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To amend the Diplomatic Security Act to revise the provisions relating to personnel recommendations of the Accountability Review Board under such Act.

Bill: 113-hr-925
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2013-02-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Military personnel and dependents
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: 
Amends the Diplomatic Security Act to require a determination by the Accountability Review Board that an individual's misconduct or unsatisfactory performance of duty significantly contributed to serious injury, loss of life, significant property destruction, or serious security breach in order for the Board to recommend that an investigatory or disciplinary action be initiated by the appropriate federal agency or instrumentality.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Identity Defense Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-926
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2013-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Crime prevention
Criminal justice information and records
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: 
Social Security Identity Defense Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to make certain disclosures to the holder of a social security account number and to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) if the Secretary determines that there is a substantial likelihood that there has been a fraudulent use of such account number in the employment context. Authorizes the FBI Director to disclose information received from the Secretary to federal, state, and local law enforcement officials, but restricts the use of such information to carrying out criminal investigations or prosecutions.
 
Requires employers who have been notified of suspected misuse of an employee's social security account number to cease including such account number on statements provided to such employee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E224)
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Common Sense Economic Recovery Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-927
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2013-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Credit and credit markets
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: 
Common Sense Economic Recovery Act of 2013 - Cites circumstances under which, for purposes of determining capital requirements or measuring an insured depository institution's capital, such an institution may treat a non-accrual loan as an accrual loan.
 
(Non-accrual [also known as non-performing or doubtful] loans are those on which interest is overdue and full collection of principal is uncertain, and so interest, if it has not been paid in over 90 days, cannot be credited to the bank's revenue account until it has actually been received.)
 
Permits an insured depository institution to treat a non-accrual loan as an accrual loan if: (1) the loan is current, (2) no monthly payment has been more than 30 days delinquent during the previous 6-month period, and (3) loan payments are being made pursuant to the contract terms and all parties agree to any refinances and modifications.
 
Prohibits a modified or restructured loan from being treated as a non-accrual loan if the borrower demonstrates the ability to perform on such a loan: (1) over a period of 6 months; or (2) over a period of 3 consecutive payments in the case of a quarterly, semi-annual, or longer repayment schedule.
 
Prohibits the appropriate federal banking agency from: (1) imposing any additional accounting requirements upon an insured depository institution with respect to a loan treated as an accrual loan under this Act if the result of such requirement would adversely impact measurement of the institution's capital, or (2) requiring an insured depository institution to treat a loan as a non-accrual loan solely because the loan collateral has reduced in value.
 
Excludes from the accounting requirements and prohibitions of this Act any issuer of a security registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. 
 
Directs the Financial Stability Oversight Council to study how best to prevent the issuance of contradictory guidance to such institutions by federal banking agencies with respect to loan classifications and capital requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-928
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2013-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: 
Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2013 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) establishment of one or more Medicare operated prescription drug plan options; and (2) an appeals process for denials of benefits under a Medicare operated prescription drug plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-28
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: 2013-02-28
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: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Patriot Corporations of America Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-929
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2013-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business ethics
Consumer affairs
Corporate finance and management
Employee benefits and pensions
Environmental regulatory procedures
Foreign and international corporations
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax rates
Industrial policy and productivity
Labor-management relations
Manufacturing
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Pollution liability
Public contracts and procurement
Research and development
Taxation of foreign income
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: 
Patriot Corporations of America Act of 2013 - Grants after 2013 a preference to Patriot corporations in the evaluation of bids or proposals for federal contracts. Defines &quot;Patriot corporation&quot; as a corporation which: (1) produces at least 90% of its goods and services in the United States; (2) does not pay its its management-level employees at a rate more than 10,000% of the compensation of its lowest paid employee; (3) conducts at least 50% of its research and development in the United States; (4) contributes at least 5% of its payroll to a portable pension fund for its employees; (5) pays at least 70% of its employees' health insurance costs; (6) maintains a policy of neutrality in employee organizing drives; (7) provides full differential salary and insurance benefits for all National Guard and Reserve employees who are called to active duty; and (8) has not violated federal regulations, including regulations relating to the environment, workplace safety, labor relations, and consumer protections.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reduce the income tax rate for Patriot corporations, and (2) reclassify foreign corporations created or organized to avoid federal taxation as domestic corporations for income tax purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon.

Bill: 113-hr-931
Sponsor: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2013-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Interior
Gambling
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Oregon

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: 
Amends the Siletz Tribe Indian Restoration Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust for the Siletz Tribe additional lands that lie within the original 1855 Siletz Coast Reservation and are located in Benton, Douglas, Lane, Lincoln, Tillamook, or Yamhill County in Oregon.
 
Requires such land to be considered and evaluated as an on-reservation acquisition and become part of the Tribe's reservation. (Off-reservation land acquisition requests require the Secretary to give greater scrutiny to the tribe's justification of the anticipated benefits from the acquisition.)
 
Prohibits gaming on lands taken into trust pursuant to this Act.

action_date: 2014-02-28
text: 
Amends the Siletz Tribe Indian Restoration Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust for the Siletz Tribe additional lands that lie within the original 1855 Siletz Coast Reservation and are located in Benton, Douglas, Lane, Lincoln, Tillamook, or Yamhill County in Oregon.
 
Requires such land to be considered and evaluated as an on-reservation acquisition and become part of the Tribe's reservation. (Off-reservation land acquisition requests require the Secretary to give greater scrutiny to the tribe's justification of the anticipated benefits from the acquisition.)
 
Prohibits gaming on lands taken into trust pursuant to this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 273.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-367.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-367.
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Discharged.
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Support and Defend Our Military Personnel and Their Families Act

Bill: 113-hr-932
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2013-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Immigration status and procedures
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
User charges and fees
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: 
Support and Defend Our Military Personnel and Their Families Act - States that any person who serves or has served under honorable conditions as a member of the U.S. Armed Forces in support of contingency operations shall be eligible for naturalization as if the person had served during a period of presidentially-designated military hostilities. 
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to extend the period for filing a naturalization application to one year after completion of eligible military service.
 
Exempts from worldwide immigrant visa numerical limitations an alien who is eligible for a family-sponsored immigrant visa and is either the spouse or child of a permanent resident alien who is serving in the Armed Forces. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust to permanent resident status an alien who is a parent, spouse, child, son or daughter, or minor sibling of a person who is serving or has served in the Armed Forces under honorable conditions. Permits posthumous benefits under specified circumstances. 
 
 States that with respect to a removal proceeding under INA: (1) a notice to appear shall not be issued against an alien who serves or has served under honorable conditions in the Armed Forces without the Secretary's prior approval; (2) the Secretary, in determining whether to issue a notice, shall consider the alien's eligibility for naturalization, military service record, grounds of deportability, and any hardship to the Armed Forces, the alien, and his or her family if the alien were to be placed in removal proceedings; and (3) an alien who serves or has served under honorable conditions in the Armed Forces shall not be removed from the United States under specified grounds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act related to a segment of the Lower Merced River in California, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-934
Sponsor: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4]
Introduced: 2013-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Lakes and rivers
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: 
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to decrease the length of a segment of the Lower Merced River in California designated as a wild and scenic river.
 
Revises provisions concerning the water surface level of Lake McClure.
 
Sets a new boundary at the boundary of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Project No. 2179 as it existed on February 15, 2013.

action_date: 2013-05-17
text: 

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

 
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to decrease the length of a segment of the Lower Merced River in California designated as a wild and scenic river. 
 
Revises provisions concerning the water surface level of Lake McClure.
 
Sets a new boundary at the boundary of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Project No. 2179 as it existed on February 15, 2013. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 47.
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-71.
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-71.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 15.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Introduced in House
People Before Party Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-936
Sponsor: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-4]
Introduced: 2013-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Political parties and affiliation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: 
People Before Party Act of 2013 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a state from providing a voter, in a federal election, with the opportunity to indicate the selection of a political party as a representation of the selection of an individual candidate. (Thus prohibits voting for a party instead of an individual or &quot;straight-party voting.&quot;)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Introduced in House
American Textile Technology Innovation and Research for Exportation (ATTIRE) Act

Bill: 113-hr-937
Sponsor: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]
Introduced: 2013-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Education programs funding
Higher education
Industrial policy and productivity
Manufacturing
Product development and innovation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: 
American Textile Technology Innovation and Research for Exportation (ATTIRE) Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant program to fund textile research and innovation in the U.S. textile and fiber products industry and to promote increased U.S. textile exports. 
 
Limits eligibility under such grant program to institutions of higher education and not-for-profit research institutions, including not-for-profit industry associations whose mission is to support textile research and innovation. 
 
Gives preference in the award of such grants to collaborative research organizations that emphasize peer-reviewed research by leading academic and industry experts. 
 
Requires grant funds to be used for research and development activities that achieve at least one of the goals described in this Act, including to: (1) build and sustain innovation and competitiveness in the U.S. textile industry, (2) contribute to transforming the U.S. textile and apparel industry into a highly flexible supply chain, and (3) facilitate the creation of domestic jobs in the textile industry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Foreign 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: 2013-03-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Foreign 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: 2013-03-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Foreign 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: 2013-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Support Democracy in Egypt Act

Bill: 113-hr-939
Sponsor: Rep. Bentivolio, Kerry L. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2013-03-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Arms control and nonproliferation
Congressional oversight
Egypt
Gaza Strip
Human rights
International law and treaties
Israel
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Political movements and philosophies
Religion
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: 
Support Democracy in Egypt Act - Prohibits the U.S. government from allowing the sale, lease, transfer, retransfer, or delivery of F-16 aircraft, M1 tanks, or certain other defense articles or services to Egypt until the President certifies to Congress that Egypt: (1) is curtailing support for terrorist activities conducted by foreign terrorist organizations; (2) has adopted policies that promote religious and political freedoms; (3) is carrying out concerted efforts to enforce access along the Sinai Peninsula, including preventing illegal weapons smuggling between Egypt and Gaza; and (4) is fully implementing the 1979 Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Introduced in House
End Unnecessary Borrowing Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-941
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2013-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: 
End Unnecessary Borrowing Act of 2013 - Amends the National Housing Act with respect to the requirement that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) endeavor to ensure that the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund attains a capital ratio of not less than 2% within 10 years after enactment of that requirement (November 5, 1990) and to ensure that the Fund maintains at least that capital ratio at all times thereafter.
 
Prohibits these requirements from being construed to authorize or require the Secretary to borrow any amounts to comply with the capital ratio requirement.
 
Limits the use of any authority of the Secretary to borrow from the Treasury for the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund only to the extent necessary to pay claims on mortgage insurance that is an obligation of such Fund.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Introduced in House