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To establish the Commission on Health Care Savings through Innovative Wireless Technologies.

Bill: 113-hr-3577
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Medical research
Technology assessment
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Establishes in the legislative branch the Commission on Health Care Savings through Innovative Wireless Technologies, which shall: 
 
 
examine the cost savings to the U.S. health care system that can be achieved by increasing the use of wireless health information technologies by patients, caregivers, and health care providers;
 
examine existing scientific research studying the medical effectiveness of such technologies; 
 
examine existing payment models and incentive payment programs that provide federal financial reimbursement or funding for the use of such technologies;
 
examine options for Congress and federal agencies to incentivize and promote innovation and technological advancements in the area of such technologies;
 
examine barriers to marketplace entry that impede efforts to develop new, and improve existing, wireless health information technologies;
 
identify appropriate situations and recommend methods for integrating such technologies into federal health care programs;
 
develop a proposal for a comprehensive program to encourage such integration;
 
develop cost estimate approaches that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) can use to more accurately assess the cost savings the government can achieve by increasing the use of such technologies by patients, caregivers, and health care providers; and
 
submit an interim report within 9 months and a final report within 18 months after its final member is appointed.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Debt Management Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3579
Sponsor: Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
International monetary system and foreign exchange
Medicaid
Medicare
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Debt Management Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, within 21 to 60 days before any date on which the Secretary anticipates the public debt will reach the current debt limit, to appear before specified congressional committees to provide specified information. (The debt limit was $16.699 trillion before its suspension in the Continuing Appropriations Act, FY2014 [P.L. 113-46].)
 
Requires the Secretary to include in such appearance:
 
 
a report on the state of the public debt, including (1) its historical trajectory, major drivers of the current debt and their quantities, and debt projections; and (2) how, if the debt limit is raised, the United States will meet existing debt obligations, including principal and interest;
 
a detailed explanation of: (1) any proposal of the President to reduce the structural deficit in the short-term (the following fiscal year), medium-term (approximately 3-5 years), and long-term (approximately 10 years); (2) the impact an increased debt limit will have on future federal spending, service provision, and the status of the U.S. dollar as the international reserve currency; (3) projections of fiscal health and resilience to long-term entitlement program pressures (including Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid), given the proposed measures to reduce the structural deficit and the amount of increase in the debt limit; and (4) any proposal of the President to reduce the debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio, based on current trends, with the exclusion of extreme events (i.e. military, economic, and natural catastrophes); and 
 
a detailed report on the progress of implementing all such proposals.
 
 
Declares that this report shall only be delivered if a Secretary has already appeared at least once during any term of office for a particular President.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1788)
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Efficiency Act

Bill: 113-hr-3581
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Contracts and agency
Employment taxes
Licensing and registrations
Social security and elderly assistance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
User charges and fees
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Small Business Efficiency Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat professional employer organizations (PEOs), certified by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), as employers for employment tax purposes (thus allowing such PEOs to pay wages and collect and remit payroll taxes on behalf of an employer). 
 
Sets forth IRS certification requirements for PEOs, including financial review and reporting requirements. Requires a PEO to post a bond each year, up to $1 million, to guarantee payment of employment taxes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Walter Patterson and Werner Foerster Justice and Extradition Act

Bill: 113-hr-3585
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
International organizations and cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Walter Patterson and Werner Foerster Justice and Extradition Act - Directs the President to report annually to Congress regarding: (1) the number of fugitives and others residing in other countries for whom the United States is seeking extradition or rendition and a list of those countries; (2) U.S. diplomatic and other efforts to secure such fugitives' return; (3) the average length of time these cases have been outstanding; (4) the number of satisfactorily resolved cases; (5) factors that have been barriers to case resolution; and (6) information on the number of U.S. citizens whose extradition has been sought by other countries during the past five years, a list of those countries seeking extradition, and the outcomes of those requests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Citizen Involvement in Campaigns Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3586
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Citizen Involvement in Campaigns Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a $200 tax credit ($400 for joint returns) for contributions to a candidate for federal elective public office or to the national committee of a national political party; or (2) a tax deduction (available to taxpayers who do not itemize deductions) for such political contributions up to $600 ($1,200 for joint returns). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7336)
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Utility Energy Service Contracts Improvement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3587
Sponsor: Rep. Gardner, Cory [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Public utilities and utility rates
Service industries

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Utility Energy Service Contracts Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act, with respect to promotion of the conservation and efficient use of energy and water, and the use of renewable resources, by the federal government, to authorize each agency to use measures provided by law to meet energy efficiency and conservation mandates and laws, including through utility energy service contracts.
 
Authorizes such a contract to have a contract period that extends beyond 10 years, but prohibits such term from exceeding 25 years.
 
Requires the contract conditions to include requirements for measurement, verification, and performance assurances or guarantees of the savings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Eliminate the Commission to Nowhere Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3589
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alaska
Denali Commission
Executive agency funding and structure
Infrastructure development
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Eliminate the Commission to Nowhere Act of 2013 - Terminates the Denali Commission (established to provide an annual work plan for rural and infrastructure development and job training in Alaska) and repeals the Denali Commission Act of 1998.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Minority Diabetes Initiative Act

Bill: 113-hr-3591
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Minority Diabetes Initiative Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to public and nonprofit private health care providers to provide treatment for diabetes in minority communities. Requires the Secretary to ensure that such grants cover a variety of diabetes-related health care services, including routine care for diabetic patients, public education on diabetes prevention and control, eye care, foot care, and treatment for kidney disease and other complications of diabetes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Jobs Score Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3592
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget process
Economic performance and conditions
Employee hiring
Legislative rules and procedure
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Jobs Score Act of 2013 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis of any public bill or resolution reported from a congressional committee (except each chamber's Committee on Appropriations) to estimate the number of jobs which would be created, sustained, or lost in carrying out such measure in the fiscal year in which it is to become effective and in each of the four ensuing fiscal years, together with the basis for each such estimate.
 
Requires such analysis, to the extent practicable, to include regional and state-level estimates of such jobs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Death Benefit Elimination Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3594
Sponsor: Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Congressional Death Benefit Elimination Act of 2013 - Prohibits payment of death gratuities to surviving heirs of deceased Members of Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Show Your Exemption Act

Bill: 113-hr-3595
Sponsor: Rep. Cotton, Tom [R-AR-4]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Congressional leadership
Congressional officers and employees
Congressional operations and organization
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Show Your Exemption Act - Requires the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives and the Financial Clerk of the Senate to make publicly available the determinations of each Member of the House of Representatives and each Senator regarding the designation of their congressional staff (including leadership and committee staff) as &quot;official&quot; for purposes of requiring such staff to enroll in health insurance coverage provided through a health benefit exchange as required under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
 
Requires the failure to designate any staff as &quot;official&quot; to be noted in the determination along with a statement that such failure permits the staff involved to remain in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Start Healthy Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3596
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Start Healthy Act of 2013 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide: (1) mandatory coverage of qualified (uninsured) newborns, and (2) 100% federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for temporary coverage of such newborns.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Safety, Efficiency, and Accountability in Transportation Projects Through Public Inspection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3597
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Safety, Efficiency, and Accountability in Transportation Projects Through Public Inspection Act of 2013 - Requires public employees to perform construction inspections on all surface transportation projects receiving federal funding. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to permit insurers to offer catastrophic coverage plans to anyone, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-3598
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to consider catastrophic health plans to be providing essential health benefits by removing certain enrollment eligibility restrictions (concerning age, certification of exemption from the Internal Revenue Code requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage, and offering of the plan only in the individual market).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to payments to long-term care hospitals, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-3599
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in implementing special payment requirements for certain long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) and LTCH satellites under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, for a 12-month cost reporting period beginning on or after October 1, 2013, to continue the same 25% rule patient threshold payment adjustment and exemptions as were established for the 12-month cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2012, in the same manner as provided for in a specified rule published on August 31, 2012, regarding hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPSs) for acute care hospitals and theLTCH prospective payment system and FY2013 rates.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from applying such special payment requirements to certain grandfathered LTCHs which are subsection (d) hospitals.
 
(Generally, a subsection (d) hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under the Medicare IPPS when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)
 
Excludes from the calculation of such special payment requirements any Medicare beneficiaries who: (1) were inpatients in a subsection (d) hospital within one day before their admission to a LTCH which has an average inpatient length of stay of more than 25 days, and (2) had a stay of more than seven days in an intensive care unit.
 
Declares that, for discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2014, payments made to such hospitals at amounts comparable or equivalent to amounts payable to a subsection (d) hospital for short stay patients and under the 25% rule shall be at amounts not less than what would be paid to a subsection (d) hospital had it performed the same services. 
 
Declares that, for discharges occurring on or after enactment of this Act, in calculating the length of stay requirement applicable to a LTCH or satellite facility, the Secretary shall exclude any patient for whom payment is based on an amount comparable or equivalent to that payable to a subsection (d) hospital had such a hospital provided the same service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
GI Education Benefit Fairness Act

Bill: 113-hr-3600
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Family relationships
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
GI Education Benefit Fairness Act - Expands the definition of &quot;children,&quot; for purposes of provisions allowing members or former members of the uniformed services who served on active duty for specified periods beginning on or after September 11, 2001, to transfer their entitlement to educational assistance, to mean an unmarried person who: (1) is placed in the legal custody of a member or former member by court order for at least 12 consecutive months, (2) has not attained the age of 21, (3) has not attained the age of 23 and is enrolled in a full-time course of study at an institution of higher learning, (4) is incapable of self support due to a mental or physical incapacity that occurred while such person was a dependent of the member or former member, (5) is dependent on the member or former member for over one-half of his or her support, (6) resides with the member or former member unless separated due to military service or institutionalization for a disability or incapacitation, and (7) is not a dependent of a member or former member under any other provision defining dependent. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House