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Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act

Bill: 113-s-156
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2013-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska
Birds
Indian lands and resources rights
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: 
Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to allow members of the Hoonah Indian Association to collect the eggs of glaucous-winged gulls up to two times a year at up to five locations within Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park.
 
Requires collection schedules and locations to be based on an annual plan prepared jointly by the Secretary and the Hoonah Indian Association.

action_date: 2013-06-27
text: 
Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to allow members of the Hoonah Indian Association to collect the eggs of glaucous-winged gulls up to two times a year at up to five locations within Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park.
 
Considers the collection of those eggs within the Park by the Association to be a use specifically permitted by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.
 
Requires collection schedules and locations to be based on an annual plan prepared by the Secretary and the Association.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 105.
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden with an amendment. With written report No. 113-51.
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden with an amendment. With written report No. 113-51.
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-27.
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S330)
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Dr. Shakil Afridi.

Bill: 113-s-158
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2013-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: Provides for the relief of Dr. Shakil Afridi.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Medical Debt Responsibility Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-160
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2013-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit
Health care costs and insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: 
Medical Debt Responsibility Act of 2013 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit a consumer reporting agency from making any report containing information related to a fully paid or settled medical debt that had been characterized as delinquent, charged off, or in collection which, from the date of payment or settlement, antedates the report by more than 45 days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit any regulation regarding carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas emissions reduction in the United States until China, India, and Russia implement similar reductions.

Bill: 113-s-163
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Asia
China
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
India
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: 
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the head of any other federal agency from implementing or enforcing any regulations, proposals, or actions establishing any carbon dioxide or greenhouse gas emissions reductions until the Administrator, the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, and the Secretary of Commerce certify in writing that the People's Republic of China, India, and the Russian Federation have proposed, implemented, and enforced measures requiring substantially similar reductions.
 
Nullifies any regulation, proposal, or action in effect before such certification is made that requires any carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas emissions reduction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit the United States from providing financial assistance to Pakistan until Dr. Shakil Afridi is freed.

Bill: 113-s-164
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2013-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Espionage and treason
Foreign aid and international relief
Health personnel
Human rights
Pakistan
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Sanctions
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: 
 Prohibits any direct U.S. assistance to the government of Pakistan unless the President certifies to Congress that: (1) Dr. Shakil Afridi has been released from prison in Pakistan and any criminal charges brought against Dr. Afridi, including treason, have been dropped; and (2) Dr. Afridi has been allowed to leave Pakistan, if such departure is necessary to ensure his freedom.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 8.
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Indian Trust Asset Reform Act

Bill: 113-s-165
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2013-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Federal-Indian relations
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Indian lands and resources rights
Judicial review and appeals

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: 
Indian Trust Asset Reform Act - Reaffirms the federal government's fiduciary responsibilities to Indians. 
 
States that: (1) the most exacting common law fiduciary standards governing private trustees also govern the federal government when it manages Indian Trust Assets, and (2) those standards are not limited to the express terms of statutes and regulations.
 
Indian Trust Asset Management Demonstration Project Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish an eight-year Indian trust asset management demonstration project that allows Indian tribes to propose, for the Secretary's approval, Indian trust asset management plans.
 
Allows participating Indian tribes that contract or compact trust management functions or activities under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to develop and carry out trust asset management systems, practices, and procedures that differ from the Secretary's. 
 
Requires each plan to: (1) be consistent with all tribal laws and all federal treaties, statutes, executive orders, and court decisions applicable to the trust assets and their management; (2) establish procedures for nonbinding mediation or resolution of any plan-related disputes between the Indian tribe and the federal government; (3) include an annual evaluation by the Indian tribe and affected federal agencies of the plan's implementation; and (4) identify any federal regulations that the plan will supersede.
 
Prohibits the approval of any plan that does not: (1) protect trust assets from loss, waste, and unlawful alienation; and (2) promote the interests of the trust asset's beneficial owner.
 
Establishes, in the Department of the Interior, an Under Secretary for Indian Affairs who is to report directly to the Secretary and assume the functions of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs and the Office of Special Trustee for American Indians.
 
Requires the Office of the Under Secretary to carry out additional duties relating to the management of Indian trust assets and resources through an Office of Trust Reform Implementation and Oversight.
 
Requires the Under Secretary to give a hiring preference to Indians.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the new Interstate Route 70 bridge over the Mississippi River connecting St. Louis, Missouri and southwestern Illinois as the "Stan Musial Memorial Bridge".

Bill: 113-s-166
Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2013-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Athletes
Congressional tributes
Illinois
Missouri
Professional sports
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: 
Designates the new Interstate Route 70 bridge over the Mississippi River that connects St. Louis, Missouri, to southwestern Illinois as the &quot;Stan Musial Memorial Bridge.&quot;

action_date: 2013-03-11
text: 

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

 
Designates the new Interstate Route 70 bridge over the Mississippi River that connects St. Louis, Missouri, to southwestern Illinois as the &quot;Stan Musial Memorial Bridge.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2013-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-03-12
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2013-03-12
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S1668)
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S1668)
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1668)
action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1668)
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Strategic Petroleum Supplies Act

Bill: 113-s-167
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Canada
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: 
Strategic Petroleum Supplies Act - Prohibits the Administration from authorizing sales of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) until the date all requisite permits under Executive Order 13337 for the Keystone XL pipeline project application filed on September 19, 2008, have been issued.
 
Excepts from such prohibition U.S. obligations under the international energy program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Pay Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-168
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2013-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Legal fees and court costs
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: 
Fair Pay Act of 2013 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages on account of sex, race, or national origin. (Allows payment of different wages under seniority systems, merit systems, systems that measure earnings by quantity or quality of production, or differentials based on bona fide factors that the employer demonstrates are job-related or further legitimate business interests.)
 
Prohibits the discharge of, or any other discrimination against, an individual for opposing any act or practice made unlawful by this Act, or for assisting in an investigation or proceeding under it. 
Directs courts, in any action brought under this Act for violation of such prohibition, to allow expert fees as part of the costs awarded to prevailing plaintiffs. Allows any such action to be maintained as a class action. 
Directs the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to: (1) undertake studies and provide information and technical assistance to employers, labor organizations, and the general public concerning effective means available to implement this Act; and (2) carry on a continuing program of research, education, and technical assistance with specified components related to the purposes of this Act. 
Makes conforming amendments relating to congressional and executive branch employees to the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 and the Presidential and Executive Office Accountability Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S358-360)
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act

Bill: 113-s-170
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2013-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Firearms and explosives
Forests, forestry, trees
Hunting and fishing
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: 
Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act - Requires a federal public land management official, in cooperation with the respective state and fish and wildlife agency, to exercise the authority of the official under law, including regarding land use planning, to facilitate the use of, and access to, federal public land for hunting, recreational fishing, and recreational shooting, except as described in this Act.
 
 Requires the heads of federal public land management agencies to exercise their discretion in a manner that supports and facilitates hunting, recreational fishing, and recreational shooting opportunities, to the extent authorized under applicable law.
 
 Requires that Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Forest Service land, excluding land on the Outer Continental Shelf, be open to hunting, recreational fishing, or recreational shooting unless the managing agency acts to close lands to such activity. Permits closures or restrictions on such land for purposes including resource conservation, public safety, energy or mineral production, energy generation or transmission infrastructure, water supply facilities, national security, or compliance with other law.
 
 Allows agencies to: (1) lease or permit use of federal public land for recreational shooting ranges, and (2) designate specific land for recreational shooting activities. Excepts from such use or designation land including a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, land designated as a wilderness study area or administratively classified as wilderness eligible or suitable, and primitive or semiprimitive areas.
 
 Requires annual reports on closures of federal public lands to hunting, recreational fishing, or recreational shooting. Sets forth requirements for specified closures or significant restrictions involving 1280 or more contiguous acres of federal public land or water to hunting or recreational fishing or related activities.
 
 Instructs federal public land agencies to consult with the advisory councils specified in Executive Orders 12962 (relating to recreational fisheries) and 13443 (relating to the facilitation of hunting heritage and wildlife conservation) in carrying out this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S367)
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Military Pay Continuation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-171
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]
Introduced: 2013-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Coast guard
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Military personnel and dependents
Military procurement, research, weapons development
National Guard and reserves
Public contracts and procurement
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: 
 Military Pay Continuation Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, during a government-wide shutdown, to transfer to the Secretary of Defense (DOD), and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) in the case of the Coast Guard, amounts necessary to continue to provide pay and allowances to members of the Armed Forces, including the reserves, who perform active service during the funding gap. Allows for the provision of such pay and allowances, at the discretion of the Secretary of Defense, for: (1) civilian DOD personnel providing support to such members, and (2) DOD contractor personnel providing direct support to such members.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
SAFE Lending Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-172
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2013-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Jurisdiction and venue

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: 
Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic Lending Act of 2013 or SAFE Lending Act of 2013 - Amends the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to authorize the issuance of remotely created checks only if the consumer has designated in writing a person to issue them.
 
Defines a &quot;remotely created check&quot; as one that: (1) is not created by the financial institution that holds the customer account from which the check is to be paid; and (2) does not bear a signature applied, or purported to be applied, by the person from whose account the check is to be paid. 
 
 Treats as a preauthorized electronic fund transfer (EFT) subject to the protections of such Act any voluntary repayment by a consumer of an extension of a small-dollar ($5,000 or less) consumer credit transaction by means of an EFT.
 
Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require any small-dollar consumer credit transaction made over the Internet, telephone, FAX, mail, electronic mail, or other electronic communication, as well as any conducted by a national bank, to comply with the laws of the state in which the consumer resides with respect to annual percentage rates, interest, fees, charges, and such other matters as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) may determine.
 
Prohibits a person from facilitating, brokering, arranging, gathering applications for, distributing sensitive personal financial information, or extending credit in connection with a small-dollar consumer credit transaction unless that person is directly providing the small-dollar consumer credit to the consumer. 
 
 Empowers the CFPB to investigate violations of this Act. Sets forth investigative and cease-and-desist enforcement procedures, particularly with respect to both covered onshore persons (state governments or Indian tribes) or offshore persons (which conduct business directed to U.S. residents but from a location outside, and without a domain name registered or assigned by an authority within, any U.S. judicial district).
 
Directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study the availability of capital on Indian reservations and the impact that small-dollar consumer credit extended through Internet and non-Internet means to members of Indian tribes has had upon economic opportunity and wealth for tribal members. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
SMART Act

Bill: 113-s-173
Sponsor: Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL]
Introduced: 2013-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Legislative rules and procedure
Tax reform and tax simplification
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: Simplified, Manageable, And Responsible Tax Act or the SMART Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the marginal income tax rates with a single rate of 17% on individual taxable income. 
Redefines "taxable income" to mean the amount by which wages, retirement distributions, and unemployment compensation exceed the standard deduction. Increases the basic standard deduction and includes an additional standard deduction for dependents. Includes in taxable income the taxable income of each dependent child under the age of 14. 
Replaces the current tax on corporations with a tax on every person engaged in a business activity equal to 17% of the business taxable income of such person. Makes the person engaged in the business activity liable for the tax, whether or not such person is an individual, a partnership, or a corporation. 
Imposes a tax of 17% on the value of excludable compensation provided during the year by an employer for the benefit of employees. Makes the employer liable for the tax. 
Repeals pension plan rules relating to : (1) non-discrimination, (2) contribution limits, and (3) restrictions on distributions. Revises rules relating to transfers of excess pension assets. 
Repeals: (1) the alternative minimum tax; (2) all income tax credits; (3) estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes; and (4) income tax provisions, except certain provisions relating to retirement distributions and tax-exempt organizations. 
 Declares it not in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate, unless waived or suspended by a three-fifths vote, to consider any legislation that increases or adds an income tax rate, reduces the standard deduction, or provides any exclusion, deduction, credit, or other benefit that reduces federal revenues.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate