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Early Childhood Education Professional Improvement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3357
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2013-10-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Higher education
Preschool education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-28
text: 
Early Childhood Education Professional Improvement Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to states to: 
 
 
 provide scholarships that enable preschool teachers employed in an early childhood education program to pursue a bachelor's degree in early childhood education or a closely related field; 
 
 support preschool teachers employed in an early childhood education program to attain a credential, licensure, or endorsement that demonstrates competence in early childhood education if their bachelor's degree is not in that or a closely related field; 
 
 increase the compensation of teachers who are making progress toward a degree in early childhood education or who have attained that degree; and 
 
provide ongoing professional development opportunities to preschool teachers and teacher assistants employed in an early childhood education program.
 
 
Requires each state that desires a grant to include a description of its comprehensive early childhood professional development system in its application.
 
Requires grant recipients to maintain their fiscal effort for the activities supported by the grant funds for a fiscal year at levels equal to or greater than their fiscal effort for such activities during the preceding fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6915)
action_date: 2013-10-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-10-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-28
text: Introduced in House
Fairness for Individuals Using Exchange Websites Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3358
Sponsor: Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2013-10-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-28
text: 
Fairness for Individuals Using Exchange Websites Act of 2013 - Requires the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to certify the website of a health care exchange once it is determined, based upon criteria specified by the Comptroller General (GAO) after enactment of this Act, to be fully functional for the purpose of enrollment in qualified health plans.
 
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require an exchange for which the website is certified under this Act after December 31, 2013, to provide a special enrollment period of at least three months after the date of certification. 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the penalty for failure to maintain minimum essential coverage, to exempt: (1) individuals residing in states for which an exchange is uncertified, and (2) individuals residing in states with websites certified after December 31, 2013, for months during the special enrollment period.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-10-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-10-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-10-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-28
text: Introduced in House
Delay Until Fully Functional Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3359
Sponsor: Rep. Radel, Trey [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2013-10-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Sales and excise taxes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-28
text: 
Delay Until Fully Functional Act of 2013 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Comptroller General (GAO) to: (1) determine whether health care exchanges and all other point of enrollment options are fully functional and operating in a manner consistent with the role envisioned under the Act and report study results to Congress, and (2) conduct subsequent studies every 60 days until the Comptroller General determines that exchanges are fully functional and operating in such manner.
 
 Delays the effective date of the penalty for failure to maintain minimum essential coverage to apply the requirements to taxable years beginning six months after the date on which the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) certifies to Congress the results of the GAO determination that exchanges are operating successfully.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the penalty an individual who is unable to enroll in a qualified health plan because of the technical or customer service issues of an exchange.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-10-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-10-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-10-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-28
text: Introduced in House
To reform Article 32 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice to specify the burden of proof applicable at the investigative hearing, the required qualifications for the investigating officer, the permitted scope of the investigation to assist the convening authority, and the protection of witnesses, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-3360
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2013-10-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Evidence and witnesses
Military law

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-28
text: 
Revises provisions concerning pre-trial investigations of charges and specifications under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to limit such investigation to a determination of whether there is probable cause to believe that the accused committed the specified offense, consideration of the form of charges, and the recommended disposition. Prohibits the purpose of the investigation to be to serve as a discovery tool for the accused. Requires an experienced judge advocate to conduct the investigation, or, in the alternative, to serve as legal advisor to an investigating officer who is not a judge advocate.
 
Requires the accused, prior to the investigation, to be provided: (1) any sworn or signed statement relating to the offense that is in the government's possession; (2) an opportunity to inspect any books, papers, documents, photographs, objects, buildings, places, or scientific tests or experiments that are in the possession, custody, or control of military authorities and are intended to be used as evidence against the accused; and (3) any evidence known to the government counsel that reasonably tends to negate or reduce the guilt of the accused.
 
Requires a complaining witness involved in such investigation to be given the opportunity, but not be required, to testify.
 
Eliminates the accused's right to a reinvestigation of charges upon demand.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-10-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-10-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-28
text: Introduced in House
Small Airplane Revitalization Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3363
Sponsor: Rep. Pompeo, Mike [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2013-10-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Intellectual property
Licensing and registrations
Technology transfer and commercialization
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: 
Small Airplane Revitalization Act of 2013 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue a final rule to advance the safety and continued development of small airplanes by reorganizing the certification requirements to streamline the approval of safety advancements. 
 
Requires the final rule to meet certain consensus-based standards and FAA Part 23 Reorganization Aviation Rulemaking Committee objectives, including: (1) establishment of a regulatory regime for small airplane safety; (2) the establishment of broad, outcome-driven objectives that will spur small plane innovation and technology adoption; (3) the replacement of current, prescriptive requirements under Part 23 with performance-based regulations; and (4) the use of FAA-accepted consensus standards to clarify how Part 23 safety objectives may be met using specific small plane safety designs and technologies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: Introduced in House
To authorize and request the President to issue a posthumous commission in the regular Army to Milton Holland, who, while sergeant major of the 5th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry, was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Civil War.

Bill: 113-hr-3364
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2013-10-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: 
Authorizes and requests the President to issue a posthumous commission in the grade of captain in the regular Army to Milton Holland, who, while a sergeant major of the 5th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry, was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Civil War.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: Introduced in House
Defending Rural Access to Long Term Acute Care Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3365
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2013-10-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: 
Defending Rural Access to Long Term Acute Care Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from applying to certain long-term care (LTC) hospitals operating in a single-hospital metropolitan statistical area (MSA) special (Medicare threshold) payment (adjustment) policies and regulations for: (1) LTC hospitals within hospitals and satellites of LTC hospitals, or (2) any such LTC hospitals and satellites that discharged patients under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act who were admitted from a hospital not located in the same building or on the same campus as the LTC hospital or satellite.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 9010 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to delay the application of the health insurance provider annual fee until 2016 and to provide a process to return to consumers any amounts attributable to the expected application of the annual fee to 2014 or 2015.

Bill: 113-hr-3367
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2013-10-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Comprehensive health care
Consumer affairs
Department of the Treasury
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Insurance industry and regulation
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: 
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to delay until 2016 the imposition of the annual fee on health insurance providers.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to issue guidance directing covered entities to return any amounts collected from consumers or other sources that were attributed to the annual fee that was scheduled to be imposed for 2014 and 2015.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-10-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-10-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Day Off Act

Bill: 113-hr-3368
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2013-10-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Commemorative events and holidays
Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: 
Veterans Day Off Act - Entitles veterans who have been employed by an employer for at least 12 months, except those employed by a public agency, to leave from such employer on Veterans Day upon request if such veteran would otherwise be required to work on Veterans Day. Authorizes employers who employ 50 or more employees to deny leave if providing leave to veterans would negatively impact public health or safety or cause the employer significant economic or operational disruption.
 
Authorizes leave granted to consist of unpaid leave. Authorizes an employee to elect, or an employer to require the employee, to substitute accrued paid vacation leave or personal leave for leave provided under this Act.
 
Prohibits: (1) such employers from interfering with, restraining, or denying the taking of any leave provided under this Act; (2) such employers from discharging or discriminating against individuals for opposing practices made unlawful by this Act; and (3) any person from discharging or discriminating against individuals for filing any charge or instituting any proceeding under this Act, giving any information in connection with inquiries or proceedings relating to such leave, or testifying in inquiries or proceedings related to such leave.
 
Gives the Secretary of Labor investigative authority with respect to the provisions of this Act in the same manner and under the same terms and conditions as the investigative authority provided under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
 
 
Requires such employers to post in conspicuous places on their premises a notice with information pertaining to the filing of a charge under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: Introduced in House
Hmong Veterans' Service Recognition Act

Bill: 113-hr-3369
Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2013-10-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Cemeteries and funerals
Conflicts and wars
Laos
Military personnel and dependents
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: 
Hmong Veterans' Service Recognition Act - Authorizes burial in any open national cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration of the remains of any individual: (1) who was naturalized pursuant to the Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000 and who resided in the United States at the time of death; or (2) who the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) determines served with a special guerrilla unit or irregular forces operating from a base in Laos in support of the U.S. Armed Forces between February 28, 1961, and May 7, 1975, and who, at the time of death, resided in the United States and was a U.S. citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: Introduced in House
State Loan Access and Student Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-3371
Sponsor: Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2013-10-29 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: 
State Loan Access and Student Protection Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to exempt certain state education loans from the requirement that when an institution of higher education (IHE) recommends, promotes, or endorses such loans, there need to be at least two unaffiliated lenders of those loans on the school's preferred lender list.
 
Conditions that exemption on the IHE:
 
 
only recommending, promoting, or endorsing such loans by providing students and families with information about the loans and providing financial aid packages that include such loans to students who have previously been awarded such loans;
 
using a form, to be developed by the Secretary of Education, to disclose the terms and conditions of such loans to borrowers and compare them to the terms and conditions of Direct loans under part D (William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program) of title IV;
 
placing such loans on their preferred list only if the loans' terms and conditions are at least as favorable as the terms and conditions on Direct loans; and 
 
prominently disclosing to borrowers the methods and criteria it used in deciding to recommend, promote, or endorse such loans.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: Introduced in House
Pay Our Bills Act

Bill: 113-hr-3372
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2013-10-29 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: 
Pay Our Bills Act - Authorizes an extension of the presidential authority to modify the public debt ceiling (subject to enactment of a congressional joint resolution of disapproval).
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to borrow an additional amount required to meet existing commitments if the President certifies to Congress that the public debt is within $100 billion of the current limit and that further borrowing is required. (The debt limit was $16.699 trillion before its suspension in the Continuing Appropriations Act, FY2014 [P.L. 113-46].)
 
Authorizes Congress to use current requirements for expedited consideration of the joint resolution. Increases the debt limit by the certified amount if the time for disaproval has lapsed without enactment of the joint resolution.
 
Suspends the debt limit for the period beginning on the date on which the President submits such a certification to Congress and ending on the earlier of:
 
 
15 calendar days after Congress receives the certification, or
 
enactment of a joint resolution disapproving the President's exercise of authority for the debt limit under that certification.
 
 
Increases the debt limit, effective on the day after the certification is submitted, to the extent that:
 
 
 the face amount of public debt obligations and those whose principal and interest are guaranteed by the U.S. government (except guaranteed obligations held by the Secretary) outstanding on the day after such date exceeds
 
 the face amount of such obligations outstanding on the date the President certifies Congress.
 
 
 Excludes from such formula any obligation whose issuance was not necessary to fund a commitment that required payment before the day after the certification is submitted to Congress.
 
Prohibits the debt limit from being increased if a joint resolution of disapproval is enacted within 15 days after receipt by Congress (in session or not) of a presidential certification that the public debt is within $100 billion of the current limit.
 
Provides for expedited consideration of such a joint resolution in the House and Senate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-10-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-10-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-29
text: Introduced in House