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Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3122
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2013-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Crimes against children
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Family relationships
Government information and archives
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Mental health
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: 
Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students Act of 2013 - Amends title IV (21st Century Schools) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award grants to states to: (1) develop, improve, and implement state reporting and information systems that measure conditions for learning, based on surveys of school students and staff; and (2) award competitive subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or nonprofit organizations that use such measurement systems to make comprehensive improvements to school-level conditions for learning.
 
Identifies conditions conducive to learning as those that: (1) promote physical activity, education, fitness, and nutrition; (2) promote mental health; (3) prevent violence, harassment, and substance abuse among students; and (4) promote safe and supportive schools and communities. 
 
Conditions a state's grant eligibility on the state: (1) having a statewide physical education requirement that is consistent with widely recognized standards; and (2) requiring its LEAs to establish policies that prevent and prohibit harassment in schools, to notify students, parents, and educational professionals of prohibited conduct each year, and to provide students and parents with grievance procedures that target such conduct.
 
Directs the Secretary to evaluate the programs this Act funds and provide technical assistance to program applicants, grantees, and subgrantees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Investing in Permanency for Youth in Foster Care Act

Bill: 113-hr-3124
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2013-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: 
Investing in Permanency for Youth in Foster Care Act - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to extend through FY2017 the Adoption Incentive Payment Program and rename it the Permanency Incentive Program.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to determine the number of foster child exits to reunification, adoption, and guardianship (currently, the number of foster child adoptions, special needs adoptions, and older child adoptions) in a state during a fiscal year based on AFCARS data.
 
Replaces adoption incentive payments with specified permanency incentive payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to make competitive grants to support research and development, education, and training to produce a bio-based aviation fuel for use by the Air Force and to provide an initial infusion of funds for the grant program.

Bill: 113-hr-3125
Sponsor: Rep. Enyart, William L. [D-IL-12]
Introduced: 2013-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Aviation and airports
Energy research
Government studies and investigations
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Motor fuels
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to make a competitive grant to an existing biofuels research center in the United States to conduct pilot-scale research, development, and testing of bio-based fuels for use by the Air Force as aviation fuel for jet aircraft. Permits a recipient to use grant funds to train military and civilian personnel in the new technologies and to conduct a study regarding the economic feasibility of a full-scale bio-based aviation fuel production facility.
 
Directs the Secretary to give preference to a center that: (1) has the capacity and expertise necessary to quickly and efficiently conduct such research, development, and testing; and (2) is located in close proximity to specified raw materials, a military installation with responsibility for military air transportation, and a private or commercial airport with capacity to host a research and pilot production facility.
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to transfer to the Secretary of the Air Force a specified amount from the Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund to fund such grants.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2013-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2013-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Healthcare Fairness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3126
Sponsor: Rep. Fincher, Stephen Lee [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2013-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: 
Healthcare Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to prohibit the expenditure of federal funds to pay any portion of the premium for a health plan purchased by a Member of Congress pursuant to the Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Cutting Red Tape, Green-Lighting Small Businesses Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3127
Sponsor: Rep. Maffei, Daniel B. [D-NY-24]
Introduced: 2013-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Employee hiring
Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Small Business Administration
Small business
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: 
Cutting Red Tape, Green-Lighting Small Businesses Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an employer with not less than 2 or more than 150 employees in a calendar year a business-related tax credit for the cost of up to 5 newly-hired employees who are employed, on average, at least 30 hours per week. Makes such credit available to tax-exempt eligible small employers. Terminates such credit for wages paid after December 31, 2015.
 
Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to: (1) determine, for a new small business concern, what SBA applications, submissions, or other paperwork are not essential to file during the first year of operation of such small business concern; and (2) make rules for the waiver of such filings. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2013-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2013-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Protect Patients Act

Bill: 113-hr-3128
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2013-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Medicare
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: 
Protect Patients Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to subject to civil monetary penalties any psychiatric hospitals or psychiatric units determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) not to have in place a discharge planning process meeting certain requirements.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) enter into a system improvement agreement, meeting specified criteria,with a psychiatric hospital or a psychiatric unit that has been determined on multiple occasions not to have such a discharge planning process in place; and (2) appoint temporary management to oversee its operation in the event that the hospital or unit still fails to have a sufficient discharge planning process in place 45 days after entering into such an agreement. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the full exclusion applicable to qualified small business stock.

Bill: 113-hr-3129
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2013-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Financial services and investments
Income tax exclusion
Securities
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the 100% exclusion from gross income of gain from the sale or exchange of qualified small business stock held for more than 5 years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Protect Family Values at the Border Act

Bill: 113-hr-3130
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40]
Introduced: 2013-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Family relationships
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: 
Protect Family Values at the Border Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) consider safety and family concerns in any action related to the repatriation or prosecution of individuals apprehended for immigration violations, and (2) provide related training for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and cooperating entity personnel. 
 
Directs the Secretary, with certain exceptions, to submit to Congress every 180 days written certification that DHS has deported or otherwise removed an apprehended individual from the United States through an entry or exit point on the southern border only during daylight hours. 
 
Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations establishing short-term custody standards providing for basic minimums of care at all CBP facilities holding individuals in CBP custody.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2013-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2013-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Introduced in House
National Park Service Study Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3131
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Detention of persons
Florida
Government studies and investigations
Hawaii
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Illinois
Lakes and rivers
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Military history
Mining
Nevada
New York State
Northern Mariana Islands
Palau
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations
Texas
U.S. history
U.S. territories and protectorates
Utah
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: 
 National Park Service Study Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct special resource studies of: (1) the Kau coast, on the island of Hawaii; (2) the prehistoric, historic, and limestone forest sites on the island of Rota in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; (3) sites in Alaska associated with the forced abandonment of the Aleut villages of Makushin, Kashega, and Biorka around Unalaska Island and Attu on Attu Island during World War II; (4) the five relocation sites in Alaska at Funter Bay, Burnett Inlet, Killisnoo, Ward Lake and the Wrangell Institute; (5) specified World War II Japanese American Relocation Center sites; (6) Mahaulepu, on the island of Kauai in Hawaii; (7) the town of Goldfield and outlying mining sites in Nevada; (8) the Hudson River Valley in New York; (9) the Norman Studios in Jacksonville, Florida, where African-American casts and crews were used in the production of silent films; (10) the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta in Alabama; (11) Galveston Bay in Texas; (12) the Pullman site in Illinois; (13) the northern coast of Maui in Hawaii; and (14) historic sites on the Midway Atoll. 
 
Requires updates of: (1) the study authorized by the National Park Service Studies Act of 1999 relating to World War II sites, Republic of Palau; and (2) the 1979 study entitled &quot;Vermejo Ranch, New Mexico/Colorado: Study of Management Options.&quot;
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) study alternatives for commemorating and interpreting the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in the early years of the National Parks, (2) conduct a national historic landmark theme study to identify sites and resources in the southern United States that are significant to the Reconstruction era, and (3) study the feasibility of including 45 miles of the Chattahoochee River and land along the river corridor within the boundary of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area located in Georgia. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Reorganization Plan Codification and Complements Act

Bill: 113-hr-3132
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2013-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Licensing and registrations
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Nuclear power
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Reorganization Plan Codification and Complements Act - Codifies and expands the Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1980 governing the administration of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Identifies approval of the distribution of appropriated funds according to programs and purposes proposed by the Executive Director for Operations, in addition to functions concerned with policy formulation, rule making, and orders and adjudications, as functions that remain vested in the Commission.
 
Revises provisions of such Reorganization Act relating to: (1) the appointment and replacement of NRC officers and employees, (2) the role of the NRC Chairman, (3) the scope of the emergency authority of the NRC Chairman, and (4) NRC reporting procedures.
 
Sets forth NRC policy with respect to: (1) certification of documents transmitted to Congress, (2) time limits for review of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board decisions and actions, (3) allegations of wrongdoing on the part of the NRC Chairman, and (4) approval of international travel requests by NRC members. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1333)
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Marriage and Religious Freedom Act

Bill: 113-hr-3133
Sponsor: Rep. Labrador, Raul R. [R-ID-1]
Introduced: 2013-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Civil actions and liability
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government liability
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Legal fees and court costs
Licensing and registrations
Marriage and family status
Public contracts and procurement
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-19
text: 
Marriage and Religious Freedom Act - Prohibits the federal government from taking an adverse action against a person on the basis that such person acts in accordance with a religious belief that: (1) marriage is or should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman, or (2) sexual relations are properly reserved to such a marriage.
 
Defines &quot;adverse action&quot; as any federal government action to discriminate against such person, including: (1) denying or revoking certain tax exemptions or disallowing a deduction of any charitable contribution made to or by such person; (2) denying or excluding such person from receiving any federal grant, contract, cooperative agreement, loan, license, certification, accreditation, employment, or similar position or status; or (3) denying or withholding any benefit under a federal benefit program.
 
Permits a person to assert an actual or threatened violation of this Act as a claim or defense in a judicial proceeding and to obtain compensatory damages or other appropriate relief against the federal government.
 
Authorizes the Attorney General (DOJ) to bring actions to enforce this Act. 
 
Specifies that the term &quot;person&quot; includes any person regardless of religious affiliation, as well as corporations and other entities regardless of for-profit or nonprofit status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-09-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-19
text: Introduced in House
Charitable Giving Extension Act

Bill: 113-hr-3134
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2013-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Charitable contributions
Income tax deductions
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-19
text: 
Charitable Giving Extension Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer who makes a tax deductible charitable contribution after the close of a taxable year, but not later than the due date of such taxpayer's tax return for that taxable year, to treat such contribution as made in such taxable year.

action_date: 2014-06-26
text: 
Charitable Giving Extension Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer who makes a tax deductible charitable contribution after the close of a taxable year, but not later than the due date of such taxpayer's tax return for that taxable year, to treat such contribution as made in such taxable year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-26
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 368.
action_date: 2014-06-26
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 113-495.
action_date: 2014-06-26
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 113-495.
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 12.
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-19
text: Introduced in House