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Stop Internal Resource Slush Fund Act

Bill: 113-hr-2345
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2013-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: 
 Stop Internal Resource Slush Fund Act - Prohibits the transfer or reprogramming of funds made available to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) if such funds are derived from: (1) fees for services provided by the IRS, (2) discretionary appropriations for salaries and expenses or other personnel and hiring programs, or (3) reimbursable programs. Rescinds any unobligated funds resulting from this Act and directs their return to the general fund of the Treasury for the sole purpose of deficit reduction. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Appropriations, 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: 2013-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Appropriations, 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: 2013-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Appropriations, 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: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Secret Ballot Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-2346
Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2013-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Labor-management relations
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: 
Secret Ballot Protection Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to make it an unfair labor practice for: (1) an employer to recognize or bargain collectively with a labor organization that has not been selected by a majority of the employees in a unit appropriate for such purposes in a secret ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and (2) a labor organization to cause or attempt to cause an employer to recognize or bargain collectively with a representative that has not been selected in such manner.
 
Requires the NLRB to conduct a secret ballot election to determine whether a labor organization certified or recognized by an employer as the representative to bargain collectively is no longer the representative of a unit (decertification).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions hearings held.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Representation Fairness Restoration Act

Bill: 113-hr-2347
Sponsor: Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6]
Introduced: 2013-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Labor-management relations
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: 
Representation Fairness Restoration Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to revise requirements for National Labor Relation Board (NLRB) determination of an appropriate bargaining unit before an election of collective bargaining representation. (In effect reverses the NLRB's August 26, 2011, decision in Specialty Healthcare and Rehabilitation of Mobile and its June 22, 2011, rulemaking regarding proposed changes to procedures involving the election of collective bargaining representation.) 
 
Replaces the current restriction in the meaning of collective bargaining unit to employer unit, craft unit, plant unit, or subdivision. Requires the NLRB, instead, to determine a unit as appropriate for collective bargaining if it consists of employees that share a sufficient community of interest. Specifies factors the NLRB must consider when making such determinations. 
 
Prohibits exclusion of employees from the unit unless the interests of the group seeking a separate unit are sufficiently distinct from those of other employees to warrant the establishment of a separate unit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions hearings held.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Jumpstart GSE Reform Act

Bill: 113-hr-2348
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2013-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Housing finance and home ownership
Securities
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: 
Jumpstart GSE Reform Act - Prohibits the use of an increase in the guarantee fee required to be charged by the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), or any affiliate of such organizations (enterprises) to offset an increase in outlays or a reduction in revenues for any purposes other than those related to the enterprises' business functions under: (1) the congressional budget, (2) the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), or (3) the Statutory Pay-As-You-Act 2010. 
 
Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from selling, transferring, relinquishing, liquidating, divesting, or otherwise disposing of any outstanding shares of senior preferred stock acquired pursuant to a specified Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement between the Department of the Treasury and an enterprise until Congress has passed and the President has signed into law legislation that includes a specific instruction to the Secretary regarding the sale, transfer, relinquishment, liquidation, divestiture, or other disposition of the senior preferred stock so acquired.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
GRAD Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2349
Sponsor: Rep. Negrete McLeod, Gloria [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2013-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: 
Get Relief from Academic Debt Act of 2013 or the GRAD Act of 2013 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow borrowers of Direct Stafford Loans to opt to extend the period before they must begin to repay such loans to one year after they cease to carry at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload. (Currently, the repayment period for Direct Stafford Loans begins six months after borrowers cease to carry at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload.)
 
Subsidizes the interest that accrues on Direct Stafford Loans for the first six months of that extended grace period.
 
Makes this Act applicable to Direct Stafford Loans first disbursed on or after July 1, 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3658)
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Time Off to Vote Act

Bill: 113-hr-2350
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2013-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: 
Time Off to Vote Act - Entitles an employee to two hours of paid leave on the day of any federal election in order to vote.
 
 Gives the employer the right to determine the two-hour-period, excluding any lunch break or other break. 
 
Prohibits the loss of benefits for any employee taking such leave under this Act.
 
Makes it unlawful for any employer to interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of or the attempt to exercise, the right to take leave under this Act, or to discriminate against an employee in any manner for taking leave under this Act.
 
Makes it unlawful for any employer to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any individual for: (1) opposing any practice made unlawful by this Act; (2) filing any charge, or instituting or causing to be instituted any proceeding, under or related to this Act; or (3) testifying or preparing to testifying in any inquiry or proceeding relating to any leave provided under this Act.
 
Specifies the penalties for any employer who violates this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the fossil fuel consumption percentage reduction requirements for Federal buildings under the Energy Conservation and Production Act.

Bill: 113-hr-2351
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2013-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: 
Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to repeal a requirement that certain new federal buildings and federal buildings undergoing major renovations be designed to reduce fossil fuel-generated energy consumption.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Eleanor Smith Inclusive Home Design Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2352
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2013-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Building construction
Civil actions and liability
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government liability
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Housing industry and standards
Income tax credits
Legal fees and court costs
Public housing
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: 
Eleanor Smith Inclusive Home Design Act of 2013 - Requires newly constructed, federally assisted single family houses and town houses to include at least one level that complies with the Standards for Type C (Visitable) Units of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Standards for Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities (1005-ICC ANSI A117.1-2009) and any future revisions.
 
Requires: (1) each applicant for federal financial assistance to submit compliance assurances to the relevant federal agency, and (2) each person who arranges for design or construction of a covered dwelling to submit architectural and construction plans for state or local approval. Prohibits federal financial assistance to a state or local government unit unless the recipient is taking certain enforcement actions with regard to covered dwellings.
 
Permits: (1) private civil actions in a U.S. district court or state court for violations of this Act, and (2) the Attorney General to commence civil actions or intervene in civil actions under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to the operation of vehicles on certain Wisconsin highways, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-2353
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2013-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: 
 Permits the continued operation of trucks on any segment of the U.S. Route 41 corridor in Wisconsin designated as a route on the Interstate System that could operate legally on such segment before that designation without regard to federal weight limitation requirements.

action_date: 2013-07-22
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
 Permits the continued operation of trucks on any segment of the U.S. Route 41 corridor in Wisconsin designated as a route on the Interstate System that could operate legally on such segment before that designation without regard to federal weight limitation requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4836)
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4836)
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2353.
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4836)
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Mr. Petri moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 117.
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 113-162.
action_date: 2013-07-22
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 113-162.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Discharged.
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
PROMPT Act

Bill: 113-hr-2354
Sponsor: Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2013-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Military personnel and dependents
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: 
Proper Replacement Of Medals and Performance Tracking Act or the PROMPT Act - Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned, when recipients of certain military decorations or medals (or in some cases when the recipient's immediate next of kin) requests a replacement of such decoration (e.g., when the original medal is lost, stolen, or destroyed), to ensure that: (1) all actions to be taken with respect to the request, including verification of the service record of the recipient, are completed within one year; and (2) the replacement is mailed to the person making the request within a specified period after such verification.
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to submit to Congress: (1) an annual report regarding compliance by the military departments with such replacement performance standards; and (2) a plan to implement such standards, including an estimate of FY2015 funds necessary to meet or exceed such standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
All-American Flag Act

Bill: 113-hr-2355
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2013-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Buy American requirements
National symbols
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: 
 All-American Flag Act - Requires any flags of the United States acquired for use by the federal government to be entirely manufactured in the United States from articles, materials, or supplies entirely grown, produced, or manufactured in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
We Are Watching You Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2356
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2013-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: 
We Are Watching You Act of 2013 - Prohibits an operator of a video service from collecting visual or auditory information from the vicinity of the device used to display the video programming stream to the consumer unless the operator: (1) displays, as part of the stream, a message that reads, &quot;We are watching you&quot;; and (2) describes to the consumer the types of information that will be collected and how such information will be used. 
 
Requires the description of information collection to be provided: (1) as part of the terms and conditions to which the consumer must agree before using the video service; and (2) in the case of a video service accessed through a device sold or provided to the consumer by the operator, as part of the written instructions and other materials accompanying such device.
 
Directs operators to offer an alternative video service that does not involve the collection of such information but is otherwise identical. Requires any devices provided in connection with such alternative service to be incapable of collecting such information. 
 
Allows operators to disclose such information only with the express consent of the consumer or as required by a court order in connection with a law enforcement investigation. 
 
Requires violations of this Act to be treated as unfair or deceptive acts or practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that Members must complete 12 years of creditable service in order to be vested in an annuity under the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-2357
Sponsor: Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2013-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: 
Requires Members of Congress to complete at least 12 years of creditable service in order to be vested in an annuity under the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Preference for Local Veteran Contractors Act

Bill: 113-hr-2358
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2013-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Building construction
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability and paralysis
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: 
Preference for Local Veteran Contractors Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to give a preference to a local (within a 60-mile radius) contractor in the award of a contract for: (1) the construction or maintenance of a VA facility, or (2) services provided to a particular VA facility or campus. Requires the Secretary, upon awarding such a contract to a non-local contractor, to publish a public explanation of why a local contractor was not awarded the contract.
 
Includes veterans who are local contractors within a required VA priority for awarding contracts to small businesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Introduced in House