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Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1424
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Judges
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2013 - Requires the Supreme Court to promulgate a code of ethics for the Justices of the Supreme Court that shall include the five canons of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States, with any amendments or modifications that the Supreme Court determines appropriate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Dietary Supplement Labeling Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1425
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Marketing and advertising
Nutrition and diet
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Dietary Supplement Labeling Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to expand the registration requirements for a dietary supplement manufacturing or processing facility to: (1) require the submission of a description, ingredient list, and label and labeling for each dietary supplement product manufactured or processed; and (2) require a manufacturer to update its registration for new, reformulated, or discontinued products within 30 days.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to compile a list of dietary supplement ingredients and proprietary blends of ingredients that could cause potentially serious adverse events, drug interactions, contraindications, or potential risks to subgroups such as children and pregnant or breastfeeding women. 
 
Directs the Secretary to enter into a contract with the Institute of Medicine to: (1) evaluate the safety of dietary supplement ingredients and proprietary blends of ingredients that the Institute determines could cause potentially serious adverse events, drug interations, contraindications, or potential risks to subgroups; and (2) identify proprietary blends of ingredients for which the weight per serving of the ingredient in the proprietary blend should be provided on the label. 
 
Deems a dietary supplement that does not meet the requirements of this Act to be misbranded.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish a definition for the term &ldquo;conventional food&rdquo; for purposes of the FFDCA, taking in account foods marketed as dietary supplements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6216-6217)
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Password Protection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1426
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Password Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to subject to a fine any employer who knowingly and intentionally: (1) compels or coerces any person to provide the employer with a password or similar information to access a protected computer not owned by such employer; or (2) discharges, disciplines, discriminates, or threatens to take such actions, against any person who fails to authorize access to such computer, has filed a complaint or instituted a proceeding regarding such action, or testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding.
 
Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the authority of a court of competent jurisdiction to grant equitable relief in a civil action, if the court believes that the information sought to be obtained is relevant to protecting the intellectual property, a trade secret, or confidential business information of the party seeking relief.
 
Exempts an employer's actions from such prohibition if: (1) the employer discharges or disciplines an individual for good cause; (2) the employer complies with federal or state laws or regulations governing brokers, dealers, and investment advisers; (3) a state enacts a law that specifically waives such prohibition with respect to a particular class of state or agency employees and the employer's action relates to an employee in such class; or (4) an executive agency, military department, or other executive branch entity specifically waives the prohibition with respect to a particular class of employees who may have access to classified information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Family Farmer Bankruptcy Clarification Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1427
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Bankruptcy

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Family Farmer Bankruptcy Clarification Act of 2013 - Amends chapter 12 of federal bankruptcy law (Debt Adjustment of a Family Farmer or Fisherman with Regular Annual Income) with respect to discharge of governmental claims based upon the disposition of property used in a farming operation.
 
Treats any unsecured claim of a governmental unit against the debtor or debtor's estate as an unsecured debt (hence, not entitled to priority payment), if it results from the sale, transfer, exchange, or other disposition of any property used in the debtor's farming operation and it arises either: (1) before the petition in bankruptcy is filed, or (2) after such filing but before the debtor's discharge. 
 
Authorizes a governmental unit to file a proof for a claim that arises after the date on which the petition is filed.
 
Requires such debt to be discharged in accordance with specified discharge procedures.
 
States that, for purposes of applying procedures governing plan confirmation, discharge, and modification after plan confirmation, the amount that would be paid on the claim if the estate were liquidated under chapter 7 shall be the amount that would be paid by the estate in a chapter 7 case if the claim were an unsecured claim arising before the date on which the petition was filed and not entitled to priority payment status. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary by unanimous consent.
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6335)
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6335)
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6218)
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6217-6218)
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
PREPARE Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1428
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Emergency planning and evacuation
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Prepare, Ready, Equip, and Prevent Areas at Risk of Emergency Wildfires Act of 2013 or the PREPARE Act of 2013 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the President, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to establish a pilot program to make grants to states for wildfire mitigation and preparedness.
 
Permits a grant to be used to: (1) reduce the use of fuels that may contribute to catastrophic wildfires in high-risk areas; (2) invest in personnel, organizations, vehicles, and equipment to improve wildfire preparedness; (3) invest in airborne assets to help contain, suppress, and monitor wildfires; and (4) prevent damage from runoff into waterways and floods caused by erosion from wildfires.
 
Makes a state eligible for assistance under this Act if the fire management assistance grant ratio for such state is equal to or greater than 150% of the state population ratio. Authorizes the President to waive that requirement if a state: (1) files a petition for waiver of that requirement, and (2) demonstrates that significant environmental changes or shifts in forest health put the state at an elevated risk for catastrophic wildfires.
 
Allows the governor of a state to award grant funds to: (1) any county or municipality in that state with a community wildfire protection plan or a local mitigation plan, or (2) any other entity that is explicitly referenced in and central to the design of such a plan.
 
Directs the President to consider environmental conditions in a state and give preference to a state: (1) with a high level of need for assistance based on the best scientific data available, (2) a state that provides 100% matching non-federal funds, and (3) a state that previously received a grant and efficiently and effectively used the federal funds for wildfire mitigation and preparedness activities. 
 
Directs the President to use specified unobligated amounts in the National Predisaster Mitigation Fund for each of FY2014-FY2019 in carrying out this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Idaho Wilderness Water Resources Protection Act

Bill: 113-s-1430
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Idaho
Licensing and registrations
Water storage
Water use and supply
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Idaho Wilderness Water Resources Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to issue a special use authorization to the owners of a water storage, transport, or diversion facility located on National Forest System land in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in Idaho for continued operation and reconstruction of such facility if it is determined that: (1) the facility was in existence on the date on which it was designated as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System; (2) the facility has been in continuous use to deliver water for beneficial use on the owner's non-federal land since the date of designation; (3) the owner holds a valid water right for use of the water on such land under Idaho state law, with a priority date that predates such date; and (4) it is not practicable or feasible to relocate the facility to land outside of the wilderness and continue the beneficial use of water on the non-federal land. 
 
Sets forth specified terms and conditions regarding the issuance of a special use authorization under this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6218-6219)
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act

Bill: 113-s-1431
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act - Amends the Internet Tax Freedom Act to make permanent the ban on state and local taxation of Internet access and on multiple or discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Ka'u Coast Preservation Act

Bill: 113-s-1432
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Hawaii
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Ka'u Coast Preservation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the land along the Ka'u Coast in Hawaii as a unit of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6219)
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
HEAL Act

Bill: 113-s-1433
Sponsor: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Arkansas
Crime victims
Military personnel and dependents
Terrorism
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Honoring Ezeagwula and Long Act or the HEAL Act - Requires that Armed Forces members who were killed or wounded in the attack that occurred at a recruiting station in Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 1, 2009, be treated as having been killed or wounded in a combat zone as the result of an act of an enemy of the United States for the purposes of all applicable federal laws, regulations, and policies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Ports Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1435
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Federal preemption
Intergovernmental relations
Motor carriers
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation costs
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Clean Ports Act of 2013 - Declares that federal preemption of state and local law relating to a price, route, or service of any motor carrier of property shall not apply to the authority of a state, local government, or the political authority of two or more states to adopt requirements for motor carriers providing services at port facilities that are reasonably related to the reduction of environmental pollution, traffic congestion, the improvement of highway safety, or the efficient use of such port facilities, provided adoption or enforcement of such requirements does not conflict with federal law.
 
Declares that nothing in this Act shall limit the rights reserved to any state or political subdivision of such state under the Clean Air Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
One Percent Spending Reduction Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1436
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
One Percent Spending Reduction Act of 2013 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to establish the aggregate outlay (outlay cap) (less net interest payments) for FY2014 at $3.233 billion, less 1%.
 
Reduces the outlay cap for FY2015 by 1% of the outlay cap for FY2014.
 
Requires the outlay cap for FY2016 and each subsequent fiscal year to be 19% of the gross domestic product (GDP) for that fiscal year as estimated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
 
Prohibits the outlay caps from being less than those for the preceding fiscal year for FY2017 and any ensuing fiscal year.
 
Requires a sequestration by OMB within 45 days after the beginning of a fiscal year to eliminate any excess outlay amount.
 
Prescribes requirements for Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and OMB sequestration preview reports and an OMB final sequestration report, accompanied by a presidential order detailing uniform spending reductions equal to the excess outlay amount.
 
Requires congressional budget committees to report a resolution directing the committees of their respective chambers to change existing law to achieve the spending reductions outlined in the OMB August 20 report to meet the outlay limits, if a sequestration is projected.
 
States that if, after November 14, a bill resulting in outlays for the current fiscal year is enacted that causes excess outlays, the excess outlays for the next fiscal year shall be increased by the amount or amounts of that breach.
 
Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in both chambers to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that includes any provision that would cause the most recently reported, current outlay cap to be exceeded. Prescribes procedures for waiver or suspension of this rule.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center Land Conveyance Act

Bill: 113-s-1437
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agricultural research
Higher education
Land transfers
Oregon

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center Land Conveyance Act - Releases by the United States, without consideration: (1) the reversionary interest retained by the United States to identified land in Hermiston, Oregon, under a specified patent granted by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to the state of Oregon for the establishment of the Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center of Oregon State University; and (2) the reservation of mineral rights by the United States to such land under such patent. 
 
Subjects the release of such reversionary interest to the condition that the state agrees to use any consideration it receives from the sale, lease, or other conveyance of the research center land after enactment of this Act for the agricultural experimental and research work of Oregon State University. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-433.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6220)
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6219-6220)
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide that military technicians (dual status) shall be included in military personnel accounts for purposes of any order issued under that Act.

Bill: 113-s-1438
Sponsor: Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to include military technicians (dual status) in military personnel accounts for purposes of any sequestration order issued by the President after January 1, 2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Tornado Family Safety Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1440
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather
Building construction
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Government lending and loan guarantees
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Tornado Family Safety Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act to allow Small Business Administration (SBA) physical disaster loans to be used for the construction of safe rooms or similar storm shelters designed to protect property and occupants from tornadoes or other natural disasters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6221)
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6220-6221)
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1441
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Corporate finance and management
Farmland
Financial services and investments
Land transfers
Securities
Tax-exempt organizations
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit tax-exempt mutual ditch or irrigation companies to earn income from dispositions of certain real property and stock interests without affecting their tax-exempt status. Requires that such income be used to pay the costs of operations, maintenance, and capital improvements of such a company.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Rate Act

Bill: 113-s-1442
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Low- and moderate-income housing

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Improving the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Rate Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the the minimum low-income housing tax credit rate for new buildings that are not federally subsidized, and (2) establish a minimum 4% low-income housing tax rate for existing buildings that are not federally subsidized. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate