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To reauthorize the Water Desalination Act of 1996.

Bill: 113-hr-745
Sponsor: Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Research administration and funding
Research and development
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Amends the Water Desalination Act of 1996 to extend through FY2018 the authorization of appropriations for: (1) grants and contracts for research to develop processes for converting saline water into water suitable for beneficial uses, and (2) the demonstration and development program for water desalination and related activities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Protect Small Business Jobs Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-746
Sponsor: Rep. Bentivolio, Kerry L. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Protect Small Business Jobs Act of 2013 - Requires a federal agency, before any enforcement action is taken on any sanction on a small business for any violation of a rule or pursuant to an adjudication, to: (1) notify the small business that it may be subject to a sanction at the end of a six-month grace period following such notification; (2) delay further action for 15 days after such notification; (3) defer further action for the six-month period (allowing an additional three-month period upon application by the small business demonstrating reasonable good-faith efforts to remedy the violation or other conduct giving rise to the sanction); (4) make a further determination at the end of the applicable grace period as to whether the small business would still be subject to the sanction; and (5) upon a negative determination, waive the sanction. Makes the grace period inapplicable with respect to a violation that puts anyone in imminent danger, as defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
 
Makes null and void any sanction imposed in violation of such requirements.
 
Requires: (1) federal agencies to report annually to the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman on the utilization of this directive and to disclose the penalty mitigation for small businesses, and (2) the Ombudsman to include such information in a currently-required annual report to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Military Selective Service Act to require the registration of women with the Selective Service System in light of the Department of Defense elimination of the rule excluding women from direct ground combat assignments in the Armed Forces.

Bill: 113-hr-747
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Elementary and secondary education
Executive Office of the President
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Military personnel and dependents
Military readiness
National and community service

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Amends the Military Selective Service Act to include females (under current law, only males) between the ages of 18 and 26 within military service registration requirements.
 
Makes such amendment effective 60 days after the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Universal National Service Act

Bill: 113-hr-748
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Executive Office of the President
Homeland security
Licensing and registrations
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Military readiness
National and community service
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Universal National Service Act - Declares that it is the obligation of every U.S. citizen, and every other person residing in the United States, between the ages of 18 and 25 to perform a 2-year period of national service, unless exempted, either through military service or through civilian service in a federal, state, or local government program or with a community-based agency or entity engaged in meeting human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs. Requires induction into national service by the President. Allows persons to be inducted only: (1) under a declaration of war or national emergency, or (2) when members of the Armed Forces are engaged in a contingency operation. Requires each person, before induction, to be examined physically and mentally for classification for fitness to perform. Sets forth provisions governing: (1) induction deferments, postponements, and exemptions, including exemption of a conscientious objector from combatant training and military service; and (2) discharge following national service.
 
Amends the Military Selective Service Act to authorize the military registration of females.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act

Bill: 113-hr-749
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act - Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers.

action_date: 2013-03-12
text: 

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

 
Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act - Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2013-03-12
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2013-03-12
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1337)
action_date: 2013-03-12
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1337)
action_date: 2013-03-12
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 749.
action_date: 2013-03-12
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1337-1339)
action_date: 2013-03-12
text: Mr. Luetkemeyer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Stewart Lee Udall in recognition of his contributions to the Nation as hero for the environment, a champion for conservation, a civil right activist, a Native American crusader, and an advocate for the arts.

Bill: 113-hr-750
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Arizona
Congressional tributes
Department of the Interior
Federal officials
House of Representatives
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design to honor Stewart Lee Udall, in recognition of his contributions to the nation as hero for the environment, a champion for conservation, a civil rights activist, a Native American crusader, and an advocate for the arts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Protect America's Schools Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-751
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Appropriations
Atmospheric science and weather
Budget deficits and national debt
Child safety and welfare
Department of Commerce
Department of Justice
Elementary and secondary education
Executive agency funding and structure
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Protect America's Schools Act of 2013 - Makes supplemental appropriations for the Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, for Community Oriented Policing Services, for school resource officers for FY2012. 
 
Rescinds an equal amount of unobligated balances available for the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), for operations, research, and facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H570)
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Methamphetamine Education, Treatment, and Hope Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-752
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Dental care
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Home and outpatient care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Rural conditions and development
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Methamphetamine Education, Treatment, and Hope Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment to collaborate with professionals in the addiction field and primary health care providers to raise awareness about how to: (1) recognize the signs of a substance abuse disorder; and (2) apply evidence-based practices for screening and treating individuals with, or at-risk for developing, an addiction.
 
Revises requirements governing a grant program for substance abuse residential treatment for pregnant and parenting women (currently, for postpartum women), to include treatment for addiction to methamphetamine, outpatient treatment services, and referrals for dental services.
 
Requires the Director to give grant priority to a program serving an area that: (1) is a rural area, an area with a shortage of mental health professionals, or an area with a shortage of family-based substance abuse treatment options; and (2) has high rates of addiction to methamphetamine or other drugs.
 
Revises requirements for biennial reports to Congress to require such reports to include: (1) data on the number of pregnant and parenting women in need of, but not receiving, treatment for substance abuse; and (2) data on recovery and relapse rates of women receiving treatment for substance abuse under the grant program.
 
Requires the Director to expand, intensify, and coordinate efforts to provide pregnant and parenting women treatment for addiction to methamphetamine or other drugs.
 
Requires the Director of the Office for Substance Abuse Prevention to: (1) maintain a clearinghouse that provides information and educational materials to employers and employees about comprehensive drug-free workplace programs and substance abuse prevention and treatment resources; and (2) support the involvement of youth in the development and implementation of prevention strategies focused on youth. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce from authorizing commercial finfish aquaculture operations in the Exclusive Economic Zone except in accordance with a law authorizing such action.

Bill: 113-hr-753
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aquaculture
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce from issuing any permit or in any other way authorizing commercial finfish aquaculture operations in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), except in accordance with law enacted after enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
To resolve title issues involving real property and equipment acquired using funds provided under the Alaska Kiln Drying Grant Program.

Bill: 113-hr-754
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural equipment and machinery
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Alaska
Forests, forestry, trees
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
 Vests title to real property and equipment acquired using funds provided by a grant under the Alaska Kiln Drying Grant Program in the grant recipient in accordance with the compensation provisions in this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol.

Bill: 113-hr-755
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional tributes
Homeland security
Military civil functions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Directs the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to arrange for the award of a single Congressional Gold Medal to honor collectively the World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) in recognition of their military service and exemplary record during World War II. 
 
Requires the Medal's display at the Smithsonian Institution. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Medal should be made available for display elsewhere, particularly at locations associated with the CAP.
 
Permits the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medal, at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the medals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Utah Land Sovereignty Act

Bill: 113-hr-758
Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Utah Land Sovereignty Act - Prohibits any further extension or establishment of national parks and monuments in Utah except by express authorization of Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H554)
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Equal Standards in Hiring Americans Act

Bill: 113-hr-759
Sponsor: Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Labor
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Public contracts and procurement
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Equal Standards in Hiring Americans Act - Provides that the proposed rule published by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs of the Department of Labor in the Federal Register on December 9, 2011, relating to affirmative action and nondiscrimination obligations of contractors and subcontractors regarding individuals with disabilities, and any subsequent rule that is substantially the same, shall have no force or effect unless the Secretary of Labor certifies to Congress that each office and division within the Department of Labor is complying with the requirements of such rule.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Readable Legislation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-760
Sponsor: Rep. Amash, Justin [R-MI-3]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Readable Legislation Act of 2013 - Prohibits an Act of Congress from being revised or amended by mere reference to it.
 
Requires every bill or joint resolution that amends an existing section, subsection, or other subdivision of any Act to set forth the section, subsection, or other subdivision sufficiently to enable the intent and effect of the legislation to be clearly understood. Requires proposed omissions and insertions to be shown by appropriate typographical devices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Bill: 113-hr-763
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Insurance industry and regulation
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to eliminate the annual fee on health insurance providers set to be imposed beginning on January 1, 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Rereferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-04-24
text: Rereferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-04-24
text: RE-REFERRAL OF H.R. 763 - Mr. Gardner asked unanimous consent that H.R. 763 be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House