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Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Reauthorization Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3747
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Health personnel
Income tax exclusion
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax exclusion for benefits paid to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical providers by states and local governments, to: (1) increase the amount of benefits excludible; and (2) make such tax exclusion available for taxable years beginning in 2014, 2015, or 2016. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
To modify the boundaries of Cibola National Forest in the State of New Mexico, to transfer certain Bureau of Land Management land for inclusion in the national forest, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-3748
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
New Mexico
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Expands the boundaries of the Cibola National Forest in New Mexico to include the Crest of Montezuma.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction over such land to the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) for inclusion in the Cibola National Forest. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Demonstration of Coverage for Low Vision Devices Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3749
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Medicare Demonstration of Coverage for Low Vision Devices Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to commence a project to demonstrate and evaluate the impact of covering low vision devices under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act in the same or similar manner as coverage is provided for durable medical equipment under such part.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1862)
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Telehealth Modernization Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3750
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Telehealth Modernization Act of 2013 - Calls for states to authorize health care professionals to deliver health care to individuals through telehealth and to consider adopting conditions under which such a professional should: 
 
 
have access to the individual's medical history and should review it with the individual as if delivering the health care in person; 
 
attempt to identify any conditions underlying the symptoms reported by the individual before providing any diagnosis or treatment and, if recommending a treatment, should review with the individual the contraindications to such treatment; 
 
have a conversation with the individual adequate to establish any diagnosis rendered; 
 
document any evaluation and treatment delivered to the individual for the purpose of generating a medical record of the encounter; 
 
provide to the individual information regarding the professional's health care education, certification, and credentials; 
 
offer no assurance to the individual that any item or service will be issued or provided in exchange for the payment of the consultation fee or solely in response to the individual completing a form or questionnaire; and 
 
issue, as part of the health care delivered, only a prescription that is issued for a legitimate medical purpose in the usual course of professional practice, that is issued by a health care professional who has obtained a medical history and conducted an evaluation adequate to establish a diagnosis, that is not for a drug or substance in schedule II, III, or IV of the Controlled Substances Act, and that is filled by a licensed dispensing entity.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the rule providing parity for exclusion from income for employer-provided mass transit and parking benefits.

Bill: 113-hr-3751
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commuting
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Public transit
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2014 the equalization of the exclusion from gross income for employer-provided mass transit and parking benefits. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1867-1868)
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Reducing Long-Term Unemployment Act

Bill: 113-hr-3752
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Employment taxes
Income tax exclusion
Railroads
Transportation employees
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Reducing Long-Term Unemployment Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend until December 31, 2014, the suspension of employment and railroad retirement taxes for employers who hire unemployed individuals. Limits the aggregate reduction in taxes from such suspension to $5,000 per employee. Modifies the unemployment requirement to require a signed affidavit from the unemployed individual that, during the 27-week period ending on the hiring date, such individual: (1) was receiving federal or state unemployment compensation, or (2) was unemployed and would have received unemployment compensation except for having exhausted the right to receive such compensation during such period. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1870)
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Freddie Mac REMIC Reform Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3754
Sponsor: Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Budget deficits and national debt
Financial services and investments
Housing finance and home ownership
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Freddie Mac REMIC Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 with respect to the exercise of options on mortgage-backed securities by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) or, during the term of any conservatorship or receivership of Freddie Mac, the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).
 
Directs Freddie Mac (or FHFA as its conservator or receiver) to exercise any option on a mortgage-backed security with a clean-up call option Freddie Mac has issued if the residual holder of the security is willing to share at least 50% of any excess proceeds from the exercise of the option with FHFA as conservator or receiver, if such proceeds benefit the taxpayers of the United States. 
 
(A clean-up call option allows a transferor of assets, in this case mortgage assets, to buy them back after the outstanding asset values have been reduced substantially.)
 
Defines mortgage-backed security as debt obligations issued in the form of participation certificates, collateralized mortgage obligations, mortgage-backed commercial paper, and real estate mortgage investment conduits.
 
Defines mortgage-backed security with a clean-up call option as any mortgage-backed security under which there is an option or right to redeem all remaining classes of the security whenever the aggregate remaining principal of the mortgage would be less than the optional redemption or clean-up call percentage.
 
Directs the Director to prohibit Freddie Mac and the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) from issuing any mortgage-backed security with a clean-up call option.
 
Directs the Director to ensure that any excess proceeds received as a result of the exercise of any clean-up call options be used only to reduce the budget deficit of the federal government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Union Tax Fairness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3755
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Union Tax Fairness Act of 2013 - Requires that the payments to an applicable reinsurance entity for any plan year beginning in the three-year period beginning January 1, 2014, required under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act be applied equally to all health insurance issuers and third party administrators (on behalf of group health plans). Prohibits such payments from being waived on behalf of any such issuer, administrator, or group health plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Igniting American Research Act

Bill: 113-hr-3757
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Biological and life sciences
Energy research
Income tax credits
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Igniting American Research Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for increasing research expenditures, to: (1) extend such credit through 2014; (2) increase the rate of the alternative simplified research tax credit to 20% and make such credit permanent; (3) allow a 20% research tax credit for payments to a tax-exempt biotechnology research consortium for biotechnology research; and (4) modify the requirements relating to the eligibility of an energy research consortium for the tax credit to require at least 3 unrelated persons (currently, 5 unrelated persons) to make payments to such a consortium for energy research. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Second Generation Biofuel Extension Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3758
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Second Generation Biofuel Extension Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2014: (1) the second generation biofuel producer tax credit, and (2) the depreciation allowance for second generation biofuel plant property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Military Reserve Small Business Jobs Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3759
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Military personnel and dependents
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Military Reserve Small Business Jobs Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2018 the tax credit for differential wage payments made by a small business employer on behalf of employees who are active duty members of the uniformed services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Export American Natural Gas Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3760
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Department of Energy
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Oil and gas
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Export American Natural Gas Act of 2013 - Amends the Natural Gas Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to either approve or deny an application to export liquefied natural gas (LNG), whether through an onshore or offshore terminal, within 60 days after the later of: (1) receiving a completed application; and (2) the applicant's contracting with a customer for the LNG proposed to be exported.
 
Deems the application approved if the Secretary has neither approved nor denied it by such 60-day deadline. 
 
Declares this Act inapplicable to applications for export to a nation to which export is prohibited by law. 
Directs the Secretary of State to report to Congress on: (1) how the economic policies of foreign countries with natural gas resources and reserves relate to the development and production of their natural gas resources and reserves, as well as the extent and status of their natural gas resources and reserves; (2) the potential of such countries to export their natural gas production to the global market, including the impact of such exports upon the global market; and (3) U.S. actions to foster natural gas exports to foreign countries having an interest in importing natural gas from the United States.
 

 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
action_date: 2013-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
To properly define and distinguish between decorative hearth products and vented hearth heaters.

Bill: 113-hr-3761
Sponsor: Rep. Pompeo, Mike [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Lighting, heating, cooling
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to exempt decorative hearth products from consideration as direct heating equipment subject to the Act's energy efficiency standards.
 
Defines a "decorative hearth product" as a vented gas fireplace, stove, gas fireplace insert, or gas log set that: (1) is not certified to the ANSI Z21.88 standard and, in the case of vented gas fireplaces, fireplace inserts, or stoves, is certified to the ANSI Z21.50 standard; (2) is sold without a thermostat and with a warranty provision expressly voiding manufacturer warranties in the event the product is used with a thermostat; and (3) contains no energy efficiency representations other than P.4 efficiencies required for products sold in Canada.
 
Adds the product category &quot;vented hearth heater,&quot; defined as a vented gas fireplace, fireplace insert, or stove: (1) for which any AFUE (annual fuel utilization efficiency) representation, or representation with respect to P.4 efficiencies required for products sold in Canada, is made in any manufacturer advertising or literature; (2) certified to the ANSI Z21.88 standard or identified in any manufacturer literature or advertising as a &quot;heater-rated&quot; product; or (3) equipped by the manufacturer with a thermostatic control.
 
Deems a vented gas fireplace, fireplace insert, stove, or gas log set that is not a decorative hearth product to be direct heating equipment for purposes of the Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Personal Tax Information Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-3762
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Legal fees and court costs
Right of privacy
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Personal Tax Information Protection Act - Makes it unlawful for any officer or employee of the federal government to: (1) willfully make an unauthorized disclosure of personally identifiable covered information, or (2) conspire to make an unauthorized disclosure. Defines "personally identifiable covered information" as return, return information, and taxpayer return information unless the disclosure of such information is authorized by law. 
 
Makes any person who violates this Act or who willfully aids, abets, counsels, induces, or procures such a violation liable to any person whose personally identifiable covered information has been disclosed. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Personal Health Information Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-3763
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Legal fees and court costs
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Personal Health Information Protection Act - Makes it unlawful for any officer or employee of the federal government to: (1) willfully make an unauthorized disclosure of personally identifiable protected health information, or (2) conspire to make such an unauthorized disclosure. 
 
Makes any person who violates this Act or who willfully aids, abets, counsels, induces, or procures such a violation liable to any person whose personally identifiable covered information has been disclosed. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House