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To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to designate at least one city in the United States each year as an "American World War II City", and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-864
Sponsor: Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7]
Introduced: 2013-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Military history
North Carolina
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to designate at least one city in the United States each year as an &quot;American World War II City&quot; based on: (1) contributions to the war effort during World War II; and (2) efforts to preserve the history of such contributions, including preservation organizations or museums, restoration of World War II facilities, and recognition of World War II veterans.
 
Designates Wilmington, North Carolina, as the first such city.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center Act

Bill: 113-hr-865
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2013-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Social Sciences and History
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Archaeology and anthropology
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Land transfers
Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
New York City
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: 
African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center Act - Establishes the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center at the African Burial Ground National Monument in New York, New York. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the Director of the National Park Service (NPS), to: (1) acquire for the Museum property that is located adjacent to the National Monument or in any other area of the African Burial Ground National Historic Landmark in the city other than the location adjacent to the Monument, and (2) construct the Museum on the acquired property. 
 
Establishes within the Department of the Interior the African Burial Ground Advisory Council to: (1) make recommendations to the Secretary on the construction of the Museum, and (2) advise and assist the Secretary on all matters relating to the operation and preservation of the Museum.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-866
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Preschool education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: 
Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states to establish full-day prekindergarten programs at public schools.
 
Requires those programs to: (1) permit parents, regardless of income, to enroll their four-year old children at a school in which their children may be enrolled for kindergarten; (2) run for the length of the regular school year; and (3) be taught by teachers who possess qualifications similar to the qualifications of other teachers at the applicable school.
 
Prohibits the federal share of a prekindergarten program grant from exceeding 80% of the prekindergarten program's costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E207)
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-868
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2013-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: 
Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make two-year grants to states and local governments for subgrants to gun dealers, or to gun dealers directly, to conduct gun buyback programs under which gun dealers shall be issued smart prepaid cards to purchase specified guns (listed in this Act) from individuals wishing to dispose of them.
 
Prohibits: (1) such an individual from using such a card to buy a gun or ammunition, and (2) a merchant from accepting such a card to sell a gun or ammunition.
 
Requires a state or local government to: (1) use 10% of grant funds to recycle the guns received from dealers to make street signs, energy efficient washing machines, car parts, energy efficient refrigerators, or other steel parts such as railroad or metro tracks; and (2) use not more than 10% for administrative costs of the program. 
 
Requires a gun dealer participating in the program to: (1) pay an individual 125% of a gun's market value, as determined by the Director; and (2) deliver guns received to the closest Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives [ATF] office (for grantees) or to the state or local government (for subgrantees) within 60 days of receipt. Allows grant funds to be used to provide incentives to gun dealers to participate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic River Expansion Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-869
Sponsor: Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2013-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Delaware
Pennsylvania
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: 
 White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic River Expansion Act of 2013 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate additional segments and tributaries of the White Clay Creek in Delaware and Pennsylvania as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Humphrey-Hawkins 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-870
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2013-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Sales and excise taxes
Unemployment
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: 
Humphrey-Hawkins 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a Full Employment National Trust Fund with two separate accounts for: (1) Employment Opportunity Grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes for job-creating activities in communities whose economy is not at a level of full employment; and (2) Workforce Investment programs.
 
Directs the Secretary to convene a national employment conference to bring together leaders of small, medium, and large businesses, labor, government, and other parties to discuss employment, with particular attention to structural unemployment and the plight of disadvantaged youth.
 
Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to revise member composition requirements for state and local workforce investment boards to include at least 25% of the chief executive officers of minority-serving, community-based organizations.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on certain covered securities transactions, payable by trading facilities that deal in such transactions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2013-02-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E206-207)
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Export Freedom to Cuba Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-871
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2013-02-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Caribbean area
Cuba
Latin America
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: 
Export Freedom to Cuba Act of 2013 - Prohibits the President from regulating or prohibiting travel to or from Cuba by U.S. citizens or legal residents, or any of the transactions ordinarily incident to such travel relating to: (1) accompanied personal baggage; (2) payment of living expenses and the acquisition of personal-use goods or services; (3) travel arrangements; (4) nonscheduled air, sea, or land voyage transactions (such provision does not permit the carriage of articles other than accompanied baggage into Cuba or the United States); and (5) normal banking transactions. 
 
Prohibits the above provisions from: (1) restricting presidential authority in time of war or armed hostilities between the United States and Cuba, or of imminent danger to the public health or the physical safety of U.S. travelers; and (2) authorizing U.S. importation of personal consumption goods acquired in Cuba.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Alice Paul Women's Suffrage Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 113-hr-874
Sponsor: Rep. Runyan, Jon [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2013-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Voting rights
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: 
Alice Paul Women's Suffrage Congressional Gold Medal Act - Requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the presentation of a congressional gold medal in commemoration of Alice Paul, to recognize her role in the women's suffrage movement and in advancing equal rights for women.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell duplicates in bronze of such medal. Requires proceeds from the sale of such medals to be deposited into the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Historic Homeownership Revitalization Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-877
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2013-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Historical and cultural resources
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: 
Historic Homeownership Revitalization Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a new tax credit for 20% of rehabilitation expenditures for a historic home used as a principal residence, up to $60,000; and (2) increase the rehabilitation tax credit for residential rental property located in economically distressed areas with high construction costs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Martha Palmillas de Morales.

Bill: 113-hr-878
Sponsor: Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2013-02-27 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Provides for the relief of Martha Palmillas de Morales.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act

Bill: 113-hr-879
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2013-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: 
Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require: (1) biennial (currently annual) budget resolutions, (2) biennial appropriations Acts, and (3) biennial government strategic and performance plans.
 
Defines the budget biennium as the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-numbered year.
 
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) determine the impact and feasibility of changing the definition of a fiscal year and the budget process based on that definition to a two-year fiscal period with a biennial budget process based on such period, and (2) report the findings to the House and Senate Budget Committees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act

Bill: 113-hr-880
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2013-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commodities markets
Employee benefits and pensions
Foreign and international corporations
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits
Income tax deferral
Sales and excise taxes
Securities
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: 
Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a .03% excise tax on the purchase of a security if: (1) such purchase occurs or is cleared on a trading facility located in the United States, or (2) the purchaser or seller is a U.S. person. 
 
Defines "security" to include: (1) stocks, partnership interests, notes, bonds, debentures, or other evidences of indebtedness; (2) interests in a derivative financial instrument (i.e., any option, forward contract, futures contract, or any similar financial instrument) and (3) any notional principal contract. 
 
Exempts from such tax: (1) initial issues of securities; (2) any note, bond, debenture, or other evidence of indebtedness which is traded on a trading facility located in the United States and has a fixed maturity of not more than 100 days; and (3) securities traded pursuant to certain lending arrangements. Makes such tax applicable to transactions by controlled foreign corporations and payable by its U.S. shareholders. 
 
Allows an offset against such tax for contributions to certain tax-favored accounts, including tax-exempt retirement plans, Archer medical savings accounts, health savings accounts, and qualified tuition plans and Coverdell education savings accounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-881
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2013-02-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Military operations and strategy

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: 
Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act of 2013 - Places specified restrictions on the use of cluster munitions. 
 
Directs the President, within 90 days after the use of such munitions, to submit to the congressional defense, appropriations, and foreign relations committees a plan for cleaning up any such munitions or submunitions which fail to explode and continue to pose a hazard to civilians.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E219)
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit certain veterans who were discharged or released from the Armed Forces by reason of service-connected disability to transfer benefits under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-883
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2013-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: 
Permits the posthumous transfer of Post 9/11 Educational Assistance (an educational assistance entitlement for certain members of the Armed Forces serving on or after September 11, 2001) to the spouse or children of eligible Armed Forces members when the application of a member electing to transfer such assistance was not approved before the member died in the line of duty.
 
Allows transfers of such entitlements by individuals honorably discharged or released from active duty in the Armed Forces due to a service-connected disability or after sustaining an injury in line of duty requiring hospital, nursing home, or domiciliary care or treatment. (Current law requires an individual to be serving as a member of the Armed Forces when the transfer is executed.) Sets forth extended and alternative eligibility periods for such individuals.
 
Applies this Act to individuals who become eligible to transfer such benefits on or after August 1, 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Members of Congress Tax Accountability Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-884
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2013-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Debt collection
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Members of Congress
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: 
Members of Congress Tax Accountability Act of 2013 - Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require Members of Congress to include in their annual financial disclosure reports the amount of any delinquent tax liability owed to the United States or any state or local government entity.
 
Requires the appropriate congressional ethics committee to open an inquiry immediately into the tax delinquency of that Member to determine: (1) his or her total delinquent tax liability and reason for such delinquency, (2) whether the Member has a plan to eliminate it, and (3) whether it has reflected poorly on Congress.
 
Requires such Member to arrange with the Secretary of the Senate or the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, as appropriate, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to have his or her salary reduced by an amount appropriate to pay the taxes owed to the United States within a reasonable time period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House