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Small Business Deposit Relief Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1184
Sponsor: Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Currency
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: 
Small Business Deposit Relief Act of 2013 - Limits criminal penalties for violations of reporting requirements imposed on financial institutions concerning domestic transactions for the payment, receipt, or transfer of U.S. coins or currency or other monetary instruments where the violation: (1) was not made while also violating another federal law, and (2) was a first offense under such transaction provisions.
 
Limits the amount of property forfeiture and monetary penalties imposed with respect to a monetary instrument transaction where the violation was not made while also violating another federal law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
To posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to each of Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods in recognition of their contributions to the Nation.

Bill: 113-hr-1186
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Law enforcement officers
Libya
Middle East
Terrorism
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous award, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal in commemoration of the contributions of Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods, two former Navy SEAL members who sacrificed their lives on September 11, 2012, while serving as part of a U.S. diplomatic security detachment in Libya.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-1187
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Fishes
Forests, forestry, trees
Freedom of information
Government information and archives
Idaho
Indian lands and resources rights
Montana
Oregon
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Washington State
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: 
Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act - Designates specified National Forest System lands, National Park System lands, and public lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and as components or additions to existing components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 
 
Sets forth provisions for the management of the lands designated as wilderness by this Act, including regarding water rights, tribal rights, fish and wildlife, and grazing permits and leases.
 
Authorizes the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture (USDA) to take necessary measures for the control of fire, insects, and disease on such lands. 
 
 Establishes a Northern Rockies Fish and Wildlife Habitat and Corridors Information Program. Requires the development of a Northern Rockies Habitat and Corridors Information System. 
 
Sets forth specified additional provisions with regard to Indian tribes. Permits provisions of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to be applied, as appropriate, in the implementation of this Act. 
 
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of specified rivers and creeks in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E301)
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Our Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1188
Sponsor: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Congressional oversight
Contracts and agency
Drug therapy
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health facilities and institutions
Prescription drugs
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: 
Preserving Our Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act of 2013 - Treats independent pharmacies negotiating contract terms with a health plan for the provision of health care items or services, but only in connection with such negotiations, the same under the antitrust laws as an employee engaged in concerted activities, and not as an employer, independent contractor, managerial employee, or supervisor. 
 
Exempts actions taken in good faith reliance on this Act from being subject to criminal sanctions or civil penalties beyond actual damages incurred. 
 
Declares that this Act does not exempt from application of antitrust laws any agreement or unlawful conspiracy that: (1) would have the effect of boycotting any independent pharmacy; (2) would exclude, limit the participation or reimbursement of, or otherwise limit the scope of services to be provided by any independent pharmacy or group of independent pharmacies with respect to the performance of services within their scope of practice as defined or permitted by relevant law or regulation; (3) allocates a market among competitors; (4) unlawfully ties the sale or purchase of one product or service to the sale or purchase of another product or service; or (5) monopolizes or attempts to monopolize a market.
 
Makes this Act inapplicable to negotiations between pharmacies and health plans regarding benefits provided under specified federal programs, including Medicaid, veterans' medical care, and the federal employees' health benefits program.
 
Requires the Comptroller General to study the impact of this Act after five years.
 
States that this Act does not preclude the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) or the Department of Justice (DOJ) from overseeing the conduct of independent pharmacies covered under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
American Natural Gas Security and Consumer Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-1189
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Department of Energy
Economic performance and conditions
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
General public lands matters
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: 
American Natural Gas Security and Consumer Protection Act - Amends the Natural Gas Act to prohibit any person from exporting any natural gas from the United States to a foreign country without first having secured an order of the Secretary of Energy (DOE) authorizing such person to do so. Allows the Secretary to issue an order authorizing such exportation, upon application, if the Secretary determines that the proposed exportation will be consistent with the public interest.
 
Requires the Secretary to issue an environmental impact statement (EIS) under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 on such an order, including by analyzing the impacts of extraction of exported natural gas on the environment in communities where the natural gas is extracted.
 
Directs the Secretary to issue final regulations for determining whether an export of natural gas from the United States to a foreign country is in the public interest.
 
Exempts any export authorization order from such EIS and public interest requirements if the natural gas would be exported solely to meet certain requirements of: (1) the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (regarding presidential foreign exchange transaction authorities), (2) the Trading with the Enemy Act (regarding such transaction authorities in wartime), or (3) the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (regarding the International Energy Program). Authorizes the Secretary to issue such an order upon application in such cases without modification or delay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Keep America's Oil Here Act

Bill: 113-hr-1190
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
General public lands matters
Government studies and investigations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: 
Keep America's Oil Here Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to accept bids on any new oil and gas leases of federal lands (including submerged lands) only from bidders certifying that all crude oil produced under such leases, and all refined petroleum products made from such crude oil, shall be offered for sale only in the United States.
 
Authorizes the President to waive such limited leasing authorization upon specified determinations, including that waiver is in the national interest because it will not lead to: (1) an increase in domestic consumption of crude oil obtained from countries hostile to U.S. interests or that have political and economic instability compromising energy supply security, (2) higher costs to oil refiners purchasing the crude oil than the refiners would have to pay in the absence of such a waiver, and (3) higher gasoline costs paid by consumers than they would have to pay in the absence of such a waiver.
 
Declares this Act without force or effect 10 years after enactment of this Act.
 
Instructs the Secretary of the Interior and the Comptroller General to report separately to Congress on the impact of this Act upon: (1) oil production on federal lands, (2) consumption of oil and refined petroleum products in the United States, and (3) prices and markets for oil and refined petroleum products in the United States. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Keep American Natural Gas Here Act

Bill: 113-hr-1191
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Energy prices
General public lands matters
Government studies and investigations
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: 
Keep American Natural Gas Here Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to accept bids on any new oil and gas leases of federal lands (including submerged lands) under the Mineral Leasing Act or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act only from bidders certifying that all natural gas produced pursuant to such leases will be offered for sale only in the United States.
 
 Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to prohibit granting a new right-of-way for a natural gas pipeline unless the right-of-way applicant certifies that all natural gas transported via such pipeline will be offered for sale only in the United States.
 
Declares this Act without force or effect 10 years after enactment of this Act.
 
 Instructs the Secretary of the Interior and the Comptroller General to report separately to Congress on the impact of this Act upon: (1) natural gas production on federal lands, (2) consumption of natural gas in the United States, and (3) prices and markets for natural gas in the United States.
 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Protect Our Schools from Tax Delinquents Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1193
Sponsor: Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Property tax
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: 
Protect Our Schools from Tax Delinquents Act of 2013 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require that each housing assistance payments contract entered into under the Section 8 rental assistance voucher program by a public housing agency (PHA) and the owner of a dwelling unit provide that such owner pay, on a timely basis, all covered taxes validly assessed against the property in which the unit is located. Defines "covered taxes" as any tax under state or local law assessed upon real property or the revenue of which is dedicated for use only for schools or for costs of education.
 
Allows a contract to provide that, upon notification and identification of a tax delinquency by a taxing authority, the PHA shall abate all of the rental assistance amounts for the property, transferring them monthly to the taxing authority, until the delinquency is eliminated.
 
Declares that nothing in this Act may be construed to authorize, or establish any cause or grounds for, the termination of the tenancy of any tenant from any dwelling unit assisted under the rental assistance voucher program.
 
Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to maintain a database of information regarding owners of dwelling units: (1) assisted under the program whose housing assistance payments contracts have been terminated for noncompliance with the requirements of this Act, and (2) with respect to whom assistance amounts have been abated and transferred to a taxing authority.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
National Flood Insurance Program Termination Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1194
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: 
National Flood Insurance Program Termination Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from providing any new flood insurance coverage after December 31, 2013, or renewing any coverage provided before such date, under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968.
 
Terminates the National Flood Insurance Program on such date. Makes conforming repeal amendments to the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, the Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004, the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994, the Federal Flood Insurance Act of 1956, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974, and the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974.
 
Grants the consent of Congress to any two or more states to enter into agreements or compacts for making flood insurance available to interested persons for loss and damage arising from any flood occurring in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
International Conservation Corps Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1195
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign aid and international relief
Government information and archives
Historical and cultural resources
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: 
International Conservation Corps Act of 2013 - Directs: (1) the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to provide grants to qualifying nonprofit organizations to assign and support volunteers to assist foreign countries in the administration of their natural resources in an environmentally sustainable manner, and (2) the Secretary of State to identify foreign countries for program participation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E303-304)
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Local Funds Continuation Act

Bill: 113-hr-1196
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
District of Columbia
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: 
District of Columbia Local Funds Continuation Act - Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to appropriate, out of any moneys of the District of Columbia government not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, the amount provided for any project or activity for which funds are provided in the local budget act for such fiscal year, if the regular District of Columbia appropriation bill for a fiscal year does not become law before the beginning of such fiscal year. 
 
Declares that an appropriation and funds made available or authority granted for a project or activity for a fiscal year under this Act shall be at the rate of operations provided for it under the local budget act for the fiscal year. 
 
Makes such an appropriation and funds available for the period: (1) beginning with the first day of the fiscal year, and (2) ending with the enactment of the regular District of Columbia appropriation bill for such fiscal year. 
 
Specifies restrictions on programs or activities subject to other appropriations Acts. 
 
States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to effect obligations of the District government mandated by other law.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E298)
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
To waive the arbitrage rules for certain bonds issued in 1990 and partially defeased in 1996.

Bill: 113-hr-1197
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Financial services and investments
Income tax exclusion
Public utilities and utility rates
Securities
State and local finance
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: 
Provides that bond arbitrage requirements shall not apply to an issue of bonds that were partially defeased (made void) if: (1) such bonds are redeemed by the governmental issuer within 90 days of the sale of the escrow securities, and (2) any net profit remaining after the proceeds of the sale of the escrow securities have been applied to such redemption is used by the issuer for an essential governmental function within 12 months of such redemption. Makes this waiver applicable to bonds issued on January 4, 1990, that were partially defeased on July 19, 1996, with revenues of a municipally-owned electric and water system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
To provide for American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to be treated as States for certain criminal justice programs.

Bill: 113-hr-1198
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: American Samoa
Law enforcement administration and funding
Northern Mariana Islands
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to treat American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as separate states for purposes of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House