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Domestic Violence Judicial Support Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-393
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Domestic violence and child abuse
Family services
Law enforcement administration and funding
Lawyers and legal services
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Sex offenses
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Domestic Violence Judicial Support Act of 2013 - Amends the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, as amended by the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005, to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to state and local governments, Indian tribal governments, courts and other specified providers for: (1) supervised visitation and safe visitation exchange of children and youth by and between parents in situations involving domestic violence, dating violence, child sexual abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; and (2) court-related and child protective services workers education on the dynamics of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault (including child sexual abuse), and stalking. 
 
Amends the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 to: (1) ensure that by January 1, 2016, a court-appointed special advocate shall be available to every victim of child abuse or neglect in the United States that needs one; and (2) reauthorize through FY2018 the court-appointed special advocate program and the child abuse training programs for judicial personnel and practitioners. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Employment Benefits Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-395
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Student Loan Employment Benefits Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an employee amounts paid by an employer under a student loan payment assistance program. Limits the amount of such exclusion to $5,000 in a taxable year. 
 
Requires an employer student loan payment assistance program to be a separate written plan of an employer to provide employees with student loan payment assistance. Defines &quot;student loan payment assistance&quot; as the payment of principal or interest on any indebtedness incurred by an employee solely to pay qualified higher education expenses which are paid or incurred within a reasonable time before or after such indebtedness was incurred and are attributable to education furnished during a period in which such employee was a student eligible for federal financial assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Pay Adjustment Act

Bill: 113-hr-396
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Congressional Pay Adjustment Act - Reduces the annual rate of pay in 2015 for Members of Congress by 20% of the 2013 pay rate. Maintains the pay rate for subsequent pay periods at the 2013 rate.
 
Prohibits a Member of Congress from receiving a cost-of-living adjustment under the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 during any fiscal year (beginning with FY2014) unless the Secretary of the Treasury reports to Congress (beginning with FY2013) that a federal budget deficit did not exist in the previous fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-01-23
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Do Your Job Act

Bill: 113-hr-397
Sponsor: Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-3]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Congressional committees
Congressional officers and employees
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Do Your Job Act - Prohibits the disbursement of funds for salaries and expenses for specified congressional offices and committees, if on or before May 15 of any year Congress does not adopt a budget resolution for the fiscal year that begins on October 1 of that year.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit all payments otherwise required to be made for Members' compensation in an escrow account to be released to the Members only upon the adoption of such a resolution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-01-23
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Halt in Pay Increases and Cut Congressional Pay Act

Bill: 113-hr-398
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Congressional Halt in Pay Increases and Cut Congressional Pay Act - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to provide that, as of the beginning of the first applicable pay period commencing after the next regularly scheduled general election for federal office following the enactment of this Act, the annual rate of pay for Members of Congress shall be equal to the annual rate of pay for that position as of the date on which that general election is held, reduced by 10%. (Thus eliminates the automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress, and reduces their compensation by 10%.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-01-23
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Levee Vegetation Review Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-399
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Dams and canals
Department of Defense
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives
Horticulture and plants
Hydrology and hydrography
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Levee Vegetation Review Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Army to undertake a comprehensive review of the Corps of Engineers policy guidelines on vegetation management for levees in order to determine whether current federal policy is appropriate for all regions of the United States. Requires the Secretary to examine the guidelines in view of factors including: (1) the varied interests and responsibilities in managing flood risks; (2) preserving, protecting, and enhancing natural resources; (3) protecting the rights of Native Americans pursuant to treaties and statutes; and (4) factors that promote and allow for consideration of potential variances from national guidelines on a regional or watershed basis.
 
Directs Corps of Engineers Regional Integration Teams representing districts, divisions, and headquarters, in consultation with state and federal resources agencies and with participation by local agencies, to recommend to the Chief of Engineers vegetation management policies for levees that conform with state and federal laws and other applicable requirements.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) solicit and consider the views of the National Academy of Engineering on the engineering, environmental, and institutional considerations underlying the guidelines; and (2) revise the guidelines based on the results of the review and report to Congress. Requires the revised guidelines to: (1) provide a practical process for approving regional or watershed variances from the national guidelines, and (2) be incorporated into a proposed manual.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the retention of the name of Mount McKinley.

Bill: 113-hr-402
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Presidential administrations
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Requires retention of the name of Mount McKinley in Alaska. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend the percentage of funds appropriated under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 required to be reserved for outlying areas and the Secretary of the Interior.

Bill: 113-hr-403
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Appropriations
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Amends part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to alter the percentage of school improvement funds that are reserved for outlying areas and Indian education. 
 
Reserves 0.5% of those funds for outlying areas and 0.75% for Indian education. (Currently, 1% of those funds are reserved for outlying areas and Indian education.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E58)
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Straw Purchaser Penalty Enhancement Act

Bill: 113-hr-404
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Straw Purchaser Penalty Enhancement Act - Amends the federal criminal code to provide for an additional sentence of two years' imprisonment for violating the prohibitions against making false statements or misrepresenting identification regarding the acquisition of a firearm or ammunition: (1) knowing that the violation will further the transfer of two or more firearms to a person prohibited by law from shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving a firearm; and (2) with the intent to conceal such person's identity from the transferor.
 
Prohibits the court from: (1) placing any person convicted of such violation on probation; and (2) reducing a term of imprisonment for such a violation so as to compensate for, or otherwise take into account, a term of imprisonment imposed or to be imposed for a separate such violation. Prohibits a term of imprisonment imposed under this Act from running concurrently with a term imposed on the person under any other legal provision, except that a term imposed may, in the court's discretion, run concurrently with another term imposed by the court at the same time for a separate such violation, subject to applicable guidelines and policy statements issued by the United States Sentencing Commission. Requires the court to specify in its statement of the reasons for imposing a sentence for such a violation the factors that require any sentence below the statutory minimum.
 
Directs the Attorney General to issue regulations requiring any form required to be completed by the purchaser of a firearm from a licensed firearms dealer to include a notice of the provisions of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
To permit Members of Congress to administer the oath of allegiance to applicants for naturalization.

Bill: 113-hr-405
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit each applicant for naturalization to choose to have the oath of allegiance for naturalization administered by a Member of Congress, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner (Member).
 
Limits the administration of the oath: (1) by a Senator to individuals who reside in the Senator's state; and (2) by a Member of the House of Representatives, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to individuals who reside in the respective congressional district.
 
Limits the Member's authority solely to the administration of such oath.
 
Prohibits a Member from administering the oath during the 90-day period before any election for federal, state, or local office in which the Member is a candidate.
 
Requires a Member to administer the oath only at times and places designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS).
 
Prohibits a Member from administering the oath during any period in which exclusive authority to administer it may be exercised by an eligible court for the person concerned, unless the court has waived such exclusive authority.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
To provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a United States citizen child should not be ordered removed, deported, or excluded from the United States.

Bill: 113-hr-406
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Crimes against women
Family relationships
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
Judicial procedure and administration

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, in the case of an alien subject to removal, deportation, or exclusion and who is the parent of a U.S. citizen child, to authorize an immigration judge to decline to order such removal if the judge determines such action to be against the child's best interests. 
 
States that such discretion shall not apply to an alien when the judge determines that the alien: (1) is excludable or deportable on security grounds, or (2) has engaged in sex trafficking or severe forms of trafficking in persons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Clean Vehicles Incentive Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-407
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Motor fuels
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Clean Vehicles Incentive Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain businesses located in areas designated as nonattainment areas under the Clean Air Act a general business tax credit for the cost of certain clean-fuel vehicle property and the use of clean-burning fuel. Allows the credit to be taken against regular and alternative minimum tax liabilities. Allows a tax deduction for any unused clean fuel credit amounts. 
 
Allows a new qualified hybrid motor vehicle tax credit for any taxable year after 2012 only for such a vehicle which is placed in service after December 31, 2012, by an eligible business and substantially all of the use of which is in a nonattainment area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
EXPENSE Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-408
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Expensing Property Expands our Nation's Strong Economy Act of 2013 or the EXPENSE Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the limitations on the expensing of depreciable business assets; and (2) allow taxpayers to elect a two-year recovery period for depreciable property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Restore the Constitution Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-410
Sponsor: Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Civil actions and liability
Congressional-executive branch relations
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Firearms and explosives
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Members of Congress
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Restore the Constitution Act of 2013 - Separation of Powers Restoration and Second Amendment Protection Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that any executive order, memoranda, proclamation, or signing statement issued by the President that infringes on the powers and duties of Congress under article I, section 8 of the Constitution or the Second Amendment, or that would require the expenditure of federal funds not specifically appropriated for such executive action, is advisory only and has no force or effect unless enacted by law. 
 
Nullifies any such executive action and prohibits the use of appropriated funds to promulgate or enforce any such action. 
 
Authorizes the following persons to bring an action in an appropriate U.S. court to challenge the validity of any such executive action: (1) any member or either or both chambers of Congress, (2) the highest governmental official of any state or political subdivision if the challenged action infringes on a power of such state under any congressional enactment or relevant treaty, and (3) any person aggrieved in a liberty or property interest adversely affected by the challenged action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Fort McClellan Health Registry Act

Bill: 113-hr-411
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alabama
Disability assistance
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Military facilities and property
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Fort McClellan Health Registry Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and maintain a special record to be known as the Fort McClellan Health Registry containing the name of each individual who, while serving in the Armed Forces, was stationed at Fort McClellan, Alabama, during the period beginning on January 1, 1935, and ending on May 20, 1999, and who: (1) applies for care or services from the VA; (2) files a claim for compensation on the basis of any disability which may be associated with such service; (3) dies and is survived by a spouse, child, or parent who files a claim for dependency and indemnity compensation on the basis of such service; (4) requests a health examination from the VA; or (5) receives such health examination and requests inclusion in the Registry. Requires the Secretary, upon request, to provide such health examination, as well as consultation and counseling with respect to examination results. 
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) notify individuals in the Registry of significant developments in research on the health consequences of potential exposure to a toxic substance or environmental hazard related to service at Fort McClellan; and (2) carry out appropriate outreach activities with respect to such health examinations, consultation, and counseling. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House