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PLANT Act

Bill: 113-s-1889
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2013-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Crimes against property
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Firearms and explosives
Forests, forestry, trees
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Lakes and rivers
Land use and conservation
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-20
text: Protecting Lands Against Narcotics Trafficking Act of 2013 or the PLANT Act - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to: (1) impose an additional term of up to ten years' imprisonment for cultivating or manufacturing controlled substances on federal property; (2) prohibit a person, while cultivating or manufacturing a controlled substance on federal property, from clear cutting timber or diverting, obstructing, or draining an aquifer, spring, stream, river or body of water; and (3) apply the prohibition against assembling, maintaining, or placing a booby trap on federal property where a controlled substance is being manufactured to federal property where a controlled substance is being cultivated. 
Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend and review the Federal Sentencing Guidelines to provide for a penalty enhancement of not less than one offense level for manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance or a counterfeit substance while on federal property or intentionally trespassing on the property of another if such offense: (1) includes the use of a poison, chemical, or other hazardous substance to cultivate or manufacture controlled substances; (2) creates a hazard to humans, wildlife, or domestic animals; (3) degrades or harms the environment or natural resources; (4) pollutes an aquifer, spring, stream, river, or body of water; (5) involves the diversion, redirection, obstruction, or draining of an aquifer, spring, stream, river, or body of water or the clear cut of timber while cultivating or manufacturing a controlled substance; or (6) involves the possession of a firearm while cultivating or manufacturing controlled substances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9107-9108)
action_date: 2013-12-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9107)
action_date: 2013-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Preserving Education Access and Autonomy Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1890
Sponsor: Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS]
Introduced: 2013-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-20
text: 
Preserving Education Access and Autonomy Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Secretary of Education from requiring, as a condition of any education grant or assistance, that a state or local educational agency (LEA) adopt a specific elementary or secondary school curriculum.
 
Prohibits the Secretary, when selecting recipients for any education grant or assistance, from giving any priority, preference, or special consideration to a state or LEA that is based on its adoption of a specific elementary or secondary school curriculum.
 
Includes the Secretary's waiver of a statutory or regulatory requirement of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 within the definition of an &quot;education grant or assistance.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate
TRUE Safety Act

Bill: 113-s-1891
Sponsor: Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH]
Introduced: 2013-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Government studies and investigations
Labor standards
Motor carriers
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-20
text: 
True Understanding of the Economy and Safety Act or TRUE Safety Act - Directs the Comptroller General (GAO), after the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) reports to Congress on an hours of service field study, to assess the methodology followed by the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) in carrying out the efficacy of the restart rule (&quot;Hours of Service of Drivers&quot;) published on December 27, 2011, which applies to operators of commercial motor vehicles of property subject to maximum DOT driving time requirements.
 
Requires the assessment to evaluate the extent to which that methodology meets the requirements of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) that: (1) the data collected is representative of the drivers subject to the restart rule, (2) the methodology is statistically valid, and (3) the study followed the FMCSA plan for the &quot;Scheduling and Fatigue Recovery Project.&quot;
 
Directs GAO to assess the Regulatory Impact Analysis that accompanied the final 2011 restart rule.
 
Nullifies the 2011 restart rule during the period beginning upon enactment of this Act and ending six months after the study report required by this Act has been submitted to Congress. 
 
Prohibits the Secretary from applying the restart rule if the conclusions of the field study completed pursuant to MAP-21 do not support or concur with the conclusions of the laboratory study on which the rule was based.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2013-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a registry of certain veterans who were stationed at or underwent training at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-1892
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2013-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Canada
Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Environmental health
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Military facilities and property
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-20
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), not later than one year after the enactment of this Act, to establish and maintain a registry to be known as the Canadian Forces Base Gagetown Health Registry (Registry) containing the name of each individual who, while serving in the Armed Forces, was stationed at or underwent training at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada (Gagetown), during the period beginning on January 1, 1956, and ending on December 31, 2006, and who: (1) applies for care or services from the VA; (2) files a claim for compensation on the basis of any disability that may be associated with such service; (3) dies and is survived by a spouse, child, or parent who files a claim for dependency and indemnity compensation on the basis of such service; (4) requests a health examination from the VA; or (5) receives such examination and requests inclusion in the Registry. Requires the Secretary, upon request, to provide the examination, as well as consultation and counseling regarding examination results to the service member and counseling and consultation to family members of a deceased service member. 
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) notify individuals in the Registry of significant developments in research on the health consequences of potential exposure to a toxic substance or environmental hazard related to service at Gagetown; (2) carry out appropriate outreach activities with respect to such health examinations, consultation, and counseling; (3) provide for a study by an independent entity, not affiiated with the VA, on the potential exposure of individuals to toxic substances or environmental hazards related to service at Gagetown; and (4) submit to the House and Senate Committees on Veterans Affairs an annual report on the Registry. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-12-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9108)
action_date: 2013-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Insurance Accountability Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1894
Sponsor: Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS]
Introduced: 2013-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Comprehensive health care
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-20
text: 
Health Insurance Accountability Act of 2013 - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective on the date on which a study reported by the Comptroller General (GAO) determines that the number of individuals who are uninsured exceeds the number of individuals who were uninsured on the date of enactment of the PPACA. Requires subsequent studies and reports every 60 days until the Comptroller General makes such a determination.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), if a determination is made on the basis of the last such report submitted during a fiscal year that the number of uninsured has decreased as compared to the number on the date of PPACA enactment, to reduce the unobligated funding for the following, according to a specified ratio: 
 
 health insurance consumer information,
 
assistance to states for health care exchanges, and
 
the Health Insurance Reform Implementation Fund.
 
 
Deems such amounts to rescinded and permanently cancelled for purposes of debt reduction.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Centennial Monetary Commission Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1895
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2014-01-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Federal Reserve System
Government studies and investigations
Inflation and prices
Monetary policy

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-06
text: 
Centennial Monetary Commission Act of 2013 - Establishes the Centennial Monetary Commission to: (1) examine how U.S. monetary policy since the creation of the Federal Reserve Board in 1913 has affected the performance of the U.S. economy in terms of output, employment, prices, and financial stability over time; (2) evaluate various operational regimes under which the Board and the Federal Open Market Committee may conduct monetary policy in terms achieving the maximum sustainable level of output and employment and price stability over the long term; and (3) recommend a course for U.S. monetary policy going forward.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S28-30)
action_date: 2014-01-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Manufacturing Communities Investment Act

Bill: 113-s-1896
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2014-01-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Housing and community development funding
Income tax credits
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-07
text: Manufacturing Communities Investment Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the new markets tax credit, to: (1) increase to $5 billion and extend through 2016 the national limitation amount for such credit, and (2) allow an additional $1 billion allocation of such credit in 2014, 2015, and 2016, for a qualified community development entity only if a significant mission of such entity is providing investments and services to manufacturing businesses in communities that have suffered major manufacturing job losses or a major job loss event.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-01-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a consumer renewable credit for a utility that sells renewable power, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-1899
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2014-01-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow, through December 31, 2018: (1) a new business-related tax credit for sales by an electric utility of renewable electricity generated by a facility using wind or solar energy to a retail customer; and (2) payments to such utilities, in lieu of such tax credit, for sales of renewable electricity to retail customers. Delays, until 2023, the application of rules relating to the allocation and apportionment of the interest expense of domestic corporations that are members of a worldwide affiliated group.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-1902
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2014-01-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Computer security and identity theft
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: 
Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act of 2014 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to notify an individual within two business days after discovery of any breach of security of any system maintained by a health care exchange established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which is known to have resulted in the theft of or unlawful access to the individual's personally identifiable information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Prepaid Card Disclosure Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-1903
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2014-01-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: 
Prepaid Card Disclosure Act of 2014 - Amends the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to extend its coverage to spending accounts (transaction accounts) established by a consumer (or on a consumer's behalf) at an insured depository institution or credit union: (1) to which recurring electronic fund transfers may be made, at the consumer's direction; or (2) from which payments may be made, at the consumer's direction, through the use of a card, code, or device (commonly referred to as prepaid cards). Treats as a spending account any similar transaction account operated or managed by a financial institution, or any other person, whose funds: (1) are pooled with the funds of a person other than the one who established the account, or (2) are held in a name other than that of the person who established the account.
 
Excludes from the meaning of spending account: (1) any nonreloadable general-use prepaid card in an amount under $250; (2) any general-use prepaid card solely associated with a certain kind of health plan, a qualified transportation fringe, a health savings account or any other health care benefit account; (3) a gift certificate; (4) a store gift card; (5) an electronic promise, plastic card, or payment code, or device; (6) a nonreloadable card labeled as a gift card and marketed solely as such; (7) a nonreloadable loyalty, rebate, or promotional card; or (8) a debit card or general-use prepaid card that has been provided to a person pursuant to a federal, state or local government-administered payment program, in which the person may only use the card to transfer or debit funds, monetary value, or other assets that have been provided pursuant to that program.
 
Authorizes the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to require the placement of a QR code, barcode, or other similar technology on any packaging, card, or other object associated with a spending account, provided that the technology is capable of providing an electronic link to certain required disclosures to the consumer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1904
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2014-01-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: 
Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2013 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make the following entities, programs, and courses eligible for funding under title IV if they are accredited by an authorized accreditation authority in a state that has an alternative accreditation agreement with the Secretary of Education: 
 
 
 institutions that provide postsecondary courses; 
 
 postsecondary apprenticeship programs; and 
 
 postsecondary education courses or programs provided by institutions of postsecondary education, nonprofit organizations, or for-profit organizations or businesses.
 
 
Lists the items to be included in a state's alternative accreditation agreement with the Secretary, including the standards those entities, programs, and courses must meet to receive and maintain their accreditation.
 
Requires that agreement to include the state's assurance that only entities, programs, and courses that provide credits toward a postsecondary certification, credential, or degree (as defined by the state in the agreement) will be accredited.
 
Establishes the formula for determining the administrative cost allowance for: (1) the entities, programs, and courses that are accredited through the alternative accreditation system and that administer the Federal Pell Grant, Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Work-Study, and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant programs in accordance with the agreement; and (2) states that will administer those programs for such entities, programs, and courses in accordance with the agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to establish the Office of Net Assessment within the Department of Defense.

Bill: 113-s-1906
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2014-01-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Military operations and strategy
Military readiness

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: 
Establishes the Office of Net Assessment within the Office of the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to develop and coordinate net assessments of the standing, trends, and future prospects of the military capabilities and potential of the United States in comparison with the military capabilities and potential of other countries or groups of countries to identify emerging or future threats or opportunities for the United States.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Fairness for Community Job Creators Act

Bill: 113-s-1907
Sponsor: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL]
Introduced: 2014-01-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: 
Fairness for Community Job Creators Act - Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 relating to prohibitions on proprietary trading and certain relationships with hedge and private equity funds (Volcker Rule).
 
Prohibits any construction of these prohibitions to require divestiture of collateralized debt obligations backed by trust-preferred securities or debt securities of collateralized loan obligations, if those collateralized debt obligations or collateralized loan obligations were issued before December 10, 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-1908
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2014-01-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: 
Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2014 - Amends the federal criminal code to authorize a person who is not prohibited from possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm under federal law, who is entitled and not prohibited from carrying a concealed firearm in his or her state of residence or who is carrying a valid state license or permit to carry a concealed weapon, and who is carrying a government-issued photographic identification document, to carry a concealed handgun (which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce, other than a machine gun or destructive device) in any state in accordance with the restrictions of that state.
 
Provides that in a state that allows the issuing authority for licenses or permits to carry concealed firearms to impose restrictions on the carrying of firearms by individual license or permit holders, an individual carrying a concealed handgun under this Act shall be permitted to carry it according to the same terms authorized by an unrestricted license or permit issued by such state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Pat Summitt Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 113-s-1910
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2014-01-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes
Congressional tributes
Higher education
Neurological disorders
School athletics
Tennessee

Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: 
Pat Summitt Congressional Gold Medal Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Pat Summitt in recognition of her career in women's team sports and her courage in speaking out about her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell bronze duplicates of such medal at a price sufficient to cover the cost of both the gold and bronze medals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Introduced in Senate