automobiles manufactured in models years 1993 through 2019, including by using the model's alternative fuel range as a base.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1357
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2013-07-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agricultural trade
Employment and training programs
Trade adjustment assistance
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: 
Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2013 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend through December 31, 2020: (1) the trade adjustment assistance (TAA) program, and (2) the reemployment trade adjustment assistance (RTAA) program.
 
Makes funds available through FY2020, and for the period beginning October 1-December 31, 2020 (first quarter of FY2021) for training of adversely affected workers, employment and case management services, and job search expenses and relocation expenses.
 
Reauthorizes appropriations: (1) through December 31, 2020, for the TAA program for workers; and (2) through FY2020, and for the first quarter of FY2021, for the TAA program for firms and farmers.
 
 Amends the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 to declare that TAA program requirements in effect as of February 13, 2011, under the Trade Act of 1974 shall apply to petitions for certification to apply for TAA for workers, firms, and farmers that are filed before January 1, 2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1358
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2013-07-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aging
Business ethics
Consumer affairs
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: 
Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2013 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to establish an office within the Bureau of Consumer Protection to advise the FTC on the prevention of fraud targeting seniors and to assist the FTC in monitoring the market for mail, television, Internet, and telemarketing fraud including recorded message telephone calls (robocalls) targeting seniors.
 
Requires the FTC, through such office, to: (1) disseminate to seniors and their families and caregivers information on the most common fraud schemes, including methods of reporting complaints either to the FTC's national toll-free telephone number or to the FTC's Consumer Sentinel Network, where complaints become immediately available to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), state attorneys general, and other appropriate law enforcement agencies; (2) provide, in response to a specific request about a particular entity or individual, publicly available information regarding the FTC's enforcement action; and (3) maintain a website as a resource for information on fraud targeting seniors. 
 
Directs the FTC to establish procedures through such office to: (1) log and acknowledge the receipt of complaints by individuals who believe they have been a victim of such fraud in the Consumer Sentinel Network and to make such complaints immediately available to federal, state, and local law enforcement authorities; and (2) provide individuals with information on such fraud as well as the most common schemes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Cruise Ship Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1359
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2013-07-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Business records
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Licensing and registrations
Marine and inland water transportation
Marine pollution
Solid waste and recycling
Travel and tourism
User charges and fees
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: 
Clean Cruise Ship Act of 2013 - Declares the purpose of this Act to be the establishment of national standards and prohibitions for discharges from cruise vessels. Defines &quot;cruise vessel&quot; as a passenger vessel that is authorized to carry at least 250 passengers and has onboard sleeping facilities for each passenger. Excludes vessels owned or operated by federal, state, or local governments.
 
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit cruise vessels departing from, or calling on, a U.S. port from discharging effluents, including sewage or sewage sludge, incinerator ash, hazardous waste, graywater, or bilge water, into navigable waters. Allows an exception for discharges made solely to secure the safety of a cruise vessel or to save a human life at sea.
 
Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) promulgate effluent limits for sewage, graywater, and bilge water discharges from cruise vessels; (2) establish dates for compliance with such limits; (3) require sampling, monitoring, and reporting to ensure compliance with such limits and other applicable requirements; and (4) establish an inspection program to ensure the compliance of cruise vessels with the requirements of this Act.
 
Requires the Commandant of the Coast Guard, in consultation with the Administrator, to establish and carry out a program for hiring and placing trained, independent, observers on cruise vessels to monitor and inspect vessel operations, equipment, and discharges.
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Cruise Vessel Pollution Control Fund. Requires the Commandant and the Administrator to collect fees from cruise vessels and deposit such fees in the Fund for use in carrying out this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6105)
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5912-5916)
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Introduced in Senate
World War II Merchant Mariner Service Act

Bill: 113-s-1361
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2013-07-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Government information and archives
Marine and inland water transportation
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Personnel records
Transportation employees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: 
World War II Merchant Mariner Service Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to accept additional documentation for verifying that an individual performed honorable service as a coastwise merchant seaman during the period beginning on December 7, 1941, and ending on December 31, 1946, for purposes of eligibility for veterans' benefits under the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977. Requires such documentation to include Social Security Administration (SSA) records and validated testimony in the case of the absence of Coast Guard shipping or discharge forms, ship logbooks, documents, or other official employment records.
 
Requires the Secretary, when determining whether to recognize service allegedly performed during such period, to recognize masters of seagoing vessels or other command officers who were authorized to document an individual for purposes of hiring for or discharging from the merchant marine.
 
Considers any service so recognized as active-duty service for purposes of veterans' burial benefits. Makes such veterans eligible for any appropriate military medals, ribbons, and decorations. Requires the Secretary to verify that an individual performed such service under honorable conditions without regard to their sex, age, or disability during the service period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-280.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Protection Improvements and Electronic Life and Safety Security Systems Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1362
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aging
Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Criminal justice information and records
Disability and paralysis
Personnel records
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-25
text: 
Child Protection Improvements and Electronic Life and Safety Security Systems Act of 2013 - Amends the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to direct the Attorney General to: (1) establish policies and procedures to streamline the process of obtaining state and national criminal history background checks on covered individuals, and (2) establish a criminal history review program to provide covered entities with reliable and accurate information on the criminal history of a covered individual.
 
Defines "covered entity" as any business or organization that provides, or licenses, certifies, or coordinates individuals or organizations to provide, care, care placement, supervision, treatment, education, training, instruction, or recreation to children. 
 
Defines "covered individual" as an individual who: (1) has, seeks to have, or may have unsupervised access to vulnerable populations (i.e., elderly, disabled, and children) served by a covered entity; (2) is employed by or volunteers with, or seeks to be employed by or volunteer with, a covered entity; (3) owns or operates, or seeks to own or operate, a covered entity; or (4) is an employer or employee in the electronic life and safety security systems industry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate