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To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing for acts of valor during the Civil War.

Bill: 113-hr-2106
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2013-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Military personnel and dependents
Pennsylvania
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: 
Authorizes and requests the President to award the Medal of Honor to First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing for acts of valor during the Civil War.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
No More Ghost Money Act

Bill: 113-hr-2107
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2013-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Public contracts and procurement
Rule of law and government transparency

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: 
No More Ghost Money Act - Prohibits any federal department, agency, or federal government contractor from making a monetary payment to any official of a foreign country for the purposes of bribery, coercion, or any illegal activity that undermines the rule of law or corrupts a public official. Requires the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to report to Congress on all monetary payments made by the CIA to officials of the Government of Afghanistan on or after September 11, 2001. Authorizes the President to waive the requirements of this Act if compliance would harm U.S. national security or members of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2013-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Foster Youth Higher Education Opportunities Act

Bill: 113-hr-2108
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2013-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Government information and archives
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: 
Foster Youth Higher Education Opportunities Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to inform students who indicate on their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form that they are or were in the foster care system of their potential eligibility for federal student aid, including the specific federal programs under which they may be eligible for assistance.
 
Requires the Secretary to provide foster youth with that same information on the Department of Education's website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Back to Basics Job Creation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2109
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2013-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Poverty and welfare assistance
Self-employed
Small business
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: 
Back to Basics Job Creation Act of 2013 - Amends title XX (Block Grants to State for Social Services) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to eligible entities to assist low-income individuals and individuals who have been unemployed for at least three months in developing self-employment opportunities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Look-back Elimination Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2111
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2013-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adoption and foster care
Department of Health and Human Services
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: 
Look-back Elimination Act of 2013 - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to eliminate the requirement that, to be eligible for foster care maintenance payments, a child would have been eligible for aid under the former Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program (predecessor of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families [TANF] program under part A of SSA title IV) at the time of removal from the home. 
 
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the AFDC eligibility requirement for federal foster care and adoption assistance benefits should be eliminated and replaced with income eligibility standards that are based on modern, balanced criteria that treat all children equally; and (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) should collaborate with Members of Congress and child welfare advocates in developing any modification standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
One Subject at a Time Act

Bill: 113-hr-2113
Sponsor: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2013-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Government liability
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: 
One Subject at a Time Act - Requires: (1) each bill or joint resolution to embrace no more than one subject, and (2) the subject to be clearly and descriptively expressed in the measure's title.
 
Prohibits an appropriations bill from containing any general legislation or change of existing law requirement, if its subject is not germane to the subject of such bill.
 
Declares void: (1) an entire Act or joint resolution if its title addresses two or more unrelated subjects, (2) provisions in legislation not clearly and descriptively expressed in the measure's title, (3) appropriation provisions in legislation outside the relevant subcommittee's jurisdiction, and (4) provisions of appropriation bills not germane to their subject matter.
 
Grants aggrieved persons and Members of Congress the right to bring an action against the United States to seek appropriate relief, including an injunction against the enforcement of any law the passage of which did not conform to this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2114
Sponsor: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2013-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against property
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Intellectual property

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: 
Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2013 - Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to prohibit the manufacture or distribution of a controlled substance in schedule I or II, flunitrazepam, or a listed chemical by individuals having reasonable cause to believe that such substance or chemical will be unlawfully imported into the United States or into waters within 12 miles of the U.S. coast.
 
Prohibits the manufacture or distribution of a listed chemical: (1) intending or knowing that it will be used to manufacture a controlled substance; and (2) intending, knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe that the substance will be unlawfully imported into the United States. 
 
Amends the federal criminal code to revise the prohibition against, and penalties for, intentionally trafficking in a counterfeit drug to apply to intentionally trafficking in a drug and knowingly using a counterfeit mark on or in connection with such drug.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Voter Registration Efficiency Act

Bill: 113-hr-2115
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2013-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Licensing and registrations
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: 
Voter Registration Efficiency Act - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require a state motor vehicle authority to require each individual applying for a motor vehicle driver's license in the state to: (1) indicate whether the individual resides in another state or resided in another state before applying for the license, and, if so, to identify the state involved; and (2) indicate whether the individual intends for the new state to serve as the individual's residence for federal voter registration purposes.
 
Requires the motor vehicle authority, if an individual indicates an intention for the new state to serve as the individual's residence for federal voter registration purposes, to notify the motor vehicle authority of the former state of residence, which shall notify the chief state election official of that state that the individual no longer intends for it to serve as the individual's residence for federal voter registration purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Earned Income Tax Credit Improvement and Simplification Act 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2116
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2013-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Marriage and family status
Poverty and welfare assistance
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Tax treatment of families
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: 
Earned Income Tax Credit Improvement and Simplification Act 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the earned income tax credit, to: (1) make permanent the increase in the rate of such credit for taxpayers with three or more qualifying children and the reduction in the amount of the marriage penalty for such credit; (2) allow such credit for an individual with no qualifying children who has attained the age of 21 but not 25 and is not a full-time student, and whose qualifying children do not have valid social security numbers; (3) revise eligibility rules relating to married individuals living apart and qualifying children claimed by another family member; and (4) repeal the denial of such credit for taxpayers with excess investment income. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Youth Sports Concussion Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2118
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2013-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Athletes
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal preemption
Manufacturing
School athletics
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: 
Youth Sports Concussion Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress concerning the reduction of sports-related concussions in youth and completion of the National Academies' report on such injuries.
 
Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to review the National Academies' report within five months after the report is completed. 
 
Authorizes the CPSC to make recommendations to protective equipment manufacturers regarding whether voluntary standards should be adopted to: (1) reduce the risk of sports-related injury for youth athletes wearing protective equipment, (2) improve the safety of reconditioned protective equipment, and (3) modify protective equipment warning labels. 
 
Permits the CPSC to initiate the promulgation of a consumer product safety rule if no voluntary standard is adopted within a one-year period. 
 
Makes it unlawful to sell or offer for sale in interstate commerce, or import into the United States for such purposes, athletic sporting equipment for which the seller or importer makes any false or misleading claim with respect to the safety benefits of such item. 
 
Requires violations to be treated as unfair or deceptive acts or practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act.
 
Sets forth the enforcement authority of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Authorizes the FTC to promulgate regulations to carry out this Act.
 
Authorizes states to bring civil actions in federal court to obtain injunctive relief on behalf of state residents unless a civil or administrative action has already been instituted by the FTC. Allows the FTC to intervene and appeal in state actions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Access to Speedy Review Act

Bill: 113-hr-2119
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2013-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability assistance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: 
Veterans Access to Speedy Review Act - Requires the Board of Veterans' Appeals, for purposes of scheduling a veteran's appeal hearing at the earliest possible date, to determine whether to provide such hearing: (1) at its principal location or at another Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facility or other federal facility, and (2) through the use of videoconferencing or by an appellant's personal appearance.
 
Requires the Board to notify the appellant of such decisions. Allows: (1) the appellant to request a different location or type of hearing, and (2) the Board to grant such request while ensuring that the hearing is scheduled at the earliest possible date.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Valley-Wide Noise Relief Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2120
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2013-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Consumer affairs
Noise pollution

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: 
Valley-Wide Noise Relief Act of 2013 - Permits an airport sponsor to implement a total mandatory nighttime curfew (no aircraft operations during the 9-hour period beginning at 10 p.m.) if it: (1) had a voluntary curfew in effect for certain aircraft on November 5, 1990; and (2) was created by an intergovernmental agreement established by a state statute enacted before that date that, along with the statute, imposes noise mitigation obligations.
 
Permits the sponsor of an airport meeting other criteria to implement a partial mandatory nighttime curfew (no operations for certain aircraft for not longer than the 9-hour period beginning at 10 p.m.) if it: (1) had a partial curfew in effect before November 5, 1990; (2) operates under the supervision of a board of airport commissioners that, on January 1, 2010, oversaw operation of three or more airports, at least two of which have airport operating certificates; and (3) on January 1, 2010, failed to comply with a cumulative noise standard established by state law.
 
Requires an airport sponsor to provide airport users and other interested parties reasonable notice of the terms of the curfew, including the penalties for curfew violations, no later than 90 days before its implementation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Crop Insurance Subsidy Transparency Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2121
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2013-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Government information and archives
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: 
Crop Insurance Subsidy Transparency Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require annual disclosure to the public of specified crop insurance premium subsidy information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2123
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Health care coverage and access
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act with respect to the treatment of revocable trusts for the benefit of an individual for purposes of meeting income requirements for Medicaid coverage.
 
Extends the supplemental needs trust exemption from treatment of a trust as resources available to the individual to supplemental needs trusts for Medicaid beneficiaries established by those beneficiaries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing any rule imposing any standard of performance for carbon dioxide emissions from any existing or new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit unless and until carbon capture and storage is found to be technologically and economically feasible.

Bill: 113-hr-2127
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Environmental technology
Oil and gas
Public utilities and utility rates
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from finalizing any rule imposing a standard of performance under the Clean Air Act for carbon dioxide emissions from any existing or new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit until: 
 
 
the Administrator determines that carbon capture and storage is the best system of emission reduction; and 
 
 carbon capture and storage is found to be technologically and economically feasible for such units in a report submitted by at least three of the following officials: the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, the Comptroller General (GAO), the Director of the National Energy Technology Laboratory, and the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology.
 
 
Prohibits the Administrator, in proposing or finalizing any such rule, from combining in the same category of stationary sources: (1) an electric utility steam generating unit that is constructed for supplying more than one-third of its potential electric output capacity and more than 25 megawatt net-electrical output to any utility power distribution system for sale, and (2) a combined cycle electric generating unit that is subject to standards of performance for stationary combustion turbines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House