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Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely Voting

Bill: 113-hr-97
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Emergency planning and evacuation
Military personnel and dependents
Natural disasters
Performance measurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely Voting Act or FAST Voting Act - Directs the Attorney General to award grants, on a competitive basis, to enable states to: (1) invest in practices and technology designed to expedite voting at the polls, and (2) simplify voter registration. 
 
Requires the grant application to include a comprehensive and coherent plan for using funds to improve the applicant's performance on specified measures with respect to: (1) flexible registration opportunities, (2) early voting, (3) assistance to non-English speaking voters, and (4) other related matters. 
Requires each grantee to establish performance measures and targets, approved by the Attorney General, that track its progress in implementing its plan and expediting voting at the polls or simplifying voter registration, as applicable.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
John Hope Franklin Tulsa-Greenwood Race Riot Claims Accountability Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-98
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Crime victims
Oklahoma
Racial and ethnic relations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
John Hope Franklin Tulsa-Greenwood Race Riot Claims Accountability Act of 2013 - Declares that any person (including the state of Oklahoma) who, in connection with the Greenwood community of Tulsa, Oklahoma, race riot of 1921 and its aftermath, acted under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage of the state of Oklahoma to subject, or cause to be subjected, any person to the deprivation, on account of race, of any right secured at the time of the deprivation by Oklahoma law, shall be liable to the party injured in a civil action for redress (thereby allowing claims for damages notwithstanding the federal court decision in 
Alexander v. State of Oklahoma
, which found that such claims were time-barred and not to be determined on the merits).
 
Prohibits the commencement of such a civil action more than five years after enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E12)
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-99
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Health care costs and insurance
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2013 - Prohibits the McCarran-Ferguson Act from being construed to permit health insurance issuers or issuers of medical malpractice insurance to engage in any form of price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations in connection with the conduct of the business of providing health insurance coverage or coverage of medical malpractice claims or actions.
 
Amends such Act to provide that nothing in it shall modify, impair, or supersede the operation of any of the antitrust laws with respect to the business of health insurance.
 
Applies prohibitions against using unfair methods of competition to the business of health insurance without regard to whether such business is carried on for profit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E9)
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Rehab and Ahmed Amer Foster Care Improvement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-102
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Government information and archives
Judicial review and appeals
Separation, divorce, custody, support
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Rehab and Ahmed Amer Foster Care Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to revise requirements that states must follow to contact the adult relatives of a child removed from the custody of his or her parents.
 
Requires the state, within 90 days after making a placement decision, to provide notice of the decision and the reasons for it to each parent of the child, each relative who has expressed an interest in caring for the child, the guardian, and other specified parties.
 
Requires the state to establish procedures to: (1) allow a person who receives such a notice to request documentation of the reasons for the decision involved, (2) allow the attorney for the child to petition the court involved to review the decision, and (3) require the court to commence such a review on the record after receiving such a petition. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E4)
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Ending Fiscal Cliffs Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-103
Sponsor: Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Ending Fiscal Cliffs Act of 2013 - Authorizes an increase or decrease in the public debt limit, as necessary, by the amount determined by the Secretary of the Treasury to be required to meet existing commitments after enactment of any Act of Congress that provides budget authority or reduces revenues.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-104
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Israel
Middle East
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act of 2013 - States that it is U.S. policy: (1) to recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel, and (2) that the U.S. Embassy in Israel should be established in Jerusalem not later than January 1, 2015.
 
 Amends the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 to eliminate the President's authority to waive certain funding limitations for Department of State acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad until the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem has officially opened.
 
Requires any official U.S. document which lists countries and their capital cities to identify Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
 
Limits appropriations that may be obligated in FY2013 for Department acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad until the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem has officially opened.
 
States that for each of FY2013-FY2014, of funds authorized to be appropriated for Department acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad, necessary sums should be made available until expended only for construction and other costs associated with the establishment in Jerusalem of the U.S. Embassy in Israel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act

Bill: 113-hr-105
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal provisions added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requiring individuals to purchase and maintain minimum essential health care coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Budget Accountability Act

Bill: 113-hr-106
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional operations and organization
House of Representatives
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Congressional Budget Accountability Act - Requires any amounts remaining of House Members' Representational Allowances after all payments are made for the year to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or, in fiscal years for which there is no federal budget deficit, to reduce the federal debt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-107
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2013 - Repeals provisions: (1) authorizing a federal employee representing an exclusive representative in the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement official time for such purpose during the time such employee otherwise would be in a duty status; and (2) requiring the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) to determine whether any employee participating for, or on behalf of, a labor organization in any phase of proceedings before it shall be authorized official time for that purpose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Member Pay Freeze Act

Bill: 113-hr-108
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Member Pay Freeze Act - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to provide that pay for Members of Congress may not be increased by any adjustment scheduled to take effect in a calendar year if the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) determines that the federal aggregate outlays during the last completed fiscal year exceeded the federal aggregate receipts during such fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-03
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: 2013-01-03
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: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Enumerated Powers Act

Bill: 113-hr-109
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Enumerated Powers Act - Requires each Act of Congress to contain a concise and definite statement of the constitutional authority relied upon for the enactment of each portion of that Act. Declares that failure to comply with this requirement shall give rise to a point of order in either chamber of Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of the Army to determine the validity of the claims of certain Filipinos that they performed military service on behalf of the United States during World War II.

Bill: 113-hr-110
Sponsor: Rep. Hanabusa, Colleen W. [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Military history
Philippines
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Army to issue a certificate of service to any Filipino national who the Secretary determines performed any military service in the Philippine Islands during World War II qualifying such person or such person's survivor to receive any military, veterans', or other benefits under U.S. laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-01-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 113-hr-111
Sponsor: Rep. Hanabusa, Colleen W. [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Congressional tributes
Military history
Philippines
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the award, on behalf of Congress, of a single gold medal collectively to the Filipino Veterans of World War II (Veterans) in recognition of their dedicated service during such War. States that such medal shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution (Smithsonian) for display.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Smithsonian should make the medal available for display elsewhere, particularly at locations associated with the Veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
METRICS Act

Bill: 113-hr-112
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Right of privacy
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Measuring and Evaluating Trends for Reliability, Integrity, and Continued Success (METRICS) Act of 2013 or the METRICS Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states, high-need local educational agencies (LEAs), or consortia of high-need LEAs that partner with external entities to improve access to, and the sharing and use of, education data to improve student outcomes.
 
Requires states to use such grants to: (1) implement aligned statewide education longitudinal data systems; (2) define policies and procedures for the collection of, access to, and use of education data; (3) protect the privacy, security, and confidentiality of student and educator data; (4) link education data with workforce data; (5) match teachers with teacher preparation and certification information; (6) standardize education data through the use of openly developed common education data standards; and (7) meet federal reporting requirements.
 
Requires high-need LEAs to use such grants to develop and implement a comprehensive plan to: (1) provide interested parties and the public with access to student education data in a manner that ensures its integrity and respects student and educator privacy; (2) improve the ability of school leaders to use student data to improve schools and classroom instruction; and (3) improve the ability of teachers effectively to use student data through on-going, sustainable, and high-quality training.
 
Defines "aligned statewide education longitudinal data systems" as statewide data systems that house and link the longitudinal data of individual students, including their early childhood, elementary and secondary school, postsecondary education, and workforce data.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to carry out specified national activities to improve the collection, quality, and use of education data.
 
Directs the Secretary to make publicly available, within one year of this Act's enactment, a comprehensive and searchable description of all Department of Education reporting requirements that apply to states, LEAs, or schools. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
WILL Act

Bill: 113-hr-113
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Employment and training programs
Libraries and archives
State and local government operations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Workforce Investments through Local Libraries Act or WILL Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to revise requirements for member composition of state and local workforce investment boards to include individuals and organizations representing public libraries.
 
Requires state workforce investment plans to include a description of the procedures states will take to assure coordination of and avoid duplication among employment, training, and literacy services carried out by public libraries. Requires local workforce investment plans similarly to describe how local boards will coordinate investment activities carried out in the local area with such services carried out by public libraries.
 
Allows a human resource program operated by a one-stop partner to include employment, training, and literacy services carried out by public libraries.
 
Allows public libraries, among other appropriate entities, to contract with the one-stop delivery system to deliver intensive services for employment and training for adults and dislocated workers supported by workforce investment funds. 
 
Allows demonstration and pilot, multiservice, research, and multistate projects of the Department of Labor for providing employment opportunities and training services to individuals to include the establishment of employment resource centers in public libraries to provide unemployed and underemployed individuals access to such opportunities and services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House