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Accountability Review Board Reform Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1768
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of State
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Accountability Review Board Reform Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the effectiveness of Accountability Review Boards would be improved by increasing their independence from the Department of State.
 
Amends the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act regarding congressional notification of an Accountability Review Board's convening to include: (1) notification of the Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; and (2) disclosure of any individual employed at a grade not lower than FS-3 or GS-14 or any political appointee who is hired, assigned, or detailed to assist the Board. 
 
Revises the appointment of the five Board members to provide that two members shall be appointed by the Secretary, two by the Chairperson of the Council of Inspectors General of Integrity and Efficiency, and one by the Director of National Intelligence. 
 
States that to the maximum extent practicable individuals assisting a Board shall be employees of the Department's Office of the Inspector General.
 
Prohibits an individual who has a personal or professional relationship with someone expected to be investigated from serving as a Board member or staffer. Defines "conflict of interest" for such purposes.
 
Authorizes a Board to accept any evidence determined by a Board member to be relevant and material to an investigation. States that the Federal Rules of Evidence shall not apply to the Board.
 
Requires that a Board report and related recommendations be submitted to Congress, in addition to the Secretary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing the National Benefits of Flood Protection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1769
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Advisory bodies
Army Corps of Engineers
Department of Defense
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency planning and evacuation
Floods and storm protection
General energy matters
Government studies and investigations
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Recognizing the National Benefits of Flood Protection Act of 2013 - Requires a feasibility study for a flood, hurricane, or storm damage reduction project to include calculations of the anticipated: (1) reduction in damage to public and private property and infrastructure; (2) direct and indirect economic benefits, including from potential reductions in national and regional economic volatility, disruptions, and losses; and (3) benefits to public safety, including protection of evacuation routes.
 
Authorizes the non-federal interest for such a project to submit to the Chief of Engineers a request for a project review if the Chief: (1) determines that the project is not feasible, (2) issues an unfavorable report for the project, or (3) identifies the feasibility study for the project as inactive. 
 
Directs the Chief to establish a panel to conduct such reviews for each Corps of Engineers division not later than 60 days after the first request for a review of a project within that division is submitted. Requires such panel to conduct a review of: (1) the feasibility study for the project; (2) the adequacy and accessibility of the economic, engineering, and environmental methods, models, and analyses used in preparing such study; (3) public comments on the project; and (4) any additional information submitted by the non-federal interest as part of the review request. 
 
Requires: (1) the panel to submit a final report containing an economic, engineering, and environmental analysis of the feasibility study and a determination of the project's feasibility; and (2) the Chief, if the panel determines that a project is feasible, to issue a favorable report for the project.
 
Directs the Chief to: (1) give priority to the completion of feasibility studies for projects in areas that have experienced flooding or hurricane damage during the preceding 10 years, and (2) submit an analysis of the connection between such Corps projects and navigation and the protection of energy infrastructure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the different treatment under the Survivor Benefit Plan accorded members of the reserve components who die from an injury or illness incurred or aggravated in the line of duty during inactive-duty training compared to members of the Armed Forces who die in the line of duty while on active duty.

Bill: 113-hr-1770
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Makes the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuity for survivors of members of the reserves who die from an injury or illness incurred or aggravated in the line of duty during inactive-duty training the same as such annuity for survivors of members of the regular Armed Forces who die in the line of duty while on active duty. Provides the same increase with respect to the payment of an SBP annuity to a dependent child or children when there is no eligible surviving spouse.
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to adjust SBP payment amounts to reflect such changes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Wounded Veteran Job Security Act

Bill: 113-hr-1774
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Health information and medical records
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Wounded Veteran Job Security Act - Expands the definition of &quot;service in the uniformed services&quot; for the purposes of uniformed servicemembers' employment and reemployment rights to include a period for which a person is absent from a position of employment to obtain medical treatment for an injury or illness recognized as service connected by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), or for which a line-of-duty document has been granted by the Secretary of Defense (DOD).
 
Directs such a person intending to return to a position of employment to notify the employer within a specified time period. 
 
Requires a person submitting an application for reemployment due to such an absence for medical treatment to provide the employer, upon request, with documentation to establish eligibility for reemployment, including a link between the injury or illness and the medical treatment obtained.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1775
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2013 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue an order to require: (1) the installation of secondary barriers, other than the cockpit door, to prevent access to the flight deck of each commercial aircraft; (2) such barriers on an aircraft with a cockpit door to remain locked while the aircraft is in flight and the cockpit door separating the flight deck and the passenger area is open; and (3) such barriers on an aircraft without a cockpit door to remain locked as determined by the pilot in command.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act

Bill: 113-hr-1776
Sponsor: Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act - Establishes the Clear Creek National Recreation Area in California to promote environmentally responsible high-quality motorized and non-motorized trail based recreation, including off-highway vehicle use, scenic touring, and access for hunting and gem collecting, while protecting landscape resources. 
 
Instructs the Secretary to use the 2005 Clear Creek Management Area Travel Management Plan as modified by this Act or by the Secretary to incorporate natural resource protection information unavailable in 2005 as the basis for an interim management plan to govern motorized recreation in the Recreation Area. 
 
Requires the Secretary to create a comprehensive management plan for the Recreation Area within two years of enactment of this Act. 
 
Requires landowners to be provided with adequate access to inholdings within the Recreation Area. 
 
Permits livestock grazing to be allowed to continue in areas in which it is allowed.
 
Designates specified federal lands in Fresno and San Benito Counties, California, to be known as the Joaquin Rocks Wilderness, as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 
 
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to add the Larious Canyon, San Carlos Creek, Cantua Creek, Picacho Creek, and White Creek and its tributaries as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Justice for Imprisoned Americans Overseas Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1778
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Bolivia
Congressional oversight
Department of State
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Due process and equal protection
Family relationships
Foreign aid and international relief
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Human rights
Immigration status and procedures
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International law and treaties
Latin America
Sanctions
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Justice for Imprisoned Americans Overseas Act of 2013 or Jacob's Law of 2013 - Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to include in the Foreign Service professional development program training to protect the rights of U.S. citizens in foreign custody. 
 
Directs the Secretary of State to submit a semiannnual report to Congress for five years that identifies: (1) U.S. citizens imprisoned in foreign countries whose fundamental due process and human rights are being violated, (2) the due process and human rights violations that are being committed against such U.S. citizens, and (3) the government officials who are responsible for such violations or who are not fulfilling their official responsibility to protect such rights.
 
Prohibits the Secretary of State from issuing any visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from permitting entry to the United States of, any such identified official and his or her immediate family members. Makes such ban permanent if an identified U.S. citizen dies while in foreign custody.
 
Prohibits foreign assistance from being provided to an agency or other entity of a foreign government that is responsible for the violation of, or is failing to protect, the fundamental due process or human rights of an imprisoned U.S. citizen.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E738-739)
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1779
Sponsor: Rep. Fincher, Stephen Lee [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing industry and standards
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Real estate business
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2013 - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to revise the exclusion from the meaning of &quot;mortgage originator&quot; of any employee of a retailer of manufactured homes who does not for compensation or gain take residential mortgage loan applications, for compensation or gain offer or negotiate terms of a residential mortgage loan, or advise a consumer on loan terms (including rates, fees, and other costs).
 
Excludes from the meaning of &quot;mortgage originator,&quot; instead, any retailer of manufactured or modular homes or its employees unless the retailer or its employees receive compensation or gain for engaging in certain activities in excess of any compensation or gain received in a comparable cash transaction.
 
Amends the Truth in Lending Act to revise the definition of "high cost mortgage."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E566)
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To provide that the only health plans that the Federal Government may make available to the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, and Federal employees are those created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or offered through a health insurance exchange.

Bill: 113-hr-1780
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Members of Congress
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to restrict the health plans that the federal government may make available to the President, Vice-President, or federal employees to a health plan either created under PPACA or offered through a health care exchange established under PPACA. (Currently, such restriction applies to Members of Congress and congressional staff.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Mustafa Akarsu Local Guard Force Support Act

Bill: 113-hr-1781
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Family relationships
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Mustafa Akarsu Local Guard Force Support Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide special immigrant status for the surviving spouse or child of a U.S. government employee killed abroad in the line of duty, provided that: (1) the employee had performed faithful service for at least 15 years; and (2) the principal officer of a Foreign Service establishment (or, in the case of the American Institute of Taiwan, the Director) recommends, and the Secretary of State approves, the granting of such status.
 
States that this Act shall be effective beginning on January 31, 2013, and shall have retroactive effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
School Food Modernization Act

Bill: 113-hr-1783
Sponsor: Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-3]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government lending and loan guarantees
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
School Food Modernization Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to issue loan guarantees to local educational agencies (LEAs) participating in the school lunch program, tribal organizations, or consortia of such entities to finance the construction, remodeling, or expansion of infrastructure or the purchase of durable equipment that will facilitate their provision of healthy meals through the school breakfast and lunch programs. Requires the Secretary to give a preference to applicants that, compared with other applicants, demonstrate a substantial or disproportionate need for food service infrastructure or durable equipment. Prohibits a loan guarantee from covering more than 90% of a loan's principal.
 
Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary to award competitive grants to assist LEAs participating in the school lunch program, tribal organizations, or consortia of such entities in purchasing the durable equipment and infrastructure they need to serve healthier meals and improve food safety. Gives grant priority to applicants that serve a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced price meals under the school lunch program.
 
Directs the Secretary to award competitive matching grants to experienced third-party training institutions to provide school food service personnel with the training and technical assistance they need to meet updated school lunch program nutrition standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House