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IDEA MOE Adjustment Act

Bill: 113-hr-2246
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2013-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Intergovernmental relations
Special education
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: 
IDEA MOE Adjustment Act - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to limit the penalty imposed on a state that reduces its level of funding for special education from one fiscal year to the next to a reduction of federal special education funds for one fiscal year. (Currently, that penalty may be imposed on a state for any fiscal year after the fiscal year the state reduces its special education funding.)
 
Redistributes the federal special education funding that is denied to a penalized state to states that have not reduced their level of special education funding.
 
Prohibits the Secretary of Education from considering those penalties or redistributions when calculating a state's share of federal special education funds for subsequent fiscal years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Collectible Firearms Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-2247
Sponsor: Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-06-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Historical and cultural resources
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: 
Collectible Firearms Protection Act - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to allow the importation of certain firearms listed as curios or relics into the United States by a licensed importer without the requirement of an authorization from or payment to the Department of State or the Department of Defense (DOD) upon certification to the Attorney General that such firearms are lawfully possessed under the laws of the exporting country.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Ban Poisonous Additives Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2248
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2013-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Product safety and quality
Sex and reproductive health
Water quality
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: 
Ban Poisonous Additives Act of 2013 - Prohibits the distribution of a food if its container is composed, in whole or in part, of bisphenol A (BPA) or can release BPA into food. 
 
 Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to grant one-year renewable waivers to a facility for a particular container if such facility: (1) demonstrates that it is not technologically feasible to replace BPA in the container or to use an alternative container that does not contain BPA, and (2) submits to the Secretary a plan and timeline for removing BPA from such container. Sets forth labeling requirements for a product granted a waiver.
 
 Requires the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA) to review substances in order determine whether there is a reasonable certainty that no harm will result from aggregate exposure to such substance, taking into consideration potential adverse effects from low dose exposure and the effects on vulnerable populations and populations with high exposure. Sets forth remedial actions based on the Secretary's determination.
 
 Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require a manufacturer or supplier of a food contact substance to notify the Secretary of the identity and intended use of any such substance prior to its introduction into interstate commerce and of its determination that: (1) no adverse health effects result from low-dose exposures to such substance; and (2) such substance has not been shown, after tests which are appropriate for the evaluation of the safety of food contact substances, to cause reproductive or developmental toxicity in humans or animals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Disabled Military Child Protection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2249
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2013-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: 
 Disabled Military Child Protection Act of 2013 - Authorizes monthly annuity payments under the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) to a supplemental or special needs trust established for the sole benefit of a disabled dependent child who is incapable of self-support because of mental or physical incapacity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E788)
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Spending Reduction Act

Bill: 113-hr-2250
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2013-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Legislative rules and procedure
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: 
Spending Reduction Act - Requires the head of each executive agency to submit to the President and Congress a report on the implementation of recommendations made by specified Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports on reducing duplication in government programs, achieving savings, and enhancing revenue. 
 
Requires: (1) such agency reports to include recommendations by the agency heads for actions that should be taken as a result of such GAO reports; and (2) agency heads to begin implementation of such recommendations in order to eliminate, consolidate, streamline, or better coordinate government programs and agencies with duplicative, overlapping, or fragmented missions identified in the GAO reports, unless Congress enacts a joint resolution disapproving them. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Higher Education and Skills Obtainment Act

Bill: 113-hr-2253
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2013-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Income tax credits
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: 
Higher Education and Skills Obtainment Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax credits with a tax credit for full and part-time post-secondary students equal to 100% of qualified tuition and related expenses up to $2,000, plus 25% of such expenses as exceeds $2,000 but not more than $4,000. Reduces the allowable amount of such credit to the extent that household income exceeds 400% of the federal poverty line. Repeals the tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses. 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that any revenue saved by the enactment of this Act shall be applied to the currently projected Pell Grant funding shortfall in 2015 and to deficit reduction


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 113-hr-2254
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2013-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alabama
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: 
Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area in Alabama. 
 
Designates the Center for the Study of the Black Belt at the University of West Alabama as the local coordinating entity for the Heritage Area, requires the Center to submit a management plan for the Heritage Area, and sets forth procedures for the approval or disapproval of such plan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission.

Bill: 113-hr-2255
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2013-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Dams and canals
District of Columbia
Historic sites and heritage areas
Maryland
Parks, recreation areas, trails
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: 
Amends the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission until 10 years after the enactment of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Gas Price and Refinery Capacity Relief Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2256
Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]
Introduced: 2013-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: 
Gas Price and Refinery Capacity Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to require a refinery owner or operator to report to the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration (EIA): (1) at least one year in advance the schedule for any planned removal from service for maintenance, repair, or modification of any refinery or a unit (planned refinery outage); and (2) as soon as practicable any unplanned refinery outages.
 
Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) review, analyze, and make available to refinery operators information on unplanned refinery outages in order to prevent significant market disruptions; and (2) analyze the costs and benefits of creating a national strategic refined petroleum products reserve for refined petroleum products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Jobs Now Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2257
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2013-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Employment and training programs
Foreign aid and international relief
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Oceania
Palau
State and local government operations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: 
Jobs Now Act of 2013 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Labor to carry out a two-year pilot program to award competitive grants to general local government units or community-based organizations to retain, employ, or train employees who provide them a public service.
 
Prescribes program requirements, including that: (1) each unit or organization grantee give priority to the retention, employment, and training of veterans, individuals with disabilities, individuals who receive unemployment benefits, or dislocated workers; and (2) the Secretary give priority to the award of grants to units and organizations with high unemployment, foreclosure, and poverty rates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3025)
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Base Redevelopment and Indemnification Correction Act

Bill: 113-hr-2258
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Todd [R-IN-9]
Introduced: 2013-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government liability
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Land transfers
Legal fees and court costs
Military facilities and property
Pollution liability

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-05
text: 
Base Redevelopment and Indemnification Correction Act - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to expand the indemnification responsibilities of the Department of Defense (DOD) with respect to transferred property at former military installations to include all military installations closed since October 24, 1988, the date of enactment of the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2013-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Crop Insurance Accountability Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2260
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2013-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural insurance
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-05
text: 
Crop Insurance Accountability Act of 2013 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to make a producer violating certain conservation requirements under the highly erodible land or wetland programs ineligible for insurance premiums paid by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC). 
 
 Gives producers under the highly erodible land program who are: (1) affected by this change for the first time five reinsurance years to develop and comply with an approved conservation plan, and (2) in violation two reinsurance years to develop and comply with an approved conservation plan.
 
Gives producers under the wetland conservation program who are: (1) affected by this change for the first time two reinsurance years to remedy a violation, and (2) in violation one reinsurance year to initiate an approved conservation plan.
 
Requires producers to file a conservation plan with the Department of Agriculture (USDA) in order to receive federal subsidies for their crop insurance premiums.
 
Provides for: (1) all appeal processes to be exhausted before producers are found to be out of compliance, and (2) a one-year good faith compliance extension.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2013-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-05
text: Introduced in House
To designate the United States Federal Judicial Center located at 333 West Broadway Street in San Diego, California, as the "John Rhoades Federal Judicial Center'' and to designate the United States courthouse located at 333 West Broadway Street in San Diego, California, as the ''James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States Courthouse".

Bill: 113-hr-2262
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2013-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: California
Congressional tributes
Federal district courts
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Judges

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-05
text: 
Designates: (1) the U.S. Federal Judicial Center located at 333 West Broadway Street in San Diego, California, as the &quot;John Rhoades Federal Judicial Center,&quot; and (2) the U.S. courthouse located at such address as the &quot;James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States Courthouse.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2013-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Export-Import Bank Termination Act

Bill: 113-hr-2263
Sponsor: Rep. Amash, Justin [R-MI-3]
Introduced: 2013-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government lending and loan guarantees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-05
text: 
Export-Import Bank Termination Act - Abolishes the Export-Import Bank of the United States three years after enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-05
text: Introduced in House
More Energy More Jobs Act

Bill: 113-hr-2265
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2013-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Intergovernmental relations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-05
text: 
More Energy More Jobs Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to issue a new oil and gas leasing program under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) for a five-year period in lieu of the existing Five-Year OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program.
 
Terminates the existing Five-Year OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2012-2017.
 
Prescribes requirements for development of proposed new leasing programs. Requires the Secretary to: (1) allow the governor of a coastal state to nominate for leasing any OCS areas adjacent to state waters, (2) include each nominated area in the draft leasing program, and (3) consider the leasing of such areas as an alternative federal action.
 
Requires the Secretary to include each state-nominated area in the final program unless the impacts of oil and gas development in a particular area cannot be effectively mitigated and the development is not in the national economic interest.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2013-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Subsidy Reserve Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2266
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2013-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business investment and capital
Business records
Corporate finance and management
Federal Reserve System
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-05
text: 
Subsidy Reserve Act of 2013 - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) to require a nonbank financial company supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (Board) and each bank holding company with total consolidated assets of $500 billion or more (companies) to establish and maintain a Subsidy Reserve.
 
Instructs the Board to:
 
 
 establish a formula for determining the financial benefit received by such companies as a result of the expectations on the part of their shareholders, creditors, and counterparties that the government will shield them from losses in the event of their failure;
 
 require them to apply the formula annually to their annual financial statement; and
 
 maintain the resulting amount in their Subsidy Reserve, in addition to any such previous amounts.
 
 
Prohibits a decrease in the amount of funds in the Subsidy Reserve unless a company makes a sale of assets, spins off a subsidiary, or makes a similar divestiture. Permits the decrease only in an amount that reflects the amount of such sale, spin off, or similar divestiture, either on a pro rata basis or according to the risk weighting of the property sold, spun off, or divested.
 
Prohibits amounts in the Subsidy Reserve from being taken into account when determining the companies' capital for purposes of meeting any capital requirement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-05
text: Introduced in House