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Arms Sale Responsibility Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-599
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2013-02-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Congressional oversight
Human rights
International law and treaties
Military assistance, sales, and agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: 
Arms Sale Responsibility Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that it should be U.S. policy to adhere to a policy of restraint in transferring conventional arms if evidence exists of substantial risk that such arms will be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of international human rights law or international humanitarian law.
 
Urges the President, in negotiating any conventional arms control agreement, to: (1) encourage the national control list of each party to an agreement to cover all types of weaponry, munitions, armaments and related material used for potentially lethal force in military and law enforcement operations; (2) assess each application or proposal to export or internationally transfer arms on a case-by-case basis; (3) deny an arms transfer authorization if there is a substantial risk that the arms will be used to commit or facilitate violations of international human rights law or international humanitarian law; (4) require import and transit state authorizations and certified end use assurances before issuing an export license or authorization for any international transfer of conventional arms; and (6) require each party to an agreement to establish a legal framework for lawful brokering and shipping activities relating to conventional arms transfers. 
 
Prohibits, with certain exemptions, the transfer of defense articles or defense services to the government of a foreign country under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the Arms Export Control Act unless the President certifies to Congress that such government is not: (1) engaging in gross violations of internationally-recognized human rights, and (2) identified by the Secretary of State as having governmental armed forces or government supported armed groups that recruit or use child soldiers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Great Lakes Nutrient Removal Assistance Act

Bill: 113-hr-600
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2013-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Environmental technology
Great Lakes
Lakes and rivers
Water quality
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: 
Great Lakes Nutrient Removal Assistance Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a program to provide grants to Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin and municipalities in such states to upgrade eligible municipal wastewater treatment plants with nutrient removal technologies. Requires the Administrator to give priority to plants at which nutrient removal technology upgrades would: (1) produce the greatest nutrient load reductions at points of discharge, (2) result in the greatest environmental benefits to the Great Lakes System, and (3) help meet the objectives related to nutrients outlined in Annex four of the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.
 
Defines as &quot;eligible&quot; a plant that: (1) has a permitted design capacity to treat an annual average of at least 500,000 gallons of wastewater per day, and (2) is located within the Great Lakes System in any of such states.
 
Prohibits the federal share from exceeding 55% of the total cost of upgrading such plants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-602
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2013-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: 
Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act - Prohibits, in any case arising out of the administration of laws and benefits by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), any person who is mentally incapacitated, deemed mentally incompetent, or experiencing an extended loss of consciousness from being considered adjudicated as a mental defective for purposes of the right to receive or transport firearms without the order or finding of a judicial authority of competent jurisdiction that such person is a danger to himself or herself or others.

action_date: 2013-07-19
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act - Prohibits, in any case arising out of the administration of laws and benefits by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), any person who is mentally incapacitated, deemed mentally incompetent, or experiencing an extended loss of consciousness from being considered adjudicated as a mental defective for purposes of the right to receive or transport firearms without the order or finding of a judicial authority of competent jurisdiction that such person is a danger to himself or herself or others.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 114.
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 113-159.
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 113-159.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-02-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia District Attorney Establishment Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-603
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
District of Columbia
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Lawyers and legal services
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: 
District of Columbia District Attorney Establishment Act of 2013 - Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to establish the Office of the District Attorney for the District of Columbia (DA).
 
Specifies the qualifications for the DA, including residence and domicile in the District. Prohibits the DA from engaging directly or indirectly in private practice.
 
Requires the DA to be elected to a four-year term on a partisan basis. Requires the Mayor to appoint the first DA, to serve until succeeded by an elected one.
 
States that nothing in this Act shall affect the authority of the Attorney General or the U.S. Attorney for the District to exercise jurisdiction concerning violations of federal laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E117)
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Chris Kotch VA Education Access Act

Bill: 113-hr-604
Sponsor: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2013-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: 
Chris Kotch VA Education Access Act - Makes eligible under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program an individual who is: (1) discharged or released from the Armed Forces (under current law, from active duty in the Armed Forces) due to a service-connected disability; or (2) transferred to the temporary disability retirement list.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Insurance Consumer Protection and Solvency Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-605
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2013-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bankruptcy
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: 
Insurance Consumer Protection and Solvency Act of 2013 - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to exclude an insurance company from the definition of a &quot;financial company&quot; for purposes of such Act (thus removing an insurance company from the purview of the Act).
 
Removes from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) the authority to place insurance companies into orderly liquidation.
 
Excludes from the definition of &quot;eligible financial company&quot; for purposes of risk-based assessments an insurance company subject to assessment under state law to cover the costs of state insolvency proceeding regarding an insurance company. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Maria Eva Duran, Jessica Duran Cortes, Daniel Ivan Duran Cortes, and Jose Antonio Duran Cortes.

Bill: 113-hr-608
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40]
Introduced: 2013-02-08 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Provides for the relief of Maria Eva Duran, Jessica Duran Cortes, Daniel Ivan Duran Cortes, and Jose Antonio Duran Cortes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Introduced in House
End Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-609
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2013-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Oil and gas
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: 
End Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require seven-year amortization of the geological and geophysical expenditures of covered large oil companies. Defines &quot;covered large oil company&quot; as a taxpayer which is a major integrated oil company or which has gross receipts in excess of $50 million in a taxable year. 
 
Denies certain tax benefits to any taxpayer that is not a small, independent oil and gas company, including: (1) the tax credits for producing oil and gas from marginal wells and for enhanced oil recovery, (2) expensing of intangible drilling and development costs in the case of gas wells and geothermal wells, (3) percentage depletion, (4) the tax deduction for qualified tertiary injectant expenses, (5) the exemption from limitations on passive activity losses, and (6) the tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities.
 
Prohibits the use of the last-in, first-out (LIFO) accounting method by major integrated oil companies. 
 
Limits or denies the foreign tax credit and tax deferrals for amounts paid or accrued by a dual capacity taxpayer to a foreign country or U.S. possession for any period with respect to combined foreign oil and gas income. Defines &quot;dual capacity taxpayer&quot; as a person who is subject to a levy of a foreign country or U.S. possession and receives (or will receive) directly or indirectly a specific economic benefit from such county or possession.. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E130)
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the establishment of the Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee.

Bill: 113-hr-610
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2013-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Health regarding the manner in which they can: (1) ensure interagency coordination and communication and minimize overlap regarding efforts to address tick-borne diseases, (2) identify opportunities to coordinate efforts with other federal agencies and private organizations addressing such diseases, (3) ensure interagency coordination and communication with constituency groups, (4) ensure that a broad spectrum of scientific viewpoints is represented in public health policy decisions and that information disseminated to the public and physicians is balanced, and (5) advise relevant federal agencies on priorities related to Lyme and tick-borne diseases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Prevention, Education, and Research Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-611
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2013-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: 
Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Prevention, Education, and Research Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee. Requires the Committee to advise the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Health regarding how officials can: (1) ensure interagency coordination and communication and minimize overlap regarding efforts to address tick-borne diseases, (2) identify opportunities to coordinate efforts with other federal agencies and private organizations addressing such diseases, (3) ensure interagency coordination and communication with constituency groups, (4) ensure that a broad spectrum of scientific viewpoints is represented in public health policy decisions and that information disseminated to the public and physicians is balanced, and (5) advise relevant federal agencies on priorities related to Lyme and tick-borne diseases.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the appropriate federal officials, to provide for the coordination of all federal programs and activities related to Lyme and other tick-borne diseases and the conduct or support of specified activities, including: (1) developing sensitive and accurate diagnostic tools and tests, (2) improving the efficient utilization of diagnostic testing currently available, (3) accurately determining the prevalence of such diseases, (4) evaluating the feasibility of creating a national uniform reporting system, (5) providing and promoting access to a clearinghouse of information on such diseases, (6) increasing public education related to such diseases, (7) creating a physician education program, (8) establishing epidemiological research objectives to determine the long term course of illness for Lyme disease, and (9) determining the effectiveness of different treatment modalities by establishing treatment outcome objectives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Safe and Efficient Transportation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-612
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2013-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government trust funds
Infrastructure development
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: 
Safe and Efficient Transportation Act of 2013 - Allows a state to authorize a vehicle with a maximum gross weight (including enforcement tolerances) exceeding certain federal weight limitations to operate on Interstate Highway System (IHS) routes in the state if: (1) the vehicle is equipped with at least six axles, (2) the weight of any single axle does not exceed 20,000 pounds, (3) the weight of any tandem axle does not exceed 34,000 pounds, (4) the weight of any group of 3 or more axles does not exceed 51,000 pounds, and (5) the gross weight of the vehicle does not exceed 97,000 pounds.
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a safe and efficient vehicle bridge infrastructure improvement program. Requires the Secretary to apportion amounts from the Safe and Efficient Vehicle Trust Fund to states for eligible bridge replacement or rehabilitation projects.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose a tax on any vehicles that exceed federal weight limitations (gross vehicle weight in excess of 80,000 pounds) operating on the IHS, and (2) establish the Safe and Efficient Vehicle Trust Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2013-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2013-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Systemic Risk Mitigation Act

Bill: 113-hr-613
Sponsor: Rep. Campbell, John [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2013-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Federal Reserve System

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: 
Systemic Risk Mitigation Act - Establishes a framework for a market-based trigger to monitor and regulate the adequacy of bank capital of those bank holding companies whose total consolidated assets are $50 billion or more. 
 
Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to notify a bank holding company whose average daily closing price exceeds either 50 basis points, or 75 basis points, that it must raise additional tier 1 capital in order to reduce such thresholds.
 
 Requires the Board to place into receivership a bank holding company whose average daily closing price exceeds 100 basis points, in accordance with the orderly liquidation authority provided under title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
 
Subjects to receivership a bank holding company that, after notification by the Board, fails to submit an action plan required under this Act.
 
Sets forth a limitation upon claims of holders of the long-term subordinated debt of a bank holding company that has been placed into receivership. 
 
Directs the Board to require each bank holding company to issue and maintain long-term subordinated debt of at least 15% of its total consolidated assets.
 
Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to repeal prohibitions against proprietary trading and certain relationships with hedge funds and private equity funds.
 
 Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal requirements for enhanced supervision and prudential standards for Board-supervised nonbank financial companies and certain bank holding companies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Introduced in House
American Discoveries and American Jobs Commission Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-614
Sponsor: Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2013-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Government studies and investigations
Intellectual property
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Science and engineering education
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: 
American Discoveries and American Jobs Commission Act of 2013 - Establishes the Commission on American Discoveries and American Jobs to study: (1) the state of technology transfer from federally funded research to the private sector; (2) the possibilities for the federal government to collect royalties from early research that leads to the commercialization of a profitable product or technology; (3) the potential adverse consequences of such royalties on technology transfer, commercialization, and economic growth; and (4) the potential benefits of reinvesting revenues from federal royalties into science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education and seeding future federally funded research. 
 
Requires submission to Congress of recommendations of specified regulatory and statutory changes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Introduced in House