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Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1199
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Assault and harassment offenses
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Disability and health-based discrimination
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Military personnel and dependents
Performance measurement
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
School administration
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: 
Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states to direct their local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish policies that prevent and prohibit conduct, including bullying and harassment, that is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive to: (1) limit students' ability to participate in, or benefit from school programs; or (2) create a hostile or abusive educational environment that adversely affects their education.
 
Requires LEAs to also provide: (1) students, parents, and educational professionals with annual notice of the conduct prohibited in their discipline policies; (2) students and parents with grievance procedures that target such conduct; (3) the public with annual data on the incidence and frequency of that conduct at the school and LEA level; and (4) discipline policies that minimize the removal of students from instruction and prevent disproportionate punishment.
 
Requires: (1) the Secretary of Education to conduct, and report on, an independent biennial evaluation of programs and policies to combat bullying and harassment in elementary and secondary schools; and (2) the Commissioner for Education Statistics to collect state data, that are subject to independent review, to determine the incidence and frequency of the conduct prohibited by LEA discipline policies.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
One Percent Spending Reduction Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1202
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: 
One Percent Spending Reduction Act of 2013 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to establish the aggregate projected outlay (outlay cap) (less net interest payments) for FY2014 at the FY2013 outlay cap (as estimated by the Congressional Budget Office [CBO] before March 2013), less 1%.
 
Reduces each outlay cap for FY2015-FY2018 by 1% of the previous fiscal year's outlay cap (as estimated by CBO before March of such fiscal year).
 
Requires the outlay cap for FY2019 and each subsequent fiscal year to be 18% of the CBO-estimated gross domestic product (GDP) for that calendar year.
 
Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in both chambers to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that includes any provision that would cause the most recently reported, current outlay cap to be exceeded. Prescribes procedures for waiver or suspension of this rule.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Judicial Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1203
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Judicial procedure and administration
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: 
Judicial Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act of 2013 - Amends the federal judicial code to establish the Office of Inspector General for the Judicial Branch of the U.S. government, to be headed by an Inspector General appointed by the Chief Justice. Sets a term of four years, which may be extended by additional reappointments. Authorizes the Chief Justice to remove an Inspector General from office.
 
Requires the Office, except with respect to the Supreme Court, to: (1) conduct investigations of alleged misconduct in the Judicial Branch; (2) conduct and supervise audits and investigations; and (3) prevent and detect waste, fraud, and abuse.
 
Provides for whistleblower protection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Patients Right to Know Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1205
Sponsor: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Insurance industry and regulation
Sales and excise taxes
User charges and fees
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: 
Patients Right to Know Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require health plans to include in their annual summary of benefits and coverage explanations: (1) the annual fee on health insurance providers under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, (2) the annual fees imposed on health insurance policies, (3) required contributions by health plans to the reinsurance program, (4) user fees on health plans participating in health insurance exchanges, (5) payments by health plans whose costs are lower than the target amount (premiums collected minus administrative costs), and (6) charges assessed by states on health plans whose enrollees have a lower actuarial risk than the average actuarial risk of all enrollees in a state. Allows such costs to be calculated separately for individual, small group, or large group markets.
 
Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to study the methods of calculating the impact on average premium costs associated with: (1) guaranteed issuance of coverage and community rated premiums, (2) limitations on age rating, (3) required coverage of women's preventive services, and (4) the requirement that plans cover at least 60% of the actuarial value of essential health benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Allan Bolor Kelley.

Bill: 113-hr-1207
Sponsor: Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Provides for the relief of Allan Bolor Kelley.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Mass Transit Intelligence Prioritization Act

Bill: 113-hr-1210
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2013-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Homeland security
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement officers
Public transit
State and local government operations
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: 
Mass Transit Intelligence Prioritization Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to make it a priority to assign DHS officers and intelligence analysts, including from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), to participating state and urban area fusion centers located in high-risk jurisdictions with mass transit systems to enhance security of such systems by assisting law enforcement authorities in identifying, investigating, and otherwise interdicting persons, weapons, and contraband that pose a threat to homeland security.
 
Makes it a primary responsibility of such officers and analysts to create mass transit intelligence products that: (1) assist law enforcement agencies in deploying their resources most efficiently to help detect and interdict terrorists, weapons of mass destruction, and contraband at U.S. mass transit systems; (2) promote more consistent and timely dissemination of mass transit security-relevant information among jurisdictions with such systems; and (3) enhance DHS's situational awareness with respect to the threat of terrorist acts at or involving U.S. mass transit systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Charitable Driving Tax Relief Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1212
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2013-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Income tax exclusion
Motor vehicles
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: 
Charitable Driving Tax Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that volunteers who use their automobiles for the benefit of a charitable organization may exclude from their gross income reimbursements for their automobile operating expenses at the same level as business employees (i.e., 56.5 cents per mile in 2013).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E309)
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Common Sense Housing Investment Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1213
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2013-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cooperative and condominium housing
Government trust funds
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Inflation and prices
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: 
Common Sense Housing Investment Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax deduction for mortgage interest, to: (1) allow, in lieu of such deduction, a tax credit for 15% of mortgage interest paid in a taxable year for the taxpayer's principal residence and one other residence; (2) provide for a phaseout of the tax deduction for mortgage interest between 2014 and 2018; (3) allow a deduction for interest and taxes relating to land for dwelling purposes owned or leased by cooperative housing corporations; and (4) increase the state housing credit ceiling for the low-income housing tax credit. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to apply the savings from the enactment of this Act to the Housing Trust Fund, for assistance under the Section 8 low-income housing program, and for the Public Housing Capital Fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Chetco River Protection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1215
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2013-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Oregon
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: 
 Chetco River Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to make corrections to the segment designations for the Chetco River, Oregon, including revising segment lengths. 
 
Withdraws the federal land within the boundaries of a certain segment of the Chetco River from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Smithsonian American Latino Museum Act

Bill: 113-hr-1217
Sponsor: Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2013-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: District of Columbia
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Racial and ethnic relations
Smithsonian Institution

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: 
Smithsonian American Latino Museum Act - Establishes a museum to be known as the Smithsonian American Latino Museum in the Smithsonian Institution. 
 
Designates the Arts and Industries Building of the Smithsonian Institution, which is located on the National Mall in Washington, DC, including a new underground annex facility, as the location of the Museum. 
 
Authorizes the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan and construct the Museum and to prepare a plan of action for the Museum. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Board of Regents to enter into an agreement that allows for the construction of the underground annex facility by the Board in a manner that is harmonious with, and protects the open space and visual sight lines of, the National Mall. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2013-03-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E316-317)
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Commemorative Coins Reform Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1218
Sponsor: Rep. Amash, Justin [R-MI-3]
Introduced: 2013-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Currency
Executive agency funding and structure
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: 
Commemorative Coins Reform Act of 2013 - Prohibits surcharges generated by the sale of any numismatic item or commemorative coin program from being paid to a non-federal organization, except with respect to sales and production costs. 
 
Requires that surcharges be used to recover all numismatic operation and program costs allocable to the program under which a numismatic item is produced and sold.
 
Requires the transfer of any excess surcharges to the general fund of the Treasury for deficit reduction purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Gulf Fisheries Fairness Act

Bill: 113-hr-1219
Sponsor: Rep. Bonner, Jo [R-AL-1]
Introduced: 2013-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alabama
Department of Commerce
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Intergovernmental relations
Louisiana
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mississippi
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: 
Gulf Fisheries Fairness Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide each of the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida with exclusive fishery management authority over reef fish: (1) within the exclusive economic zone in the Gulf of Mexico in waters of a specified average depth on a continuous line within a minimum distance of nine nautical miles from the baseline from which the territorial sea of the United States is measured, and (2) between projected jurisdictional lines determined by the President under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.
 
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to publish a description and map of the applicable line along the coasts of such states. 
 
Prohibits the Secretary from suspending, revoking, terminating, or otherwise limiting the authority of any person under federal law to engage in fishing based on the person fishing for Gulf reef fish in waters subject to the exclusive authority of such states. 
 
Exempts such waters from specified federal regulatory requirements addressing fishery permits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Asthma Inhalers Relief Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1220
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2013-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Health technology, devices, supplies

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: 
Asthma Inhalers Relief Act of 2013 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) permit the distribution, sale, and consumption in the United States of remaining inventories of CFC epinephrine inhalers manufactured pursuant to the exception for medical devices under the Clean Air Act; (2) not take any enforcement action or otherwise seek to restrict the distribution, sale, or consumption of such inhalers on the basis of any federal law implementing the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer; and (3) issue, in response to a request of any distributor or seller of such inhalers, a No Action Assurance Letter stating that the EPA will not initiate an enforcement action relating to the distribution or sale of any such inhaler occurring prior to August 1, 2013.
 
Defines "CFC epinephrine inhaler" to mean any epinephrine inhaler containing chlorofluorocarbons that was manufactured and classified as over-the-counter before January 1, 2012.
 
Terminates this Act on August 1, 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Basel III Capital Impact Study Act

Bill: 113-hr-1221
Sponsor: Rep. Fincher, Stephen Lee [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2013-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Credit and credit markets
Department of the Treasury
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: 
Basel III Capital Impact Study Act - Directs the federal banking agencies (the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation [FDIC]), prior to issuing any final rule amending the agencies' general risk-based capital requirements for determining risk-weighted assets and minimum regulatory capital ratios as proposed in certain June 2012 notices of proposed rule making, to study and report regarding the impact of the approaches on the minimum regulatory capital requirements of insured depository institutions and insured depository institution holding companies.
 
Requires the banking agencies to separately identify provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) that affect capital quality, capital levels, asset quality, and the risk management activities of insured depository institutions and insured depository holding companies and take into consideration the impact of such provisions. Specifies Dodd-Frank provisions to be included. 
Permits the banking agencies to solicit participation in the study from insured depository institutions and insured depository institution holding companies on a voluntary basis. 
Amends the International Lending Supervision Act of 1983 to revise capital adequacy requirements by directing the banking agencies to seek to ensure that any differences in rules implementing the capital standards do not: (1) give competitive advantages to any class or group of institutions unless otherwise required by federal law, or (2) undermine Dodd-Frank requirements for enhanced supervision and prudential standards.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E310)
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House