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Protecting Lands Against Narcotics Trafficking Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2735
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2013-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against animals and natural resources
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
General public lands matters
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Lakes and rivers
Land use and conservation
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: 
Protecting Lands Against Narcotics Trafficking Act of 2013 or the PLANT Act - Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and amend the federal sentencing guidelines to ensure that they provide for additional penalties applicable to persons convicted of Controlled Substances Act offenses of manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or possessing with intent to distribute a controlled substance or a counterfeit substance while on federal property or intentionally trespassing on the property of another, if the offense involves: 
 
 
the use of a poison, chemical, or hazardous substance for the unlawful production of a controlled substance that: (1) creates a serious hazard to humans, wildlife, or domestic animals; (2) degrades or harms the environment or natural resources; or (3) pollutes an aquifer, spring, stream, river, or body of water; 
 
the diversion, redirection, obstruction, draining, or impoundment of an aquifer, spring, river, or body of water for the unlawful production of a controlled substance; or
 
the substantial removal of vegetation or clear cutting of timber for the unlawful production of a controlled substance.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2736
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2013-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Government information and archives
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Specialized courts
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: 
Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013 - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to authorize an entity that is required to comply with an order or directive issued by a FISA court under such Act to make publicly available every 90 days with respect to the preceding 90-day period: (1) the aggregate number of orders or directives with which such entity was required to comply; (2) a general description of the types of assistance, information, or tangible things such entity was required to provide pursuant to such orders or directives; (3) the aggregate number of each type of assistance, information, or tangible things such entity was required to provide pursuant to such orders or directives; and (4) the aggregate number of user accounts with respect to which such entity was required to provide assistance, information, or tangible things pursuant to such orders or directives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2013-07-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2737
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2013-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Income tax exclusion
National and community service
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: 
Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any AmeriCorps educational awards provided under the National and Community Service Act of 1990.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Global Democracy Promotion Act

Bill: 113-hr-2738
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2013-07-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Foreign aid and international relief
Health promotion and preventive care
International organizations and cooperation
Public participation and lobbying
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: 
Global Democracy Promotion Act - States that, with respect to eligibility for assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, foreign nongovernmental organizations shall not be ineligible for such assistance solely on the basis of health or medical services provided by such organizations with non-U.S. government funds if such services do not violate the laws of the country in which they are being provided and would not violate U.S. federal law if provided in the United States.
 
Declares in addition that foreign nongovernmental organizations shall not be subject to requirements relating to the use of non-U.S. government funds for advocacy and lobbying activities other than those that apply to U.S. nongovernmental organizations receiving assistance under part I of such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Stop Outsourcing and Create American Jobs Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2740
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2013-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Corporate finance and management
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Public contracts and procurement
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. and foreign investments
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: 
Stop Outsourcing and Create American Jobs Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to develop and publish a list of countries that are tax havens for corporations. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the penalties on corporations for: (1) underpayment of tax involving an undisclosed foreign financial asset located in a tax haven country; (2) reportable transaction understatements involving transactions in a tax haven country; and (3) fraud, tax evasion, or false statements involving transactions in a tax haven country.
 
Grants a preference in the award of federal contracts to contractors who have not engaged in outsourcing. Defines "outsourcing" as the laying off of a U.S. worker from a job and the hiring or contracting for the same job to be performed in a foreign country. 
 
Requires revenues generated by this Act to be set aside for the reduction of the public debt. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-07-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
To clarify that, with respect to each Missouri River mainstem reservoir of the Corps of Engineers located in a State, the State maintains authority to allocate and appropriate the quantity of water in the reservoir that is attributable to the natural flows of the Missouri River within the boundaries of the State, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-2741
Sponsor: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
Judicial review and appeals
Lakes and rivers
Missouri River
State and local government operations
Water storage
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: 
Declares it to be congressional policy that: (1) a state has authority to manage the waters of rivers located within its boundaries; and (2) a state in which a Missouri River mainstem reservoir of the Corps of Engineers is located maintains authority to allocate the quantity of water in the reservoir attributable to the natural flows of the Missouri River within its boundaries. Requires all policies and procedures for the operations of Missouri River mainstem reservoirs of the Corps to be consistent with such policy.
 
Defines &quot;natural flows&quot; to mean Missouri River waters that would be flowing in a state in the absence of a dam that forms a Missouri River mainstem reservoir of the Corps. Requires the quantity of natural flows to be determined based on average monthly flows (excluding depletions) and to be calculated for the entire period of record, including before, during, and after construction of any dams or reservoirs.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Army to determine the quantity of water in each Missouri River mainstem reservoir of the Corps that is attributable to the natural flows of the Missouri River within the state in which the reservoir is located. Authorizes a state to seek judicial review of such determination. 
 
Prohibits the Secretary from charging a fee in connection with water of the Missouri River in a state, without the state's consent, until such quantity of the natural flows of the Missouri River within the state is determined.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Army Corps of Engineers Communications Accountability Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2742
Sponsor: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Emergency planning and evacuation
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives
Lakes and rivers
Missouri River

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: 
Army Corps of Engineers Communications Accountability Act of 2013 - Requires the Chief of Engineers: (1) to notify the public within seven days after determining that runoff conditions in the Missouri River System are likely to reach the upper quartile or upper decile scenarios specified for a year in an annual operating plan for such System; and (2) to meet with a state, local, or tribal government with jurisdiction over an area that will be affected by a flood occurring in the System within seven days after such government requests such a consultation regarding such an upper decile determination. Authorizes the Chief to provide in such consultation information regarding expected water levels, advice regarding preparedness actions, and technical assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Eagle Parks Pass Act

Bill: 113-hr-2743
Sponsor: Rep. Nugent, Richard B. [R-FL-11]
Introduced: 2013-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Parks, recreation areas, trails
User charges and fees
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: 
Veterans Eagle Parks Pass Act - Makes the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to certain veterans. 
 
Makes a National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass made available under this Act valid for the life of the veteran for whom it was purchased. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-04
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2013-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2013-07-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
No Social Security for Illegal Immigrants Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2745
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2013-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Foreign labor
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: 
No Social Security for Illegal Immigrants Act of 2013 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to exclude from creditable wages and self-employment income any wages earned for services by aliens performed in the United States, and self-employment income derived from a trade or business conducted in the United States, while the alien was not authorized to be so employed or to perform a function or service in such a trade or business. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Innocent Sellers Fairness Act

Bill: 113-hr-2746
Sponsor: Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27]
Introduced: 2013-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Evidence and witnesses
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Manufacturing
Product safety and quality
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: 
Innocent Sellers Fairness Act - Exempts a lawful seller from liability for personal injury, monetary loss, or damage to property arising out of an accident or transaction involving a seller's products, unless the claimant proves one or more of the following activities by the seller: 
 
 
the seller was the manufacturer or participated in the design or installation of the product; 
 
the seller altered, modified, or expressly warranted the product in a manner not authorized by the manufacturer;
 
the seller had actual knowledge of the defect in the product as a result of a recall from the manufacturer or governmental entity authorized to make such recall or actual inspection at the time the seller sold the product to the claimant;
 
the seller had actual knowledge of the defect in the product at the time the seller supplied the product;
 
the seller intentionally altered or modified a product warranty, warning, or instruction from the manufacturer in a way not authorized by the manufacturer; or 
 
the seller knowingly made a false representation about an aspect of the product not authorized by the manufacturer.
 
 
Limits the seller's liability to the personal injury, monetary loss, or damage to property directly caused by such activity where a claimant proves one or more of such activities was negligent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Education Transparency Act

Bill: 113-hr-2749
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2013-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: 
Veterans Education Transparency Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide to any veteran or person who receives educational assistance under the laws administered by the Secretary the option of making such person's relevant records maintained by the Secretary, including information about the amount of educational assistance to which the person is entitled, available through an Internet website to the educational institution that provides the course of education in which the person is enrolled.
 
Directs the Secretary to take steps to ensure that: (1) such educational institution agrees that such records will be made available only for the purpose of counseling the person in making decisions related to his or her education, and (2) no unauthorized person is given access to any such record.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Commonsense Construction Contracting Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2751
Sponsor: Rep. Hanna, Richard L. [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2013-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Building construction
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Public contracts and procurement
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: 
Commonsense Construction Contracting Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act to prohibit reverse auction methods (bidding from high to low) from being used in the case of any contract for the procurement of design and construction services if the contract is suitable for award to a small business, or if the award is made under Small Business Administration (SBA) requirements concerning the federal award of procurement contracts or subcontracts to:
 
 
 small businesses;
 
 HUBZone (historically underutilized business zone) small businesses; and
 
 small businesses owned and controlled by veterans, disabled veterans, socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, or women.
 

action_date: 2014-12-11
text: 

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

 
Commonsense Construction Contracting Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act to prohibit reverse auction methods (bidding from high to low) from being used in the case of any contract for the procurement of design and construction services if the contract is suitable for award to a small business, or if the award is made under Small Business Administration (SBA) requirements concerning the federal award of procurement contracts or subcontracts to:
 
 
 small businesses;
 
 HUBZone (historically underutilized business zone) small businesses; and
 
 small businesses owned and controlled by veterans, disabled veterans, socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, or women.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 497.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 113-660.
action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 113-660.
action_date: 2014-03-05
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2014-03-05
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude seasonal workers from the applicable large employer determination for purposes of employer shared responsibility regarding health coverage.

Bill: 113-hr-2752
Sponsor: Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5]
Introduced: 2013-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the employer mandate to provide employees with minimum essential health care coverage, to provide that seasonal employees of an employer subject to such mandate shall not be taken into account in determining whether such employer is an applicable large employer for purposes of the mandate. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Border Security Tax Relief Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2755
Sponsor: Rep. Gallego, Pete P. [D-TX-23]
Introduced: 2013-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Department of Homeland Security
Employment taxes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Law enforcement officers
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: 
Border Security Tax Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, compensation received by a U.S. Border Patrol agent as administratively uncontrollable overtime pay (premium pay); (2) exempt such overtime pay from withholding of tax requirements; and (3) allow a taxpayer to elect to include such overtime pay as earned income for purposes of the earned income tax credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Introduced in House