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Medicare Audiology Services Enhancement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2330
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2013-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: 
Medicare Audiology Services Enhancement Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) limit covered auditory services to only auditory treatment, vestibular treatment, and intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring services in addition to currently covered hearing and balance assessment services; (2) exclude inter-operative neurophysiological monitoring provided by a physician or qualified audiologist in hospitals from covered inpatient hospital services; (3) revise the requirements and procedure for payment of outpatient auditory services claims of service providers; (4) include audiology services under the limitation on certain physician referrals for designated health services; and (5) declare that nothing in such Act shall be construed to require a qualified audiologist to participate in Medicare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-06-12
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: 2013-06-12
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: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest System land in Pound, Virginia.

Bill: 113-hr-2331
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2013-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey to the Mullins and Sturgill Cemetery Association of Pound, Virginia, specified National Forest System land in the Jefferson National Forest in Wise County, Virginia, which contains the Cemetery as well as an easement to provide access to such land. 
 
Requires the Association to pay the Secretary cash consideration equal to the land's market value, which shall be deposited into the Treasury general fund for deficit reduction. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Adoption Tax Credit Tribal Parity Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2332
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2013-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Income tax credits
Indian social and development programs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: 
Adoption Tax Credit Tribal Parity Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow Indian tribes to make the determination that a child is a child with special needs for purposes of the adoption tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Next STEP Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2333
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2013-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Asia
China
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Government information and archives
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Rural conditions and development
Small business
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: 
Next STEP Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act to provide for the permanent establishment of the three-year pilot State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program originally established under the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010. 
 
Requires the Associate Administrator for International Trade within the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish and maintain a public website of information concerning the Program. Sets forth expanded reporting requirements.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in House
STEM 2 Act

Bill: 113-hr-2334
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2013-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Advisory bodies
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
Performance measurement
Rural conditions and development
School administration
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: 
STEM Support for Teachers in Education and Mentoring (STEM) Act or the STEM 2 Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award competitive planning grants to states, Indian tribes or tribal organizations, nonprofit organizations, or institutions of higher education (IHEs) to develop effective state or tribal science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) networks that coordinate STEM education efforts by: (1) facilitating communication and collaboration among public and private STEM stakeholders, and (2) identifying STEM occupational skills needed in the future.
 
Directs the Secretary to award competitive grants to states, Indian tribes or tribal organizations, local educational agencies (LEAs), IHEs, or nonprofit organizations to develop, implement, and evaluate STEM education training programs for teachers and administrators in elementary, middle, and secondary schools and for preservice teachers in postsecondary schools.
 
Requires the Secretary to award competitive grants to states, Indian tribes or tribal organizations, LEAs, public charter schools, IHEs, or nonprofit organizations to support curriculum development, assessments, or related activities that enable states to adopt new mathematics and science academic standards. 
 
Requires the Secretary to establish a national panel to identify and recommend the most effective STEM curricula models for kindergarten through grade 12.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Pay Your Bills or Lose Your Pay Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2335
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2013-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: 
Pay Your Bills or Lose Your Pay Act of 2013 - Requires the appropriate payroll administrator of each house of Congress to deposit in an escrow account all mandatory payments for compensation of Members of Congress serving in that house during a specified period beginning when the federal government is unable to make payments or meet obligations because the public debt has been reached. Requires release of such payments to those Members only upon the earlier of: (1) the date on which both chambers present a bill to the President to increase the public debt, or (2) the last day of the 113th Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E850-851)
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey lands of the former Fort Bayard Military Reservation in Grant County, New Mexico, to the village of Santa Clara, the city of Bayard, or the county of Grant in that State, in tracts of not less than 40 acres, and at market price at its present state of use as agricultural grazing lands as determined by the Secretary, for business and community development, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-2336
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2013-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Mining
New Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey at current state of agricultural use market prices specified lands formerly part of the Fort Bayard Military Reservation, Grant County, New Mexico, to the Village of Santa Clara, the City of Bayard, and Grant County, New Mexico, in tracts of not less than 40 acres, for business and community development.
 
Requires approval of all parties for any such conveyance.
 
Provides that the Secretary shall be responsible for the costs and recovery of any historic or prehistoric cultural properties located on such lands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Affordable Housing Regulation Simplification Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2339
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2013-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Department of Commerce
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federally chartered organizations
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Housing supply and affordability
Low- and moderate-income housing
Securities
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: 
Affordable Housing Regulation Simplification Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to authorize the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to authorize the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), to purchase, service, sell, lend on the security of, and otherwise deal in affordable workforce housing mortgages for one-family residences: (1) that shall be used as the mortgagor's residence at least 8 of any 12 months and 240 days of any 365 days; (2) located within, or are part of, a multifamily housing development meeting certain requirements, (3) is subject to certain resale restrictions; and (4) is located in a high tourism area.
 
Prescribes mortgagor income and employment criteria.
 
Exempts such mortgages from any requirements and guidelines of such government sponsored entities (also known as GSEs) that are inconsistent with such authority. 
 
Limits the application of this Act to such mortgages in a high tourism area.
 
Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to insure any affordable workforce housing mortgage meeting certain requirements.
 
Requires the Secretary of HUD to provide a spot approval process for insurance of condominium unit mortgages that does not require prior approval of the entire project or of the homeowners association for the entire project.
 
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) determine high tourism areas; and (2) reassess and update such designation on a biennial basis


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2013-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in House
State Ethics Law Protection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2340
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2013-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Public contracts and procurement
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: 
State Ethics Law Protection Act of 2013 - Considers a state transportation department not to have violated federal contract requirements for the construction of a federal-aid highway project solely because the state in which the department is located, or a local government within that state, has in effect a law or order that limits the amount of money an individual or entity doing business with a state or local agency with respect to such a project may contribute to a political party, campaign, or elected official (pay to play).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3292-3293)
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Pension Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-2341
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2013-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: 
 Veterans Pension Protection Act - Provides that if a veteran eligible for a pension for service or for a non-service-connected disability, or the spouse of such veteran, disposes of a resource that was part of such veteran's estate for less than its fair market value within three years before applying for such pension, then the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) shall deny or discontinue the pension payment for months beginning on the date of such disposition and ending when the uncompensated value of such resource is reached. Provides the same denial or discontinuance in the case of a veteran eligible for an increased pension payment on account of a child, unless the Secretary determines that such denial or discontinuance would work an undue hardship.
 
Applies the same denial or discontinuance, with the same undue hardship exception, in the case of: (1) a veteran's surviving spouse who disposes of a covered resource for less than fair market value within such period, and (2) an increased pension for such spouse on account of a child.
 
Requires the Secretary, at the time a veteran, surviving spouse, or child applies for such a pension, to: (1) inform the individual of such requirements, and (2) obtain information to determine whether a period of ineligibility for such payments will be required.
 
Requires annual reports from the Secretary, through 2018, on the administration of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in House
CARE Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2342
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40]
Introduced: 2013-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Crimes against children
Department of Labor
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Labor standards
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Worker safety and health
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: 
Children's Act for Responsible Employment of 2013 or CARE Act of 2013 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to define &quot;oppressive child labor,&quot; for purposes of the Act's child labor prohibitions, as the employment of any employee who is: (1) 16 or 17 in any occupation found by the Secretary of Labor to be particularly hazardous for their employment or detrimental to their health or well-being; (2) 14 or 15, unless the employment is confined to periods which do not interfere with the employee's schooling, health, or well-being; or (3) under 14.
 
Revises the Act's exemptions to make the restrictions on oppressive child labor inapplicable to the following: (1) employment in agriculture of an employee under age 18 by his or her parent, or by a person standing in the place of the parent, on a farm owned by the parent or person (current law uses an age- and consent-based scheme); and (2) employment of an employee under age 16 by a parent, or a person standing in place of a parent, other than in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or any other employment the Secretary finds to be particularly hazardous for the employment of children age 16 or 17 or detrimental to their health or well-being. (Current law applies the child labor restrictions to particularly hazardous agricultural employment, except where the child is employed by a parent or a person standing in place of the parent on a farm owned or operated by such person). 

Eliminates any waiver of such prohibitions for hand-harvesting of certain crops.
 
Increases civil and establishes criminal penalties for child labor violations.
 
Directs the Secretary to revise federal child labor regulations to prohibit the employment of children under age 18 in duties involving the handling of pesticides.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3295-3296)
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Food Financing Initiative

Bill: 113-hr-2343
Sponsor: Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2013-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Government lending and loan guarantees
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation
Retail and wholesale trades
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: 
Healthy Food Financing Initiative - Amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish an initiative to improve access to healthy foods in underserved areas, create and preserve quality jobs, and revitalize low-income communities by providing loans and grants to eligible fresh food retailers to overcome the higher costs and initial entry barriers in underserved areas.
 
Provides that funds shall be used to: (1) create revolving loan pools of capital and provide grants to finance eligible projects or partnerships, and (2) provide technical assistance and limited administrative expenses.
 
Requires projects to accept SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in House
TBI Treatment Act

Bill: 113-hr-2344
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2013-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Hospital care
Mental health
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: 
TBI Treatment Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to carry out a five-year pilot program to establish a process for providing payments to health care facilities for investigational treatments of traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder received by members of the Armed Forces in facilities other than military treatment facilities. Subjects such payments to specified conditions, including approval of the treatment by the Secretary and demonstrated improvement by the patient. 
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop and maintain a database containing data from each patient case involving the use of such treatments, (2) establish a process to notify members of the Armed Forces of the opportunity to receive such treatments, and (3) report annually to Congress on the implementation of this Act and any available results of investigational treatment studies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E894-895)
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in House