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Affordable Care Accountability Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1912
Sponsor: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2013-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Members of Congress
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: 
Affordable Care Accountability Act of 2013 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to require any employer contribution made on behalf of the President, Vice President, or any political appointee to be paid only to the issuer of a plan through an American Health Benefit Exchange (a state health insurance exchange created under PPACA), and not through the federal employees health benefit program. (Currently, this requirement applies to Members of Congress and congressional staff.)
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and 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: 2013-05-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and 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: 2013-05-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and 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: 2013-05-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2538)
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in House
APPS Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1913
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2013-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: 
Application Privacy, Protection, and Security Act of 2013 or the APPS Act of 2013 - Directs mobile device application developers, before the application collects personal data about the user, to notify the user and obtain the user's consent regarding the terms and conditions governing the collection, use, storage, and sharing of such personal data.
 
Excludes from such notice and consent requirements any "de-identified data" that cannot reasonably be used to identify or infer information about, or otherwise be linked to, a particular individual or mobile device, as determined with a reasonable level of justified confidence based on the available methods and technologies, the nature of the data at issue, and the purposes for which the data will be used. 
 
Requires developers to: (1) provide users with a method to withdraw such consent and to request that the developer delete personal data or refrain from further data collection or sharing, and (2) take measures to prevent unauthorized access to personal and de-identified data.
 
Requires violations to be treated as unfair or deceptive acts or practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act.
 
Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate regulations to implement and enforce this Act. 
 
Authorizes states to bring civil actions in federal court on behalf of affected state residents.
 
Declares that nothing in this Act prohibits a developer from disclosing or preserving personal data or de-identified data as required by other federal laws or, except when superceded by this Act, the laws of a state or political subdivision, including court orders.
 
Permits a developer to satisfy the requirements of this Act by adopting and following a code of conduct for consumer data privacy that: (1) was developed in a multistakeholder process convened by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), as described in the document issued by the President on February 23, 2012, entitled Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World: A Framework for Protecting Privacy and Promoting Innovation in the Global Digital Economy; and (2) is approved pursuant to FTC regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2558)
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Victims of Stalking Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1914
Sponsor: Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2013-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Domestic violence and child abuse
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: 
Preventing Victims of Stalking Act of 2013 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit the sale or other disposition of a firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person: (1) is subject to a court order that restrains the person from harassing, stalking, or threatening any individual (currently, an intimate partner of such person or child of such partner or person), or engaging in other conduct that would place any individual in reasonable fear of bodily injury; or (2) has been convicted in any court of stalking. Prohibits any such person from shipping or transporting any firearm or ammunition in interstate commerce, possessing any firearm or ammunition in or affecting commerce, or receiving any firearm or ammunition which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E634)
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in House
GEDI Act

Bill: 113-hr-1915
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2013-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: 
Gestational Diabetes Act of 2013 or the GEDI Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a multisite gestational diabetes research project within the diabetes program of the CDC to expand and enhance surveillance data and public health research on gestational diabetes. 
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to expand and intensify public health research on gestational diabetes, including; (1) developing and testing novel approaches for improving postpartum testing or screening and for preventing type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes, and (2) conducting research to further understanding of the factors and health systems that influence the risk of gestational diabetes and the development of type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes. 
 
Requires the Director to: (1) award grants for demonstration projects to reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes, the recurrence of such disease in subsequent pregnancies, and the development of type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes; and (2) work with state and Indian tribal-based diabetes prevention and control programs assisted by the CDC to encourage postpartum follow-up after gestational diabetes to reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes and its recurrence, the development of type 2 diabetes in at-risk women, and related complications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in House
TRADE for Small Businesses and Jobs Act

Bill: 113-hr-1916
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2013-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Government information and archives
Tariffs
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: 
Transparent Rules Allow Direct Exporting for Small Businesses and Jobs Act or TRADE for Small Businesses and Jobs Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to collect information on changes in foreign tariff and non-tariff laws, regulations, and practices affecting exports of U.S. goods and services other than U.S. agricultural commodities. Requires the Secretary to make such information available to U.S. exporters on the Export.gov website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Brewers Excise and Economic Relief Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1918
Sponsor: Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-3]
Introduced: 2013-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Food industry and services
Sales and excise taxes
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: 
Brewers Excise and Economic Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reduce from $18 to $9 (the pre-1991 level) the per-barrel tax on beer; and (2) further reduce the rate of such tax on brewers who produce not more than 2 million barrels of beer during the calendar year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in House
DSH Reduction Relief Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1920
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2013-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medicaid
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: 
DSH Reduction Relief Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to delay from FY2014 to FY2016 commencement of the period during which the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) is required to pay to any &quot;subsection (d) hospital&quot;: (1) 25% of the amount of the disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payment that would otherwise be made to it for the fiscal year, plus (2) an additional payment amount according to a specified formula. 
 
(Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system [IPPS] when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)
 
Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to delay from the beginning of FY2014 until the beginning of FY2016 (and so eliminate for FY2014 and FY2015) aggregate reductions in DSH allotments for all states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-05-09
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: 2013-05-09
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: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1921
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2013-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative and renewable resources
Business records
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Oil and gas
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: 
Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2013 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to repeal the exemption from restrictions on underground injection of fluids or propping agents granted to hydraulic fracturing operations related to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities under such Act. 
 
Requires: (1) state underground injection programs to direct a person conducting hydraulic fracturing operations to disclose to the state (or the Administrator if the Administrator has primary enforcement responsibility in such state) the chemicals intended for use in underground injections prior to the commencement of such operations and the chemicals actually used after the end of such operations, and (2) a state or the Administrator to make such disclosure available to the public.
 
Requires a person conducting hydraulic fracturing operations, when a medical emergency exists and the proprietary chemical formula of a chemical used in such operations is necessary for medical treatment, to disclose such formula or the specific chemical identity of a trade secret chemical to the state, the Administrator, or the treating physician or nurse upon request, regardless of whether a written statement of need or a confidentiality agreement has been provided. Authorizes such person to require a written statement of need and a confidentiality agreement as soon thereafter as circumstances permit.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the eligibility of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for designation for participation in the visa waiver program for certain visitors to the United States.

Bill: 113-hr-1923
Sponsor: Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2013-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Asia
China
Hong Kong
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China (PRC) eligible for designation as a visa waiver program country.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in House
Access to Education and Training Act

Bill: 113-hr-1924
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2013-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: 
Access to Education and Training Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow the Secretary of Education to award a student two Pell Grants during a single award year if the student is enrolled in an associate or baccalaureate degree or certificate program at an institution of higher education on at least a half-time basis for the equivalent of more than one academic year or more than two semesters during the Pell Grant award year.
 
Permits the total amount of Pell Grants awarded to such a student for the award year to exceed the maximum basic grant level specified in the appropriate appropriations Act for that award year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2525)
Child Care Criminal Background Check Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1925
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2013-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Crime prevention
Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Domestic violence and child abuse
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: 
Child Care Criminal Background Check Act of 2013 - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require a state child care services plan to certify that the state will require child care providers that are licensed by the state or that receive funds under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program to obtain a comprehensive criminal background check of each individual who provides child care services, each applicant selected for employment before providing such services, and each family child care provider who provides or applies to provide such services and to refuse to employ, or continue to employ, an individual to provide such services: (1) if such individual was convicted of a crime of violence or a crime against children; (2) to an eligible child without the supervision of an employee whose criminal background check satisfies requirements, pending receipt of such individual's background check; and (3) to an eligible child for a period exceeding 90 days with the supervision of an employee whose criminal background check satisfies requirements, pending receipt of such individual's background check. Requires a state child care services plan to also certify that the state will carry out a comprehensive criminal background check of an employee or applicant of such a child care provider as soon as practicable after the provider's request and make the results available to such provider, employee, and applicant. 
 
Requires the state to certify that: (1) each eligible child care provider (with an exception related to child care provided by a relative) that is licensed by the state will be inspected at least at 3-month intervals; and (2) each such provider that receives funds under the Program will receive not less than 40 hours of training provided by an entity recognized by the state and 24 hours of training annually that includes CPR, first aid, recognizing child abuse, basic safety and health, and child behavior and development.
 
Reduces by 10% allotments to states that fail to comply with the requirements of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in House
State Trade Coordination Act

Bill: 113-hr-1926
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2013-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
Intergovernmental relations
Performance measurement
Small business
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: 
State Trade Coordination Act - Amends the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to revise membership of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC) to include one or more presidential appointees representing state trade promotion agencies.
 
Directs the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the TPCC and in coordination with representatives of state trade promotion agencies, to develop a plan to integrate resources and strategies of state trade promotion agencies into the overall federal trade promotion program.
 
Directs the Secretary, acting through the head of the U.S. Commercial Service, to develop an annual federal-state export strategy for goods and services for each state that submits to the Secretary its export strategy for the upcoming year.
 
Directs the Secretary, in coordination with representatives of state trade promotion agencies, to develop a framework to share export success information, and develop a coordinated set of reporting metrics.
 
Revises the strategic plan for federal trade promotion efforts to include an annual survey and analysis of the overall effectiveness of federal-state coordination and export promotion goals, as well as best practices, recommendations to better assist small businesses, and other relevant matters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in House