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To eliminate the 2-year delay in including oral-only ESRD-related drugs in the Medicare ESRD prospective payment system, as provided under section 632(b)(1) of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.

Bill: 113-hr-413
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Drug therapy
Health care coverage and access
Medicaid
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Amends the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 to eliminate the two-year delay (until January 1, 2016) of the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement oral-only End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)-related drugs in the ESRD prospective payment system (PPS) under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. (Thus authorizes the Secretary to implement such drugs in the ESRD-PPS immediately.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the continued lease or eventual conveyance of certain Federal land within the boundaries of Fort Wainwright Military Reservation in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Bill: 113-hr-414
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Land transfers
Military facilities and property
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army (the Secretary) to offer to extend, for one or more periods of 15 years, the current lease involving a parcel of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land in Fairbanks, Alaska, that was withdrawn for military use and is administered as a part of Fort Wainwright Military Reservation and that contains a 400-home rental housing community (the covered land). 
 
Requires the Secretary, if the Secretary intends to offer any extension of the lease, to provide a written notice of such offer to the current lessee and the Secretary of the Interior before the lease expires. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary, upon the expiration of the lease, to convey the covered land, if the lease is not extended. Requires the concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior for such conveyance.
 
Allows the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to waive such conveyance requirement if it is determined that the retention and military use of the covered land are in the national security interests of the United States.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2013-01-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2013-01-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E55)
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Francisca Lino.

Bill: 113-hr-415
Sponsor: Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Provides for the relief of Francisca Lino.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Egypt Accountability and Democracy Promotion Act

Bill: 113-hr-416
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27]
Introduced: 2013-01-25 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Arms control and nonproliferation
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Congressional oversight
Due process and equal protection
Egypt
Foreign aid and international relief
Gaza Strip
Human rights
International law and treaties
Israel
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Political movements and philosophies
Religion
Rule of law and government transparency
Sanctions
Smuggling and trafficking
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: 
Egypt Accountability and Democracy Promotion Act - States that U.S. policy shall be to use its foreign assistance for Egypt to advance U.S. national security interests in Egypt, including encouraging the advancement of political, economic, and religious freedom in Egypt.
 
Limits specified security and economic assistance to Egypt unless the Secretary of State certifies to Congress every six months that the Egyptian government: (1) is not controlled by or under the influence of a foreign terrorist organization, or that no supporter of a foreign terrorist organization serves in a policy-making position in the government; (2) has implemented legal reforms that protect the political, economic, and religious freedoms and human rights of all citizens and residents of Egypt; (3) is fully implementing the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty; and (4) is taking verifiable steps to destroy the smuggling network and tunnels between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, and is cracking down on extremist groups in the Sinai Peninsula.
 
Provides for a limited national security waiver of such restrictions. 
 
Sets forth reporting requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to Miami- Dade County certain federally owned land in Florida, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-417
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27]
Introduced: 2013-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agricultural research
Florida
Horticulture and plants
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey to Miami-Dade County, Florida, federally owned land comprising the Subtropical Horticulture Research Station in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
 
Directs the County to pay specified costs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Introduced in House
To designate the new Interstate Route 70 bridge over the Mississippi River connecting St. Louis, Missouri and southwestern Illinois as the "Stan Musial Memorial Bridge".

Bill: 113-hr-420
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2013-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Athletes
Congressional tributes
Illinois
Missouri
Professional sports
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: 
Designates the new Interstate Route 70 bridge over the Mississippi River that connects St. Louis, Missouri, to southwestern Illinois as the &quot;Stan Musial Memorial Bridge.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation.
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Children's Hope Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-422
Sponsor: Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2013-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
State and local taxation
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: 
Children's Hope Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit of up to $100 ($200 for joint returns) for charitable contributions to an education investment organization that disburses 90% of its contributions to provide grants to students for elementary and secondary education expenses, if at least 50% of such disbursements go to students who qualify for free or reduced-cost school lunches. Requires a taxpayer claiming such credit, as a condition of eligibility to receive it, to first claim a state qualified scholarship tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the termination of further retirement benefits for Members of Congress, except the right to continue participating in the Thrift Savings Plan, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-423
Sponsor: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2013-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: 
Amends the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) to exclude Members of Congress, except the Vice President, from further CSRS and FERS retirement coverage.
 
Prohibits further government contributions or deductions from such Member's basic pay for deposit in the Treasury to the credit of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund.
 
States that nothing in this Act shall: (1) be considered to nullify, modify, or otherwise affect any right, entitlement, or benefit under CSRS or FERS for any Member covering any period before the enactment of this Act; or (2) affect the eligibility of a Member to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) in accordance with otherwise applicable law.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H423)
Mohave County Radiation Compensation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-424
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2013-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Arizona
Cancer
Government liability
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Nuclear weapons
Radiation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: 
Mohave County Radiation Compensation Act of 2013 - Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to include the county of Mohave, Arizona, among affected areas for purposes of payments to individuals with certain medical conditions who were exposed to fallout emitted during the U.S. government's atmospheric nuclear tests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of funds for the rule entitled "Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers of Inadmissibility for Certain Immediate Relatives" published by the Department of Homeland Security on January 3, 2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 535).

Bill: 113-hr-425
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2013-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Border security and unlawful immigration
Department of Homeland Security
Family relationships
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: 
Prohibits federal funds from being used to promulgate, finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) final rule entitled &quot;Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers of Inadmissibility for Certain Immediate Relatives&quot; (published on January 3, 2013) or any successor or substantially similar rule.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security.
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Race to the Top Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-426
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2013-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Minority education
Performance measurement
Preschool education
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: 
Race to the Top Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states and local educational agencies (LEAs) to implement reforms and innovations designed to improve educational outcomes significantly for all students and reduce achievement gaps significantly among specified student subgroups.
 
Requires each grant applicant to have a comprehensive and coherent plan for doing so that includes, if applicable: 
 
 
 improving the effectiveness of teachers and school leaders and promoting their equitable distribution; 
 
 strengthening the use of data to improve education; 
 
 implementing internationally benchmarked, college- and career-ready elementary and secondary academic standards; 
 
 turning around its lowest-performing schools; 
 
 supporting, or coordinating with, early learning programs for high-need children from birth through third grade; 
 
 assessing kindergarten students' readiness for school success; and 
 
 creating or maintaining successful conditions for high-performing charter schools and other innovative, autonomous public schools.
 
 
Requires each grantee to establish performance measures that track its progress in implementing its plan and improving educational outcomes for students and specified student subgroups.
 
Gives grant priority to LEAs with the highest number or percentages of impoverished children and those that serve rural schools.
 
Requires each state grantee to use at least 50% of its grant for subgrants to LEAs that participate in its plan. Allows LEAs to receive a grant and subgrant for the same fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Trafficking Reduction And Criminal Enforcement (TRACE) Act

Bill: 113-hr-427
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2013-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Firearms and explosives
Freedom of information
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: 
Trafficking Reduction and Criminal Enforcement (TRACE) Act - Directs the Attorney General to promulgate regulations that require each firearm manufactured in the United States to be marked with a serial number that is located inside the firearm's receiver or that is visible only in infrared light, in addition to the serial number mark otherwise required.
 
Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) prohibit national instant criminal background check system records about a prospective firearm transferee from being destroyed until after 180 days after the system assigns and provides a firearms licensee with a unique identification number for the transfer, and (2) repeal provisions prohibiting appropriated funds from being used for any system that does not require the destruction of any identifying information submitted for a transferee within 24 hours after the system advises a licensee that the transferee's receipt of a firearm is not prohibited.
 
Requires each licensed firearms dealer to conduct a physical check of its firearms business inventory. Amends the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012, to repeal prohibitions against using appropriated funds to: (1) promulgate or implement any rule requiring a physical inventory of any firearms business; or (2) disclose contents of the Firearms Trace System database maintained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) or any information required to be kept by firearms licensees except as specified in that Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Introduced in House
School Meals Reimbursement Rates Comparison Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-428
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: American Samoa
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Government studies and investigations
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Poverty and welfare assistance
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: 
School Meals Reimbursement Rates Comparison Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to report to Congress on the cost differences between: (1) providing meals and supplements under the school lunch and breakfast programs in Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands, respectively; and (2) the average cost of providing those meals and supplements in the states and District of Columbia.
 
Requires that report to show the relation of those cost differences to the national average payment rates for meals and supplements under the school lunch and breakfast programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Northern Mariana Islands Federal Depository Library Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-429
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government information and archives
Libraries and archives
Northern Mariana Islands
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: 
Northern Mariana Islands Federal Depository Library Act - Authorizes the Delegate of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to designate two libraries in the Commonwealth as federal depository libraries. 
 
Requires the distribution of U.S. government publications selected from lists prepared by the Superintendent of Documents to such libraries upon request. 
 
Allows the Delegate to designate only libraries able to provide custody and service for depository materials and located in areas where they can best serve the public's need and within areas not already adequately served by existing depository libraries. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Protect Our Military Trainees Act

Bill: 113-hr-430
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2013-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Crimes against women
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Evidence and witnesses
Military education and training
Military law
Military personnel and dependents
Sex offenses
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: 
Protect Our Military Trainees Act - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to establish sexual assault and abusive sexual contact offenses that prohibit covered military instructors from committing sexual acts upon, or causing sexual contact upon or by, members of the armed forces undergoing basic training if the military instructor exercised supervisory authority over the member. 
 
Requires violators to be punished as a court-martial may direct. 
 
Defines "covered military instructors" as drill sergeants in the Army, drill instructors in the Marine Corps, recruit division commanders in the Navy, military training instructors in the Air Force, company commanders in the Coast Guard, and such other members as the Secretary concerned may designate as having supervisory authority over new recruits undergoing basic training or its equivalent. 
 
Prohibits consent from being a defense in any such prosecution. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Introduced in House