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Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-356
Sponsor: Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE]
Introduced: 2013-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Health information and medical records
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: 
Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require an abortion provider who knowingly performs an abortion of a pain-capable unborn child (defined as an unborn child who has reached a probable stage of development of 20 weeks or more after fertilization), to first: (1) inform the woman of the probable age of the child, (2) provide to the woman an Unborn Child Pain Awareness Brochure (unless she waives receipt), (3) provide information that pain medicine administered to the mother may not prevent pain in the child, but in some cases anesthesia or pain-reducing drugs can be administered directly to the child, (4) give the woman the provider's best medical judgment of the risks and costs of such anesthesia or analgesic, and (5) obtain the woman's signature on the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Decision Form and her explicit request for or refusal of the administration of drugs to the child. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Brochure that includes a statement that there is substantial evidence that the process of being killed in an abortion will cause the unborn child pain and that the mother has the option of having pain-reducing drugs administered directly to the child.
 
Creates an exception to save the life of the mother. 
 
Establishes civil penalties for willfully failing to comply with this Act. Authorizes: (1) the Attorney General (DOJ) to bring a civil action under this Act, and (2) private rights of action for violations of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
STEM Master Teacher Corps Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-358
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2013-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Performance measurement
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: 
STEM Master Teacher Corps Act of 2013 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to consortia of local educational agencies (LEAs) or states, acting in partnership with institutions of higher education or nonprofit organizations to establish a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) Master Teacher Corps program.
 
Requires grantees to: (1) select exemplary elementary and secondary school STEM teachers for membership in the STEM Master Teacher Corps; (2) provide those teachers with compensation that supplements their base salaries, with higher compensation going to those teaching at high-need public schools; (3) provide, and track the effectiveness of, research-based training for Corps members; (4) provide discretionary resources for Corps members at high-need schools to use; (5) help coordinate instructional leadership and mentoring roles for Corps members; and (6) facilitate efforts by Corps members to inform STEM education policy at the national, state, and local levels.
 
Gives grant priority to applicants that intend to include: (1) large numbers of teachers in the STEM Master Teacher Corps; and (2) rural schools, particularly high-need rural schools, in the area they serve.
 
Requires grantees to ensure that at least 75% of their STEM Master Teacher Corps are teachers at high-need schools.
 
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, to: (1) evaluate the STEM Master Teacher Corps program; (2) identify optimal strategies for designing and advancing such program; and (3) identify best practices for developing, supporting, and retaining STEM teachers based on lessons learned from the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-359
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2013-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Horticulture and plants
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: 
Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2013 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of "marihuana." Defines "industrial hemp" to mean the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of such plant, whether growing or not, with a delta-nine tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis. Deems Cannabis sativa L. to meet that concentration limit if a person grows or processes it for purposes of making industrial hemp in accordance with state law, unless the Attorney General determines that the state law is not reasonably calculated to comply with such definition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S784)
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S783-784)
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Prompt Notification of Short Sales Act

Bill: 113-s-361
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2013-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: 
Prompt Notification of Short Sales Act - Requires each servicer of a home mortgage to provide in writing to a mortgagor of a residential mortgage loan specified prompt notifications and decisions regarding a written request of the mortgagor for a short sale of the dwelling or residential real property that is subject to the mortgage, deed of trust, or other security interest securing the mortgage loan.
 
Authorizes an aggrieved individual to bring a civil action for equitable relief and a monetary award of $1,000 for any violation of this Act. 
 
Declares this Act inapplicable to certain residential mortgages entered into before its enactment whose mortgage agreements explicitly provide a procedure or terms for a short sale approval


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Geothermal Exploration and Technology Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-362
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2013-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Land use and conservation
Lighting, heating, cooling
Oil and gas
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: 
Geothermal Exploration and Technology Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to: (1) establish a direct loan program for high risk geothermal exploration wells, and (2) give preference to loans to carry out projects that are likely to lead to successful new geothermal development leading to electricity production. Requires data from exploratory wells to be provided to the DOE Secretary (Secretary) and the Secretary of the Interior for use in mapping national geothermal resources and other uses, including subsurface geologic data, metadata, borehole temperature data, and inclusion in DOE's National Geothermal Data System. Requires the Secretary to determine the number of wells for each selected geothermal project for which a loan may be made. Requires: (1) a recipient to commence repayment of the loan beginning on the earlier of four years after the loan is made or when the geothermal facility enters into commercial production, and (2) loans for successful wells to be repaid by the developer within 10 years.
 
Establishes the Geothermal Investment Fund to carry out such program. Requires amounts repaid on loans to be deposited in such Fund.

 
Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to require: the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to: (1) establish a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application for geothermal heat pumps and the direct use of geothermal energy; (2) identify and mitigate potential environmental impacts; (3) make grants to promote the development of geothermal heat pumps and the direct use of geothermal energy; (4) give priority to proposals that apply to large buildings, commercial districts, and residential communities; and (5) conduct a national solicitation for grant applications.
 
Amends the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to provide that land under an oil and gas lease issued pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act or the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands that is subject to an approved application for a permit to drill and from which oil and gas production is occurring may be available for leasing for geothermal drilling in order to provide for the coproduction of geothermal energy with oil and gas, if the lease would serve the public interest.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Upper Mississippi Conservation and River Protection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-365
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2013-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Aquatic ecology
Army Corps of Engineers
Congressional oversight
Dams and canals
Department of Defense
Department of the Interior
Fishes
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Minnesota
Mississippi River
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: 
Upper Mississippi Conservation and River Protection Act of 2013 or the Upper Mississippi CARP Act - Directs the Chief of Engineers to study the feasibility of: (1) temporarily closing the lock at the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam (located on Mississippi River mile 853.9 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) to manage the threat of Asian carp traveling up the Mississippi River in Minnesota, and (2) implementing control measures at such lock and Lock and Dam 1 (located on Mississippi River mile 847.8 in Minneapolis, Minnesota), including permanently closing the locks, modifying lock operations, or using an alternative technology barrier, to manage such threat. Requires the Chief to assess the potential impacts, including environmental and economic impacts: (1) of temporary closure of such lock and of continuing to operate it, and (2) of implementing each of such control measures and of not implementing such measures.
 
Authorizes the Chief to close such lock upon determining that closure is justified based on the assessment of potential impacts. Requires the Chief to close such lock upon determining that a live adult Asian carp has been captured above Lock and Dam 2 (located on Mississippi River mile 815.2 upstream of Hastings, Minnesota) or that a juvenile Asian carp has been captured above Lock and Dam 4 (located on Mississippi River mile 752.8 in Alma, Wisconsin). Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, upon determining that an Asian carp has been captured at such a location, to submit to the Chief a petition for closure of such lock. Allows the Chief to reopen the lock upon determining that adequate measures are in place to manage the threat.
 
Directs the Council on Environmental Quality to incorporate the Upper Mississippi River and tributaries, the Minnesota River, and the St. Croix River into the Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework of the Council.
 
 Expresses the sense of Congress that federal agencies researching Asian carp control technologies should partner with state and local shareholders, giving priority to collaborative partnerships in which such shareholders contribute to the cost of the research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to require the Bureau of Land Management to provide a claimant of a small miner waiver from claim maintenance fees with a period of 60 days after written receipt of 1 or more defects is provided to the claimant by registered mail to cure the 1 or more defects or pay the claim maintenance fee, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-366
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2013-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of the Interior
Mining
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: 
Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 regarding waivers of small miner claim maintenance fees to extend the allowance of a certain period to cure a defect in the waiver application to a failure to timely file either a waiver application or an affidavit of annual labor associated with the application and the required application fees.
 
Considers specified claimholder claims as: (1) having received a first half final certificate for application before September 30, 1994; and (2) qualifying for specified relief under the Act, including opportunity to cure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-28.
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S785)
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-367
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2013-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: 
Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the caps on Medicare outpatient rehabilitation physical therapy services and speech-language pathology services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013

Bill: 113-s-368
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2013-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: 
 Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013 - Amends the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA) to reauthorize, until July 25, 2021, the program for the completion of appraisals and satisfaction of other legal requirements for the sale or exchange of public land identified for disposal under approved land use plans under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. 
 
Makes the FLTFA inapplicable to land eligible for sale under specified public land laws. 

action_date: 2013-06-27
text: 
 Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013 - Amends the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA) to reauthorize and make permanent the program for the completion of appraisals and satisfaction of other legal requirements for the sale or exchange of public land identified for disposal under approved land use plans under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. 
 
Revises the FLTFA definition of &quot;federally designated area&quot; to include all the lands within specified boundaries. (Current law is limited to lands which, as of July 25, 2000, were within such specified boundaries.)
 
Makes permanent the Federal Land Disposal Account.
 
Makes the FLTFA inapplicable to land eligible for sale under specified public land laws. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 115.
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden with an amendment. With written report No. 113-61.
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden with an amendment. With written report No. 113-61.
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-28.
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act

Bill: 113-s-369
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2013-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Child health
Civil actions and liability
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Family relationships
Health personnel
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Teenage pregnancy

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: 
Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit transporting a minor child across a state line to obtain an abortion (deems such transporting to be a de facto abridgment of the right of a parent under any law in the minor&#146;s state of residence that requires parental involvement in the minor&#146;s abortion decision). Makes an exception for an abortion necessary to save the life of the minor. 
 
Makes it an affirmative defense to a prosecution or civil action under this Act that a defendant: (1) reasonably believed that before the minor obtained the abortion, the required parental consent or notification or judicial authorization took place; or (2) was presented with documentation showing that a court waived parental notification requirements or authorized the minor's abortion.
 
Defines &quot;abortion&quot; to mean the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance or device: (1) to intentionally kill the unborn child of a woman known to be pregnant; or (2) to intentionally prematurely terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth or of preserving the life or health of the child after live birth, or to remove a dead unborn child. 
 
Imposes a fine and/or prison term of up to one year on a physician who performs or induces an abortion on an out-of-state minor in violation of parental notification requirements. Requires such physician to give 24-hour actual or constructive notice to a parent of the minor seeking an abortion, subject to certain exceptions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S785-786)
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Teaching Geography Is Fundamental Act

Bill: 113-s-370
Sponsor: Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS]
Introduced: 2013-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Area studies and international education
Earth sciences
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Geography and mapping
Higher education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: 
Teaching Geography is Fundamental Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a geography education grant program under title II (Teacher Quality Enhancement).
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award a grant to a national nonprofit education organization or consortium, with 75% to be used for matching subgrants to institutions of higher education associated with state geographic alliances, nonprofit educational organizations, or state or local educational agencies.
 
Requires program participants to use their grants and subgrants to enhance the geographic literacy of students in kindergarten through grade 12 by supporting specified activities, including: (1) educational research; (2) teacher training; (3) the development of effective teaching tools and learning materials; (4) the application of rigorous academic standards and assessment techniques; (5) comparative studies of world cultures, economies, and environments; and (6) the exchange of information regarding the state of geographic literacy and strategies for its improvement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S786)
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Charlie Morgan Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-373
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2013-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Marriage and family status
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: 
Charlie Morgan Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act of 2013 - Considers a person a spouse, for purposes of military personnel policies and military and veterans' benefits, if the marriage of the individual is valid in the state in which the marriage was entered into or, in the case of a marriage entered into outside any state, if the marriage is valid in the place in which the marriage was entered into and the marriage could have been entered into in a state. Includes as a state the District of Columbia, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, and U.S. territories and possessions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-111.
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act

Bill: 113-s-375
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2013-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: 
Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require all election-related designations, statements, and reports required to be filed under the Act to be filed directly with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 148.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Committee on Rules and Administration. Reported by Senator Schumer without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Committee on Rules and Administration. Reported by Senator Schumer without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Committee on Rules and Administration. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate