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Coastal States Extension Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3051
Sponsor: Rep. Sanford, Mark [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: General public lands matters
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Coastal States Extension Act of 2013 - Amends the Submerged Lands Act to extend state jurisdiction over submerged lands from 3 geographical miles to 12 nautical miles distant from the coast line of a state. 
 
Authorizes a state admitted subsequent to the date of enactment of this Act to assert its seaward boundaries to a line 12 nautical miles distant from its coast line.
 
States that any oil lease and natural gas lease executed by the Secretary of the Interior that is in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and which covers an area within lands transferred to states under this Act, shall remain in full force and effect until it either expires pursuant to its terms or is cancelled pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA). 
 
Authorizes a state in whose territory the leased area is situated to grant oil and natural leases in such area.
 
Prohibits a state from granting a lease in an area transferred to it under OCSLA until the Secretary of Commerce determines that the state has either an approved management program, or is making satisfactory progress in developing such a program, pursuant to certain administrative grant requirements of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2013-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2013-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Healthcare for our Heroes Act

Bill: 113-hr-3053
Sponsor: Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Education programs funding
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Medical education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Healthcare for our Heroes Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish scholarships to new participants in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Professionals Educational Assistance Scholarship Program until December 31, 2016 (currently, December 31, 2014).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Global Autism Assistance Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3054
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Education programs funding
Foreign aid and international relief
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Hereditary and development disorders
Neurological disorders
Special education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
 Directs the Administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish and administer a health and education grant program (Global Autism Assistance Program) to: (1) support activities by nongovernmental organizations and other service providers, including advocacy groups, focused on autism in developing countries; and (2) establish a "teach the teachers" program to train health and education professionals working with autistic children in developing countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Providing Relief to Individuals Desiring Employment (PRIDE) Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3055
Sponsor: Rep. Southerland, Steve II [R-FL-2]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Providing Relief to Individuals Desiring Employment (PRIDE) Act of 2013 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, effective as of October 1, 2013, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to carry out pilot projects to permit states to run a work program (with certain features comparable to the program of block grants for temporary assistance for needy families under title IV of the Social Security Act) to increase employment and self-sufficiency through increased accountability (thereby reducing the need for supplemental nutrition assistance benefits (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program)).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Warriors' Peer-Outreach Pilot Program Act

Bill: 113-hr-3056
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Conflicts and wars
Higher education
Iraq
Middle East
Performance measurement
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Warriors' Peer-Outreach Pilot Program Act - Directs the Secretary of Veteran Affairs (VA) to carry out a three-year pilot program to provide outreach and support services to veterans at institutions of higher learning that enable them to make more successful use of their entitlement to educational assistance.
 
Requires the Secretary to select one four-year public university, one community college, and one private nonprofit college at which to conduct the pilot program.
 
Requires the pilot program to provide peer-outreach and peer-support services to students at such institutions who are veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation New Dawn by employing veterans who: (1) are using, or have successfully used, their entitlement to educational assistance; and (2) have served on active duty in a theater of combat operations.
 
Directs the Secretary to provide training to the veterans employed by the pilot program and to develop requirements and measures for assessing the effectiveness of program services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Fuel Cell Industrial Vehicle Jobs Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3057
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Fuel Cell Industrial Vehicle Jobs Act of 2013- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a $4,000 new qualified fuel cell motor vehicle tax credit for motor vehicles weighing not more than 8,500 pounds that are manufactured primarily for use in carrying or towing loads or materials for commercial or industrial purposes (off-highway vehicles); (2) continue the maximum dollar amount of $8,000 for motor vehicles with at least 4 wheels weighing not more than 8,500 pounds that are manufactured primarily for use on public streets, roads and highways; (3) allow an enhanced credit for light (not more than 8,500 pounds) and heavy (more than 8,500 pounds) vehicles if such vehicles' fuel cell systems achieve a specified electricity generation efficiency rating; and (4) allow a new energy tax credit, through December 31, 2018, for qualified fuel cell property that is manufactured for use in powering qualified motive property. Defines &quot;qualified motive property&quot; as property which is manufactured primarily for carrying loads or materials for commercial or industrial purposes not on public streets, road, highways, or rails or operated primarily for recreational purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Central Valley Judicial Relief Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3058
Sponsor: Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-21]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: California
Federal district courts
Judges

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Central Valley Judicial Relief Act of 2013 - Directs the President to appoint, with advice and consent of the Senate, six additional district judges for the eastern district of California and one temporary judgeship for such district.
 
Makes Bakersfield an additional place of holding court for the eastern district. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Youth Corps Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3061
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Indian social and development programs
Land use and conservation
National and community service
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Youth Corps Act of 2013 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to make grants to eligible public or private nonprofit agencies or organizations to carry out Youth Corps programs that utilize the Youth Corps model to provide eligible youth age 16 through 24 with education and work readiness training to enable them to find employment in the economy of the 21st century, and instill in them a sense of civic engagement and environmental stewardship.
 
Defines &quot;Youth Corps model&quot; as a youth education and training program for which an eligible entity provides eligible youth, among other things, with stipended or paid work experience and basic and technical skills training leading to: (1) enrollment in postsecondary education or training, (2) attainment of an industry-recognized certification or credential, (3) meaningful employment in the economy of the 21st century, or (4) military service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Adoption Information Act

Bill: 113-hr-3062
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Family planning and birth control
Government information and archives
Health programs administration and funding
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Adoption Information Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require family planning service projects or programs, as a condition of receiving certain grants or contracts, to assure the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) that they will provide each person who inquires about their services with a pamphlet containing a comprehensive list of adoption centers in their state.
 
Directs the Secretary to prepare, annually update, and distribute such pamphlets to such projects or programs.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the War Powers Resolution.

Bill: 113-hr-3065
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2013-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Military operations and strategy
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: 
Repeals the War Powers Resolution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2013-09-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2013-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: Introduced in House
No Special Deal for D.C. Insiders Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3066
Sponsor: Rep. Cotton, Tom [R-AR-4]
Introduced: 2013-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Congressional officers and employees
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: 
No Special Deal for D.C. Insiders Act of 2013 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to prohibit the expenditure of federal funds to pay or contribute to any portion of the premium for a health plan purchased by a Member of Congress pursuant to the Act or purchased by congressional staff.
 
 Includes in the definition of "congressional staff" employees in a leadership office of the House of Representatives or the Senate (consisting of the offices of the President pro Tempore, Majority and Minority Leaders, Majority and Minority Whips, Conferences of the Majority and of the Minority, and Majority and Minority Policy Committees of the Senate) and employees of any congressional committee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-09-09
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: Introduced in House
No Obamacare Subsidies for Members of Congress Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3067
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2013-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: 
No Obamacare Subsidies for Members of Congress Act of 2013 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to prohibit the expenditure of federal funds to pay any portion of the premium for a health plan purchased by a Member of Congress pursuant to the Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: Introduced in House
Relating to members of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan.

Bill: 113-hr-3068
Sponsor: Rep. Benishek, Dan [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2013-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian claims
Michigan

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay, out of money not otherwise appropriated, unspecified sums to the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan and to its tribal members pursuant to a judgment rendered by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: Introduced in House
Shield Our Streets Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3069
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2013-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Lawyers and legal services

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: 
Shield Our Streets Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Attorney General to carry out a program, through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, to award grants to assist eligible local law enforcement agencies with hiring and training new law enforcement officers and with rehiring career law enforcement officers who have been laid off as a result of budget reductions. 
 
Defines an &quot;eligible&quot; local law enforcement agency as one that has jurisdiction over all or part of a county or other unit of local government that has a violent crime rate at or above the national average and that has had budget reductions during the most recent five-year period (elevated need locality).
 
Authorizes the Attorney General to carry out a program to award grants to units of local government that have jurisdiction over all or part of an elevated need locality to enhance public safety in such jurisdictions, including by: (1) purchasing public safety equipment, (2) funding public safety programs, (3) making infrastructure improvements, (4) purchasing and installing lights to deter crime, (5) funding activities related to crime labs, and (6) funding public defender programs. Authorizes such grants to nonprofit organizations that operate in elevated need localities to carry out programs designed to reduce crime in such areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1275)
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: Introduced in House
No Special Treatment for Congress Act

Bill: 113-hr-3071
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2013-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Congressional officers and employees
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: 
No Special Treatment for Congress Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to prohibit any government contribution under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for health benefits obtained by a Member of Congress or congressional staff.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: Introduced in House
Local Food for Healthy Families Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3072
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2013-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Fruit and vegetables
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: 
Local Food for Healthy Families Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the local food for healthy families program to make grants to specified entities to provide low-income families receiving supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) with incentives to purchase fruits and vegetables.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Food Choices Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3073
Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2013-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: 
Healthy Food Choices Act of 2013 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require that supplemental nutrition assistance benefits (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) be used to purchase only supplemental foods that are eligible for purchase under the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Introduced in House