hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Sensible Accounting to Value Energy Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1106
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2013-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy prices
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership
Public utilities and utility rates
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: 
Sensible Accounting to Value Energy Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to develop and issue guidelines for all federal mortgage agencies (including the Federal National Mortgage Association [Fannie Mae], the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation [Freddie Mac], and any affiliates) to implement enhanced loan eligibility requirements, for use when testing the ability of a loan applicant to repay a covered loan, that account for the expected energy cost savings for a loan applicant at a subject property. 
 
Directs the Secretary to issue guidelines for how covered agencies shall determine: (1) the maximum permitted loan amount based on the value of the property for all covered loans made on properties with an energy efficiency report, and (2) the estimated energy savings for properties with such a report.
 
Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to require standards for the performance of real estate appraisals in connection with federally related transactions to require at a minimum that state certified and licensed appraisers have timely access, where practicable, to information from the property owner and the lender that may be relevant in developing an opinion of value regarding the energy- and water-saving improvements or features of a property.
 
Applies the requirement of state certified appraisers to transactions involving any real property on which the appraiser makes adjustments using an energy efficiency report.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory group on the implementation of the enhanced energy efficiency underwriting criteria established in this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-07
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-466.
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Early Intervention for Graduation Success Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1109
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2013-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Performance measurement
Preschool education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: 
Early Intervention for Graduation Success Act of 2013 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise provisions concerning programs to reduce school dropout rates and increase school reentry and secondary school graduation rates. 
 
Replaces the existing grant program with an early intervention for graduation success program awarding competitive, renewable, five-year early intervention grants to states and, through them, subgrants to partnerships between local educational agencies and early childhood education providers that serve a high percentage of students who bear the risk factors for dropping out of school.
 
Requires state grantees to: (1) create and periodically update a research-based plan that addresses the factors associated with the risk of not graduating from high school; (2) provide technical assistance to subgrantees; and (3) assist subgrantees in accessing data from appropriate state agencies to identify and direct effective services to children, from birth through elementary school, who are at risk of not graduating from high school.
 
Permits states to use grant funds to: (1) provide tuition assistance to students who agree to teach in an early childhood education program, (2) increase and monitor the quality of early childhood education, (3) design and implement a progression of aligned performance standards across all domains of learning from prekindergarten through postsecondary education, and (4) expand access to high-quality early childhood education for children most at risk of low proficiency in school.
 
Requires subgrantees to: (1) use the data relevant to risk factors for non-graduation a made available by state agencies and other sources to implement research-based, individualized interventions for at-risk students; (2) develop and implement individual learning plans for each at-risk early childhood, elementary, and secondary school student; (3) provide teacher training; (4) integrate community and family support services; and (5) foster students' high expectations and improve their chances for academic success.
 
Authorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4401-4402)
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide professional development for elementary school principals in early childhood education and development.

Bill: 113-s-1113
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]
Introduced: 2013-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child care and development
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Performance measurement
Preschool education
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to partnerships to: (1) provide high quality professional development to elementary school principals in early childhood education and development; (2) gain a knowledge base and capacity to provide high quality early childhood education; and (3) collaborate with early childhood education providers, services providers, and families in creating a continuum of high quality development and learning for children in the community and school settings.
 
Requires each partnership to consist of: (1) a public or private entity experienced in training elementary school principals, (2) at least one public agency, and (3) at least one early childhood education organization that trains early childhood education providers.
 
Requires grantees to conduct an ongoing evaluation of the effectiveness of their grant-funded programs and activities.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a panel of leading experts in elementary and early childhood education to: (1) identify the best practices in professional development for elementary school principals in early childhood education, (2) review the effective coordination of such training among this Act's grantees, and (3) disseminate the latest research and findings regarding such training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Fallen Firefighters Assistance Tax Clarification Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1115
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
New York State
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: 
Fallen Firefighters Assistance Tax Clarification Act of 2013 - Treats payments made on or after December 24, 2012, and before December 31, 2013, by a tax-exempt organization on behalf of any firefighter who died or was injured as a result of the ambush of firefighters responding to an emergency on December 24, 2012, in Webster, New York, as related to the purpose or function forming the basis of such organization's tax-exempt status, if such payments are made in good faith using a reasonable and objective formula which is consistently applied. 
 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1116
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commuting
Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Income tax exclusion
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: 
Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to equalize and increase to $245, with a cost-of-living adjustment after 2013, the tax exclusion for both transportation and parking fringe benefits. 
 
Authorizes agencies to establish a program involving such benefits in lieu of transit passes to encourage commuting by federal employees by means other than single-occupancy motor vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Reengaging Americans in Serious Education by Uniting Programs Act

Bill: 113-s-1117
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2013-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: 
Reengaging Americans in Serious Education by Uniting Programs Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to award competitive, renewable, five-year grants to eligible partnerships to assist them in providing disconnected youth with the support needed to: (1) attain a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent; (2) attain a postsecondary credential, including those offered by institutions of higher education, industry groups, or registered apprenticeship programs; and (3) secure and succeed in a family-supporting career. 
 
Requires each eligible partnership to consist of entities or individuals qualified to represent the community assisted, including: (1) the head of the local government, (2) a local educational agency, (3) a local workforce system, (4) a representative from certain state and local service agencies serving young people, (5) an institution of higher education, (6) a representative of a community-based organization, (7) a representative from business or industry, (8) a representative with expertise in labor management relations, and (9) a disconnected youth and his or her caregivers.
 
Requires grantees to award subgrants and contracts to community-based organizations and other entities for the provision of a comprehensive array of coordinated services to disconnected youth that include workforce preparation, education support, and youth support services.
 
Directs the Secretary to award planning grants to eligible partnerships to enable them to submit competitive applications for grants to support disconnected youth.
 
Establishes an accountability system for measuring the performance of each grantee against specified interim, transitional, and long-term indicators of success.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) award a grant or contract to an entity outside the Department of Labor for an evaluation of grant-assisted activities; (2) disseminate best practices that emerge from the partnership grant program; and (3) provide training, technical assistance, and professional development for organizations serving disconnected youth, including organizations that do not receive funding under this Act.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Positive Aging Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1119
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2013-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aging
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Home and outpatient care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: 
Positive Aging Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to public and private nonprofit entities to: (1) demonstrate ways of integrating mental health services for older adults into primary care settings, and (2) support the establishment and maintenance of interdisciplinary geriatric mental health outreach teams in community settings where older adults reside or receive social services.
 
Requires the Director of the Center for Mental Health Services to designate a Deputy Director for Older Adult Mental Health Services to develop and implement initiatives to address the mental health needs of older adults.
 
Includes representatives of older adults or their families and geriatric mental health professionals on the Advisory Council for the Center.
 
Directs the Secretary to give special consideration to providing treatment for older adults with substance abuse disorders when developing program priorities for addressing priority substance abuse treatment needs of regional and national significance.
 
Requires state plans for community mental health services grants to describe: (1) the state's outreach to, and services for, older individuals, individuals who are homeless, and individuals living in rural areas; and (2) how community-based services will be provided to these individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4023)
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act

Bill: 113-s-1120
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2013-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
General public lands matters
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Temporary and part-time employment

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: 
Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act - Makes an employee of a land management agency who served under a time-limited appointment in the competitive service eligible to compete for a permanent appointment in the agency if the original appointment was competitive, totaled a period of at least 24 months, and the employee's performance was at an acceptable level. Requires such an employee's appointment to a full-time position, if such a position is offered and the employee agrees to such employment, if the original position stated that there was the potential for the position to become permanent. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Fourth Amendment Restoration Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1121
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2013-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: 
Fourth Amendment Restoration Act of 2013 - Provides that the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution shall not be construed to allow any U.S. government agency to search the phone records of Americans without a warrant based on probable cause.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 83.
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Neighborhood Safety Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1122
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2013-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government trust funds
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: 
Neighborhood Safety Act of 2013 - Authorizes the use of any amounts of assistance allocated for or provided to a state or state agency through the Hardest Hit Fund program to demolish blighted structures. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
BPA in Food Packaging Right to Know Act

Bill: 113-s-1124
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2013-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aging
Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: 
BPA in Food Packaging Right to Know Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) issue a revised safety assessment for food containers composed of bisphenol A (BPA), taking into consideration different types of such containers and the use of such containers with respect to different foods; and (2) determine whether there is a reasonable certainty that no harm will result from aggregate exposure to BPA through food containers or other items composed of BPA, taking into consideration potential adverse effects from low-dose exposure and the effects of exposure on vulnerable populations, including pregnant women, infants, children, the elderly, and populations with high exposure to BPA.
 
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem a food to be misbranded if its container is composed in whole or in part of BPA, unless the label includes the following statement: &quot;This food packaging contains BPA, an endocrine-disrupting chemical.&quot;

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Working to Address Treaty Enforcement Rapidly for Texas Act

Bill: 113-s-1125
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2013-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Mexico
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: 
Working to Address Treaty Enforcement Rapidly for Texas Act - Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) report quarterly to Congress describing efforts by Mexico to meet the treaty obligations of Mexico to deliver water to the Rio Grande, in accordance with the 1944 treaty between the United States and Mexico entitled &quot;Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande&quot;; and (2) report annually to Congress describing the benefits to the United States of the 2012 document entitled &quot;Interim International Cooperative Measures in the Colorado River Basin through 2017 and Extension of Minute 318 Cooperative Measures to Address the Continued Effects of the April 2010 Earthquake in the Mexicali Valley, Baja California.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4060)
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4059-4060)
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Prescribe A Book Act

Bill: 113-s-1126
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2013-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Books and print media
Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Language arts
Preschool education
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: 
Prescribe A Book Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to nonprofit organizations for the implementation of Pediatric Early Literacy Programs, through which: (1) health care providers encourage parents to read aloud to their children and offer parents developmentally appropriate recommendations and strategies for doing so; (2) health care providers give each visiting child between the ages of six months and five years a new, developmentally appropriate children's book to take home and keep; and (3) volunteers in health care facility waiting areas read to children and show parents the techniques and pleasures of sharing books.
 
Requires that the books provided to children under the programs be obtained at a discount.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4060-4061)
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
SKILLS Act

Bill: 113-s-1127
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2013-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Libraries and archives
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: 
Strengthening Kids' Interest in Learning and Libraries Act or the SKILLS Act - Amends part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to require the inclusion of effective school library programs in school improvement programs.
 
Defines an &quot;effective school library program&quot; as one that: (1) is staffed by a state sanctioned school librarian; (2) has up-to-date materials and technology, including broadband; (3) includes regular collaboration between teachers and school librarians concerning school reform efforts; and (4) supports the development of digital literacy skills.
 
Replaces the existing program under subpart 4 (Improving Literacy Through School Libraries) of part B of title I of the ESEA with a new program (Improving Literacy and College and Career Readiness Through Effective School Library Programs) awarding competitive three-year grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to develop and enhance effective school library programs. Makes LEAs eligible for such grants only if at least 20% of their students are impoverished.
 
Amends part A (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund) of title II of the ESEA to rename part A the Teacher, School Librarian, and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund. Requires states and LEAs to use funds under the program to train school librarians, and recruit and retain highly effective school librarians.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4060-4061)
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate