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Veterans Health Care Stamp Act

Bill: 113-hr-3396
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2013-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Postal service
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: 
Veterans Health Care Stamp Act - Requires the U.S. Postal Service to provide for the issuance and sale of a Veterans Health Care Stamp to help fund the medical care and treatment of veterans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2013-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2013-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to develop guidelines regarding the use by the Secretaries of the military departments and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of unofficial sources of information to determine the eligibility of a member or former member of the Armed Forces for benefits and decorations when the member's service records are incomplete because of damage to the records, including records damaged by a 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

Bill: 113-hr-3397
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2013-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Defense
Fires
Government information and archives
Military personnel and dependents
Missouri
Personnel records
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to develop guidelines for the use by the Secretaries of the military departments and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) of unofficial sources of information, including eyewitness statements, to determine the eligibility of a member or former member of the Armed Forces for benefits and decorations when the member's service records are incomplete because of damage to the records as a result of the 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri, or any subsequent incident while the records were in DOD's possession.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-11-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2013-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2013-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Education Counseling Act

Bill: 113-hr-3399
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2013-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: 
Veterans Education Counseling Act - Modifies provisions relating to educational and vocational counseling for veterans to provide a program of counseling services to be known as the Academic Counseling and Educational Information Service. Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) make available to veterans information about the definitions, eligibility requirements, and services provided by such counseling and how such counseling services differ from those provided as part of rehabilitation and readjustment assistance programs for veterans; and (2) maintain a website on which a person is able to request such counseling services. 
 
Establishes as the primary goal of such counseling services to provide individuals with assistance in: (1) pursuing postsecondary education and training opportunities, (2) obtaining information about and data on such opportunities, (3) selecting a program of education or training, and (4) addressing other needs relating to education. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6915)
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Introduced in House
National Bison Legacy Act

Bill: 113-hr-3400
Sponsor: Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1]
Introduced: 2013-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Mammals
National symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: 
National Bison Legacy Act - Adopts the North American bison as the national mammal of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Introduced in House
Restorative Justice in Schools Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3401
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2013-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: 
Restorative Justice in Schools Act of 2013 - Amends title II (Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow local educational agencies to use title II subgrants to train school personnel in restorative justice and conflict resolution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Introduced in House
Fair Debt Collection Improvement Act

Bill: 113-hr-3402
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2013-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Debt collection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: 
Fair Debt Collection Improvement Act - Amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to prohibit a debt collector from bringing, or threatening to bring, legal action against any consumer on a debt in which the statute of limitations has expired.
 
Requires a debt collector, in connection with the collection of debt in which the statute of limitations has expired, to disclose to the consumer that: (1) the debt has been transferred to the debt collector, (2) the creditor no longer holds the debt, (3) the debt collector may not bring legal action against the consumer to collect the debt because the statute of limitations has expired, and (4) any payment by the consumer towards the debt may cause the statute of limitations to reset.
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Introduced in House
Drug Free Commercial Driver Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3403
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2013-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employee hiring
Motor carriers
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: 
Drug Free Commercial Driver Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to modify regulations that require motor carriers to conduct preemployment, reasonable suspicion, random, and post-accident testing of commercial motor vehicle operators for controlled substances or alcohol. 
 
Allows a motor carrier to use hair testing as a method for detecting use of controlled substances by an operator, but only for preemployment testing and random testing (but the latter only if the motor carrier tested the operator at preemployment using the same method). 
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue scientific and technical guidelines for hair testing of operators for use of controlled substances.
 
Directs the Secretary to develop procedures to allow a motor carrier during the rulemaking process to apply for an exemption from current requirements to allow use of hair testing of operators for controlled substances instead of other methods of preemployment and random testing.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Introduced in House
Breast Density and Mammography Reporting Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3404
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2013-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: 
 Breast Density and Mammography Reporting Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require mammography facilities to include information regarding the patient's individual measure of breast density in both the written report of the results of a mammography examination provided to the patient's physician and the summary of that written report given to patients. Requires the summary to: (1) convey the patient's risk of developing breast cancer associated with below, above, and average levels of breast density; and (2) include language communicating that individuals with more dense breasts may benefit from supplemental screening tests and should talk with their physicians about any questions or concerns regarding the summary. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Introduced in House
United We Stand to Hire Veterans Act

Bill: 113-hr-3405
Sponsor: Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10]
Introduced: 2013-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: 
United We Stand to Hire Veterans Act - Requires the Secretary of Labor, in conjunction with the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Veterans Affairs (VA), to consolidate government Internet portals on employment for current and former members of the Armed Forces into one comprehensive portal for the purposes of connecting members who are seeking employment with employers who want to employ them. 
 
Authorizes the Secretaries, in order to expedite implementation of such consolidated portal, to carry out pilot projects to evaluate the feasibility and advisability of various portal options by continuing or modifying existing programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2013-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2013-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Introduced in House
If You Like Your Health Plan, You Can Keep it Act

Bill: 113-hr-3406
Sponsor: Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2013-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: 
If You Like Your Health Plan, You Can Keep it Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to prohibit anything in the Act from being construed to require an individual to terminate coverage under a group health plan or health insurance coverage in which the individual was enrolled during any part of the period beginning on the date of enactment of PPACA (March 23, 2010) and ending on December 31, 2013.
 
 Allows: (1) continuation of coverage under a group health plan or health insurance in which an individual was enrolled during any part of such period, regardless of whether the individual renews such coverage; (2) family members of the individual to join coverage under such a plan that is renewed; (3) new employees to join a group health plan that provides coverage during any part of such period; and (4) continuation of coverage maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement that was ratified before the end of such period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Introduced in House
Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights

Bill: 113-hr-3408
Sponsor: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2013-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: 
Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that an Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights is printed on signage in accessible formats and displayed prominently and conspicuously in each Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) prosthetics and orthotics clinic. Requires VA employees who work at such clinics, as well as patient advocates of veterans who receive care there, to receive training on such Bill of Rights. Directs the Secretary to conduct outreach to inform veterans of such Bill of Rights.
 
Includes in the Bill of Rights the right to: (1) access the highest quality prosthetic and orthotic care; (2) select the practitioner that best meets their prosthetic and orthotic needs; (3) timely and efficient prosthetic and orthotic care; and (4) transition and readjust to civilian life in an honorable manner, including by having ample access to vocational rehabilitation, employment programs, and housing assistance.
 
Directs: (1) the Secretary to collect information relating to the alleged mistreatment of injured and amputee veterans, (2) the veteran liaison at each VA medical center to submit quarterly to the VA's Chief Consultant of Prosthetics and Sensory Aids a report on such information, and (3) the Chief Consultant to investigate and address such information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Introduced in House
National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Limitation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3409
Sponsor: Rep. Fincher, Stephen Lee [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2013-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: 
 National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Limitation Act of 2013 - Amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from expanding any national wildlife refuge, except as expressly authorized by a law enacted after January 3, 2013. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-23
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-11-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1609-1610)
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Introduced in House
Sabine National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3411
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2013-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Texas
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: 
Sabine National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2013 - Requires a land exchange between the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) and the Sabine River Authority of Texas involving the Sabine National Forest, the Indian Mounds Wilderness Area, and the Toledo Bend Project in Texas. 
 
Requires the costs of the land exchange to be shared equally by the Authority and the Secretary, and the land exchange to be conducted on an equal value basis. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-12-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2013-11-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2013-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2013-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Introduced in House
TRUE Safety Act

Bill: 113-hr-3413
Sponsor: Rep. Hanna, Richard L. [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2013-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Government studies and investigations
Labor standards
Motor carriers
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: 
True Understanding of the Economy and Safety Act or TRUE Safety Act - Directs the Comptroller General (GAO), after the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) reports to Congress on an hours of service field study, to assess the methodology followed by the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) in carrying out the efficacy of the restart rule (&quot;Hours of Service of Drivers&quot;) published on December 27, 2011, which applies to operators of commercial motor vehicles of property subject to maximum DOT driving time requirements.
 
Requires the assessment to evaluate the extent to which that methodology meets the requirements of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) that: (1) the data collected is representative of the drivers subject to the restart rule, (2) the methodology is statistically valid, and (3) the study followed the FMCSA plan for the &quot;Scheduling and Fatigue Recovery Project.&quot;
 
Directs GAO to assess the Regulatory Impact Analysis that accompanied the final 2011 restart rule.
 
Nullifies the 2011 restart rule until six months after the study report required by this Act has been submitted to Congress. 
 
Prohibits the Secretary from applying the restart rule if the conclusions of the field study completed pursuant to MAP-21 do not support or concur with the conclusions of the laboratory study on which the rule was based.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Introduced in House