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Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1030
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2013-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Aging
Consumer affairs
Inflation and prices
Medicare
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: 
Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2013 - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish a monthly Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPIEC) that indicates changes over time in expenditures for consumption which are typical for individuals age 62 or older.
 
Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVIII (Medicare) to use such new CPIEC in the computation of cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits, replacing the CPI for All Urban Consumers (U.S. city average). 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2013-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Protection and Truth in Budgeting Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1031
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2013-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Employment taxes
Financial services and investments
Government trust funds
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: 
Social Security Protection and Truth in Budgeting Act of 2013 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the receipts and disbursements of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (Social Security trust funds) from being included in the federal budget baseline for any fiscal year and from being counted as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, or deficit or surplus for purposes of offsetting any tax decrease or spending increase. Excludes Social Security trust fund receipts and disbursements totals from official Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Congressional Budget Office (CBO) budget pronouncements.
 
Makes proceeds to the Social Security trust funds from Social Security taxes available solely for OASDI purposes. Prohibits their availability for the establishment or funding of private accounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Making College Affordable Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1032
Sponsor: Rep. Gardner, Cory [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2013-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: 
Making College Affordable Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to Coverdell education savings accounts, to: (1) increase the age limit for beneficiaries of such accounts after which contributions may not be made from age 18 to age 26, (2) increase the maximum contribution limit in any taxable year from $2,000 to $10,000, and (3) allow an annual inflation adjustment to the increased contribution limit for taxable years beginning in a calendar year after 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Introduced in House
San Juan Islands National Conservation Area Act

Bill: 113-hr-1034
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2013-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Land transfers
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Washington State
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: 
San Juan Islands National Conservation Area Act - Establishes the San Juan Islands National Conservation Area in the state of Washington. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop a comprehensive plan for the long-term management of the Conservation Area. 
 
 Requires the Secretary to manage the Conservation Area in a manner to conserve, protect, and enhance the resources of such area. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe measures for the control of nonnative invasive plants and noxious weeds within the Conservation Area. 
 
Instructs the Secretary, in consultation with Indian tribes, to ensure the protection of religious and cultural sites within the Conservation Area and to provide access to them by tribal members for traditional cultural and customary uses. 
 
Directs the Secretary to establish the San Juan Islands National Conservation Area Advisory Council to advise the Secretary on the preparation and implementation of the management plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Introduced in House
To require a study of voluntary community-based flood insurance options and how such options could be incorporated into the national flood insurance program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-1035
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2013-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Dams and canals
Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: 
 Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to study options, methods, and strategies for making voluntary community-based flood insurance policies available through the National Flood Insurance Program, including a strategy to implement options that would encourage communities to undertake flood mitigation activities.
 

 

action_date: 2013-03-12
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
 Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to study and report to Congress on options, methods, and strategies for making voluntary community-based flood insurance policies available through the National Flood Insurance Program, including a strategy to implement options that would encourage communities to undertake flood mitigation activities.
 
Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to submit to Congress an analytical review of the FEMA report, including recommendations.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2013-03-12
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2013-03-12
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 397 - 17 (Roll no. 63). (text: CR H1339)
action_date: 2013-03-12
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 397 - 17 (Roll no. 63).(text: CR H1339)
action_date: 2013-03-12
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1341-1342)
action_date: 2013-03-12
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: 2013-03-12
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1035.
action_date: 2013-03-12
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1339-1341)
action_date: 2013-03-12
text: Mr. Luetkemeyer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Occupational Therapy in Mental Health Act

Bill: 113-hr-1037
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2013-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allied health services
Department of Health and Human Services
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: 
Occupational Therapy in Mental Health Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include occupational therapists within the definition of &quot;behavioral and mental health professionals&quot; for purposes of the National Health Service Corps.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Introduced in House
To rescind unobligated amounts for foreign assistance to Egypt, and to appropriate funds for the Department of Defense tuition assistance program.

Bill: 113-hr-1039
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2013-03-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Egypt
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Higher education
Middle East
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: 
Rescinds $500 million of unobligated amounts of foreign assistance for Egypt.
 
Appropriates $500 million for the Department of Defense (DOD) tuition assistance program for FY2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Flat Tax Act

Bill: 113-hr-1040
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2013-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Legislative rules and procedure
Tax reform and tax simplification
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Flat Tax Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize an individual or a person engaged in business activity to make an irrevocable election to be subject to a flat tax (in lieu of the existing income tax provisions) of 19% for the first two years after an election is made, and 17% thereafter. 
 Calculates taxable income for individual taxpayers by subtracting a basic standard deduction and an additional standard deduction for each dependent from the total of wages, retirement distributions, and unemployment compensation. Defines &quot;business taxable income&quot; to mean gross active income reduced by the cost of certain business inputs. 
Imposes an employer tax on the value of excludable compensation provided to employees not engaged in business activity of 19% for the first two years after an election is made under this Act and 17% thereafter. 
Repeals the estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. 
Requires a two-thirds vote of the House of Representatives or the Senate to increase the flat tax rate proposed by this Act or to reduce the amount of the standard deduction or business-related deductions allowed by this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Introduced in House
PRE-K Act

Bill: 113-hr-1041
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2013-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Language arts
Minority education
Preschool education
Rural conditions and development
School administration
Special education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: 
Providing Resources Early for Kids Act of 2013 or the PRE-K Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to states to enhance or improve state-funded preschool programs.
 
Sets forth a grant formula favoring states that: (1) have curricula aligned with state early learning standards; (2) use nationally-established, or better, best practices for class size and teacher-to-student ratios; (3) require each teacher to have at least an associate degree in early childhood education or a related field; (4) require such programs to operate for at least a full academic year; and (5) have a plan for meeting the requirement, within five years of receiving such grant, that teachers have at least a baccalaureate degree in early childhood education or have such degree in a related field, but have also completed specialized training in early childhood education.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a competitive process for awarding grants to other states that demonstrate that they will meet such requirements within two fiscal years.
 
Prohibits state grantees from reducing their preschool or child care expenditures. 
 
Requires states to give priority, in using grant funds, to preschool programs in communities with high concentrations of impoverished children.
 
 Includes among grant uses: (1) increasing the qualifications of, and benefits provided to, teachers, teacher aides, and program directors; (2) decreasing class size and improving teacher-to-student ratios; (3) providing certain comprehensive services that support healthy child development; (4) extending program duration; (5) improving program monitoring and learning environments; and (6) providing classroom supplies or equipment.
 
Reserves funds for competitive grants to Indians for their preschool programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Direct Red 243.

Bill: 113-hr-1042
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2013-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Direct Red 243.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Disperse Blue 60.

Bill: 113-hr-1043
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2013-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Disperse Blue 60.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Disperse Blue 79:1.

Bill: 113-hr-1044
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2013-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Disperse Blue 79:1.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Disperse Blue 291:1.

Bill: 113-hr-1045
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2013-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Disperse Blue 291:1.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Disperse Orange 29.

Bill: 113-hr-1046
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2013-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Disperse Orange 29.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Disperse Orange 30.

Bill: 113-hr-1047
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2013-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Disperse Orange 30.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Disperse Orange 73.

Bill: 113-hr-1048
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2013-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Disperse Orange 73.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Disperse Red 60.

Bill: 113-hr-1049
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2013-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Disperse Red 60.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Disperse Red 73.

Bill: 113-hr-1050
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2013-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Disperse Red 73.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Disperse Red 92.

Bill: 113-hr-1051
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2013-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Disperse Red 92.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Disperse Red 167:1.

Bill: 113-hr-1052
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2013-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Disperse Red 167:1.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Introduced in House