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Affordable College Textbook Act

Bill: 113-hr-3538
Sponsor: Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2013-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Books and print media
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Higher education
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
School administration
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: 
Affordable College Textbook Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to make competitive grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to support pilot programs that expand the use of open textbooks in order to achieve savings for students.
 
Requires the grants to be used for: 
 
 
 professional development for IHE faculty and staff, including the search for and review of open textbooks; 
 
 the creation or adaptation of open educational resources, especially open textbooks; 
 
 the development or improvement of tools and informational resources that support the use of open textbooks; 
 
 research evaluating the efficacy of using open textbooks to achieve savings for students; and 
 
 partnerships with other entities to carry out the preceding activities.
 
 
Requires the full and complete digital content of the educational resources created or adopted using such grant funds to be made available free of charge to the public: (1) on an easily accessible and interoperable website; and (2) in a machine readable, digital format that anyone can directly download, edit, and redistribute.
 
Directs the Secretary to give special consideration to grant applicants that demonstrate the greatest potential to: 
 
 
 achieve the highest level of savings for students;
 
 expand the use of open textbooks at other IHEs; and 
 
 produce open textbooks that are of the highest quality, that can be most easily utilized and adapted by faculty members, that correspond to the highest enrollment courses, and that are created or adopted in partnership with entities that will assist in their marketing and distribution.
 
 
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include any educational material developed to accompany a college textbook as supplemental material that is subject to college textbook information disclosure requirements.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that IHEs should encourage the consideration of open textbooks by faculty within the generally accepted principles of academic freedom that establish the right and responsibility of faculty members to select the most appropriate course materials for their classes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Adoption Promotion Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3539
Sponsor: Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7]
Introduced: 2013-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Family planning and birth control
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Sex and reproductive health
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: 
Adoption Promotion Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure that any pregnancy options counseling funded through training grants for personnel to carry out family planning service programs under such Act: (1) includes adoption counseling, and (2) is provided by individuals who are licensed social workers or counselors in the states in which they practice and who have knowledge and experience in adoption practice. Requires that any training provided to an individual with respect to family planning include training on the adoption process.
 
Requires research in the biomedical, contraceptive development, behavioral, and program implementation fields related to family planning and population funded under such Act to include: (1) the collection of data on the number of pregnancy tests administered to individuals served by family planning service programs and the results of those tests; and (2) the evaluation of the quality, consistency, and outcomes of pregnancy options counseling.
 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act

Bill: 113-hr-3541
Sponsor: Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2013-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: 
Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act - Repeals the provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and administer a program of risk corridors for calendar years 2014, 2015, and 2016 under which a qualified health plan offered in the individual or small group market is required to participate in a payment adjustment system based on the ratio of the allowable costs of the plan to the plan's aggregate premiums.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Community Fire Safety Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3542
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2013-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Fires
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: 
Community Fire Safety Act of 2013 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to exempt fire hydrants from certain prohibitions against the use of lead pipes, solder, and flux.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3543
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2013-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Housing finance and home ownership
Low- and moderate-income housing

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: 
Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2013 - Amends the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009 to repeal its sunset date December 31, 2012 (thus making the Act permanent). 
 
Establishes a private right of action to enforce compliance with such Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Introduced in House
Office of Strategic Services Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 113-hr-3544
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2013-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Military history
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Smithsonian Institution

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: 
Office of Strategic Services Congressional Gold Medal Act - Requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to the members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in recognition of their superior service and major contributions during World War II.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-11-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3546
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-9]
Introduced: 2013-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of Labor
Employee hiring
Employment taxes
Executive agency funding and structure
Intergovernmental relations
Railroads
State and local finance
Transportation employees
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: 
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2013 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before January 1, 2015.
 
 Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until December 31, 2014, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC.
 
 Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and June 30, 2015, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (FSEUCA of 1970) against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.)
 
 Amends the FSEUCA of 1970 to postpone similarly from December 31, 2013, to December 31, 2014, termination of the period during which a state may determine its &quot;on&quot; and &quot;off&quot; indicators according to specified temporary substitutions in its formula.
 
 Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to appropriate funds out of the employment security administration account through FY2015 to assist states in providing reemployment and eligibility assessment activities.
 
 Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to extend through December 31, 2014, the temporary increase in extended unemployment benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2013-11-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2013-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Adoption Act

Bill: 113-hr-3549
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2013-11-20 in the House
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: 2013-11-20
text: 
Protecting Adoption Act - 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: 2013-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Introduced in House
Railway Inspection and Transparency Act

Bill: 113-hr-3551
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2013-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Business records
Government information and archives
Railroads
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: 
Railway Inspection and Transparency Act - Directs the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to require each railroad carrier to arrange for an independent inspection by a professional engineer of: (1) all railroad bridges at least biennially, and (2) all railroad signals and switches at least semiannually.
 
Requires: (1) each railroad carrier to provide inspection results to the FRA, and (2) the FRA to make those results available to the public.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Response Improvement Act

Bill: 113-hr-3552
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2013-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: 
Emergency Response Improvement Act - Requires the chief executive officer of a state, to be eligible for assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act on or after October 1, 2014, to maintain a State Office of Emergency Management to coordinate the state response to, and to request federal assistance with respect to, an emergency.
 
Directs the President, if one or more federal agencies provides assistance to a state in response to an emergency, to designate an individual from one such agency to serve as the federal incident commander for that emergency. Requires such commander to meet with representatives of federal, state, and local entities involved in the response and assist such representatives in: (1) creating a response plan that specifies the responsibilities of each entity, (2) designating an individual to lead the response, and (3) drafting and executing a memorandum of understanding with respect to such plan.
 
Requires the federal incident commander, in the absence of such a memorandum of understanding, to report to the President and recommend if, and to what extent, the relevant federal agencies should be involved in the response.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Introduced in House
To allow a credit against income tax for employers who pay their Federal contractor employees compensation lost by reason of the Federal Government shutdown.

Bill: 113-hr-3553
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1]
Introduced: 2013-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Income tax credits
Public contracts and procurement
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: 
Allows an income tax credit to employers for shutdown payments to employees who provide services under a federal contract in a federal building used for official purposes by any office or entity over which the House Committee on Administration had jurisdiction during the 113th Congress. 
 
Defines &quot;shutdown payments&quot; as any payment made to an individual for wages the individual would have received if the individual were performing services for the employer under such contract during the period of October 1, 2013, through October 16, 2013, when the federal government was closed due to a lapse in appropriations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Access to Care Act

Bill: 113-hr-3554
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2013-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medical education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: 
Veterans Access to Care Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to designate medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) automatically as health professional shortage areas.
 
 Prohibits an individual from participating in both the VA's Health Professionals Education Assistance Program and the National Health Service Corps scholarship or loan repayment programs.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in carrying out the National Health Service Corps Program, to consult with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs regarding health professional shortage areas that are VA medical facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Introduced in House
Humane Care for Primates Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3556
Sponsor: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2013-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal and plant health
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Department of Health and Human Services
Mammals
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: 
Humane Care for Primates Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to promulgate a final rule revising federal regulations regarding the importation of nonhuman primates (i.e. chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, macaques, and numerous other species) to expand the categories of uses for which nonhuman primates may be imported and distributed to include live nonhuman primates imported into the United States by a certified primate sanctuary for purposes of providing lifetime shelter and care.
 
Requires such rule to establish a process for the certification of facilities as primate sanctuaries for purposes of the importation, shelter, and care of nonhuman primates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Introduced in House
Entrepreneur-in-Residence Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3559
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2013-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Public-private cooperation
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: 
Entrepreneur-in-Residence Act of 2013 - Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish an entrepreneur-in-residence program to appoint in-house entrepreneurs who have demonstrated success in working with business concerns and entrepreneurs to: (1) assist federal agencies in improving outreach to business concerns and entrepreneurs, (2) provide recommendations on inefficient or duplicative agency programs and on methods to improve agency efficiency, (3) facilitate meetings and forums to educate business concerns and entrepreneurs on agency programs and initiatives, and (4) provide technical assistance or mentorship. Limits to 10 the number of entrepreneurs-in-residence that the Director may appoint in any year. 
 
Authorizes the Director to establish an informal working group to allow entrepreneurs-in-residence to meet to discuss best practices, experiences, and recommendations in order to create an informal knowledge base for current and future entrepreneurs-in-residence. 
 
Terminates such program after FY2017. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Introduced in House
Prevent Russian Infiltration Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3561
Sponsor: Rep. Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2013-11-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Building construction
Congressional oversight
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Russia
Space flight and exploration
Spacecraft and satellites

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: 
Prevent Russian Infiltration Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Secretary of State from approving a Russian space agency (Roscosmos) request to build or operate a ground monitoring station in the United States, including in any U.S. territory or possession, until the Secretary, the Secretary of Defense (DOD), and the Director of National Intelligence jointly certify to Congress that any such proposed station does not raise counterintelligence or other national security concerns.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats.
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Introduced in House