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Energy Regulatory Public Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-1533
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2013-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Energy
Department of Justice
Electric power generation and transmission
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Oil and gas
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: 
Energy Regulatory Public Protection Act - Establishes within the Department of Justice (DOJ) an Office of Public Advocate to represent the interests of members of the general public affected by regulatory matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), other FERC-related matters before other federal regulatory agencies, or any court of competent jurisdiction.
 
Makes it the duty of the Office to: (1) receive and assess comments from all interested parties with respect to project applications before FERC; (2) submit such comments to FERC, together with findings and recommendations, regarding the outcome, terms, and conditions of an application for approval; (3) review and assess applicant compliance with FERC orders; (4) seek full compliance with an order through the FERC or a court, if the applicant fails to comply and such noncompliance is harmful to the health, safety, and welfare of affected parties; and (5) undertake appeal of any FERC order it deems harmful to the health, safety, or welfare of affected parties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Port Security Grant Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1534
Sponsor: Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2013-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Homeland security
Law enforcement administration and funding
Marine and inland water transportation
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: 
Port Security Grant Act of 2013 - Extends the authorization of appropriations for the port security grant program through FY2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E446)
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
GAPS Act

Bill: 113-hr-1535
Sponsor: Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2013-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Homeland security
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: 
Gauging American Port Security Act or the GAPS Act - Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to conduct a study of gaps in U.S. port security and submit to Congress a report (in classified form but with an unclassified annex) that includes a prioritization of such gaps and a plan for addressing them.
 
Directs the Secretary of DHS to: (1) share relevant information with designated points of contact from federal agencies, state, local, or tribal governments, and port system owners and operators in accordance with rules for the handling of classified information; and (2) help expedite the clearance process if a designated point of contact does not have the necessary security clearance to receive such information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E443)
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Safeguarding American Commerce and Agriculture Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1536
Sponsor: Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2013-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural trade
Animal and plant health
Border security and unlawful immigration
Customs enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: 
Safeguarding American Commerce and Agriculture Act of 2013 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Office of Agriculture Inspection within U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which shall be headed by an Assistant Commissioner.
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), acting through the CBP Commissioner, to: (1) identify career paths for customs and border protection agriculture specialists; (2) provide such specialists the opportunity to acquire the education, training, and experience necessary to qualify for promotion; (3) develop a plan to recruit and retain qualified specialists; and (4) identify, and develop a plan to address, any deficiencies in equipment and other resources that are necessary at CBP agriculture inspection stations and facilities to enable such specialists to carry out their mission.
 
Authorizes the DHS Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish an interagency rotation program.
 
Directs the DHS Secretary to report to Congress regarding: (1) the implementation status of the action plans developed by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service-U.S. Customs and Border Protection Joint Task Force on Improved Agriculture Inspection, and (2) any additional legal authority the Secretary determines is necessary to carry out the agriculture inspection mission of DHS.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2013-04-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E437)
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide that individuals in prison shall, for the purposes of a decennial census, be attributed to the last place of residence before incarceration.

Bill: 113-hr-1537
Sponsor: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2013-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Congressional districts and representation
Correctional facilities and imprisonment

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Commerce, beginning with the 2020 decennial census, to attribute an individual who is incarcerated in a state, federal, county, or municipal correctional center as of the date on which such census is taken to such individual's last place of residence before incarceration. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
National Financial Literacy Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1538
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2013-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer credit
Credit and credit markets
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
Financial literacy
Financial services and investments
Income tax credits
National Credit Union Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: 
National Financial Literacy Act of 2013 - Amends the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to require federal financial supervisory agencies jointly to prescribe regulations establishing: (1) minimum standards to be met by a community-based financial literacy program in order to be eligible for consideration as a qualified community-based financial literacy program; (2) procedures for financial institutions to apply to a federal financial supervisory agency for approval of such a program; and (3) a requirement that financial institutions submit a regular report on how the institution supported and promoted financial literacy in its entire community, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.
 
Authorizes a federal financial supervisory agency to take an institution's direct support of a qualified community-based financial literacy program into account when it assesses the institution's record of meeting the community's credit needs.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit to small businesses for 35% of the expenses paid or incurred for providing qualified continuing financial education to their employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-12
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: 2013-04-12
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: 2013-04-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E448-449)
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Northeast Corridor Rail Tunnel Safety Act

Bill: 113-hr-1539
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2013-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Department of Transportation
District of Columbia
Executive agency funding and structure
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Infrastructure development
Maryland
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
New York City
Railroads
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: 
 Northeast Corridor Rail Tunnel Safety Act - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) for Amtrak use, after the Secretary has received and approved a project engineering and financial plan, to complete New York tunnel life safety projects and to rehabilitate tunnels in Washington, DC, and Baltimore, Maryland.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of the South Sacramento County Agriculture and Habitat Lands Water Recycling Project in Sacramento County, California.

Bill: 113-hr-1540
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2013-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: 
Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of, and land acquisition for, a project to reclaim and reuse wastewater in Sacramento County, California. 
 
Requires the project to consist of three phases, the first of which shall include the planning, design, and construction of water conveyance and related infrastructure to provide recycled water to irrigate approximately 4,500 acres of land in southern Sacramento County.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Common Sense in Compensation Act

Bill: 113-hr-1541
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2013-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: 
Common Sense in Compensation Act - Prohibits any discretionary monetary payment to an employee of a federal executive agency during the period beginning on the enactment of this Act and the close of FY2013, or during FY2014 or FY2015, to the extent that such payment would cause the employee's total covered compensation (i.e., basic pay and discretionary monetary payment) to exceed 105% of the total amount of such employees basic pay (before the application of any step-increase). Defines &quot;discretionary monetary payment&quot; as any award or other monetary payment and any step-increase. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 322, H.R. 1541 is laid on the table.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1541.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5202-5207; text of measure as reported in House: CR H5202-5203)
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Mr. Meadows moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1921)
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Senior Citizenship Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1543
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2013-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Aging
Citizenship and naturalization
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Language arts
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: 
Senior Citizenship Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) exempt certain persons over the age of 75 from the U.S. history, government, and English language naturalization examination requirements; and (2) permit certain persons over the age of 65 to take such history and government examination in a language other than English.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
National High Performance Passenger Rail Transportation-Oriented Development Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1544
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2013-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Economic development
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
Public transit
Public-private cooperation
Railroads
Regional and metropolitan planning
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Urban and suburban affairs and development
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: 
National High Performance Passenger Rail Transportation-Oriented Development Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish an initiative to promote intercity and urban passenger rail operations and transportation-oriented development by creating rail projects qualified for federal incentives for communities to encourage dedicated revenue sources for urban and regional rail corridor development. Authorizes the Secretary to designate up to four qualified pilot projects.
 
Amends the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to direct the Secretary to provide direct loans and loan guarantees for qualified rail projects. Authorizes the Secretary to make secured loans, loan guarantees, or lines of credit for such projects.
 
Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance to: (1) state, local, or regional authorities to identify transportation-oriented development opportunities; (2) states, localities, and regions outside the Northeast Corridor to establish regional authorities and identify existing and potential stations within the region to maximize development and commercial revenue generation to support financially the development of a high performance intercity or urban rail passenger corridor; and (3) states and local or regional entities along the Northeast Corridor to establish a Northeast Corridor Transportation-Oriented Development Working Group and identify Northeast Corridor existing and potential stations to maximize development and commercial revenue generation to support financially the creation of a true high-speed rail corridor in the Northeast Corridor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E448)
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend the definition of State in certain Federal agricultural laws to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Bill: 113-hr-1545
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural research
Forests, forestry, trees
Northern Mariana Islands
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: 
Amends the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act and the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to include within the definition of &quot;state&quot; the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Better Protecting Children in Schools Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1546
Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2013-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Income tax exclusion
Law enforcement officers
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: 
Better Protecting Children in Schools Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, wages received by a full-time, off-duty state or local law enforcement official for providing services as a substitute teacher in an elementary or secondary school.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
TRUST Act

Bill: 113-hr-1547
Sponsor: Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3]
Introduced: 2013-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: 
Trust Returned to the United States Taxpayer Act or the TRUST Act - Denies retirement benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) to a Member of Congress who is convicted of any crime that is a felony under federal or state law (currently, limited to specified felonies under federal law). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Revitalize America Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1550
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2013-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: 
Revitalize America Act of 2013 - Permits a state or state agency to use up to 25% of amounts of assistance allocated to it through the Hardest Hit Fund program for demolition of foreclosed-upon properties and related expenses.
 
Limits such assistance to: (1) a grantee public organization that administers the demolition, and (2) only if the foreclosed-upon properties are owned by the grantee at the time of the demolition. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Introduced in House