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Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act

Bill: 113-hr-764
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Emergency planning and evacuation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Great Lakes
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Natural disasters
Seashores and lakeshores
Travel and tourism
Water quality
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program to: (1) provide assistance to coastal states to voluntarily develop coastal climate change adaptation plans to minimize contributions to climate change and to prepare for and reduce the negative consequences that may result from climate change in the coastal zone, and (2) provide financial and technical assistance and training to enable coastal states to implement such plans through coastal states' enforceable policies. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to coastal states to develop such plans and to support projects that implement strategies contained in such plans. Requires the Secretary to promote and encourage the use of National Estuarine Research Reserves as sites for pilot or demonstration projects carried out with such grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H569)
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Paying a Fair Share Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-766
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Employment taxes
Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Inflation and prices
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax reform and tax simplification

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Paying a Fair Share Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require an individual taxpayer whose adjusted gross income exceeds $1 million to pay a minimum tax rate of 30% of the excess of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income over the taxpayer's modified charitable contribution deduction for the taxable year (tentative fair share tax). Establishes the amount of such tax as the excess (if any) of the tentative fair share tax over the excess of: (1) the sum of the taxpayer's regular tax liability, the alternative minimum tax (AMT) amount, and the payroll tax for the taxable year; over (2) certain tax credits. Provides for a phase-in of such tax. Requires an inflation adjustment to the $1 million income threshold for taxable years beginning after 2014.
 
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should enact tax reform that repeals unfair and unnecessary tax loopholes and expenditures, simplifies the tax system, and makes sure that the wealthiest taxpayers pay a fair share of taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Child Tax Credit Permanency Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-769
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Child Tax Credit Permanency Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the child tax credit, to: (1) make permanent the reduction (from $10,000 to $3,000) of the eligibility threshold for the refundable portion of such credit, and (2) require an annual inflation adjustment to the allowable amount of such credit (i.e., $1,000) after 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the South Carolina National Heritage Corridor Act of 1996 to designate the management entity for the South Carolina National Heritage Corridor, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-770
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
South Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Amends the South Carolina National Heritage Corridor Act of 1996 to designate the South Carolina Heritage Corridor, Inc. as the management entity for the South Carolina National Heritage Corridor and transfers all program funds to such entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
South Carolina Offshore Drilling Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-771
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy revenues and royalties
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
South Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
South Carolina Offshore Drilling Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, when determining the areas off the coast of South Carolina that are to be made available for leasing under Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2012-2017), to: (1) consider the laws, goals, and policies of the state of South Carolina; and (2) focus upon areas considered to have the most geologically promising energy resources.
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
To promote peaceful and collaborative resolution of the South China Sea dispute.

Bill: 113-hr-772
Sponsor: Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: ASEAN countries
Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
India
International organizations and cooperation
Japan
Marine and inland water transportation
Military operations and strategy
Navigation, waterways, harbors
North Korea
Philippines
South Korea
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Taiwan

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State should: (1) reaffirm U.S. support for the peaceful resolution of maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea, the Taiwan Strait, the East China Sea, and the Yellow Sea; (2) condemn the use of threats or force by naval, maritime security, and fishing vessels from China in the South China Sea and the East China Sea as well as the use of force by North Korea in the Yellow Sea; (3) welcome the diplomatic efforts to resolve these disputes by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the U.S. allies and partners in Japan, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, and India; and (4) support U.S. Armed Forces operations in support of freedom of navigation rights in international waters and air space in the South China Sea, the East China Sea, the Taiwan Strait, and the Yellow Sea.
 
Directs the Secretary to report to Congress regarding peaceful measures to resolve the territorial disputes in the South China Sea.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt the Department of Defense from reduction under any order issued to carry out a sequestration pursuant to section 251A.

Bill: 113-hr-773
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 to: (1) lower the $1.2 trillion total deficit reduction goal for each of FY2013-FY2021 to $600 billion, (2) lower the FY2013 deficit reduction goal from $24 billion to $12 billion, and (3) eliminate the Department of Defense (DOD) function reduction entirely.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-774
Sponsor: Rep. Gardner, Cory [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Business investment and capital
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Sales and excise taxes
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow businesses with 500 or fewer employees to establish small business start-up savings accounts for the payment of certain business expenses, including the purchase of equipment or facilities, marketing, training, incorporation, and accounting fees. Requires all distributions from such accounts for payment of business expenses to be completed within five years after the first account distribution.
 
Allows a tax deduction for contributions to a start-up savings account, limited to the lesser of: (1) $10,000, or (2) $150,000 reduced by the aggregate account contributions for all taxable years. Excludes distributions from such accounts from gross income for income tax purposes. Imposes an excise tax on excess contributions to and for nonqualified distributions from such accounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Uninterrupted Elections Act

Bill: 113-hr-775
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal district courts
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Judicial procedure and administration
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Uninterrupted Elections Act - Amends the federal judicial code to exempt an election and registration official, if named as a prospective juror under a random jury selection plan, from starting service as a juror during any election period (the period beginning 60 days before and ending 30 days after an election with respect to which the official has specified election duties). 
 
Defines "election or registration official" as an appointed or elected local election administrator, or a permanent full-time employee of such an administrator, whose duties include the registration of voters or the administration of elections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
ADA Notification Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-777
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Disability and health-based discrimination
Judicial procedure and administration
Jurisdiction and venue

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
ADA Notification Act of 2013 - Amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to deny jurisdiction to a state or federal court in a civil action a plaintiff commences for remedies for disability discrimination in public accommodations and certain services provided by private entities unless: (1) the plaintiff notified the defendant in writing of the alleged violations prior to filing the complaint, (2) the notice identified the specific facts that constitute the alleged violation, (3) a remedial period of 90 days elapses after the notice, (4) the notice informed the defendant that the civil action could not be commenced for 90 days, and (5) the complaint states that the defendant has not corrected the alleged violation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act

Bill: 113-hr-778
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Caribbean area
Civil actions and liability
Cuba
Evidence and witnesses
Intellectual property
Jurisdiction and venue
Latin America
Property rights

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act - Amends the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 to prohibit U.S. courts from recognizing, enforcing, or otherwise validating any assertion of rights by an individual (under current law, by a designated Cuban national) of a mark, trade name, or commercial name that was used in connection with a business or assets that were confiscated by the Cuban government unless the original owner of such mark or name, or such owner's bona fide successor, has expressly consented. Applies such prohibition only if the individual asserting the rights knew or had reason to know at the time of acquiring the rights asserted that the mark or name was the same or substantially similar to the mark or name used in connection with the business or assets that were confiscated. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-781
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computer security and identity theft
Crime prevention
Department of Health and Human Services
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish cost-effective procedures to ensure that: (1) a Social Security account number (or any derivative) is not displayed, coded, or embedded on the Medicare card issued to an individual entitled to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act or enrolled under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance); and (2) any other identifier displayed on such card is not identifiable as a Social Security account number (or derivative thereof).
 
Requires the Secretary, in implementing this Act, to: (1) establish a cost-effective process that involves the least amount of disruption to Medicare beneficiaries and health care providers; and (2) consider implementing a process similar to the one involving Railroad Retirement Board beneficiaries under which the Medicare beneficiary identifier used is not a Social Security account number (or derivative), is external to HHS, and is convertible over to a Social Security account number (or derivative) for use internal to HHS and the Social Security Administration.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Permanently Repeal the Estate Tax Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-782
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Permanently Repeal the Estate Tax Act of 2013 - Repeals the federal estate tax, effective for estates of decedents dying after December 31, 2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Prevent Iran from Acquiring Nuclear Weapons and Stop War Through Diplomacy Act

Bill: 113-hr-783
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Afghanistan
Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Executive agency funding and structure
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Iran
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Nuclear power
Nuclear weapons
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Prevent Iran from Acquiring Nuclear Weapons and Stop War Through Diplomacy Act - Directs the President to appoint a high-level U.S. representative or special envoy for Iran who shall: (1) seek to ease tensions and normalize relations between the United States and Iran through bilateral and multilateral negotiations, (2) lead U.S. diplomatic efforts with regard to Iran, and (3) act as liaison with U.S. and international intelligence agencies, 
 
Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) rescind the no contact policy with Iran, and (2) establish an office in the Department of State to support the work of the representative or special envoy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
States' Medical Marijuana Property Rights Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-784
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Judicial procedure and administration
Land transfers
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
States' Medical Marijuana Property Rights Protection Act - Exempts real property from civil forfeiture under the Controlled Substances Act due to medical marijuana-related conduct that is authorized by state law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Halt Index Trading of Energy Commodities (HITEC) Act

Bill: 113-hr-785
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Commodities markets
Financial services and investments
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
 Halt Index Trading of Energy Commodities (HITEC) Act - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to declare unlawful for: (1) a commodity index fund to engage in an energy commodity transaction if any person investing in the fund is an excluded investor, (2) an energy commodity index fund to accept an investment from a person who is an excluded investor, or (3) a commodity index fund to hold an investment in an energy commodity if any person investing in the fund is an excluded investor.
 
Defines &quot;excluded investor&quot; as a person with respect to whom there is no position in an energy commodity which, if held by the person, would be considered a bona fide hedging position.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E165)
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Tar Sands Tax Loophole Elimination Act

Bill: 113-hr-786
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Oil and gas
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Tar Sands Tax Loophole Elimination Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include tar sands in the definition of &quot;crude oil&quot; for purposes of the excise tax on petroleum.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House