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To reauthorize the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area, the Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area, the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, and the Schuylkill River Valley National Heritage Area.

Bill: 113-hr-2360
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2013-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Dams and canals
Historic sites and heritage areas
Industrial facilities
Lakes and rivers
Manufacturing
Metals
Pennsylvania
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: 
 Amends the Steel Industry American Heritage Area Act of 1996 to extend through FY2023 the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to make grants or provide other assistance for the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area in Pennsylvania. 
 
 Amends the Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area Act of 2000 to extend through FY2023 the authority of the Secretary to provide grants or other assistance for the Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area in Pennsylvania. 
 
Amends the Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal Heritage Corridor Act of 1988 to extend through FY2023: (1) the authorization of appropriations for the management action plan respecting the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor in Pennsylvania, and (2) the authority of the Secretary to provide financial assistance for the Corridor. 
 
Amends the Schuylkill River Valley National Heritage Area to extend through FY2023 the authority of the Secretary to make grants or provide other assistance for the Schuylkill River Valley National Heritage Area in Pennsylvania. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Honest, Everyday Americans from Senseless And Needless Taxes (PHEASANT) Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2361
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2013-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: 
Protecting Honest, Everyday Americans from Senseless And Needless Taxes (PHEASANT) Act of 2013 - Prohibits a state or local government from imposing a new tax, or increasing the rate of an existing tax: (1) on the sale of ammunition or firearms that have moved in or that otherwise affect interstate commerce, or (2) payable to conduct a background check incident to the sale of such ammunition or firearms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Transportation for Heroes Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2362
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2013-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Public transit
Transportation costs
Transportation programs funding
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: 
Transportation for Heroes Act of 2013 - Revises urbanized area formula grant recipient requirements to require a recipient to certify that it will ensure a fare of no more than 50% of the peak hour fare will be charged to a U.S. veteran during non-peak hours for transportation using or involving a facility or equipment of a project financed by the grant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2364
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2013-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: 
Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act of 2013 - Amends the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to prohibit discrimination on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit. 
 
Defines: (1) &quot;gender identity&quot; as the gender-related identity, appearance, or mannerisms or other gender-related characteristics of an individual with or without regard to the individual's designated sex at birth; (2) &quot;person&quot; as a natural person, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, trust, estate, partnership, cooperative, or association; and (3) &quot;sexual orientation&quot; as homosexuality, heterosexuality, or bisexuality.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Stillbirth Awareness and Research Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2365
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2013-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Research administration and funding
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: 
Stillbirth Awareness and Research Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to establish and maintain a scientific registry of stillbirths in the United States, which shall include for each stillbirth information on the stillborn fetus and the mother's health and pregnancy as collected and submitted by states on the U.S. Standard Report of Fetal Death. 
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide for the development of a standard definition of stillbirth and a standard protocol for stillbirth data collection and surveillance, and (2) carry out a national campaign to increase public and state awareness of such definition and protocol and public awareness and knowledge of stillbirths.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) should increase the allocation of funds and other resources for stillbirth research. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
GREEN Act

Bill: 113-hr-2368
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2013-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Higher education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: 
Grants for Renewable Energy Education for the Nation Act or GREEN Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to partnerships of local educational agencies (LEAs), postsecondary institutions, and clean and renewable energy industry representatives to develop programs of study focused on emerging careers and jobs in the fields of clean and renewable energy. 
 
Requires a priority be given to grant applications that: (1) use online learning or other innovative methods to deliver a program of study to individuals outside the partnership, and (2) focus on low-performing students and special populations.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive grants to LEAs and postsecondary institutions to promote development of career and technical educational facilities that are energy efficient and use renewable energy practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Fair Sentencing Clarification Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2369
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2013-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: 
Fair Sentencing Clarification Act of 2013 - Directs: (1) a court, in cases in which a sentence has not yet been imposed with respect to the application of the penalty amendments of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 to cocaine base offenses committed prior to the enactment of such Act, to impose such sentence as if such amendments were in effect on the date the offense was committed; and (2) the Court of Appeals to remand for resentencing consistent with such amendments such cases in which a sentence has already been imposed, if subject to a pending appeal on or after August 3, 2010.
 
Authorizes the sentencing court, in the case of a defendant who has been convicted of such an offense committed before August 3, 2010, for which a term of imprisonment has been imposed, to reduce the term of imprisonment for that crime consistent with the amendments made by that Act on motion of the defendant or the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, or on its own motion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Juvenile Accountability Block Grants Program Reauthorization Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2370
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2013-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Department of Justice
Executive agency funding and structure
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: 
Juvenile Accountability Block Grants Program Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend through FY2016 the authorization of appropriations for the juvenile accountability block grant program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Prisoner Incentive Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2371
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2013-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: 
Prisoner Incentive Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) allow federal prisoners to earn up to 54 days of credit toward the service of a sentence for each year of the prisoner's sentence imposed by the court if the Bureau of Prisons determines the prisoner has displayed exemplary compliance with institutional disciplinary regulations; and (2) authorize the Bureau to restore credit previously denied to a prisoner, based on such prisoner maintaining good behavior. Makes this Act applicable to each prison sentence that has not been completed before the date of enactment, except any sentence imposed before November 1, 1987.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2372
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2013-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: 
Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2013 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate increased and mandatory minimum penalties for drug offenses involving mixtures or substances which contain cocaine base (i.e., crack cocaine).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Jumpstarting Our Business Sector Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2373
Sponsor: Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2013-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Capital gains tax
Corporate finance and management
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: 
Jumpstarting Our Business Sector Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) eliminate the corporate income tax and the alternative minimum tax (AMT) on corporations in taxable years beginning after 2013; (2) exclude net capital gain from gross income; (3) extend for three years the increased depreciation allowance (bonus depreciation), the 100% expensing allowance for business assets, and the election to accelerate the AMT tax credit in lieu of bonus depreciation; and (4) repeal the estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3594)
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Transparency and Accountability in Medicare Bidding Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2375
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5]
Introduced: 2013-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care quality
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: 
Transparency and Accountability in Medicare Bidding Act of2013 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to delay from July 1, 2013, to a date no earlier than December 31, 2013, the implementation of: (1) round 2 of the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive bidding program under title XVIII (Medicare) the Social Security Act; and (2) the Medicare single payment amounts under the national mail order competition for diabetic supplies.
 
Directs the Secretary to delay the start of round 1 recompete of such DMEPOS competitive bidding program from January 1, 2014, to a date no earlier than six months after the initial implementation of round 2.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, to contract three auction experts, a health economist, and an econometrician to work collectively as an auction expert team, led by the auction experts, to independently review and assess all aspects of round 1 re-bid and round 2 of the DMEPOS competitive bidding program, including its design, development, implementation, adequacy of support for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic illness or disabilities, market fairness, sustainability, and functioning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-06-14
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: 2013-06-14
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: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Residential Care Coordination Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2376
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2013-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Department of Health and Human Services
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: 
Medicare Residential Care Coordination Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and implement a demonstration project under titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to evaluate the use of capitated payments made to eligible continuing care retirement communities for residential care coordination programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-06-14
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: 2013-06-14
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: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
ENLIST Act

Bill: 113-hr-2377
Sponsor: Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10]
Introduced: 2013-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Immigration status and procedures
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: 
Encourage New Legalized Immigrants to Start Training Act or the ENLIST Act - Authorizes the enlistment in the armed forces of aliens unlawfully present in the United States on December 31, 2011, who: (1) have been continuously present in the United States since such date; (2) were younger than 15 years of age when they initially entered the United States; and (3) are otherwise eligible for original enlistment in a regular component of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard.
 
Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust the status of an alien enlisted under such authority to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act applicable to aliens who entered the United States prior to January 1, 1972.
 
Rescinds such lawful permanent resident status if the alien is separated from the armed forces under other than honorable conditions before serving the term of enlistment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Impact Aid Fairness and Equity Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2378
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2013-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Building construction
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Indian lands and resources rights
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
State and local finance
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: 
Impact Aid Fairness and Equity Act of 2013 - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 to make permanent amendments that Act made to the Impact Aid program (which compensates local educational agencies [LEAs] for the financial burden of federal activities affecting their school districts) that: 
 
 
 require the valuation of the federal property located within the boundaries of an LEA by calculating the valuation, for property tax purposes, of all property within the LEA's boundaries and then multiplying that value by the proportion of that property that is federal property; and
 
 alter the formula for determining the foundation payments due LEAs for federal ownership of property when appropriations for a fiscal year are insufficient to provide them with full compensation. 
 
Amends the Impact Aid program of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to alter the formulae for determining the payments due LEAs for eligible federally-connected children. Includes not only children in average daily attendance but also those enrolled pursuant to a state open enrollment policy. 
 Continues a heavily impacted LEA's eligibility for such payments while activities associated with military base closures and realignments or force structure changes or relocations are ongoing.
 
Alters the formulae for determining the construction payments due LEAs that are eligible for other Impact Aid payments. Requires the Secretary of Education to use all Impact Aid construction appropriations to award: (1) emergency construction grants to LEAs that have no practical capacity, or minimal capacity, to issue bonds or that are otherwise eligible for Impact Aid and have a school facility emergency; and (2) modernization grants to LEAs that are eligible for other Impact Aid payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House