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Compact-Impact Aid Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1222
Sponsor: Rep. Hanabusa, Colleen W. [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2013-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: American Samoa
Appropriations
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Guam
Hawaii
Health programs administration and funding
Immigrant health and welfare
Intergovernmental relations
International law and treaties
Law enforcement administration and funding
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Northern Mariana Islands
Oceania
Palau
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local finance
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: 
Compact-Impact Reimbursement Act of 2013 - Amends the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 to authorize and appropriate FY2013 funds to the Secretary of the Interior for: (1) grants to any local government of the United States that demonstrates financial strain due to demands on public services by significant immigration from the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau; and (2) aid in defraying costs incurred as a result of increased demands placed on health, educational, social, or public safety services, or infrastructure related to such services due to the residence of qualified nonimmigrants. 
 
Directs the Secretary to provide for periodic enumerations of qualified nonimmigrants in the states and territories of the United States.
 
Defines &quot;qualified nonimmigrant&quot; as a person admitted to the United States pursuant to: (1) section 141 of the Compact of Free Association set forth in title II, or (2) section 141 of the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the government of Palau.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Fairness for Military Homeowners Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1223
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2013-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: 
Fairness for Military Homeowners Act of 2013 - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to prohibit the absence of a servicemember from his or her principal place of residence due to active-duty military service from preventing such servicemember from refinancing a mortgage on such residence. Makes such prohibition inapplicable to a servicemember who entered into a refinancing on such residence within the past five years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Father Mychal Judge, O.F.M., Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 113-hr-1224
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2013-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Crime victims
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
New York City
Religion
State and local government operations
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: 
Father Mychal Judge, O.F.M., Congressional Gold Medal Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal to the next of kin or personal representative of Father Mychal Judge, O.F.M., in recognition of his example to the nation of selfless dedication to duty and compassion for one's fellow citizens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Samish Indian Nation Homelands Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1225
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2013-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: 
Samish Indian Nation Homelands Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust for the benefit of the Samish Indian Nation specified parcels of land owned by the Tribe in Skagit County and San Juan County, Washington, once the Tribe conveys that land to the Secretary and requests that it be taken into trust for the Tribe.
 
Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming on such land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-03-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1226
Sponsor: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: 
Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2013 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that any enterprise or institution owned and operated by an Indian tribe and located on its lands is not considered an employer (thus excluding such enterprises or institutions from coverage by such Act).
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
STAPLE Act

Bill: 113-hr-1227
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2013-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Science and engineering education
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: 
Stopping Trained in America Ph.D.s From Leaving the Economy Act of 2013 or the STAPLE Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt from: (1) direct numerical limitations aliens who have earned a Ph.D. degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) from a U.S. institution of higher education and who have an offer of employment from a U.S. employer in a field related to such degree; and (2) H-1B visa (specialty occupation) numerical limitations aliens who have a U.S. STEM Ph.D. and with respect to whom the petitioning employer requires such an education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Molalla River Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

Bill: 113-hr-1230
Sponsor: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2013-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Lakes and rivers
Oregon
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: 
Molalla River Wild and Scenic Rivers Act - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (the Act) to designate specified segments of the Molalla River in Oregon as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 
 
Renames the Squaw Creek in Oregon as Wychus Creek. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Transparency on Prioritizing Spending Act

Bill: 113-hr-1231
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2013-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: 
Transparency on Prioritizing Spending Act - Requires the President, within 30 days after enactment of this Act, to report to Congress a list, in descending order of prioritization, of which federal obligations will be paid in the event that the U.S. public debt reaches the $16.394 trillion limit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Leave our Lakes Alone Act

Bill: 113-hr-1235
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2013-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Dams and canals
Department of Energy
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Fishes
Floods and storm protection
Intergovernmental relations
Lakes and rivers
Licensing and registrations
Outdoor recreation
State and local government operations
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: 
Leave our Lakes Alone Act - Amends the Federal Power Act to prohibit the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from considering public use and environmental purposes in issuing a license for a project in a state whose law expressly authorizes such a prohibition.
 
Defines &quot;public use and environmental purposes&quot; to mean the purposes of energy conservation, the protection, mitigation of damage to, and enhancement of, fish and wildlife, the protection of recreational opportunities, the preservation of other aspects of environmental quality, and other beneficial public uses, including irrigation, flood control, and water supply, as such purposes apply to land within a project boundary above the highest target elevation for normal operations of the project.
 
Exempts projects on federal land from application of this Act.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the inclusion of a behavioral health professional on any physical evaluation board that considers issues of post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, or other mental health condition.

Bill: 113-hr-1236
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2013-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health personnel
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Military medicine
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: 
Requires any physical evaluation board within the Department of Defense (DOD) that will consider issues related to post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, or other mental health condition of a member or former member of the Armed Forces to include a behavioral health professional (BHP) as a board member.
 
Requires the BHP to serve in lieu of the medical member of such board unless, as a result of the health-related issues before the board, the board would benefit from the presence of both the BHP and the medical member.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: Introduced in House
To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Major Dominic S. Gentile of the United States Army Air Forces for acts of valor during World War II.

Bill: 113-hr-1237
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2013-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Europe
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: 
Authorizes and requests the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to former Major Dominic S. Gentile, U.S. Army Air Forces, for acts of valor as a pilot during World War II.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: Introduced in House
True Cost of War Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1238
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2013-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Afghanistan
Asia
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Foreign aid and international relief
Iraq
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: 
True Cost of War Act of 2013 - Directs the President, with contributions from the Secretary of Defense (DOD), the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), to provide Congress with an estimate of the long-term costs of Operation New Dawn (the successor contingency operation to Operation Iraqi Freedom) and Operation Enduring Freedom based on current contingency operation and withdrawal plans, that takes into account expected force levels and the expected length of time that members of the Armed Forces will be deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. 
 
Requires the President, in preparing such report, to make estimates and projections through at least FY2023, and to take into account specified cost factors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2013-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2013-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2013-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Accessing Medicare Therapies Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1239
Sponsor: Rep. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2013-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: 
Accessing Medicare Therapies Act of 2013 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to cost-sharing under a prescription drug plan, to require incurred costs to include the negotiated price of a covered part D drug if the drug is: (1) classified in the highest copayment tier; (2) furnished to the individual free or at nominal charge under a compassionate treatment program; and (3) covered under the formulary of the plan, if the drug is furnished other than through such a program, or is available through exception or appeal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-18
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: 2013-03-18
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: 2013-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: Introduced in House
CREED Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1240
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2013-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: 
Commercial Real Estate and Economic Development Act of 2013 or CREED Act of 2013 - Reinstates for a five-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act the authority for Small Business Administration (SBA) low-interest refinancing of small business debt not involving business expansion under the SBA's local development business loan program.
 
Repeals a provision of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 which terminated such authority as of September 27, 2012.
 
States that no additional appropriations are authorized for the reinstated refinancing program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of drones to kill citizens of the United States within the United States.

Bill: 113-hr-1242
Sponsor: Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2013-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Due process and equal protection
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: 
Prohibits the federal government from using a drone (unmanned aircraft) to kill a U.S. citizen located in the United States. 
 
Makes such prohibition inapplicable to an individual who poses an immediate threat of death or serious bodily injury to another.
 
States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to allow the killing of a U.S. citizen located in the United States without due process of law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2013-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2013-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2013-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Innovation Inspiration School Grant Program Act

Bill: 113-hr-1243
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2013-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: 
Innovation Inspiration School Grant Program Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to: (1) promote science, technology, engineering (including robotics), and mathematics (STEM) in secondary schools; (2) support the participation of secondary school students in nontraditional STEM teaching methods; and (3) broaden secondary school students' access to STEM careers.
 
Gives priority to grant applications that target: (1) a rural or urban school, (2) a low-performing school or LEA, or (3) an LEA or school that serves students who are eligible for free or reduced price lunches under the school lunch program.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to waive all or part of the matching requirement for financially-strapped LEAs.
 
Directs the Secretary to evaluate the efficacy of the grant program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Sensible School Lunch Act

Bill: 113-hr-1244
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2013-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Agriculture
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Grain
Meat
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-19
text: 
Sensible School Lunch Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from promulgating rules and regulations applicable to the school lunch and breakfast programs that establish a maximum quantity of grains, meat, or meat alternates that may be served in any meal or during any period of time of any school year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-19
text: Introduced in House