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Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1193
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Consumer affairs
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2013 - Requires commercial entities that acquire, maintain, store, or utilize personal information (covered entities) to take reasonable measures to protect and secure data in electronic form containing personal information.
 
Directs a covered entity that owns or licenses such data to give notice of any breach of security that the entity reasonably believes has caused or will cause identity theft or other actual financial harm to each individual: (1) who is a U.S. citizen or resident; and (2) whose personal information was, or that the covered entity reasonably believes has been, accessed and acquired by an unauthorized person.
 
Requires a covered entity to notify the Secret Service or the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of a security breach of personal information involving more than 10,000 individuals.
 
Requires a third-party entity contracted to maintain, store, or process data containing personal information to notify the covered entity of a breach of security of a system. Requires a service provider to notify the covered entity if it becomes aware of a breach of security involving personal information owned or possessed by a covered entity and if such covered entity can be reasonably identified.
 
Allows delays of notifications to avoid interfering with a civil or criminal investigation or threatening national or homeland security.
 
Sets forth the methods for notification under this Act. 
 
Preempts information security practices of the Communications Act of 1934 applicable to telecommunication carriers, satellite operators, and cable operators.
 
Sets forth the enforcement authority for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) along with civil monetary penalties for violations of this Act. 
 
Exempts certain financial institutions and entities subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the donation of wild game meat.

Bill: 113-s-1194
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Meat
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the tax deduction for charitable contributions of qualified wild game meat by the processing fees paid with respect to such contributions, and (2) exclude from the gross income of meat processors processing fees paid by a charitable organization for the processing of donated wild game meat. 
 
Defines "qualified wild game meat" as the meat of any animal typically used for human consumption but only if: (1) such animal is killed in the wild by the individual making the charitable contribution and is hunted or taken in accordance with all state and local laws, (2) the meat is processed for human consumption by a licensed processor, and (3) the meat is apparently wholesome as determined by regulations under the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Renewable Fuel Standard Repeal Act

Bill: 113-s-1195
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Congressional oversight
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Motor fuels
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
Renewable Fuel Standard Repeal Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to repeal the renewable fuel standard. 
 
Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to repeal a requirement that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) assess and report to Congress on the impact of the renewable fuel program on environmental issues, resource conservation issues, and the growth and use of cultivated invasive or noxious plants and their impact on the environment and agriculture.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Aaron's Law Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1196
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
Aaron's Law Act of 2013 - Amends provisions of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) prohibiting computer fraud to replace the phrase &quot;exceeds authorized access&quot; with &quot;access without authorization,&quot; which is defined as obtaining information on a protected computer that the accesser lacks authorization to obtain by knowingly circumventing one or more technological or physical measures that are designed to exclude or prevent unauthorized individuals from obtaining that information.
 
Modifies CFAA penalty provisions to: (1) limit the imposition of enhanced penalties to subsequent offenses under such Act (currently, additional penalties are allowed if there is a conviction for another offense) and to criminal acts punishable under federal or state law by a term of imprisonment for more than one year; and (2) require the determination of the value of information for enhanced penalty purposes to be made by reference to fair market value.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Fair Share Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1198
Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
Medicare Fair Share Act of 2013 - Amends part B (Supplemental Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to adjustments to Medicare parts B and D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) premiums for high income beneficiaries to reduce from $80,000 to $50,000 the threshold amount for 2015 and subsequent years for determining the monthly amount of the premium subsidy (for high-income beneficiaries) applicable to Medicare parts B and D premiums.
 
Requires reduction of the monthly amount of the Medicare parts B and D premium subsidies (and corresponding increase in the monthly premium amount) for individuals whose modified adjusted gross income exceeds the threshold amount by specified applicable percentages for modified adjusted gross incomes in certain ranges starting at $50,000 (40%) and ending at $196,000 (90%).
 
Extends the temporary adjustment to income thresholds from December 31, 2019 through December 31, 2023.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Residential Energy Savings Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1200
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Government lending and loan guarantees
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
Residential Energy Savings Act of 2013 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to require the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to establish a voluntary loan program to provide support to states, U.S. territories, and Indian tribal governments (eligible entities) in establishing or expanding programs that provide to residential property owners or tenants financing for energy efficiency upgrades of residential buildings.
 
Authorizes assistance provided by eligible entities to be in the form of a: (1) revolving loan fund; (2) credit enhancement structure designed to mitigate the effects of default; or (3) program that adopts other approaches for providing financing for upgrades producing significant energy efficiency gains, produces a high-leverage ratio of non-federal funds, and incorporates measures for making the loan repayment system for recipients of financing consumer-friendly.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish a performance incentive providing a repayment discount in an amount equal to no more than the value of the interest accrued on the loan provided, based on performance as evaluated in accordance with specified factors.
 
Makes an authorization of appropriations under this Act effective for a fiscal year only to the extent and in the amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-70.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Americans from the Proliferation of Weapons to Terrorists Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1201
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military operations and strategy
Syria

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
Protecting Americans from the Proliferation of Weapons to Terrorists Act of 2013 - Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds made available to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Department of Defense (DOD), or any other U.S. agency or entity involved in intelligence activities for the purpose of, or in a manner which would have the effect of, supporting military or paramilitary operations in Syria.
 
Makes an exception for funds obligated for non-lethal humanitarian assistance for the Syrian people provided directly by the U.S. government through nongovernmental organizations and contractors or foreign governments.
 
Nullifies such prohibition only if a joint resolution approving assistance for military or paramilitary operations in Syria is enacted.
 
Directs the Secretary of State to report every 90 days on assistance provided to groups, organizations, movements, and individuals in Syria.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
SAFE Act

Bill: 113-s-1202
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Atmospheric science and weather
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Department of the Interior
Ecology
Executive agency funding and structure
Higher education
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Research administration and funding
State and local government operations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
Safeguarding America's Future and Environment Act or SAFE Act - Requires the President to establish an interagency Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Panel to: (1) adopt the National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy (released March 26, 2013) to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources so that such resources become more resilient, adapt to, and withstand the impacts of extreme weather and climate change; and (2) review and revise such strategy every four years.
 
Requires each agency represented on such panel to integrate the elements of such strategy that relate to conservation, restoration, and management of natural resources into agency plans, environmental reviews, and programs.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish a National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center within the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to assess and develop scientific information, tools, strategies, and techniques to be used to address the impacts of extreme weather and climate change on natural resources. 
 
Requires the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Science Advisory Board to advise such Panel on the state of the science regarding such impacts and strategies and mechanisms for natural resources adaptation.
 
Requires each agency represented on such panel to submit to the President a natural resources adaptation plan to address such impacts and implement the plan upon approval by the President.
 
Requires states, in order to be eligible to receive funding under this Act, to submit to the Secretary of the Interior and, as applicable, the Secretary of Commerce for review and approval a state natural resources adaptation plan that details efforts to address impacts of climate change on natural resources and coastal areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-16
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works Senate Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-772.
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5490)
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Adoption and Promoting Responsible Fatherhood Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1203
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Family relationships
Government information and archives
Marriage and family status
Separation, divorce, custody, support
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
Promoting Adoption and Promoting Responsible Fatherhood Act of 2013 - Amends part B (Child and Family Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and maintain an automated National Responsible Father Registry.
 
Requires the Registry to: (1) contain specified kinds of information sufficient to identify a possible father, and (2) provide a mechanism for men to register such identifying information directly with the Registry.
 
Limits access to Registry information to eligible parties, including: (1) public and licensed private adoption or child placement agencies, (2) licensed attorneys representing a party in a planned or pending adoption or in the termination of rights of one or more possible fathers, (3) state agencies or entities responsible for the placement of children, and (4) state courts.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a nationwide campaign designed to inform possible fathers, unwed mothers, possible adoptive parents, and eligible parties of the National Registry, the advantages of possible fathers registering either in the National Registry or State Responsible Father Registries, or both, the rights and responsibilities of such parties with regard to a proceeding, and the role of such Registries in a proceeding.
 
Directs the Secretary to use all reasonable efforts to encourage states to enter into agreements to establish automated State Responsible Father Registries and centers that make registration forms easily accessible to possible fathers.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make a grant to a state to establish a State Registry or modify an existing one to meet the requirements of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Care Conscience Rights Act

Bill: 113-s-1204
Sponsor: Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Comprehensive health care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Legal fees and court costs
Medical education
Religion
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
Health Care Conscience Rights Act - Amends title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to declare that nothing in such title shall require an individual to purchase individual health insurance coverage that includes coverage of an abortion or other item or service to which the individual has a moral or religious objection, or prevent an issuer from offering or issuing, to that individual, individual coverage excluding such item or service.
 
Makes similar denials about requiring a sponsor to sponsor, purchase, or provide such coverage, or a health insurance issuer or group health plan sponsor to cover an abortion or other item or service to which the sponsor or issuer has a moral or religious objection.
 
Denies also that such title authorizes imposition of a tax, penalty, fee, fine, or other sanction, or imposition of coverage of such an item or service, in relation to health insurance coverage or a group health plan that excludes such an item or service.
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to codify the prohibition against any action by the federal government and any state or local government receiving federal financial assistance to subject a health professional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a health maintenance organization, an accountable care organization, a health insurance plan, or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or plan to discrimination on the basis that the entity refuses to participate in abortion-related activities.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate the Director of the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to receive and investigate complaints alleging a violation of abortion discrimination prohibition.
 
Creates a cause of action for the Attorney General or any person or entity adversely affected to obtain equitable or legal relief for any violation of this abortion discrimination prohibition. Allows commencement of an action to be commenced and the granting of relief without a prerequisite pursuit of administrative remedies. Allows such an action against a federal or state governmental entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Local Energy Supply and Resiliency Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1205
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2013-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Credit and credit markets
Electric power generation and transmission
Employee hiring
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infrastructure development
Lighting, heating, cooling

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: 
Local Energy Supply and Resiliency Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to establish a program to disseminate information and provide technical assistance, directly or through grants, to assist eligible entities in identifying, evaluating, planning, and designing local energy infrastructure. Defines &quot;local energy infrastructure&quot; as a system that: 
 
 
recovers or produces useful thermal or electric energy from waste energy or renewable energy resources,
 
 generates electricity using a combined heat and power system,
 
distributes electricity in microgrids,
 
 stores thermal energy, or
 
 distributes thermal energy or transfers it to building heating and cooling systems via a district energy system.
 
 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to provide funds to cover no more than: (1) 100% of the cost of initial assessment to identify local energy opportunities, (2) 75% of the cost of feasibility studies to assess the potential for the implementation of local energy infrastructure, (3) 60% of the cost of guidance on overcoming barriers to such implementation, and (4) 45% of the cost of detailed engineering of local energy infrastructure.
 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to authorize the Secretary to make loan guarantees for commercial or innovative projects for local energy infrastructure under the existing loan guarantee program that provides incentives for innovative technologies.
 
Amends the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to redefine &quot;investment area" to include an area that has the potential for implementation of local energy infrastructure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-70.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate