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Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1379
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2013-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Competition and antitrust
Congressional oversight
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Small business
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-29
text: 
Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2013 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to publish on its website and submit to Congress a biennial report on the state of the communications marketplace assessing: (1) competition, including intermodal, facilities-based, and new and emergent services competition and addressing the provision of content, as well as communications using the Internet; (2) deployment of communications capabilities, including whether advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion; and (3) whether laws, regulations, or regulatory practices pose a barrier to competitive entry or expansion of existing providers of communications services.
 
Requires the FCC to: (1) compile a list of geographic areas that are not served by any provider of advanced telecommunications capability; and (2) consider market entry barriers for entrepreneurs and other small businesses in the communications marketplace in accordance with existing national policy favoring diversity of media voices, vigorous economic competition, technological advancement, and promotion of the public interest, convenience, and necessity.
 
Repeals and consolidates various FCC reports including reports on satellite competition, international broadband, video programming, cable industry prices, small business entry barriers, commercial mobile radio, waivers from requirements prohibiting FCC employees from being financially interested in companies subject to FCC regulation, and several other existing reports under such Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2013-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Preserving Jobs in the Oilfield Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1380
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2013-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Labor standards
Motor carriers
Oil and gas
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-29
text: 
Preserving Jobs in the Oilfield Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to ensure that, with respect to maximum hours of service for drivers, on-duty time does not include waiting time at a natural gas or oil well site for operators of commercial motor vehicles transporting supplies, equipment, or materials (including produced fluids, drilling and completion fluids, and any other fluids or materials used in the drilling, completion, and production of an oil or gas well) to or from a natural gas or oil well site.
 
Applies this exclusion regardless of whether operators have received special training or operate vehicles specially constructed to service wells.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2013-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Real Property Asset Management Reform Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1382
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2013-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-29
text: 
Federal Real Property Asset Management Reform Act of 2013 - States that the purpose of this Act is to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the federal government in managing real property by: (1) requiring federal agencies to maintain an up-to-date inventory of real property, (2) establishing a Federal Real Property Council to develop guidance on and ensure the implementation of strategies for better managing federal real property, and (3) authorizing a pilot program to expedite the disposal of surplus real property. 
 
Requires each federal agency to: (1) maintain adequate inventory controls and accountability systems for real property under its control, (2) develop current and future workforce projections to assess the need of the federal workforce regarding the use of real property, (3) continuously survey real property under its control to identify excess and underutilized property and other real property suitable for colocation or consolidation with other agencies and facilities, (4) establish goals to reduce excess and underutilized federal property, (5) assess leased space to identify space that is not fully used or occupied, and (6) conduct an inventory and make an assessment of real property under its control on an annual basis.
 
Establishes a Federal Real Property Council to: (1) develop guidance and ensure implementation of an efficient and effective real property management strategy, (2) identify opportunities to better manage real property assets, and (3) reduce the costs of managing real property. Requires agencies with independent leasing authority to submit to the Council a list of all their leases, including operating leases.
 
Requires the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to establish and maintain a single, comprehensive, and descriptive database of real property under the custody and control of all federal agencies
 
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to establish a pilot program to dispose of, by sale, transfer, or other means of disposal, any surplus property. Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to report on such pilot program.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make grants to private nonprofit organizations to purchase real property to assist the homeless.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2013-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Pathways Back to Work Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1383
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2013-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Disability and paralysis
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Government trust funds
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations
Unemployment
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-29
text: 
Pathways Back to Work Act of 2013 - Establishes in the Treasury the Pathways Back to Work Fund, with an initial appropriation of $12.5 billion.
 
Requires the Secretary of Labor to make certain Fund allocations to states with approved plans, qualifying outlying areas (U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of Palau), and Native American program grantees to provide: (1) subsidized employment to unemployed, low-income adults; and (2) summer and year-round employment opportunities to low-income youth.
 
Requires the Secretary to award competitive grants to local entities for work-based training and other work-related and educational strategies and activities of demonstrated effectiveness to provide unemployed, low-income adults and low-income youths with skills that will lead to employment.
 
Subjects activities funded under this Act to federal labor standards and nondiscrimination protections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
American Parks American Products Act

Bill: 113-s-1384
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Department of the Interior
Government buildings, facilities, and property
National Archives and Records Administration
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Public contracts and procurement
Retail and wholesale trades
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-29
text: 
American Parks American Products Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior or the Archivist of the United States to ensure that the items offered for sale in gift shops or visitor centers in units of the National Park System or of the National Archives and Records Administration, respectively, are U.S.- produced. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Judgeship Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1385
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2013-07-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Arizona
California
Colorado
Delaware
Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Indiana
Judges
Minnesota
Missouri
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York City
New York State
Oregon
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Washington State
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: 
Federal Judgeship Act of 2013 - Directs the President, with advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint specified additional: (1) permanent circuit judges for the sixth and ninth circuit courts of appeals and a temporary judge for the ninth circuit; and (2) permanent district judges for various judicial districts of Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin and temporary district judges for Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Bankruptcy and the Courts. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-348.
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in Senate
HAVEN Act

Bill: 113-s-1387
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2013-07-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Energy efficiency and conservation
Housing and community development funding
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Low- and moderate-income housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: 
Housing Assistance for Veterans Act of 2013 or HAVEN Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit organizations that primarily serve veterans or low-income individuals. Requires such grants to be used to rehabilitate and modify the primary residence of disabled or low-income veterans (at a specified limited or no cost to such veterans). Limits grant amounts to $1 million per organization. Requires the Secretary to direct the oversight of grant fund use. Requires a minimum of 50% matching funds by participating organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6073-6074)
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Petroleum Coke Transparency and Public Health Study Act

Bill: 113-s-1388
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2013-07-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Air quality
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Medical research
Oil and gas
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: 
Petroleum Coke Transparency and Public Health Study Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to transmit to Congress, within 180 days after enactment of this Act, the results of a study, using the best available science, of petroleum coke that includes: (1) an analysis of the public health and environmental impacts of the production, transportation, storage, and use of petroleum coke; (2) an assessment of potential approaches and best practices for storing, transporting, and managing petroleum coke; and (3) a quantitative analysis of current and projected domestic petroleum coke production and utilization locations. Requires the Secretary to compile and publish on a publicly available website the results of such study. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6074)
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument Preservation Act

Bill: 113-s-1389
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-07-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Europe
Government studies and investigations
Military history
Monuments and memorials
New York City
Parks, recreation areas, trails
United Kingdom

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: 
Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument Preservation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the Prison Ship Martyr's Monument in Fort Greene Park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn as a unit of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-493.
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Regulatory Improvement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1390
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2013-07-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Legislative rules and procedure
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: 
Regulatory Improvement Act of 2013 - Establishes in the legislative branch the Regulatory Improvement Commission. Requires the Commission to evaluate and provide recommendations and proposed legislation for modification, consolidation, or repeal of regulations that have been finalized not later than 10 years before the establishment of the Commission and have not been amended after being finalized (covered regulations) for the purpose of reducing compliance costs, encouraging growth and innovation, improving competitiveness, and protecting public safety. Sets forth reporting requirements for the Commission and procedures for congressional consideration of Commission reports and recommendations and proposed legislation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-11
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal Programs and the Federal Workforce. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-371.
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6074)
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act

Bill: 113-s-1391
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2013-07-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Age discrimination
Civil actions and liability
Disability and health-based discrimination
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: 
Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to specify that an unlawful employment practice is established when the complaining party demonstrates that age or participation in investigations, proceedings, or litigation under such Act was a motivating factor for any practice, even though other factors also motivated the practice (thereby allowing what are commonly known as "mixed motive" claims).
 
Permits a complaining party to rely on any type or form of admissible evidence, which need only be sufficient for a reasonable trier of fact to find that an unlawful practice occurred. Declares that a complaining party shall not be required to demonstrate that age or retaliation was the sole cause of a practice (thereby rejecting the Supreme Court decision in 
Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc.
, which requires a complainant to prove that age was the "but-for" cause for the employer's decision).
 
Authorizes the court, on a claim in which an individual demonstrates that age was a motivating factor for any employment practice and in which a respondent demonstrates that the same action would have been taken in the absence of the impermissible motivating factor, to grant declaratory relief, injunctive relief, and attorney's fees and costs directly attributable only to the pursuit of a claim. Prohibits the court in such an instance from awarding damages or issuing an order requiring any admission, reinstatement, hiring, promotion, or payment.
 
Applies the same standard of proof to other employment discrimination and retaliation claims, including claims under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and similar laws concerning federal employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S6076-6077)
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6074-6076)
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Holocaust Rail Justice Act

Bill: 113-s-1393
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-07-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Crime victims
Europe
Federal district courts
France
Government liability
Human rights
International law and treaties
Jurisdiction and venue
Railroads
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
World history

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: 
Holocaust Rail Justice Act - Grants U.S. district courts original jurisdiction over any civil action for damages for personal injury or death that: (1) arose from the deportation of persons to Nazi concentration camps between January 1, 1942, and December 31, 1944, and (2) is brought by or on behalf of such person against a railroad that owned or operated the trains on which the persons were deported and that was organized as a separate legal entity.
 
Declares that: (1) no law limiting the jurisdiction of the U.S. courts shall preclude any such action, and (2) no such action shall be barred because a statute of limitations has expired. Makes this Act applicable to any action pending on or commenced after January 1, 2002.
 
Directs the Secretary of State to report to Congress on the status of access to wartime records and archives concerning the wartime activities of any such railroad that engaged in the deportation of such persons to Nazi concentration camps.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Good Samaritan Hunger Relief Tax Incentive Extension Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1395
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2013-07-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Food assistance and relief
Income tax deductions
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: 
Good Samaritan Hunger Relief Tax Incentive Extension Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) modify the tax deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory by limiting the reduction in such deduction to the amount by which the fair market valuation of the contributed food exceeds twice the basis of such food, and (2) make such deduction permanent. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6077)
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to award mitigation financial assistance in certain areas affected by wildfire.

Bill: 113-s-1396
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]
Introduced: 2013-07-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: 
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide: (1) hazard mitigation assistance in any area in which fire management assistance was provided, whether or not a major disaster had been declared; and (2) fire management assistance in any area in which hazard mitigation assistance was provided.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the interest rate limitation on debt entered into during military service to debt incurred during military service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred before military service.

Bill: 113-s-1399
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2013-07-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: 
Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the 6% interest rate limitation on debt entered into during a servicemember's military service to any debt entered into to consolidate or refinance one or more student loans incurred before such service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-280.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6104)
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S6077)
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Death Tax Repeal Act

Bill: 113-s-1402
Sponsor: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced: 2013-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: 
Death Tax Repeal Act - Repeals the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6129)
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate