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REPAY Supplies Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3318
Sponsor: Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2013-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Elementary and secondary education
Income tax deductions
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: 
Reimburse Educators who Pay for Academic Year Supplies Act of 2013 or the REPAY Supplies Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the deduction from gross income (above-the-line deduction) for the classroom-related expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Equal Healthcare Access Act

Bill: 113-hr-3319
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2013-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: 
Equal Healthcare Access Act - Requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to administer a health insurance program for non-federal employees under the existing Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program. Extends eligibility for such program to any qualified individual (i.e., any individual other than an individual who is enrolled or eligible to be enrolled in FEHB, including as a family member). 
 
Authorizes employers, under arrangements satisfactory to OPM, to: (1) offer their employees coverage under such program, and (2) make a contribution toward the cost of such coverage.
 
Deems a health care plan under such program to be a plan offered through an Exchange established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for purposes of complying with the individual mandate to purchase health insurance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2013-10-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2013-10-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2013-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Ventricular Assist Device Access Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3320
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2013-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: 
Medicare Ventricular Assist Device Access Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to revise the Medicare national coverage determination relating to coverage of ventricular assist devices to extend the coverage of such devices under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for individuals approved for heart transplantation to apply also to: (1) individuals undergoing an evaluation to determine candidacy for heart transplantation; and (2) individuals who would be heart transplant candidates, but are not so eligible because of a contraindication that may be favorably modified by the use of a ventricular assist device.
 
Directs the Secretary to use specified processes to revise its national coverage determination relating to ventricular assist devices to incorporate the requirements of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Voter ID Accessibility Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3321
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2013-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
Photography and imaging
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: 
Voter ID Accessibility Act of 2013 - Amends the Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require states that have in effect a photo identification requirement as a condition for voting in a federal election to provide individuals who do not have a government-issued photo identification with such an identification, without charge, upon request.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Lacey Act Paperwork Reduction Act

Bill: 113-hr-3324
Sponsor: Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1]
Introduced: 2013-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Department of the Interior
Government information and archives
Horticulture and plants
Trade restrictions
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: 
Lacey Act Paperwork Reduction Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to require any person, upon importation of any plant, to possess and have available for inspection by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) a declaration that contains: (1) the scientific name of any plant (including the genus and species of the plant) contained in the importation; and (2) a description of the declared value of the plant or the merchandise containing the plant, the quantity of the plant, and the name of the country from which the plant was taken. (Currently, a person is required to file such a declaration that describes the value of the importation.)
 
Revises the rulemaking procedure applicable to such importation to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the USFWS and in consultation with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, to issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) distinguish among different species; and (2) limit the applicability of the Act to a particular class or type of species if the Secretary determines that application of this Act would not be feasible, practicable, or effective.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-10-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Technology-Enabled Education Innovation Partnership Act

Bill: 113-hr-3325
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2013-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Higher education
Performance measurement
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Student records
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: 
Technology-Enabled Education Innovation Partnership Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive, renewable grants to eligible partnerships to design, implement, refine, and scale technology-enabled education innovation programs.
 
Defines an &quot;eligible partnership&quot; as a partnership composed of at least one state or local educational agency (LEA) and at least one institution of higher education or nonprofit research organization working with the state or LEA as a research and evaluation partner.
 
Requires at least 75% of the students participating in each technology-enabled education innovation program to be attending schools in which at least 50% of the student body is eligible for free or reduced-price lunches under the school lunch program.
 
Requires an independent evaluation of each innovation program by a research and evaluation collaborator.
 
Directs each partnership to provide a data set containing the student records of innovation program participants to a Technology-Enabled Education Innovation Partnership Coordinating Center that is created by the Secretary to: (1) conduct meta-analyses and other syntheses of such data, and (2) allow independent researchers access to the data.
 
Directs the Secretary to support national technology activities that provide the technology-enabled education innovation programs with information on, and technical assistance in, effectively implementing technology in schools.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish and oversee at least one advanced learning technology research and development center to address the priorities and grand challenges for learning technology set forth in the Department of Education's 2010 National Education Technology Plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an extension of the work opportunity tax credit for veterans.

Bill: 113-hr-3327
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2013-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Income tax credits
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2018 the work opportunity tax credit for qualified veterans (defined as veterans who are members of families receiving supplemental nutrition assistance or who are entitled to compensation for a service-connected disability and have been unemployed for a certain period of time).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6912)
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an extension of the work opportunity tax credit for certain targeted groups.

Bill: 113-hr-3328
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2013-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Income tax credits
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2018 the work opportunity tax credit for hiring certain employees who are described as members of a targeted group, including: (1) a qualified ex-felon, (2) a vocational rehabilitation referral, (3) a qualified summer youth employee, and (4) a qualified supplemental nutrition assistance program recipient. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7061)
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6912)
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Independent Living Enhancement Act

Bill: 113-hr-3330
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2013-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: 
Veterans' Independent Living Enhancement Act - Repeals provisions that: (1) prohibit the initiation of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs providing independent living services and assistance for greater than 2,700 veterans in each fiscal year; and (2) require giving first priority under such programs to veterans for whom the reasonable feasibility of achieving a vocational goal is precluded solely as a result of disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7081)
action_date: 2013-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Introduced in House
State Secrets Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-3332
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2013-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Evidence and witnesses
Government information and archives
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Judicial procedure and administration
Judicial review and appeals

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: 
State Secrets Protection Act - Declares that in any civil action brought in federal or state court, the government has a privilege to refuse to give information and to prevent any person from giving information only if the government shows that public disclosure of the information that the government seeks to protect would be reasonably likely to cause significant harm to the national defense or the diplomatic relations of the United States. 
 
Requires the court to take steps, which may include in camera and ex parte hearings and other security procedures, to protect sensitive information that comes before it.
 
Sets forth the court's authority regarding the participation of counsel, appointment of a guardian ad litem to represent an absent litigant's interests, and the disclosure of information when it presents a risk of harm. Provides for court-ordered presentation of adequate or nonprivileged substitutes (redacted copies, summary of information, stipulation of facts) for privileged information.
 
Allows the government to: (1) assert the privilege in connection with any claim in a civil action to which it is a party, or (2) intervene in a civil action to which it is not a party in order to do so.
 
Provides that once the government has asserted the privilege, and before the court makes any determinations, the court shall: (1) undertake a preliminary review of the information in question, and (2) provide the government an opportunity to seek protective measures under this Act.
 
Establishes procedures and a standard for assessing the privilege claim.
 
Requires the court, if it determines that the privilege is not validly asserted, to issue appropriate orders regarding the disclosure of the information to a nongovernmental party and its admission at trial, with the right to an interlocutory appeal for any such orders. Prohibits such disclosure or admission if the privilege is determined valid.
 
Grants the courts of appeal jurisdiction of an appeal from a decision or order of a district court determining that the state secrets privilege is not validly asserted, sanctioning a refusal to provide an adequate or nonprivileged substitute, or refusing protective steps sought by the government pending the resolution of the claim of state secrets privilege.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3333
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2013-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: 
Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide: (1) hazard mitigation assistance in any area in which fire management assistance was provided, whether or not a major disaster had been declared; and (2) fire management assistance in any area in which hazard mitigation assistance was provided.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Adult Day Services Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3334
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2013-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adult day care
Health care coverage and access
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: 
Medicare Adult Day Services Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) cover certified adult day services furnished in a certified adult day services center and meeting specified requirements; and (2) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to increase by 3% the payment amount otherwise effective for such services furnished in a rural area on or after January 1, 2014, and before January 1, 2016. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act

Bill: 113-hr-3335
Sponsor: Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2013-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Military personnel and dependents
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: 
Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) allow licensed firearms importers, manufacturers, dealers, or collectors (licensees) to sell or deliver any firearm (currently, rifles or shotguns) to a resident of a state other than the state in which the licensee is located or temporarily located if the licensee meets with the purchaser to complete the sale or delivery and the transaction complies with the laws of the state in which the transfer is conducted and the purchaser's state of residence; and (2) eliminate the requirement that a licensee must conduct business at a gun show only in the state that is specified on the licensee's license. 
 
Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the sale or other disposition of a firearm or ammunition: (1) between licensed firearms dealers at any location in any state; or (2) by a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer to an unlicensed person at a temporary location in any state. 
 
Amends definitions for federal firearms provisions to: (1) revise the definition of a &quot;member of the Armed Forces on active duty&quot; to include a member (or member's spouse) who is a resident of the state in which such person maintains legal residence or in which the member maintains a place of abode from which the member commutes each day to the permanent duty station; and (2) provide that an officer or employee of the United States (other than a member of the Armed Forces) stationed outside the United States for a period exceeding one year, or a spouse residing with such an officer or employee, is a resident of the state in which the person maintains legal residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Inspiring Scientific Research and Innovation Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3336
Sponsor: Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2013-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Aviation and airports
Business expenses
Business investment and capital
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Income tax deductions
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: 
Inspiring Scientific Research and Innovation Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2014 - Appropriates, for FY2014, an additional $3 billion to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to remain available until expended.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the recovery period for the depreciation of an airplane: (1) used in directly carrying out activities essential to the function of a trade or business other than the commercial or contract carrying of freight or passengers; and (2) whose primary use is not for the transportation of freight or passengers, other than medical or emergency transportation. Provides a special effective date rule for property for which there is a qualified written binding contract in effect before the date of enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2013-10-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2013-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Introduced in House