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National Mall Revitalization and Designation Act

Bill: 113-hr-2297
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
District of Columbia
Monuments and memorials
National Capital Planning Commission
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: 
National Mall Revitalization and Designation Act - Authorizes the National Capital Planning Commission (the Commission) to modify the boundaries of Areas I and II of the National Mall in the District of Columbia reserved for the location of commemorative works of preeminent historical and lasting significance to the United States. Prohibits any review of such a decision. Requires the Commission to notify the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of General Services (GSA), the National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission, and certain congressional committees of any boundary modification made under such authority. 
 
Allows the Secretary or the Administrator to submit a recommendation to Congress that the legislative authority for a commemorative work be terminated before its expiration date, if the person authorized to establish the work does not possess the capacity or resources to complete successfully the project for the establishment of the work before that expiration date. 
 
Directs: (1) the Commission to prepare recommendations for improving upon the process required for the selection, design, and subject matter of commemorative works in the District of Columbia and its environs; and (2) the Secretary to submit a plan to enhance cultural experiences in, and visitor enjoyment, amenities, and the vitality of, the National Mall. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Introduced in House
Petroleum Coke Transparency and Public Health Study Act

Bill: 113-hr-2298
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2013-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Air quality
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Medical research
Oil and gas
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: 
Petroleum Coke Transparency and Public Health Study Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to transmit to Congress, within 90 days after enactment of this Act, the results of a study regarding the public health and environmental impacts of the production, transportation, storage, and use of petroleum coke.
 
Requires the Secretary to compile and make publicly available the results of all federally conducted research related to such impacts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Introduced in House
To prevent the Secretary of the Treasury from expanding United States bank reporting requirements with respect to interest on deposits paid to nonresident aliens.

Bill: 113-hr-2299
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2013-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Department of the Treasury
Government information and archives
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from requiring a payor of interest to file an information return on interest that is not effectively connected with a trade or business within the United States and that is paid to a nonresident alien on a deposit maintained at an office within the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Introduced in House
Clinical Trial Cancer Mission 2020 Act

Bill: 113-hr-2301
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2013-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Military medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: 
Clinical Trial Cancer Mission 2020 Act - Revises clinical trial registry data bank provisions of the Public Health Service Act to: (1) include a device or drug clinical trial whether or not it results in a positive or negative outcome, and (2) subject clinical trials funded by the Department of Defense (DOD) to requirements to certify information submissions to the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
 
Restricts funding for a grantee and makes the grantee liable to the United States for repayment of any grant amount provided, if the grantee has not submitted clinical trial information within the 30-day correction period for noncompliance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Introduced in House
Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2302
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2013-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: 
Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the face-to-face encounter framework in hospice care. Allows a clinical nurse specialist, physician assistant, or other health professional (in addition to a hospice physician or a nurse practitioner, as under current law) to conduct the face-to-face encounter with the individual to determine continued eligibility for hospice care before the first 60-day (currently 180-day) recertification period and each subsequent recertification.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a Medicare Hospital Payment Reform demonstration program to test any revisions to the methodology for determining payment rates for routine home care and other hospice care services.
 
Sets at every three years the frequency of surveys of certified hospice programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-06-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Introduced in House
Save Our Soldiers' Lungs Act

Bill: 113-hr-2303
Sponsor: Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2013-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Air quality
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Military personnel and dependents
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: 
Save Our Soldiers' Lungs Act - Includes within the definition of "covered waste" for purposes of the Department of Defense (DOD) prohibition against disposal of certain waste in open-air burn pits:
 
 
tires;
 
treated wood;
 
batteries;
 
plastics, except insignificant amounts of plastic remaining after a good-faith effort to remove or recover plastic materials from the solid waste stream;
 
munitions and explosives;
 
compressed gas cylinders, unless empty with valves removed;
 
fuel containers, unless completely evacuated of contents;
 
aerosol cans;
 
polychlorinated biphenyls;
 
petroleum, oils, and lubricants products (other than waste fuel for initial combustion);
 
asbestos;
 
mercury;
 
foam tent material; and 
 
any item containing any of such materials. 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Amer Numan Adi.

Bill: 113-hr-2304
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2013-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Provides for the relief of Amer Numan Adi.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Introduced in House
Infant Formula Protection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2306
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2013-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Food supply, safety, and labeling

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: 
Infant Formula Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem an infant formula, including an infant formula powder, to be adulterated if its use-by date has passed. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: Introduced in House
Working to Address Treaty Enforcement Rapidly for Texas Act

Bill: 113-hr-2307
Sponsor: Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34]
Introduced: 2013-06-10 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Mexico
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: 
Working to Address Treaty Enforcement Rapidly for Texas Act - Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) report quarterly to Congress describing efforts by Mexico to meet the treaty obligations of Mexico to deliver water to the Rio Grande, in accordance with the 1944 treaty between the United States and Mexico entitled &quot;Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande&quot;; and (2) report annually to Congress describing the benefits to the United States of the 2012 document entitled &quot;Interim International Cooperative Measures in the Colorado River Basin through 2017 and Extension of Minute 318 Cooperative Measures to Address the Continued Effects of the April 2010 Earthquake in the Mexicali Valley, Baja California.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-10
text: Introduced in House
Teaching Children to Save Lives Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2308
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2013-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: 
Teaching Children to Save Lives Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational agencies or public elementary or secondary schools to implement nationally recognized cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) training courses.
 
Allows a grant to be used to purchase an AED training device if the grantee implements or has implemented an AED training program in conjunction with a CPR training program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2309
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2013-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: 
Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2013 - Prohibits states or local governments from imposing any new discriminatory tax on mobile services, mobile service providers, or mobile service property (i.e., cell phones) for five years after the enactment of this Act. Defines &quot;new discriminatory tax&quot; as a tax imposed on mobile services, providers, or property that is not generally imposed on other types of services or property, or that is generally imposed at a lower rate, unless such tax was imposed and actually enforced prior to the date of enactment of this Act.
 
Amends the federal judicial code to grant jurisdiction to federal district courts to grant injunctive and other appropriate relief to prevent, restrain, or terminate any acts in violation of this Act. 
 
Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to conduct a study of the impact of state and local taxes on mobile services, providers, or property on the costs consumers pay for mobile services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Guard Units And Reservists Deserve Remembrance Act

Bill: 113-hr-2310
Sponsor: Rep. Hanna, Richard L. [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2013-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Military education and training
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: 
Guard Units and Reservists Deserve Remembrance Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make available for purchase a memorial headstone or marker for the marked or unmarked grave of: (1) an individual who performed inactive duty training or active duty for training as a member of a National Guard or Reserve component for at least six years, but did not serve on active duty and is not otherwise ineligible for a memorial headstone or marker on account of the nature of the individual's separation from the Armed Forces or other cause; or (2) such an individual whose remains are unavailable.
 
Permits such a headstone or marker to be purchased under this Act by: (1) the individual; (2) the surviving spouse, child, sibling, or parent of the individual; or (3) an individual other than the next of kin, as determined by the Secretary.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) ensure that the prices of such headstones and markers are sufficient to cover their production and delivery costs, and (2) coordinate with the Secretary of Defense (DOD) in establishing procedures to determine whether an individual qualifies for the purchase of a memorial headstone or marker under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Worker Anti-Retaliation Act

Bill: 113-hr-2311
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2013-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor-management relations
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: 
Worker Anti-Retaliation Act - Prohibits an employer (or any of its agents) from discharging or in any other manner discriminating or taking or threatening adverse action against any employee that disseminates or assists in the dissemination of any message on the employer's property or elsewhere, including through images, picketing, work stoppages, or gathering in groups to protest conflicts with employers or to persuade them to change working conditions, if the employees do not have a representative for collective bargaining and their actions: (1) were peaceful and not taken during work time, except during a lawful work stoppage; and (2) did not destroy or damage the employer's property or block the employer's entrances or exits or otherwise impede the employer's operations or the work of other employees.
 
Applies this same employer prohibition regarding any employee who planned any of these actions or assisted, encouraged, or supported another employee in engaging in them.
 
Limits this prohibition to any employer whose annual gross revenue, when added to the annual gross revenue of its parent corporation and all of its affiliates, exceeds $5 million (exclusive of excise taxes at the retail level that are separately stated).
 
Prohibits such an employer from providing for an employee's defense, backpay, damages, or settlement if that employee is found to be in violation of the requirements of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Aged Distilled Spirits Competitiveness Act

Bill: 113-hr-2312
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2013-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Food industry and services
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: 
Aged Distilled Spirits Competitiveness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from determination of the production period for distilled spirits any period allocated to the natural aging process for purposes of determining whether a taxpayer can expense, rather than capitalize, interest costs paid or incurred during the production period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3638-3639)
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to issue regulations covering the practice of enrolled agents before the Internal Revenue Service.

Bill: 113-hr-2313
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2013-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Licensing and registrations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations to regulate the conduct of enrolled agents in their practice before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Allows properly licensed enrolled agents to use the credentials or designation as &quot;enrolled agent,&quot; &quot;EA,&quot; or &quot;E.A.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Cooperative Threat Reduction Modernization Act

Bill: 113-hr-2314
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2013-06-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Arms control and nonproliferation
Chemical and biological weapons
Congressional oversight
International organizations and cooperation
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Nuclear weapons

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: 
Cooperative Threat Reduction Modernization Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to establish a strategy to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and related materials in the Middle East and North Africa region.
 
Requires such strategy to include: (1) an assessment of gaps in current cooperative nonproliferation efforts, (2) an articulation of agencies' threat reduction priorities in the Middle East and North Africa region, (3) establishment of appropriate metrics for determining success in the region, and (4) steps to ensure that the strategy fits in with broader U.S. efforts to reduce the threat from weapons of mass destruction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
action_date: 2013-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa.
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Introduced in House