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To create competition in the Department of Agriculture's canned tuna purchasing program to strengthen the Department's buying power, increase the availability of canned tuna to school lunch, child nutrition, and other Federal nutrition programs, and create jobs in the domestic canning industry.

Bill: 113-hr-2842
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2013-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Public contracts and procurement
Seafood

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-25
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to revise the Agricultural Marketing Service Master Solicitation and Supplement specifications for the purchase of canned tuna to require that: (1) all such tuna be landed by U.S.-flagged fishing vessels; (2) not less than 75% of the value of such tuna be produced in the United States; and (3) all such tuna be canned in the United States, including Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, or U.S. territories or possessions.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
action_date: 2013-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2013-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2013-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Data Access for Transparency and Accountability Act

Bill: 113-hr-2843
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2013-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-25
text: 
Medicare Data Access for Transparency and Accountability Act - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make available to the public HHS claims and payment data related to SSA title XVIII (Medicare), including data on payments made to any service provider or supplier. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Diabetic Testing Supply Access Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2845
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-26
text: 
Diabetic Testing Supply Access Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to deny the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) authority to restrict or eliminate a Medicare beneficiary's option of electing, regardless of delivery method (except by mail), to have diabetic testing supplies delivered to him or her by retail community pharmacies, including one that contracts with a long-term care facility, assisted living facility, group home, or other type of residential setting recognized by the state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-07-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-07-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of the State of Israel Act

Bill: 113-hr-2846
Sponsor: Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2013-07-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Israel
Middle East
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-26
text: 
Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of the State of Israel Act- Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the United States should recognize the sovereign status of an undivided Jerusalem as Israel's capital; (2) recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital and transferring the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv will send a signal of U.S. commitment to Israel; and (3) the Secretary of State should transfer the Embassy to 14 David Flusser Street, Jerusalem, repurpose or sell the Embassy in Tel Aviv, and deposit any sale proceeds in the Asset Management Account of the Department of State.
 
 Amends the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 to repeal, as of January 1, 2014, the President's authority to waive the limitation on the obligation of funds for acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad until the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem has officially opened. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa.
action_date: 2013-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Wounded Warrior Service Dog Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2847
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2013-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Neurological disorders
Service animals
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: 
Wounded Warrior Service Dog Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) to jointly establish the K-9 Companion Corps program for the awarding of grants to assist nonprofit organizations in establishing, planning, designing, and/or operating programs to provide assistance dogs to certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans who have certain disabilities. Defines &quot;assistance dog&quot; to mean a dog specifically trained to perform physical tasks to mitigate the effects of such a disability, except that such term does not include a dog specifically trained for comfort or personal defense.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-07-30
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: 2013-07-30
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: 2013-07-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5099)
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act

Bill: 113-hr-2852
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2013-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Age discrimination
Civil actions and liability
Disability and health-based discrimination
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: 
Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to specify that an unlawful employment practice is established when the complaining party demonstrates that age or participation in investigations, proceedings, or litigation under such Act was a motivating factor for any practice, even though other factors also motivated the practice (thereby allowing what are commonly known as "mixed motive" claims).
 
Permits a complaining party to rely on any type or form of admissible evidence, which need only be sufficient for a reasonable trier of fact to find that an unlawful practice occurred. Declares that a complaining party shall not be required to demonstrate that age or retaliation was the sole cause of a practice (thereby rejecting the Supreme Court decision in 
Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc.
, which requires a complainant to prove that age was the "but-for" cause for the employer's decision).
 
Authorizes the court, on a claim in which an individual demonstrates that age was a motivating factor for any employment practice and in which a respondent demonstrates that the same action would have been taken in the absence of the impermissible motivating factor, to grant declaratory relief, injunctive relief, and attorney's fees and costs directly attributable only to the pursuit of a claim. Prohibits the court in such an instance from awarding damages or issuing an order requiring any admission, reinstatement, hiring, promotion, or payment.
 
Applies the same standard of proof to other employment discrimination and retaliation claims, including claims under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and similar laws concerning federal employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Hospital Price Transparency and Disclosure Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2853
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2013-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: 
 Hospital Price Transparency and Disclosure Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require a hospital or ambulatory surgical center to report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding: (1) the frequency of occurrence of certain treatment episodes for the most frequently treated conditions or diseases in each setting, (2) the total number of treatment episodes for which care was furnished by the hospital or center, and (3) the insured and uninsured average charge by the hospital or center for such treatment episode. 
 
Requires the Secretary to post promptly on the HHS website: (1) such information in a manner that promotes charge comparisons among hospitals and among ambulatory surgical centers, and (2) an appropriate link to other consumer quality information maintained on such site or a site maintained by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Requires a hospital and an ambulatory surgical center to post prominently at each admission site a notice of the availability of such data.
 
Authorizes civil penalties for violations of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes.

Bill: 113-hr-2854
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2013-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the taxpayer election to deduct state and local general sales taxes in lieu of state and local income taxes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Captive Primate Safety Act

Bill: 113-hr-2856
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2013-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Department of the Interior
Disability assistance
Mammals
Service animals
Smuggling and trafficking
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: 
Captive Primate Safety Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to add nonhuman primates to the definition of "prohibited wildlife species" for purposes of the prohibition against the sale or purchase of such species in interstate or foreign commerce.
 
Makes it unlawful for a person to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase a live animal of any prohibited wildlife species in interstate or foreign commerce (i.e., for pet trade purposes). Modifies exceptions to such prohibition, including by making it inapplicable to a person who is: (1) a licensed and inspected person who does not allow direct contact between the public and prohibited wildlife species, and (2) transporting a single primate of the genus Cebus that was obtained from and trained by a charitable organization to assist a permanently disabled individual with a severe mobility impairment. 
 
Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of the requirements of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Loan Fairness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2857
Sponsor: Rep. Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11]
Introduced: 2013-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government lending and loan guarantees
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Political parties and affiliation
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: 
Disaster Loan Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act to provide the interest rate to be charged by the Small Business Administration (SBA) for loans made to small businesses 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act or later in major disaster areas. Requires such rate to be the lesser of 4% or one-half the prevailing rate for similar loans in the area for those unable to attain credit elsewhere, or three-fourths the prevailing rate for those able to attain credit elsewhere.
 
Directs the Administrator to report to Congress on whether the reduced rate has resulted in: (1) a greater number of applications for disaster-related loans, (2) a greater number of approvals for such loans, or (3) a decreased default rate.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury, with respect to any presidential election held after 2012, from making any payments from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund (Fund) to any national committee of a political party for political nominating conventions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2013-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Wildland Firefighters Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-2858
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2013-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Forests, forestry, trees
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Temporary and part-time employment

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: 
Wildland Firefighters Protection Act - Requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in cooperation with federal land management agencies, to develop a separate and distinct occupational series for firefighters who are engaged in the prevention, control, suppression, and management of wildfires (wildland firefighters) that more accurately reflects the variety of duties performed by such firefighters.
 Establishes a three-year compensation pilot program for full- and part-time wildland firefighters to provide such firefighters with enhanced compensation (portal-to-portal compensation) while assigned to an emergency incident. Provides for the treatment of differential pay for hazardous duty as part of the base pay of wildland firefighters for retirement purposes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the interest rate limitation on debt entered into during military service to debt incurred during military service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred before military service.

Bill: 113-hr-2859
Sponsor: Rep. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2013-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: 
Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the 6% interest rate limitation on debt entered into during a servicemember's military service to any debt entered into to consolidate or refinance one or more student loans incurred before such service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in House
To require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to retain and redistribute certain amounts collected as fines.

Bill: 113-hr-2861
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2013-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Emergency planning and evacuation
Executive agency funding and structure
Intergovernmental relations
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Nuclear power
Radioactive wastes and releases
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: 
Requires the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to retain amounts collected for safety-related fines and to distribute them to counties for maintaining radiological emergency preparedness plans required in connection with the nuclear facility with respect to which the fines were collected. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Freedom to Invest Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2862
Sponsor: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-4]
Introduced: 2013-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Taxation of foreign income
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: 
Freedom to Invest Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend the election allowed to a U.S. corporation to deduct dividends received from a controlled foreign corporation to the corporation's last taxable year beginning before the enactment of this Act or the first taxable year beginning during the one-year period beginning on such enactment date, and (2) reduce the amount of such tax deduction for corporations that fail to maintain specified employment levels for full-time U.S. employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Introduced in House